S32 Playoff Picture, Record Breakers

Playoff Picture (if the season ended today)

*In the event of a tie, last season's record was used as a tie-breaker

By Current Record (40 games remaining):

AL North Champ: Milwaukee (77-45)

AL East Champ: Chicago (68-54)

AL South Champ: Nashville (88-34)

AL West Champ: Salem (82-40)

AL Wildcard 1: Anaheim (68-54)

AL Wildcard 2: El Paso (66-56)

NL North Champ: Scranton (76-46)

NL East Champ: San Juan (82-40)

NL South Champ: Texas (77-45)

NL West Champ: Oklahoma City (63-59)

NL Wildcard 1: Houston (73-49)

NL Wildcard 2: Jacksonville (63-59)

AL Matchups:

(4) Chicago vs. (5) Anaheim

Winner faces (1) Nashville

(3) Milwaukee vs. (6) El Paso

Winner faces (2) Salem

NL Matchups:

(4) Oklahoma City vs. (5) Houston

Winner faces (1) San Juan

(3) Scranton vs. (6) Jacksonville

Winner faces (2) Texas

Notes:

-Boston would be out of the playoffs.  They have a streak of 5 straight division titles and 7 consecutive playoff berths.

-The AL North would fail to earn a wild card berth for the 10th consecutive season.

-Milwaukee is on pace to win 102 games, but would not earn a first round bye.  Nashville is on pace to win 117, while Salem is on track to win 109.  
-El Paso would make only their 3rd playoff appearance in franchise history...in buffalo_rob's 3rd season.

-Jacksonville would earn their first playoff berth is 6 seasons and Houston would make their first in 7 seasons.

-Seattle would fail to make the playoffs after being the NL's #1 seed during the past 4 seasons.

-San Juan would earn a #1 seed for the first time in franchise history.

-Playoff owners blapo21, buffalo_rob, horvie78, erichanville, and brentcnb have never won a HBD World Series.

By Exp PCT (Expected Winning Percentage) – determined by run differential:

AL North Champ: Milwaukee (.641)

AL East Champ: Chicago (.509)

AL South Champ: Nashville (.679)

AL West Champ: Salem (.702)

AL Wildcard 1: Anaheim (.570)

AL Wildcard 2: El Paso (.516)

NL North Champ: Scranton (.621)

NL East Champ: San Juan (.687)

NL South Champ: Texas (.631)

NL West Champ: Seattle (.518)

NL Wildcard 1: Houston (.578)

NL Wildcard 2: Jacksonville (.528)

AL Matchups:

(4) Chicago vs. (5) Anaheim

Winner faces (1) Salem

(3) Milwaukee vs. (6) El Paso

Winner faces (2) Nashville

NL Matchups:

(4) Seattle vs. (5) Houston

Winner faces (1) San Juan

(3) Scranton vs. (6) Jacksonville

Winner faces (2) Texas

Notes:

-The AL first round matchups would be the same.  Salem would earn the #1 seed, while Nashville would drop to #2.  AL playoff teams El Paso and Chicago are over-achieving according to expected winning percentage.  Kansas City would only be a game away from a wild card berth.

-In the NL, Seattle would win the West instead of Oklahoma City, who would be out of the playoffs.  The bye and wild card teams would be the same.  Jackson would be in contention for a wild card spot. 


League Leaders:

Listed below are the Pine Tar Season 32 league leaders in various statistical catagories, their projected total after the remaining 40 games, and the Pine Tar all-time record holders for those categories.  Players who are on-track to tie or break a record have been noted with bold font.

Category		League Leader - S32 Total		Projected Total		Pine Tar Record Holder - Total
Batting Average		Jo-jo Frandsen (PHI) - .342		.342		Randy Podsednik - .398
Homeruns		Tony Caballero (SJU) - 46		61		Jim Blair - 69
Runs Batted In		Wendall Werth (NAS) - 122		162		Bob Wood - 203
Stolen Bases		Frank Starling (CHI) - 60		80		Brandon Kline - 166
Runs Scored		Bartolo Ortiz (SJU) - 110		146		Ronald Clyburn - 169
OPS %		Rickie Halama (SJU) - 1.098		1.098		Frank Martin - 1.240
Pitching Wins		W.Sizemore, B.Conroy - 16		21		R.Meyers, R.Randall - 25
Earned Run Avr		Omar Mercedes (IA) - 1.86		1.86		John Rucker - 1.79
WHIP		Yoshinori Zhou (LAA) - 0.94		0.94		Tim Daubach - 0.87
OAV		Omar Mercedes (IA) - .196		.196		Tim Daubach - .177
Saves		Alex James (NAS) - 43		57		3 Tied - 54
Pitching Strikeouts		Lonny Gonzalez (SAL) - 175		232		Warren Hargrave - 273
Complete Games		Wilt Sizemore (HOU) - 7		9		D.Shipley, W.Sizemore - 15
IF Plus Plays		Alex Ordonez (CSP) - 23		31		Travis Fiore - 40
OF Plus Plays		J.D. Sele (ELP) - 19		25		Hank Truman - 37
OF Assists		E.Mendez, N.Charles - 9		12		Ariel Villano - 27
Caught Stealing % Catcher ERA		Rodrigo Vizcaino (JAC) - .48 Miguel Alberro (HOU) - 3.02		.48 3.02		Justin Carson - .612 Nolan McClellan - 2.34

S32 All-Star Blog

Pine Tar's Season 32 All-Star game took place this past week with the American League trouncing the National League by the score of 9-2.  Milwaukee's Buddy Berry was named the Most-Valuable Player, as his 3-run homer in the 6th inning gave the AL an insurmountable lead.  Aurelio Osuna (Salem) was the winning pitcher, while Roberto Lopez (San Juan) suffered the defeat.  Homeruns were hit by Berry, Roger Byrne (Chicago), Cristobal Izquierdo (Salem), Brian Woolf (Salem), and the NL's Eddie Tomlin (Colorado Springs).  Salem's Izquierdo had an outstanding game, going 3 for 3 with a homer, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs scored.  

Teams with the most All-Star selections:

Salem Volcanoes (jkenned) - 8
San Juan Dw'Arfy Mojados (jibe) - 6
Scranton Red Barons (reggie988) - 5
Nashville Merchants (blapo21) - 4
Milwaukee Magnitude (horvie78) - 4
Seattle Strikers (ghutton9) - 3
St. Louis Arch Angels (Flucie) - 3

Teams with zero All-Star selections:

New York Damage Controllers
Dover Dinklebergs
Durham Doormats
Tampa Bay Thunder
Omaha Oracles
Wichita Tornadoes
Cincinnati Firestorm
Louisville ARF ARF ARF ARF's

All-Stars by Division
AL West - 13
NL North - 9
NL East - 9
NL West - 8
AL North - 6
AL South - 6
AL East - 5
NL South - 4

*Links are posted - click on an individual player's name to open their HBD profile

First Time All-Stars – American League

P - Julio Valdivia (Magnitude)
P - Ross Merritt (Yardbirds)
P - Rymer Tavarez (Volcanoes)
P - Jaime Snow (Arch Angels)
P - Gerry Redding (Pilgrims)
P - Jed Carter (Magnitude)
C - Junior Shigetoshi (Thugs)
1B - Brian Woolf (Volcanoes)
1B - Valerio Martinez (Arch Angels)
2B - Abraham Logan (Merchants)
2B - Phillip Bruske (Yardbirds)
CF - Sidney Zagone (Merchants)
CF - Fernando Espinosa (Renegades)
RF - Michael Chong (Magnitude)

First Time All-Stars – National League

P - Milt Leary (Prairie Dogs)
P - Kelvim Redmond (Highlanders)
P - Raul Urbina (Juice)
P - Randall Hundley (Red Barons)
C - Eddie Tomlin (Sky Sox)
SS - Ernest Bailey (Juice)
SS - Hank Herndon (Galveston Wave)
RF - Eli Duran (Dw'Arfy Mojados)

All-Stars Making Their 5th Appearance or Greater
P - Sticky Farquhar (Strikers) - 9
1B - Gus Justice (Strikers) - 6
3B - Keith Williamson (Galveston Wave) - 6
LF - Tony Caballero (Dw'Arfy Mojados) - 6
RF - Carlos Zorrilla (Prairie Dogs) - 6
P - Hades Phillips (Arfydillos) - 5
3B - Buddy Berry (Magnitude) - 5
P - Geronimo Estrada (Dw'Arfy Mojados) - 5
P - Wilt Sizemore (Roughnecks) - 5
2B - Terry Holmes (Komodo Dragons) - 5
LF - Vicente Palmiero (Komodo Dragons) - 5

A statistical minute

PINETAR FRANCHISE HISTORY

I took each team and examined how many seasons they finished in each place.

TEAMS THAT ARE LISTED IN ALL CAPS MEANS THAT THE CURRENT COACH HAS MORE SEASONS AT THAT FRANCHISE, THAN ANY OTHER COACH IN THAT FRANCHISE

Team                                    FIRST     SECOND         THIRD          FOURTH     WS App    WS title
NL NORTH
Scranton Red Barons               8              4                       6                       13                3                1
IOWA CITY HAW.               7               6                      9                         9                2                 1
New York Highlanders           15              8                      6                       2                  5                 2
Wichita Tornados                    1              13                    10                      7                  2                 2

NL EAST
San Juan Dw'Arfy Mojados      3             3                       6                     19                 0                 0
JACKSONVILLE                    18            2                       7                       4                 4                  1
CINCINNATI FIRE                  5            10                    8                        8                 0                 0
PHILADELPHIA MONE.        5            15                    8                        3                  0                0

NL SOUTH
Texas Galveston Wave             7              8                   5                       11                   0               0
Houston Roughnecks              12             6                   8                         5                    5               2
JACKSON JUGGERNA.       7              4                  11                        9                   2                2
LOUISVILLE ARF ARF.       5             13                  7                         6                    0               0

NL WEST
SEATTLE STRIKERS         16               6                   7                        2                     2              2
OKLAHOMA CITY PR.       1               6                 11                       13                    0              0
ALBUQUERQUE KOM.       4              9                   5                        13                   2              1
Colorado Springs Skysox       10            10                  8                        3                     4              2

AL NORTH
Milwaukee Magnitude              3             6                 19                        3                     0               0
Kansas City Yardbirds             9             8                   3                       11                    4               3
Dover Dinglebergs                  16            4                    1                       10                    2               0
NEW YORK DAMAG.          3           13                    8                        7                     2              1

AL EAST
Chicago Thugs                         8            8                     6                        9                     3              2
ROCHESTER RENEGA.       8             6                    9                        8                      1             0
BOSTON PILGRIMS            8             4                   10                       9                      1             1
DURHAM DOORMATS       7            13                    6                       5                      2             0

AL SOUTH
Nashville Merchants              13              2                    3                     13                       4            2
ElPaso Arfydilos                     0               7                  11                    13                       0            0
TAMPA BAY THUND..      12             10                    4                      5                      5            2
Huntington Drunkin .......         6                9                  13                     3                       0           0

AL WEST
SALEM VOLCANOES      12                9                    4                     6                        4           3
Anaheim Skywalkers              9                8                    6                     8                        2           0
ST. LOUIS ARCH ANG.      7                5                    7                    12                       1           1
Omaha Oracles                      3                 9                   14                    5                        0          0