The year is 1939. The likes of players such as Joe Dimaggio, Bob Feller, Ted Williams, Hank Greenberg and Johnny Mize are just starting off their illustrious careers while superstars like Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove and Charlie Gehringer are starting to wind theirs down. It’s the beginning of a new dawn for baseball, where the first big wave of superstars after the War are starting to fade into the distance and new ones are emerging to take their places.
This is where Pappy’s Baseball Union will begin.
This is an ootp7/8 historical-hybrid league brought to you by Mike (K7) and myself that we hope might turn out to be one of the deepest HL’s ever put forth. After months of putting this file together (mostly by Mike; I’m just here for my body), we finally feel confident enough about it (and the many, many, many tests we’ve done) to finally put it into the public arena.
First off, this is probably one of the deepest leagues you may ever come across in the historical field. We spent a lot of time and effort in finding real players from the era and adding them to what the Lahman Database gave us. We found former Major Leaguers, known minor leaguers, college players and many others who are era safe that was nearly enough to fill out the minor leagues with. We then added Negro Leaguers and a few fictional literary guys, for some flavor. And then we added an independent Pacific Coast League complete with real rosters out of “The Early Coast League Statistical Record” that will act as yet another place for free agents to come out of, adding to the league’s overall supply of players.
In all, this universe will start with around 1100 players in the Majors and Minors (that’s around 70 players per organization to start) plus another 200 in the PCL. Seeing as trading has always been a hindrance for historical leagues of the past, we thought this might help alleviate that problem. There are tons of prospects to fill up a team’s minor leagues for that rebuilding project out there, or they can be used to get that big arm or bat you need to down the stretch, whatever your personal tastes are (or your team’s situation, anyway).
Of course, we’ll continue to keep bringing in players from the Lahman Database as the years pass, but we also have two feeder leagues setup that will pump fictional talent through the PCL to keep that league producing a slow, but solid line of excess talent as well. We will also continue to add players if/when we see the opportunity.
There are 16 Major League slots open, 8 NL and 8 AL teams, just like real life. Each league is setup just like baseball was in 1939: 1 division per league. However, a wild card system could be in place if people feel it necessary. Any and all teams are available as of this write up, waiting for you to come in, draft up your team and get this thing underway.
As always, we’re totally open to suggestion (just try and do it when my pants are off). We want this to be a fun league that brings us back to the beginning of the golden age of baseball where people don’t feel stifled by the restrictions brought on by the usual databases. So if you’re looking for a historical-hybrid league with a lot of talent available from the beginning and you want to build your team up from the start, look no further, Pappy’s Baseball Union is here.
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