SPB-3 1949 Season
Status: Playing May
SPB-3 1949 Season Status: Playing May
Standings
Batting Average
Home Runs
ERA
Current League Champion
SPB3-1948 Champion
Don Rahn
Brooklyn Royal Giants
The Brooklyn Royal Giants defeated the Kansas City Blues in 5 games. No WS MVP was named This was Don's first SPB-3 Championship and second overall.
SPB-3 League Officers
Commissioner
Gary Plunkitt
President
Joe Dezarlo
Statistician
Chris Williams
Beat Writer
Vacant
SPB-3 News that's fit to print
March 22, 2018
1949 April stats posted
The opening month's stats and power rankings are now posted. Please have your road profiles to your road opponent by April 1st. As it stands right now the National League is too close to call!!March 6, 2018
1949 Pre-Season Prognosis
Thanks to John Ungashick for his SPB3-1949 Pre-Season prognosis! Enjoy reading accounts of each team as they start the 1949 campaign.
January 24, 2018
1949 Free Agent player claims
The following players were claimed in the free agent draft:
The Rock Island Arsenal (T. Baxter) select P Alex Carrasquel.
The River City Rugrats select C Babe Martin, 2B Jay Difani, and pitchers Johnny Van Cuyk, Ray Yochim,
Irv Medlinger, Denny Galehouse, Andy Tomasic, and Buzz Dozier.
The free agent players claimed have been added to the rosters. No other teams submitted any free agent claims.
This means the following unclaimed players have been released from the 1949 files: pitchers, Jim Bilbry,
Mort Cooper, Orval Grove, Dizzy Sutherland, Johnnie Wittig, and PH/PR's Jim Kirby, Steve Kuczek, Frank Pack, &
Bob Mavis. They are now history.
December 28, 2017
1949 Protected roster numbers
Here are the number of players that each team can protect in advance of the Rule 5 draft:
19 Protected Players:
1. Brooklyn Royal Giants (D. Rahn)
2. Hoosier Thunderbolts (G. Plunkitt)
3. River City Rugrats (J. Cada)
4. Kansas City Blues (R. Applegate)
20 Protected Players:
1. Schaumburg Hawks (J. Ungashick)
2. Maumee River Carp (C. Williams)
3. Worcester Grays (H. McElaney)
4. DeVilbus Tigers (M. Murphy)
5. Chicago Stampers (S, Lehman)
6. Rock Island Arsenal (T. Baxter)
21 Protected Players:
1. Goshen Aces (S. Brunner)
2. Indianapolis Clowns (R. Ryan)
3. South River Muckdogs (J. DeZarlo)
4. East Kenosha Larks (D. Lauer)
Sep 20, 2017
1949 Roster Drops
Here is the updated list of teams that have released players prior to the draft:
Hoosiers: J. Dobernic, A. Carrasquel, T. Jacobs (55)
Blues: P. Marchildon, J. Van Cuyk, O. Grove
Larks: D. Galehouse, J. Blackburn (51), J. Levan (54)
Players not listed with future years next to their names will be placed in the upcoming rookie draft.
Sep 9, 2017
1948 World Series Complete. New Champion Crowned!
Congratulations to Don Rahn and his Brooklyn Royal Giants to a convinvcing 4 games to one victory of the Kansas City Blues, helmed by Rich Applegate. Complete WS Coverage can be found on the World Series link on the left. We are on to 1949!
August 29, 2017
1949 Lottery Results
The Lottery for 1949 has been completed. Here are the results:
The number was : 552
Goshen Aces (Steve Brunner)- 65* Wins (2 Chances)
East Kenosha Larks (Dave Lauer) (Dave Lauer) - 59* Wins (4 Chances)
South River Muckdogs (Joe Dezarlo) - 62* Wins (3 Chances)
Chicago Stampers (Steve Lehman) - Acquired Via Trade (1 Chance)
There was a 3 way tie for the final two spots for the 1949 Lottery Tiebreaker between
the Clowns, Aces and Arsenal. Because of the 3-way tie, we went to the 2nd Tiebreaker,
which was Run Differential, which was won by the Aces and Clowns. They were still tied,
but the Aces won the Tiebreaker based on worst H2H record. The Clowns traded the 1949
1st RDP to the Chicago Stampers however, so that 4th Chance in the lottery will belong
to Steve Lehman.
August 24, 2017
1948 Predictions Comparisons
John Ungashick has put together a
post-season script that looks back at his pre-season predictions compared to the actual standings.
"Things pretty much followed the script right down the line in the American League. The Royal Giants modestly
overachieved and were able to sneak by the Thunderbolts who were picked by me to win but just by a hair. The rest
of the league fell right into line in terms of actual versus expected finish. The Carp did the best in terms of
beating my prognosis, rising to fourth versus a pick of a solid sixth.
In the National League I picked my own Hawks in a dogfight with the Blues and that just what happened except I was
on the losing side of the fight. The Arsenal (negative) and the Clowns (positive) had significant differences in
actual versus expected wins but it didn't do either team any good in terms of their finish in the standings.
The Stampers did rise from a projecvted sixth place finish to an actual tie for fourth and the Clowns sank to
the cellar despite being picked for fifth but the prognosis did say that the last three slots were virtually
interchangeable. On to the World Series and then 1949!"
August 24, 2017
1948 End of Year Reports
Quickly released is the 1948 end of season reports. Click on the word below for the link to the article: USE OR LOSE // OVERUSAGE
August 24, 2017
1948 September final stats posted
The stats and power rankings for September of 1948 are now posted. Congratulations to the pennant
winners. Don Rahn’s Brooklyn Royal Giants steamed to the AL title by filleting the hapless Carp in
7 straight games. The NL race turned out much closer, but the Blues won enough to surge past the Hawks
and dethrone the 1947 champions by one game.
The Comish takes his hat off to Don and Rich as their teams head to the 1948 World Series. In a couple of
real battles these two managers led their teams to respective titles, edging out the 2nd place finishers by
2 and 1 games. Congratulations to both our 1948 Champions!
Don pulled of a very slick sweep of the Carp in week # 4, when his Brooklyn Royal Giants pulled off 106 wins
to put the Hoosier Thunderbolts, who went into the final week with slight 1 game lead, into 2nd place with 104
wins. This gave the Royal Giants the American League pennant. The T'Bolts were running on air during the final
weeks games, during which they lost 14 hitters (Yes, you read that right) to PA's in week 4, and finished 2
games off the pace as they barely edged out the 3rd place finishing River City Rugrats during the final week's
series by a mark of 4 games to 3.
Rich Applegate pulled off his win by only a single game, as his K. C. Blues won 84 games to take the National League
pennant at the last minute, while the Schaumburg Hawks missed out gaining only 83 season wins. Too close for comfort!
February 22, 2017
1948 Pre-Season Prognosis
A highlight of every pre-season is the prognosis put together by John Ungashick. He has boldly predicted himself as a pennant winer, but we shall see! Click HERE for the 1948 version. Great work John!
January 8, 2017
1948 Player pink slips
All 1948 Managers, Four players have been released from rosters on the call for protected lists. The Brooklyn Royal Giants release OF Danny Gardella (1950). He will show up in the 50 rookie draft. The Kansas City Blues released P Buzz Dozier (1949) He will be in next years rookie draft. The Hoosier Thunderbolts released pitchers Les Webber & Butch Wensloff. They will be thrown back into this years rookie draft.
December 21, 2016
1948 Rookie draft date set
All SPB III - 1948 Managers, Thanks to all of you for submitting your choice dates for the 1948 drafts recently. I am happy to announce that the official draft date will be Saturday, January 14th, beginning at 11AM EST time. This date was listed in the top 3 choices by 13 of our 14 managers, which gives us the most to be available for drafting.
Sep 2, 2016
1948 Team name change
Just a note to let everyone know of a new team name for Mike Murphy's team. They were formerly known as the Perrysburg Stingers. He has decided to change the team name to the DeVilbiss Tigers. This will be reflected on the 1948 files when they are sent. No park change, staying in Crosley Field.
Aug 28, 2016
1948 Team name and ballpark change
Manager Dave Lauer, who took over the Baltimore Natti Bohs team late in 1947 season, has decided to revamp his team name and move into a new ball park. His team is now the East Kenosha Larks, and his new home park will be in Boston's Braves Field. The this makes the available ballparks for 1948 to be Clevelands Municipal Stadium and Philadelphia's Shibe Park (N.L. version). If you wish to move into one of the available parks, let me know soon.
Aug 28, 2016
1948 Lottery Results
Number was 7-7-6. Congrats to Joe Dezarlo for securing to top slot in the draft.
1. South River Muckdogs (Joe Dezarlo) - 65 Wins (4 Chances)
2. Kansas City Blues (Rich Applegate)- 68 Wins (3 Chances)
3. Indianapolis Clowns (Rick Ryan)- 72 Wins - (1 Chance)
4. East Kenosha Larks (Name TBD) (Dave Lauer) - 70 Wins (2 Chances)
Aug 22, 2016
1947 End of Season reports
As is customary with the end of each season, we bring to you the 1947 USE OR LOSE and OVERUSAGE reports.
Aug 22, 2016
1947 Standings comparison
SPB-3 beat writer John Ungashick provides us with his 1947 standings comparisons for this past season.
Aug 22, 2016
1947 Champion Crowned!
Congratulations to John Ungashick on managing the 1948 World Series Champion Schaumburg
Hawks to a somewhat surprising win over Don Rahn's favored Brooklyn Royal Giants.
A well played series from both managers.
John Ungashick also had some kind words: A sentimental kudo to Tom Falduto who has been gone
for almost fifteen years now but this was the team I inherited from him. Complete World
Series writeups and scores are on the left menu.
Aug 17, 2016
1947 Final Results
The stats and power rankings for September of 1947 are now posted.
The Brooklyn Royal Giants won the A.L. pennant by a comfortable margin. As did the
Schaumburg Hawks in taking the N.L. crown. My congratulations to both Don Rahn and
John Ungashick, the two managers on winning the Leagues Championship, and earning the
right to move on to the 1947 World Series.
In the A.L. the Royal Giants scored 102 wins, gaining the advantage over the second
place Hoosier Thunderbolts (95 wins) by 7 games. This was a case of a team with a
little better defense, and much better pitching, especially in the bullpen, besting
the offense laden T'Bolts, managed by yours truly. The Bolts were 1947's offensive
juggernaut, but their average defense, and their mostly pitiful bullpen led to their
downfall. My personal Congrats to Don on his convincing win. I believe he led from
the start to the finish.
In the N.L. The Hawks scored 94 wins, gaining the advantage over the second place
Chicago Stampers, by 8 games. The Hawks just won on overall balance, but they were
the best hitting team in the N.L., and their fielding was the best in both leauges,
especially for this era.. While the Stampers, managed by Steve Lehman, were not on
nearly the same level field with their offense. Their fielding was okay, but their
strength was pitching, and it was easily the best overall in the '47 season! My
personal congrats to John for his convincing win as well.
The 50 % loss, and the overuse reports will be posted soon, and once those are out
the World Series file will be set up. Thanks to everyone for a very interesting
timely and well played season. Job well done, everyone!
Calendar
Apr. 1, 2018
May MPs due
Apr. 20, 2018
May Results due
Power Rankings
1) Thunderbolts (13)
2) Royal Giants (1)
3) Larks (9)
4) Stampers (8)
5) Arsenal (14)
5) Hawks (4)
7) Blues (10)
8) Clowns (12)
8) Muck Dogs (2)
10) Grays (10)
10) Tigers (3)
12) Rugrats (5)
13) Carp (7)
14) Aces (6)
1947 1st rd draft order
1) Hawks
2) Stampers
3) Arsenal
4) Grays
5) Stingers
6) Rugrats
7) Muck Dogs
8) Blues
9) Natti Bohs
10)Arenal
11)Carp
12)Thunderbolts
13)Royal Giants
14)Aces
Historical Information
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| Starting Season: | 1927 |
| Seasons: | 21 |
| Games: | 22638 |
| Trades: | 467 |
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