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Old 07-14-2013, 01:52 PM   #251
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1970 NLCS

Game one of the NLCS was an 8-1 shellacking as Javier homered and drove in 3 runs. Brinkman and Yaz each added 2 RBI. Klages & Lauzerique combined on the one run shut down to take game one in SF.

Game two was a tight, 1-0 game between Jenkins & Derrington until we broke it open in the 8th. McCovey, McCarver & Hebner all had RBI hits in the 4 run inning to push our lead to 5-0 and we would hold on to win it 5-2. Jenkins pitched 7 shutout innings.

Game three was all set for the sweep following a gem from Tommy John that had us up 2-1 going into the 9th. Bill Champion got roughed up like a lost schoolgirl, as the Giants piled on five 9th inning runs to avert the sweep and win game three by a 6-2 score.

In game four we messed Jim Kaat up big time. In a six run 4th inning, Brinkman hit a solo shot, Yaz hit a 2 run shot, and McCarver hit a bases load, 3 run double to spot us to a huge lead that Klages would have no trouble holding. We added 4 more runs in the 8th and despite a rocky 9th from Dennis Musgraves, we won 10-5 and closed out the series, earning ourselves a trip back to the World Series.

We'll match up with the Yankees who, for the second straight year, made easy work of the White Sox, dispatching them in four games. This is pretty much the same Yankee team we're used to. Niekro & Ortega are 20 games winners, Dean Chance is their 3rd starter. Dillard smashes another 50 homers this year and Darrell Evans has become a legit force, posting a .306/42/110 line.
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Old 07-15-2013, 01:37 PM   #252
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The series opened at Yankee Stadium with a pitching battle between Fergie Jenkins and Phil Niekro that saw the game tied 2-2 after nine innings. In the top of the 10th, with 2 out and nobody on, Brinkman, Hebner and Carew delivered back to back to back singles off of Yankees close Bob Locker to give us a 3-2 lead. Bill Champion would shut the door in the bottom of the inning to give us a 3-2 win in game 1.

In game two, Klages & Ortega faced off and this time it was the Yankees getting the better end of a tight contest, winning 3-2 behind 2 RBI's from Don Dillard.

In game 3, back in Philly, Ron Hunt would set the pace for the Yankees as his three run homer off of Tommy John in the 2nd inning would give the Yankees a lead they would never relinquish en route to an 8-4 win. Hunt & Darrell Evans would each knock in 3 as Dean Chance was just good enough to hold us at bay and give the Yankees a 2-1 series lead.

Game 4 would bring good and bad news for the fightin Phils. The good news, after Don Dillards 2 run homer off of Jenkins in the 1st inning, we would take the Yankees to the woodshed, exploding for 15 runs, 9 off of Yankee starter Phil Niekro in the first five innings.

Mota and Javier would knock in 3 runs each. Brinkman & Hebner collected 3 hits each as we pounded them, 15-3. The bad news is that McCovey has a hip issue and he'll miss the next 3 days. Ooofah.

Game 5 was another tight contest between Klages & Ortega, and once again the Yankees would come out on top. Solo homers by Corky Withrow and Tony Perez would help the Yankees to a 3-2 win. We had a big chance in the ninth with Mota on 3rd and 1 out but Javier couldn't get him in, Yaz was HBP and Paul Blair grounded out to end the game. We head back to Yankee Stadium down 3-2 and without McCovey for game 6.

Game 6 was all about Dean Chance. Tommy John struggled, allowing 3 runs before being pulled after four innings and Dean Chance never took his foot off the brakes as he cruised to a complete game, 5 hit shutout as the Yankees won 4-0 and claimed the 1970 world title. Bleh.

Not much I can say about it, their pitching bested our pitching in the tight games and Tommy John sucked a donkeys ding a ling. Not having McCovey for games 5 & 6 was obviously a huge deal but I can't complain over spilled milk, it is what it is and we done got beat.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1970)
EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
New York             110  52  .679    --  .274   179    35  2.82
Baltimore             98  64  .605  12.0  .280   130    38  3.42
Boston                82  80  .506  28.0  .282   202    31  4.27
Detroit               80  82  .494  30.0  .263   152    34  3.97
Cleveland             76  86  .469  34.0  .265   141    98  4.29
Milwaukee             25 137  .154  85.0  .213    43    55  5.35

WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
Chicago               98  64  .605    --  .275   158    65  3.52
Kansas City           87  75  .537  11.0  .269    92    46  4.13
California            87  75  .537  11.0  .266    99    45  3.73
Minnesota             84  78  .519  14.0  .267   118    44  4.15
Oakland               79  83  .488  19.0  .242   130    29  3.30
Texas                 66  96  .407  32.0  .259    58    56  4.20


NATIONAL LEAGUE (1970)
EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
Philadelphia         118  44  .728    --  .283   188    41  3.05
Chicago               96  66  .593  22.0  .261   175    37  3.75
St. Louis             79  83  .488  39.0  .256   108    54  3.52
New York              78  84  .481  40.0  .263   107    57  3.75
Pittsburgh            71  91  .438  47.0  .259   105    43  4.45
Montreal              43 119  .265  75.0  .239    76    62  5.08

WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
San Fransisco        114  48  .704    --  .274   138    64  3.11
Los Angeles           91  71  .562  23.0  .276   116    58  3.72
Atlanta               90  72  .556  24.0  .258   160    29  3.67
Cincinnati            85  77  .525  29.0  .267   100    48  3.62
San Diego             72  90  .444  42.0  .248   125    36  3.62
Houston               35 127  .216  79.0  .221    39    61  4.80

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Yankees defeat White Sox, 3-1
Phillies defeat Giants, 3-1

WORLD SERIES
Yankees defeat Phillies, 4-2


1970 MLB AWARDS
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1970)
Cy Young                  Bob Gibson (BAL)
Player of the Year:       Graig Nettles (MIN)
Rookie Of The Year:       Tom Metcalf (MIL)

Gold Glove (P):           Dave McNally (MIN)
Gold Glove (C):           John Sevcik (BAL)
Gold Glove (1B):          Joe Cunningham (BAL)
Gold Glove (2B):          Chuck Schilling (BAL)
Gold Glove (3B):          Graig Nettles (MIN)
Gold Glove (SS):          Jim Fregosi (KCY)
Gold Glove (LF):          Mickey Stanley (BAL)
Gold Glove (CF):          Frank Robinson (CHW)
Gold Glove (RF):          Rick Reichardt (CAL)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1970)
Cy Young                  Fergie Jenkins (PHI)
Player of the Year:       Tommy Davis (SFG)
Rookie Of The Year:       Dave Kingman (STL)

Gold Glove (P):           Claude Osteen (LAS)
Gold Glove (C):           Tim McCarver (PHI)
Gold Glove (1B):          Lee Thomas (CHC)
Gold Glove (2B):          Jay Ward (CHC)
Gold Glove (3B):          Don Wert (CHC)
Gold Glove (SS):          Gil Garrido (CHC)
Gold Glove (LF):          Howie Goss (PIT)
Gold Glove (CF):          Tommy Davis (SFG)
Gold Glove (RF):          Carl Yastrzemski (PHI)
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Old 07-15-2013, 01:40 PM   #256
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* 1970 MLB CAREER MILESTONES *

Willie McCovey, Phillies, 400th Home Run
Camilo Pascual, Orioles, 3000th Strike Out
Ralph Mauriello, White Sox, 300 Wins
Frank Robinson, White Sox, 400th Home Run
Harmon Killebrew, Braves, 500th Home Run
Ralph Terry, White Sox, 250th Win
Harvey Kuenn, Orioles, 2500th Hit
Jim Bunning, Reds, 4000th Strikeout
Neal Hertweck, A's, 2500th Hit
Maury Wills, White Sox, 1500th Run
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Old 07-15-2013, 10:19 PM   #258
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Mota is asking for close to $200K a year. I don't want to do it but I've got to let him walk. Even with the new stadium opening up, we have Al Bumbry ready to play and it just doesn't make sense to invest so much in Mota. It's a big risk letting a perrenial .300 hitter at the top of your lineup walk, but it's one I've got to make.

Danny Lazar gets $110K in arbitration. I may try and keep him if we can get that number down in contract talks but we lost over $700K this year and I've got to be careful about how many more seasons I hemorrhage money.

I decide that we have the arms in the minors to move Lazar. We ship him to Texas for 24 year old catcher Johnny Oates and 24 year old 1B Roe Skidmore. Both those guys are good, ready to play prospects, not world beaters, but it's a good deal for Lazar.

Tim McCarver is in the last year of his deal and he wants about $240K per year, right now I think that's way too rich but I'm not gonna move him, I'll let this season play out and see where we stand financially after a year in the Vet.

Dick Simpson hits arbitration next year too so that's more cash we'll have to dole out.

Two new additions to the starting staff this year as rookies Mike Caldwell & Don Durham step in. Rick Henninger had a semi decent year last year but both of these guys are better than him so he's headed to AAA.

Al Bumbry takes over in Centerfield for the departed Manny Mota against right handers, and for at least this year, Paul Blair will man center against lefties, both me will start the year from the lead off spot but if they're sucking, we'll move em down.

Johnny Oates is our new backup catcher, easily the best we've had since Buck Rodgers, and if our money situation doesn't improve he'll probably be taking over next year.

So some only 4 changes to our roster but they're fairly big ones, I still think we're probably the class of the East but ya never know.

So yeah, it'll be interesting to see how our financials shake out. We have $1.1M in the coffers but we're projected to lose almost a million this year, hopefully more seats equals more revenue, we'll see.

Let's get this baby shaking.
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Old 07-16-2013, 07:56 PM   #259
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April- Well that was impressive. We went 23-4 in April. The pitching has been real good, only SP Don Durham is scuffling a bit. Our lineup is mashing it. Bumbry is hitting .403, Simspon is .365/19/29. Good start to the season.

May- Wow. 46-10, 12 games up on the Mets. Tommy Johns 3.08 ERA is highest on the staff. We have five guys with over 40 RBI.

June- 66-17, 20.5 games up on the Cubs. George Brett went 1st overall in the draft to the Brewers. Keith Hernandez went 2nd to the Astros.

July- 83-26, RP Bill Zepp missed a couple of weeks with a strained knee.

I want to lock Dick Simpson up long term before he hits arbitration. I agree to a 7 year deal worth $295K per year. It's a big one for sure, but I anticipate him moving into the 4 hole at some point in the next few seasons and he's going to be the cornerstone of the next era so I pretty much had no choice. This pretty much ensures that McCarver and Hebner will be gone after this year as they each want well into the $150K range and that's just too steep.

August- 102-33, Don Durham missed a couple weeks with a hand issue. The level of healthy we've been is really a pleasant surprise. Ed Brinkman is having a remarkable year, he has a .296/26/106 line from the seven hole.

September- We finish the year 118-44, winning the division by 34 games over the Cubs. We'll rematch the Giants, who bettered the Braves by 8 games, in the NLCS.

In the AL, the Yankees won the East by 18 games over the Red Sox and the White Sox won a heated battle in the West by 4 games over the Royals & Rangers and 5 games over the Twins. So the Yankee and White Sox meet for the 3rd straight year in the ALCS.

Dick Simpsons 49 homers were 2nd in all of baseball to only Harmon Killebrew and his 129 runs were 3rd. Julian Javiers 197 hits were good for 10th best in the league. The rub is that everyone hit so well and divided up the counting stats that none of them made the leaderboards but we crushed it as a team. I'll take it.

Jenkins and Johns 22 wins were tied for 5th in baseball. Jenkins, John & Durham all had 2.59 ERA's to tie for 2nd in baseball. That's spooky.

One shitty note heading into the playoffs is that Al Bumbry has a bum ankle and will miss two weeks, so his postseason availability is low. Don't know how I'll handle the lineup with him out. We'll see.

Financially we did good. We lost $317K but it was much less than forecast thanks to big crowds all year. Our cash is getting lower though so it's not like I can rejoice and go spend, spend, spend, but that's to worry about later. Right now it's on with the playoffs.
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Old 07-16-2013, 07:58 PM   #260
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1971 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Javier, Julian            PHI  159  .299   659  197  36   7  17   43   85    8   6   99   95  .452  .344
Yastrzemski, Carl         PHI  159  .290   625  181  35   5  26  102   65    6   4  114  106  .486  .387
Brinkman, Ed              PHI  157  .300   577  173  23   6  27   67   60    2   2   79  113  .501  .373
McCarver, Tim             PHI  138  .294   517  152  33   8   6   55   37    4   2   82   71  .424  .364
Bumbry, Al                PHI  111  .318   459  146  24   6   4   41   49   14   6   78   53  .423  .374
Hebner, Richie            PHI  151  .281   516  145  26   2  23   85   63    0   2   82   89  .473  .391
Simpson, Dick             PHI  159  .259   555  144  15   4  49  112  128    4   4  129  115  .566  .390
McCovey, Willie           PHI  129  .261   487  127  25   5  23   75   92    0   2   83   83  .474  .359
Blair, Paul               PHI   58  .287   244   70  15   2   4   23   36    5   3   36   23  .414  .351
Carew, Rod                PHI   42  .333   153   51   7   1   0    8   19    8   1   25   16  .392  .370
Piniella, Lou             PHI   69  .330    97   32   5   0   0   10    7    0   1    8   25  .381  .389
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI   32  .275   102   28   3   0   2    5   27    0   0   11   16  .363  .306
Klages, Fred              PHI   32  .225    89   20   4   0   0    5   35    0   0    3    6  .270  .266
John, Tommy               PHI   32  .213    94   20   4   0   1    2   24    0   0   10    9  .287  .227
Campaneris, Bert          PHI   24  .222    81   18   2   0   1    6   11    2   2   13    5  .284  .276
Oates, Johnny             PHI   26  .242    66   16   4   0   1    3    6    0   1    7    7  .348  .275
Caldwell, Mike            PHI   32  .180    89   16   2   0   0    5   35    0   0   11    4  .202  .223
Durham, Don               PHI   28  .198    81   16   2   0   1    2   33    0   0    8    4  .259  .217
Hosley, Tim               PHI   25  .217    46   10   3   0   0    6   14    0   1    5    5  .283  .333
Roberts, Dave             PHI    2  .400     5    2   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    1    0  .400  .400
Champion, Bill            PHI   68  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    1    2  .200  .167
Musgraves, Dennis         PHI   15  .200     5    1   0   0   0    1    1    0   0    0    0  .200  .333
Zepp, Bill                PHI   18  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Nyman, Jerry              PHI    8  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Lauzerique, George        PHI    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Henninger, Rick           PHI    4  .000     8    0   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Duffie, John              PHI    1  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

1971 Phillies Pitching
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1971 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI  271.1  2.59   32  32  22   5   0  203   45  8.39
John, Tommy               PHI  260.2  2.59   32  32  22   8   0  153   44  9.43
Klages, Fred              PHI  255.0  3.00   32  32  20   6   0  201   52  9.18
Caldwell, Mike            PHI  247.0  3.79   32  32  15   8   0  115   47 10.57
Durham, Don               PHI  215.2  2.59   28  28  19   5   0  155   83 10.89
Champion, Bill            PHI   87.0  2.90   68   0  12   7  26   40   24 11.07
Zepp, Bill                PHI   27.2  2.28   18   0   3   2   1   14   10 12.04
Henninger, Rick           PHI   27.0  1.67    4   3   3   0   0   21    8  9.00
Musgraves, Dennis         PHI   26.2  4.73   15   0   2   2   1   18   17 13.50
Roberts, Dave             PHI   13.0  4.15    2   2   0   1   0    9    5 13.85
Nyman, Jerry              PHI   11.1  2.38    8   0   0   0   3    8    1  9.53
Duffie, John              PHI    6.0  4.50    1   1   0   0   0    2    2 15.00
Lauzerique, George        PHI    2.2  0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2    0  3.38
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Game 1 was a wilder affair than you would imagine a battle of staff aces Dick Drago and Fergie Jenkins would be. The Giants got things rolling when Jack Hiatt doubled in two runs in the bottom of the 2nd to put the Giants ahead. We send 8 men to the plate in the top of the 3rd and RBI singles by Blair & Simpson, and an RBI groundout by McCovey gave us a 3-2 lead.

The lead would be short lived however as Jenkins would again struggle in the 3rd. He loaded the bases and then allowed an run scoring single to Bobby Bonds and another 2 run single to Jack Hiatt as the Giants claimed a 5-3 lead.

Things settled down until the 8th when McCovey popped a homer and Ed Brinkman singled in McCarver to tie the game at 5-5. The Giants would again answer back however, as pinch hitter Mike Andrews would smash a two run homer off of reliever Bill Zepp in the bottom of the 8th to give the Giants a 7-5 lead. We had a chance in the ninth, plating a run off of Giants closer Steve Simpson but came up a run short as San Fransisco took game one.

Game two was another tight battle and once again the Giants stayed a step ahead most of the way. Fred Klages & Ron Keller matched up in this one that saw the Giants take a 2-1 lead into the ninth inning before we came up with a huge one. RBI singles by Hebner and Carew off of a tired Keller gave us a 3-2 lead that closer Bill Champion would make stand as we stole game two and send the series back to Philly even.

We cruised in game 3 back at the Vet as Tommy John needed less than 100 pitches for a complete game win. Backed by homers from Brinkman & Hebner was rolled to a 4-1 win and put the Giants on the brink of elimination.

Don Durham got his first postseason start in game four and it was a thing of beauty. He tossed eight shutout innings and Dick Simpson provided all the offense we needed with a 6th inning grand slam as we wrapped up the series with a 5-0 win. One sour note, Bill Champion came in to pitch the ninth and has elbow tendinitis, he'll miss about a week.

We will meet the Yankees in the world series yet again, and it's pretty much the same team we've been facing. The Yankees dispatched of the White Sox in the ALCS for the 3rd straight year, this time it was a sweep. Time for us to get some payback.
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Niekro and Jenkins matched up in game one, and after allowing 3 straight hits and 2 runs to open the game, Jenkins was masterful. We rallied in the late innings and Fergie allowed only 1 more hit the rest of the game as we won it 4-2 and won the first world series game ever played at the Vet.

We wasted no time getting things going in game two as McCovey hit a two run shot in the bottom of the 1st to put us up. He came up again in the 2nd with the bases loaded and put another one in the seats off of Dean Chance. That was way more than enough as we rolled to a 9-2 win. More bad pitching news as Jim Nyman came in in the 9th to get some work and messed up his hamstring, our lefty specialist is done for the year, bleh.

Game 3 saw the christening of a new Mr. October as a tight affair between John & Tiant saw the game tied at 3-3 heading to the bottom of the ninth. Two of the Yankees runs came on solo homers from Darrell Evans. With 2 outs and nobody on, closer Bill Champion faced Evans, and you guessed it, surrendered a game winning homer to give the Yankees life. Dammit.

Game 4 was pretty brutal. Don Durhams second postseason start didn't go nearly as well as his first. He allowed an RBI double to Corky Withrow and a 2 run homer to our old friend Johnny Briggs in the 1st inning to give Phil Niekro more than he need. Niekro didn't even allow a hit till the 7th inning en route to a complete game, 2 hit shutout. The Yankees won 5-0 and evened the series up. Game on.

Game 5 saw Jenkins take the hill against Dean Chance, and the Yankees continued their momentum early. In the 2nd inning Tony Perez delivered an RBI single and Jake Gibbs popped a two run homer to put us in a precarious spot down 3-0. But if Evans was their hero in game 4, Yaz would be ours today. He delivered an RBI single in the 3rd and a 2 run double in the 5th to tie it. Then in the 6th, Richie Hebner would single in the go ahead run and Jenkins was in lock down mode from then on. In the ninth he allowed a leadoff double to Johnny Briggs but picked him off, struck out Tony Perez and got Darrell Evans to ground out weakly to 2nd, shutting the door on a huge 4-3 win to put us up 3 games to 2 heading back to Philly.

In game 6, Klages and Tiant both grooved through 5 scoreless innings. But in the 6th we broke through on an RBI single from Javier, and a 2 run single from McCarver. We added two more in the 7th on RBI hits from Bumbry and Javier. Klages rolled to a complete game, 3 hit shutout as we closed out the Yankees 5-0 and won the series in six games. Sweet.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1971)
EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
New York             114  48  .704    --  .276   183    33  3.25
Boston                96  66  .593  18.0  .279   191    35  3.97
Baltimore             81  81  .500  33.0  .273   134    28  4.07
Detroit               75  87  .463  39.0  .264   119    35  3.99
Cleveland             68  94  .420  46.0  .250   125    72  4.54
Milwaukee             34 128  .210  80.0  .216    49    66  5.02

WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
Chicago               91  71  .562    --  .257   142    38  3.85
Kansas City           87  75  .537   4.0  .269    90    50  3.90
Texas                 87  75  .537   4.0  .262    90    66  3.87
Minnesota             86  76  .531   5.0  .276   112    74  4.25
California            79  83  .488  12.0  .256   124    43  3.94
Oakland               74  88  .457  17.0  .248   137    30  4.12

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1971)
EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
Philadelphia         118  44  .728    --  .281   185    53  2.92
Chicago               84  78  .519  34.0  .256   171    37  4.46
New York              81  81  .500  37.0  .270    94    74  3.84
St. Louis             79  83  .488  39.0  .248   138    61  4.04
Montreal              66  96  .407  52.0  .252    92    66  4.87
Pittsburgh            56 106  .346  62.0  .256    93    55  4.93

WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
San Fransisco        106  56  .654    --  .272   125    78  3.47
Atlanta               98  64  .605   8.0  .264   162    45  3.86
San Diego             86  76  .531  20.0  .256   119    46  3.24
Los Angeles           82  80  .506  24.0  .276   125    51  4.04
Cincinnati            80  82  .494  26.0  .270   125    52  4.09
Houston               36 126  .222  70.0  .219    59    62  5.76

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Yankees defeat White Sox, 3-0
Phillies defeat Giants, 3-1

WORLD SERIES
Phillies defeat Yankees, 4-2


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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1971)
Cy Young                  Bob Gibson (BAL)
Player of the Year:       Willie Smith (BOS)

Gold Glove (P):           Juan Marichal (TEX)
Gold Glove (C):           Bill Freehan (DET)
Gold Glove (1B):          Gary Holman (CAL)
Gold Glove (2B):          Felix Millan (MIN)
Gold Glove (3B):          Paul Schaal (CAL)
Gold Glove (SS):          Cesar Gutierrez (CAL)
Gold Glove (LF):          Kevin Woodhead (MIL)
Gold Glove (CF):          Hank Aaron (MIN)
Gold Glove (RF):          Earl Robinson (OAK)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1971)
Cy Young                  Nolan Ryan (ATL)
Player of the Year:       Harmon Killebrew (ATL)
Rookie Of The Year:       Don Durham (PHI)

Gold Glove (P):           Chad Stockheath (HOU)
Gold Glove (C):           Tim McCarver (PHI)
Gold Glove (1B):          Gomer Hodge (LAS)
Gold Glove (2B):          Jay Ward (CHC)
Gold Glove (3B):          Al Gallagher (NYM)
Gold Glove (SS):          Ed Brinkman (PHI)
Gold Glove (LF):          Richie Zisk (PIT)
Gold Glove (CF):          Carl Yastrzemski (PHI)
Gold Glove (RF):          Brian McCall (CIN)
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Phil Niekro, Yankees, 250th Win
Jim Kaat, Giants, 250th Win
Joe Cunningham, Orioles, 3000th Hit
Joe Cunningham, Orioles, 1500th Run
Bob Gibson, Orioles, 350th Win
Bob Gibson, Orioles, 4000th Strikeout
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Julian Javier, Phillies, 2500th Hit
Roberto Clemente, Orioles, 3000th Hit
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Richie Hebner gets $140K in arbitration.

I break down and give McCarver $176K for 4 years. I just don't want to break this team up.

Yaz, Javier, Blair & Nyman are all in the last year of their contracts. Blair & Nyman don't want a ton, but they want more than I think they're worth.

We ink Javier to a 4 year deal worth $295K per year, just barely above what he's making now. Just gotta hope he's still producing 4 years from now.

We sign Richie Hebner to a 7 year deal at $95K per season. He's producing, albeit from the 8 spot, he's young and he's improving. If he stays the course this is a real good deal.

Yaz is another story, I'm going to have to break the bank to keep him, to the tune of close to $500K a season. Oy. I've got Gary Matthews and Greg Luzinski coming up, and if not this year, they'll both be ready by next year. I think I'm going to have to bite the bullet and let Yaz play out his contract this year and then let him walk.

We sell Jerry Nyman to the Expos for $19K. He's pitched well for us, but we have a young lefty named Mike Pazik ready to go as our specialist, he's the only new addition to our pitching staff.

We have some really good arms at every level as we've been able to restock our system nicely, so if we run into financial trouble we have the assets to get some cash, hopefully we wont need to do that though.

As far as our lineup goes, McCovey is clearly entering the twilight of his career. He's 45 homers shy of 500 and I'd really like to get him there so I'm keeping him in the cleanup spot for now. Al Bumbry will play everyday, I think he's both earned it and can do it. This lineup is pretty deadly, so even if someone struggles, it shouldn't affect us too much.

We have a plethora of prospects at AAA that are real close to being ready. Outfielders Gary Matthews & Greg Luzinski and 1B Joe Staton could all probably play well in the majors this year but should all be bonafide by the time next season rolls around. I'm thinking McCoveys time at 1st may be coming to an end sooner than I'd hoped.
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April- 22-5, 3.5 games up on the Mets. Hebners .303 is our lowest BA. McCovey has 10 homers, Simpson has 10. Closer Bill Champion has an ERA over 8 but no loses and 4 saves. John & Durham have ERA's over 4 but Jenkins is 1.36 & 6-0.

May- Grrrr. An amazing 46-11 record is tempered by the fact that Dick Simpson broke his ankle and will miss 3 month. Lou Piniella will take over in right field and rookie Greg Luzinski is called up. Javier is hitting .354. The pitching is spectacular, Jenkins is 10-1 and Klages is 10-0

June- 66-18, 12.5 games up on the Mets. McCoveys production has dropped off a lot but we're ok. Fergie is 14-2.

Andre Dawson goes 1st to the Brewers. Dennis Eckersley 2nd to the Astros. Willie Randolph 3rd to the Pirates. Gary Carter & Ozzie Smith go 4-5 to Montreal and Cleveland.

July- We're 83-25, 15.5 games up on a very good Mets team. McCovey missed a couple of weeks with a broken foot. Tim McCarver is out for a month with an Achilles issue.

August- 106-29. Willie McCovey hurt his ankle and will miss a couple weeks, we call up rookie 1B Joe Staton to get some starts. We lock Johnny Oates up for 7 years at $24K, a real nice deal.

September- Gahh, Julian Javier tweaks his knee and will miss most of September, he should be good for the postseason though.
Rob Carew busts up his knee and is out over a month, probably to miss the postseason. Closer Bill Champion breaks his finger and will miss over a month, maybe the postseason. Bill Zepp takes over as closer. Come on already.

McCoveys 32 homers puts him 9th best in baseball. Al Bumbry collects 210 hits and scores 137 runs, both top 5 in baseball.
Jenkins leads the league in ERA and wins with 1.92 & 25. Mike Caldwell at 2.74, Fred Klages at 2.86 and Tommy John at 2.88 are all top 10 in ERA. Klages 20 wins are good for 10th.

We lost another $500K this year but I'm not panicked.

We'll play the Giants for the 3rd straight year in the NLCS. They won 109 games and won the West by 15 games over the Dodgers, they're very much the same team we've been facing. We'll be a little short as Rod Carew & Closer Bill Champion are out most of the postseason most likely, but our lineup is in tact for the first time since Simpson broke his ankle almost 4 months ago.

In the American League, the 99 win Yankees won the East by 6 games over Boston. They'll take on the Twins, who won an epic AL West race by 1 game over the Rangers, 2 games over the Royals, and 5 games over the Angels and White Sox. The Twins are powered offensively by 3B Graig Nettles and his .320/29/114 line and Jose Tartabull & Felix Millan at the top of the order who combined to score 224 times this year. Insanely, their best starter is Randy Jones who's 4.13/17-11.
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1972 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Bumbry, Al                PHI  154  .322   653  210  49   7   8   77   77   38   5  137   80  .455  .393
Javier, Julian            PHI  137  .308   561  173  19   6  19   54   61    4   6   87   85  .465  .368
Yastrzemski, Carl         PHI  152  .274   603  165  34   6  28  103   74    3   3  107   99  .489  .380
Brinkman, Ed              PHI  144  .306   540  165  30   7  17   55   69    1   0   82   81  .481  .372
Hebner, Richie            PHI  153  .291   508  148  30   1  20  105   62    3   2   82   82  .472  .418
McCovey, Willie           PHI  128  .275   501  138  26   6  32   71   73    1   1   95  109  .543  .363
McCarver, Tim             PHI  112  .275   429  118  24   4   9   43   28    2   4   63   69  .413  .345
Piniella, Lou             PHI  105  .308   351  108  16   2   7   47   25    2   2   48   46  .425  .391
Simpson, Dick             PHI   67  .313   249   78  10   2  23   42   58    1   4   53   59  .647  .413
Carew, Rod                PHI   42  .331   136   45   8   3   4   10   10    2   1   30   28  .522  .374
Campaneris, Bert          PHI   56  .228   184   42   9   0   2    7   33    5   4   15   18  .310  .266
Oates, Johnny             PHI   40  .238   143   34  12   0   1    9   15    1   0   17   20  .343  .281
Blair, Paul               PHI   29  .247    97   24   6   1   1   14   10    4   0   20    6  .361  .348
Luzinski, Greg            PHI   44  .286    63   18   4   0   6    6    8    0   0   17   17  .635  .357
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI   32  .172    99   17   5   0   4    4   31    0   0   12   13  .343  .202
John, Tommy               PHI   32  .169    89   15   5   0   0    2   23    0   0    5   10  .225  .185
Durham, Don               PHI   32  .167    90   15   1   1   0    1   33    0   0    4   11  .200  .176
Caldwell, Mike            PHI   32  .156    90   14   4   0   0    4   30    0   0    5    5  .200  .191
Hosley, Tim               PHI   29  .197    66   13   2   0   1    7   12    0   0    7   10  .273  .284
Staton, Joe               PHI   13  .244    45   11   2   1   2    6   12    0   0    6    9  .467  .321
Klages, Fred              PHI   32  .120    92   11   3   0   0    3   37    0   0    4   12  .152  .144
Skidmore, Roe             PHI    2  .250     8    2   1   0   0    0    3    0   0    1    0  .375  .250
Champion, Bill            PHI   52  .250     8    2   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    1    2  .250  .250
Pryor, Greg               PHI    2  .143     7    1   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .143  .143
Musgraves, Dennis         PHI   12  .250     4    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .250  .250
Pazik, Mike               PHI   14  .333     3    1   0   0   0    2    0    0   0    0    0  .333  .600
Kleven, Jay               PHI    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Zepp, Bill                PHI   29  .000     6    0   0   0   0    2    4    0   0    0    0  .000  .250
Henninger, Rick           PHI    3  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Duffie, John              PHI    1  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Raich, Eric               PHI    1  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

1972 Phillies Pitching
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1972 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI  272.0  1.92   32  32  25   5   0  213   35  7.58
John, Tommy               PHI  262.1  2.88   32  32  19   6   0  149   51 10.40
Caldwell, Mike            PHI  256.0  2.74   32  32  17   7   0  122   40  9.56
Klages, Fred              PHI  245.2  2.86   32  32  20   7   0  179   62  9.96
Durham, Don               PHI  243.2  3.18   32  32  20   7   0  154   78 10.93
Champion, Bill            PHI   79.0  3.08   52   0   9   2  18   48   24 11.85
Zepp, Bill                PHI   46.2  1.93   29   0   7   2   7   27   16  8.10
Pazik, Mike               PHI   27.0  1.00   14   0   3   0   3   21   10  7.33
Musgraves, Dennis         PHI   24.0  4.13   12   0   2   0   0   15   11 11.63
Raich, Eric               PHI    9.0  2.00    1   1   1   0   0    2    6 11.00
Duffie, John              PHI    7.0  3.86    1   1   0   1   0    4    6 14.14
Henninger, Rick           PHI    6.0  0.00    3   0   1   0   1    6    0  7.50
Lauzerique, George        PHI    2.0  0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0    1  4.50
Roberts, Dave             PHI    0.1 27.00    1   0   0   1   0    0    1 81.00
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We took game one 6-3 on the backs of homers from McCovey & Brinkman. Bumbry had 3 hits from the lead off spot as Jenkins bested Drago to give us one game lead. The bad news is that we lost Tim McCarver to a funky knee for about two weeks. We also lost Julia Javier for a few days with bursitis in his shoulder. I guess he is getting old.

We had our chances in game two, but Keller bested Klages in a tight 3-2 victory to send the series back to Philly tied at a game a piece. All 3 Giants runs came off of a 3 run homer from Bobby Bonds.

We came from 3-1 down in game four, scoring 3 times in the 6th inning, the big hit being a 2 run, 2 out double from Bert Campaneris. We added a couple of insurance runs in the 8th and Bill Zepp closed it out as Tommy John bested Jim Kaat and we won game three 6-4. Julian Javier is back tomorrow as we try and close it out.

Mike Caldwell got the call in game four against Dick Drago and he was more than up to the task as he tossed 8 innings of shutout ball. Every regular but Javier had at least 2 hits. McCovey went 4-5 with a homer and 2 RBI, Bumbry went 3-5 with a homer and 3 RBI and Yaz added a shot of his own as we rolled to an 11-0 win and another trip to the World Series.

In a bit of a shocker, after losing game 1 of the ALCS 8-2 to the Yankees, the Twins stormed back to take the next 3 games, including games 3 and 4 at Yankee Stadium. Felix Millan and Graig Nettles each hit .467 in the series and Nettles had 2 homers and 5 RBI in the four games. The Twins are baseballs feel good story this season, and a lot of people are rooting them on to topple the mighty Phillies. I honestly think I can knock this team around but it is the World Series and they're here for a reason, so who knows.
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I have no idea what happened in game 1. We scored two runs in each of the first 3 innings off of Jim Maloney and were cruising with a 6-1 lead behind Fergie Jenkins going into the bottom of the 6th when......they put together 7 straight hits off Fergie, the capper being a 3 run homer from Ossie Blanco to complete a frigging 8 run 6th inning to take a 9-6 lead. We would rally in the ninth but come up short as they took game 1 9-7. I've never seen him get knocked around like that. Bumbry and Brinkman each had 2 RBI for us.

Game two was every bit as mystifying. Klages matched up with lefty Jim O'Toole and he just shut us down completely, tossing a complete game shutout to win it 1-0. The only run came on a first inning RBI single from Graig Nettles. We're down 2-0 heading back to Philly and we better get our heads out of our asses.

Game three would see Tommy John on the hill trying to right the ship vs Randy Jones, and right the ship he did. John tossed a complete game 5 hitter en route to a 5-0 Phillies win highlited by a 3rd inning Dick Simpson grand slam. Now to keep it rolling. Rod Carew returns tomorrow.

Game four was one for the ages as Mike Caldwell battled Jim Maloney. We jumped out in the first inning when Willie McCovey hit a 2 run homer. That lead would hold till the 6th when Mike Adams would a deliver a 2 run, game tying single. It would stay that way until the 14th inning despite both teams having good chances, including us having 1st and 3rd and no out in the 10th and not scoring, and them loading the bases in the 12th and coming away empty. It would finally end with 2 outs in the bottom of the 14th and the bases empty. Al Bumbry would park one into the left field seats for the walk off homer. We win 3-2 and the series is now tied. We also get Tim McCarver back tomorrow. Don Durham was fantastic in relief, tossing 5 shutout innings.

To Be Continued......

Game five was a wild affair between Jenkins & O'Toole. The Twins got to our ace again, this time with an Ossie Blanco two run homer in the 1st inning. We cut it to 2-1 in the 6th when RBI's by Tony Oliva and Mike Adams put the Twins up 4-1 and fans in Minny were probably pooping their pants at the thought of coming home up 3-2. RBI hits by Javier, McCovey & Simpson tied the game just like that. In the bottom of the eighth, Brinkman & Bumbry would knock in runs off of O'Toole & Bill Campbell and we carried a 6-4 lead into the 9th inning. Our pen almost gave it up, but with 2 outs, 1 run in, and the bases loaded, Bill Zepp got Tony Oliva to fly out harmlessly to left as we held on to win it 6-5 and head back to Minnesota with a 3 games to 2 lead.

As game 6 slowly wore away, so did the hopes of Twins fans. We scored twice in the 2nd inning, thanks in large part to two Errors. Then twice more in the 3rd with a little small ball. We lead 4-1 at that point and Klages would carry us into the ninth before leaving with 1 out. Pazik and Zepp would each record an out and we win game six 4-1 and clinch the World Series. The home crowd gave their team a standing ovation after we left the field, how sweet.
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Sandy Koufax, Indians, 4000th Strikeout
Don Dillard, Yankees, 500th Home Run
Fergie Jenkins, Phillies, 250th Win
Luis Tiant, Yankees, 250th Win
Jim Maloney, Twins, 3000th Strikeout
Harmon Killebrew, 600th Home Run
Juan Marichal, Rangers, 250th Win
Joe Cunningham, Roberto Clemente & Maury Wills are all in the All-Time top 10 in hits.
Harmon Killebrew is just 106 homers away from Babe Ruths record.
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EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
New York              99  63  .611    --  .264   150    33  3.61
Boston                93  69  .574   6.0  .280   173    27  3.99
Detroit               77  85  .475  22.0  .255   135    32  4.12 
Cleveland             74  88  .457  25.0  .264   139    80  4.69
Baltimore             69  93  .426  30.0  .266   119    36  4.43
Milwaukee             43 119  .265  56.0  .225    65    69  4.46
 
WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
Minnesota             90  72  .556    --  .275    89    54  4.48
Texas                 89  73  .549   1.0  .266    72    60  3.81
Kansas City           88  74  .543   2.0  .269    90    34  3.95
California            85  77  .525   5.0  .266   116    55  3.78
Chicago               85  77  .525   5.0  .263   133    63  3.94
Oakland               80  82  .494  10.0  .262   138    21  3.76

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1972)
EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
Philadelphia         124  38  .765    --  .279   184    67  2.68
New York             100  62  .617  24.0  .259   108    61  3.41
St. Louis             79  83  .488  45.0  .247   152    63  4.01
Chicago               77  85  .475  47.0  .257   111    38  4.02
Pittsburgh            64  98  .395  60.0  .262    90    52  4.85
Montreal              49 113  .302  75.0  .237    71    53  4.96

WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
San Fransisco        109  53  .673    --  .294   150   100  3.40
Los Angeles           94  68  .580  15.0  .273   124    47  3.70
Atlanta               81  81  .500  28.0  .258   122    71  3.90
San Diego             80  82  .494  29.0  .237    98    70  3.44
Cincinnati            78  84  .481  31.0  .268   104    38  4.02
Houston               37 125  .228  72.0  .220    48    50  4.85

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Twins defeat Yankees, 3-1
Phillies defeat Giants, 3-1

WORLD SERIES
Phillies defeat Twins, 4-2



1972 MLB AWARDS
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1972)
Cy Young                  Tom Seaver (CAL)
Player of the Year:       Don Young (BOS)
Rookie Of The Year:       Willie Montanez (CAL)

Gold Glove (P):           Catfish Hunter (CAL)
Gold Glove (C):           Ed Kirkpatrick (CAL)
Gold Glove (1B):          Tony Perez (NYY)
Gold Glove (2B):          Chuck Schilling (BAL)
Gold Glove (3B):          Ron Slocum (TEX)
Gold Glove (SS):          Larry Bowa (CAL)
Gold Glove (LF):          Johnny Callison (BOS)
Gold Glove (CF):          Kevin Woodhead (MIL)
Gold Glove (RF):          Rusty Staub (KCY)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1972)
Cy Young                  Fergie Jenkins (PHI)
Player of the Year:       Tommy Davis (SFG)
Rookie Of The Year:       Bill Moran (CHC)

Gold Glove (P):           Claude Osteen (LAS)
Gold Glove (C):           Joe Torre (ATL)
Gold Glove (1B):          Dave Kingman (STL)
Gold Glove (2B):          Roger Day (HOU)
Gold Glove (3B):          Bill Sudakis (CHC)
Gold Glove (SS):          Gil Garrido (CHC)
Gold Glove (LF):          Carl Yastrzemski (PHI)
Gold Glove (CF):          Howie Goss (PIT)
Gold Glove (RF):          Tom Paciorek (SDP)
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Yaz, to be quite frank, was being a major cock in renegotiations. We kept agreeing to his demands and he kept asking for more. We finally got fed up and walked away from the table. Eff him.

We let Paul Blair walk

Closer, Bill Champion gets $80K in arbitration. I'm actually ok with that.

We sell off 3 decent prospects, pitchers Randy Tate, Ed Plank and Greg Terlecky to the Brewers for $265K.

Not ready to hand him 1B and having no place to put him, we send 1B Joe Staton to the Yankees for a couple of good, low level prospects in 19 year old RP Tom Hausman and 21 year old 2B Jorge Ortega.

We extend backup SS Bert Campaneris at 6 years for $40K per season and closer Bill Champion for 5 years at $70K per.

Middle reliever Dennis Musgraves wants much more than I think he's worth but I'm going to keep him this year and let him play out his contract.

The big news is that we extend Tommy John for 6 season at $430K per season. It's a lot of money, but when we let Yaz walk I had to use that money to lock John up long term.

Our pitching staff stays exactly the same, and I expect more of the same dominance. We are loaded with young arms in AAA. If anyone falters or gets injured we have at least 6 guys all just about ready.

Gary Matthews joins the lineup in LF and he'll bat 2nd. Greg Luzinski joins the bench. We shouldn't have any trouble scoring runs again this year. We have a solid group of veterans at AAA and while our everyday prospects aren't quite as good as our pitching prospects we do have some good youth at the lower levels.

With Tommy Johns deal we're way over budget this year. We have about $800K in cash and we're projected to lose $1.2M this year so that wouldn't be good. On the bright side we've beat projections our first two years in the Vet so hopefully we do this year too. If we do run into the trouble during the season I can always sell off a prospect or two.

So ok then, let's get the ball rolling on 1973.
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1973 Season

April- Well how about this, that Mets team looks to be aiming for us. We go 21-6 but are a game behind the Mets. The Mets are helmed by a strong starting staff of Don Sutton, Doyle Alexander and Mike Flanagan. On offense they're powered by youngsters Jose Cruz and Al Oliver and veteran power hitter Bill Roman. I don't expect them to hang with us all year, but it's nice to see some competition. We lost closer Bill Champion for two weeks with a sprained back.

May- Hmmm, we finish May 42-12 and we're 3.5 games back. The Mets are an amazing 47-10. Dick Simpson and Tim McCarver are really struggling, both hitting under .235 though Simpson does have 12 homers. Gary Matthews is playing fine and Julian Javier is hitting .342. Mike Caldwells 4.75 ERA is a concern.

We lost SP Don Durham for a few weeks with a broken foot. Heralded prospect Eric Reich took his place.

On May 31st, at home against the Expos, Willie McCovey hit his 500th home run.

June- We finish June 61-20 and STILL 3.5 games behind the Mets. We suffer a big loss when Julian Javier hurts his hip and will miss between 6-8 weeks. Rod Carew takes over at 2B. When Don Durham returns he takes Mike Caldwells rotation spot as Eric Raich has proven more than capable of starting.

Our pitching has been great but our 4-5-6 hitters have struggled some. Robin Yount went 1st in the amateur draft to the Astros. Jack Morris went 2nd to the Brewers.

July- We end the month 77-28, 5 games out. This is getting silly now, that team can't be this good. We actually closed to within half a game of them early in the month but they pulled away some now.

Klages, John & Jenkins have the top 3 ERA's in baseball. Setup man Bill Zepp breaks his toe mid month and missed a couple of weeks. Willie McCovey sprained his finger near the end of the month and will miss a couple of weeks. Grrr. Dick Simpson moves to 1B and Lou Piniella takes over in RF.

August- We end August 99-35, on a 10 game winning streak, and just half a game behind the Mets, this is clearly going down to the wire. McCovey and Javier return just as Piniella tweaks his knee and misses a few weeks.

September- On September 15th we're a half game up.

On the 22nd we're a half game back and Al Bumbry has effed his ankle up and is out for 3 weeks, garhhrh. Matthews moves to center and Piniella will play left.

On September 27th we're 118-41 and a game behind the Mets. Our final 3 games are against the 49-110 Expos while they play the 86-73 Dodgers. We lost the 1st game of our series but so did they. We each won the 2nd game and on the final day of the season, Fergie Jenkins and Mike Pazik combine to throw 10 innings of shutout ball and an Ed Brinkman solo homer in the 10th inning gives us a 1-0 win in Montreal. At the same time, the Dodgers beat the Mets 6-2. So after 162 games it still isn't decided, we'll play the Mets tomorrow to decide the winner of the NL East. Jesus. Tommy John will match up with 24 game winner Reggie Cleveland in the one game playoff at Shea Stadium.

We would score first in the top of the 3rd on a Lou Piniella RBI single, it was all downhill from there. A two run single from Bill Roman in the bottom of the 3rd would cap a three run inning to give them a 3-1 lead. They would add runs in the 4th and 5th to make it 5-1 and behind a racous home crowd, Reggie Cleveland would only allow a 2 run homer to Ed Brinkman the rest of the way. Their closer, Buddy Harris, shut us down in the ninth and the Mets won the game 6-3 and earned the 1973 National League East title. Super bleh.

I'm extremely disappointed, but I'm not overly worried. We are getting older but I can't for the life of me imagine the Mets having another year like this one. I think this is just a situation where everything fell perfect for them. But then again, all I've done all year is underestimate them, and now they're in the playoffs and we're going home, so yeah.

I still can't wrap my head around winning 120 games and not making the playoffs. In the divisional era no less.

Dick Simpsons 33 homers tied for 6th best in baseball. Simpson with 120 and McCovey with 113 both were top 10 in RBI's.
Gary Matthews placed in the top 10 in hits with 200 and runs with 126, Al Bumbrys 115 runs were good for 10th in baseball.

Klages with a 1.97 ERA was best in baseball, Raichs 2.26 was 2nd and Johns 2.29 was 3rd. Jenkins 2.59 was 5th. Klages 25 wins tied for 3rd best in baseball and Tommy Johns 23 tied for 5th.

One last note, our finances are really bad. We lost close to $700K this year and down to about $100K in cash so we will have to do some selling in the offseason.

The Mets will take on the Braves in the NLCS. The Braves had a one game playoff of their own as they were tied with the Giants at 89-73 to end the regular season. The two played an insane 14-10 game at Fulton County Stadium to put the Braves into the playoffs.

In the American League, The Yankees went 105-57 and bested the Red Sox by 6 games to win the East, while the West was again a blistering race that the Angels won by going 90-72 and bettering the White Sox by a game and the Rangers by 3 games. In fact the Twins finished in last place, 6 games out of first, that's how crazy that division was.

1973 Phillies Hitting
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1973 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Matthews, Gary            PHI  159  .309   648  200  29   5  23   82   85   18   5  126   82  .475  .386
Bumbry, Al                PHI  140  .313   576  180  35   4   8   75   64   34   7  115   58  .429  .389
Javier, Julian            PHI  123  .314   503  158  21   5   9   35   50    9   2   81   76  .429  .358
Simpson, Dick             PHI  158  .253   604  153  16   4  33   75  140    5  10   80  120  .457  .341
Brinkman, Ed              PHI  160  .263   581  153  18   5  19   54   60    4   4   82   89  .410  .324
Hebner, Richie            PHI  153  .281   501  141  17   0  27   93   63    1   0   91   66  .477  .399
McCarver, Tim             PHI  139  .255   541  138  25   4  10   42   50    3   3   64   63  .372  .311
McCovey, Willie           PHI  136  .254   520  132  19   5  26   75   80    0   0   91  113  .460  .355
Carew, Rod                PHI   58  .330   209   69  12   2   1   17   28    7   0   28   27  .421  .377
Piniella, Lou             PHI   44  .376   125   47   7   2   1   15   10    2   2   22   16  .488  .448
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI   33  .237    97   23   7   0   3    2   26    1   0   11   12  .402  .248
Luzinski, Greg            PHI   58  .275    80   22   6   1   3   15    9    0   1   16   22  .488  .394
John, Tommy               PHI   33  .198    91   18   1   0   1    5   20    0   0    7    5  .242  .240
Campaneris, Bert          PHI   22  .298    57   17   2   2   1    4    7    3   2    7   15  .456  .344
Oates, Johnny             PHI   25  .288    59   17   1   0   1    5    4    0   1    3    7  .356  .338
Raich, Eric               PHI   24  .206    68   14   3   0   0    2   17    0   0    6    4  .250  .229
Hosley, Tim               PHI   29  .239    46   11   2   0   2   10    7    0   0    8    8  .413  .375
Klages, Fred              PHI   31  .108    93   10   4   0   0    5   28    0   0    3    9  .151  .152
Martin, Jerry             PHI   11  .280    25    7   0   0   0    2    8    1   0    5    4  .280  .321
Belanger, Mark            PHI    7  .353    17    6   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    2    2  .353  .353
Durham, Don               PHI   28  .082    73    6   0   0   0    3   25    0   0    5    4  .082  .118
Caldwell, Mike            PHI   11  .143    35    5   0   0   0    0   13    0   0    3    0  .143  .143
Champion, Bill            PHI   51  .333     6    2   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    0    1  .333  .429
Roberts, Dave             PHI    4  .200     5    1   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    0    0  .200  .333
Henderson, Steve          PHI    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Skidmore, Roe             PHI    2  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Zepp, Bill                PHI   27  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Musgraves, Dennis         PHI   13  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Pazik, Mike               PHI   12  .000     2    0   0   0   0    1    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .333
Lauzerique, George        PHI    2  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000


1973 Phillies Pitching
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1973 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI  274.2  2.59   33  33  21   5   0  206   33  8.36
John, Tommy               PHI  267.2  2.29   33  33  23   9   0  172   36  8.98
Klages, Fred              PHI  256.1  1.97   31  31  25   3   0  199   38  7.90
Durham, Don               PHI  211.0  3.28   28  28  17   7   0  141   68 10.28
Raich, Eric               PHI  187.1  2.26   24  24  17   4   0  108   33  8.70
Caldwell, Mike            PHI   86.2  4.47   11  11   7   4   0   37   15 10.90
Champion, Bill            PHI   70.2  2.55   51   0   1   4  18   45   18 10.83
Zepp, Bill                PHI   38.0  0.71   27   0   6   3   7   15    9  9.47
Pazik, Mike               PHI   22.0  1.23   12   0   2   0   1    8    6  6.95
Musgraves, Dennis         PHI   18.1  1.96   13   0   1   1   3   10    8 11.78
Roberts, Dave             PHI   15.1 11.15    4   3   0   3   0    7    6 21.13
Henninger, Rick           PHI    5.0  5.40    3   0   0   0   0    2    0 10.80
Lauzerique, George        PHI    3.2  2.45    2   0   0   0   0    2    3 19.64

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1973 ALCS

Mel Behney bested Tom Seaver in game one of the ALCS in California as the Yankees won it 5-2. Seaver only went 6 innings and the underdog Angels came up short in a game they really needed to get.

Luis Tiant got the better of Catfish Hunter in game two as the Yankees pounded the Angels ace to the tune of 10 runs en route to a 10-2 win and 2-0 series lead. Catcher Lou Berberet homered and knocked in 3 runs and Dave May and Joe Staton each knocked in 2 runs.

Game 3 back at Yankee Stadium was another lopsided affair as the Yankees chased Jim Palmer before he could get through the 6th inning, knocking him around for 8 runs as the Yankees went on to win the game 8-3 and complete the series sweep. Joe Staton has 2 more RBI and shortstop Billy Consolo collected 3 hits for the Yankees.
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1973 NLCS
Game one of the NLCS in Atlanta saw the Mets chase Braves ace Nolan Ryan after only 4 innings as second basemen Tito Fuentes had 3 hits and 3 RBI in the Mets 6-1 win behind Don Sutton.

Game two was a wild, sloppy affair as neither Doyle Alexander or Wenty Ford were very sharp, but the Braves took a 6-5 lead into the ninth and actually had two outs with nobody on before the Mets strung together five straight hits together and scored 3 times off of John Papa to steal and 8-6 win and head back to New York with a 2-0 series lead.

The Braves would return the favor in game 3 as the Mets would enter the 9th inning with 4-3 lead but starter Reggie Cleveland couldn't make it stand, as Dave Cash doubled in the tying run to send it to extra innings where Clyde Mashore would homer off of Buddy Harris in the 10th and give the Braves life with a 5-4 win.

Sutton and Ryan squared off again in game four, and once again the Mets would get the better end of it. First Baseman Bill Roman and Right Fielder Brian McCall would homer, and Sutton would go the distance in beating Ryan for a 2nd time in the series as the Mets won 4-2 and were on their way to the World Series.
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1973 World Series
The Mets would take game one by a 2-0 score as Doyle Alexander hurled a complete game shutout.

Luis Tiant would return the favor in game two as the Yankees won 1-0 to even the series as it headed to Shea Stadium.

The bats would wake up in game three, and backed by Johnny Briggs two homers and five RBI, the Yankees won it 8-5 to take the series lead.

Mel Behney would shut down the Mets in game four and Darell Evans became the first person to ever hit 4 home runs in a single world series game as the Yankees won it 6-0 and were on the cusp of a world title.

Game five in the Bronx saw the Mets bats come alive as Jose Cruz belted 2 homers and shoddy Yankee defense led to Tiant being chased early as the Mets won 10-4 and sent the series back to Shea Stadium.

Don Sutton put the Mets on his back in game six en route to a 3-1, series evening, victory. Sutton allowed only 3 hits in going the distance and forcing a game seven.

Jose Cruz would homer to lead off the bottom of the 1st inning and that was all Doyle Alexander would need in game seven. He tossed a complete game shutout, allowing only two hits as the Mets bested the Yankees 1-0 and completed the comeback from 3-1 down to take the 1973 world title over their cross town rivals in a series that reignited old battle lines in New York sports fandom.
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1973 MLB STANDINGS
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1973)
EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
New York             105  57  .648    --  .275   135    41  3.59
Boston                99  63  .611   6.0  .291   209    34  3.95
Detroit               88  74  .543  17.0  .276   124    48  4.21
Cleveland             66  96  .407  39.0  .260   131    69  4.84
Baltimore             58 104  .358  47.0  .258   125    24  4.62
Milwaukee             36 126  .222  69.0  .229    51    39  5.49

WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
California            90  72  .556    --  .279   133    65  3.88
Chicago               89  73  .549   1.0  .268   127    68  4.42
Texas                 87  75  .537   3.0  .258    95    64  4.02
Kansas City           85  77  .525   5.0  .278   139    35  4.45
Oakland               85  77  .525   5.0  .253   131    48  3.95
Minnesota             84  78  .519   6.0  .281   134    55  4.56

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1973)
EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
New York             121  42  .742    --  .284    95    75  2.92
Philadelphia         120  43  .736   1.0  .275   168    88  2.61
St. Louis             84  78  .519  36.5  .252   140    60  3.40
Chicago               69  93  .426  51.5  .254   131    47  4.35
Pittsburgh            63  99  .389  57.5  .264    97    44  4.61
Montreal              50 112  .309  70.5  .239    83    45  4.78

WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
Atlanta               90  73  .552    --  .251   146    70  3.76
San Fransisco         89  74  .546   1.0  .272   137    78  4.38
Los Angeles           88  74  .543   1.5  .267   122    56  3.68
San Diego             80  82  .494   9.5  .238    71    87  3.49
Cincinnati            71  91  .438  18.5  .268   125    60  4.28
Houston               49 113  .302  40.5  .238    51    52  4.32

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Yankees defeat Angels, 3-0
Mets defeat Braves, 3-1

WORLD SERIES
Mets defeat Yankees, 4-3


1973 MLB AWARDS
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1973)
Cy Young                  Tom Seaver (CAL)
Player of the Year:       Johnny Briggs (NYY)
Rookie Of The Year:       Dwight Evans (BOS)

Gold Glove (P):           Tom Seaver (CAL)
Gold Glove (C):           Johnny Bench (OAK)
Gold Glove (1B):          Willie Montanez (CAL)
Gold Glove (2B):          Felix Millan (MIN)
Gold Glove (3B):          Graig Nettles (MIN)
Gold Glove (SS):          Larry Bowa (CAL)
Gold Glove (LF):          Bobby Darwin (CAL)
Gold Glove (CF):          Don Buford (TEX)
Gold Glove (RF):          Carl Yastrzemski (MIN)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1973)
Cy Young                  Doyle Alexander (NYM)
Player of the Year:       Harmon Killebrew (ATL)
Rookie Of The Year:       Eric Raich (PHI)

Gold Glove (P):           Chris Jones (HOU)
Gold Glove (C):           Carlton Fisk (STL)
Gold Glove (1B):          Joe Pepitone (SDP)
Gold Glove (2B):          Jose Arcia (LAS)
Gold Glove (3B):          Mike Schmidt (STL)
Gold Glove (SS):          Gil Garrido (CHC)
Gold Glove (LF):          Tommy Davis (SFG)
Gold Glove (CF):          Richie Zisk (PIT)
Gold Glove (RF):          Howie Goss (PIT)
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* 1973 MLB CAREER MILESTONES *
Bob Locker, Yankees, 300th Save
Frank Robinson, White Sox, 1500th RBI
Don Dillard, Yankees, 1500th RBI
Harmon Killebrew, Braves, 1500th RBI
Harmon Killebrew, Braves, 1500th Run
Steve Carlton, Reds, 3000th Strikeout
Willie McCovey, Phillies, 500th Home Run
Willie McCovey, Phillies, 1500th RBI
Claude Osteen, Dodgers, 250th Win
Julian Javier, Phillies, 1500th Run
Ralph Mauriello, White Sox, 3000th Strikeout
Tom Seaver, Angels, 3000th Strikeout
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In a seven game thriller, the Cubs came from 3-2 down to win games six and seven at Wrigley Field and claim the world title in a cross town showdown with the White Sox.

I approve this dynasty.
Taking away the '45 series appearance, and then having Cubs lose to Sox in your fictional universe, would have been cruel and unusual.
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1974 Off Season
Al Bumbry gets $160K in arbitration, ughh. Don Durham gets $189K in arbitration, double ughh.

Dennis Musgraves wants about $60K a year to be a middle reliever. Sorry dude, but no. We let him walk. Mike Henninger will take over his short relief role.

We've got some guys in the last year of their contracts that we need to work on.

McCovey agrees to a 2 year deal worth $260K per, which saves us over $200K, so that's nice.

Bleh, Ed Brinkman wants a big raise, from $72K to around $300K. He deserves it, but I just can't afford it. I work him down to a 4 year deal worth $255K per season. I think I'll regret that but whatever.

Ed Bumbry agrees to a 7 year deal worth $135K per season.

We have two young Starting Pitchers, Eric Raich who finished last year in the rotation and won ROTY, and Currence Lafayette who has the most awesome name ever, so we have to move or find new roles for Don Durham & Mike Caldwell.

We send Don Durham to the White Sox for $183K.

Mike Caldwell will step in as our new lefty short man and Mike Pazik will move to middle relief.

Fred Klages is in his last year and he wants a raise to over $700K. Hate this quandry. I shop him but I don't think I can get near what he's worth. I'd love to resign him but that number would break my books. I guess I'll just let him play out the year.

We send two decent pitching prospects, Hank Webb & Roger Weaver, to the Twins for $91K.

We send 19 year old, pretty good pitching prospect Hal Dues to The Orioles for $259K.

We send 20 year old, decent relief prospect Tom Hausman to the Astros for $146K.

We send 21 year old left fielder Steve Henderson to the Tigers for $127K. He's a good prospect, borderline everyday player, we just don't have room for him.

I'm starting to see the decline in Dick Simpson. He's 30 years old and owed $295K for the next four seasons. I fear I've got the beta version of Rob Deer on my hands here. I shop him and nobody is biting, oofah.

I work out a deal with the Astros in which I'd send Simpson & catcher Jay Kleven to them in exchange for 25 year old pitcher Craig Endres. I need to do it now before it's too late so I pull the trigger. I turn around and ship Endres to Oakland for $69K.

Greg Luzinski will get the gig in LF and Matthews will move to RF. This is pretty much a one year thing as youngster Jim Rice is burning through our system and should be ready to take over LF next year.

So yeah, our pitching has turned over quite a bit, we have new 4th and 5th starters but I really like them both. Klages is in the last year of a deal and I don't think we'll be able to resign him. Our pen is probably a little weaker but should still be ok. We have a few nearly ready pitching prospects in the minors but the quality and depth has been depleted.

Javier and McCovey are getting old, and Luzinski stepping into the 5th hole is a major unknown. I wont hesitate to insert Lou Piniella into LF if Luzinski struggles. I've elected to sit McCovey versus lefties, Luzinski will play 1B and Piniella will play LF.

We have some decent prospects in the lower levels and the aforementioned Jim Rice will start the year in AA but it shouldn't be long before we move him up. In any event he's my future superstar that I see the next generation being built around.

Our finances still aren't in great shape even though our payroll has come down some and we've added a lot of money. Most of the gains we made this off season will be gone through by the time the seasons over so we'll see where we're at then.

One things for sure, i'm less sure of this team than any team I've had in a long while, but the starting pitching should still be great, and that's what wins, so on with the 1974!
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I approve this dynasty.
Taking away the '45 series appearance, and then having Cubs lose to Sox in your fictional universe, would have been cruel and unusual.

Trying to see who the new sad sack franchises are. Cardinals, Indians, Pirates & Browns/Royals haven't won diddly in 30 years. Tigers have 1 pennant and the Reds have 1 title.
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Years since they last won anything. Cardinals 43, Pirates 27, Indians 20 and the Browns/Royals franchise NEVER won a pennant, a title or a raffle. Jeepers.
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April- We finish April 18-9 and tied with the Mets, just 2 games ahead of the Cubs. Fred Klages has struggled some, as has the back end of our bullpen. The heart of my order has been heartless. Javier is .267, McCovey is .231 and Luzinski is .206. They have another month to right the ship or I'm going to have to mix things up.

May- A not so great May leaves us 34-22 and 3.5 games out. Tim McCarver broke his foot in the middle of the month and missed two weeks. Eric Raich has been bad and Fred Klages has been worse.

I move Klages to the back of the rotation to try and work things out and call up rookie Mike Krukow to take his spot in the rotation.

I don't want to do it but I've got to send McCovey to the bench. He's hitting .223 with 3 homers, bleh. I call up rookie LF Jim Rice and insert him into the cleanup spot, Luzinski moves to 1B. I also promote 3B Richie Hebner into the 3 spot. He's paid his dues at the bottom of the order and he's a great hitter. Julian Javier moves down to the 6 spot.

June- Well now. We crushed it in June, going 24-3 on the month to put us 58-25 with a 5.5 game lead on the Mets. Jim Rice is struggling but we're gonna stick with him, everyone around him is hitting nicely though. Matthews and Bumbry at the top of the order are like rocks for us. They each own an OBP over .400.

The pitching was much improved as well. Krukow owns a 2.73 ERA, Raich and Lafayette are not pitching as well as I want them too but Jenkins and John are a combined 26-4. Paul Molitor went 1st overall to the Brewers. Eddie Murray went 4th to Baltimore. Lance Parish 7th to the Cubs, Dale Murphy 9th to the Padres.

July- We're 76-33 and have an 8 game lead on the Mets. Tommy John hurt his shoulder mid month and will miss about 4-5 weeks. That's a blow. We don't have any real options so we move Klages back into the rotation. Jim Rice has really turned it on and our lineup is looking deadly again.

August- We end the month 92-43, 5 games ahead of the Mets who refuse to go away. Julian Javier got his 3000th hit on August 4th at home against the Pirates. Fergie Jenkins won his 300th game on August 14th at home against the Mets. Tommy John was back for a stretch before he hurt his wrist and will be out another 3-4 weeks.

September- We finish the year 112-50 and win the division by 11 games over the Mets. I knew it was a fluke. Some bad news, Ed Brinkman broke his hip in early September and is likely done for the rest of the year. Bert Campaneris has taken over at short.

Gary Matthews was 2nd in baseball with 217 hits, coming one short of Al Gallaghers 218 for the Mets. Matthews 120 runs was good for 10th. Al Bumbry with 210 hits and 129 runs scored was top 10 in both those categories.

Mike Krukows 2.03 ERA was best in baseball, Johns 2.44 was 2nd and Jenkins 2.88 was 6th. Jenkins 23 wins was good for 3rd best in baseball.

Richie Hebner was perfect in the 3 hole, his line was .309/27/114 while Rice hit .303/14/64 in his shortened season.

We'll play the 97-65 Braves in the NLCS. They'll be without Harmon Killebrew for the series as he has a bum knee at the moment. I think we're better than them but Nolan Ryan is a stud and any short series with him involved is dangerous.

In the AL, the Yankees won the East with a 104-58 record, besting the Red Sox by 5 games. They'll take on the White Sox who won the West with a 98-64 record, bettering the Twins by 5 games.
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1974 Phillies Hitting
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1974 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Matthews, Gary            PHI  160  .322   674  217  37   6  21   88   80   15   5  120   90  .488  .399
Bumbry, Al                PHI  152  .330   637  210  39   3  19   71   67   15   8  129   89  .490  .397
Javier, Julian            PHI  155  .292   624  182  37   3  25   43   73    7   6   93  110  .481  .333
Hebner, Richie            PHI  149  .309   563  174  32   2  27   77   69    4   1  104  114  .517  .401
Brinkman, Ed              PHI  137  .309   476  147  21   2  14   77   57    2   5   77   76  .450  .408
Luzinski, Greg            PHI  150  .254   532  135  27   3  22   66  106    2   1   77   93  .440  .342
McCarver, Tim             PHI  126  .280   483  135  37   6   3   43   27    4   0   69   57  .400  .340
Rice, Jim                 PHI  106  .303   439  133  24   3  14   38   69    2   1   75   64  .467  .365
Campaneris, Bert          PHI   56  .314   156   49   5   1   1   13   27    4   1   21   20  .378  .367
Piniella, Lou             PHI   62  .252   143   36   9   0   5   14   11    1   0   21   20  .420  .323
Carew, Rod                PHI   88  .293   123   36  10   1   0   11   15    1   1   14   17  .390  .346
McCovey, Willie           PHI   43  .222   144   32   2   3   4   13   33    0   1   20   22  .361  .281
Hosley, Tim               PHI   41  .263    80   21   3   0   4    9   13    0   0   16   12  .450  .348
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI   33  .184    98   18   5   0   4    3   36    0   0   12   17  .357  .208
Raich, Eric               PHI   31  .214    84   18   1   0   0    4   21    0   0    7    6  .226  .250
Krukow, Mike              PHI   20  .274    62   17   5   0   0    0   16    0   0    4    7  .355  .274
Oates, Johnny             PHI   25  .170    88   15   3   0   0    3   12    0   0    7    9  .205  .198
Sims, Greg                PHI   15  .333    42   14   1   1   1    4    3    1   0    4    5  .476  .391
John, Tommy               PHI   23  .197    71   14   2   0   0    3   17    0   0    8    8  .225  .227
Currence, Lafayette       PHI   30  .158    76   12   0   0   0    3   20    0   1    3    3  .158  .190
Klages, Fred              PHI   23  .167    60   10   0   0   0    4   18    0   0    4    7  .167  .219
Belanger, Mark            PHI    4  .235    17    4   1   1   0    0    2    0   0    0    3  .412  .235
Pryor, Greg               PHI    5  .143    21    3   0   0   0    1    4    1   0    1    2  .143  .182
Orta, Jorge               PHI    3  .273    11    3   2   0   0    2    0    0   0    1    1  .455  .385
Zepp, Bill                PHI   37  .222     9    2   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    1  .222  .222
Caldwell, Mike            PHI   26  .286     7    2   1   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    2  .429  .286
Lauzerique, George        PHI    4  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .200  .200
Speed, Horace             PHI    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Almon, Bill               PHI    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Champion, Bill            PHI   67  .000     8    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Henninger, Rick           PHI   10  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000


1974 Phillies Pitching
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1974 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Jenkins, Fergie           PHI  272.1  2.88   33  33  23   5   0  199   43  9.02
Raich, Eric               PHI  234.2  3.26   31  31  17   6   0  155   63 11.43
Currence, Lafayette       PHI  220.2  3.79   30  30  16   6   0  156   50 10.93
John, Tommy               PHI  188.0  2.44   23  23  16   5   0  115   30  9.48
Klages, Fred              PHI  166.1  4.27   23  23   8   5   0  116   32 11.85
Krukow, Mike              PHI  163.2  2.03   20  20  13   1   0  125   28  8.63
Champion, Bill            PHI  101.0  2.32   67   0   6   9  15   59   23  9.36
Zepp, Bill                PHI   61.2  1.90   37   0   4   4   5   34   23 11.24
Caldwell, Mike            PHI   44.1  3.05   26   0   6   4   2   19    8 10.76
Henninger, Rick           PHI   14.1  3.14   10   0   3   1   2    8    6 13.19
Lauzerique, George        PHI   13.2  6.59    4   2   0   3   0   10   11 20.41
Pazik, Mike               PHI    1.2 21.60    1   0   0   1   0    1    0 37.80
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* 1974 MLB CAREER MILESTONES *

Graig Nettles, Twins, 400th Home Run
Nolan Ryan, Braves, 3000th Strikeout
Jim Kaat, Twins, 300th Win
Vada Pinson, Dodgers, 2500th Hit
Fergie Jenkins, Phillies, 3000th Strikeout
Fergie Jenkins, Phillies, 300th Win
Julian Javier, Phillies, 3000th Hit
Maury Wills, White Sox, 3500th Hit
Willie McCovey, Phillies, 1500th Run
Don Clendonon, Orioles, 2500th Hit
Bob Gibson, Orioles, 400th Win
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Cardinals being a pile of suck? This universe is amazing.

Enjoyable read. Would be interested hearing who your first round pick is each year in addition to the top couple of selections.
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At some point I'll sit down and go through the picks and how they did. Just looking through it right now and it seems if you never made the majors, mogul removes you at some point, so some picks aren't showing up. Eh.
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Jenkins & Ryan matched up in game one and the Braves would break open a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 4th with 4 runs on RBI hits from Joe Torre, Bobby Pfeil & Nolan Ryan. Ryan would go 8 innings, giving up a 5-3 lead to close John Papa in the 9th. We would load the bases in the 9th but Luzinski flied out to left to end the game and give the Braves a 5-3 win and a 1-0 series lead.

In game two, the Braves would go up 4-1 after 5 innings before we came back with 2 runs in the 6th. Jerry Patterson would hold us there through 8 and once again in the 9th we would threaten off of John Papa, putting runners at the corners with 1 out before Rod Carew hit into a double play to end the game. They win 4-3 and lead the series 2-0. Our backs are against the wall as we head back to Philly.

Mike Krukow & Wenty Ford matched up in game 3 and the Braves stayed hot by scoring in the first two innings to take a 2-1 lead. That score would hold till the 7th when they would chase Krukow and add 5 more runs of the next few innings off of our pen and win game 3 by a 7-2 score to complete the sweep.

Well that sucked. What can I say, we lose a couple close games and that was that, another disappointing finish to our season.
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The White Sox would get revenge for numerous ALCS losses to the Yankees by sweeping New York in 3 close games.

In game one the White Sox would come from 4-3 down in the bottom of the ninth before scoring off of vaunted Yankees closer Bob Locker. The Sox would go on to win it in 16 innings on a walk off homer from George Hendrick.

In game two, Jose Cardenal and Maury Wills would score a combined 4 times as Ron Guidry outdid Rick Reuschle to give the Sox a 7-5 win and a 2 game lead.

In game 3, at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees would take a 5-3 lead into the 8th inning before the Sox would tie it on a 2 run homer from George Hendrick and go ahead on an RBI single by Bob Bailey. Enrique Rome & Vern Handrahan would close out the last two frames and the Sox completed the sweep.
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The White Sox would dispatch of the Braves in 5 games to win the 74' series.

They would win game 1 on a Jose Cardenal two run shot in the eighth to break a 5-5 tie and win it 7-5.

Game 2 was a slugfest 14-10 win for Chicago. Costen Shockley had 2 homers and 6 RBI and Byron Browne would homer and drive in 3 runs.

Game 3 in Atlanta saw Don Durham pitch a gem for the Sox as he bested Wenty Ford en route to a 3-1 Chicago win and a 3-0 series lead.

In game 4, the Braves took advantage of 4 1st inning walks off of Tom Griffin to grab a 3-0 lead and Nolan Ryan would make it stand as the Braves staved off elimination with a 3-2 win.

Ron Guidry would take the hill for the White Sox in game 5 and he tossed a complete game, edging out Jerry Robertson and the Braves by a 3-2 score and taking the 1974 title. Costen Shockley & George Hendrick combined for 3 homers and 11 RBI in the series.
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