Original Franchsise Theme league...Full

The Franchises:

Phi (NL) - tomwistar voted yes to draft
NY (NL) - misterg
ST Lou. (NL) - katzenjammer voted yes
Pitt (NL) - sdajr76 voted yes
Chi (NL)- visick- yes to 2 round draft
CIN (NL)
Bos/Mil (NL)
Brooklyn (NL) - Piazza31 yes

NY (AL) - andycummings65
Cle (AL)- drfreeze49 (If last who enters wants Cle I will select another) voted yes
Det (AL) bmilner voted yes to draft
Bos (AL) - fraank123
Phi (AL) - Frank M- yes to 2 round draft (proxy)
Chi (AL)
STL (AL)
WASH (AL)

I was thinking about adding the 1954 season as a cut off to attract a little more attention for last owner...This would allow Aaron to be avail for Braves...yes no maybe?

Sounds good to me - whatever works.

Would the '54 season be for everybody?

Maybe more research on players could be done for those remaining teams to speed up the process.
I'll post a few more CIN (NL) players...

Would the '54 season be for everybody?

Maybe more research on players could be done for those remaining teams to speed up the process.
I'll post a few more CIN (NL) players...

Yes for all..........

These are the 1954 rookies

21 Ryne Duren 1954 Baltimore Orioles
43 Joe Durham 1954 Baltimore Orioles
1 Chico Garcia 1954 Baltimore Orioles
38 Jay Heard 1954 Baltimore Orioles
24 Billy O'Dell 1954 Baltimore Orioles
6 Harry Agganis 1954 Boston Red Sox
23 Tom Brewer 1954 Boston Red Sox
26 Tex Clevenger 1954 Boston Red Sox
24 Tom Herrin 1954 Boston Red Sox
28 Tom Hurd 1954 Boston Red Sox
24 Russ Kemmerer 1954 Boston Red Sox
39 Guy Morton 1954 Boston Red Sox
39 Tom Flanigan 1954 Chicago White Sox
42 Ron Jackson 1954 Chicago White Sox
35 Dick Strahs 1954 Chicago White Sox
33 Vito Valentinetti 1954 Chicago White Sox
12 Don Mossi 1954 Cleveland Indians
20 Ray Narleski 1954 Cleveland Indians
8 Rudy Regalado 1954 Cleveland Indians
38 Jose Santiago 1954 Cleveland Indians
15 Frank Bolling 1954 Detroit Tigers
50 George Bullard 1954 Detroit Tigers
21 Chick King 1954 Detroit Tigers
30 Frank Lary 1954 Detroit Tigers
19 Walt Streuli 1954 Detroit Tigers
49 Lou Berberet 1954 New York Yankees
55 Bob Grim 1954 New York Yankees
27 Woodie Held 1954 New York Yankees
51 Frank Leja 1954 New York Yankees
53 Bill Skowron 1954 New York Yankees
20, 34 Art Ditmar 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
15 Jim Finigan 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
32 Johnny Gray 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
6 Spook Jacobs 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
17 Bill Oster 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
25 Arnie Portocarrero 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
5 Vic Power 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
43 Hal Raether 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
18 Jim Robertson 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
49 Dutch Romberger 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
11 Billy Shantz 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
20 Joe Taylor 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
42 Ozzie Van Brabant 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
40 Lee Wheat 1954 Philadelphia Athletics
28 Roy Dietzel 1954 Washington Senators
25 Harmon Killebrew 1954 Washington Senators 06-23-1954 17
31 Steve Korcheck 1954 Washington Senators 09-06-1954 22
27, 62 Camilo Pascual 1954 Washington Senators 04-15-1954 20
23 Carlos Paula 1954 Washington Senators 09-06-1954 26

38 Bob Darnell 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 08-10-1954 23
43 Don Hoak 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-18-1954 26
29, 27 Tommy Lasorda 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 08-05-1954 26
40 Walt Moryn 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 06-29-1954 28
48 Karl Spooner 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 09-22-1954 23
21 Tim Thompson 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 04-20-1954 30
27, 35 Pete Wojey 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 07-02-1954 34
23 Don Zimmer 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers 07-02-1954 23
27 Jim Brosnan 1954 Chicago Cubs 04-15-1954 24
22 Jim Davis 1954 Chicago Cubs 04-18-1954 29
48 Jim Fanning 1954 Chicago Cubs 09-11-1954 26
12 Chris Kitsos 1954 Chicago Cubs 04-21-1954 26
31 Al Lary 1954 Chicago Cubs 09-06-1954 25
30 Vern Morgan 1954 Chicago Cubs 08-10-1954 26
34 John Pyecha 1954 Chicago Cubs 04-24-1954 22
52 Don Robertson 1954 Chicago Cubs 04-13-1954 23
55 El Tappe 1954 Chicago Cubs 04-24-1954 26
33 Bill Tremel 1954 Chicago Cubs 06-12-1954 24
38 Bob Zick 1954 Chicago Cubs 05-02-1954 27
21 Nino Escalera 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 04-17-1954 24
51 Art Fowler 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 04-17-1954 31
10 Chuck Harmon 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 04-17-1954 29
19 Dick Murphy 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 06-13-1954 22
31 Cliff Ross 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 09-11-1954 26
42 Moe Savransky 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 04-23-1954 25
49 Corky Valentine 1954 Cincinnati Redlegs 04-17-1954 25
5 Hank Aaron 1954 Milwaukee Braves 04-13-1954 20
20 Ray Crone 1954 Milwaukee Braves 04-13-1954 22
15 Charlie Gorin 1954 Milwaukee Braves 05-29-1954 26
7 Billy Queen 1954 Milwaukee Braves 04-13-1954 25
24 Charlie White 1954 Milwaukee Braves 04-18-1954 25
12 Joey Amalfitano 1954 New York Giants 05-02-1954 20
18 Foster Castleman 1954 New York Giants 08-04-1954 23
15 Billy Gardner 1954 New York Giants 04-22-1954 26
41 Harvey Gentry 1954 New York Giants 04-14-1954 27
31 Paul Giel 1954 New York Giants 07-10-1954 21
23 Bob Lennon 1954 New York Giants 09-09-1954 25
34 Ramon Monzant 1954 New York Giants 07-02-1954 21
5 Eric Rodin 1954 New York Giants 09-07-1954 24
17 Ron Samford 1954 New York Giants 04-15-1954 24
27 Bill Taylor 1954 New York Giants 04-14-1954 24
5 Jim Command 1954 Philadelphia Phillies 06-20-1954 25
26 Bob Greenwood 1954 Philadelphia Phillies 04-21-1954 26
12 Stan Jok 1954 Philadelphia Phillies 04-13-1954 27
5 Mickey Micelotta 1954 Philadelphia Phillies 04-20-1954 25
27 Ron Mrozinski 1954 Philadelphia Phillies 06-20-1954 23
44 Paul Penson 1954 Philadelphia Phillies 04-21-1954 22
10 Danny Schell 1954 Philadelphia Phillies 04-13-1954 26
8 Gair Allie 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-13-1954 22
46 Bill Hall 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-18-1954 25
26 Gail Henley 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-13-1954 25
30 Nellie King 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-15-1954 26
14 Jerry Lynch 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-15-1954 23
23 George O'Donnell 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-18-1954 24
18 Laurin Pepper 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 07-04-1954 23
34 Bob Purkey 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-14-1954 24
7 Curt Roberts 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-13-1954 24
3 Bob Skinner 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-13-1954 22
39 Jake Thies 1954 Pittsburgh Pirates 04-24-1954 28
10 Tom Alston 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 04-13-1954 28
39 Ralph Beard 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 06-29-1954 25
28 Tom Burgess 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 04-17-1954 26
28 Joe Cunningham 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 06-30-1954 22
4 Alex Grammas 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 04-13-1954 28
34 Bill Greason 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 05-31-1954 29
45 Gordon Jones 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 08-06-1954 24
31 Brooks Lawrence 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 06-24-1954 29
25 Royce Lint 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 04-13-1954 33
40 Memo Luna 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 04-20-1954 23
20 Wally Moon 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 04-13-1954 24
39 Mel Wright 1954 St. Louis Cardinals 04-17-1954 25

CIN (NL) Hitters:
Bid McPhee
Sam Crawford
Dummy Hoy
Harry Steinfeldt
Miller Huggins
Doc Hoblitzell
Hank Severeid
Ken Williams
Frank McCormick
Ted Kluszewski
Wally Post
Ed Bailey


CIN (NL) Pitchers:
Jesse Tannehill
Noodles Hahn
Orval Overall
Pat Ragan
Rube Benton
Jim Bagby
Roy Sanders
Jesse Haines
Johnny Vander Meer
Ewell Blackwell

* I probably missed a player or 3. If we include up to 1956 for this team, we also get Frank Robinson and Curt Flood. 1959 includes Vada Pinson.

IF you add 1954, I will take that Cleveland team. (they badly needed RP and in 1954 they added Narleski, Mossi, as well as Larry Doby).

The team will still most likely be bottom feeders (Bill Wambganss is there best starting 2b that I see before 1954....Avila is a poor fielder and Lajoe apparently fails to qualify even though the team was named after him for many years).

I may need some historical corrections, as to players though. Is there a good reference that lists which players made their debut with the AL Cleveland team?


also, how will the NEL draft order be done?
are all of the unused franchise players ineligible?

I'm thinking a roster would look something like :
Trosky 1b
wambsganss 2b
Boudreau ss
Rosen 3b
Trouppe C
Averill or Doby CF
Shoeless Joe RF
?Riggs Stephenson LF

SP Paige, Joss, Covaleski, Gregg, Feller
RP Mossi, Narleski, Eells

but will have to research all these guys origins a tad closer.

Baseballreference.com

Shoeless Joe started his career with PHA.