Seasons Past Baseball 100 - 1907   

June 30, 2006
1906 Overusage Penalties Announced
LAS VEGAS, NV - The following is the accessed penalties due to player over usage during the 1906 season.  First off as always, the eleven following teams and managers got through the year with no penalty over usage given.  Congratulations on a job well done!

June 30, 2006
1906 Use'm or Lose'm Losses Announced
LAS VEGAS, NV - The following players are lost to their teams because of failure to use them the required 50% during the 1906 season.

July 11, 2005
Detroit Model A's top St. Louis Perfectos in 6 games to win first ever SPB-100 World Championship!
ST. LOUIS, MO - The Detroit Model A's and owner Greg Stillwagon won the first ever SPB-100 World Championship today in dramatic fashion, on an Otis Clymer RBI single in the 10th inning that game the Model A's a victory and World Series title.  Congrats to both Greg Stillwagon and Rich Applegate for great seasons!  Model A's star hurler George Mullin was named World Series MVP after going 2-0 and winning the deciding Game 6 of the series. View World Series recaps and box scores by clicking the World Series link on the left. 

July 1, 2005
The St Louis Perfectos top the Brooklyn Excelciors in Three Game Playoff, advance to World Series!
LAS VEGAS, NV - The St. Louis Perfectos barley slipped by the upstart Brooklyn Excelciors to win the NL Flag in what proved to be a thrilling 3-Game series between the two clubs.  The Perfectos will now face off against the Detroit Model A's in the 1905 World Series.  The Perfectos, led by their slugging right fielder Wahoo Sam Crawford, should be a good match up for the team with the leagues best record.  World Series details are coming soon!

June 25, 2005
Model A's win AL; Excelciors and Perfectos tie!  Will face off in historic three game playoff.
LAS VEGAS, NV - The September 1905 Stats are now posted. And what a fantastic finish it was to the inaugural SPB-100 1905 Season!  Greg Stillwagon's Detroit Model A's just edged out Gary Plunkitt's Fencebusters by 4 games to win the American League Pennant.  In the National League, it was a dogfight to the last day, with Larry Schilling's Brooklyn Excelciors end up in a tie for the division lead with Rich Applegate's St. Louis Perfectos.  The two teams will now match up in a three game playoff that will determine who will face George Mullin and the Detroit Model A's in the World Series.

May 21, 2005
August 1905 stats posted.  Donlin batting over .400.
LAS VEGAS, NV - The August 1905 Stats are now posted.  Some Real dog fights in both the American and National Leagues. In the AL, The Fencbusters and Model A's are separated by only .002, while in the NL the Excelsiors are 1 behind the Perfectos. The Maumess (AL) and Roughriders (NL) are not out of it yet! Turkey Mike Donlin is 62 pts ahead of Cy Seymour in the batting race with his .416 average, leads in sluggin, runs scored, 2nd in RBI, 2nd in 2Bs, 2nd in 3Bs and 3rd in HRs. Quite a season for the vaudevillian! Topsy Harsell leads in SB with 66 but has also been thrown out 33 times. Fred Odwell leads in Hrs with 9. In the ERA title race, Rube Waddell of Frankfort (1.61) leads Tom Hughes of Stl (1.91). Waddell is far ahead in K's with 212 and leads Owen of Det (21-11) with a 24-5 record. Mullin is the third 20 game winner at 20-10. Hooks Wiltse of NY leads in saves with 7.

April 29, 2005
New Manager On Board
FRANKFORT, IN - All SPB 100 Managers, Please welcome Larry Schilling to the SPB-100 1905 League. Larry will be taking over the Brooklyn Excelsiors immediately, and will begin play with the August series. He will handle the teams MP's, and will retain the same team name for the balance of play in 1905. Any questions need to be directed to SPB 100 league Commissioner, Chris Williams. Welcome Larry! I know you have wanted in this league since it's inception.

April 28, 2005
July 1905 Stats now posted.  First No Hitter Thrown!
LAS VEGAS, NV - The July 1905 Stats are now posted.  We are now two-thirds of the way through our inaugural 1905 season.  Real tight races going on in both leagues. The Fencebusters lead the Model A's by 2 in the AL, while the Excelsiors lead the Perfectos by 1 in the NL.  The month of July was highlighted by SPB-100's first No-Hitter in our short history!  Frank "Piano Mover" Smith baffled Honus Wagner and the Broadway Bombers in New York by a score of 1-0 on July 28, 1905.  Smith faced the minimum 27 batters, walking only 2.  Click here to see the historic box score!

February 21, 2005
May 1905 Stats now posted, and relief issues
LAS VEGAS, NV - The May 1905 Stats are now posted.  Great race in the NL with all teams within 6 games of each other. In the AL, Model A's are up by 4 over the Fencubusters and 7 over the Maumees.  Also, Commissioner Williams has some suggestions from Luke Kramer at Diamond Mind that should elevate the issues we have been seeing with relievers.  To read his comments click here.

Because of the issues we have had with relievers the first two months, we will handle relief over usage fairly leniently because it is due to us learning, as a group, to control the computer manager. We will strictly apply the limitations on pitcher starts, but we will not count relief appearances against these starts. In other words, if a starting pitcher pitched three games in real life only as a starter, he will be permitted three games even if the computer uses him in relief.

January 1, 2005
SPB-100 1905 Inaugural Season Underway
BOWLING GREEN, OH. - The 1905 season is now underway.  The "official season disk" has been released and you can download it by clicking the link to the left that says League Database.  Please have your MP's to opposing managers by January 4th. 

Some Important notes on the league disk, with the schedule and era settings as they are, the stats seem to be coming out just fine. However, you will need to make sure of some things when you submit your profiles. First, you MUST adjust your manager tendencies as follows: Pinch-hit for Pitchers: Least frequent Using relievers: Least frequent Using closers: least frequent Stealing: most frequent Bunt for hit/Sac bunt: AT LEAST "more frequent," with the option to set it for most frequent. THIS IS IMPORTANT, and MANDATORY. You must set the manager tendencies as above, else your pitcher appearances and running behaviors will be off. Failure to set the pitching/change factors as above voids any protest of over usage of relief pitchers. 

Lastly, please send all game results to league statman Terry Baxter with a cc to commissioner Chris Williams.  Thanks, and have an enjoyable season!

December 6, 2004
Trading Season Over.  Season Begins January 1st.
LAS VEGAS, NV. - First, the trade deadline has passed with two trades being completed. Trading is now closed for the 1905 season.  Second, with the comments and concerns going around again about relief pitching, Chris Williams and I had a discussion about the potential to further evaluate the rule changes we have made in terms of bonus pitchers.

Chris' response, which can be read by clicking here, gives me total confidence that we will have NO issue what so ever with replicating the way pitchers were used in this era (1905), provided that all of us as managers abandon some typical modern day strategies, which Chris details.

October 23, 2004
Trading Deadline Set and call for League Dues
LAS VEGAS, NV. - All SPB-100 Managers, the trading deadline for the 1905 season will be Sunday evening December 5, at 10pm EST.  All trades must be submitted by both owners by this time.  Please make sure you have all positions and starts covered prior to the beginning of the 1905 season on Janurary 1, 2005.  With the exception of the following constitutional changes, all normal SPB rules apply.  With the new over usage rules now in affect, please make sure you check over your roster.

Also, now is the official call for league dues.  Please send $3.00 to our league treasurer Jim Wheeler.  Since no "official" League Database is produced by Diamond Mind, the is no need to purchase a league data disk.  Chris Williams should hopefully be sending out the "official" 1905 disk shortly after the trade deadline so that you have plenty of time to generate your MP's.  Looking forward to kicking off the inaugural SPB-100 1905 season off in January.

October 5, 2004
SPB-100 Draft Completed.  Trading Season is open
LAS VEGAS, NV. - The Inaugural SPB-100 draft is now complete.  In less than three weeks, we managed to fill the rosters of 14 teams.  Thanks you to everyone for a quick, efficient and enjoyable draft.  Now it is time to begin preparations for the beginning of the 1905 season, which will start in January of 2005, 100 years behind modern day baseball. 

Trading season is now open.  Couple notes on trades.  First, we do not know for sure how many players are in the 1906 Rookie Draft, but at first glance, their appears to be a lot (around 100 players) or 7+ Rounds worth (If someone could put together a list to confirm this that would be great!).  The list includes Jack Pfiester, Eddie Collins and Heinie Wagner.  You can trade future draft picks, but be careful as it will not be easy to replenish those roster spots in this era. Lastly, League Dues of $3.00 per person should now be sent to our league treasurer Jim Wheeler.  Chris will be sending out an updated league disk shortly.  Thanks to everyone.

September 17, 2004
SPB-100 Draft Begins, "Georgia Peach" goes first
LAS VEGAS, NV. - Lynn Miller's Elkhart Sentinels have kicked off the Inaugural SPB-100 draft by selecting the "Georgia Peach," Tyrus Raymond Cobb as their first player.  Mike See's Broadway Bombers followed and selected shortstop Honus Wagner.  For a complete list of each teams selection, click here.  You can also click on the "Inaugural Draft Results" drop down box on the bottom left to see round by round results.

September 5, 2004
SPB-100 Constitutional Changes
LAS VEGAS, NV. - The SPB-100 Rules Committee has adopted some changes to the SPB-Constitution, specifically for SPB-100.  Most of the changes that have been made are because of the differences in roster sizes and player usage during this era.  To see the changes, click here.

September 4, 2004
SPB-100 Draft Date and Schedule announced
LAS VEGAS, NV. - The SPB-100 Draft will begin on Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 8am with Lynn Miller's Elkhart Sentinels kicking off the festivities. This will be an email draft and each team will have assigned times to pick each day.  The times and schedules for each managers picks in rounds 1-8 (Phase 1) have been posted on the SPB-100 web site under Inaugural Draft Results (There a drop down box that says "Pick a Round."  All time s are based on the Central Standard Time Zone (CST).

September 3, 2004
Official Draft Order and Players List Released
LAS VEGAS, NV. - The wait is over.  The inaugural SPB-100 draft order has now been released.  Look under the Draft Central Link on the bottom left of this page to view the official Draft Order, Official Draft List, and the Draft Filters and Rules that will be used when we begin the draft.  You can also see official 1905 Batting and Pitching Stats for your draft preparation.

September 2, 2004
SPB-100 Inaugural Ballpark Draft complete!
LAS VEGAS, NV. - The SPB-100 Inaugural Ballpark Draft has been completed.  Below are the results of the draft.  Click here for Ballpark draft results.  Thanks again to everyone for your prompt responses. 

September 1, 2004
Dead Ball Era Combined Images now available!
LAS VEGAS, NV. - If you are looking for a Diamond Mind background picture of your new stadium, click on the link to the left called "1905 Stadium Images."  This link contains most, if not all images of the dead ball era parks.