IAL Hall of Fame: Barry Larkin

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Barry Larkin

Shortstop

inducted in 2011

 

IAL Accomplishments:

  • 7th all-time in career triples with 82
  • 1269 career runs and 961 rbis

 

YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1987 PHNX 41 157 19 42 4 2 5 17 2 29 10 .268 .414 .277
1988 HTMN 123 438 58 112 16 1 14 62 38 66 13 .256 .393 .315
1989 HTMN 150 587 81 160 30 7 11 80 40 51 44 .273 .404 .319
1990 HTMN 91 323 43 97 13 5 2 57 21 27 11 .300 .390 .343
1991 HTMN 156 597 66 155 24 1 0 60 53 64 14 .260 .303 .320
1992 HTMN 120 460 99 166 36 9 27 101 39 55 27 .361 .654 .411
1993 DRMTM 132 532 72 127 36 5 8 54 36 64 17 .239 .370 .287
1994 DRMTM 98 384 58 93 13 2 4 26 40 46 23 .242 .318 .314
1995 DRMTM 155 585 108 137 33 8 13 57 84 102 33 .234 .385 .330
1996 BMBRS 141 557 125 173 15 6 20 62 55 72 51 .311 .467 .373
1997 BMBRS 143 516 116 153 30 8 42 121 67 57 37 .297 .630 .377
1998 BMBRS 73 224 49 58 14 0 1 17 43 34 16 .259 .335 .378
1999 BMBRS 142 538 101 168 23 16 17 64 71 77 23 .312 .509 .392
2000 BMBRS 156 583 110 174 38 3 16 64 86 68 40 .298 .456 .389
2001 BMBRS 102 396 84 124 29 2 13 63 46 42 15 .313 .495 .385
2002 SLGRS 45 143 35 38 14 0 1 16 29 32 0 .266 .385 .390
2003 SLGRS 64 92 9 17 7 1 2 9 7 21 0 .185 .348 .242
2004 GMBLRS 68 188 19 40 15 2 1 19 18 23 2 .213 .330 .285
2005 GMBLRS 90 140 17 30 5 4 2 12 12 21 0 .214 .350 .281
19 Total 2090 7440 1269 2064 395 82 199 961 787 951 376 .277 .433 .347

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IAL Hall of Fame: Frank Thomas

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Frank Thomas

First baseman

inducted in 2011

 

IAL Accomplishments:

  • 9th all time in career homeruns with 475
  • 2nd all time in career walks with 1372
  • 6th all-time career OBP with .390
  • Highest all time single season OBP with a .501 mark in 1995
  • 7th highest all time single season in rbis with 162 in 1998
  • Third highest all time single season in walks with 151 in 1995
  • World Series Championships:  1998, 2006

 

YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1991 DRMTM 60 182 26 57 12 4 6 27 37 44 0 .313 .522 .429
1992 DRMTM 158 557 107 177 39 2 19 79 100 87 0 .318 .497 .422
1993 DRMTM 158 572 115 168 41 2 23 86 113 72 7 .294 .493 .410
1994 DRMTM 153 547 99 156 38 0 32 115 114 62 5 .285 .530 .408
1995 DRMTM 161 551 144 201 44 1 55 139 151 77 1 .365 .748 .501
1996 DRMTM 156 555 106 154 25 3 45 116 103 102 1 .277 .577 .391
1997 GMBLRS 141 520 105 158 25 0 35 102 93 77 0 .304 .554 .409
1998 GMBLRS 146 530 107 180 38 3 41 162 109 80 0 .340 .655 .452
1999 SLGRS 158 581 103 139 26 0 26 72 106 109 3 .239 .418 .357
2000 SLGRS 132 456 58 134 31 0 15 67 64 71 1 .294 .461 .381
2001 SLGRS 157 562 118 171 53 0 48 130 99 121 0 .304 .655 .408
2002 SLGRS 20 58 4 6 2 0 1 3 10 9 0 .103 .190 .235
2003 SLGRS 129 463 60 105 26 2 26 80 65 94 0 .227 .460 .322
2004 SLGRS 149 531 85 122 32 0 42 100 67 122 0 .230 .527 .337
2005 GMBLRS 74 237 43 55 17 2 12 42 49 55 0 .232 .473 .383
2006 GMBLRS 34 105 19 24 4 0 13 31 17 27 0 .229 .638 .336
2007 GMBLRS 118 393 55 79 1 1 29 62 53 71 1 .201 .430 .301
2008 GMBLRS 61 81 11 14 5 0 5 15 11 17 0 .173 .420 .287
2009 GMBLRS 71 78 3 12 2 0 2 3 11 14 0 .154 .256 .258
19 Totals 2236 7559 1368 2112 461 20 475 1431 1372 1311 19 .279 .534 .392

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2012 eligible Rookies

Rookie players

Player   Team Pos G AB C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
Freeman  F ATL 1B 157 571 0 156 0 0 0 0
Trumbo  M LAA 1B 149 539 0 149 0 0 0 11
Hosmer  E KC 1B 128 523 0 127 0 0 0 0
Carp  M SEA 1B 79 290 0 34 0 0 0 28
Guzman  J SD 1B 76 247 0 53 0 0 0 7
Evans  N NYM 1B 59 176 0 45 0 2 0 9
Allen  B OAK 1B 52 175 0 51 0 0 0 0
Miranda  J ARI 1B 65 174 0 46 0 0 0 0
Goldschmidt  P ARI 1B 48 156 0 43 0 0 0 0
Rizzo  A SD 1B 49 128 0 45 0 0 0 0
Espinosa  D WSH 2B 158 573 0 0 158 0 0 0
Barney  D CHC 2B 143 529 0 0 135 0 5 0
Turner  J NYM 2B 117 435 0 0 78 36 1 0
Weeks  J OAK 2B 97 406 0 0 96 0 0 0
Ackley  D SEA 2B 90 333 0 1 86 0 0 0
Hughes  L MIN 2B 96 287 0 36 37 13 0 0
Altuve  J HOU 2B 57 221 0 0 55 0 0 0
Downs  M HOU 2B 106 199 0 13 27 19 2 3
Nelson  C COL 2B 63 180 0 0 29 24 2 0
Giavotella  J KC 2B 46 178 0 0 46 0 0 0
Kipnis  J CLE 2B 36 136 0 0 36 0 0 0
Morel  B CWS 3B 126 413 0 0 0 125 0 0
Moustakas  M KC 3B 89 338 0 0 0 89 0 0
Descalso  D STL 3B 148 326 0 0 18 117 13 0
Nunez  E NYY 3B 112 309 0 0 16 40 50 4
Chisenhall  L CLE 3B 66 212 0 0 0 58 0 1
Martinez  M PHI 3B 88 209 0 0 19 26 13 14
Harrison  J PIT 3B 65 195 0 0 6 50 0 0
Seager  K SEA 3B 53 182 0 0 3 42 10 0
Paredes  J HOU 3B 46 168 0 0 0 46 0 0
Forsythe  L SD 3B 62 150 0 0 23 26 1 0
Lawrie  B TOR 3B 43 150 0 0 0 43 0 0
Arencibia  J TOR C 129 443 122 0 0 0 0 0
Ramos  W WSH C 113 389 108 0 0 0 0 0
McKenry  M PIT C 58 180 58 0 0 1 0 0
Conger  H LAA C 59 177 56 0 0 0 0 0
Stewart  C SF C 67 162 63 3 0 0 0 0
Corporan  C HOU C 52 154 50 0 0 0 0 0
Perez  S KC C 39 148 39 0 0 0 0 0
Hayes  B FLA C 64 130 50 1 0 0 0 2
Revere  B MIN OF 117 450 0 0 0 0 0 106
Thames  E TOR OF 95 362 0 0 0 0 0 79
Fuld  S TB OF 105 308 0 0 0 0 0 87
Duda  L NYM OF 100 301 0 43 0 0 0 46
Mayberry  J PHI OF 104 267 0 18 0 0 0 61
Reddick  J BOS OF 87 254 0 0 0 0 0 80
Jennings  D TB OF 63 247 0 0 0 0 0 60
Paul  X PIT OF 128 243 0 0 0 0 0 101
Bourgeois  J HOU OF 93 238 0 0 2 0 0 73
Dirks  A DET OF 78 219 0 0 0 0 0 71
Presley  A PIT OF 52 215 0 0 0 0 0 51
Wells  C SEA OF 95 215 0 0 0 0 0 83
Martinez  J HOU OF 53 208 0 0 0 0 0 52
Pridie  J NYM OF 101 208 0 0 0 0 0 75
Carrera  E CLE OF 68 202 0 0 0 0 0 64
Sands  J LAD OF 61 198 0 6 0 0 0 57
Brown  D PHI OF 56 184 0 0 0 0 0 52
Tosoni  R MIN OF 60 172 0 0 0 0 0 42
Bogusevic  B HOU OF 87 164 0 0 0 0 0 53
Campana  T CHC OF 95 143 0 0 0 0 0 66
Peguero  C SEA OF 46 143 0 0 0 0 0 43
Robinson  T SEA OF 44 143 0 0 0 0 0 41
Gentry  C TEX OF 64 133 0 0 0 0 0 60
Plouffe  T MIN SS 81 286 0 1 17 0 45 13
Gordon  D LAD SS 56 224 0 0 0 0 54 0
Nishioka  T MIN SS 68 221 0 0 6 0 60 0
Crawford  B SF SS 66 196 0 0 0 0 65 0
Johnson  E TB SS 70 160 0 2 9 0 52 2
d’Arnaud  C PIT SS 48 143 0 0 1 12 29 0

 

Rookie pitchers

Player   Team W L ERA G GS IP
Hellickson  J TB 13 10 2.95 29 29 189   
Pineda  M SEA 9 10 3.74 28 28 171   
Britton  Z BAL 11 11 4.61 28 28 154 1/3
Nova  I NYY 16 4 3.70 28 27 165 1/3
Gee  D NYM 13 6 4.43 30 27 160 2/3
Humber  P CWS 9 9 3.75 28 26 163   
Chatwood  T LAA 6 11 4.75 27 25 142   
Beachy  B ATL 7 3 3.68 25 25 141 2/3
Collmenter  J ARI 10 10 3.38 31 24 154 1/3
Worley  V PHI 11 3 3.01 25 21 131 2/3
Moscoso  G OAK 8 10 3.38 23 21 128   
Carrasco  C CLE 8 9 4.62 21 21 124 2/3
Duffy  D KC 4 8 5.64 20 20 105 1/3
Luebke  C SD 6 10 3.29 46 17 139 2/3
Beavan  B SEA 5 6 4.27 15 15 97   
Lyles  J HOU 2 8 5.36 20 15 94   
Minor  M ATL 5 3 4.14 15 15 82 2/3
Drabek  K TOR 4 5 6.06 18 14 78 2/3
Nicasio  J COL 4 4 4.14 13 13 71 2/3
Furbush  C SEA 4 10 5.48 28 12 85 1/3
Hand  B FLA 1 8 4.20 12 12 60   
Swarzak  A MIN 4 7 4.32 27 11 102   
Stewart  Z CWS 2 6 5.88 13 11 67 1/3
Alvarez  H TOR 1 3 3.53 10 10 63 2/3
De La Rosa  R LAD 4 5 3.71 13 10 60 2/3
Sosa  H HOU 3 5 5.23 10 10 53 1/3
Cobb  A TB 3 2 3.42 9 9 52 2/3
Rodriguez  A HOU 1 6 5.27 43 8 85 1/3
Estrada  M MIL 4 8 4.08 43 7 92 2/3
LeCure  S CIN 2 1 3.71 43 4 77 2/3
Perez  L TOR 3 3 5.12 37 4 65   
Adcock  N KC 1 1 4.62 24 3 60 1/3
Bass  A SD 2 0 1.68 27 3 48 1/3
Teaford  E KC 2 1 3.27 26 3 44   
Noesi  H NYY 2 2 4.47 30 2 56 1/3
Martinez  C ATL 1 3 3.36 46 0 77 2/3
Melancon  M HOU 8 4 2.78 71 0 74 1/3
Resop  C PIT 5 4 4.39 76 0 69 2/3
Collins  T KC 4 4 3.63 68 0 67   
Beato  P NYM 2 1 4.30 60 0 67   
Dunn  M FLA 5 6 3.43 72 0 63   
Pestano  V CLE 1 2 2.32 67 0 62   
Crow  A KC 4 4 2.76 57 0 62   
Stutes  M PHI 6 2 3.63 57 0 62   
Walden  J LAA 5 5 2.98 62 0 60 1/3
Holland  G KC 5 1 1.80 46 0 60   
Coleman  L KC 1 4 2.87 48 0 59 2/3
Cishek  S FLA 2 1 2.63 45 0 54 2/3
Thompson  R LAA 1 3 3.00 44 0 54   
Jansen  K LAD 2 1 2.85 51 0 53 2/3
Del Rosario  E HOU 0 3 4.58 54 0 53   
Rodriguez  F HOU 2 3 3.96 47 0 52 1/3
Reynolds  M COL 1 2 4.09 73 0 50 2/3
Chapman  A CIN 4 1 3.60 54 0 50   
Guerra  J LAD 2 2 2.31 47 0 46 2/3
Tateyama  Y TEX 2 0 4.50 39 0 44   
Ramos  C TB 0 1 3.92 59 0 43 2/3
Alburquerque  A DET 6 1 1.87 41 0 43 1/3
Watson  T PIT 2 2 3.95 43 0 41   
Brothers  R COL 1 2 2.88 48 0 40 2/3
Cassevah  B LAA 1 1 2.72 30 0 39 2/3
Gomes  B TB 2 1 2.92 40 0 37   
Paterson  J ARI 0 3 2.91 62 0 34   
Elbert  S LAD 0 1 2.43 47 0 33 1/3
De Los Santos  F OAK 3 2 4.32 34 0 33 1/3
Lueke  J SEA 1 1 6.06 25 0 32 2/3
Wilhelmsen  T SEA 2 0 3.31 25 0 32 2/3
Mattheus  R WSH 2 2 2.81 35 0 32   
Sanchez  E STL 3 1 1.80 26 0 30   
Lindblom  J LAD 1 0 2.73 27 0 29 2/3
Spence  J SD 0 2 2.73 40 0 29 2/3
Dillard  T MIL 1 1 4.08 24 0 28 2/3
Shaw  B ARI 1 0 2.54 33 0 28 1/3
McGee  J TB 5 2 4.50 37 0 28   
Carpenter  D HOU 1 3 2.93 34 0 27 2/3
Escalona  S HOU 2 1 2.93 49 0 27 2/3
Moskos  D PIT 1 1 2.96 31 0 24 1/3
Mateo  M CHC 1 2 4.30 23 0 23   
Strop  P BAL 2 1 2.05 23 0 22   
Abad  F HOU 1 4 7.32 29 0 19 2/3

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Thunderchickens Losing in Bunches

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Mike’s dog has as big an appetite as he does :)

Brando and I went to the lovely town of Colona to both play Papa Bunch and son on Saturday.  In both series, our team got off to a good start but ended up on a losing note.  We ended up losing 3-6 to Marcus and 4-5 to Mike.

That puts us at 61-83 and deeper in the basement, I’m sure. 

Some highlights:

In three straight games against the Bombers, Troy Tulowitzski went 9 for 13 with 5 rbis and 7 runs scored on three homeruns. 

Ryan Zimmerman had 3+ rbis in four separate games including Game 8 against the Bombers when he hit two homeruns and drove in five.  For the 18 games, he drove in 20.

 

Some lowlights:

Albert Pujols hit .222 with 0 homers with 1 rbi in 14 games and 45 at-bats.

In three straights starts, Manny Parra gave up a total of 39 runs and 21 walks. 

 

We have Molly Putts and the Beanos left.  We only need to two wins to avoid a 100-loss season.  Unless Albert picks it up, I’m only fairly certain we can do this.  Limit are good though if by good you mean I can pitch Manny Parra.

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IAL Hall of Fame: Greg Maddux

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Greg Maddux

Pitcher

inducted in 2011

Greg Maddux Gets the Call

Greg Maddux was inducted into the IAL Hall of Fame. He finished his career with a record of 354 wins versus 232 losses. Besides leading all time in wins, Greg also tops the charts in starts 749, complete games 193, 63 shutouts, and innings pitched 5,086’. Maddux is 2nd all time in strikeouts 3,925, compared to only 1,271 bases on balls, over a 3-to-1 ratio. His career ERA of 3.59 is just out of the top ten, #10 currently stands at 3.57.

In 1988 the Chicago Champions drafted Greg Maddux as D-Y, after he’d posted a 5.61 ERA, a 6-14 record, and allowed 181 base hits over 155” innings of work for the Chicago Cubs. He started 42 games for the Champs in his rookie season, finishing with a 4-15 record and a 6.83 ERA, who knew of the greatness that was to come. Maddux was one of several Champions drafted, who shared their birthday, April 14th, with Chicago skipper Tedd Mallasch.

The six-time Cy Young Award winner, relied on guile, grit, determination, along with competitiveness, but his pinpoint control was what defined Maddux as a pitcher. In 1997 he walked only 13 batters in 245 innings worked. In fact from 1996-98, he only issued 59 free passes over 712’ innings pitched. Greg was a winner, winning twenty or more games 1993-96, and then again in 2001.

It wasn’t just about personal performance for Maddux, if the team wasn’t winning Greg wasn’t happy. Fortunately the Champions finished in 1st place in his rookie year and then again in his last season in the bigs, with a lot of reasons to celebrate in between. Four times Chicago finished in first place and five times they won it all.

It’s kind of neat to compare his MLB numbers with his IAL numbers. Here are his real life stats compared to his in the Illowa APBA League:

 

  YEAR G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
MLB 23 744 740 109 5008 1/3 4726 1981 1756 999 3371 355 227 0 35 3.16
IAL 22 749 749 193 5086 1/3 4092 2216 2030 1271 3925 354 232 0 63 3.59

 

He came in as the Batboy and went out as the Professor. Here’s to the greatest pitcher in the history of the Illowa APBA League, Greg Maddux!

- Tedd Mallasch, manager of the Chicago Champions

 

YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1988 CHAMPS 42 42 3 178 235 160 135 95 155 4 15 0 0 6.83
1989 CHAMPS 34 34 7 235 228 107 103 67 161 13 14 0 3 3.94
1990 CHAMPS 35 35 5 236 2/3 219 123 112 92 162 15 10 0 2 4.26
1991 CHAMPS 34 34 8 233 2/3 169 74 67 55 155 12 10 0 3 2.58
1992 CHAMPS 37 37 10 262 208 100 94 82 187 20 11 0 4 3.23
1993 CHAMPS 35 35 14 267 144 66 58 72 250 20 10 0 8 1.96
1994 CHAMPS 36 36 13 266 2/3 160 89 76 92 211 21 8 0 7 2.56
1995 CHAMPS 36 36 18 287 163 100 97 84 289 23 10 0 6 3.04
1996 CHAMPS 32 32 10 235 2/3 124 64 61 24 260 22 5 0 4 2.33
1997 CHAMPS 35 35 6 245 188 95 81 13 166 16 10 0 3 2.98
1998 CHAMPS 32 32 14 231 2/3 168 103 95 22 225 17 15 0 3 3.69
1999 CHAMPS 34 34 11 251 169 106 96 101 257 16 11 0 3 3.44
2000 CHAMPS 30 30 12 219 2/3 176 87 81 29 135 17 6 0 2 3.32
2001 CHAMPS 32 32 16 249 178 88 81 27 196 21 9 0 4 2.93
2002 CHAMPS 32 32 11 233 178 95 86 21 151 17 7 0 2 3.32
2003 CHAMPS 32 32 1 199 1/3 176 104 100 62 126 15 11 0 1 4.52
2004 CHAMPS 34 34 6 218 1/3 225 119 107 22 128 11 15 0 0 4.41
2005 CHAMPS 33 33 9 212 1/3 214 124 118 75 176 10 19 0 1 5.00
2006 CHAMPS 35 35 7 225 197 107 100 72 135 15 12 0 3 4.00
2007 CHAMPS 32 32 6 209 1/3 183 97 92 54 146 15 6 0 2 3.96
2008 CHAMPS 34 34 2 197 1/3 206 117 102 60 134 15 11 0 0 4.65
2009 CHAMPS 33 33 4 193 2/3 184 91 88 50 120 19 7 0 2 4.09
22 Totals 749 749 193 5086 1/3 4092 2216 2030 1271 3925 354 232 0 63 3.59

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IAL Hall of Fame: Tom Glavine

 

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Tom Glavine

Pitcher

inducted in 2011

Tom Glavine had a pretty unexciting start in the Illowa APBA League.  Winning just two games in his first years, I’m not sure anyone paid much attention to him.  After a ten-win season in his third season in 1990, his trade value was as high it would ever get so it seemed.  So Chicago Champion management traded him for an aging Kirk Gibson to the Twin City Thunderchickens.  After that he never looked back. 

After a mediocre 7-9 season, Glavine put together a string of 12 seasons of double digit wins (after a season of injuries in 2004, he won 10 or more for three more years).  That first year in 1996, he showed his talent winning 17 with a 2.96 ERA and struck out 219.  Glavine was a workhorse. For 14 out of 15 years, he threw at least 210 innings for Twin City explaining why he’s in the top ten in so many pitching categories. 

Glavine’s best season was arguably 1999.  That was the year everything just came together for the Twin City Thunderchickens.  Glavine’s amazing performance was almost overshadowed by teammate Mark McGwire’s record breaking 70 homeruns but that year, he simply couldn’t lose.  With a record of 21-7 and a 3.23, he showed why Thunderchicken management had already deemed him “untradeable”.  By the end of the year, Glavine had not only helped the team to their first 100 win season under their current manager’s reign but also brought home a league championship.

After 19 years with the team, Tom Glavine retired a Thunderchicken in 2009.  He will forever epitomize what it means to be part of that team. 

 

Glavine’s accomplishments

  • tied for 3rd all-time in wins with 247
  • 5th in strikeouts with 2797
  • third in shutouts with 36
  • third in games started with 582
  • fourth in complete games with 148
  • third in innings pitched with 4231 2/3
  • 12 years in a row with 10 wins or more
  • World Series ring in 1999

 

YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1988 CHAMPS 16 0 0 36 1/3 46 20 19 20 30 1 0 0 0 4.71
1989 CHAMPS 39 0 0 98 1/3 130 70 68 33 46 1 1 4 0 6.22
1990 CHAMPS 29 29 4 180 175 94 88 61 89 10 7 0 1 4.40
1991 TCHIX 48 18 5 157 1/3 225 101 92 47 114 7 9 0 1 5.26
1992 TCHIX 34 34 15 246 2/3 164 88 81 79 219 17 10 0 3 2.96
1993 TCHIX 33 33 9 225 184 96 88 86 177 14 13 0 3 3.52
1994 TCHIX 36 36 7 239 193 109 104 88 143 15 12 0 2 3.92
1995 TCHIX 36 36 4 210 2/3 203 114 113 80 127 10 15 0 0 4.83
1996 TCHIX 33 33 9 224 180 111 103 81 130 13 12 0 2 4.14
1997 TCHIX 30 30 14 220 186 120 113 90 145 11 13 0 1 4.62
1998 TCHIX 32 32 10 235 190 101 94 66 150 16 11 0 3 3.60
1999 TCHIX 31 31 10 228 2/3 139 91 82 89 200 21 7 0 4 3.23
2000 TCHIX 34 34 7 219 207 141 125 78 155 11 15 0 1 5.14
2001 TCHIX 33 33 11 240 2/3 201 128 115 69 183 15 12 0 3 4.30
2002 TCHIX 32 32 5 216 168 104 92 73 136 10 10 0 1 3.83
2003 TCHIX 33 33 4 224 2/3 176 117 105 94 159 14 10 0 1 4.21
2004 TCHIX 38 0 0 95 117 58 55 44 57 0 0 6 0 5.21
2005 TCHIX 33 33 6 212 178 101 93 67 133 15 10 0 3 3.95
2006 TCHIX 32 32 7 211 1/3 122 76 76 86 116 18 5 0 4 3.24
2007 TCHIX 27 27 9 186 135 65 64 63 130 14 7 0 1 3.10
2008 TCHIX 30 30 8 200 215 119 112 66 81 8 16 0 2 5.04
2009 TCHIX 24 16 4 126 143 78 69 52 77 6 7 1 0 4.93
22 Totals 713 582 148 4231 2/3 3677 2102 1951 1512 2797 247 202 11 36 4.15

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IAL Leaderboards Wrap-up

During the All-Star weekend, Tedd mentioned to me that the IAL Player Register was one year out of date.  So I got on it.  It’s now updated with 2010 stats.  While I was doing that, I thought I do the all-time leaderboards which is a fun for me.  Here is my summary.

Who’s new on the list?

Who cracked the single season top ten in 2010?  Good question.  There weren’t many and the ones that did might surprise you.  The Kentucky Kernels’ rookie Andrew Bailey did it with his 44 saves.  He’s tenth on the list.  The Green Rock Bombers’ Livan Hernandez found himself on a couple categories.  In 2009, he broke the all-time record for innings pitched in a season with 354 1/3.  This past year, he almost did again.  He logged 322 2/3 innings which is good for eighth all time.  Not only that, he comes in 3rd all-time in losses with 26 losses in 2010. 

Another Bomber pitcher, Francisco Lirano walked 171 batters which now ranks 3rd in the history of our league.  Manny Parra of the Twin City Thunderchickens wasn’t far behind in 2010.  He gave out 169 free passes and comes in 4th all time. 

Two pitchers ranked in the top ten in games pitched in 2010… and they both pitched for the same team.  Brad Lidge (88 games) and Kevin Jepsen (87 games) of the Molly Putts Marauders now are in the record books (5th and 6th place respectively).

That seems like a lot of pitchers but among the hitters, there was only one who cracked the single season top ten lists.  Chicago Highlander Miguel Tejada.  Shortstop Tejada hit 62 doubles which was one less than Nomar Garciaparra’s all-time record set in 2001.  Tejada will settle for a tie for second place with 1987 Wade Boggs and former Highlander 1995 Chuck Knoblauch.

What were the trends on the all-time career lists?

We’re starting to see a new class of players make their way into the IAL record books.  In 2010, Derek Jeter just made into the top ten of at-bats and runs as well as bolstering his lead in HBP.  Alex Rodriguez jumped up a few spots in the homerun category to fifth all-time with 563 dingers.   ARod also made his first appearance on the rbi chart.  He’s seventh all-time with 1489. 

Ivan Rodriguez is going to do his best bolster his numbers going into his last season in 2011.  Right now, he’s 8th all-time in hits with 2407, 4th in doubles (he’s giving tips to Miguel), and 9th in at-bats. 

Albert Pujols is now the all-time leader in slugging percentage and Joe Mauer’s OBP of .402 is nine points behind all-time leader Wade Boggs.  Upperdecker teammate Todd Helton is only three points behind Mauer and comes in at third all time. 

There are plenty more players making a splash… Chipper Jones, Jimmy Rollins, Manny Ramirez (if striking out is considered “making a splash”. Manny is now the all-time leader in Ks with 1748). 

Are there any old-timers still in the IAL record books?

Records are meant to be broken.  But do we have players from our early days still on our record books?  Plenty!  For example:

  • 1981 Al Oliver is 3rd in hits with 231.  1978 Dave Parker clocks in at 9th with 224.
  • 1982 Cecil Cooper ranks fifth with 61 doubles.
  • 1982 Vince Coleman is the all-time leader in stolen bases with 119.  Tim aines is the all time career leader with 854.
  • Andy Messersmith won 27 games in 1976 for the all time record.  Bryan Harvey saved 55 in 1992 again, no one has matched that.
  • The top three in career ERA are all from a different era (no pun intended).  Catfish Hunter (3.11), Bert Blyleven (3.44), Jim Palmer (3.50), Ken Forsch (3.50) and Steve Carlton (3.50). 

Check out the all-time records yourself. 

All-time Hitting Records and the All-time Pitching Records. 

Here is the link to the 2011 IAL Player Register

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2011 Illowa APBA League Rookie Draft

 

  Round One   Player
1 Bombers   Posey, B.
2 Marauders   Heyward, J.
3 Gamblers   Stanton, M.
4 T-Chicks   Strasburg, S.
5 Upperdeckers   Walker, N.
6 Highlanders   Santana, C.
7 Bamm Beano’s   Garcia, J.
8 Kernels   Castro, S.
9 Hitmen   Feliz, P
10 Champions   Bumgarner, M.
       
  Round Two   Player
11 Bombers   Hudson, D.
12 Gamblers   Chacin, J.
13 T-Chicks   Colvin, T.
14 Highlanders   Smoak, J.
15 Bamm Beano’s   Alvarez, P.
16 Kernels   Kennedy, I.
       
  Round Three   Player
17 Bombers   Venters, J.
18 Gamblers   Wood, T.
19 T-Chicks   Tabata, J.
20 Highlanders Gamblers Matusz, B.
21 Bamm Beano’s   Kimbrel, C.
22 Kernels   Leake, M.
       
  Round Four   Player
23 Bombers   Brignac, R.
24 Gamblers   Jaso, J.
25 T-Chicks   Niese, J.
26 Bamm Beano’s   Davis, W.
27 Kernels   Castro, J.
       
  Round Five   Player
28 Bombers   Jackson, A.
       
  Round Six   Player
29 Bombers   Johnson, C.
       
  Round Seven   Player
30 Bombers   Storen, D.
       
  Round Eight   Player
31 Bombers   Ogando, A.
       
  Round Nine   Player
32 Bombers   Axford, J.
       
  Round Ten   Player
33 Bombers   Morrison, L.
       
  Extra Round   Player
34 Marauders   Herrera, J.
35 Upperdeckers   Varitek, J.
36 Hitmen   Young, E.
37 Champions   Sale, C.

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categories Draft | March 19, 2011 | comments Comments (0)

IAL announces 2010 Awards and All-League Team

The Illowa APBA League announces its 2010 All-League awards!

ial drft 10 022 First, congratulations goes out to Chicago Champion manager Tedd Mallasch (left) who won the Dale Smith Memorial Manager of the Year award.  Mallasch for all of his successes throughout the IAL history, won 100 games for the first time in 2010 with 102. 

Despite not leading any offensive category in the IAL and not hitting over .300, Twin City Thunderchicken Albert Pujols came home with the 2010 MVP.  It was his third MVP award and second in as many years. 

Twenty-one wins helped Chicago Champion starter Matt Cain win the 2010 IAL Cy Young.  He compiled a 2.81 ERA with 5 shutouts for the year.

With 44 saves and 1.77 ERA, Kentucky Kernels reliever Andrew Bailey won both the Rookie of the Year and Fireman of the Year. 

Two players won All-League unanimously.  Moline Upperdeckers catcher Joe Mauer and Northside Hitmen secondbaseman Chase Utley won the favor of all ten managers. 

Congrats to all!

Here was the results of the ballot:

Catcher G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
Mauer, J. 138 523 99 180 24 0 36 115 79 67 0 3 .344 .597 .433 10
Martinez, V. 154 563 80 169 43 1 20 97 69 71 1 1 .300 .487 .378  
McCann, B. 137 485 56 106 26 2 22 86 50 101 2 2 .219 .416 .294  
Montero, M. 127 424 52 106 36 0 14 58 43 97 1 2 .250 .434 .322  
Pierzynski, A. 136 503 36 135 28 0 11 68 20 41 1 1 .268 .390 .298  
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Firstbase G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
Pujols, A. 157 568 114 170 36 1 46 121 95 57 14 4 .299 .609 .403 7
Fielder, P. 161 591 110 157 28 2 48 129 101 150 0 6 .266 .563 .378 3
Cabrera, M. 157 610 103 180 42 0 33 128 60 88 1 4 .295 .526 .362  
Teixeira, M. 156 593 103 156 38 4 38 118 72 118 0 12 .263 .533 .355  
Howard, R. 160 592 104 146 41 5 38 115 83 159 9 9 .247 .525 .348  
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Secondbase G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
Utley, C. 156 563 126 145 34 0 34 88 120 113 23 23 .258 .499 .408 10
Cano, R. 161 616 93 158 46 5 30 101 50 43 7 2 .256 .494 .314  
Hill, A. 158 647 80 154 36 0 27 99 32 135 4 9 .238 .419 .283  
Lopez, F. 151 588 97 170 43 3 10 71 57 117 8 4 .289 .423 .356  
Pedroia, D. 153 575 75 138 43 0 12 70 84 61 20 2 .240 .377 .339  
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Thirdbase G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
Sandoval, P. 149 572 107 192 50 0 28 118 61 76 9 3 .336 .570 .403 6
Longoria, E. 154 579 125 162 35 4 41 110 74 136 8 3 .280 .566 .364 4
Rodriguez, A. 123 431 90 106 12 0 50 102 66 88 19 7 .246 .622 .355  
Zimmerman, R. 155 592 68 133 28 4 31 102 50 118 0 1 .225 .443 .286  
Young, M. 135 535 76 138 37 1 24 81 39 94 1 0 .258 .465 .308  
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Shortstop G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
Ramirez, H. 144 559 120 164 30 1 24 72 54 85 20 2 .293 .479 .358 6
Tulowitzki, T. 147 543 92 151 27 7 29 78 70 111 17 0 .278 .514 .361 3
Tejada, M. 157 635 91 194 62 0 11 79 19 54 7 6 .306 .455 .332 1
Jeter, D. 153 628 116 181 23 0 9 60 58 66 35 4 .288 .368 .352  
Rollins, J. 153 578 87 121 32 3 21 65 36 85 30 3 .209 .384 .259  
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Outfield G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
Dunn, A. 158 541 82 150 30 0 41 126 103 160 2 2 .277 .560 .395 9
Ethier, A. 157 596 109 152 39 0 39 97 69 100 7 15 .255 .517 .347 8
Bay, J. 150 524 89 134 39 5 29 103 90 148 16 9 .256 .515 .374 5
Pence, H. 159 578 90 171 31 2 26 99 64 114 9 0 .296 .491 .366 3
Braun, R. 157 596 92 154 32 6 21 95 68 137 18 19 .258 .438 .353 1
Guerrero, V. 93 367 48 109 20 3 24 73 21 55 1 2 .297 .564 .338 1
Suzuki, I. 146 630 90 195 17 2 16 66 23 81 20 4 .310 .419 .338 1
Ellsbury, J. 152 622 105 191 24 4 7 46 66 85 59 5 .307 .392 .378 1
Ramirez, M. 103 350 63 73 23 1 24 71 63 78 0 8 .209 .486 .342 1
Kemp, M. 155 611 101 175 18 9 26 93 58 146 26 0 .286 .473 .348  
Matsui, H. 135 442 64 114 17 3 34 91 51 93 1 0 .258 .541 .335  
Damon, J. 143 528 94 135 29 4 29 74 78 111 7 1 .256 .491 .353  
Markakis, N. 160 638 91 177 45 2 15 83 67 103 9 5 .277 .425 .351  
Jones, Ad. 118 471 77 133 30 0 20 65 40 92 6 5 .282 .473 .345  
McCutchen, A. 108 432 78 118 30 7 19 53 42 81 20 0 .273 .507 .338  
Victorino, S. 154 619 94 154 48 17 9 62 58 108 23 6 .249 .425 .319  
Upton, J. 138 524 68 147 27 7 17 76 42 128 21 0 .281 .456 .334  
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Right Hander G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv Sho ERA   Vote
Cain, M. 33 33 8 217 2/3 158 81 68 69 157 21 7 0 5 2.81   7
Hernandez, F. 34 34 5 238 133 72 59 88 221 17 10 0 0 2.23   2
Jurrjens, J. 30 30 3 213 1/3 110 66 63 68 155 19 7 0 2 2.66   1
Garland, J. 33 33 2 202 160 70 63 69 129 19 8 0 0 2.81    
Marquis, J. 32 32 7 215 195 105 98 75 153 17 8 0 2 4.10    
Verlander, J. 32 32 7 240 173 80 70 62 255 15 7 0 2 2.63    
Pineiro, J. 32 32   213 163 91 69 54 118 15 6 0 0 2.92    
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Left Hander G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv Sho ERA   Vote
Sabathia, C. 34 34 10 230 164 81 74 70 203 15 9 0 3 2.90   9
Buehrle, M. 33 33 6 208 1/3 200 106 87 63 128 15 10 0 3 3.76   1
Duke, Z. 28 28 8 200 173 75 72 63 114 14 9 0 3 3.24    
Hamels, C. 27 27 6 192 1/3 157 78 73 68 147 13 11 0 2 3.42    
Zito, B. 27 27 5 192 182 91 82 53 140 12 11 0 1 3.84    
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Rookie G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv Sho ERA   Vote
Bailey, A. 55 0 0 71 1/3 43 16 14 24 60 1 4 44 0 1.77   7
Rookie G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
McCutchen, A. 108 432 78 118 30 7 19 53 42 81 20 0 .273 .507 .338 2
Fowler, D. 120 432 77 121 41 10 1 34 51 119 35 2 .280 .428 .359 1
Coghlan, C. 110 370 53 115 18 7 5 38 42 65 2 0 .311 .438 .381  
Wieters, M. 93 334 31 70 12 2 9 47 33 100 2 0 .210 .338 .281  
  G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv Sho ERA    
Wells, R. 28 28 3 165 1/3 143 70 65 54 109 13 6 0 0 3.54    
Niemann, J. 30 30 2 179 2/3 134 64 59 65 145 11 5 0 1 2.96    
Cahill, T. 26 26 5 178 1/3 161 85 79 60 126 11 9 0 1 3.99    
Bergesen, B. 19 19 3 122 1/3 106 53 48 39 56 8 8 0 2 3.53    
Hanson, T. 21 21 5 127 94 52 51 59 106 7 9 0 2 3.61    
Mijares, J. 43 0 0 57 2/3 30 11 11 14 52 7 3 25 0 1.72    
Sanches, B. 39 0 0 53 2/3 35 30 24 30 44 4 9 23 0 4.02    
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Fireman G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv Sho ERA   Vote
Bailey, A. 55 0 0 71 1/3 43 16 14 24 60 1 4 44 0 1.77   9
Rodriguez, F. 69 0 0 66 64 49 44 53 75 3 12 36 0 6.00   1
Valverde, J. 52 0 0 54 26 19 18 16 44 1 4 36 0 3.00    
Rivera, M. 50 0 0 60 30 20 18 16 60 4 4 35 0 2.70    
Soria, J. 47 0 0 51 33 18 18 18 42 4 5 32 0 3.18    
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MVP G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB HBP AVG SLG OBP Vote
Pujols, A. 157 568 114 170 36 1 46 121 95 57 14 4 .299 .609 .403 4
Cabrera, M. 157 610 103 180 42 0 33 128 60 88 1 4 .295 .526 .362 3
Rodriguez, A. 123 431 90 106 12 0 50 102 66 88 19 7 .246 .622 .355 2
Mauer, J. 138 523 99 180 24 0 36 115 79 67 0 3 .344 .597 .433 1
Fielder, P. 161 591 110 157 28 2 48 129 101 150 0 6 .266 .563 .378  
Longoria, E. 154 579 125 162 35 4 41 110 74 136 8 3 .280 .566 .364  
Sandoval, P. 149 572 107 192 50 0 28 118 61 76 9 3 .336 .570 .403  
                                 
                                 
Cy Young G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv Sho ERA   Vote
Cain, M. 33 33 8 217 2/3 158 81 68 69 157 21 7 0 5 2.81   6
Hernandez, F. 34 34 5 238 133 72 59 88 221 17 10 0 0 2.23   2
Jurrjens, J. 30 30 3 213 1/3 110 66 63 68 155 19 7 0 2 2.66   1
Bailey, A. 55 0 0 71 1/3 43 16 14 24 60 1 4 44 0 1.77   1
Garland, J. 33 33 2 202 160 70 63 69 129 19 8 0 0 2.81    
Marquis, J. 32 32 7 215 195 105 98 75 153 17 8 0 2 4.10    
Valverde, J. 52 0 0 54 26 19 18 16 44 1 4 36 0 3.00    
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Manager     Vote                          
Tedd Mallasch     4                          
Chuck Lucas     3                          
Keith Smith     2                          
John Brandeberry     1                          

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categories awards | February 14, 2011 | comments Comments (0)

Excel spreadsheet to keep team’s stats

stats I’ve been using this kicka** Excel spreadsheet that Brando originally created for several years now.  Well this year, he updated it so that it updates directly into Mike’s required spreadsheet that he wants us to send in.  It was great before.. now it’s even better. 

Stats are entered in game-by-game for each player and they are totaled on the master sheet.  I’ve entered in some bogus stats for a few of my players just you get a sense how it works. 

It’s pretty customizable if you need more (or less) players.  Give it a try.  Again, I’m giving Brando all the credit here.  He came up with it. 

Here is the spreadsheet.  Try it out.

Here is the Excel 2003 version.. 

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categories Stats | February 7, 2011 | comments Comments (10)

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