The OOTP 20th Century Historical Project

[Jistic]

In all of my years I've never done a historical league with OOTP.

Well this year I'm doing it on the side. The game seems to want to start no earlier than 1901, so that's what I'm doing. Importing real rookies to the teams they belong on, no draft. The only thing that will be our of whack is money. But I'm not going to even mess with that.

Now granted the CPU will make deals, etc. But for fun, let's see where this ends up. WIll the Cubs have another curse? Will Babe Ruth even get to the Yankees? Who will be the all time HR leader? Let's find out.

I'm going to do a season at a time and compare it to what really happened. So here we go, 1901....


Some early news of note:

Philadelphia Athletics: Signed SS N. Lajoie to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $44,190,000.

Monday, March 25th, 1901: 3B Honus Wagner Decides to Stay in Pittsburgh
Honus Wagner is staying put. The Pittsburgh Pirates' third baseman inked a $21,008,000 extension, and will play in Pittsburgh another 2 years.

Our first trade:
The New York Giants traded 25-year old shortstop C. Hickman and $850,500 in cash to the Chicago Orphans, getting 27-year old starting pitcher J. Taylor in return.

[Jistic]

Re: The OOTP 20th Century Historical Project

Our first career ender...

Wilbert Robinson (Uncle Robbie)
04-08-1901 Injured (Fractured Knee), career-ending injury!

In real life, a Hall of famer. Bye Uncle Robbie!

[Knight165]

Re: The OOTP 20th Century Historical Project

Sounds good Jistic.
Keep us posted.
I think there is a way to scale the salaries. I did not buy the game yet...but I did download the manual(whoa!) and I thought I saw something about scaling salaries for historical leagues.

M.K.
Knight165

[Jistic]

Re: The OOTP 20th Century Historical Project

Sounds good Jistic.
Keep us posted.
I think there is a way to scale the salaries. I did not buy the game yet...but I did download the manual(whoa!) and I thought I saw something about scaling salaries for historical leagues.

M.K.
Knight165

There is, but I just don't have the time. This is more for fun and to see on the field what happens.

[Jistic]

Re: The OOTP 20th Century Historical Project

Ok 1901 is complete. The Tigers over Cincinnatti in seven. In real life it was Pittsburg and the White Sox. However some of the stats were pretty close.

Team Stats (real)
Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 STL  5.58   792  142  5039  1430  187  94   39  314   540  .284  .326  .381  190      118  5.44  5.71
 PIT  5.54   776  140  4913  1407  182  92   29  386   493  .286  .338  .379  203      112  5.39  5.69
 BRO  5.43   744  137  4879  1399  206  93   32  312   449  .287  .330  .387  178      114  5.88  4.99
 PHI  4.77   668  140  4793  1275  194  58   24  430   549  .266  .326  .346  199      103  5.06  4.49
 CHC  4.13   578  140  4844  1250  153  61   18  314   532  .258  .303  .326  204       93  4.19  4.09
 CIN  3.95   561  142  4914  1232  173  70   38  323   584  .251  .297  .338  137      100  3.88  4.03
 NYG  3.86   544  141  4839  1225  167  46   19  303   575  .253  .297  .318  133       90  3.59  4.13
 BSN  3.79   531  140  4746  1180  135  36   28  303   519  .249  .294  .310  158       73  4.24  3.34
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.63  5194 1122 38967 10398 1397 550  227 2685  4241  .267  .321  .348 1402   --

League Stats (Sim)
League Batting Stats 
Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS 
Brooklyn 5.9 825 140 4746 1380 231 55 43 493 157 734 .291 .365 .390 .755 
Pittsburgh 5.4 755 140 4762 1384 225 58 35 420 145 715 .291 .357 .384 .741 
Cincinnati 5.2 730 140 4616 1276 180 53 40 545 146 652 .276 .359 .364 .723 
Philadelphia 5.2 721 140 4663 1295 234 34 17 436 155 569 .278 .355 .353 .709 
St. Louis 5.1 710 140 4737 1327 236 37 26 352 128 574 .280 .345 .362 .708 
Chicago 5.1 709 140 4663 1283 202 44 21 434 157 554 .275 .347 .351 .698 
Boston 5.0 703 140 4712 1320 206 46 28 412 157 523 .280 .343 .361 .704 
New York 4.2 592 140 4643 1180 181 40 22 434 266 501 .254 .322 .325 .647 
Totals 5.1 5745 1120 37542 10445 1695 367 232 3526 1311 4822 .278 .349 .361 .711

Some eerily close numbers. Here's the standings.

Real Standings
Team           W   L  WL%  GB
Pittsbgh PIT  90  49 .647  --  
Phildlpa PHI  83  57 .593  7.5
Brooklyn BRO  79  57 .581  9.5
St.Louis STL  76  64 .543 14.5
BostonBr BSN  69  69 .500 20.5
ChicagoC CHC  53  86 .381 37.0
NewYorkG NYG  52  85 .380 37.0
Cincnnti CIN  52  87 .374 38.0

Team           W   L  WL%  GB
ChicagoW CHW  83  53 .610  --  
BostonRS BOS  79  57 .581  4.0
Detroit  DET  74  61 .548  8.5
Phildlpa PHA  74  62 .544  9.0
Bltmore  BLA  68  65 .511 13.5
Washngtn WSH  61  72 .459 20.5
Clvlnd   CLE  54  82 .397 29.0
Milwkee  MLA  48  89 .350 35.5

Standings Sim
National Standings  
 
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
Cincinnati Reds 83 57 .593 - 80-60 3 42-28 41-29 6-6 29-16 Clinched L2 6-4 
Brooklyn Superbas 80 60 .571 3.0 77-63 3 39-31 41-29 7-3 21-19  W1 7-3 
St. Louis Cardinals 74 66 .529 9.0 74-66 0 40-30 34-36 4-7 11-18  W2 6-4 
Philadelphia Phillies 72 68 .514 11.0 70-70 2 36-34 36-34 4-4 21-14  L4 4-6 
Pittsburgh Pirates 71 69 .507 12.0 71-69 0 32-38 39-31 4-9 18-22  W3 6-4 
Boston Beaneaters 64 76 .457 19.0 65-75 -1 29-41 35-35 7-5 15-22  L2 4-6 
Chicago Orphans 62 78 .443 21.0 67-73 -5 32-38 30-40 6-5 15-21  L2 5-5 
New York Giants 54 86 .386 29.0 56-84 -2 28-42 26-44 7-6 24-22  W2 4-6 
 
 
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
Detroit Tigers 77 63 .550 - 82-58 -5 38-32 39-31 6-3 13-22 Clinched L1 7-3 
Boston Americans 75 65 .536 2.0 78-62 -3 37-33 38-32 4-3 17-19  L1 3-7 
Chicago White Sox 75 65 .536 2.0 71-69 4 37-33 38-32 2-9 28-21  W1 4-6 
Milwaukee Brewers 72 68 .514 5.0 68-72 4 40-30 32-38 2-6 23-19  W1 7-3 
Philadelphia Athletics 69 71 .493 8.0 67-73 2 37-33 32-38 6-3 23-18  W1 3-7 
Cleveland Blues 66 74 .471 11.0 70-70 -4 29-41 37-33 6-4 19-27  L1 7-3 
Washington Senators 65 75 .464 12.0 65-75 0 36-34 29-41 5-4 12-16  L1 5-5
Baltimore Orioles 61 79 .436 16.0 59-81 2 28-42 33-37 3-2 20-13  W1 4-6

[Jistic]

Re: The OOTP 20th Century Historical Project

Finally some league leaders..

NOTE Cy Young missed half the season in the sim due to injury.

AL Stats

Real
Batting Average
Lajoie-PHA .426
Donlin-BLA .340
Freeman-BOS .339
Seybold-PHA .334
Collins-BOS .332

Sim
D. Holmes DET .388
Z. Harvey CHA .360
H. Davis PHA .357
D. Casey DET .353
E. Beck CLE .349

Runs
Lajoie-PHA 145
Jones-CHW 120
Williams-BLA 113
Hoy-CHW 112
Barrett-DET 110

Runs SIM
D. Holmes DET 137
J. Collins BOS 130
M. Grady WS1 126
N. Lajoie PHA 125
J. Williams BLA 121

RBI
Lajoie-PHA 125
Freeman-BOS 114
Anderson-MLA 99
Mertes-CHW 98
Williams-BLA 96

SIM
J. Williams BLA 122
H. Davis PHA 111
K. Elberfeld DET 110
J. Collins BOS 108
B. Keister BLA 107

Home Runs
Lajoie-PHA 14
Freeman-BOS 12
Grady-WSH 9
Anderson-MLA 8
Davis-PHA 8
Seybold-PHA 8

Homeruns SIM
N. Lajoie PHA 16
M. Grady WS1 12
H. Davis PHA 9
E. Beck CLE 8
S. Mertes CHA 8

ERA
Young-BOS 1.62
Callahan-CHW 2.42
Yeager-DET 2.61
Griffith-CHW 2.67
Winter-BOS 2.80

ERA SIM
H. McNeal CLE 3.49
W. Kellum BOS 3.51
C. Young BOS 3.74
E. Frisk DET 3.79
F. Owen DET 3.79

Wins
Young-BOS 33
McGinnity-BLA 26
Griffith-CHW 24
Miller-DET 23
Fraser-PHA 22

Wins SIM
W. Kellum BOS 25
C. Griffith CHA 21
N. Garvin MLA 20
P. Hawley MLA 20
H. McNeal CLE 20

Strikeouts
Young-BOS 158
Patterson-CHW 127
Dowling-TOT 124
Garvin-MLA 122
Fraser-PHA 110

Strikeouts SIM (Bad job here)
N. Garvin MLA 48
V. Willis BOS 48
W. Kellum BOS 47
E. Plank PHA 47
J. Skopec CHA 45




That's more than enough stats. From now on I think I'll just highlight the interesting ones. On to 1902