DMB-Blog
2019 Season Database Update
Earlier this week, we updated our master copy of the 2019 Annual Season Database to correct the injury ratings for a number of composite player records. (Please refer to the Scope of Changes note on the 2019 Season Database Changes web page for details.)
All customers who have purchased the 2019 Season Database so far have been sent a notification email that includes information about the update and a new link to allow you to download a copy of the updated season. If you have not received the update notification, you can contact us directly at dmb_info@imaginesports.com
To check if your copy of the 2019 Season Database is up to date, have a look in the Notes tab of the Organizer window with your installed copy of the 2019 season as the active database. If the date of the "2019 Updates" note is 12/20/2019 or later then you have the most up to date version.
In addition, we have released a season update patch that will allow you to update your already installed copy of the 2019 season. The update patch is not a complete copy of the 2019 season database. It is a program that applies the corrections to an already installed copy of the 2019 season without disturbing the work you may have already done to your team rosters and league structure. Instructions on using the 2019 season update patch and the link to download it can be found on the 2019 Season Database Changes web page.
We apologize for these errors and for any inconvenience.
Updated: 12/21/2019
2019 Annual Season Database Available December 12th!
2019: The Nationals Sit atop the Baseball World
by Steve Ehresman
“Once upon a time, Washington had a baseball team, and it had a reputation: Washington--first in war, first in peace, and last in the American League.” In a 2001 review of Hardball on the Hill, political commentator and baseball fan George F. Will referenced Charles Dryden’s 1909 taunt to express the abject failure that so often characterized baseball in our nation’s capital since its inception in 1901.
Before they skipped town and became the Minnesota Twins in 1961, the original Washington Senators (aka the Nationals or simply the Nats) won three pennants (1924, 1925, 1933) and one World Series (1924). Nevertheless, they suffered through multiple seasons of ignominy, finishing dead last eight times—their worst season coming in 1904 (38-113). Sometime in the 1940s, long-time owner Clark Griffith summed up the fortunes of his hapless charges by saying, “The fans enjoy home runs, and we have assembled a pitching staff that is sure to please them.”
From 1961-1971, the expansion Washington Senators stunk up D.C. until they packed their bags and became the Texas Rangers in 1972. Despite the fact that President John F. Kennedy threw out the first pitch for Washington’s new contingent of cast-offs and also-rans, the Senators finished their maiden season 61-101. Their most resounding belly flop occurred in 1963 when they finished 56-106. Despite a moment of hope under manager Ted Williams (86-76 in 1969), these second-generation Senators were dismal.
Enter the Montreal Expos, who became the Washington Nationals in 2005 and continued the legacy of baseball in our nation’s capital. After initially struggling, the Nationals enjoyed success when they won the National League East in 2014, 2016, and 2017. Nevertheless, they also suffered disappointment when they were eliminated in the NLDS each time.
That was then. This is now.
In 2019, the Washington Nationals, beginning the post-season as the First Wild Card team in the National League, defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, toppled the Los Angeles Dodgers, and crushed the St. Louis Cardinals to win a spot in the World Series against the Houston Astros, who were coming off their third consecutive season of one hundred wins. Despite their 19-31 start to the regular season and their entering the Fall Classic as underdogs to the juggernaut from Space City, the Nationals found a way, winning the only World Series in which the home team did not record a victory.
Led by a trio of ace starters—Max Scherzer (27 GS, 172.1 IP, 243 K, 2.92 ERA, 1.027 WHIP, 5.8 WAR), Patrick Corbin (33 GS, 202 IP, 238 K, 3.25 ERA, 1.183 WHIP, 5.4 WAR), and Stephen Strasburg (18-6, 33 GS, 209 IP, 251 K, 3.32 ERA, 1.038 WHIP, 6.5 WAR)—the Nats won the first World Series championship for Washington, D.C. since Bucky Harris’ squad of 1924, as well as the first World Series championship in the history of the Expos/Nationals franchise.
The Washington pitching staff received support from a group of veterans (Kurt Suzuki, Howie Kendrick, and Ryan Zimmerman), a dynamic shortstop (Trea Turner: 19 HR, 57 RBI, .298 BA, .353 OBP, .497 SLG, .850 OPS, 35 SB, 2.4 WAR), an MVP-caliber third sacker (Anthony Rendon: 34 HR, 126 RBI, .319 BA, .412 OBP, .598 SLG, 1.010 OPS, 6.3 WAR), and a twenty-one-year-old wunderkind (Juan Soto: 34 HR, 110 RBI, .282 BA, .401 OBP, .548 SLG, .949 OPS, 4.7 WAR)—all of whom combined their talents to push a 93-69 team to the highest pinnacle of success.
The Houston Astros, dramatic foil for the Cinderella Nationals, had a roster of stars few other teams could match. Finishing the 2019 season with the best record in baseball (107-55), the Astros held off the upset-minded Tampa Bay Rays in the Division Series, then defeated the New York Yankees (103-59) in the ALCS to reserve their table at the World Series for the second time in three seasons.
Leading the way for the Astros was their formidable young line-up. As always, Jose Altuve (31 HR, 74 RBI, .298 BA, .353 OBP, .550 SLG, .903 OPS, 3.7 WAR) anchored Houston’s offense. In 2019, he was joined by superb fly-chaser George Springer (39 HR, 96 RBI, .292 BA, .383 OBP, .591 SLG, 974 OPS, 6.2 WAR), MVP candidate Alex Bregman (41 HR, 112 RBI, .296 BA, .423 OBP, .592 SLG, 1.015 OPS, 8.4 WAR), and National League Rookie of the Year Yordan Alvarez (27 HR, 78 RBI, .313 BA, .412 OBP, .655 SLG, 1.067 OPS, 3.7 WAR) to form a nucleus of sluggers capable of winning multiple championships. Just as the Nationals received contributions from their veteran players, the Astros benefitted from a resurgent season by Michael Brantley (22 HR, 90 RBI, .311 BA, .372 OBP, .502 SLG, .875 OPS, 4.6 WAR).
On the mound, the Astros boasted a starting staff that rivaled or excelled that of the Washington Nationals. American League Cy Young Award Winner Justin Verlander (21-6, 34 GS, 223 IP, 300K, 2.58 ERA, 0.803 WHIP, 7.8 WAR) and Gerrit Cole (20-5, 33 GS, 212.1 IP, 326 K, 2.50 ERA, 0.895 WHIP, 6.8 WAR) gave Houston the best one-two pitching combination in recent memory. Almost forgotten was the third member of the Astros’ imposing starting staff: 2009 Cy Young Award Winner Zack Greinke (18-5, 33 GS, 208.2 IP, 187 K, 2.93 ERA, 0.982 WHIP, 6.4 WAR).
As a commercial on the MLB Channel insists, “The kids are here, and we play LOUD.” No one exemplifies the spirit of modern baseball more than two of its biggest stars: American League MVP Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels (45 HR, 104 RBI, .291 BA, .438 OBP, .645 SLG, 1.083 OPS, 8.3 WAR) and National League MVP Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers (47 HR, 115 RBI, .305 BA, .406 OBP, .629 SLG, 1.035 OPS, 9.0 WAR).
The 2018 MVP Christian Yelich of the Milwaukee Brewers (44 HR, 97 RBI, .329 BA,,.429 OBP, .671 SLG, 1.100 OPS, 7.1 WAR) followed his award-winning campaign with aplomb, and Pete “Polar Bear” Alonso of the New York Mets, the National League Rookie of the Year, burst on to the scene with ferocity (53 HR, 120 RBI, .260 BA, .358 OBP, .583 SLG, .941 OPS, 5.0 WAR) to lead Major League Baseball in home runs. Further emphasizing the flavor of baseball in 2019, Marcus Semien of the Oakland Athletics put himself into the MVP race with a breakout season: 38 HR, 92 RBI, .285 BA, 369 OBP, .522 SLG, .892 OPS, 8.1 WAR).
Fifty-eight players hit 30 home runs, and thirty-two did it for the first time. Four squads (the Astros, the Dodgers, the Yankees, and the Twins) broke the 2018 team record of 267 home runs (nearly 30 per lineup spot) set by the Yankees. The Minnesota Twins, the greatest mashers of all, set a major league record by clobbering 307 long balls. The LOUD sound one heard in 2019 was the explosion caused by a record-breaking 6,777 home runs flying out of major league ball parks.
Their major league-leading excellence nearly overshadowed by the proliferation of long balls, Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox batted .335; Mookie Betts of the Boston Red Sox scored 135 runs; Whit Merrifield of the Kansas City Royals smacked 206 hits; Rafael Devers of the Boston Red Sox amassed 359 total bases; Nick Castellanos of the Chicago Cubs cracked 58 doubles; Anthony Rendon of the Washington Nationals collected 126 RBI; Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros drew 119 bases on balls; and Mallex Smith of the Seattle Mariners swiped 46 bases.
Premier relief pitchers Aroldis Chapman of the New York Yankees (60 G, 57.0 IP, 38 H, 85 K, 2.21 ERA, 1.105 WHIP) and Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers (61 G, 75.2 IP, 41 H, 138 K, 2.62 ERA, 1.014 WHIP) locked-down games in The Bronx and Brew City. Asserting the importance of starting pitching, Charlie Morton of the Tampa Bay Rays (16-6, 33 GS, 194.2 IP, 240 K, 3.05 ERA, 1.084 WHIP, 5.0 WAR) and Hyun-Jim Ryu of the Los Angeles Dodgers (14-5, 29 GS, 182.2 IP, 163 K, 2.32 ERA, 1.007 WHIP, 5.3 WAR) helped to guide their teams to the post-season. For good measure, Jacob deGrom won his second consecutive Cy Young Award in the National League, putting up numbers that belied the 2019 offensive surge: 11-8, 32 GS, 204 IP, 256 K, 1.43 ERA, 0.971 WHIP, 7.9 WAR.
When the history of this era is written, the most important development may well be the emergence of young stars. Some have already written their names in record books. Some may have begun to engrave their plaques at Cooperstown. In a sport that is increasingly a young man’s game, Yordan Alvarez and Pete Alonso took home RYO hardware for their 2019 excellence, but they are not alone.
Other promising youngsters are only beginning to realize their potential: Luis Arraez (Minnesota Twins); Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio, and Vladimir Guerrero, Junior (Toronto Blue Jays); Tommy Edman (St. Louis Cardinals); Keston Hiura (Milwaukee Brewers); Adam Haseley (Philadelphia Phillies); Dakota Hudson (St. Louis Cardinals); Eloy Jimenez (Chicago White Sox); Brandon Lowe (Tampa Bay Rays); Dustin May (Los Angeles Dodgers); Brendan McKay (Tampa Bay Rays); Oscar Mercado (Cleveland Indians); Chris Paddack (San Diego Padres); John Means (Baltimore Orioles); Bryan Reynolds (Pittsburgh Pirates); Victor Robles (Washington Nationals); Nick Senzel (Cincinnati Reds); Will Smith (Los Angeles Dodgers); Mike Soroka (Atlanta Braves); Fernando Tatis, Junior (San Diego Padres); Alex Verdugo (Los Angeles Dodgers); and Mike Yastrzemski (San Francisco Giants). They will carry Our National Pastime to the next stage of its long history, allowing today’s fans to tell their grandchildren about the thrill they felt when they saw these legends-in-the making come of age.
The 2019 season was inundated by discussions of hard-hit rates and spin rates, launch angles and exit velocities, drag coefficients and defensive shifts, automated strike zones and sign-stealing. Despite the noise surrounding baseball, the game will survive. Its roots go back far into history. Baseball has evolved. Baseball has adapted. Baseball has survived. It has challenged and celebrated every generation since Alexander Joy Cartwright and the New York Knickerbockers. Every player, veteran or rookie, is an heir to the legacy of the Elysian Fields. On that hallowed ground, even a city shamed by a 110-year-old taunt can produce a World Series Champion.
The 2019 Annual Season Database contains everything you need to play games using teams and players from the 2019 season -- a full set of ratings and statistics for every player who appeared in the big leagues this year, plus team rosters, manager profiles, ballpark ratings and league schedules. Statistics include official batting, pitching and fielding totals with left/right splits for all batters and pitchers.
Also included is a complete set of real-life player transactions -- trades, disabled list moves, promotions, demotions, suspensions, and more -- plus the actual starting lineups for every regular season game played.
If you don't already own the Diamond Mind Baseball Game: Version 11 you can buy the game together with the 2019 Annual Season Database and get the Season Database for 35% off the regular price. Add both items to your cart and use shopping code SD2019BUN to apply the discount at checkout.
2019 Debut Players
Updated: November 17, 2019
Some of you might be anxious to get started on your pre-draft planning, so we've put together this set of stats for the players who made their major league debuts in 2019. If your league has a rookie draft, these are the players who'll be available, listed alphabetically.
Batters
Name UID Tm AVG G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HBP BB K SB ----------------------- ----- --- ----- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- --- --- --- Austin Allen 31532 SDN .215 34 65 14 4 0 0 4 3 0 6 21 0 Pete Alonso 31651 NYN .260 161 597 155 30 2 53 103 120 21 72 183 1 Yordan Alvarez 31755 HOU .313 87 313 98 26 0 27 58 78 2 52 94 0 Randy Arozarena 31468 SLN .300 19 20 6 1 0 1 4 2 1 2 4 2 Luis Arraez 31373 MIN .334 92 326 109 20 1 4 54 28 1 36 29 2 Humberto Arteaga 32474 KCA .197 41 122 24 4 0 0 11 4 2 8 28 1 Tres Barrera 32479 WAS .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Beaty 30844 LAN .265 99 249 66 19 1 9 36 46 2 17 33 5 Anthony Bemboom 31785 TBA .400 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 Anthony Bemboom 31785 ANA .102 22 49 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 19 0 Bo Bichette 31653 TOR .311 46 196 61 18 0 11 32 21 1 14 50 4 Cavan Biggio 31815 TOR .234 100 354 83 17 2 16 66 48 2 71 123 14 Braden Bishop 30695 SEA .107 27 56 6 0 0 0 3 4 0 3 21 0 Skye Bolt 31536 OAK .100 5 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 Bobby Bradley 30255 CLE .178 15 45 8 5 0 1 4 4 0 4 20 0 Michael Brosseau 32484 TBA .273 50 132 36 7 0 6 17 16 2 7 39 1 Seth Brown 32485 OAK .293 26 75 22 8 2 0 11 13 1 7 23 1 Willi Castro 31369 DET .230 30 100 23 6 1 1 10 8 2 6 34 0 Yu Chang 30902 CLE .178 28 73 13 2 1 1 8 6 0 11 22 0 Michael Chavis 31396 BOS .254 95 347 88 10 1 18 46 58 4 31 127 2 Zack Collins 31619 CHA .186 27 86 16 3 1 3 10 12 1 14 39 0 Ryan Court 32009 SEA .208 12 24 5 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 11 0 Kevin Cron 30819 ARI .211 39 71 15 4 0 6 12 16 2 4 28 0 Jaylin Davis 32494 SFN .167 17 42 7 0 0 1 2 3 2 3 11 1 Johnny Davis 31918 TBA .250 8 4 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 Yonathan Daza 32062 COL .206 44 97 20 1 1 0 7 3 0 7 21 1 Travis Demeritte 30889 DET .225 48 169 38 7 2 3 24 10 1 14 63 3 Isan Diaz 31400 MIA .173 49 179 31 5 2 5 17 23 2 19 59 0 Nick Dini 32500 KCA .196 20 56 11 3 0 2 11 6 2 4 18 0 Mauricio Dubon 30312 SFN .279 28 104 29 5 0 4 12 9 0 5 19 3 Mauricio Dubon 30312 MIL .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tommy Edman 32036 SLN .304 92 326 99 17 7 11 59 36 7 16 61 15 Thairo Estrada 31359 NYA .250 35 64 16 3 0 3 12 12 1 3 15 4 Mike Ford 30854 NYA .259 50 143 37 7 0 12 30 25 3 17 28 0 Jake Fraley 32202 SEA .150 12 40 6 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 14 0 Ty France 30890 SDN .234 69 184 43 8 1 7 20 24 7 9 49 0 Josh Fuentes 31925 COL .218 24 55 12 1 0 3 8 7 0 1 20 1 Robel Garcia 32616 CHN .208 31 72 15 2 2 5 8 11 0 7 35 0 Kyle Garlick 31590 LAN .250 30 48 12 4 0 3 8 6 0 5 19 0 Zach Green 32508 SFN .143 8 14 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 Trent Grisham 31487 MIL .231 51 156 36 6 2 6 24 24 4 20 48 1 Deivy Grullon 31303 PHI .111 4 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 Vladimir Guerrero 31603 TOR .272 123 464 126 26 2 15 52 69 2 46 91 0 Kelvin Gutierrez 31330 KCA .260 20 73 19 2 1 1 4 11 0 5 24 1 Sam Haggerty 32509 NYN .000 11 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 Adam Haseley 32267 PHI .266 67 222 59 14 0 5 30 26 5 14 60 4 Scott Heineman 32017 TEX .213 25 75 16 6 0 2 8 7 1 9 20 1 Tyler Heineman 29711 MIA .273 5 11 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 Sam Hilliard 32015 COL .273 27 77 21 4 2 7 13 13 1 9 23 2 Keston Hiura 32253 MIL .303 84 314 95 23 2 19 51 49 8 25 107 9 Nico Hoerner 32626 CHN .282 20 78 22 1 1 3 13 17 0 3 11 0 Alex Jackson 31408 ATL .000 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 Drew Jackson 30738 BAL .000 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Eloy Jimenez 31366 CHA .267 122 468 125 18 2 31 69 79 4 30 134 0 Connor Joe 32125 SFN .067 8 15 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 Carter Kieboom 32192 WAS .128 11 39 5 0 0 2 4 2 0 4 16 0 Andrew Knizner 31720 SLN .226 18 53 12 2 0 2 7 7 1 4 14 2 Kyle Lewis 31947 SEA .268 18 71 19 5 0 6 10 13 0 3 29 0 Domingo Leyba 30424 ARI .280 21 25 7 2 1 0 6 5 0 4 9 0 Shed Long 31346 SEA .263 42 152 40 12 1 5 21 15 0 16 40 3 Tim Lopes 30886 SEA .270 41 111 30 7 0 1 11 12 1 15 29 6 Nicky Lopez 31706 KCA .240 103 379 91 22 2 2 44 30 1 18 51 1 Nate Lowe 31735 TBA .263 50 152 40 8 0 7 24 19 2 13 50 0 Gavin Lux 31624 LAN .240 23 75 18 4 1 2 12 9 0 7 24 2 Jason Martin 30784 PIT .250 20 36 9 2 0 0 5 2 0 4 10 2 Richie Martin 30871 BAL .208 120 283 59 8 3 6 29 23 6 14 83 10 Jack Mayfield 30772 HOU .156 26 64 10 5 0 2 8 5 0 1 16 0 Ryan McBroom 30878 KCA .293 23 75 22 5 0 0 8 6 1 7 25 0 Erick Mejia 30751 KCA .227 9 22 5 1 0 0 3 4 0 4 7 0 Seth Mejias-Brean 32548 SDN .233 14 30 7 2 0 2 3 5 0 3 9 0 Danny Mendick 32549 CHA .308 16 39 12 0 0 2 6 4 0 1 11 0 Oscar Mercado 31988 CLE .269 115 438 118 25 3 15 70 54 5 28 84 15 Ian Miller 30469 MIN .176 12 17 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 Dylan Moore 32170 SEA .206 113 247 51 14 2 9 31 28 9 25 93 11 Sean Murphy 31664 OAK .245 20 53 13 5 0 4 14 8 1 6 16 0 Josh Naylor 30811 SDN .249 94 253 63 15 0 8 29 32 0 25 64 1 Sheldon Neuse 31647 OAK .250 25 56 14 3 0 0 3 7 0 4 19 0 Austin Nola 30485 SEA .269 79 238 64 12 1 10 37 31 4 23 63 1 Jake Noll 32558 WAS .167 8 12 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 0 Dom Nunez 30735 COL .179 16 39 7 3 0 2 4 4 0 3 17 0 Brian O'Grady 32560 CIN .190 28 42 8 2 1 2 4 3 2 4 17 0 Harold Ramirez 30521 MIA .276 119 421 116 20 3 11 54 50 5 18 91 2 Rangel Ravelo 29950 SLN .205 29 39 8 2 0 2 4 7 0 3 12 0 Luis Rengifo 32297 ANA .238 108 357 85 18 3 7 44 33 5 40 93 2 Bryan Reynolds 31648 PIT .314 134 491 154 37 4 16 83 68 6 46 121 3 Austin Riley 31500 ATL .226 80 274 62 11 1 18 41 49 5 16 108 0 Edwin Rios 30745 LAN .277 28 47 13 2 1 4 10 8 0 9 21 0 Brendan Rodgers 31481 COL .224 25 76 17 2 0 0 8 7 1 4 27 0 Jake Rogers 31671 DET .125 35 112 14 3 0 4 11 8 1 13 51 0 Josh Rojas 32582 ARI .217 41 138 30 7 0 2 17 16 1 18 41 4 Frank Schwindel 31880 KCA .067 6 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Nick Senzel 31613 CIN .256 104 375 96 20 4 12 55 42 3 30 101 14 Will Smith 31631 LAN .253 54 170 43 9 0 15 30 42 5 18 52 2 Nick Solak 31650 TEX .293 33 116 34 6 1 5 19 17 4 15 29 2 Eric Stamets 30053 CLE .049 15 41 2 1 0 0 4 2 0 5 24 0 Bubba Starling 30055 KCA .215 56 186 40 7 0 4 26 12 1 9 56 2 Garrett Stubbs 30757 HOU .200 19 35 7 3 0 0 8 2 0 4 7 1 Fernando Tatis 31749 SDN .317 84 334 106 13 6 22 61 53 5 30 110 16 Tyrone Taylor 30076 MIL .400 15 10 4 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 Matt Thaiss 31620 ANA .211 53 147 31 7 0 8 17 23 0 17 52 0 Lane Thomas 32134 SLN .316 34 38 12 0 1 4 6 12 2 4 8 1 Abraham Toro 32602 HOU .218 25 78 17 3 2 2 13 9 1 9 19 1 Cole Tucker 31425 PIT .211 56 147 31 10 3 2 16 13 1 10 40 0 Josh VanMeter 32604 CIN .237 95 228 54 13 1 8 33 23 2 29 56 9 LaMonte Wade 31561 MIN .196 26 56 11 2 1 2 10 5 2 11 9 0 Jared Walsh 30782 ANA .203 31 79 16 5 1 1 6 5 2 6 35 0 Donnie Walton 31855 SEA .188 7 16 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 5 0 Kean Wong 30817 ANA .000 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Kean Wong 30817 TBA .214 6 14 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 Mike Yastrzemski 30160 SFN .272 107 371 101 22 3 21 64 55 4 32 107 2 Seby Zavala 32612 CHA .083 5 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Pitchers
Name UID Tm G GS W L S ERA Inn H R ER BB K HR ----------------------- ----- --- --- -- -- -- -- ------ ----- --- --- --- --- --- -- Bryan Abreu 32299 HOU 7 0 0 0 0 1.04 8.7 4 1 1 3 13 0 Dario Agrazal 31327 PIT 15 14 4 5 0 4.91 73.3 82 43 40 18 41 15 R.J. Alaniz 31058 SEA 4 0 0 0 0 20.25 4.0 11 10 9 3 6 3 R.J. Alaniz 31058 CIN 8 0 1 0 0 5.40 11.7 8 7 7 4 7 0 Jorge Alcala 31467 MIN 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.7 1 0 0 1 1 0 Tyler Alexander 31027 DET 13 8 1 4 0 4.86 53.7 68 30 29 7 47 9 Logan Allen 31555 SDN 8 4 2 3 0 6.75 25.3 33 20 19 13 14 4 Logan Allen 31555 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.3 3 0 0 0 3 0 Adbert Alzolay 31310 CHN 4 2 1 1 0 7.30 12.3 13 10 10 9 13 4 Nick Anderson 31299 MIA 45 0 2 4 1 3.92 43.7 40 19 19 16 69 5 Nick Anderson 31299 TBA 23 0 3 0 0 2.11 21.3 12 5 5 2 41 3 Shaun Anderson 31667 SFN 28 16 3 5 2 5.44 96.0 111 61 58 38 70 13 Rogelio Armenteros 31480 HOU 5 2 1 1 1 4.00 18.0 17 9 8 5 18 1 Pedro Avila 32157 SDN 1 1 0 0 0 1.69 5.3 4 1 1 2 5 0 Michel Baez 32304 SDN 24 1 1 1 0 3.03 29.7 25 10 10 14 28 3 David Bednar 31746 SDN 13 0 0 2 0 6.55 11.0 10 8 8 5 14 3 Travis Bergen 32311 SFN 21 0 2 0 0 5.49 19.7 18 12 12 9 18 4 Kyle Bird 31155 TEX 12 0 0 0 1 7.82 12.7 11 11 11 15 10 5 Ronald Bolanos 32617 SDN 5 3 0 2 0 5.95 19.7 17 13 13 12 19 3 James Bourque 32316 WAS 1 0 0 0 0 54.00 0.7 3 4 4 2 0 0 Brandon Brennan 30259 SEA 44 0 3 6 0 4.56 47.3 34 25 24 24 47 6 Brock Burke 32116 TEX 6 6 0 2 0 7.43 26.7 30 22 22 11 14 6 Genesis Cabrera 31382 SLN 13 2 0 2 1 4.87 20.3 23 16 11 11 19 2 Griffin Canning 32117 ANA 18 17 5 6 0 4.58 90.3 80 46 46 30 96 14 Dylan Cease 31395 CHA 14 14 4 7 0 5.79 73.0 78 51 47 35 81 15 Aaron Civale 31669 CLE 10 10 3 4 0 2.34 57.7 44 18 15 16 46 4 Taylor Clarke 30919 ARI 23 15 5 5 1 5.31 84.7 86 55 50 30 68 23 Emmanuel Clase 32619 TEX 21 1 2 3 1 2.31 23.3 20 8 6 6 21 2 Sam Coonrod 30954 SFN 33 0 5 1 0 3.58 27.7 19 11 11 15 20 3 Miguel Del Pozo 31279 ANA 17 0 1 1 0 10.61 9.3 10 11 11 8 11 3 Yennsy Diaz 31479 TOR 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 0.7 1 2 2 4 0 0 Phillip Diehl 32327 COL 10 0 0 0 0 7.36 7.3 10 6 6 2 8 1 Randy Dobnak 32625 MIN 9 5 2 1 1 1.59 28.3 27 9 5 5 23 1 Kyle Dowdy 31570 TEX 13 1 2 1 0 7.25 22.3 26 20 18 18 17 4 Robert Dugger 32331 MIA 7 7 0 4 0 5.77 34.3 33 26 22 17 25 6 Justin Dunn 31623 SEA 4 4 0 0 0 2.70 6.7 2 2 2 9 5 0 Jon Duplantier 31668 ARI 15 3 1 1 1 4.42 36.7 39 18 18 18 34 2 Montana DuRapau 31099 PIT 14 2 0 1 0 9.35 17.3 27 24 18 9 22 4 Ryan Eades 32010 MIN 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.7 4 0 0 2 5 0 Ryan Eades 32010 BAL 6 0 0 1 0 3.52 7.7 7 3 3 4 5 2 Chris Ellis 30921 KCA 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Luis Escobar 31379 PIT 4 0 0 0 0 7.94 5.7 10 5 5 4 2 1 Tom Eshelman 30955 BAL 10 4 1 2 0 6.50 36.0 47 31 26 11 22 12 Peter Fairbanks 32614 TEX 8 0 0 2 0 9.35 8.7 8 10 9 7 15 4 Peter Fairbanks 32614 TBA 13 0 2 1 2 5.11 12.3 17 10 7 3 13 1 Junior Fernandez 31450 SLN 13 0 0 1 0 5.40 11.7 9 7 7 6 16 2 Enderson Franco 32341 SFN 5 0 0 0 0 3.38 5.3 4 2 2 1 4 1 Zac Gallen 31676 ARI 8 8 2 3 0 2.89 43.7 37 14 14 18 53 5 Zac Gallen 31676 MIA 7 7 1 3 0 2.72 36.3 25 12 11 18 43 3 Bryan Garcia 31809 DET 7 0 0 0 0 12.15 6.7 9 9 9 5 7 1 Edgar Garcia 31448 PHI 37 0 2 0 0 5.77 39.0 38 25 25 26 45 11 Rico Garcia 32344 COL 2 1 0 1 0 10.50 6.0 9 7 7 5 2 3 Reed Garrett 32345 DET 13 0 0 0 0 8.22 15.3 24 15 14 13 10 3 Ian Gibaut 31566 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 2.0 1 2 2 2 2 0 Ian Gibaut 31566 TEX 9 0 1 1 0 5.11 12.3 11 7 7 8 14 1 Kevin Ginkel 32350 ARI 25 0 3 0 2 1.48 24.3 15 7 4 9 28 2 Tony Gonsolin 32352 LAN 11 6 4 2 1 2.93 40.0 26 15 13 15 37 4 Brusdar Graterol 32162 MIN 10 0 1 1 0 4.66 9.7 10 5 5 2 10 1 Zac Grotz 32620 SEA 14 0 1 0 0 4.15 17.3 14 9 8 8 18 0 Taylor Guilbeau 32621 SEA 17 0 0 0 0 3.65 12.3 10 6 5 3 7 2 JD Hammer 31744 PHI 20 0 1 0 0 3.79 19.0 15 8 8 12 13 2 Ryne Harper 31093 MIN 61 0 4 2 1 3.81 54.3 54 25 23 10 50 7 Geoff Hartlieb 32360 PIT 29 0 0 1 0 9.00 35.0 52 35 35 18 38 8 Hunter Harvey 29703 BAL 7 0 1 0 0 1.42 6.3 3 1 1 4 11 1 Joe Harvey 32362 NYA 9 0 1 0 0 4.50 10.0 11 6 5 7 11 1 Joe Harvey 32362 COL 9 0 0 0 0 5.63 8.0 7 5 5 6 6 2 Taylor Hearn 31546 TEX 1 1 0 1 0 108.00 0.3 3 5 4 4 0 0 Ryan Helsley 31544 SLN 24 0 2 0 0 2.95 36.7 34 13 12 12 32 5 Jimmy Herget 31550 CIN 5 0 0 0 0 4.26 6.3 8 3 3 3 0 2 Darwinzon Hernandez 31375 BOS 29 1 0 1 0 4.45 30.3 27 18 15 26 57 1 Jonathan Hernandez 31321 TEX 9 2 2 1 0 4.32 16.7 14 10 8 13 19 3 Wei-Chieh Huang 32371 TEX 4 0 0 0 0 3.18 5.7 8 5 2 5 2 0 Danny Hultzen 29730 CHN 6 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.3 4 0 0 2 5 0 Cole Irvin 31697 PHI 16 3 2 1 1 5.83 41.7 45 28 27 13 31 7 Eduardo Jimenez 31866 DET 8 0 0 0 0 5.91 10.7 12 7 7 5 8 1 James Karinchak 32377 CLE 5 0 0 0 0 1.69 5.3 3 1 1 1 8 0 Anthony Kay 32193 TOR 3 2 1 0 0 5.79 14.0 15 9 9 5 13 0 Kyle Keller 32380 MIA 10 0 0 0 0 3.38 10.7 5 4 4 8 11 3 Mitch Keller 31409 PIT 11 11 1 5 0 7.13 48.0 72 41 38 16 65 6 Trevor Kelley 32040 BOS 10 0 0 3 0 8.64 8.3 9 8 8 5 6 2 Merrill Kelly 29759 ARI 32 32 13 14 0 4.42 183.3 184 95 90 57 158 29 Yusei Kikuchi 32296 SEA 32 32 6 11 0 5.46 161.7 195 109 98 50 116 36 Michael King 31732 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Branden Kline 29767 BAL 34 0 1 4 0 5.93 41.0 44 28 27 19 34 9 Joel Kuhnel 31727 CIN 11 0 1 0 0 4.66 9.7 8 5 5 5 9 1 Brady Lail 30412 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 10.13 2.7 2 3 3 1 2 1 Travis Lakins 31549 BOS 16 3 0 1 0 3.86 23.3 23 11 10 10 18 1 Peter Lambert 31503 COL 19 19 3 7 0 7.25 89.3 119 74 72 36 57 18 Richard Lovelady 31725 KCA 25 0 0 3 0 7.65 20.0 30 17 17 8 17 2 Elvis Luciano 32394 TOR 25 0 1 0 0 5.35 33.7 36 20 20 24 27 4 Jesus Luzardo 32206 OAK 6 0 0 0 2 1.50 12.0 5 2 2 3 16 1 Nick Margevicius 32613 SDN 17 12 2 6 0 6.79 57.0 73 46 43 19 42 12 Parker Markel 30441 SEA 5 0 0 0 0 15.43 4.7 10 9 8 4 3 3 Parker Markel 30441 PIT 15 0 0 1 0 5.71 17.3 16 12 11 13 21 3 Brett Martin 31412 TEX 51 2 2 3 0 4.76 62.3 72 38 33 18 62 7 Corbin Martin 32280 HOU 5 5 1 1 0 5.59 19.3 23 14 12 12 19 8 James Marvel 31597 PIT 4 4 0 3 0 8.31 17.3 25 16 16 6 9 4 Dustin May 31672 LAN 14 4 2 3 0 3.63 34.7 33 17 14 5 32 2 Chris Mazza 31819 NYN 9 0 1 1 0 5.51 16.3 21 10 10 5 11 0 Reggie McClain 32622 SEA 14 2 1 1 0 6.00 21.0 22 14 14 13 11 2 Brendan McKay 32128 TBA 13 11 2 4 0 5.14 49.0 53 32 28 16 56 8 David McKay 32400 DET 18 0 0 0 0 5.59 19.3 15 12 12 9 29 2 David McKay 32400 SEA 7 0 0 0 0 5.14 7.0 5 5 4 8 5 1 Conner Menez 32404 SFN 8 3 0 1 0 5.29 17.0 13 10 10 12 22 4 Brian Moran 30474 MIA 10 0 1 0 0 4.26 6.3 6 3 3 2 10 1 Adrian Morejon 32242 SDN 5 2 0 0 0 10.13 8.0 15 9 9 3 9 1 Andres Munoz 32411 SDN 22 0 1 1 1 3.91 23.0 16 10 10 11 30 2 Stephen Nogosek 31709 NYN 7 0 0 1 0 10.80 6.7 12 8 8 2 6 2 Chris Paddack 32172 SDN 26 26 9 7 0 3.33 140.7 107 58 52 31 153 23 Joe Palumbo 31354 TEX 7 4 0 3 0 9.18 16.7 21 17 17 8 21 7 Joel Payamps 31911 ARI 2 0 0 0 0 4.50 4.0 4 2 2 3 3 0 Pedro Payano 31993 TEX 6 4 1 2 0 5.73 22.0 26 17 14 15 17 3 Zach Plesac 32615 CLE 21 21 8 6 0 3.81 115.7 102 52 49 40 88 19 Colin Poche 31739 TBA 51 0 5 5 2 4.70 51.7 33 27 27 19 72 9 Sean Poppen 32421 MIN 4 0 0 0 0 7.56 8.3 10 7 7 5 9 1 A.J. Puk 31617 OAK 10 0 2 0 0 3.18 11.3 10 4 4 5 13 1 Cal Quantrill 31618 SDN 23 18 6 8 0 5.16 103.0 106 61 59 28 89 15 Jose Quijada 31376 MIA 34 0 2 3 1 5.76 29.7 27 20 19 26 44 10 Nick Ramirez 29945 DET 46 0 5 4 0 4.07 79.7 76 45 36 35 74 11 Matt Ramsey 31966 ANA 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gerardo Reyes 31440 SDN 27 0 4 0 0 7.62 26.0 24 22 22 11 38 3 Jose Rodriguez 32623 ANA 9 1 0 1 0 2.75 19.7 17 6 6 11 13 5 Tyler Rogers 31030 SFN 17 0 2 0 0 1.02 17.7 12 3 2 3 16 0 Jordan Romano 31389 TOR 17 0 0 2 0 7.63 15.3 17 14 13 9 21 4 Adonis Rosa 32432 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 Patrick Sandoval 32438 ANA 10 9 0 4 0 5.03 39.3 35 22 22 19 42 6 Josh Sborz 30969 LAN 7 0 0 1 0 8.00 9.0 10 8 8 4 7 2 John Schreiber 32441 DET 13 0 2 0 0 6.23 13.0 16 9 9 4 19 3 Tayler Scott 32027 SEA 5 2 0 0 0 9.39 7.7 11 10 8 6 7 1 Tayler Scott 32027 BAL 8 0 0 0 0 18.69 8.7 20 18 18 5 7 5 Sam Selman 30019 SFN 10 0 0 0 0 4.35 10.3 6 5 5 6 10 2 Mike Shawaryn 31702 BOS 14 0 0 0 0 9.74 20.3 26 22 22 13 29 5 Chandler Shepherd 31081 BAL 5 3 0 0 0 6.63 19.0 23 15 14 6 17 5 Devin Smeltzer 31705 MIN 11 6 2 2 1 3.86 49.0 50 23 21 12 38 8 Josh Smith 32447 MIA 6 0 0 0 0 8.31 4.3 3 4 4 3 2 0 Josh Smith 32447 CLE 8 0 0 0 0 5.40 8.3 8 5 5 8 12 0 Cy Sneed 30957 HOU 8 0 0 1 0 5.48 21.3 26 13 13 5 23 5 Gregory Soto 31317 DET 33 7 0 5 0 5.77 57.7 74 39 37 33 45 9 Gabe Speier 31882 KCA 9 0 0 0 0 7.36 7.3 5 6 6 6 10 2 Locke St. John 32449 TEX 7 0 0 0 0 5.40 6.7 7 4 4 4 5 0 Cody Stashak 31825 MIN 18 1 0 1 0 3.24 25.0 29 9 9 1 25 3 Josh Staumont 30945 KCA 16 0 0 0 0 3.72 19.3 21 13 8 10 15 4 Jose Suarez 32143 ANA 19 15 2 6 0 7.11 81.0 100 67 64 33 72 23 Cole Sulser 31016 TBA 7 0 0 0 0 0.00 7.3 5 0 0 3 9 0 Erik Swanson 31423 SEA 27 8 1 5 2 5.74 58.0 56 41 37 12 52 17 Dillon Tate 31482 BAL 16 0 0 2 0 6.43 21.0 18 15 15 9 20 3 Josh Taylor 31025 BOS 52 1 2 2 0 3.04 47.3 40 17 16 16 62 5 Trent Thornton 31541 TOR 32 29 6 9 0 4.84 154.3 156 87 83 61 149 24 Lewis Thorpe 30085 MIN 12 2 3 2 0 6.18 27.7 38 19 19 10 31 3 Jesus Tinoco 31290 COL 24 0 0 3 1 4.75 36.0 36 23 19 22 28 12 Jose Urquidy 30997 HOU 9 7 2 1 0 3.95 41.0 38 18 18 7 40 6 Phillips Valdez 32454 TEX 11 0 0 0 0 3.94 16.0 17 7 7 9 18 3 Jacob Waguespack 32461 TOR 16 13 5 5 0 4.38 78.0 75 43 38 29 63 12 Jeremy Walker 32624 ATL 6 0 0 0 0 1.93 9.3 9 2 2 4 6 0 Art Warren 32176 SEA 6 0 1 0 0 0.00 5.3 2 0 0 2 5 0 Jacob Webb 31427 ATL 36 0 4 0 2 1.39 32.3 24 10 5 12 28 4 Logan Webb 32135 SFN 8 8 2 3 0 5.22 39.7 44 25 23 14 37 5 Devin Williams 31336 MIL 13 0 0 0 0 3.95 13.7 18 9 6 6 14 2 Matt Wotherspoon 31024 BAL 2 0 0 0 0 15.43 4.7 10 8 8 2 2 2 Jordan Yamamoto 31430 MIA 15 15 4 5 0 4.46 78.7 54 42 39 36 82 11 Eric Yardley 31062 SDN 10 0 0 1 0 2.31 11.7 12 5 3 3 7 1 Huascar Ynoa 32145 ATL 2 0 0 0 0 18.00 3.0 6 6 6 1 3 1 Alex Young 31502 ARI 17 15 7 5 0 3.56 83.3 72 40 33 27 71 14 T.J. Zeuch 31625 TOR 5 3 1 2 0 4.76 22.7 22 13 12 11 20 2 Kyle Zimmer 30167 KCA 15 0 0 1 0 10.80 18.3 28 22 22 19 18 2
2019 Postseason Teams database is now available!
The 2019 Postseason Teams database includes all of the rosters, stats, ratings, manager profiles, park factors and other details that you need to play along with the 2019 MLB Playoffs. This database is provided free of charge for customers that previously bought the 2019 Projection Season database.
For this release, all players have been updated with their actual regular season stats (as of the end of play on Friday, September 27, 2019) and the player ratings have been carried over from the 2019 projections database. In most cases, the 25-man rosters are our best guess since most teams had not announced their playoff rosters at the time of release.
This database includes the 10 teams that qualified for the 2019 MLB postseason: Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals. Here's your chance to manage all these teams in postseason play to determine the 2019 World Series Champion!
If you have already purchased the 2019 ZiPS Projection Season, you should be receiving an email notifying you that an update is available that includes the link to download the postseason teams file. Remember to check your spam/junk folder, but if you do not receive the update email, contact us at dmb_info@imaginesports.com to request your copy.
The 2019 Postseason Teams set can also be purchased separately for $9.95.
Note: This season database is a companion product for the Diamond Mind Baseball version 11 game. To use this database, you must also have Diamond Mind Baseball version 11. The game software provides you with all of the tools you need to play simulated games, make roster moves, produce dozens of statistical reports, generate league schedules, and more.
1921 Classic Past Season with transaction and lineups available now!
1921: What a Babe!
by Steve Ehresman
The Yanks had gone “over there” and come home victorious. Warren G. Harding was sworn in as the 29th President of the United States. Former President William Howard Taft became Chief Justice of the United States. Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio while on vacation. In football’s “upset of the century,” Centre College defeated Harvard University 6-0, snapping the Crimson’s five-year winning streak. Popular literature included Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan the Terrible and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s collection of short stories Flappers and Philosophers. A White Castle hamburger restaurant opened in Wichita, Kansas, forming the nation’s first fast-food chain. Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, and directed the full-length silent comedy-drama film The Kid, featuring his Little Tramp character. The first radio baseball game was broadcast with Harold Arlin calling the Phillies-Pirates game from Forbes Field.
As Prohibition dried-out America, Al Capone grew his criminal empire in Chicago, and the Twenties began to roar, Babe Ruth enjoyed a season for the ages, leading the Pinstripes to their first American League pennant. Only the St. Louis Browns and the Washington Senators had never hoisted a championship flag. The Babe slammed 59 home runs to break his own year-old record of 54 long balls. In addition, Ruth scored 177 runs, collected 171 RBI, and produced 457 total bases—all of which were new MLB records. Along the way, Ruth swatted his 137th career home run (eclipsing Roger Connor’s record mark of 136), legged out 16 triples, walked 144 times, stole 17 bases, batted .378, and slugged .846. Despite the fact that the 1920s are considered a Golden Age in American sports, no one measured up to The Colossus of Clout, known to his teammates simply as “Jedge.”
Ruth’s other-worldly numbers overshadowed superb contributions by his teammate Bob Meusel, who was tied for runner-up in home runs with 24 and third in RBI with 135. Further, Meusel smashed 40 doubles and--like Ruth--recorded 16 triples and 17 stolen bases. First-sacker Wally Pipp was a superb hitter in the clutch, driving in 97 runs and swiping 17 bases, while hitting .296. Amid this explosion of offense, the unheralded Yankee pitching staff performed remarkably. Leading the way were Carl Mays (49 G, 38 GS, 30 CG, 337 IP, 27-9, 3.04), along with newly-acquired stars Waite Hoyt (44 G, 32 GS, 21 CG, 282 IP, 19-13, 3.10), and Bob Shawkey (38 G, 31 GS, 21 CG, 245 IP, 18-12, 4.08).
Despite their prowess, the Yankees had difficulty shaking the defending World Champion Cleveland Indians, who finally ran out of gas in September, succumbing by only 4.5 games. Tris Speaker (52 2B, 14 3B, .362), Larry Gardner (115 RBI, .319), and Stan Coveleski (43 G, 40 GS, 29 CG, 316 IP, 23-13, 3.36) kept Cleveland competitive in their season-long duel with New York.
Although St. Louis finished a distant 3rd, the Browns were putting together a team that was primed to make noise in the near future. Leading the way at the plate were George Sisler (38 2B, 16 3B, 104 RBI, 35 SB, .371), William “Baby Doll” Jacobson (34 2B, 14 3B, .352), Ken Williams (31 2B, 24 HR, 117 RBI, 20 SB, .347) and Jack Tobin (31 2B, 18 3B, .352). Sisler (216), Jacobson (211), and Tobin (236) all collected more than 200 hits. Urban Shocker starred on the mound (47 G, 39 GS, 31 CG, 327 IP, 27-12, 3.55).
Buried deep in the standings was the stellar outfield of the Detroit Tigers, featuring batting champion Harry Heilmann (43 2B, 14 3B, 19 HR, 139 RBI, .394), Bobby Veach (43 2B, 13 3B, 16 HR, 128 RBI, 14 SB, .338), and “The Georgia Peach” Ty Cobb (37 2B, 16 3B, 101 RBI, 22 SB, .389). As a team, the Tigers batted .316. Relegated to second-tier teams, Walter “Big Train” Johnson of the Washington Senators (35 G, 32 GS, 25 CG, 264 IP, 143 K, 17-14, 3.51), “Sad Sam” Jones of the Boston Red Sox (40 G, 38 GS, 25 CG, 299 IP, 23-16, 3.22) and earned run leader Urban “Red” Faber of the Chicago White Sox (43 G, 39 GS, 32 CG, 331 IP, 25-15, 2.48) supplied pitching heroics.
As a whole, the American League batted .292 with Red Faber’s 2.48 the only earned run average below 3.00 and Walter Johnson’s 143 K leading all of Major League Baseball. Whereas the livelier ball was a boon to hitters in the Junior Circuit, pitchers sang a different song. Perhaps their own version of the blues. It should be noted, however, that both Urban Shocker and Red Faber were among the 17 legal spit-ball pitchers that Major League Ball allowed to practice their craft in 1921. Perhaps most amazing of all, All Sothoron (29 G, 22 GS, 11 CG, 178.1 IP, 13-8, 3.89), pitching for the St. Louis Browns and the Boston Red Sox, did not yield a home run for the entire season.
Over in the National League, the New York Giants topped the Senior Circuit for the 7th time in John McGraw’s 19-year tenure at the helm. Whereas the Yankees captured the American League pennant by smashing 134 home runs, the Giants stole the National League pennant by swiping 137 bases.
Pre-eminent among the thieves, Frankie “The Fordham Flash” Frisch stole 49 bases to lead both Major Leagues. In addition, Frisch socked 31 doubles, 17 triples, and collected 100 RBI, en route to a .341 batting average. George “High Pockets” Kelly (42 2B, 23 HR, 123 RBI, .308) and Ross Youngs (24 2B, 16 3B, 102 RBI, 21 SB, .327) supplied additional firepower for the Giants. Art Nehf (41 G, 34 GS, 18 CG, 261 IP, 20-10, 3.62) led the pitching staff.
Just as the Yankees had difficulty shaking the Indians in the American League, the Giants dueled the dogged Pittsburgh Pirates, overtaking the slumping Steel City crew in September to claim the National League crown by 4 games. Relying on extra-base power, the Pirates legged-out 104 triples, with Charlie “Jolly Cholly” Grimm (21 2B, 17 3B) and Carson Bigbee (23 2B, 17 3B, 21 SB, .323) leading the way. In addition, the Pirates, true to their name, stole 134 bases, second only to the 137 recorded by the Giants. Perennial stolen base threat Max Carey (34 2B, 37 SB, .309) and Walter “Rabbit” Maranville (25 2B, 12 3B, 25 SB, .294) were the ring-leaders for Pittsburgh. On the mound, Wilbur Cooper (38 G, 38 GS, 29 CG, 327 IP, 22-14, 3.25) gave the Pirates a reliable ace.
The big story for the St. Louis Cardinals was Rogers Hornsby, making an emphatic case that he was baseball’s best right-handed hitter. Playing primarily second base, Hornsby hit 22 doubles, 18 triples, and 21 home runs, while driving in 126 runs, stealing 13 bases, and batting .397. Further, “The Rajah” led the National League in runs (131), hits (235), total bases (378), OBP (.458), and slugging (.639). Despite this excellence, Hornsby was not a one-man wrecking crew, as Jack Fournier (27 2B, 16 HR, >20 SB, .343) and Austin McHenry (37 2B, 17 HR, 102 RBI, .350) also inflicted damage on pitching staffs. One of the legal spit-ballers in 1921, “Spittin’ Bill” Doak (32 G, 29 GS, 13 CG, 209 IP, 18-12, 2.58) won the National League ERA title for the Cardinals, while issuing only 37 bases on balls.
Around the National League, another of legal spit-ballers, Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Dodgers (37 G, 35 GS, 30 CG, 302 IP, 2.84), tied Pittsburgh’s Wilbur Cooper for wins at 22-13 and struck out a league-leading 136 batters. Joe Oeschger enjoyed a championship season for the mediocre Boston Braves (46 G, 36 GS, 19 CG, 299 IP, 20-14, 3.52), and Eppa Rixey of the Cincinnati Reds (40 G, 36 GS, 21 CG, 301 IP, 19-18, 2.78) yielded only one home, while the Red’s staff registered a record-low 308 strikeouts.
The 1921 season witnessed a best of nine World Series between Miller Higgins’ New York Yankees and John McGraw’s New York Giants. The “Subway Series” began with back-to-back shutouts by Carl Mays and Waite Hoyt, giving the Yankees a 2-0 advantage. Nevertheless, the Yanks dropped two of the next three games, Ruth went to the bench with an injury, and McGraw’s boys won the next three contests to capture the World Series. Although Ruth managed only one home run for the Series, he was the only Yankee to hit .300. In contrast, five Giants reached that mark.
In 1921, Major League Baseball overcame any lingering effects from the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, as Babe Ruth became the biggest drawing card in sports history. Meanwhile, the White Sox sank to seventh place in the American League with a dismal 62-92 record. Years before the ivy and left field bleachers, chewing gum magnate William Wrigley bought the Chicago Cubs. Our National Pastime was moving beyond its origins and entering an era of long balls, celebrities, and change. Ball players could even wear glasses, as evidence by rookie infielder George “Specs” Torporcer’s taking the field for the St. Louis Cardinals.
Diamond Mind Baseball recreates this memorable season in our nation’s sports annals. Dead ball stars like Ty Cobb were still schooling opponents on our nation’s diamonds; however, lively ball stars like Babe Ruth were pushing their way to the head of the class. Fans flocked to sporting contests as never before, and the brand of baseball they witnessed helped to set the stage for our modern game.
We are still living in The House That Ruth Built.
The 1921 Classic Past Season database contains everything you need to play games using teams and players from the 1921 season -- a full set of ratings and statistics for every player who appeared in the big leagues that year, plus team rosters, manager profiles, ballpark ratings and league schedules. Statistics include official batting, pitching and fielding totals for all batters and pitchers.
Also included is a complete set of real-life player transactions -- trades, disabled list moves, promotions, demotions, suspensions, and more -- plus the actual starting lineups for every regular season game played.
View the full list of recent new and upgraded DMB seasons
Note: This season database is a companion product for the Diamond Mind Baseball version 11 game. To use this database, you must also have Diamond Mind Baseball version 11. The game software provides you with all of the tools you need to play simulated games, make roster moves, produce dozens of statistical reports, generate league schedules, and more.
- Tags: Classic Past Season cps1921
