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2018 Season Database Update
On December 23, 2018, we updated our master copy of the 2018 Annual Season Database to correct a small number of errors that have been reported and confirmed since the initial release.To check if your copy of the 2018 season database is up to date, have a look in the Notes tab of the Organizer window with your installed copy of the 2018 season as the active database. If the date of the "2018 Updates" note is 12/23/2018 or later then you have the most up to date version.
This update includes the following corrections:
Statistics Cat Stat Old New
Jordan Lyles (SD) Bat G 25 26
Bat GS 9 8
Pch G 25 24
Pch GS 9 8
Fld G 25 24
Fld GS 9 8
Jordan Lyles (Comb) Bat G 36 37
Bat GS 9 8
Pch G 36 35
Pch GS 9 8
Fld G 36 35
Fld GS 9 8
Matt Strahm (SD) Bat G 39 41
Bat GS 4 5
Pch GS 4 5
Fld GS 4 5
Saved Lineups Pos Old New
6/23, SD @ SF P Jordan Lyles (SD) Matt Strahm (SD)
Note, Jordan Lyles was the scheduled starting pitcher for San Diego but injured
his arm while warming up in the bottom of the 1st before San Francisco came to bat.
Parks Wall Loc Old New
Angel Stadium Height RFGap 18 8
Height Right 18 8
Height RFLine 18 5
Registered owners of the 2018 Annual Season Database can use the link in their original downloads email to download the updated database installation file or contact DMB support at dmb_info@imaginesports.com to request an updated file by email.
If you have already started your season replay or prepared your league database, your best bet is to make the changes in your existing database yourself. You can do so by following these steps:
To change player stats:
1. Click View on the game's main menu bar and click Organizer.
2. From the Organizer window, click the Players tab.
3. Scroll down to the player and click once to select him.
4. Click the Modify button.
5. From the popup menu, click Real-life statistics.
6. Make the suggested corrections in the Batting Statistics, Pitching Statistics and Fielding statistics tabs and then click the OK button to save your changes.
2018 Annual Season Database Released December 12th!
2018: Red Sox Nation Does Hollywood
by Steve Ehresman
In 1916 Bill Carrigan’s Boston Red Sox defeated Wilbert Robinson’s Brooklyn Robins in the World Series, giving Boston the franchise’s second consecutive and fourth overall World Championship. In 2018, the Red Sox (108-54) overpowered the Robins’ twenty-first century descendants, the Los Angeles Dodgers (92-71), to win the 114th edition of Baseball’s Fall Classic. For Dave Robert’s Dodgers, 2018 was their second season as the World Series runner-up. For rookie manager Alex Cora’s Red Sox, 2018 has been called the greatest season in franchise history.
Although 1916 differed dramatically from 2018, one thing is certain: baseball never fails to deliver as the National Pastime, even in this era of three true outcomes: a walk, a strikeout, or a homerun. Yes, the thirty teams in Major League Baseball combined for 40, 993 hits, while compiling 41,177 strikeouts. Nevertheless, the 2018 season also featured exciting performances by the Oakland Athletics (97-65) and the Atlanta Braves (90-72), helping Bob Melvin and Brian Snitker to claim the Manager of the Year Award in their respective leagues. Craig Counsel’s upset-minded Milwaukee Brewers edged the Chicago Cubs to win the National League Central and to challenge the Los Angeles Dodgers for a berth in the World Series. The New York Yankees put together a superb season for first-year manager Aaron Boone (100-62). And, the Tampa Bay Rays, under innovative manager Kevin Cash, made history with many of their games started by pitchers normally used in relief and referred to as openers.
In short, the 2018 season will be remembered as a season characterized by the changing of the guard, both in terms of underdog franchises on the rise and in terms of innovations in how the game is played.
First and foremost, the 2018 season featured superb rookies. Bursting onto the national stage was a cast of newcomers, the likes of which the National Pastime has not produced in decades. Leading this auspicious group were Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, Ronald Acuna Junior of the Atlanta Braves, and Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals.
Although Ohtani’s career has been interrupted by Tommy John surgery, he delivered power (.285 AVG, 925 OPS, and 22 HR in 367 PA) and pitching (3.31 ERA, 11 K per nine IP, and 1.16 WHIP). Ohtani joined Babe Ruth (1919) as the only players in major league history to sock 15 home runs and pitch 50 innings in the same season. Moreover, Ohtani became the only player in major league history to record 15 home runs and 50 pitching strikeouts in a single season. Not surprisingly, he was the easy choice for American League Rookie of the Year.
Twenty-year-old outfielder Ronald Acuna Junior was a major driving-force behind Atlanta’s break-out 2018 season. Starting the season in Triple A, Acuna arrived in the majors on April 25 and proceeded to slug 26 home runs, drive in 64 runs, swipe 16 bases, and bat .293 with .917 OPS. Acuna Junior’s great season was summarized in a nutshell by his smacking eight lead-off homers and his going yard in five straight games from August 11-14. As a result, he claimed the National League Rookie of the Year Award.
Runner-up in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting, Juan Soto of the Washington Nationals, debuted in the majors on May 20, when he was 19 years old. All he did was hit .292 with 22 home runs, 70 RBI, and .923 OPS, putting him just two long balls shy of Tony Conigliaro’s major league record for home runs by a teenager.
It could be argued that the 2018 season was a highlight reel featuring a new generation of stars, who are expected to carry baseball far into the future. Nevertheless, major league veterans had a great deal to say about the present, putting teams on their backs and challenging conventional measures of success.
In balloting for the National League Cy Young Award, the New York Mets’ Jacob deGrom posted surreal statistics (32 GS, 217 IP, 269 K, 1.70 ERA, and 0.91 WHIP). Nevertheless, his selection may have caused fans not named Brian Kenny to grumble because of deGrom’s under-whelming 10-9 record, primarily the result of poor offensive performances when he pitched.
Emerging into the spotlight, Blake Snell of the Tampa Bay Rays, the American League Cy Young Award winner, compiled a stunning 21-5 record, 1.89 ERA, and 0.97 WHIP in 31 GS, while striking out 221 batters. Despite these impressive numbers, traditionalists might grouse about Snell’s innings total, as Tampa Bay’s young star pitched only 180.2 innings.
Together, deGrom and Snell forced baseball to redefine pitching excellence. In contrast, the MVP voting was much easier to assimilate, as the 2018 winners would have passed muster in any decade.
Putting together a Hall of Fame-worthy season, Christian Yelich willed the Milwaukee Brewers to the National League Central title, slugging 36 home runs, driving in 110 runs, stealing 22 bases, and batting .326 with an OBP of .402, a SLG of .598, and an OPS of 1.000. Yelich distanced himself from the Chicago Cubs’ Javier Baez (34 HR, 111 RBI, .290 with an OBP of .326, a SLG of .554, and an OPS of .881) to walk away with the National League MVP.
In the American league, the World Champion Boston Red Sox had a line-up of ferocious hitters, none more ferocious than the American league MVP, Mookie Betts. Although Betts had already enjoyed fine seasons in Boston, his 2018 campaign goes down in the books as one of the best seasons by a Carmine outfielder this side of The Splendid Splinter and Yaz. Displaying all-around excellence, Betts legged-out 47 2B, socked 32 HR, chalked-up 80 RBI, and stole 30 bases, en route to a .346 AVG, .438 OBP, .640 SLG, and 1.078 OPS. To solidify his credentials, Betts took home a Gold Glove for his work in right field. The American League runner-up in MVP voting was the Los Angeles Angels’ perennial all-star, Mike Trout (39 HR, 79 RBI, .312 AVG, .460 OBP, .628 SLG, and 1.088 OPS).
The 2018 Major League Baseball season featured superb performances by many of the diamond’s greatest stars. On the mound, Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals (18-7, 220.2 IP, 300 K, 2.53 ERA, and 0.911 WHIP) and Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros (16-9, 214 IP, 290 K, 2.52 ERA, and 0.902 WHIP) continued their trek toward Cooperstown. Coming in from the bullpen, Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers (81.1 IP, 36 H, 143 K, 2.43 ERA, and 0.811 WHIP) and Edwin Diaz of the Seattle Mariners (73.1 IP, 41 H, 124 K, 1.96 ERA, and 0.791 WHIP) were lights-out.
Bolstering the offense in 2018, Khris Davis of the Oakland Athletics (48 HR) and Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies (38 HR) paced their respective leagues in long balls. Whit Mayfield of the Kansas City Royals quietly put together an All-Star season, as he paced the American League in hits (192) and stolen bases (45). Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves led the National League in hits (191), while Trea Turner of the Washington Nationals swiped a league-leading 43 bases.
Mookie Betts’ teammate in Boston, J.D. Martinez (43 HR, 130 RBI,.330 AVG, .432 OBP, .629 SLG, and 1.031 OPS), accumulated a whopping 358 total bases. However brightly Mookie Betts’s star shone in The Hub in 2018, it did not shine alone.
The 2018 season was fraught with hotly contested pennant races, jaw-dropping performances, and innovative, even controversial, strategies and methods of evaluation. Where Major League Baseball will go in 2019 and beyond is uncertain. Nevertheless, as new stars appear and Hall of Famers continue to provide thrills, the answer seems to be that baseball will go where it always has gone: confidently into the future, serving as a measuring stick for how America dreams. Baseball fans would do well to heed a wise man’s advice to feel nostalgic about the future.
The 2018 Annual Season Database contains everything you need to play games using teams and players from the 2018 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.
2018 Debut Players
Updated: October 30, 2018
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 2018. 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 ----------------------- ----- --- ----- --- --- --- -- -- -- --- --- --- --- --- --- Ronald Acuna 31599 ATL .293 111 433 127 26 4 26 78 64 6 45 123 16 Willy Adames 29441 TBA .278 85 288 80 7 0 10 43 34 1 31 95 6 John Andreoli 30232 SEA .200 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 John Andreoli 30232 BAL .232 23 56 13 2 0 0 4 4 0 4 17 2 Aristides Aquino 30686 CIN .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Francisco Arcia 30234 ANA .204 40 103 21 5 0 6 10 23 2 1 27 1 Willians Astudillo 32053 MIN .355 29 93 33 4 1 3 9 21 1 2 3 0 Abiatal Avelino 30676 SFN .273 6 11 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Jake Bauers 29482 TBA .201 96 323 65 22 2 11 48 48 3 54 104 6 Jon Berti 29492 TOR .267 4 15 4 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 Alex Blandino 30250 CIN .234 69 128 30 4 0 1 14 8 4 13 41 0 David Bote 30727 CHN .239 74 184 44 9 2 6 23 33 4 19 60 3 Jose Briceno 30801 ANA .239 46 117 28 2 0 5 12 10 2 8 35 0 Harold Castro 30762 DET .300 6 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 Jake Cave 29553 MIN .269 91 283 76 17 2 13 54 45 3 18 102 2 Nick Ciuffo 31334 TBA .189 16 37 7 1 0 1 3 5 1 3 12 0 Ryan Cordell 29570 CHA .108 19 37 4 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 15 0 Dylan Cozens 30740 PHI .158 26 38 6 2 0 1 2 2 0 6 24 1 Noel Cuevas 30292 COL .233 75 146 34 4 1 2 16 10 1 6 24 1 Jonathan Davis 31919 TOR .200 20 25 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6 3 Austin Dean 30688 MIA .221 34 113 25 4 0 4 16 14 2 7 22 1 Brandon Dixon 30696 CIN .178 74 118 21 6 0 5 14 10 0 6 43 0 Steven Duggar 30882 SFN .255 41 141 36 11 1 2 20 17 0 10 44 5 Jose Fernandez 30805 ANA .267 36 116 31 8 0 2 9 11 1 6 15 1 Johnny Field 30323 MIN .250 21 52 13 4 0 3 8 7 1 0 14 0 Johnny Field 30323 TBA .213 62 169 36 9 0 6 20 14 2 7 58 4 David Fletcher 30728 ANA .275 80 284 78 18 2 1 35 25 3 15 34 3 Isaac Galloway 30335 MIA .203 43 64 13 3 0 3 7 7 0 9 21 1 Adolis Garcia 30800 SLN .118 21 17 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 7 0 Aramis Garcia 31265 SFN .286 19 63 18 1 0 4 8 9 0 2 31 0 Mike Gerber 30343 DET .095 18 42 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 21 0 Alfredo Gonzalez 30225 CHA .111 3 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 Grayson Greiner 30760 DET .219 30 96 21 6 0 0 9 12 0 17 32 0 Gabriel Guerrero 29686 CIN .167 14 18 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 8 0 Javy Guerra 30785 SDN .125 13 16 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 0 Luis Guillorme 30829 NYN .209 35 67 14 2 0 0 4 5 0 7 3 1 Lourdes Gurriel 30828 TOR .281 65 249 70 8 0 11 30 35 2 9 59 1 Ronald Guzman 30357 TEX .235 123 387 91 18 2 16 46 58 7 33 121 1 Eric Haase 30748 CLE .125 9 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 Garrett Hampson 31662 COL .275 24 40 11 3 1 0 3 4 1 7 12 2 Michael Hermosillo 31975 ANA .211 31 57 12 4 0 1 7 1 2 3 17 0 Rosell Herrera 29720 CIN .154 11 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Rosell Herrera 29720 KCA .238 75 265 63 14 3 1 25 20 2 19 52 3 Joe Hudson 32077 ANA .167 8 12 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Danny Jansen 31350 TOR .247 31 81 20 6 0 3 12 8 4 9 17 0 Sherman Johnson 30391 ANA .000 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 Kevin Kaczmarski 31940 NYN .000 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 31341 TEX .261 111 356 93 18 2 4 43 34 6 28 62 7 Scott Kingery 30880 PHI .226 147 452 102 23 2 8 55 35 3 24 126 10 Kevin Kramer 30820 PIT .135 21 37 5 0 0 0 5 4 0 2 20 0 Ramon Laureano 30868 OAK .288 48 156 45 12 1 5 27 19 2 16 50 7 Braxton Lee 31763 MIA .176 8 17 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 0 Brandon Lowe 31521 TBA .233 43 129 30 6 2 6 16 25 2 16 38 2 Dawel Lugo 30731 DET .213 27 94 20 4 1 1 10 8 0 7 20 0 Nick Martini 30447 OAK .296 55 152 45 9 3 1 26 19 5 21 36 0 Reese McGuire 30458 TOR .290 14 31 9 3 0 2 5 4 0 2 9 1 Billy McKinney 29836 NYA .250 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Billy McKinney 29836 TOR .252 36 115 29 7 0 6 14 13 1 11 32 1 Jeff McNeil 30460 NYN .329 63 225 74 11 6 3 35 19 5 14 24 7 Austin Meadows 30462 TBA .250 10 24 6 1 0 1 3 4 0 2 5 1 Austin Meadows 30462 PIT .292 49 154 45 8 2 5 16 13 1 8 35 4 Cedric Mullins 31574 BAL .235 45 170 40 9 0 4 23 11 2 17 37 2 Yairo Munoz 30900 SLN .276 108 293 81 16 0 8 39 42 4 30 71 5 Kevin Newman 30821 PIT .209 31 91 19 2 0 0 7 6 1 4 23 0 Jacob Nottingham 30773 MIL .200 9 20 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 0 Ryan O'Hearn 30488 KCA .262 44 149 39 10 2 12 23 30 1 20 45 0 Shohei Ohtani 31236 ANA .285 104 326 93 21 2 22 59 61 2 37 102 10 Tyler O'Neill 30489 SLN .254 61 130 33 5 0 9 29 23 3 7 57 2 Nate Orf 30490 MIL .095 15 21 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 3 8 1 Daniel Palka 30496 CHA .240 124 417 100 15 3 27 56 67 2 30 153 2 Michael Perez 31977 TBA .284 24 74 21 5 0 1 9 11 0 3 19 0 Dustin Peterson 30509 ATL .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Franmil Reyes 31881 SDN .280 87 261 73 9 0 16 36 31 0 24 80 0 Pablo Reyes 31990 PIT .293 18 58 17 2 0 3 9 7 0 5 11 0 Victor Reyes 30894 DET .222 100 212 47 5 3 1 35 12 0 5 46 9 Ronny Rodriguez 30543 DET .220 62 191 42 7 0 5 17 20 0 10 42 2 Chris Shaw 30717 SFN .185 22 54 10 2 0 1 2 7 0 7 23 1 Matt Skole 30039 CHA .273 4 11 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 Edmundo Sosa 30743 SLN .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Juan Soto 32070 WAS .292 116 414 121 25 1 22 77 70 0 79 99 5 Christin Stewart 30720 DET .267 17 60 16 1 1 2 7 10 1 10 13 0 DJ Stewart 30725 BAL .250 17 40 10 3 0 3 8 10 2 4 12 2 Myles Straw 31569 HOU .333 9 9 3 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 2 Beau Taylor 31790 OAK .200 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Rowdy Tellez 30587 TOR .314 23 70 22 9 0 4 10 14 0 2 21 0 Carlos Tocci 30591 TEX .225 66 120 27 3 2 0 11 5 1 7 39 0 Gleyber Torres 30592 NYA .271 123 431 117 16 1 24 54 77 5 42 122 6 Blake Trahan 30693 CIN .214 11 14 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 Jose Trevino 30808 TEX .250 3 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 Kyle Tucker 30824 HOU .141 28 64 9 2 1 0 10 4 2 6 13 1 Luis Urias 30833 SDN .208 12 48 10 1 0 2 5 5 1 3 10 1 Jesmuel Valentin 30789 PHI .177 46 79 14 5 1 1 8 6 1 8 24 0 Andrew Velazquez 30113 TBA .300 13 10 3 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 Engelb Vielma 30747 BAL .143 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 Meibrys Viloria 31442 KCA .259 10 27 7 2 0 0 4 4 0 1 9 0 Mitch Walding 31981 PHI .059 13 17 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 12 0 Taylor Ward 30884 ANA .178 40 135 24 3 0 6 14 15 3 9 45 2 Steve Wilkerson 32023 BAL .174 16 46 8 3 0 0 2 3 0 3 16 1 Justin Williams 30815 TBA .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patrick Wisdom 30149 SLN .260 32 50 13 1 0 4 11 10 2 6 19 2 Austin Wynns 30689 BAL .255 42 110 28 2 0 4 16 11 0 5 25 0
Pitchers
Name UID Tm G GS W L S ERA Inn H R ER BB K HR ----------------------- ----- --- --- -- -- -- -- ------ ----- --- --- --- --- --- -- Chance Adams 30967 NYA 3 1 0 1 0 7.04 7.7 8 7 6 4 4 3 Jason Adam 29440 KCA 31 0 0 3 0 6.12 32.3 30 22 22 15 37 9 Kolby Allard 31486 ATL 3 1 1 1 0 12.38 8.0 19 12 11 4 3 3 Yency Almonte 30914 COL 14 0 0 0 0 1.84 14.7 15 5 3 4 14 1 Justin Anderson 32066 ANA 57 0 3 3 4 4.07 55.3 42 25 25 40 67 3 Tanner Anderson 31586 PIT 6 0 1 0 0 6.35 11.3 15 10 8 8 6 1 Pedro Araujo 31278 BAL 20 0 1 3 0 7.71 28.0 29 24 24 18 29 9 Sandy Baez 30994 DET 9 0 0 0 0 5.02 14.3 12 12 8 9 10 2 Luke Bard 31249 ANA 8 0 0 0 0 5.40 11.7 10 7 7 5 13 4 Scott Barlow 31262 KCA 6 0 1 1 0 3.60 15.0 16 7 6 3 15 2 Jaime Barria 31320 ANA 26 26 10 9 0 3.41 129.3 117 50 49 47 98 17 Tyler Bashlor 31342 NYN 24 0 0 3 0 4.22 32.0 26 16 15 12 25 6 Gerson Bautista 31371 NYN 5 0 0 1 0 12.46 4.3 8 6 6 5 3 2 Tyler Beede 30246 SFN 2 2 0 1 0 8.22 7.7 9 7 7 8 9 0 Jalen Beeks 31014 BOS 2 1 0 1 0 12.79 6.3 11 9 9 4 5 1 Jalen Beeks 31014 TBA 12 0 5 0 0 4.47 44.3 41 22 22 20 37 5 Jesse Biddle 29496 ATL 60 0 6 1 1 3.11 63.7 50 26 22 31 67 6 Shane Bieber 31688 CLE 20 19 11 5 0 4.55 114.7 130 60 58 23 118 13 Ray Black 29502 SFN 26 0 2 2 0 6.17 23.3 17 16 16 10 33 4 Jeremy Bleich 29507 OAK 2 0 0 0 0 54.00 .3 2 2 2 0 1 0 Ryan Borucki 31108 TOR 17 17 4 6 0 3.87 97.7 96 48 42 33 67 7 Colten Brewer 31263 SDN 11 0 1 0 0 5.59 9.7 15 10 6 7 10 0 Jeff Brigham 32073 MIA 4 4 0 4 0 6.06 16.3 16 11 11 13 12 2 Nick Burdi 30264 PIT 2 0 0 0 0 20.25 1.3 3 4 3 2 2 1 Corbin Burnes 31681 MIL 30 0 7 0 1 2.61 38.0 27 11 11 11 35 4 Ryan Burr 31539 CHA 8 0 0 0 0 7.45 9.7 12 8 8 6 6 3 Ty Buttrey 31294 ANA 16 0 0 1 4 3.31 16.3 15 7 6 5 20 0 Ryan Carpenter 30274 DET 6 5 1 2 0 7.25 22.3 34 19 18 4 15 8 Cody Carroll 31823 BAL 15 0 0 2 0 9.00 17.0 21 17 17 13 16 6 Diego Castillo 31383 TBA 43 11 4 2 0 3.18 56.7 36 21 20 18 65 6 Jose Castillo 31305 SDN 37 0 3 3 0 3.29 38.3 23 14 14 12 52 3 Yonny Chirinos 31309 TBA 18 7 5 5 0 3.51 89.7 84 40 35 25 75 7 Adam Cimber 31764 CLE 28 0 0 3 0 4.05 20.0 26 9 9 7 7 3 Adam Cimber 31764 SDN 42 0 3 5 0 3.17 48.3 42 19 17 10 51 2 P.J. Conlon 31572 NYN 3 2 0 0 0 8.22 7.7 15 7 7 2 5 2 Jimmy Cordero 30288 WAS 22 0 1 2 0 5.68 19.0 23 13 12 12 12 2 Nestor Cortes 31357 BAL 4 0 0 0 0 7.71 4.7 10 4 4 4 3 2 Austin Davis 31399 PHI 32 0 1 2 0 4.15 34.7 35 20 16 12 38 4 Dean Deetz 31431 HOU 4 0 0 0 0 5.40 3.3 4 2 2 1 3 1 Enyel De Los Santos 30990 PHI 7 2 1 0 0 4.74 19.0 19 10 10 8 15 2 Seranthony Dominguez 31287 PHI 53 0 2 5 16 2.95 58.0 32 19 19 22 74 4 Caleb Ferguson 31435 LAN 29 3 7 2 2 3.49 49.0 43 21 19 12 59 8 Jose Fernandez 32074 TOR 13 0 0 0 0 6.10 10.3 10 7 7 4 6 2 Matt Festa 31716 SEA 8 1 0 0 0 2.16 8.3 13 2 2 2 4 0 Heath Fillmyer 30961 KCA 17 13 4 2 0 4.26 82.3 78 41 39 32 57 11 Caleb Frare 32075 CHA 11 0 0 1 0 5.14 7.0 6 4 4 4 9 0 Paul Fry 31153 BAL 35 0 1 2 2 3.35 37.7 33 20 14 15 36 1 Drew Gagnon 30987 NYN 5 1 2 1 0 5.25 12.0 15 11 7 5 8 2 Austin Gomber 31036 SLN 29 11 6 2 0 4.44 75.0 81 40 37 32 67 7 Stephen Gonsalves 31018 MIN 7 4 2 2 0 6.57 24.7 28 22 18 22 16 2 Merandy Gonzalez 31323 MIA 8 1 2 1 0 5.73 22.0 31 14 14 8 19 4 Brett Graves 31804 MIA 21 0 1 1 1 5.40 33.3 41 22 20 12 21 3 Taylor Guerrieri 30356 TOR 9 0 0 0 0 4.66 9.7 9 5 5 4 8 1 Matt Hall 31965 DET 5 0 0 0 0 14.63 8.0 19 16 13 3 5 1 Ian Hamilton 31729 CHA 10 0 1 2 0 4.50 8.0 6 5 4 2 5 2 Justin Hancock 30359 CHN 10 0 0 0 0 1.46 12.3 5 2 2 9 11 1 Eric Hanhold 32076 NYN 3 0 0 0 0 7.71 2.3 4 2 2 1 2 0 Elieser Hernandez 31869 MIA 32 6 2 7 0 5.21 65.7 68 38 38 27 45 11 David Hess 30370 BAL 21 19 3 10 0 4.88 103.3 106 64 56 37 74 22 Jordan Hicks 31527 SLN 73 0 3 4 6 3.59 77.7 59 33 31 45 70 2 Tim Hill 32032 KCA 70 0 1 4 2 4.53 45.7 46 28 23 14 42 4 Yoshihisa Hirano 31232 ARI 75 0 4 3 3 2.44 66.3 49 22 18 23 59 6 Clay Holmes 30981 PIT 11 4 1 3 0 6.84 26.3 30 21 20 23 21 2 Sam Howard 31005 COL 4 0 0 0 0 2.25 4.0 5 1 1 3 1 0 Dakota Hudson 31632 SLN 26 0 4 1 0 2.63 27.3 19 9 8 18 19 0 Josh James 31928 HOU 6 3 2 0 0 2.35 23.0 15 6 6 7 29 3 Williams Jerez 30384 ANA 17 0 0 0 0 6.00 15.0 17 14 10 8 15 3 Jake Jewell 31893 ANA 3 0 0 1 0 9.00 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 D.J. Johnson 30387 COL 7 0 1 0 0 4.26 6.3 6 3 3 2 9 0 Ariel Jurado 30973 TEX 12 8 5 5 0 5.93 54.7 66 36 36 18 22 7 Brad Keller 30943 KCA 41 20 9 6 0 3.08 140.3 133 50 48 50 96 7 Brett Kennedy 31805 SDN 6 6 1 2 0 6.75 26.7 36 20 20 12 18 6 Nick Kingham 29764 PIT 18 15 5 7 0 5.21 76.0 79 50 44 26 69 18 Tyler Kinley 31122 MIN 4 0 0 0 0 24.30 3.3 9 9 9 4 4 2 Tyler Kinley 31122 MIA 9 0 0 0 0 7.04 7.7 6 6 6 4 9 0 Michael Kopech 30911 CHA 4 4 1 1 0 5.02 14.3 20 8 8 2 15 4 Joey Krehbiel 31913 ARI 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Eric Lauer 31628 SDN 23 23 6 7 0 4.34 112.0 127 61 54 46 100 15 Zack Littell 31343 MIN 8 2 0 2 0 6.20 20.3 25 17 14 11 14 3 Jonathan Loaisiga 32069 NYA 9 4 2 0 0 5.11 24.7 26 17 14 12 33 3 Walker Lockett 30936 SDN 4 3 0 3 0 9.60 15.0 22 16 16 10 12 4 Pablo Lopez 31989 MIA 10 10 2 4 0 4.14 58.7 56 28 27 18 46 8 Yoan Lopez 31459 ARI 10 0 0 0 0 3.00 9.0 7 3 3 1 11 2 Joey Lucchesi 31682 SDN 26 26 8 9 0 4.08 130.0 125 63 59 43 145 23 Kazuhisa Makita 31233 SDN 27 0 0 1 0 5.40 35.0 32 23 21 12 37 7 Brandon Mann 31167 TEX 7 0 0 0 0 5.40 8.3 7 5 5 4 3 1 Adam McCreery 31269 ATL 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 1.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 Kyle McGowin 30457 WAS 5 1 0 0 0 5.87 7.7 6 5 5 5 8 2 Alex McRae 31413 PIT 2 0 0 1 0 5.68 6.3 8 4 4 5 5 0 John Means 31915 BAL 1 0 0 0 0 13.50 3.3 6 5 5 0 4 1 Ryan Meisinger 31568 BAL 18 1 2 1 0 6.43 21.0 18 15 15 10 21 6 Ben Meyer 32067 MIA 13 0 0 0 0 10.42 19.0 26 23 22 14 9 2 Osmer Morales 30985 ANA 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .3 1 0 0 0 0 0 Harrison Musgrave 30481 COL 35 0 2 3 0 4.63 44.7 36 23 23 22 32 7 Jake Newberry 31895 KCA 14 0 2 0 0 4.73 13.3 13 8 7 9 11 3 Jacob Nix 31520 SDN 9 9 2 5 0 7.02 42.3 52 33 33 13 21 8 James Norwood 32068 CHN 11 0 0 1 0 4.09 11.0 14 7 5 5 10 0 Trevor Oaks 30928 KCA 4 2 0 2 0 7.24 13.7 21 11 11 6 10 1 Shohei Ohtani 31236 ANA 10 10 4 2 0 3.31 51.7 38 19 19 22 63 6 Luis Ortiz 31004 BAL 2 1 0 1 0 15.43 2.3 7 6 4 3 0 0 Corey Oswalt 31295 NYN 17 12 3 3 0 5.85 64.7 69 43 42 20 45 14 Thomas Pannone 31300 TOR 12 6 4 1 0 4.19 43.0 37 20 20 15 29 7 Wes Parsons 32051 ATL 1 0 0 1 0 7.20 5.0 6 4 4 3 3 1 C.D. Pelham 31594 TEX 10 0 0 0 0 7.04 7.7 12 6 6 4 7 0 Freddy Peralta 31322 MIL 16 14 6 4 0 4.25 78.3 49 37 37 40 96 8 Cionel Perez 31822 HOU 8 0 0 0 0 3.97 11.3 6 5 5 7 12 3 Tim Peterson 31134 NYN 22 0 2 2 0 6.18 27.7 29 19 19 5 25 8 Evan Phillips 31582 ATL 4 0 0 0 0 8.53 6.3 6 6 6 4 3 3 Evan Phillips 31582 BAL 5 1 0 1 0 18.56 5.3 7 13 11 6 5 2 Daniel Poncedeleon 30944 SLN 11 4 0 2 1 2.73 33.0 24 10 10 13 31 2 Bobby Poyner 31575 BOS 20 0 1 0 0 3.22 22.3 22 8 8 3 24 4 Tanner Rainey 31515 CIN 8 0 0 0 0 24.43 7.0 13 19 19 12 7 4 Yefry Ramirez 30988 BAL 17 12 1 8 0 5.92 65.3 64 44 43 36 62 11 Sean Reid-Foley 30976 TOR 7 7 2 4 0 5.13 33.3 31 23 19 21 42 6 Jesus Reyes 31466 CIN 5 0 0 0 0 3.18 5.7 4 4 2 2 2 1 Trevor Richards 31754 MIA 25 25 4 9 0 4.42 126.3 121 65 62 54 130 15 Dereck Rodriguez 31850 SFN 21 19 6 4 0 2.81 118.3 98 43 37 36 89 9 Jefry Rodriguez 31289 WAS 14 8 3 3 0 5.71 52.0 43 35 33 37 39 8 Josh Rogers 31926 BAL 3 3 1 2 0 8.49 11.7 17 11 11 5 6 2 Fernando Romero 30947 MIN 11 11 3 3 0 4.69 55.7 60 31 29 19 45 6 Connor Sadzeck 30550 TEX 13 2 0 0 0 0.96 9.3 6 2 1 11 7 0 Dennis Santana 31329 LAN 1 0 1 0 0 12.27 3.7 6 5 5 1 4 0 Jaime Schultz 30557 TBA 22 1 2 2 0 5.64 30.3 18 19 19 17 35 6 Justin Shafer 31931 TOR 6 0 0 0 0 3.24 8.3 6 4 3 7 2 1 Justus Sheffield 31039 NYA 3 0 0 0 0 10.13 2.7 4 3 3 3 0 1 Drew Smith 31524 NYN 27 0 1 1 0 3.54 28.0 34 11 11 6 18 2 Murphy Smith 31029 TOR 3 0 0 0 0 8.10 3.3 5 3 3 1 0 0 D.J. Snelten 31257 SFN 4 0 0 0 0 10.38 4.3 9 6 5 3 4 2 Chad Sobotka 32071 ATL 14 0 1 0 0 1.88 14.3 5 3 3 9 21 2 Mike Soroka 31492 ATL 5 5 2 1 0 3.51 25.7 30 14 10 7 21 1 Jeffrey Springs 32072 TEX 18 2 1 1 0 3.38 32.0 32 14 12 14 31 4 Kohl Stewart 30932 MIN 8 4 2 1 0 3.68 36.7 34 16 15 18 24 1 Robert Stock 32002 SDN 32 0 1 1 0 2.50 39.7 37 13 11 13 38 1 Eric Stout 31161 KCA 3 0 0 0 0 23.14 2.3 7 7 6 2 2 2 Andrew Suarez 31008 SFN 29 29 7 13 0 4.49 160.3 163 85 80 45 130 23 Ranger Suarez 31301 PHI 4 3 1 1 0 5.40 15.0 21 14 9 6 11 3 Wander Suero 32050 WAS 40 0 4 1 0 3.59 47.7 43 20 19 15 47 4 Stephen Tarpley 32078 NYA 10 0 0 0 0 3.00 9.0 6 3 3 6 13 0 Touki Toussaint 31424 ATL 7 5 2 1 0 4.03 29.0 18 13 13 21 32 1 Lou Trivino 31344 OAK 69 1 8 3 4 2.92 74.0 53 24 24 31 82 8 Spencer Turnbull 31390 DET 4 3 0 2 0 6.06 16.3 17 11 11 4 15 1 Duane Underwood 31028 CHN 1 1 0 1 0 2.25 4.0 2 1 1 3 3 1 Framber Valdez 31463 HOU 8 5 4 1 0 2.19 37.0 22 10 9 24 34 3 Andrew Vasquez 31593 MIN 9 0 1 0 0 5.40 5.0 5 4 3 2 7 0 Jerry Vasto 31165 COL 1 0 0 0 0 40.50 .7 3 3 3 1 1 0 Jerry Vasto 31165 KCA 5 0 0 1 0 2.45 3.7 3 2 1 1 3 1 Austin Voth 30120 WAS 4 2 1 1 0 6.57 12.3 12 9 9 6 11 3 Marcus Walden 31112 BOS 8 0 0 0 1 3.68 14.7 14 7 6 3 14 0 Zack Weiss 30612 CIN 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.0 2 4 4 2 0 2 Rowan Wick 31140 SDN 10 0 0 1 0 6.48 8.3 13 6 6 1 7 1 Brad Wieck 31170 SDN 5 0 0 0 0 1.29 7.0 3 1 1 0 10 1 Austen Williams 31788 WAS 10 0 0 1 0 5.59 9.7 10 6 6 6 8 5 Bryse Wilson 31679 ATL 3 1 1 0 0 6.43 7.0 8 5 5 6 6 0 Trey Wingenter 31580 SDN 22 0 0 0 0 3.79 19.0 13 8 8 11 27 3 Kyle Wright 32079 ATL 4 0 0 0 0 4.50 6.0 4 3 3 6 5 2 Ryan Yarbrough 31092 TBA 38 6 16 6 0 3.91 147.3 140 70 64 50 128 18 Daniel Zamora 31598 NYN 16 0 1 0 0 3.00 9.0 6 3 3 3 16 1
1951 Deluxe Past Season with transaction and lineups available now!
1951: The Bums and the Jints Collide, but the Bombers Rule
by Steve Ehresman
Baseball in the 1950s is celebrated as The ERA: a time when three major league teams took the field in New York; when Willie, Mickey, and Duke were just embarking on their journeys to Cooperstown; when a western road trip meant games in Chicago and St. Louis; and when radio announcers brought baseball to life in America’s living rooms. Broadcasters like Vin Scully, Ernie Harwell, Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jack Buck, Harry Cary, Bob Prince, Jack Quinlan, and Russ Hodges, thanks to their distinctive voices and styles, created a generation of fans who cherished the time they spent listening to the play-by-play incantations of their favorite radio uncles during those long-ago summers.
Never was this magic more evident than on October 3, 1951, when Russ Hodges was at the mike to make the most famous home run call of them all: There’s a long drive . . . it’s gonna be . . . I believe. The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!
Hodges’ home run call summarized a season, galvanized a rivalry, and defined a decade.
Not bad for an autumn afternoon.
The Miracle of Coogan’s Bluff is a well-known baseball drama--part fact and part legend--replete with triumph, tragedy, and even a hint of scandal. Did the Giants steal signs? Did a stolen sign alert Bobby Thomson that Ralph Branca was about to deliver a second straight fast ball, this one high and inside?
Did it matter?
As both of the principal actors are deceased, we are left with a fact (The Giants won the 1951 pennant.) and a legend (The Shot Heard ‘Round the World). As a character in the western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance advises, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”
Bobby Thomson (27 2B, 32 HR, 101 RBI, .293) was not the only legend playing for the New York Giants in 1951. Five-time Negro League All-Star Monte Irvin was the big bat in New York’s line-up, as he scored 94 runs, collected 174 hits, swatted 24 home runs, drove in a league-leading 121 runs, swiped 12 bases, and led the Giants with a .312 batting average. Twenty-year-old Willie Mays, a star for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Minneapolis Millers, established himself as a major league regular, compiling 22 doubles, 20 home runs, and 68 RBI in 464 ABs, while playing a stellar centerfield. On the mound, the Giants relied, not on stolen signs, but on a trio of superb pitchers. Sal Maglie “The Barber” Maglie (42 G, 37 GS, 22 CG, 298 IP, 23-6, 2.93), Larry Jansen (39 G, 34 GS, 18 CG, 279 IP, 23-11, 3.03), and Jim Hearn (34 G, 34 GS, 11 CG, 211 IP, 17-9, 3.63) provided stability throughout the season, allowing the Giants to overcome a horrendous 1-11 start and to overtake the Dodgers, despite their trailing Brooklyn by 13 ½ games on August 12.
The star-crossed Dodgers led the National League in runs (855), hits (1511), doubles 249, home runs (184), runs batted in (794), batting average (.275), slugging average (.434), and even stolen bases (89). Their play-off loss is the stuff of Greek tragedy: larger-than-life heroes struggling against inexorable Fate (or Leo Durocher’s elaborate system for stealing signs). In any case, Dem Bums crashed and burned again, one year after they lost the pennant to Philadelphia’s Whiz Kids in the tenth inning on the final day of the season.
Nevertheless, the team identified as The Boys of Summer, thanks to Roger Kahn’s co-opting a line from Dylan Thomas (“I see the boys of summer in their ruin”), was largely intact in 1951. Young stars Duke Snider (29 HR, 101 RBI) and Gil Hodges (40 HR, 103 RBI) led the high -powered Dodger offense, as they would for most of the coming decade. Veterans Pee Wee Reese (94 R, 20 SB) and Jackie Robinson (106 R, 33 2B, 19 HR, 25 SB, .338) anchored the keystone with aplomb. Most of all, National League Most Valuable Player Roy Campanella (99 R, 33 2B, 33 HR, 108 RBI, .325) enjoyed one of the greatest seasons a backstop has ever put in the books. Led by two twenty-game winners, Preacher Roe (34 G, 33 GS, 19 CG, 258 IP, 22-3, 3.03) and Don Newcombe (40 G, 36 GS, 18 CG, 272 IP, a league-leading 164 K, 20-9, 3.28), the Dodgers looked like a team destined for greatness. Unfortunately, the Borough of Brooklyn would have to wait a few more seasons for that greatness to be realized.
The American League, almost eclipsed by the post-season play-off drama taking place in Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds, had much to offer baseball fans in 1951. As usual, the New York Yankees, defending World Series Champions, put a great team on the field. Anchored by The Big Three of Ed Lopat (31 G, 31 GS, 20 CG, 235 IP, 21-9, 2.91), Vic Raschi (35 G, 34 GS, 15 CG, 258 IP, a league-leading 164 K, 21-10, 3.28), and Allie Reynolds (40 G, 26 GS, 16 CG, 221 IP, 17-8, 2 no-hitters, 3.05), The Bronx Bombers withstood a stiff challenge from the Cleveland Indians to capture their fourth pennant in five years. Standing tall at 5’ 7”, Yogi Berra, in his third season as a regular behind the plate, captured the American League Most Valuable Player (92 R, 27 HR, 88 RBI, .294), while handling the Yankees’ veteran pitchers. Breaking into the Yankee line-up was nineteen-year-old Mickey Mantle (11 2B, 5 3B, 13 HR, 65 RBI in 341 AB), heir-apparent to Joe DiMaggio (22 2B, 12 HR, 71 RBI). With Mays, Mantle, and Snider finally ensconced as regulars in 1954, The ERA had its signature trio of Hall of Fame centerfielders: “Willie, Mickey, and the Duke.”
If New York was the epicenter of baseball in 1951, it did not have a monopoly on excellence. From New England to the Midwest, major league stars put up numbers that deserve recognition in any era.
In baseball’s outpost on the Mississippi River, Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals won the batting title, while tearing up the National League (a league-leading 124 R, 205 H, 30 2B, 12 3B, 32 HR, 108 RBI, .355). In Beantown, Warren Spahn (39 G, 36 GS, a league-leading 26 CG, 311 IP, a league-leading 164 K, 22-14, 2.98), Chet Nichols (33 G, 19 GS, 12 CG, a league-leading 2.88), and former Cleveland Buckeye Sam Jethro (29 2B, 10 3B, 18 HR, 35 SB) starred for the Boston Braves. Robin Roberts (44 G, 39 GS, 22 CG, 315 IP, 21-15, 3.03) and Richie Ashburn (a league-leading 221 H, 29 SB, .344) set the pace in Philadelphia, The City of Brotherly Love. Where the Ohio, the Monongahela, and the Allegheny rivers meet, Ralph Kiner crushed a major league-leading 42 home runs, while scoring 124 runs, swatting 31 doubles, driving in 109 runs, drawing a league-leading 137 walks, and batting .309.
On the shores of Lake Erie, where the Cuyahoga River flows, the Cleveland Indians pursued the New York Yankees (98-56) all summer, falling short of the American League pennant by 5 games (93-61). Featuring one of the best starting staffs in the 1950s, The Tribe put a star on the hill almost every night: Bob Feller (33 C, 32 GS, 16 CG, 250 IP, 22-8, 3.49), Mike Garcia (47 G, 30 GS, 15 CG, 254 IP, 20-13, 3.15), Early Wynn (37 G, 34 GS, 21 CG, 274 IP, 20-13, 3.02), and Bob Lemon (42 G, 34 GS, 17 CG, 263 IP, 17-14, 3.52). In addition to Cleveland’s tough pitchers, former Homestead Gray Luke Easter (27 HR, 103 RBI), former Newark Eagle and American League trailblazer Larry Doby (27 2B, 20 HR, .295), and slugging third baseman Al Rosen (30 2B, 24 HR, 102 RBI) provided sock for the Indians in their heavy-weight fight with the Yankees. In Boston, World War II veteran and soon-to-be Korean War fighter pilot, Ted Williams (109 R, 28 2B, 30 HR, 126 RBI, a league-leading 144 BB, .318) continued to make his case as “the greatest hitter who ever lived.” On Chicago’s South Side, former New York Cuban Minnie Minoso electrified the Windy City with 32 doubles, 14 triples, 31 stolen bases, and a .326 batting average. Sharing Shibe Park with the National League Phillies, the Athletics featured slugger Gus Zernial, who blasted 33 home runs to lead the American League and drove in 129 runs to lead all of baseball. The Athletics also celebrated batting champion Ferris Fain (.344), although he was limited to 425 Abs because of a broken bone in his foot. Pitching in obscurity, Ned Garver put together a fine year on the mound (33 G, 30 GS, a league-leading 24 complete games, 20-12, 3.73) for the St. Louis Browns, a team that finished with the worst record in baseball (52-102, 46 games behind the Yankees).
The 1951 Fall Classic proved to be somewhat anti-climactic, as the Yankees captured their third consecutive championship, even though the scrappy Giants extended the Series to six games. For the Yanks, Phil Rizzuto (.320) and Gil McDougald (7 RBI) stood out at the plate, and Ed Lopat was stellar on the mound (18 IP, 10 H, 3 BB, 4 K, 2-0, 0.50). For the Giants, Monte Irvin (.458) and Al Dark (.417) starred in a losing cause. Shut out of the World Series again, the residents of Brooklyn consoled themselves with a familiar refrain: Wait till next year.
In 1951, a new home cost $9,000. A new car was priced at $1,500. Gas was 19 cents a gallon. The average household made $3,700 a year. Unemployment dropped to 3.3%. In theaters, The Day the Earth Stood Still, directed by Robert Wise, debuted in September. I Love Lucy premiered on America’s fastest growing home entertainment medium, television.
In 1951, war loomed on the Korean peninsula. The United States began testing nuclear bombs in Nevada. The first commercial computer, UNIVAC, was dedicated for use at the United States Census Bureau. The American experiment moved forward: a half-step into the glow of Tomorrowland and a half-step into the chill of The Cold War.
Baseball was entering one of its most celebrated decades. New stars gathered backstage, awaiting their turn in the spot light. Old stars took their bows, savoring their final moments on stage. The 1951 season confirmed that baseball is a uniquely American drama that can change lives with one swing of the bat. Just as it did for two proud men on an October afternoon long ago in the Polo Grounds.
In “The Echoing Green” of our collective memory, we can still hear Russ Hodges, struck with incredulity by the probable impossibilities inherent in Our National Pastime:
“I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it. I DO NOT believe it.”
The next time a play on the diamond makes your jaw drop, the next time a play on the diamond takes your breath away, the next time a play on the diamond leaves you shaking your head, remember October 3, 1951, and BELIEVE IT.
The 1951 Deluxe Past Season database contains everything you need to play games using teams and players from the 1951 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 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.
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For this release, all players have been updated with their actual regular season stats (as of the end of play on Friday, September 28, 2018) and the player ratings have been carried over from the mid-season update of the projection 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.
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