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IAL announces 2010 Awards and All-League Team

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

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

Tags: albert pujols, andrew bailey, awards, chase utley, chicago champions, joe mauer, matt cain, Tedd Mallasch

awards | Thomas Nelshoppen February 14, 2011 | Comments (0)

Excel spreadsheet to keep team’s 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..

Tags: downloads, excel, resources, Stats

Stats | Thomas Nelshoppen February 7, 2011 | Comments (10)

2011 Illowa APBA League Draft Central

This post is acting as a launching point for everything to do with the 2011 Illowa APBA League Draft. If I’m missing something, let me know.

A reminder of the 2010 rookie draft

First, here is the list of the rookies eligible to be drafted. Actual playing time is listed for your convenience.

You can find the draft order of the teams here.

Mike also listed the players to be dropped by team. Managers, check to make sure they are correct. Seeing that this is essentially our retired players for 2010, we’re seeing some decent players leave our league. Garciaparra, Griffey, Sheffield, and Varitek to name a few.

Finally, Tedd wrote up a Rookie Draft preview. I don’t know how much he’s giving up his hand but it’s worth looking at.

The IAL rookie draft will take place at the Best Western Inn at Naperville on the weekend of March 12-13. Here is the Google map to the hotel:

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Managers, let Mike and the league know when you think you will be there.

Tags: draft weekend, rookie draft

Uncategorized | Thomas Nelshoppen February 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

2011 IAL Draft: Dropped players

… or with some possible exceptions, the 2010 class of retirees.

Chicago Champions	1+
Zavada, C.
Drop player for extra round pick

Northside Hitmen	1+
Drop player for 1st round pick
Drop player for extra round pick

Kentucky Kernels	4
Navarro, D.
Harris, B.
Washburn, J.
Johnson, J.

Rising Bamm Beano’s	4
Garciaparra, N.
Griffey, K. Jr.
Giles, B.
Sowers, J.

Chicago Highlanders	3
Davis, C.
Sheffield, G.
Snell, I.

Moline Upperdeckers	1+
Perez, O.
Drop player for extra round pick

Twin Cities T-Chicks	4
Crede, J.
Carlson, J.
Varitek, J.
Ellsbury, J.

Three Rivers Gamblers	4
Gamel, M.
Johjima, K.
Zaun, G.
Arredondo, J.

Molly Putts Marauders	1+
Palmer, M.
Drop player for extra round pick

Green Rock bombers	10
Blanks, K.
Greene, K.
Blalock, H.
Duncan, C.
Jacobs, M.
Saltalamacchia, J.
Young, C.
Perkins, G.
Rincon, J.
Webb, B.

Tags: draft weekend, rookie draft

Draft | Thomas Nelshoppen February 5, 2011 | Comments (0)

2011 IAL Draft: The Team Draft order

A probable record ten draft picks for the Bombers.

Round One
1	Bombers
2	Marauders
3	Gamblers
4	T-Chicks
5	Upperdeckers
6	Highlanders
7	Bamm Beano’s
8	Kernels
9	Hitmen
10	Champions

Round Two
11	Bombers
12	Gamblers
13	T-Chicks
14	Highlanders
15	Bamm Beano’s
16	Kernels

Round Three
17	Bombers
18	Gamblers
19	T-Chicks
20	Highlanders
21	Bamm Beano’s
22	Kernels

Round Four
23	Bombers
24	Gamblers
25	T-Chicks
26	Bamm Beano’s
27	Kernels

Round Five
28	Bombers

	Round Six
29	Bombers

Round Seven
30	Bombers

Round Eight
31	Bombers

Round Nine
32	Bombers

Round Ten
33	Bombers

Extra Round
34	Marauders
35	Upperdeckers
36	Hitmen
37	Champions

Tags: draft weekend, rookie draft

Draft | Thomas Nelshoppen | Comments (0)

2011 IAL Draft: Eligible Rookie List

These are the eligible rookies in the 2011 IAL draft. Limits stats are provided.

Player	TEAM	POS	G	AB	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
G Sanchez	FLA	1B	151	572	0	149	0	0	0	0
I Davis	NYM	1B	147	523	0	146	0	0	0	0
J Smoak	SEA	1B	100	348	0	94	0	0	0	0
K Ka’aihue	KC	1B	52	180	0	34	0	0	0	0
M Moreland	TEX	1B	47	145	0	40	0	0	0	7
B Wallace	HOU	1B	51	144	0	48	0	0	0	0
N Walker	PIT	2B	110	426	0	0	105	6	0	0
R Brignac	TB	2B	113	301	0	0	68	0	50	2
J Herrera	COL	2B	76	222	0	0	57	16	7	0
R Tejada	NYM	2B	78	216	0	0	50	0	28	0
W Rhymes	DET	2B	54	191	0	0	53	0	0	0
E Young	COL	2B	51	172	0	0	35	0	0	10
A Blanco	TEX	2B	68	166	0	0	40	9	16	0
S Sizemore	DET	2B	48	143	0	0	40	6	0	0
J Arias	TOT	2B	72	128	0	5	38	0	5	1
P Alvarez	PIT	3B	95	347	0	0	0	94	0	0
C Johnson	HOU	3B	94	341	0	0	0	90	0	0
D Valencia	MIN	3B	85	299	0	0	0	81	0	0
D Freese	STL	3B	70	240	0	1	0	66	0	0
J Bell	BAL	3B	53	159	0	0	0	50	0	0
B Conrad	ATL	3B	103	156	0	0	9	37	0	0
R Pena	NYY	3B	85	154	0	0	8	48	23	2
B Posey	SF	C	108	406	76	30	0	0	0	0
J Jaso	TB	C	109	339	96	1	0	0	0	0
A Avila	DET	C	104	294	98	0	0	0	0	0
J Lucroy	MIL	C	75	277	75	0	0	0	0	0
F Cervelli	NYY	C	93	266	90	0	0	2	0	0
L Marson	CLE	C	87	262	87	0	0	0	0	0
G Kottaras	MIL	C	67	212	61	2	0	0	0	1
A Moore	SEA	C	60	205	59	0	0	0	0	0
J Thole	NYM	C	73	202	61	0	0	0	0	0
J Castro	HOU	C	67	195	67	0	0	0	0	0
C Santana	CLE	C	46	150	40	0	0	0	0	0
D Butera	MIN	C	49	142	47	0	0	0	0	0
A Jackson	DET	OF	151	618	0	0	0	0	0	149
J Heyward	ATL	OF	142	520	0	0	0	0	0	140
B Boesch	DET	OF	133	464	0	0	0	0	0	118
R Bernadina	WSH	OF	134	414	0	0	0	0	0	130
J Tabata	PIT	OF	102	405	0	0	0	0	0	102
M Stanton	FLA	OF	100	359	0	0	0	0	0	98
T Colvin	CHC	OF	135	358	0	0	0	0	0	111
D McDonald	BOS	OF	117	319	0	0	0	0	0	114
M Brantley	CLE	OF	72	297	0	0	0	0	0	72
M Saunders	SEA	OF	100	289	0	0	0	0	0	89
J Jay	STL	OF	105	287	0	0	0	0	0	88
C Denorfia	SD	OF	99	284	0	0	0	0	0	92
L Morrison	FLA	OF	62	244	0	0	0	0	0	62
D Kelly	DET	OF	119	238	0	28	0	15	0	74
S Duncan	CLE	OF	85	229	0	4	0	0	0	48
R Ryal	ARI	OF	104	207	0	24	0	8	0	36
C Heisey	CIN	OF	97	201	0	0	0	0	0	77
E Patterson	BOS	OF	90	187	0	0	14	0	0	65
P Bourjos	LAA	OF	51	181	0	0	0	0	0	51
C Carter	NYM	OF	100	167	0	0	0	0	0	30
R Kalish	BOS	OF	53	163	0	0	0	0	0	51
D Nava	BOS	OF	60	161	0	0	0	0	0	54
L Cain	MIL	OF	43	147	0	0	0	0	0	39
A Cunningham	SD	OF	53	132	0	0	0	0	0	39
M Tuiasosopo	SEA	OF	50	127	0	9	2	12	6	14
I Desmond	WSH	SS	154	525	0	0	0	0	149	1
S Castro	CHC	SS	125	463	0	0	0	0	123	0
J Donald	CLE	SS	88	296	0	0	41	0	47	0
T Manzella	HOU	SS	83	258	0	0	0	0	82	0
A Sanchez	TOT	SS	66	253	0	0	8	0	58	0

Below are the eligible rookie pitchers.

Player	TEAM	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP
I Kennedy	ARI	9	10	3.80	32	32	194
B Matusz	BAL	10	12	4.30	32	32	175 2/3
J Niese	NYM	9	10	4.20	30	30	173 2/3
W Davis	TB	12	10	4.07	29	29	168
C Narveson	MIL	12	9	4.99	37	28	167 2/3
D Fister	SEA	6	14	4.11	28	28	171
J Garcia	STL	13	8	2.70	28	28	163 1/3
M Talbot	CLE	10	13	4.41	28	28	159 1/3
W LeBlanc	SD	8	12	4.25	26	25	146
M Leake	CIN	8	4	4.23	24	22	138 1/3
J Chacin	COL	9	11	3.28	28	21	137 1/3
M Bumgarner	SF	7	6	3.00	18	18	111
J Arrieta	BAL	6	6	4.66	18	18	100 1/3
J Ely	LAD	4	10	5.49	18	18	100
T Wood	CIN	5	4	3.51	17	17	102 2/3
B Enright	ARI	6	7	3.91	17	17	99
L Atilano	WSH	6	7	5.15	16	16	85 2/3
D Pauley	SEA	4	9	4.07	19	15	90 2/3
D Hudson	TOT	8	2	2.45	14	14	95 1/3
C Monasterios	LAD	3	5	4.38	32	13	88 1/3
H Takahashi	NYM	10	6	3.61	53	12	122
A Sanabia	FLA	5	3	3.73	15	12	72 1/3
J Tomlin	CLE	6	4	4.56	12	12	73
S Strasburg	WSH	5	3	2.91	12	12	68
J Gomez	CLE	4	5	4.68	11	11	57 2/3
D McCutchen	PIT	2	5	6.12	28	9	67 2/3
E Rogers	COL	2	3	6.13	28	8	72
C Coleman	CHC	4	2	4.11	12	8	57
T Bell	LAA	2	5	4.72	25	7	61
J Mejia	NYM	0	4	4.62	33	3	39
B Thomas	DET	6	2	3.89	49	2	69 1/3
T Ross	OAK	1	4	5.49	26	2	39 1/3
E Bonine	DET	4	1	4.63	47	1	68
R Valdes	NYM	3	3	4.91	38	1	58 2/3
J Venters	ATL	4	4	1.95	79	0	83
N Feliz	TEX	4	3	2.73	70	0	69 1/3
W Lopez	HOU	5	2	2.96	68	0	67
L Ondrusek	CIN	5	0	3.68	60	0	58 2/3
D Hughes	KC	1	3	3.83	57	0	56 1/3
J Russell	CHC	1	1	4.96	57	0	49
S Santos	CWS	2	2	2.96	56	0	51 2/3
R Webb	SD	3	1	2.90	54	0	59
D Storen	WSH	4	4	3.58	54	0	55 1/3
A Cashner	CHC	2	6	4.80	53	0	54 1/3
B Wood	KC	1	3	5.07	51	0	49 2/3
J Axford	MIL	8	2	2.48	50	0	58
A Simon	BAL	4	2	4.93	49	0	49 1/3
D Herndon	PHI	1	3	4.30	47	0	52 1/3
Z Braddock	MIL	1	2	2.94	46	0	33 2/3
A Ogando	TEX	4	1	1.30	44	0	41 2/3
K Texeira	KC	1	1	4.84	43	0	61 1/3
F Rodriguez	LAA	1	3	4.37	43	0	47 1/3
J Berg	CHC	0	1	5.18	41	0	40
D Runzler	SF	3	0	3.03	41	0	32 2/3
F Herrmann	CLE	0	1	4.03	40	0	44 2/3
J Smith	CIN	3	2	3.86	37	0	42
S Demel	ARI	2	1	5.35	37	0	37
H Ambriz	CLE	0	2	5.59	34	0	48 1/3
R Igarashi	NYM	1	1	7.12	34	0	30 1/3
E Frieri	SD	1	1	1.71	33	0	31 2/3
J Norberto	ARI	0	2	5.85	33	0	20
H Rodriguez	OAK	1	0	4.55	29	0	27 2/3
R Weinhardt	DET	2	2	6.14	28	0	29 1/3
F Salas	STL	0	0	3.52	27	0	30 2/3
T Wood	FLA	0	1	5.53	26	0	27 2/3
D Richardson	BOS	0	0	4.15	26	0	13
K Jansen	LAD	1	0	0.67	25	0	27
M Dunn	ATL	2	0	1.89	25	0	19
A Bastardo	PHI	2	0	4.34	25	0	18 2/3
M Kohn	LAA	2	0	2.11	24	0	21 1/3
V Marte	KC	3	0	9.76	22	0	27 2/3
C Rosa	ARI	0	2	4.50	22	0	20
C Sale	CWS	2	1	1.93	21	0	23 1/3
M Mateo	CHC	0	1	5.82	21	0	21 2/3
C Kimbrel	ATL	4	0	0.44	21	0	20 2/3

Tags: draft weekend, rookie draft

Draft | Thomas Nelshoppen | Comments (0)

A couple of links of note over at the APBA Blog

First, you all about might be interested in this post about how pitchers get their strikeout and control letters. It’s not the official APBA formula but it looks complicated enough to for me to buy it. Thanks to Steve Stein for supplying the numbers.

Also, Brando and I got together and did a quick and loose replay of the 1984 NLCS last night while watching the Illinois trash Baylor in the Texas Bowl. I did a write up over on the APBA Blog.

Tags: apba blog, links, replays

resources | Thomas Nelshoppen December 30, 2010 | Comments (1)

I updated the IAL all-time leaderboards

I’m finished updating the all-time records for the Illowa APBA League through the 2009 season. It’s a fun process and I’d thought I’d share some notes.

Hitting

By virtue of being the career leader in at-bats (by some 1000 ab), Cal Ripken finds himself on a lot of all time career lists. The Iron Man is on the top ten in years played, at-bats, hits, rbis, doubles, and homeruns. He does NOT lead in years played. Harold Baines has that honor.

The two categories of triples and stolen bases is where we get to see a different type player from elsewhere on the record lists. Kenny Lofton and Tim Raines are kings there. They are 1-2 in those categories with Lofton leading in triples and Raines leading in stolen bases.

If there is one category that is dominated by one player it is single season at-bats. Ichiro Suzuki shows up seven times in that top ten list.

New entries (2009) in the single season top ten lists are:

Ichiro Suzuki	AB	7th	672
Prince Fielder	HBP	1st	30
Ryan Howard	Strikeouts	7th	176

Here are the links to the all-time hitting records:

Career Hitting Records

Single Season Hitting Records

Pitching

Tedd was the one who pushed me to update the all-time records. After doing them, I can see why. Greg Maddux is all over the career and single season pages. He and Roger Clemens were battling it out for years for some key categories but after the Rocket retired, Maddux squeezed in a few more innings.

Maddux’ legacy is quite amazing. He leads all pitchers in games started, complete games, innings pitched, and wins (40 wins over Clemens now). The most dramatic record for Bat Boy is shutouts. His 63 career shutouts is 24 more than #2 Steve Carlton.

Alas, he will never catch Roger Clemens in strikeouts. I don’t think anyone ever will. The Rocket has 4449 over his IAL career which is almost 500 more than Maddux.

Other frequent names popping up on the career list are Steve Carlton, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Orel Hershiser, Mike Mussina and Kevin Brown.

Roy Oswalt has unique distinction of being the only pitcher from this century with a career ERA low enough to make the top ten list. Embedded among pitchers from the 80s and 90s, his 3.50 sneaks in at a formidable 4th all-time.

Looking at the single season pitching records is always fun. Did Dick Drago really pitch 104 games in 1982? How did Andy Messersmith win 27 games in 1976? For that matter, Luis Leal had 46 starts in 1984… what a workhorse!

New entries as of 2009 in the single season pitching records are:

Livan Hernandez	Innings Pitched	1st	354 1/3
C.C. Sabathia	Shutouts	5th (t)	7
Boof Bonser	Games	10th	86

Here are the links to the all-time pitching leaderboards:

Career Pitching Records

Single Season Pitching Records

Who’s the worst?

Every time I do all-time leaders, I like to do some all-time “worst” lists too. It’s a morbid curiosity I have but it’s fun.

Two Olivers ended up with all-time highest ERA. Oliver Perez with highest ERA for a season (9.09) and Darren Oliver for worst ERA for a career (5.98).

You’ll see some IAL greats on the All-time Worst page and that shouldn’t be a surprise. Mark McGwire hit .174 in 1990 and that’s good for third all time. For that matter, another HOFer Joe Carter, comes in at fifth with a .183 average in 1994.

I did some interesting calculations like lowest runs (and rbis) for a full season. You definitely do not see any slackers on those list. Those are mostly due to lineup placing more than anything… but it’s still interesting.

Let me say that although I call it my all-time “worst” lists, any player that makes it to IAL has to be pretty good, even Alfredo Griffin.

Loners

Something I found interesting… we have a few players who are all alone in their category:

Cal Ripken	only player with over 10,000 ab
Nomar Garciaparra	only player to hit over .400 in a season
Albert Pujols	only player to slug over .600 in their career
Frank Thomas	only player to have an OBP of .500 in a season
Wade Boggs	only player to have a career OBP over .400

Finally, a non-stat record. Actually, let’s make it a trivia question. Which player in Illowa history has the longest name (both names)? Who has the shortest name?

Hint: there are two with the shortest name and they all three played for the same manager at one point in their IAL careers (not at the same, though).

First person to comment or email the answer gets a free drink of their choice from me at the draft weekend.

Tags: all-time leaders, History, records

History | Thomas Nelshoppen December 5, 2010 | Comments (0)

MLB Rookies eligible for IAL 2011 draft

Players

Player	TEAM	POS	G	AB	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
G Sanchez	FLA	1B	151	572	0	149	0	0	0	0
I Davis	NYM	1B	147	523	0	146	0	0	0	0
J Smoak	SEA	1B	100	348	0	94	0	0	0	0
K Ka’aihue	KC	1B	52	180	0	34	0	0	0	0
M Moreland	TEX	1B	47	145	0	40	0	0	0	7
B Wallace	HOU	1B	51	144	0	48	0	0	0	0
N Walker	PIT	2B	110	426	0	0	105	6	0	0
R Brignac	TB	2B	113	301	0	0	68	0	50	2
J Herrera	COL	2B	76	222	0	0	57	16	7	0
R Tejada	NYM	2B	78	216	0	0	50	0	28	0
W Rhymes	DET	2B	54	191	0	0	53	0	0	0
E Young	COL	2B	51	172	0	0	35	0	0	10
A Blanco	TEX	2B	68	166	0	0	40	9	16	0
S Sizemore	DET	2B	48	143	0	0	40	6	0	0
J Arias	TOT	2B	72	128	0	5	38	0	5	1
P Alvarez	PIT	3B	95	347	0	0	0	94	0	0
C Johnson	HOU	3B	94	341	0	0	0	90	0	0
D Valencia	MIN	3B	85	299	0	0	0	81	0	0
D Freese	STL	3B	70	240	0	1	0	66	0	0
J Bell	BAL	3B	53	159	0	0	0	50	0	0
B Conrad	ATL	3B	103	156	0	0	9	37	0	0
R Pena	NYY	3B	85	154	0	0	8	48	23	2
B Posey	SF	C	108	406	76	30	0	0	0	0
J Jaso	TB	C	109	339	96	1	0	0	0	0
A Avila	DET	C	104	294	98	0	0	0	0	0
J Lucroy	MIL	C	75	277	75	0	0	0	0	0
F Cervelli	NYY	C	93	266	90	0	0	2	0	0
L Marson	CLE	C	87	262	87	0	0	0	0	0
G Kottaras	MIL	C	67	212	61	2	0	0	0	1
A Moore	SEA	C	60	205	59	0	0	0	0	0
J Thole	NYM	C	73	202	61	0	0	0	0	0
J Castro	HOU	C	67	195	67	0	0	0	0	0
C Santana	CLE	C	46	150	40	0	0	0	0	0
D Butera	MIN	C	49	142	47	0	0	0	0	0
A Jackson	DET	OF	151	618	0	0	0	0	0	149
J Heyward	ATL	OF	142	520	0	0	0	0	0	140
B Boesch	DET	OF	133	464	0	0	0	0	0	118
R Bernadina	WSH	OF	134	414	0	0	0	0	0	130
J Tabata	PIT	OF	102	405	0	0	0	0	0	102
M Stanton	FLA	OF	100	359	0	0	0	0	0	98
T Colvin	CHC	OF	135	358	0	0	0	0	0	111
D McDonald	BOS	OF	117	319	0	0	0	0	0	114
M Brantley	CLE	OF	72	297	0	0	0	0	0	72
M Saunders	SEA	OF	100	289	0	0	0	0	0	89
J Jay	STL	OF	105	287	0	0	0	0	0	88
C Denorfia	SD	OF	99	284	0	0	0	0	0	92
L Morrison	FLA	OF	62	244	0	0	0	0	0	62
D Kelly	DET	OF	119	238	0	28	0	15	0	74
S Duncan	CLE	OF	85	229	0	4	0	0	0	48
R Ryal	ARI	OF	104	207	0	24	0	8	0	36
C Heisey	CIN	OF	97	201	0	0	0	0	0	77
E Patterson	BOS	OF	90	187	0	0	14	0	0	65
P Bourjos	LAA	OF	51	181	0	0	0	0	0	51
C Carter	NYM	OF	100	167	0	0	0	0	0	30
R Kalish	BOS	OF	53	163	0	0	0	0	0	51
D Nava	BOS	OF	60	161	0	0	0	0	0	54
L Cain	MIL	OF	43	147	0	0	0	0	0	39
A Cunningham	SD	OF	53	132	0	0	0	0	0	39
M Tuiasosopo	SEA	OF	50	127	0	9	2	12	6	14
I Desmond	WSH	SS	154	525	0	0	0	0	149	1
S Castro	CHC	SS	125	463	0	0	0	0	123	0
J Donald	CLE	SS	88	296	0	0	41	0	47	0
T Manzella	HOU	SS	83	258	0	0	0	0	82	0
A Sanchez	TOT	SS	66	253	0	0	8	0	58	0

Pitchers

Player	TEAM	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP
I Kennedy	ARI	9	10	3.80	32	32	194
B Matusz	BAL	10	12	4.30	32	32	175 2/3
J Niese	NYM	9	10	4.20	30	30	173 2/3
W Davis	TB	12	10	4.07	29	29	168
C Narveson	MIL	12	9	4.99	37	28	167 2/3
D Fister	SEA	6	14	4.11	28	28	171
J Garcia	STL	13	8	2.70	28	28	163 1/3
M Talbot	CLE	10	13	4.41	28	28	159 1/3
W LeBlanc	SD	8	12	4.25	26	25	146
M Leake	CIN	8	4	4.23	24	22	138 1/3
J Chacin	COL	9	11	3.28	28	21	137 1/3
M Bumgarner	SF	7	6	3.00	18	18	111
J Arrieta	BAL	6	6	4.66	18	18	100 1/3
J Ely	LAD	4	10	5.49	18	18	100
T Wood	CIN	5	4	3.51	17	17	102 2/3
B Enright	ARI	6	7	3.91	17	17	99
L Atilano	WSH	6	7	5.15	16	16	85 2/3
D Pauley	SEA	4	9	4.07	19	15	90 2/3
D Hudson	TOT	8	2	2.45	14	14	95 1/3
C Monasterios	LAD	3	5	4.38	32	13	88 1/3
H Takahashi	NYM	10	6	3.61	53	12	122
A Sanabia	FLA	5	3	3.73	15	12	72 1/3
J Tomlin	CLE	6	4	4.56	12	12	73
S Strasburg	WSH	5	3	2.91	12	12	68
J Gomez	CLE	4	5	4.68	11	11	57 2/3
D McCutchen	PIT	2	5	6.12	28	9	67 2/3
E Rogers	COL	2	3	6.13	28	8	72
C Coleman	CHC	4	2	4.11	12	8	57
T Bell	LAA	2	5	4.72	25	7	61
J Mejia	NYM	0	4	4.62	33	3	39
B Thomas	DET	6	2	3.89	49	2	69 1/3
T Ross	OAK	1	4	5.49	26	2	39 1/3
E Bonine	DET	4	1	4.63	47	1	68
R Valdes	NYM	3	3	4.91	38	1	58 2/3
J Venters	ATL	4	4	1.95	79	0	83
N Feliz	TEX	4	3	2.73	70	0	69 1/3
W Lopez	HOU	5	2	2.96	68	0	67
L Ondrusek	CIN	5	0	3.68	60	0	58 2/3
D Hughes	KC	1	3	3.83	57	0	56 1/3
J Russell	CHC	1	1	4.96	57	0	49
S Santos	CWS	2	2	2.96	56	0	51 2/3
R Webb	SD	3	1	2.90	54	0	59
D Storen	WSH	4	4	3.58	54	0	55 1/3
A Cashner	CHC	2	6	4.80	53	0	54 1/3
B Wood	KC	1	3	5.07	51	0	49 2/3
J Axford	MIL	8	2	2.48	50	0	58
A Simon	BAL	4	2	4.93	49	0	49 1/3
D Herndon	PHI	1	3	4.30	47	0	52 1/3
Z Braddock	MIL	1	2	2.94	46	0	33 2/3
A Ogando	TEX	4	1	1.30	44	0	41 2/3
K Texeira	KC	1	1	4.84	43	0	61 1/3
F Rodriguez	LAA	1	3	4.37	43	0	47 1/3
J Berg	CHC	0	1	5.18	41	0	40
D Runzler	SF	3	0	3.03	41	0	32 2/3
F Herrmann	CLE	0	1	4.03	40	0	44 2/3
J Smith	CIN	3	2	3.86	37	0	42
S Demel	ARI	2	1	5.35	37	0	37
H Ambriz	CLE	0	2	5.59	34	0	48 1/3
R Igarashi	NYM	1	1	7.12	34	0	30 1/3
E Frieri	SD	1	1	1.71	33	0	31 2/3
J Norberto	ARI	0	2	5.85	33	0	20
H Rodriguez	OAK	1	0	4.55	29	0	27 2/3
R Weinhardt	DET	2	2	6.14	28	0	29 1/3
F Salas	STL	0	0	3.52	27	0	30 2/3
T Wood	FLA	0	1	5.53	26	0	27 2/3
D Richardson	BOS	0	0	4.15	26	0	13
K Jansen	LAD	1	0	0.67	25	0	27
M Dunn	ATL	2	0	1.89	25	0	19
A Bastardo	PHI	2	0	4.34	25	0	18 2/3
M Kohn	LAA	2	0	2.11	24	0	21 1/3
V Marte	KC	3	0	9.76	22	0	27 2/3
C Rosa	ARI	0	2	4.50	22	0	20
C Sale	CWS	2	1	1.93	21	0	23 1/3
M Mateo	CHC	0	1	5.82	21	0	21 2/3
C Kimbrel	ATL	4	0	0.44	21	0	20 2/3