Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

kenhutchings wrote:

Rjnewman wrote: Put Dimaggio on Cleveland and see how history would place him.

Interesting what if, to say the least. Larry Doby, of course, was the Indians center fielder for part of Joe D.'s career. Indians won the AL pennant and the World Series in 1948, so the Cleveland team (which edged the Boston Red Sox by just 1 game) would have been that much more potent. The Indians finished six games behind the Yankees in 1950; having DiMaggio on the Indians would likely have resulted in a few more wins for them along with a few more losses for the Yankees, so they might have been able to win the pennant that year, also.

Although playing on the Yankees helped, I would like to think that it was his 56 game hitting streak that cemented his legacy. Along with Marilyn Monroe, of course...

Rjnewman wrote:25. Kenhutchings - Johnny Kling 1906
26. Doug Tucker - Forbes Field 1909
27. Musial6 - Donie Bush 1909
28. Krazykat - Bobby Wallace 1902
29. gfdwarf - Dutch Leonard 1915 (proxy)
30. ehlekev - Buck Freeman 1902
31. risden - Cap Anson 1894
32. allstarinc - Ray Chapman 1920
33. Lmbombers - Elmer Flick 1906
34. gordiehowe - Hans Lobert 1911
35. Rick Smith - John McGraw 1900
36. rjnewman - Frank Baker 1911
37. rjnewman - Frank Chance 1906

38. Rick Smith - Art Fletcher 1911
39. Gordie Howe -
40. LM Bombers -
41. AllStarInc. -
42. Risden -
43. Ehlekev -
44. Gfdwarf -
45. Krazy Kat -
46. Musial6 -
47. Doug Tucker -
48. Ken Hutchings -

49. Ken Hutchings -


If you guys will leave me Tinker I will have Tinker to Evers to Chance.....

39. Gordie Howe - Ray Schalk 1919

kenhutchings wrote:

39. Gordie Howe - Ray Schalk 1919

Earlier today I posted from a website called What the Hall, which is about the Baseball Hall of Fame, specifically about why some of the players were voted in and notable players who haven't yet been selected. Anyway, there was a story regarding Ty Cobb, and that he was so despised by other ballplayers that only two former major leaguers attended his funeral, Schalk being one of them, Mickey Cochrane being the other.

http://what-the-hall.info/index.shtml?records