SPB-X 1935 Season
Status: Rule 5 in May
SPB-X 1935 Season Status: Rule 5 in May
Standings
Batting Average
Home Runs
ERA
Current League Champion
SPBX-1934 Champion
Joe Dezarlo
New York Mutuals
The Mutuals come back from an 0-2 deficit to sweep the next four games to capture the crown. Ripper Collins (2 home runs and 7 RBIs) and Lefty Gomez (1-1, 0.53 ERA in 17 innings) were named co-MVPs.
SPB-X League Officers
Commissioner
Gary Plunkitt
President
Don Rahn
Statistician
Gary Plunkitt
Beat Writer
Steve Ehresman
SPB-X News that's fit to print
March 16, 2021
Rule Changes approved
These changes are an effort to bring the Pre-1961 leagues more in line with our new format that we are already using very successfully in the post 1961 leagues, and while it could be exactly the same not being at -4 teams and staying at -2, I think that you will see these as positive changes that will get these leagues very close to the format we are using for all Seasons Past Baseball leagues.
The biggest differences are because we will remain at -2 teams, we are implementing slightly higher usage meter percentages in the pre-1961 leagues, as well as the use of bonus players and some minor changes to the Rule 5 since we have 2 teams less players than modern leagues.
Also note, that because there are bonus players, the replacement level player rules will not be used….players will just be farmed after exceeding usage. Still NO more penalties. I think that most of you, likely with the exception of Paul, are in the modern leagues, so these changes should not be a huge thing. Paul, if you have questions regarding the new format, please reach out to myself and Mike See directly.
Here are the major changes:
-Pre-1961 leagues will remain at -2 teams and not -4 like modern leagues. Weekly play will be in place for all leagues.
-Usage level for Pitchers (Batters Faced) will be 115% (not 105% like in post 1961)
-Usage level for Batters (Non Catchers) (Plate Appearances) will be 110% (not 105% like in post 1961)
-Catchers PA’s would be 115% (Catchers are much harder to come by in these era’s so it's important to increase this number slightly to ensure proper coverage)
-Bonus players would be permitted in order to add more usage only being down 2 teams. Batters .234 and under can be used to up to 200%. Pitchers with an ERA of 4.50 or higher can be used to up to 200% of Batters Faced.
-Rule 5 CAP for Roster size would be 21 carded players for ALL TEAMS instead of 27 with a CAP of 36 Carded Players on yourroster at any time. Uncarded would not count against a roster as usual.
-Any remaining players NOT lost in the Rule 5 Draft would be returned to their former roster instead of going into the Free Agent Pool like in modern leagues.
-ALL Other changes we have also made in the modern leagues would be implemented in SPB-3 and SPB-X. Things like in-season trading and free agent drop adds, (John T. will be updating with a consolidated constitution to reflect the changes)
-We are allowing for slightly higher percentages in these older leagues AND Bonus players still because we are not at -4 teams. We are leaving the Rule 5 at 21 players across the board now instead of being staggered based on record, because we want the Rule 5 Draft to continue to still have value at -2 teams, and returning all players not lost is necessary because with only a 6 round Rookie Draft, there would not be enough draft choices to get back to a 36 man roster.
These changes would take effect for the upcoming SPB-X (1935 Season)
February 16, 2021
1934 Champion Crowned!
A very nice series, and surprising, convincing come from behind World Series win from the Mutuals, after being down 2 games to zip. Congratulations to Joe DeZarlo on a well plaid series with his New York Mutuals. Also congratulations go to Mike See fo his Las Vegas Knights. They put up a valiant fight all the way from regular season, where they posted the best overall record for 1934, through this big series.
February 12, 2021
1935 Team name change
Steve Brunner has decided to change the team name from the former Lafayette Red Sox to the Burnnerville Bean Brewers. His explanation: "cause thats what I'm doing, roasting coffee beans " He will be remaining in Cleveland's League Park for the time being.
February 12, 2021
1935 Lottery Results
Number was 1-3-2. Here are the results. Only change was Albany dropping 1 spot to 4th and Dave moving up 1 spot to 3rd.
Message to remember…..don’t mess with the Ordained and Saint Emily and priority mail doesn’t work
1) West Baden Sprudels (Rick Ryan) (43 Wins) - 4 Chances
2) Lafayette Red Sox (Steve Brunner) (44 Wins) - 3 Chances
3) Kenosha Kingfish (Dave Lauer) (64 Wins) - 1 Chances
4) Albany Empires (John Turnbull) (61+1 Wins) - 2 Chances
February 6, 2021
1934 End of Season reports
Part of an SB tradition will come to an end. The 1934 Overusage report will be the very last one of its kind, as the use or lose report will still live on as an end of season report.
February 6, 2021
1934 Season finished
All SPB X Managers, Well, the regular season has concluded, and there were not ties for first place in either league, so my
congratulations to our A.L. champs, the New York Mutuals, managed by Joe DeZarlo, as well as to the N.L. winner, the Las Vegas
Knight, managed by Mike See. These two teams will meet soon in the 1934 World Series.
The Mutuals took the A.L. pennant winning 95 games, while besting the New Haven Whiffenpoofs (Chris Williams) by 5 games, as the
New Haven (90 wins) bunch stayed in the fight, but ended up 2nd in the standings. Finishing in the 3rd slot, was the Frankfort
Frogs (Gary Plunkitt) with 87 victories, 8 games off the winning pace. Rounding out the standings, were the Louisville Colonels
(4th) (Applegate), Glaziers (5th) (Lehman), Blue Sox (6th) (Rahn), and bringing up the rear, the Sprudels (7th) (Ryan).
In the N.L., it was just a shade closer as the Knights held off the San Francisco Seals, taking the flag with 101 wins, as opposed
to S.F.'s 97 wins. The Seals ran a very close 2nd just 4 games off the pace. The Seals had led much of the year, but in the end,their
players just ran out of gas, and fell to runner ups. In 3rd place, you will find the Borger Gassers (Terry Baxter) who with 87 wins
were 14 games behind. Rounding out the N.L. we find the Titans (4th) (Meyering), the Kingfish (5th) (Lauer), the Empires (6th) (Turnbull),
and securing the cellar were the Red Sox (7th) (Ehresman/Brunner).
Thanks to all of you for finishing out our weekly play of September in a very timely fashion. That is much appreciated. Now we will be
looking forward to the entire 1935 season where we will play the whole year with a weekly schedule.
You will find the final regular '34 season files attached. I will post the September Award Winners soon, so that John T. can post them to
the SPB X web page. Also the final 50% loss list will becoming soon, as well as the overuse list for 1934.
Thanks again everyone, and congratulations to Joe & Mike for their 1934 pennant winning seasons!
November 4, 2020
In-season manager change
Steve Ehresman has resigned as manager of the Lafayette Red Sox after completing
the play of June. The good news is that veteran SPB manager
Steve Brunner is happy
to take over the reigns of the Red Sox as their new permanent manager beginning with
play of the month of July. Good to have someone like Steve B. step right in. So
starting with the July '34 games, if your playing the Lafayette Red Sox through the
second half of the season, be sure to send your MP's to Manager Brunner, and not
to Ehresman.
My thanks to Steve Brunner for stepping right in. Hopefully, some of you will also
welcome Steve B. to SPB X.
July 2, 2020
1934 Rule 5 Protected roster numbers
Here are the numbers of protected players each team may keep:
20 Protected Players
New Haven Whiffenpoofs (C. Williams)
Louisville Colonels (R. Applegate)
Las Vegas Knights (M. See)
Lafayette Red Sox (S. Ehresman)
21 Protected Players
Detroit Titans (P. Meyering)
San Francisco Seals (J. Ungashick)
Frankfort Frogs (G. Plunkitt)
Borger Gassers (T. Baxter)
West Baden Sprudels (R. Ryan)
Kenosha Kingfish (D. Lauer)
22 Protected Players
Schenectady Blue Sox (D. Rahn)
San Diego Glaziers (S. Lehman)
Albany Empires (J. Turnbull)
New York Mutuals (J. DeZarlo)
June 27, 2020
1934 Ballpark change
Two league name changes to make you aware of:
The Frankfort Frogs have left Shibe Park (Philadelphia Athletics-AL) and moved into Sportsmans
Park-III (A)(St. Louis Browns-AL).
The Kenosha Kingfsh are claiming Shibe Park and are abandoning Comiskey Park
The available parks for 1934 are The Polo Grounds (N.Y. Giants-NL), and Comiskey Park.
June 27, 2020
1934 League schedule updates
All SPB 1934 Managers, This is just to alert all managers of an earlier draft schedule
than what we have done in the past. With the change of schedules to balance all the
Seasons Past Baseball leagues, we are going to have some earlier drafts for 1934 over
what this league normally has done in the past. Due to the fact of the revamped schedule
for SPB X, we will hold the Rule 5 Draft on July 18th. This is the draft done after all
teams have submitted their protected rosters, which I will be calling for next weekend.
The Rule 5 will be done by email as always. And then
the rookie draft for 1934 will follow
shortly on August 8th. Our 1934 season will then begin on September 1st, and run through
February. Sorry guys to announce this so suddenly, but due to the changes, this is one of
the leagues that has different months to draft than we had in the past.
I will call for your protected rosters next weekend. This will happen a week from today.
I know that is close to the 4th of July, but you will have until the following Friday (7/11)
for your deadline to submit protected rosters. The '34 rookie draft will be 6 rounds as always.
Then there will be a couple more weeks to trade and prepare for the September 1st 1934 season
start. Next season (1935) the Rule 5 draft will be held in June, with the 1935 rookie draft
in July, and the start of the season will remain for September 1st. And that will the the
normal schedule for SPB X.
I know all of you are veteran managers who have always done well, and that is why I am
confident you will be able to handle this change for the coming season. The 1934 drafts
will be a bit of a rush this season only, but hopefully you all will handle this change
without any major problems. Some of the SPB leagues are remaining on the same schedules
they have always had. Good news: For those of you who also play in SPB III (1951) there
will be no changes to the draft dates. But half of our leagues are changing a bit, some
draft later than in the past, and some are drafting earlier than usual, and we are one of
those.
May 22, 2020
1934 Team name changes
Two league name changes to make you aware of:
The Prarie Crossing Red Foxes will now become the Lafayette Red Sox.
The East Kenosha Leopards have changed their name to the Kenosha Kingfish.
May 13, 2020
1934 Team player release
Steve Ehresman of the Red Foxes has cleaned up his roster a bit by releasing all the
following player (most are un-carded in 1934):
Doc Farrell (1935)
Glenn Wright (1935)
Steve Swetonic(1935)
Buck Marrow (1937)
Jim Peterson (1937)
Fresco Thompson PH
Thompson goes into the rookie draft for 1934, and the others will be in the rookie drafts
when they return to the Major Leagues.
May 12, 2020
1934 Ballpark Change
The New York Mutuals (J. DeZarlo) are leaving the Polo Grounds and moving into Cincy's Crosley Field. The leaves N. Y.'s Polo Grounds and St. Louis Sportsmans Park III (A.L.) two very good hitters parks as the open stadiums in 1934.
May 10, 2020
1934 Draft lottery results
Here is your winner
3-3-5
So….No change whatsoever to the order. Congrats to Steve Lehman! I’ll have to
draft order and Draft Module updated to Gary in the next few minutes…and he should
hopefully have a shiny new 1934 database out to us all early this week.
1) San Diego Glaziers
2) Schenectady Blue Sox
3) New York Mutuals
4) Albany Empires
May 10, 2020
New Manager for 1934 season
Now that the 1933 World Series is over, it is time for me to announce that Marc Hollingsworth, manager of the Lincoln City Riptide has resigned from SPB X. Thanks to Marc for his many seasons as an SPB X manager. The new manager taking over this team and returning to SPB X is veteran SPB manager Rick Ryan. He will be renaming the team as the West Baden Sprudel and they will remain in Wrigley Field as their home park.
April 30, 2020
1933 End of Season reports
At the end of each season, there are two important reports that are published. Linked here
are the
1933 Use or Lose Report
1933 Overusage Report
April 23, 2020
1933 Final Stats and Power rankings posted
The stats and power rankings for September of 1933 are now posted. Only the World Series remains to be played.
Chris Williams New Haven Whiffenpoofs won the American League by posting a fine 97-57 record, He bested the
Louisville Colonels by 4 games. In the National League Mike See's Las Vegas wins the pennant with an 89-65 record,
besting the Prarie Crossing Red Foxes by 7 games. So it will be these two pennant winning teams taking on each
other in the 1933 World Series.
Our 2 runner up teams, the Colonels and Red Foxes also kept in close contention all year, so jobs well done by
Rich Applegate and Steve Ehresman. The only other teams above .500 for the year were the Detroit Titans (Paul
Meyering) and San Francisco Seals (John Ungashick). Kudos, guys! The rest of us, myself included, just kind of
stumbled along.
I will be sending out the two lists over the next couple of days for 50% player loses, and overuse report as well
as Septembers top player award winners. I will also be preparing the W.S. file for both Mike and Chris soon.
Thanks everyone for another successful SPB X season.
October 28, 2019
1933 Dr. Diamond waxes poetic
If you read ANYTHING on the webiste this year, you must read the entire
Dr.Diamond article, penned by Steve Ehresman. An absolutely fantastic read!
August 18, 2019
1933 Call for Protected Rosters
Now is the time to decide your protected rosters for the 1933 Rule 5 draft. The
up to date file is attached with all trade through 146 in tact. Remember there
is no reason to protect your un-carded players, as they are not available in Rule
5 drafts. Here is the number of players each team may protect:
19 Protected Players
San Francisco Seals (Ungashick)
Schenectady Blue Sox (Rahn)
Albany Empires (Turnbull)
Lincoln City Riptide (Hollingsworth)
20 Protected Players
Frankfort Frogs (Plunkitt)
New Haven Whiffenpoofs (Williams)
Prarie Crossing Red Foxes (Ehresman)
East Kenosha Leopards (Lauer)
New York Mutuals (DeZarlo)
Las Vegas Knights (See)
21 Protected Players
Borger Gassers (Baxter)
Detroit Titans (Meyering)
Louisville Colonels (Applegate)
San Diego Glaziers (Lehman)
The deadline for submitting your protected list will be this coming Wednesday
(Sept. 21st). So be sure to have yours to me on time. As soon as all protected
lists are received, I will send out the Rule 5 files with all available players
listed on each roster as "farmed". We will then begin the Rule 5 Draft to be
conducted by email. So good luck to each of you. In the meantime, I look
forward to your protected rosters soon.
August 8, 2019
1933 New Front Office appointments
At this time I would like to announce that Steve Ehresman will become this SPB X's very first beat
writer. In previous years there has not been a writer for SPB X. For those of you who go back far
enough into the past to remember Steve's stint as the early on SPB writer, with his columns as Dr.
Diamond, I am sure you will remember his interesting articles. For those of you (of which there are many)
who do not go back to those early years, I think you will find your in for a treat.
Also, I would like to announce that after being a Commissioner for many seasons in various SPB leagues,
that for the first time I will be taking on the duty as the league statistician for SPB X, replacing Mike
See. I have filled in occasionally as a statistician in a few instances where they were on vacation, or
away for other reasons. I am sure I will be able to do the job well enough to keep the league moving
through the season in a timely fashion.
May 19, 2019
1933 Draft lottery results announced
Number was 9-2-0
Congratulations to Terry Baxter on landing the top choice….Could their be an Indian
is Borger’s future??? Draft order attached. With that….I officially hand the league
reigns to Gary Plunkitt. Please report all trades to Gary….Thank again to all…
Borger Gassers (Terry Baxter) (51) - 4 Chances
Louisville Colonels (Rich Applegate) (62) - 2 Chances
Detroit Titans (Paul Meyering) (52) - 3 Chances
Frankfort Frogs (Gary Plunkitt) (69) - 1 Chance
May 19, 2019
SPB-X End of season reports
The end of seasons reports for the 1932 season are now complete. You can click
on the appropriate titles for the
OVERUSAGE and
USE OR LOSE reports.
May 19, 2019
SPB-X Change of Comissioners
I has certainly been my privilege to serve as your league commissioner at stat for the
first 6 seasons of our league, but I will be handing the reigns of the league over to
our great friend Mr. Gary Plunkitt beginning with the 1933 season, once I send the final
reports out for 1932.
Obviously, the league will remain in great hands.
With 6 different SPB Leagues, with John T, Gary and I each commissioning 2 each, I approached
Gary several months ago about swapping commissioner rolls with SPB-X (1933) and SPB-60
(beginning with the 1960 season), so that we are running league at different times of the
year and there is not so much overlap between seasons and drafts. Thankfully, he agreed,
which will take a lot of added pressure off of me with having two leagues happing at once,
and also allow me to re-take the reigns in SPB-60, where I was originally commish, as we head
into the expansion years. Thanks to Gary for agreeing to take this on.
While I am stepping down as commish and league stat (someone will need to fill in this roll,
and Gary will determine that), I will happily be remaining in the league as a manager, and
look forward to many more exciting seasons on baseball together.
All my best, and thanks to all of you for making my job an easy one,
Mike See
Calendar
Feb 16, 2021
Trading begins
May, 2021
Rule 5 draft
Power Rankings
1) Mutuals (3)
2) Frogs (4)
3) Gassers (8)
3) Seals (2)
5) Knights (1)
6) Colonels (5)
7) Glaziers (9)
8) Blue Sox (12)
9) Whiffenpoofs (6)
10) Titans (7)
11) Kingfish (10)
11) Red Sox (10)
13) Sprudels (13)
14) Empires (14)
1934 1st rd draft Order
1) Glaziers
2) Blue Sox
3) Mutuals
4) Titans
5) Sprudels
6) Leopards
7) Gassers
8) Frogs
9) Seals
10) Red Foxes
11) Red Foxes
12) Colonels
13) Whiffenpoofs
14) Knights
Historical Information
| Established: 2013 | |
|---|---|
| Starting Season: | 1927 |
| Seasons: | 7 |
| Games: | 7546 |
| Trades: | 186 |
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