Weird thing I found out today about Big Jeff Pfeffer......there were two Jeff Pfeffer's. The one that played from 1905-1911 and then his younger brother Jeff Pfeffer who pitched from 1911-1924. The weird thing about them...neither of them were named Jeff. The older brother was Francis and the younger brother was named Edward. How odd!


Believe it or don't!

managed five runs in the first inning without a hit thanks to six walks, an error and a fielder's choice!

https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=34405436&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=9.95

I ended up a few plate appearances short at catcher in a theme league (no waiver wire/AAA) so I've occasionally been playing one of my other field players out of position. I started doing it with my worst pitcher, figuring it would be a disaster and I'd end up losing badly, but then this happened...

Bill Lee when pitching to Jose Iglesias as emergency catcher: 3-0, 3.57 ERA; Spaceman pitching to actual catchers: 0-2, 10.32 ERA

Iglesias hasn't been horrible, with two passed balls and an error in those three games, and he even threw out someone trying to steal!

https://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscore.aspx?gid=34400179&pid=1&pbp=0&tf=10

Posted by crazystengel on 5/26/2020 7:14:00 PM (view original):
I'm pretty sure I posted about The Curious Case of the Pfraternal Pfeffers earlier in this thread. One other weird pfact: regular Jeff was bigger than Big Jeff. Two inches taller and thirty pounds heavier, according to b-r.com.

Yeah but we didn't believe you. We believe Taint.

yes we do

After a 6-year hiatus, I signed back up (during quarantine like lots of others)... my first 3 teams to complete their regular seasons had Runs Scored Against as follows:

Tango & Norm Cash - 868 https://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=127548
Return to Mediocrity - 768 https://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=127088
2010-19 Bang the Can Slowly - 668 https://www.whatifsports.com/mlb-l/view.asp?lid=127815

My 4th team gave up over 2,000 runs in a gimmick league, so the pattern died, but still...Believe it or Don't.

Welcome back...

Good to see vets like ARomano and SFord back and playing. Scott has a Top 25 team. Why am I not surprised. He has always been very creative finding new ways to win...

My Carpetbaggers OL team has had to beat a 119 win team, then a 116 win team to reach the finals...

One of the reasons that team is still alive is this guy. I think I got my money's worth??

1988 Johnny Ray

Carpetbaggers

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Position: 2B
Salary: $4,615,303
Bats/Throws: S/R
Season Type: Full
Franchise: California Angels
Role: N/A
Actual Statistics
Regular Season Statistics
Game Log
Salary History
Performance History
Batting - Regular Season

Split Type	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Totals	162	694	107	262	64	9	9	140	29	42	0	0	.378	.402	.535	0.937
VS LHP	99	246	----	82	20	2	3	----	8	18	----	----	.333	.354	.467	0.821
VS RHP	143	448	----	180	44	7	6	----	21	24	----	----	.402	.429	.571	1.000
Home	81	330	48	125	26	7	5	65	13	16	0	0	.379	.403	.545	0.948
Away	81	364	59	137	38	2	4	75	16	26	0	0	.376	.401	.525	0.926

Hey Doc, I just got done using 1987 Johnny Ray in a 90M theme. Almost identical PA and salary to the 1988 version. Mine didn't do quite as well as yours.

1987 Johnny Ray

Prince & Paupers

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Position: 2B
Salary: $4,597,562
Bats/Throws: S/R
Season Type: Combined
Franchise: Pittsburgh Pirates
Role: N/A
Actual Statistics
Regular Season Statistics
Playoff Statistics
Game Log
Salary History
Performance History
Current Season • All Seasons
Batting - Regular Season

Split Type	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Totals	162	621	63	156	22	1	2	74	43	43	0	0	.251	.303	.300	0.603
VS LHP	88	191	----	52	5	1	0	----	11	11	----	----	.272	.312	.309	0.621
VS RHP	144	430	----	104	17	0	2	----	32	32	----	----	.242	.294	.295	0.589
Home	81	299	26	80	7	0	1	27	18	22	0	0	.268	.309	.301	0.610
Away	81	322	37	76	15	1	1	47	25	21	0	0	.236	.297	.298	0.595

Believe It or Don't!

Your results may vary......mine played in the Metrodome, but put up similar numbers on the road. The dude hit .402 vs righties.

Even though their stats and cost are similar, there's a difference or 20RC on their performance history. I'd pick 1988 Everytime based on that alone.

You're right, the RC27 difference is pretty big, 5.48 for '88 Ray vs. 4.25 for '87. In my defense, I only had access to '87 for this theme (Random Captain -- my man Tom Prince wasn't teammates with Ray in '88).

'88, '84 and '82 are all worth using.

With just two games left, Doug Fister started at 88% to give himself one last start and picked up his 20th win. Become the last of my 4 starters to win 20. Idk how difficult it is to do, but its the first time I’ve accomplished this in my history of this game. As the theme for this OL, I only selected SP’s with a salary under $7m. Pretty happy with this bunch!

Pitcher		%	G	W-L	SV	IP	ERA	OAV	WHIP	K/9	BB/9	Salary
Bret Saberhagen '85 (R)		97 (98)	41	20-11	0	279.2	2.83	.238	1.07	5.12	1.42	6.88M
Cliff Lee '10 (L)		92 (93)	38	20-12	0	267.0	3.13	.253	1.05	5.83	0.51	6.81M
Bob Tewksbury '92 (R)		89 (90)	40	26-11	0	271.2	3.78	.273	1.20	3.25	0.86	6.33M
Doug Fister '11 (R)		73 (85)	40	20-10	0	274.2	3.60	.242	1.11	4.75	1.57	6.50M