1915 FOOL-H Off-season Thread

[Young Drachma]

It's that time again. Award time!

[Young Drachma]

AL MVP: Babe Ruth, Boston
NL MVP: Harry Heilmann, Brooklyn

AL Pitcher of the Year: Rube Waddell, New York
NL Pitcher of the Year: Christy Mathewson, Boston

AL Rookie of the Year: George Sisler, Washington
NL Rookie of the Year: Rogers Hornsby, Brooklyn

[Young Drachma]

Friday, October 23rd, 1914
Philadelphia Athletics: Signed MR J. Williams to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,970,000.
Philadelphia Phillies: Signed 1B F. Merkle to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $3,225,000.
Pittsburgh Pirates: Signed CL H. Suter to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $3,045,000.
Thursday, October 22nd, 1914
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed C B. Killefer to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $5,580,000.
Wednesday, October 21st, 1914
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed MR D. Rudolph to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $3,990,000.
Tuesday, October 20th, 1914
Washington Senators: Signed 2B H. Zimmerman to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $7,260,000.
Sunday, October 18th, 1914
New York Yankees: LF G. Beaumont retires.
Baltimore Orioles: SS D. Brain retires.
Pittsburgh Pirates: 3B C. Hickman retires.
Boston Red Sox: 3B J. Williams retires.
Philadelphia Athletics: SP F. Glade retires.
Chicago Cubs: Executed the last optional contract year of LF G. Whiteman.
St. Louis Cardinals: Released RF C. Hartley.
St. Louis Cardinals: Demoted LF O. Vitt to Triple A East St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals: Demoted LF H. Butcher to Triple A East St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals: Purchased the contract of SP J. Boehling from Triple A East St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals: Purchased the contract of SP P. Douglas from Triple A East St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals: Purchased the contract of SP B. O'Brien from Triple A East St. Louis.

[Young Drachma]

Here's this week's schedule.

MON: Off-Day
TUE: Sim to start of FA
WED: FA1
THUR: FA2
FRI: ST/DRAFT
SAT: Season
SUN: Playoffs

[Young Drachma]

File is up.

[Young Drachma]

We've already had our first trade of the off-season. Now let's see who wants to spend some money.

Brooklyn has a new owner, too. Welcome CleBrownsFan to the FOOL-H fold. He's a veteran FOOL-X owner and has decided to try his hand here amongst the elites who play with real players. Give him a warm welcome. Though you might say, he got that when he inherited a team with Rogers Hornsby.

[Young Drachma]

Monday, November 30th, 1914
Pittsburgh Pirates: Signed free agent 1B J. Stahl to a 1-year contract worth a total of $690,000.
Sunday, November 29th, 1914
Brooklyn Royal Giants: Signed free agent MR R. Johnson to a 1-year contract worth a total of $960,000.
Saturday, November 28th, 1914
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent SS B. Sweeney to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,000,000.
New York Giants: Signed free agent SP L. Drucke to a 3-year contract worth a total of $7,425,000.
Thursday, November 19th, 1914
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed free agent SS O. Westerberg to a 3-year contract worth a total of $7,215,000.
Wednesday, November 18th, 1914
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent CF J. Birmingham to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.
Monday, November 16th, 1914
Louisville Black Caps: Signed 1B J. Hummel to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $3,470,000.
Louisville Black Caps: Signed SS B. Louden to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $5,070,000.
Boston Beaneaters: Signed CF D. Zwilling to a 5-year contract extension worth a total of $28,400,000.
Sunday, November 15th, 1914
New York Giants: Signed CF T. Cobb to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $41,755,000.
Saturday, November 14th, 1914
Louisville Black Caps: Signed MR R. Caldwell to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $3,330,000.
Thursday, November 12th, 1914
Louisville Black Caps: Signed SP T. Hughes to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,540,000.

[Young Drachma]

Monday, December 14th, 1914
Philadelphia Athletics: Signed free agent SS H. Wagner to a 2-year contract worth a total of $21,590,000.
Thursday, December 10th, 1914
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent RF M. Carey to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.
Sunday, December 6th, 1914
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent 3B A. Devlin to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.
Friday, December 4th, 1914
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent 3B T. Turner to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,500,000.
Philadelphia Athletics: Signed free agent CL E. Walker to a 1-year contract worth a total of $555,000.
Pittsburgh Pirates: Signed free agent SS S. Yerkes to a 1-year contract worth a total of $680,000.
Tuesday, December 1st, 1914
Boston Red Sox: Signed free agent CL M. O'Toole to a 3-year contract worth a total of $13,500,000.

[Young Drachma]

File is up.

[Montreal_GM]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

We've already had our first trade of the off-season. Now let's see who wants to spend some money.

Brooklyn has a new owner, too. Welcome CleBrownsFan to the FOOL-H fold. He's a veteran FOOL-X owner and has decided to try his hand here amongst the elites who play with real players. Give him a warm welcome. Though you might say, he got that when he inherited a team with Rogers Hornsby.

Welcome CBF. Good luck.

[gstelmack]

Needed some role players, and signed too many of them. Hope they didn't buy a house already...

[Johnny93g]

Good luck brownsfan

[CleBrownsfan]

Thanks guys... looking forward to this league. Should be fun using real historical players.

[TimGuru]

Welcome.

Please name them back to the Dodgers.

[CleBrownsfan]

Will do...

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by TimGuru

Welcome.

Please name them back to the Dodgers.

They've never been the Dodgers, actually. They began as the Robins for four years, then got changed to the Royal Giants. Aye, CBF indeed has changed them to become the Dodgers.

My vote would've been for the Brooklyn Bushwicks.

The Brooklyn Bushwicks were an independent, semi-professional baseball team that played its games almost totally in Dexter Park in Queens from 1917 to 1951. They were unique at their time for fielding multi-ethnic rosters. They played what amounts to exhibition games against barnstorming Negro League teams, minor league baseball teams, and other semi-pro teams. The Bushwicks were owned by Max Rosner, who hired many former major league to play on his club, including Dazzy Vance and others. All the famous players of the time came to play exhibitions at Dexter Park including Dizzy Dean, Hank Greenberg, Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Joe Medwick. Until he became friends with Rosner, Ruth demanded upfront payments in cash before agreeing to personal appearances. The DiMaggio picture was taken during his debut year with Yankees.

The great black stars, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell and many others often opposed the Bushwicks. The team appeared on New York City television and on radio as well. The team's picture appeared in three different Spaulding Guides. A book on the Bushwicks by Thomas Henley Barthel entitled, "Those Peerless Semipros: The Brooklyn Bushwicks of Dexter Park," was published in 2009.

[Young Drachma]

Vic Willis Joins the Hall of Fame
Friday, January 1st, 1915: Today, one of the legendary kings of the hill received his due recognition. Vic Willis was enshrined into the FOOL-Historical Hall of Fame. One of the most fearsome hurlers to ever take the mound, Willis earned this coveted honor by dominating hitters with a 299-238 record over a 633-game career. In 4642.2 innings he fanned 1701 batters, walked 1267 and compiled a fine 3.68 ERA. Willis retired at the age of 38.

"My teammates did a lot for me over the course of my career and I wouldn't be here without their help," Willis said as he stood before the large crowd of fans and diamond legends. "It's easy to rack up as many wins as I did when your teammates play such great defense and score as many runs as mine did. But in turn, when they weren't having a great day, I knew I had to return the favor and that's why we were all so successful. We played for each other."

[Young Drachma]

Tuesday, December 15th, 1914
St. Louis Cardinals: Signed 1B N. Lajoie to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $6,580,000.
Monday, December 14th, 1914
Philadelphia Athletics: Signed free agent SS H. Wagner to a 2-year contract worth a total of $21,590,000.
Boston Red Sox: Released CF J. Birmingham.
Boston Red Sox: Released 3B P. Peploski.
Boston Red Sox: Released MR D. Stone.
Philadelphia Athletics: Demoted SS G. Perring to Triple A Camden.
Philadelphia Athletics: Demoted SS L. Blackburne to Triple A Camden.
Philadelphia Athletics: Purchased the contract of 1B S. McInnis from Triple A Camden.
Pittsburgh Pirates: Purchased the contract of SP F. Allen from Triple A Huntingdon.
St. Louis Cardinals: Demoted SS M. Stock to Triple A East St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals: Purchased the contract of SS M. Stock from Triple A East St. Louis.
St. Louis Cardinals: Demoted SS P. Goodwin to Triple A East St. Louis.

[Young Drachma]

Sunday, January 17th, 1915
New York Yankees: Signed free agent SP B. Hogg to a 4-year contract worth a total of $15,700,000.
Saturday, January 9th, 1915
New York Yankees: Signed free agent SP M. Lynch to a 2-year contract worth a total of $9,450,000.
Tuesday, January 5th, 1915
Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent SP B. Pfeffer to a 2-year contract worth a total of $10,000,000.
Chicago Cubs: Signed free agent MR E. Steele to a 2-year contract worth a total of $7,800,000.
Monday, January 4th, 1915
Detroit Tigers: Signed free agent MR K. Lear to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,150,000.
Sunday, January 3rd, 1915
Cincinnati Redlegs: Signed free agent LF B. Hinchman to a 1-year contract worth a total of $675,000.

[Young Drachma]

File is up. Draft and Spring training on Friday night.

[gstelmack]

Well, Ruth didn't like my 7 year / $70mil extension. Going to have to keep working on that before he asks for $25mil / year or even worse refuses to sign an extension and demands FA.

[cgould43]

what an awful draft to have a top pick in

[Alan T]

Originally Posted by cgould43

what an awful draft to have a top pick in

What an awful draft to have any picks in period Thanks alot for your second round pick this year.. I'll use it to draft a 1 star player that I'll never use again

[CleBrownsfan]

Originally Posted by cgould43

what an awful draft to have a top pick in

Okay - at least it's a bad draft. I was starting to think that this was a norm for this era of baseball or something

[Young Drachma]

Here's the FOOL-H Thanksgiving schedule. I'll post it again in the season thread this weekend and in the off-season thread, but...after Alan posted the one for the other leagues, I wanted to debate which way was to best to ours.

Lemme know whatcha think...

MON: Sim to the start of FA
TUE: Combined FA period
WED: ST/DRAFT
THUR: NO SIM
FRI: NO SIM
SAT: Season
SUN: Playoffs

[TimGuru]

Originally Posted by cgould43

what an awful draft to have a top pick in

I'd gladly trade into the top 4 of this year's draft.

[Young Drachma]

Round 1
Round 1, Pick 1 - Chicago Whales: 3B J. Beckwith
Round 1, Pick 2 - Philadelphia Phillies: SP B. Grimes
Round 1, Pick 3 - Philadelphia Athletics: RF R. Youngs
Round 1, Pick 4 - Louisville Black Caps: SP J. Scott
Round 1, Pick 5 - Washington Senators: SP B. Steele
Round 1, Pick 6 - Chicago Cubs: C P. Gharrity
Round 1, Pick 7 - Cincinnati Redlegs: CF H. Miller
Round 1, Pick 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates: RF G. Harper
Round 1, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Dodgers: SP M. Goodwin
Round 1, Pick 10 - Philadelphia Phillies: C V. Clemons
Round 1, Pick 11 - Baltimore Orioles: 2B C. Bigbee
Round 1, Pick 12 - Chicago Cubs: SS W. Witt
Round 1, Pick 13 - Boston Beaneaters: SP G. Smith
Round 1, Pick 14 - New York Giants: SP J. Johnson
Round 1, Pick 15 - Washington Senators: LF C. Grimm
Round 1, Pick 16 - New York Giants: SP M. Watson
Supplemental Round 1
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 1 - Philadelphia Phillies: SS S. Bohne
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 2 - Washington Senators: LF E. Smith
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 3 - Chicago Cubs: LF G. Neale
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 4 - Boston Beaneaters: MR W. Evans
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 5 - New York Giants: C H. DeBerry
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 6 - Cincinnati Redlegs: 3B O. Marcelle
Round 1 (Supplemental Round), Pick 7 - St. Louis Cardinals: C W. Schmidt
Round 2
Round 2, Pick 1 - Chicago Whales: C V. Picinich
Round 2, Pick 2 - Philadelphia Phillies: RF J. Wilhoit
Round 2, Pick 3 - Boston Beaneaters: SS Z. Terry
Round 2, Pick 4 - Louisville Black Caps: RF L. King
Round 2, Pick 5 - Washington Senators: MR M. Craft
Round 2, Pick 6 - Chicago Cubs: 2B J. Farmer
Round 2, Pick 7 - Cincinnati Redlegs: 2B E. Sicking
Round 2, Pick 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates: MR J. Lotz
Round 2, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Dodgers: 2B R. Grover
Round 2, Pick 10 - St. Louis Cardinals: MR O. Lambeth
Round 2, Pick 11 - Baltimore Orioles: MR A. Gould
Round 2, Pick 12 - Boston Red Sox: 2B S. Stewart
Round 2, Pick 13 - Boston Beaneaters: 3B F. Thomas
Round 2, Pick 14 - Detroit Tigers: MR B. Fincher
Round 2, Pick 15 - New York Yankees: 1B T. Jourdan
Round 2, Pick 16 - New York Giants: 2B A. Bergman
Round 3
Round 3, Pick 1 - Chicago Whales: 1B L. Guisto
Round 3, Pick 2 - Philadelphia Phillies: MR R. Parnham
Round 3, Pick 3 - Philadelphia Athletics: SS F. Smykal
Round 3, Pick 4 - Louisville Black Caps: 3B H. Warner
Round 3, Pick 5 - Washington Senators: LF B. Stellbauer
Round 3, Pick 6 - Chicago Cubs: 2B B. Gleason
Round 3, Pick 7 - Cincinnati Redlegs: LF R. O'Brien
Round 3, Pick 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates: MR G. Fortune
Round 3, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Dodgers: LF P. Smith
Round 3, Pick 10 - St. Louis Cardinals: MR J. Buckles
Round 3, Pick 11 - Baltimore Orioles: 3B L. McElwee
Round 3, Pick 12 - Boston Red Sox: MR P. Carpenter
Round 3, Pick 13 - Boston Beaneaters: SS C. Wortman
Round 3, Pick 14 - Detroit Tigers: MR C. Thomas
Round 3, Pick 15 - New York Yankees: MR C. Jones
Round 3, Pick 16 - New York Giants: MR C. Warmoth
Round 4
Round 4, Pick 1 - Chicago Whales: MR W. Whittaker
Round 4, Pick 2 - Philadelphia Phillies: SS M. Shay
Round 4, Pick 3 - Philadelphia Athletics: MR A. Lindstrom
Round 4, Pick 4 - Louisville Black Caps: LF F. Bailey
Round 4, Pick 5 - Washington Senators: RF B. Thrasher
Round 4, Pick 6 - Chicago Cubs: MR M. Driscoll
Round 4, Pick 7 - Cincinnati Redlegs: MR S. Desjardien
Round 4, Pick 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates: MR M. Cantwell
Round 4, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Dodgers: MR R. Gunkel
Round 4, Pick 10 - St. Louis Cardinals: C B. Lynn
Round 4, Pick 11 - Baltimore Orioles: MR T. Twining
Round 4, Pick 12 - Boston Red Sox: CF W. Johnson
Round 4, Pick 13 - Boston Beaneaters: 3B B. Ellison
Round 4, Pick 14 - Detroit Tigers: MR M. Currie
Round 4, Pick 15 - New York Yankees: LF J. Altenburg
Round 4, Pick 16 - New York Giants: MR K. Penner
Round 5
Round 5, Pick 1 - Chicago Whales: SS B. Fabrique
Round 5, Pick 2 - Philadelphia Phillies: MR M. Williams
Round 5, Pick 3 - Philadelphia Athletics: C J. Bradley
Round 5, Pick 4 - Louisville Black Caps: MR G. Hesselbacher
Round 5, Pick 5 - Washington Senators: 2B O. Lawry
Round 5, Pick 6 - Chicago Cubs: 3B H. Hunter
Round 5, Pick 7 - Cincinnati Redlegs: C A. Dede
Round 5, Pick 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates: CF B. Gandy
Round 5, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Dodgers: LF M. Divis
Round 5, Pick 10 - St. Louis Cardinals: LF E. King
Round 5, Pick 11 - Baltimore Orioles: C D. Carroll
Round 5, Pick 12 - Boston Red Sox: 2B G. Rodriguez
Round 5, Pick 13 - Boston Beaneaters: SS F. Emmer
Round 5, Pick 14 - Detroit Tigers: LF R. Lanning
Round 5, Pick 15 - New York Yankees: C D. Kelleher
Round 5, Pick 16 - New York Giants: 3B H. Rowe
Round 6
Round 6, Pick 1 - Chicago Whales: CF R. Mitterling
Round 6, Pick 2 - Philadelphia Phillies: SS C. Wright
Round 6, Pick 3 - Philadelphia Athletics: C J. O'Connor
Round 6, Pick 4 - Louisville Black Caps: C T. Brottem
Round 6, Pick 5 - Washington Senators: 1B Z. Hasbrook
Round 6, Pick 6 - Chicago Cubs: 1B N. Halliday
Round 6, Pick 7 - Cincinnati Redlegs: C A. Rico
Round 6, Pick 8 - Pittsburgh Pirates: 1B J. Fautsch
Round 6, Pick 9 - Brooklyn Dodgers: 1B O. Welf
Round 6, Pick 10 - St. Louis Cardinals: 1B R. Shook
Round 6, Pick 11 - Baltimore Orioles: 1B G. Madden
Round 6, Pick 12 - Boston Red Sox: 1B H. Stafford
Round 6, Pick 13 - Boston Beaneaters: 1B R. Kennedy
Round 6, Pick 14 - Detroit Tigers: 1B B. Batsch
Round 6, Pick 15 - New York Yankees: 1B W. Fisher

[Young Drachma]

Tuesday, March 2nd, 1915
Philadelphia Athletics: Signed free agent SP F. Smith to a 3-year contract worth a total of $14,980,000.
New York Yankees: Signed free agent CL L. Fiene to a 1-year contract worth a total of $245,000.
New York Yankees: Signed free agent 1B B. Taylor to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,120,000.

[Young Drachma]

Saturday, March 6th, 1915
Boston Beaneaters: Signed MR K. Speer to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $1,665,000.
Boston Beaneaters: Signed SP R. Fisher to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $560,000.
Boston Red Sox: Signed LF B. Ruth to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $24,000,000.
Thursday, March 4th, 1915
Boston Beaneaters: Signed C I. Wingo to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $9,525,000.

[Young Drachma]

SPRING TRAINING STANDINGS

AL
New York 14-10
Detroit 14-10
Louisville 14-10
Baltimore 14-10
Philadelphia 12-12
Boston 10-14
Washington 9-15
Chicago 9-15

NL
Boston 14-10
Pittsburgh 14-10
St. Louis 13-11
Brooklyn 13-11
Philadelphia 11-13
New York 11-13
Chicago 11-13
Cincinnati 9-15

[Young Drachma]

File is up.

[gstelmack]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Boston Red Sox: Signed LF B. Ruth to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $24,000,000.

Well, that gives some breathing room. Will cost me more next year, but I'll enjoy the peace of mind of knowing he's not going after some huge deal next offseason.