Standings:
- Adams: London up by six.
- Zotti: Seattle is two games up on Brick.
- Signorino: Antelope Valley has a commanding eleven game lead over Maui.
(Oh, did I mention that Antelope Valley is eleven games up after only 41 games!)
Awards & Accomplishments:
Brooklyn's Arthur Cain wins Player of the Week (5/8 - 2nd career award)
Brick's Larry McCormick wins Player of the Week (5/15 - 3rd career award and first since his rookie season in 2020).
Milestones:
None
Significant Injuries:
- Highland SS Tommy Johns has a torn muscle. He'll be out for five months. No word if he'll have a surgery named after him.
- Highland RF Enrique Monroe fractured his foot. He'll sit for four weeks. No surgery will be named after him for this.
- Shackamaxon SP Dylan Robison has a torn rotator cuff. He's done for the season and may need to have Dylan Robison surgery.
- London 1B Nigel Bryant fractured his hand and will miss about five weeks. The commissioner will have surgery to remove his awful sense of humor.
Trivia Questions:
Who holds the National League (and major league) record for most pitching appearances in a season? Who holds the American League record? Who holds the SDMBOOTP record?
Next sim: See you all next Thursday.
My guess without looking is that Tim Vallejo holds the SDMB OOTP record for appearances. He had a few years where I used him as a middle reliever / set up man and he appeared in a lot of games. Whoever it is, it's probably from a season at least 10-15 years ago and it's not going to be someone working as a closer.
ReplyDeleteAs for the NL and AL records, I have no clue. I'd guess the record holders in that category are from before the 1980s though.
My guess for the league is Frank Carroll, who pitched for aeons as an effective late-inning reliever.
ReplyDeleteVallejo topped out at 103 appearances in 2008, good for 16th place (we really overwork our relievers). As for Carroll, he does not hold the record for the AL or NL.
ReplyDeleteCarroll was an OOTP player, Zev. Anyway, I was wrong, as he topped out at 100 appearances in 2008. And, I misread the question and thought it was asking about career appearances, of which he's 6th, all time. (Vallejo is the all-time games appeared leader for pitchers.)
ReplyDeleteAh, I didn't catch that... :)
ReplyDeleteIn league news, I just privately emailed five owners with a list of players on their rookie league teams who have 1 or more year(s) of pro service. They need to remove those players from their rookie league teams before that league starts play in a few sims.
ReplyDeletehi i believe Mike Marshall 106 appearances with the Dodgers in 1974 he received the CY Young AWARD TOO
ReplyDeleteYou're correct, Fred. Mike Marshall, when with the Dodgers, set the NL and major league records for appearances with 104. Now, who holds the AL record?
ReplyDeleteZev
Argh - I thought I had gotten one of these without having to look it up (sort of). My first thought was "that guy who pitched a ton of games for the Yankees in the early-2000's", which turns out to be Paul Quantrill. But it looks like he and Mark Eichhorn share second place at 89, and first is...also Mike Marshall, with 90 in 1979 for Minnesota. Figures :)
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