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The following chronicles each A.P.B.A.L. season.
2009-2010
The league expanded back to seven clubs and
the playoffs expanded to include the top four teams. Philadelphia, picked to finish sixth with two D starting pitchers,
jumped off to an incredible start. The Phils had a 33-13 record (.717) and led by 8 games on July 25, then went into
a total collapse, losing 17 of their final 20 contests. St. Louis overtook them and captured the pennant, then swept
their way to the championship. The Cards Adam Wainwright (BYZ) and Boston's Jon Lester (BY) threw no hitters.
Wainwright's was a 1-0 win over Chicago's Jim Harden, who threw a 1 hitter in the loss.
TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | 08
St. Louis | J.Ewing | 39-27 | .591 | -- | 08 Philadelphia | H.Gold | 36-30 | .545 | 3 | 08
Los Angeles-A | H.Brown/Eddy | 34-32 | .515 | 5 | 08 Los Angeles-N | T.Ewing | 34-32 | .515 | 5 | 08
Chicago | Jo.Waldram | 33-33 | .500 | 6 | 08 Boston
| Ja.Waldram | 29-37 | .439 | 10 | | 08 New York-A | J.Gold | 26-40 |
.394 | 13 |
BA - Ethier,LAD (.370); Teixeira,LAA (.354); Damon,NY (.336)
HR - Soriano,Chi (24); Ortiz,LAD & A.Rodriquez,Phl
(23)
RBI - Ortiz,LAD (63); Ludwick,StL (61); Two with (60)
R - Bradley,StL (58); Fontenot,LAD (57);
Ethier,LAD (56)
SB - Victorino,Phl (29); Rollins,Phl (28); Pierre,LAD (26)
ERA - Lidge,Phl (2.60); Harden,Chi
(2.77); Moyer,Phl (2.98)
W - Hamels,Phl (11); Dempster,Chi (10); Santana,LAA (9)
SO - Harden,Chi (147); Santana,LAA
(122); Matsuzaka,Bos (115)
SV - Rivera,StL (10); Marmol,Chi (9); Two with (8)
PLAYOFFS:
1st Round
St. Louis over Los Angeles-N 3-0
Los Angeles-A over Philadelphia 3-2
Championship
St. Louis over
Los Angeles-A 4-0
2008-2009
The A.P.B.A.L. was forced
to reduce to a six team league. Manager Harley Gold stunned the league by taking the Florida Marlins and then trading
so that he started a C and three D's with all C's in the bullpen. Despite being picked to set a new record for
losses, the Marlin's offense kept them in games. Atlanta set the modern record with a .290 team BA and Florida broke
the mark for the worst team ERA. The Braves' Chipper Jones (.337 1-0-0-0-0) set a new RBI record, while Detroit's
Placido Polanco (.341 0-0-0) shattered the high's for hits and BA. The Dodgers' Brad Penny (AX) had an ERA more
than 1.00 below the next best pitcher. Both Jones and the Tigers' Gary Sheffield (.265 1-0-0) hit four homeruns
in a single game.
TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | 07
Atlanta | T.Ewing | 39-26 | .600 | -- | 07
New York-N | J.Ewing/Wooley | 37-28 | .569 | 2 | 07
Los Angeles-N | Ja.Waldram | 32-33 | .492 | 7 | 07
Los Angeles-A | H.Brown/Eddy | 31-34 | .477 | 8 | 07 Detroit | Jo.Waldram | 28-37 | .431 | 11 | 07 Florida | Golds | 28-37 | .431 | 11 |
BA - Polonco,Det (.419); C.Jones,Atl (.339); Y.Escobar,Atl
(.337)
HR - C.Pena,NY (27); C.Ross,Fla (25), Holliday,Fla (23)
RBI - C.Jones,Atl (82); Braun,LAD (75); Holliday,Fla (73)
R - Wright,NY (65); C.Jones,Atl (63); Y.Escobar,Atl (62)
SB - Figgins,Fla (28); Ramirez,Fla & Reyes,NY (27)
ERA - Penny,LAD (2.88); Saito,LAD (3.92); Hudson,Atl (3.92)
W - O.Perez,NY & Penny,LAD (11); Smoltz,Atl (10)
SO - O.Perez,NY (115); Hernandez,NY (110); Smoltz,Atl (99)
SV - Wagner,NY (12); Seay,Det (11); Moylan,Atl (9)
PLAYOFFS:
1st Round
New York over Los Angeles-N 3-2
Championship
Atlanta over New York
4-2
2007-2008
Minnesota, bolstered by trades
from the previous season and boasting a team of all .300+ hitters with an A,A,B,B pitching staff, ran away with all the honors
despite numerous injuries and suspensions. Atlanta won the Oquirrh Division in a playoff while posting
the lowest W-L percentage ever for a pennant winner. The Padres’ Chris Young (BX) threw a no hitter
against the Braves. The Twins’ Francisco Liriano (AYZ) finished 12-1 to set a new won-lost winning
percentage for a pitcher. The Yankees also set a new record for runs and RBI in a single game when they
destroyed the Mets 31-2.
TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch |
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| 06 Minnesota | Ja.Waldram | 41-22 | .651 | -- | 06 Los Angeles-A | Brown & Eddy | 32-31 | .508 | 9 | 06
Toronto | Jc.Ewing | 31-33 | .484 | 10.5 | 06 New York-A | H & J Gold | 29-35 | .453 | 12.5 | OQUIRRH |
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| 06 Atlanta | T.Ewing | 33-32 | .508 | -- | 06 San Diego | Leckie | 32-33 | .492 | 1 | 06
New York-N | Woolley & Jk.Ewing | 31-34 | .469 | 2.5 | 06 Detroit | Jo.Waldram | 28-36 | .438 | 4.5 |
BA - M.Cabrera,Min (.368); Mauer,Min (.349); Gonzalez,SD (.326)
HR - Pujols,Tor (26); Berkman,Min & Inge,Det (22)
RBI - Pujols,Tor (68); Gonzalez,SD & Morneau,Min (64)
R - Berkman,Min &Mauer,Min (59); Morneau,Min (54)
SB - Theriot,Min (31); Reyes,Mts (26); Roberts,SD (21)
ERA - Lackey,LA (2.77); J.Santana,Min (2.82); Peavy,Mts
(2.86)
W - Liriano,Min (12); J.Santana,Min (10); Verlander,Tor (11)
SO - Liriano,Min (168); J.Santana,Min (130);
Peavy,Mts (127)
SV - Hoffman,SD (16); Wickman,Atl (13); Two with (10)
PLAYOFFS:
1st Round
Toronto over
Los Angeles 3-1
New York over San Diego 3-0
Divisional
Minnesota over Toronto 3-0
New
York over Atlanta 3-0
Championship
Minnesota over New York 4-2
2006-2007
The A.P.B.A.L. expanded
to a three division, nine team league for one season. The three pennant winners, with the top two teams
receiving first round byes, were joined by three wild card teams in the playoffs. New York defeated Boston
in a playoff game for the last wild card spot. Due to trades, David Ortiz set a league record by appearing
in 70 games. Atlanta began its season at 6-14 and rallied to win 40 games and the Wasatch pennant.
Cleveland started 10-20 and came back to finish with a winning record and a wild card berth. Los
Angeles came from 6 games back on July 25 to edge Houston, and their three starting “A” pitchers, for the Oquirrh
pennant. The Braves scored 10 runs in one inning against St. Louis after there were two out and lost a
game 1-0 to a DZ Cleveland pitcher when their starter threw a perfect game for 8 2/3 innings before giving up a homerun.
TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch |
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| 05 Atlanta | T.Ewing | 40-26 | .606 | -- | 05
Boston | Jo.Waldram | 31-36 | .463 | 9.5 | 05
St.Louis | Woolley | 27-39 | .409 | 13 | OQUIRRH |
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| 05 Los Angeles-A | Brown | 38-28 | .576 | -- | 05
Houston | Mizerak | 37-29 | .561 | 1 | 05 Chicago-A | Ja.Waldram | 20-46 | .303 | 18 | VALLEY |
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| 05 Florida | J.Ewing | 39-27 | .591 | -- | 05 Cleveland | Leckie | 34-32 | .515 | 5 | 05
New York-A | H & J Gold | 32-35 | .478 | 7.5 |
BA - Pujols,Cle (.378); Roberts,Fla (.354);
Damon,Bos (.331)
HR - A.Rodriquez,NY (25); A.Jones,Hou (24); Two with (21)
RBI - Sanders,Cle (63); Francoeur,Atl
(58); Anderson,Cle (55)
R - D.Lee,Atl (55); Three with (51)
SB - Figgins,Cle (30); Podsednik,LA (27); Furcal (26)
ERA - Oswalt,LA (2.77); Willis,Hou (2.82); Clement,Bos (2.86)
W - J.Sosa,Atl (11); Clemens,Hou (10); Three
with (9)
SO - Carpenter,Bos (132); Beckett,Fla (119); Johnson,NY (106)
SV - Wickman,Cle (11); Four with (10)
PLAYOFFS:
1st Round
Los Angeles over New York 3-2
Houston over Cleveland 3-2
2nd Round
Florida over Los Angeles 3-2
Atlanta over Houston 3-0
Championship
Florida over Atlanta 4-2
2005-2006
Barry Bonds (.362 1-1-1-6-6) was traded by Florida to Boston at the All Star Game and a week later the Marlin manager
announced he was leaving the league. The Yankees scored a new team record 25 runs against the White Sox
as every starter had a hit, run, and RBI. Ichiro Suzuki (.372 0-0) had a bunt single then sat out the next
two games to become the first player to hit .400. San Diego set new team records with 409 runs and 171
doubles. A.J. Mizerak became the first manager to have a 3-1 lead in the Championship Series and lose it,
as Boston fell to New York. The Yankees were the first team to win all three championship playoff contests
by a single game. The league had the most runs scored per team/per game in the modern era.
TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch |
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| 04 Chicago-N | Brown | 39-25 | .609 | -- | 04
Boston | Mizerak | 34-30 | .531 | 5 | 04 St.Louis | Woolley | 28-36 | .438 | 11 | 04 Florida | Leckie | 23-41 | .359 | 16 | OQUIRRH |
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| 04 San Diego | J.Ewing | 41-23 | .641 | -- | 04 New York-A | H.Gold | 33-31 | .516 | 8 | 04
Chicago-A | J.Waldram | 30-35 | .462 | 11.5 | 04 Atlanta | T.Ewing | 29-36 | .446 | 12.5 |
BA - Suzuki,Cub (.400); Gload,WS (.370); Loretta,SD (.361)
HR - Guerrero,StL (24); Bonds,Bos (22); Two with (21)
RBI - Bonds,Bos (58); D.Ortiz,Atl (57); Two with (54)
R - Abreu,SD (66); Bonds,Bos (60); Helton,NY (59)
SB -
Pierra,Fla & Suzuki,Cub (22); Roberts,Bos (16)
ERA - Hoffman,SD (2.74); Rivera,NY (3.48); P.Martinez,Cub (3.50)
W - Lieber,NY (9); Schilling,Cub (8); Many with (7)
SO - Peavy,Cub (119); Carpenter,St.L (105); Schilling,Cub (104)
SV - Hoffman,SD & Foulke,Atl & Rivera,NY (12)
PLAYOFFS:
1st Round
Boston over St.Louis
3-1
New York over Chicago-A 3-2
Divisional
Boston over Chicago-N 3-2
New York over San Diego 3-2
Championship
New York over Boston 4-3
2004-2005The "Hudson Rule" was replaced by a rule allowing a batter to get a hit
with a 35 and the basis empty if he is hitting from the opposite site of the plate as the pitcher's throwing arm. Frank
Eddy retired citing an inability to roll the dice. In his last game his Marlins were 2 hitted by a "C". A new unofficial
record was set with 23 trades involving 189 player transactions. Barry Bonds also set a new record for walks received. The
Cardinals captured the Oquirrh pennant on the last day of the season when Pedro Martinez (AXY) threw a no hitter (one man
got on via an error) while fanning a record tying 17 batters. Three Athletics hit more than 20 HRs and Alex Rodriquez (.298
1-1-0-6) posted the worst stats by a quality selection - .195 with 10 HRs in 64 games. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 03 Atlanta | T.Ewing | 38-26 | .594 | -- | 03
Los Angeles | J.Ewing | 34-30 | .531 | 4 | 03 Oakland | Mizerak | 34-30 | .531 | 4 | 03 Florida | Adams*
| 29-35 | .453 | 9 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 03 St. Louis | Woolley | 36-28 | .563 | -- | 03 New York-A | H.Gold | 35-29 | .547 | 1 | 03
Boston | J.Gold | 31-33 | .484 | 3 | 03
Arizona | Brown | 19-45 | .297 | 17 |
*Replaced Eddy after 46 gamesBA - Bonds,Min (.350); Tejada,LA
(.336); C.Jones,Bos (.323) HR - Thome,LA (24); Durazo,Arz (23); L.Gonzalez,Arz (21) RBI - L.Gonzalez,Arz &
Thome,LA (61); Durazo,Arz (59) R - Bonds,Min (66); L.Gonzalez,Arz & Tejada,LA (51) SB - D.Roberts,LA (39);
Guerrero,Bos (19); Lofton,SF (14) ERA - P.Martinez,Bos (1.89); Lowe,Bos (2.07); Hammond,LA (2.31) W - Reed,Min (11);
Rueter,Min (10); Four with (9) SO - R.Johnson,Arz (146); P.Martinez,Bos (137); Two with (106) SV - Hawkins,Min
(16); Three with (9) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round Los Angeles over Oakland 3-1 New York over Boston 3-2
Divisional Los Angeles over Atlanta 3-0 St.Louis over New York 3-2 Championship St.Louis over Los
Angeles 4-1
2003-2004The league adopted uniform playing boards in 2003-04. Minnesota won their division
and then rallied to win their last 3 games to edge San Francisco and become the first non Ewing coached team in 6 years to
take the A.P.B.A.L. championship. Boston closed the season with a 26-9 to take the Wasatch Division pennant. Jason Schmidt
(BX) of the Giants became the first pitcher in the league's history to throw a perfect game. Boston's Pedro Martinez
(AXYZ) threw a no hitter for the second consecutive year. Arizona's Randy Johnson fanned 17 batters in a 10 inning game.
The Red Sox set a record with 7 errors in a game and, at one point, San Francisco played 23 consecutive games in the road.
TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch |
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| 02 Boston | J.Gold | 38-26 | .594 | -- | 02
San Francisco | Mizerak | 31-33 | .484 | 7 | 02 New York-A | H.Gold | 29-35 | .460 | 9 | 02 Anaheim | Eddy
| 27-36 | .429 | 11 | OQUIRRH |
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| 02 Minnesota | Brown | 40-24 | .625 | -- | 02
Atlanta | T.Ewing | 31-33 | .484 | 9 | 02 Los Angeles | J.Ewing
| 39-34 | .469 | 10 | 02 Arizona | Woolley | 29-35 | .453 | 11 |
LEADERS: BA
- M.Ramirez,Bos (.370); Cintron,Oak (.328); Helton,StL (.327) HR - Guillen,StL (32); Giambi,NY(26); Lopez,Oak (25) RBI – Guillen,StL (69); Giambi,NY (61); Three with (58) R - Bonds,LA (73); Cintron,Oak & Guerrero,NY (57)
SB - Pierre,Arz (29); Jackson,LA (26); Soriano,Bos (17) ERA – Smoltz,Atl (1.97); Rivera,NY (2.72); Hudson,StL
(2.97) W - Hudson,StL (10); Brown,Bos & Schilling,Atl (9) SO - P.Martinez,Bos (136); Beckett,Fla (121); Brown,Bos
(118) SV - Smoltz,Atl (13); Foulke,Oak and Urbina,Fla (10) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round San Francisco
over New York 3-1 Los Angeles over Atlanta 3-0 Divisional San Francisco over Boston 3-1 Minnesota over
Los Angeles 3-0 Championship Minnesota over San Francisco 4-3
2002-2003It was the year of Barry Bonds (.328 1-1-1-0-0-0) as the Seattle outfielder shattered
the slugging percentage record (.981) that had been held by Willie Mays and the on base percentage record (.542) that had
been held by Lou Gehrig. Bonds also set new league records for homeruns, runs scored, walks, and total bases while winning
a gold glove and a pennant. N.Y.'s Mike Stanton (A*XZ) also set a new mark by appearing in 49 games in relief. No hitters
were thrown by Atlanta's Kevin Millwood (CY), Seattle's Aaron Sele (BZ) and Boston's Pedro Martinez (AXYZ). Millwood
lost his in the 10th and Sele was pulled for a pinch runner after 10 innings of no hit ball. Martinez also set a new record
with 17 strikeouts for a 9 inning game. Boston's Jermaine Dye (1-5-6) also entered the books by hitting a record tying
4 homeruns in a single game. A Ewing won the Championship Series for the 6th consecutive year as Jackson downed Travis. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 01 Seattle | J.Ewing | 38-26 | .594 | -- | 01
New York-A | H.Gold | 31-33 | .484 | 7 | 01 Houston | Hedman | 29-35 | .460 | 9 | 01 Boston | J.Gold* | 27-36 | .429 | 11 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 01 Colorado | T.Ewing | 40-24 | .625 | -- | 01 Oakland
| Brown | 31-33 | .484 | 9 | 01 St. Louis | Leckie
| 39-34 | .469 | 10 | 01 Atlanta | Mizerak | 29-35 | .453 | 11 |
* Replaced Eddy after 46 games who had replaced Newman after 32 gamesLEADERS: BA - Bonds,Sea (.379); C.Jones,Atl (.354); Alomar,NY (.342) HR - Bonds,Sea (38); Sosa,Sea (25);
Ramirez,Oak (23) RBI - Ja.Giambi,NY (71); Bonds,Sea (67); Sosa,Sea (66) R - Bonds,Sea (79); Ramirez,Oak (63); Two
with (60) SB - Cameron,Col & McLemore,Sea (22); Pierre,Col (18) ERA - Kline,StL (1.95); Sele,Sea (2.22); Pettitte,Oak
(2.84) W - Mulder,Oak & Sele,Sea (11); Two with (9) SO - P.Martinez,Bos (161); Oswalt,Hou (128); Dotel,Hou
(125) SV - Karsay,Atl (13); Magnante,Oak (12); Two with (11) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round New York over
Houston 3-2 St.Louis over Oakland 3-0 Divisional Seattle over New York 3-2 Colorado over St.Louis 3-1
Championship Seattle over Colorado 4-2
2001-2002Three managers left at mid-season to be replaced by one new and two former owners.
The Mets held off the surging Giants and took the Wasatch pennant in a playoff game. The Yankees came back from 3 out with
10 to play to capture the Oquirrh Division on the final day. Carlos Delgado (.344 1-1-6-6-6) broke Willie Mays's 28 year
RBI record and Duke Sniders 22 year Runs Produced mark. Orlando Hernandez (CYZ) threw a no hitter as the Yanks blasted Atlanta
21-0. Jim Edmonds destroyed the record for striking out and Fernandez Vina set a new HBP mark. Tom Glavine won 14 games. Two
brothers, Orlando and Livan Hernandez, combined to post a 20-3 record for the Yanks and Jays. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 00 New York-N | Haas | 41-26 | .612 | -- | 00
San Francisco | J.Ewing | 40-27 | .597 | 1 | 00 Cleveland | Cwik | 32-34 | .485 | 8.5 | 00
Atlanta | Mazerak* | 29-37 | .439 | 11.5 | 00 Arizona | Jesson | 19-47 | .288 | 21.5 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 00 New York-A | Leckie | 38-28 | .578 | -- | 00
Chicago-A | Eddy@ | 37-29 | .561 | 1 | 00 Toronto
| Brown | 37-29 | .561 | 1 | 00 St. Louis | H.Gold | 30-36 | .455 | 8 | 00
Seattle | Davis# | 28-38 | .424 | 10 |
@ Replaced T.Ewing after 30 games * Replaced Dillon after 33 games # Replaced Simmons after 42 games LEADERS: BA - Alfonzo,Mts (.358); Garciaparra,SF (.353); Erstad,Chi (.353) HR - McGwire,StL (33); Justice,Yks
(30); A.Jones,Mts (28) RBI - Delgado,Yks (80); Justice,Yks (76); McGwire,StL (70) R - Delgado,Yks (69); Bonds,SF
(68); Jeter,Yks (65) SB - Mondesi,Tor (23); Fucal,Mts & Veras,Atl (22) ERA - F.Rodriquez,SF (1.54); Glavine,Mts
(2.69); Hampton,Mts (3.08) W - Glavine,Mts (14); Three with (10) SO - Glavine,Mts (132); Ra.Johnson,Arz (121);
Ankiel,Stl (111) SV - Foulke,Chi (15); Koch,Tor (12); Nen,SF (11) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round San Francisco
over Cleveland 3-2 Toronto over Chicago 3-1 Divisional NY Yanks over Toronto 3-2 San Francisco over
NY Mets 3-1 Championship San Francisco over NY Yanks 4-0
2000-2001Boston set a new record for victories during the season, but then fell to the curse
of the Bambino as they were upset by Arizona in the first round of the playoffs. Manager Chris Dillon jumped ship during the
season, leaving the Mets and taking over the reigns of the Braves. Manny Ramirez (.299 1-1-0-0-0) had 10 RBI in a single game.
The Red Sox duo of Bret Saberhagen (BYZZ) and Pedro Martinez (ACXYZ) went 27-5. Saberhagen tied the record for wins, while
Martinez' ERA was more than a full point better than the next best pitcher in the league. Jose Lima (BYZ) won 12 straight
games for Houston. Barry Bonds set a new season record with 77 runs scored and passed Willie Mays for lifetime homeruns. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 99 Houston | T,Ewing
| 40-26 | .606 | -- | 99 Atlanta | Dillon* | 38-28 | .575 | 2 | 99
New York-A | Leckie | 31-35 | .470 | 9 | 99 Texas | H & J Gold | 30-36 | .455 | 10 | 99
San Francisco | J.Ewing | 27-39 | .409 | 13 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 99 Boston | Brown | 47-19 | .712 | -- | 99
Arizona | Simmons | 35-31 | .530 | 12 | 99 Cleveland | Cwik | 34-32 | .515 | 13 | 99
New York-N | Haas@ | 26-40 | .394 | 21 | 99 Toronto | Osborne | 22-44 | .333 | 25 |
@ Replaced Dillon
after 36 games * Replaced Gilson after
57 gamesLEADERS: BA - Garciaparra,Bos (.372); Shumpert,Bos (.346); R.Alomar,Cle(.343) HR - Bonds,SF
(31); Griffey,Tex (28); V.Guerrero.Arz (25) RBI - Ramirez,Cle (76); L.Gonzalez,Hou (65); Two with (62) R - Bonds,SF
(77); Bagwell,Hou (70); Shumpert,Bos (67) SB - Cedeno,Mts (45); Womack,Arz (27); Two with (24) ERA - P.Martinez,Bos
(1.77); Lima,Hou (2.87); Saberhagen,Bos (2.95) W - Saberhagen,Bos (14); Lima,Hou & P.Martinez,Bos (13) SO -
P.Martinez,Bos (164); Millwood,Atl (127); Johnson,Arz (124) SV - Lowe,Bos (11); Rocker,Mts (9); Rivera,Tor (8) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round Atlanta over NY Yankees 3-0 Arizona over Cleveland 3-0 Divisional Houston
over Atlanta 3-2 Arizona over Boston 3-1 Championship - Houston over Arizona 4-3
1999-2000An expanded league witnessed two tremendous pennant races as the Yankees swept
the Atros in their final series for the Wasatch pennant and four teams went down to their final series in the Oquirrh Division
before Cleveland won their flag on the final day of the season. The Astros shattered all kinds of team offensive records.
Colorado won 13 consecutive games to roar back from last place and make a bid for a playoff position. Atlanta lost its manager,
and 10 of its final 14 games, to fall from first to fourth. New records included Mark McGwire's 73 walks, Jeff Bagwell's
75 runs scores, and Al Leiter'ss 182 K’s. Greg Maddux set a new lifetime record for wins. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 98 New York-A | J,Ewing | 42-24 | .636 | -- | 98
Houston | T.Ewing | 39-27 | .591 | 3 | 98 Chicago-N | Leckie | 29-37 | .439 | 13 | 98
Texas | Eddy | 25-41 | .379 | 17 | 98
Los Angeles | Brown | 17-49 | .258 | 25 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 98 Cleveland | Cwik | 38-28 | .576 | -- | 98
New York-N | Dillon | 37-29 | .561 | 1 | 98 San Diego | Osborne | 36-30 | .545 | 2 | 98
Atlanta | Ott/Gilson | 35-31 | .530 | 3 | 98 Colorado | Simmons | 32-34 | .485 | 6 |
LEADERS: BA - Olerud,Mts (.383); Walker,Col (.351); Gwynn,SD (.328) HR - McGwire,Col (28); Bagwell,Hou (25);
Two with (24) RBI - Olerud,Mts (68); Belle,Mts & Garciaparra,Chi (66) R - Bagwell,Hou (75); Garciaparra,Chi
(73); Jeter,Yks (63) SB - Young,LA (23); A.Rodriquez,Hou (21); Vina,Atl (20) ERA - Glavine,Atl (2.83); Maddux,Atl
(2.87); Johnson,Col (2.94) W - Wells,Yks (13); Reynolds,Hou (12); Three with (10) SO - Leiter,Mts (182); K.Brown,SD
(154); Maddux,Atl (149) SV - Mendoza,Hou (12); Hoffman, SD (10); M.Rivera,Yks (9) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round
Houston over Chicago 3-0 San Diego over NY Mets 3-1 Divisional Houston over NY Yankees 3-2 Cleveland
over San Diego 3-2 Championship Houston over Cleveland 4-2
1998-1999The Yankees made numerous pre-season trades and, as a result, fielded a club that
ran away with the Wasatch pennant by a record 14 games. Glendon Rusch (DYZ) tossed a no hitter and Andy Pettitte (AYZ) threw
a one hitter as New York swept a double header from the Giants. Randy Johnson (AXY) fanned ten consecutive batters versus
Cleveland, had 16 K's in 8 innings against Atlanta, and set a new record with 166 strikeouts for the year. Michael Tucker
set a record with 6 runs scored in a single game. After scoring 43 runs in their first 17 contests, Houston scored 47 in their
next three. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 97 New York-A | J.Ewing | 42-22 | .656 | -- | 97
Atlanta | Ott | 28-36 | .438 | 14 | 97 Seattle
| Osborne | 28-36 | .438 | 14 | 97 Cleveland | Cwik | 27-37 | .422 | 15 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 97 Los Angeles | Brown | 38-26 | .594 | -- | 97
Houston | T,Ewing | 33-31 | .516 | 5 | 97 San Francisco | Dillon
| 32-32 | .500 | 6 | 97 Baltimore | Eddy | 28-36 | .438 | 10 |
LEADERS: BA - B.Williams,NY (.370); Walker,NY (.331), Piazza,LA (.311) HR - Griffey,Sea (24); Three with (22) RBI - Griffey,Sea
& Walker,NY (60); Piazza,LA (57) R - Biggio,NY (69); Bagwell,Hou (65); Walker,NY (49) SB - Young,LA (27);
Amaral,Sea (22); Biggio,NY (19) ERA - Mussina,Blt (2.51); Rueter,SF (2.54); Kile,Hou (2.71) W - Pettitte,NY (12);
Park,LA (11); Three with (9) SO - Johnson,Sea (166); Kile,Hou (123); Maddux,Atl (122) SV - Beck,Hou (13); Three
with (9) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round Atlanta over Seattle 3-0 San Francisco over Houston 3-1 Divisional
New York over Seattle 3-0 San Francisco over Los Angeles 3-2 Championship New York over San Francisco
4-1
1997-19981997-98 was labeled the "tumultuous season" as three different managers
piolted the Yankees before New York righted itself and went on to capture the league championship. In a season that established
a new mark for league homeruns, three no hitters were tossed: two by Los Angeles' pitchers Ramon Martinez (BYW) and Ismael
Valdes (BYZ) and one by Chicago's Kevin Tapani (CYZ). Texas shattered the league record for total bases and slugging percentage
and Baltimore's futility included new lows in won-loss percentage and team batting average (.197). Atlanta went the entire
season without a successful sacrifice bunt. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 96 Seattle | Osborne
| 40-23 | .635 | -- | 96 Cleveland | Cwik | 37-26 | .587 | 3 | 96
New York-A | J.Ewing* | 32-32 | .500 | 8.5 | 96 Los Angeles | Dillon | 26-38 | .406 | 14.5 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 96 Texas | T.Ewing | 38-26 | .594 | -- | 96
Atlanta | Ott | 34-30 | .531 | 4 | 96 Chicago-A | Brown
| 32-32 | .500 | 6 | 96 Baltimore | Eddy | 16-48 | .250 | 22 |
* Gilson (16 games), Cornell (33 games)LEADERS: BA -
E.Martinez,Sea (.335); A.Rodriquez,Sea,Hollansworth,Chi(.321) HR - Griffey,Sea (26); Larkin,Tex (23); Buhner,Sea (22) RBI - Buhner,Sea (71); Griffey,Sea (67); J.Gonzalez,Tex (62) R - Larkin,Tex (65); A.Rodriques,Sea (64); Two with (55)
SB - Lofton,Cle (44); Amaral,LA (33); Nonds,NY (22) ERA - Maddux,Atl (2.32); Smoltz,Atl (2.61); Hernandez,Chi
(2.90) W - Astacio,NY, Smoltz,Atl & R.Wells,Sea (11) SO - Smoltz,Atl (152); Mussina,Tex (110); Astacio,NY
(97) SV - Assenmacher,Cle (11); Stanton,Tex (9); A,Castillo,Chi (8) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round New York
over Cleveland 3-1 Atlanta over Chicago 3-1 Divisional New York over Seattle 3-0 Atlanta over Texas
3-1 Championship New York over Atlanta 4-1
1996-1997Claude "Jayhawk" Owens (.244 1-1-5-5) broke Fred Allen Green's thirty
six year old record by hitting 36 homeruns. Greg Maddux (ACXZZ) tossed an opening day no hitter, only walked 7 batters in
142 innings pitched, and fanned 9 consecutive batters in one game. Andy Fraher left Cincinnati after posting a 10-25 record
and was replaced at the Reds' helm by Joe Brown. The Rockies hit 111 team homeruns, Gary Sheffield scored 5 runs in a
game, Shawon Dunston had six hits in a single contest and Edgar Martinez reached based in 12 consecutive plate appearances. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 95 Cleveland | Cwik | 39-25 | .609 | -- | 95
Los Angeles | Dillon | 38-26 | .594 | 1 | 95 Houston | H.Brown | 35-29 | .547 | 4 | 95
Cincinnati | J.Brown* | 22-42 | .344 | 17 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 95 Atlanta | Ott | 38-26 | .594 | -- | 95
Chicago-N | T.Ewing | 34-30 | .531 | 4 | 95 Colorado | Gilson | 31-33 | .484 | 7 | 95 Seattle | Osborne | 19-45 | .297 | 19 |
* Replaced Fraher
after 35 games LEADERS: BA - Dunston,Chi (.355); E.Martinez,Sea (.341); Gwynn,Cle (.339) HR
- Owens,Col (36); McGwire,Hou (26); Belle,Cle (22) RBI - Owens,Col (70); Bichette,Chi (68); McGwire,Hou (58) R
- Sheffield,LA (63); Larkin,Cle & Sanders,Hou (53) SB - Larkin,Cle (34); Lofton,Cle (31); Coleman,Sea (28) ERA -
Mesa,Cle (1.87); Maddux,Atl (1.96); Navarro,Chi (2.46) W - Maddux,Atl & Navarro,Chi (12); Two with (10) SO
- R.Johnson,Sea (155); Maddux,Atl (151); Nomo,LA (143) SV - Mesa,Cle (19); Perez,Chi (13); Henneman,Hou (12) PLAYOFFS: 1st Round Houston over Los Angeles 3-0 Chicago over Colorado 3-2 Divisional Cleveland
over Houston 3-2 Atlanta over Chicago 3-1 Championship Atlanta over Cleveland 4-1
1995-1996Chicago opened the year with a 16-3 record and closed it at 11-2 (going 8-24 in
between) to capture the Oquirrh pennant. The White Sox were aided by Boston's 12 game losing streak to close the season.
Cleveland's Mark Guthrie became the first D pitcher to throw a no hitter, downing New York. He also defeated Cincinnati
1-0 in 10 innings. Andre Dawson set new lifetime records for at bats and games played, surpassing Willie Mays, and Roger Clemens
moved ahead of Steve Carlton in lifetime strikeouts. TEAM | MGR | W-L | PCT | GB | Wasatch | | | | | 94 Montreal | Ewing
| 39-25 | .609 | -- | 94 Cleveland | Cwik | 37-27 | .578 | 2 | 94
Atlanta | Ott | 29-35 | .453 | 10 | 94
Houston | J.Brown | 23-41 | .359 | 16 | OQUIRRH | | | | | 94 Chicago-A | H.Brown | 35-29 | .547 | -- | 94
Cincinnati | Fraher | 34-30 | .531 | 1 | 94 Boston | Osborne | 30-34 | .469 | 5 | 94
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