The TML in 2004

By Jim Pertierra

 

First off a recap of the cream of the various crops for the 6 seasons that were played during 2004

 

Champions

 

                                Northern Conference                            Eastern Conference                            TML Champion

                1926                Beach City Dukes                                               New York Woodchoppers                TBA

                1930                Wild Weasels                                    New York Woodchoppers                Wild Weasels

                1940                Wild Weasels                                    New York Woodchoppers                New York Woodchoppers

                1954                Beach City Dukes                                               New York Woodchoppers                Beach City Dukes

                1970                Wild Weasels                                    Albany Avalanche                                Wild Weasels

               

Clemente                                              Mantle                                    Mays                                       Aaron                    

2003        New York Woodchoppers                Fort Lauderdale Cubs                        Wild Weasels                    Kentucky Wardogs

         Wild Cards  Tarpin Ridge Rumblers, Gotham City Bronzed Bombers, Mudville Bandits, Death Valley Vultures

 

 

Player of The Year/ Pitcher of the Year

 

Player                                                                                                     Pitcher                                                                  

1926        Babe Ruth                                New York                                                                Walter Johnson                   New York

1930        Lou Gehrig      Albany                                                     Wes Ferrell                      New York

1940        Joe DiMaggio New York                                                                Red Ruffing/Johnny Gorsica     New York/Wild

1954        Ted Kluszewski                New York                                                                Robin Roberts                    Beach City

1970        Roy White                      Albany                                                     Sam McDowell                                Wild

2003        Barry Bonds       Troy                                                        Pedro Martinez                  Gotham City

 

 

Gold Gloves

 

1926                                                        1930                                                        1940                ___________________                1954_______________________

1B Earl Sheely                North Houma     Bill Terry                 The Dawgs      George McQuinn  New York                                Ted Kluszewski                New York

2B Max Bishop                Rainier                     Oscar Melillo     Beach City                         Bobby Doerr       St. Louis                   Nellie Fox                                Disney

SS Jimmy Cooney                Albany                     Woody English     North Adams      Lou Boudreau  Disney                     Chico Carrasquel                Beach City

3B Willie Kamm                Albany                     Jimmy Dykes      Richmond                                Billy Werber     McGraw                   Danny O’Connell                Richmond

OF Tommy Leach                Boca                        Heinie Manush    Auburn                     Frank DeMaree  Rainier                     Ralph Kiner       McGraw

OF Goose Goslin                Rainier                     Tom Oliver      The Dawgs      Joe DiMaggio New York                                Bill Bruton     Richmond

OF Babe Ruth                New York                                Chuck Klein        Disney                     Enos Slaughter  Richmond                                Stan Musial      Auburn

C    Rube Bassler                Wabash                    Mickey Cochrane Richmond                                Bill Baker                 North Adams      Jim Hegan                                New York

P   Red Ruffing                New York                                Firpo Marbetty  Wabash                    Red Ruffing     New York                                Robin Roberts    Beach City

 

1970                                                                                                                        2003                ___________________          _______________________

1B Wes Parker                New York                                                                                               Derek Lee                                Ashland                   

2B Dave Johnson                New York                                                                                                Orlando Hudson     Albany                    

SS Ed Brinkman                Fort Lauderdale                                                                                Alex Rodriguez Mudville                  

3B Ron Santo                New York                                                                                                Eric Chavez     New York                               

OF Roy White                Albany                                                                                     Garrett Anderson Wild                        

OF Mickey Stanley                Beach City                                                                                         Mike Cameron  Millenium                               

OF Willie Davis                Savannah                                                                                 Jose Cruz, Jr.            Troy                       

C   Johnny Bench                Beach City                                                                                         Brian Schneider Commack               

P   Bob Gibson                New York                                                                                                Mike Mussina    Kentucky                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

All Stars

 

1926                                                                                                        1930                                                                       

1B Lou Gehrig                Albany                (George Burns       Beach City)        Lou Gehrig      Albany                (Bill Terry                       The Dawgs)

2B Sparky Adams                The Dawgs(Tony Lazzeri                Albany)                    Charlie Gehringer Motor City(Tony Lazzeri                Albany)

SS Joe Sewell                The Dawgs(Travis Jackson    McGraw)                  Joe Cronin                     Auburn                (Red Kress                        The Dawgs)

3B Andy High                McGraw    (Les Bell                  Richmond)                               Fred Lindstrom                Beach City         (Woody English     North Adams)

OF Babe Ruth                New York (Al Simmons                New York)       Hack Wilson     Rainier                (Babe Ruth                Richmond)

OF Bib Falk                Wild                (Hack Wilson     Rainier)                    Al Simmons  New York                (Lefty O’Doul     North Adams)

OF Goose Goslin                Rainier                (Heinie Manush                Richmond)                               Babe Herman    Wild                (Mel Ott                  New York)

C Pat Collins                Beach City         (Bubbles Hargrave  Boca)                       Gabby Hartnett   The Dawgs(Bill Dickey                Beach City)

SP Walter Johnson                New York                (Red Ruffing     New York)       Wes Ferrell      New York                (Ray Moss                        Beach City)

RP Firpo Marberry                Wabash                (Joe Pate                  New York)       George Blaeholder                Albany                (Socks Seibold     New York)

 

 

 

1940                                                                                                        1954                                                                       

1B Johnny Mize                Rainier                (Hal Trosky     Albany)                    Ted Kluszewski                New York                (Gil Hodges     Troy)

2B Joe Gordon                North Adams(Bobby Doerr                St. Louis)                 Bobby Avila        Andrew’s Team(Granny Hamner    Troy)

SS Arky Vaughan                Albany                (Luke Appling    Wild)                       Pee Wee Reese       Rainier                (Harvey Kuenn      Wild)

3B Stan Hack                New York (Buddy Lewis                Wild)                       Eddie Matthews Beach City         (Ray Boone      Wild)

OF Ted Williams                New York (Bob Elliott                Wild)                       Willie Mays        Mudville                (Duke Snider       Savannah)

OF Joe DiMaggio                New York                (Bill Nicholson                Wild)                       Minnie Minoso    Wild                (Ted Williams  Mudville)

OF Hank Greenberg                St. Louis                (Barney McCosky Wild)                       Stan Musial      Auburn                (Mickey Mantle     Disney)

C   Ernie Lombardi                Wild                (Frankie Hayes       New York)       Yogi Berra                        Rainier                (Sammy White      Beach City)

SP Red Ruffing                New York                (Johnny Gorsica     Wild)                       Robin Roberts    Beach City         (Harvey Haddix     New York)

RP Clyde Shoun                New York                (Tex Carleton                Richmond)                               Marv Grissom    New York                (Hoyt Wilhelm   Albany)

 

1970                                                                                                        2003                                                                       

1B Willie McCovey                Mudville                (Wes Parker      New York)       Jim Thome     New York                (Todd Helton     Death Valley)

2B Felix Millan                Fort Lauderdale (Don Buford      Wild)                       Bret Boone      Rainier      (Michael Young                New York)

SS Jim Fregosi                Albany                (Bert Campaneris                Disney)                    Alex Rodriguez Mudville                (Derek Jeter         New York)

3B Tony Perez                Mudville   (Sal Bando                Wild)                       Scott Rolen       Kentucky                (Bill Mueller    Fort Lauderdale)

OF Roy White                Albany     (Willie Mays                Wild)                       Barry Bonds       Troy                (Albert Pujols       Fort Lauderdale)

OF Bobby Bonds                Beach City         (Tony Oliva        Savannah)                                Gary Sheffield   New York                (Ichiro Suzuki      Savannah)

OF Carl Yastrzemski                Mudville                (Frank Howard    Wild)                       Garrett Anderson Wild                (Jim Edmonds  Wild)

C   Johnny Bench                Beach City         (Dick Dietz        New York)       Javy Lopez      Fort Lauderdale(Jorge Posada     New Britain)

SP Sam McDowell                Wild                (Tom Seaver      McGraw)                  Pedro Martinez  Gotham City(Tim Hudson                 Tarpin Ridge)

RP Bob Locker                New York                (Ken Sanders     Fort Lauderdale)                John Smoltz     New York                (Eric Gagne       Albany)

 

 

 

Season Leaders during 2004

 

          Average                                        Hits                                                         RBIs                                        Homers                                 

1926  Bib Falk                Wild         .412         George Burns       Beach City           253                Babe Ruth                   New York 168 Babe Ruth                                 New York    68

1930  Lou Gehrig                Albany     .451         Heinie Manush    Auburn       283          Lou Gehrig   Albany           220          Hack Wilson     Rainier        68

1940  Joe DiMaggio                New York                .383                Luke Appling    Wild           255          Bob Elliott    Wild              159          Jimmie Foxx        Richmond   45

1954  Willie Mays                Mudville   .360         Don Mueller    Andrew’s    247          Ted Kluszewski NY            154          Eddie Mathews  Beach City  58

1970  Tony Oliva                Savannah .358         Bobby Bonds       Beach City           220                Roy White          Albany    143          Tony Perez       Mudville     48

2003  Barry Bonds                Troy        .363         Ichiro Suzuki      Savannah   231          Alex Rodriguez MV             159          Jim Thome     New York   55                                                           

 

           ERA                                              Wins                                                       Saves                                                      Strikeouts                                            

1926  Walter Johnson   New York                  2.91                Lee Meadows  Beach City             23                Firpo Marberry Wabash      19            Lefty Grove  McGraw     169

1930  Dazzy Vance                McGraw     2.85         Ray Moss                 Beach City             28                2 With                                          15            Dazzy Vance McGraw     200

1940  Hugh Casey                Beach City           2.25                Derringer/Gorsica     Wild             24            Tex Carleton                        Richmond                   19                Bob Feller     St. Louis     253

1954  Sandy Consuegra Wild          2.37         Robin Roberts    Beach City             31                Dick Hughes                        Andrew’s   21            Harvey Haddix New York 213

1970  Tom Seaver                McGraw     2.48         Sam McDowell                Wild             24            Mudcat Grant                        Wild           29            Sam McDowell Wild        293

2003  Pedro Martinez  Gotham      1.47         Tim Wakefield                Kentucky     24            Mudcat Grant                        Wild           29            Mark Prior          Beach City     269

                                                                Tim Hudson     Tarpin Ridge 24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Single Season Records set during 2004

 

At Bats    Heinie Manush    Auburn                     1930                732

Runs         Lou Gehrig      Albany                     1930                234

RBIs         Lou Gehrig      Albany                     1930                220

Triples     Woody English     North Adams      1930          32

Total Bases Lou Gehrig      Albany                     1930                529

Walks      Babe Ruth                                Richmond                                1930                197

Average   Lou Gehrig      Albany                     1930                .451

Slugging    Babe Ruth                                New York                                1926                .880

On Base   Babe Ruth                                New York                                1926                .571

OPS         Babe Ruth                                New York                                1926         1.451

RC           Lou Gehrig      Albany                     1930                300                                         

Career Leaders

            Batting                                                                                  Pitching

Seasons    Rickey Henderson                   25                                                            Seasons                5 with                                        19

Games      Rickey Henderson                3121                                                        Games                John Franco                     880

At Bats    Rickey Henderson    11253                                                  Starts                Roger Clemens                   602

Runs         Rickey Henderson                2237                                                        Wins                Roger Clemens                   362

Hits          Tony Gwynn     3513                                                        Losses                Tom Glavine/Bob Welch                189

RBIs         Barry Bonds       2071                                                        Saves                Trevor Hoffman                  350

Doubles    Tony Gwynn       607                                                        CG                Greg Maddux                    256

Triples     Lance Johnson     118                                                        Shutouts                Greg Maddux                      65

Homers    Barry Bonds         716                                                        Innings                Roger Clemens                                  4502.3    

Total Bases Barry Bonds       5624                                                        Hits                Greg Maddux                    3878

Walks      Rickey Henderson                2128                                                        Runs                Tom Glavine                    1900

Strikeouts Sammy Sosa         1971                                                        ER                Tom Glavine                    1709                                                       

Sacs          Rey Ordonez     235                                                        Homeruns                Jack Morris                      437

SacFlies    Eddie Murray       110                                                        Walks                Nolan Ryan                        1821

SB            Rickey Henderson                1415                                                        Strikeouts                Randy Johnson                   4129

Average   Babe Ruth                                .360                                                         WL%                Sandy Koufax                     .776

Slugging    Babe Ruth                                .754                                                         ERA                Sandy Koufax                     2.20

On Base   Babe Ruth                                .504

OPS         Babe Ruth                                1.258

Managerial History

            Current                                                           Retro                                                  Total

                   Yrs        W              L                Pct                               Yrs    W              L                Pct                                Yrs     W              L                Pct

Rocky Hall           25            2417                1535                .612                Jim Pertierra        27                2361                1797                .568                Jim Pertierra        52                4541                3569                .560

Mike Mayko        25                2307                1644                .584                Doug Zuchowski 27                2205                1953                .530                Doug Zuchowski 52                3980                4130                .491

Jim Pertierra        25                2180                1772                .552                Pat Barry           27            2066                2092                .497                Dave Pittner         45                3777                3255                .537

Dave Pittner         25            2134                1818                .540                Dave Pittner        20                1643                1437                .533                Larry Alber          46                3762                3425                .523

Larry Alber          25                2126                1826                .538                Larry Alber         21                1636                1599                .506                Rich Goldberg      38                3177                2778                .534

Rich Goldberg     25                2120                1832                .536                Matt Pertierra      21                1483                1751                .459                Mike Mayko         34                2962                2375                .555

Jim Schembari     25                2115                1839                .535                Scott Lagace        17                1344                1274                .513                Scott Lagace         32                2600                2418                .518

Doug Zuchowski 25                1775                2177                .449                Kevin Powers      16                1322                1142                .537                Pat Barry             34  2538  2740                .481

Frank Lentine      21                1700                1617                .513                Willie Jelks          16                1314                1150                .533                Rocky Hall            25  2417        1535                .612

Dennis Gaige       21                1656                1704                .493                Don Maxwell       16                1309                1155                .531                Mike Ameen         31                2334                2524                .480

OTHER ACTIVE MANAGERS

Art Albanese       25                1628                2324                .412

Richard Ross       14                1318          924          .588

Scott Lagace        15                1256                1144                .523

Tom Ross                           15            1252                1148                .522

Mike Ameen        14                1234                1006                .551

George Mowry    16   1134        1426                .443

George Story       14     933          1307                .417

Darrell Lagace       9 641            799                .445

Pat Barry                7              472           648          .421

Shawn Hamilton    5 453            347                .566

Bryan Sakolsky     6 444            516                .463

Dave Yamin          6 414            498                .454

Willie Jelks           3 252            228                .525

Tom Kackley        3 198            282                .413

Brad Hamilton      3 186            294                .388

 

 

                What a year it was in TML Land!

 

                After 2 years of playing 5 seasons a year, we discovered a Web site that had Diamond Mind seasons in the public domain going back to the 1870’s.  The Retro Division decided to bite off a little more and to also experiment by playing 1926.  The experiment was in the operation.  First off all, the league is going backwards so Ty Cobb gets younger every year.  Secondly, we are playing each season in a little more than a month.  Thirdly, we are drafting the next season while playing the current season.  Since December 1st we have finished 1926, drafted and started 1925 and have just finished the 1924 rookie draft.  1925 will end on February 5th and 1924 will start on February 6th.  The 1923 rookie draft will also start that day.

 

                There is an unbroken chain of seasons available going back to 1917.  If we continue on our current pace, Babe Ruth will end the year as a pitcher and will probably be challenging Barry Bonds for the alltime homerun lead in the TML!

 

                The numbers are fascinating to me.

 

                When Larry, Mike and I started the TML back in 1979, one of the conscious decisions we made was to try our best to maintain lifetime statistics.  All of us had been in leagues that began reconstructing their history after a few years had been played.  Now, of course, we had a technological advantage.  Where things were tracked on index cards before, Mike Landin started storing data on a main frame and eventually gravitated everything to a TRS-80, then Apple II e, then a Mac and eventually into the Dos world.  If you remember (and based on the above, a lot of you do!), we put out a TML Register after the 1986 season.

 

                Stats have always been our passion.

 

                When the TML broke into 2, we were so fortunate to have Kevin Powers shoulder the stat load for 5 years.  Kevin’s work was invaluable as you all know.  He got all of the data from Mike.  We had to reconstruct all of 1994 as it was a mess.  Everything else was fine and Kevin set to work using Excel and writing macros to accumulate totals.  I don’t think that I could ever praise Kevin and his work too much!

 

When Kevin left, frankly, I had no idea how I was going to be able to continue what he had done.  The fortunate part was the change from Diamond Dreams to Diamond Mind.  I remember Roy Gorham telling me when we were contemplating the switch that Diamond Mind was essentially a database and he was absolutely correct.  You use the report function to export data and bring it into whatever database you are using.  When Kevin left I was in the process of learning Access for my job.  Around Thanksgiving of 2000 I started to put together the database with the help of my nephew Tim.  Now, 4 years later, it has grown to biblical proportions.  However, it works like a charm.  Importing new data and then producing all time leaders lists has never been easier.

 

Over the course of the last couple weeks, I have designed a register format using Crystal Reports (outputting to a pdf file) where I can produce all the players for any given time for any team or manager. 

 

If you would like to get the lifetime leaders and/or your team in register format, let me know and I will be glad to eMail it to you.

 

Pittsburgh

 

The highlight of 2004 was the TML get together in Pittsburgh.

 

It sprung from the fertile brain of Dave Pittner as a way to celebrate our 25th anniversary.  Mike Ameen then took the initiative and carried the ball right up until the Convention.  Softball managing interfered with Mike getting to Pittsburgh, but we all benefited from his work.

 

TML managers Dave Yamin, Willie Jelks, Jim Schembari, George Mowry, Pat Barry, Scott Lagace, Larry Alber, Dave Pittner as well as former TML managers Chris Klug, Roy Gorham, Kevin Powers as well as friends and siblings descended on the Holiday Inn for a great weekend.

 

It would be hard to put a highlight on the weekend, but we saw 3 great games between the Pirates and Cubs.  The first two were in the Friday doubleheader which we walked up and got great seats for.  The doubleheader was voted the 9th best “game” of the year as Rob Mackowiak stole the show.  Did you know that Jack Wilson is on Buffalo?  We fell in love with PNC Park.  What a great place to watch a ballgame! 

 

Saturday had a lot of games played in the TML Room including both the 1930 and 1940 World Series matchups between Willie Jelks’ Wild Weasels and the New York Woodchoppers. 

 

Mike had set it up with his uncle, Steve Blass, to come over and spend a little time with us.  He was expected around noon.  At around 12:30. he hadn’t shown up and so we adjourned the banquet room where the TML buffet had been set up.  A lot of war stories were exchanged and we had a lot of laughs.  I still think that Dave Yamin’s deadline story was my favorite.  We were all disappointed because we left the luncheon at 1:30 and Uncle Steve had not shown.  Oh well.  A bunch of us went back to the TML room to talk and play games.  Suddenly someone popped their head in and asked if the Baseball guys were around.  It was Steve Blass.  We all scrambled to get everyone to the room.

 

Steve spent an hour with us telling stories and trading opinions.  It was worth the wait!  To those who were there, two words – Vic Davalillo!  Steve was so gracious and outgoing that we almost asked him to join the league!

 

Pittsburgh was wonderful and the memories have not faded.  There is a movement afoot to do it again very soon.  We will keep you posted.

 

So the TML year of 2004 was a great one.  2005 will be even better. 

 

I thank all of you for your help and mostly for your friendship, understanding and patience.  It has been a magnificent 25 years and I wouldn’t trade a second of any of them.  It is so good to have friends and even better to have friends like you.

 

Jim Pertierra   January 13, 2005