Directors Baseball Players' Game Thread (1 Viewer)

[James RD]

John Fluhrer - Hit .333 in 6 AB for the 1915 Cubs. Also played 1 game under the name of Wm. G. Morris. Must have been a spy. Wonder if he was related to Der Fuhrer?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Farmer Burns
No relation to Hitler, Farmer (aka "Slab") Burns pitched in just one game for the 1901 Cardinals. It was one inning of relief. Gave up two hits, one walk and one earned run for an ERA of 9.00

 

[James RD]

Bob Way - 5 games for the 1927 White Sox. 3 AB, 3 R, 1 H, 1 RBI.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Way? No Way.
William Lucas Lush
Despite a rumored drinking problem, Lush led the AL in sacrifice hits in 1903 with 34 for the Tigers.

 

[James RD]

Lou Scoffic - 4 games, 7 AB, 2 R, 3 H, 2 RBI for the 1936 Cards. Nicknamed Weaser.
Hmm, Mike, A's/Red Sox playoff series?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Sam Moffett
A 19 game loser for the 1884 Cleveland Blues. 22 games started. 21 games completed. 19 games lost. 3 won.

Hmm, Mike, A's/Red Sox playoff series?

James, I am thrilled the A's have the hot hand right now--with six games still to play against the Mariners (the Red Sox wildcard nemesis). I feel the A's are probably the most solid--top to bottom--AL team in the field right now. That said, I am chomping at the bit for the Red Sox to have a crack at those damn Yankees in the ALCS. Doubt it will all come together the way I want it--mostly because of the Athletics. But a guy can dream.....
If the Red Sox win the wildcard, do you know if they would play the winner of the West (the A's) or the winner of the Central (my guess, the Twins)? I am not sure how that's determined. All I know is the winner of the division from which the wild card team is culled can not play the wild card team in the first round.

 

[James RD]

Mandy Brooks - Hit .270 in 397 AB for the 1925-26 Cubs. 15 HR, 78 RBI. Not bad.
The W.C. team plays the divisional winner with the best record not in their division. If Boston wins the wild card, they will play the A's or Seattle, who both will have better records than the Central winner. If the A's win the division and Seattle the W.C., Seattle will face the Evilyankees.

 

[Mike Frezon]

You don't suppose Dusty Baker and the Cubbies are singing this song today, do you?
I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice
A shadow of a man
A face through a window
Crying in the night
The night goes into
Morning, just another day
Happy people pass my way
Looking in their eyes
I see a memory
I never realized
How happy you made me, oh Mandy
Well you came and you gave without taking
And I sent you away, oh Mandy
And you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today, oh Mandy
Brooks Ulysses Lawrence
Played with the Cardinals and the Reds in the late '50s. A 19-game winner in his All-Star year of 1956.
Thanks for the explanation of the playoff rules. I will be a rabid A's fan if the Red Sox should fall by the wayside at any time.

 

[James RD]

Lynn King - Hit .208 in 207 AB for the Cardinals in 1935-36 and 1939. Later in life starred in a famous Disney animated film.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Lynn King - Hit .208 in 207 AB for the Cardinals in 1935-36 and 1939. Later in life starred in a famous Disney animated film.

Kitty Brashear
At the age of 21, Norman Brashear pitched in three games for the 1899 Louisville Colonels. In 8 IP, he gave up 4 ER for a lifetime ERA of 4.50
In two ABs he had one hit -- a single -- for a lifetime BA of .500

 

[James RD]

Biff Schlitzer - 10-15 as a pitcher for the A's and Red Sox in 1908-09 and the Buffalo Buffeds in 1914.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Biff Schlitzer

GREAT name! Sounds like a really bad local sportscaster who wears loud, plaid sport jackets.
Sam Agnew
A .204 lifetime batting average, Agnew was also a member of the world champion Red Sox of 1918. Because of this he was able to ignore all the nattering nabobs of negativism.

 

[James RD]

Our ages are showing when you post something about good ole Spiro and I understand completely.
Astyanax Douglas - Hit .167 for the Reds in 1921 and '26. DVP nicknamed one of his orifices after this guy.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Astyanax Douglas..... DVP nicknamed one of his orifices after this guy.

James, you're killing me here!
Dupee Shaw
A 31 game loser for the 1886 Washington Nationals. One-time teammate of Connie Mack and Dummy Hoy.

 

[James RD]

Scottie Slayback - Had 8 AB for the 1926 Giants. No success.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Solomon Mobley Carter
Sol, no sunny disposition he. Appeared in two games for the 1931 Athletics. Total 2 1/3 innings. 4 walks, 5 earned runs. 19.29 ERA. No ABs.
The Athletics of '31, managed by Connie Mack, finished 1st in the AL with a 107-45 record. Team included Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, & Mickey Cochrane. And, Lefty Grove -- who was 31 - 4 with a 2.06 ERA.

 

[James RD]

Charlie Gassaway - 5-9, 4.04 ERA for 3 teams from 1944-46. Didn't completely stink, but emitted a foul odor from his astyanax.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Gabriel Stefan Kapler
Inspired by an incredible 10-inning 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles tonight, I give you Gabe Kapler. The Sox tonight were down 5 - 2 in the bottom of the ninth with 2 out when, with a 3-2 count, Todd Walker hit a three run homer. David Ortiz homered in the tenth.
Bring on the postseason!

 

[James RD]

Ken Macha - Manager of the A.L. West Champion Oakland A's!!!

 

[Mike Frezon]

Manny Ramirez
Currently (in the 2003 season), .325, 36HRs, 102 RBI, 96 BB