The 1999 OOSL All-Star Break is here. The 100 game mark has been reached, pennant races are in full swing, players are assaulting the record books, a season of trades are behind us -- and the Home Stretch is in front of us. But not before a short respite from the seriousness of the flag chase. The best of the best will compete in an OOSL tradition, the All-Star Series and Home Run Derby.
The All-Star Series is an innovation of the OOSL. Rather than have a mid-season game and give the stars an at-bat or two to shine, we block out 15 days in the schedule during the month of July and have a full blown, best-of-seven game All-Star Series.
The American League will host this year's series (Games 1, 2, 6, 7) and has chosen Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox, as the park to play in. The National League, which will host the Home Run Derby, has selected Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, to call the home field. It should be a great series in that great OOSL city of Chicago! Can the pitchers of both Leagues regain control after last year's double-digit slugfests? Or will this year's sluggers retain mastery over the best hurlers of both Leagues? Can the Americans make it two in a row?
Although there is no OOSL Rule that mandates every team be represented on the All-Star Rosters, every team is represented on the 1999 American and National All-Star Rosters. All but four teams have at least one player on the All-Star First Team (starter), and six teams have at least two First Teamers. Two teams have three First Teamers. Oddly enough, all of the above statements are equally split between the two Leagues! Even more interesting is that there are other statistical evidences of amazing parity. Let's take a look.
Of course, it isn't all evenly split up between the Leagues so nicely. Examples are: three AL clubs and zero NL clubs have a single Second Teamer, one AL and three NL have two Second Teamers, one AL and two NL have three Second Teamers, zero AL and two NL have four Second Teamers, one AL and zero NL have five Second Teamers, and one AL and zero NL have seven Second Teamers. All in all, the splits are amazingly close. What does it all mean? I'm not sure, but it's one of the many things that make the OOSL fun to be a part of -- a story within a story . . . within a story.
Accompanying the All-Star Series is a unique Home Run Derby contest, with rules created specifically by the OOSL. The Home Run Derby is conducted prior to the fourth game of the series. When picking the All-Star reserves the League Manager must also assign six All-Stars to represent the league in the Home Run Derby. Each batter gets ten outs before his home run hitting attempts are over. Both an individual and a team Home Run Champion are crowned.
1999 OOSL AL All-Star Roster | 1999 OOSL NL All-Star Roster | 1999 OOSL Home Run Derby Champions |
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters (unanimous selections in ALL CAPS):
CA - JOSH GIBSON, Cleveland 1B - LOU GEHRIG, Boston 2B - ROGERS HORNSBY, New York 3B - John Beckwith, Detroit SS - JOE CRONIN, New York OF - TED WILLIAMS, Detroit OF - Joe Jackson, Homestead OF - Mickey Mantle, Baltimore SP - Walter Johnson, Homestead CL - Urban Shocker, Homestead
Name Tm PA AB R H Avg 2B 3B HR RBI SH SB Slug% OB% LStk GS PP XP% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L.Gehrig BOA 417 358 71 134 .374 12 9 32 88 0 11 .726 .456 12 0 3 .73 J.Jackson HMA 426 386 55 144 .373 23 4 7 50 0 15 .508 .420 21 0 9 .88 T.Williams DEA 455 385 78 132 .343 26 6 21 78 0 1 .605 .440 6 0 9 .68 J.Beckwith DEA 439 384 65 124 .323 18 3 23 96 0 6 .565 .396 10 1 5 .47 J.Gibson CLA 443 374 67 113 .302 17 8 28 87 0 3 .615 .406 8 0 2 .82 M.Mantle BAA 447 381 70 113 .297 10 6 18 76 0 13 .496 .389 10 1 8 .91 R.Hornsby NYA 438 381 72 113 .297 18 3 23 63 0 1 .541 .372 15 1 4 .73 J.Cronin NYA 414 368 44 104 .283 25 4 13 47 4 5 .478 .341 16 0 6 .75 ----------------------------------------Reserves-------------------------------------- M.Ott NYA 461 399 76 128 .321 16 1 24 50 0 8 .546 .406 9 0 5 .52 A.Simmons CHA 433 404 59 124 .307 14 1 18 78 0 2 .480 .346 10 1 9 .86 H.Heilmann CHA 428 390 58 119 .305 30 8 12 73 0 2 .515 .355 11 0 9 .89 S.Lollar NYA 381 346 32 105 .303 13 0 14 60 0 1 .462 .367 11 0 2 .85 J.Dimaggio PHA 365 323 46 93 .288 24 5 17 62 0 2 .551 .356 8 0 8 .90 M.Suttles NYA 429 389 72 108 .278 13 4 41 83 0 0 .648 .340 13 1 3 .35 B.Leonard *** 422 373 61 103 .276 16 3 24 67 0 0 .528 .355 9 0 7 .62 W.Berger BOA 399 363 63 95 .262 13 4 26 74 0 1 .534 .316 10 2 7 .72 B.Dahlen CLA 372 343 42 87 .254 18 3 5 33 0 3 .367 .309 9 0 6 .76 H.Richardson BAA 434 396 39 97 .245 30 2 0 53 0 7 .331 .297 10 0 4 .83 Name Tm T W L ERA G GS CG Sho Sv IP OpAvg BB K IRSc% BR/9 RnSup PiAvg X% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ W.Johnson HMA R 14 9 2.83 27 26 6 2 0 193.2 .226 63 169 ----- 10.5 3.88 .182 .67 U.Shocker HMA R 5 7 3.07 57 0 0 0 28 99.2 .227 33 51 .316 10.7 ----- .000 1.00 -----------------------------------------Reserves----------------------------------------------- J.Orosco DEA L 2 2 1.53 32 0 0 0 20 29.1 .212 15 16 .167 11.4 ----- .000 1.00 D.Trout BOA R 8 0 2.11 42 0 0 0 3 68.1 .204 25 41 .353 9.7 ----- .000 .75 T.Glavine CHA L 7 4 2.80 19 18 0 0 0 106.0 .252 38 42 ----- 12.0 4.28 .125 .83 M.Soto PHA R 9 8 2.80 24 21 2 1 0 147.2 .214 61 94 ----- 10.7 3.81 .143 .67 E.Shore CHA R 6 2 2.83 49 2 1 0 2 70.0 .224 21 24 .200 10.0 5.50 .000 ---- J.Petty BOA L 3 3 2.93 39 0 0 0 25 46.0 .276 20 32 .533 13.3 ----- .000 ---- L.Gomez BOA L 8 6 3.01 16 16 2 1 0 110.2 .220 39 93 ----- 10.5 3.69 .139 .75 J.Weimer CHA L 6 2 3.14 59 0 0 0 3 51.2 .223 23 33 .154 11.3 ----- .143 1.00 R.Clemens BOA R 13 5 3.18 22 22 3 2 0 152.2 .229 56 128 ----- 10.8 4.86 .292 1.00 S.Coveleski CHA R 10 2 3.29 27 16 0 0 1 115.0 .260 36 61 .400 11.6 5.06 .133 1.00
AL Reserves:
CA - Sherm Lollar, New York 1B - Mule Suttles, New York 2B - Hardy Richardson, Baltimore 3B - Mel Ott, New York SS - Bill Dahlen, Cleveland OF - Harry Heilmann, Chicago OF - Wally Berger, Boston OF - Joe DiMaggio, Philadelphia OF - Al Simmons, Chicago OF - Buck Leonard, Cleveland/Chicago PI - Roger Clemens, Boston PI - Lefty Gomez, Boston PI - Stan Coveleski, Chicago PI - Dizzy Trout, Boston PI - Jesse Petty, Boston PI - Jake Weimer, Chicago PI - Ernie Shore, Chicago PI - Mario Soto, Philadelphia PI - Jesse Orosco, Detroit PI - Tom Glavine, Chicago
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Starters (unanimous selections in ALL CAPS):
CA - GABBY HARTNETT, Cincinnati 1B - Johnny Mize, Chicago 2B - BILL MONROE, Boston 3B - ROD CAREW, Saint Louis SS - Dick Lundy, Saint Louis OF - BABE RUTH, New York OF - Chuck Klein, Kansas City OF - Ty Cobb, New York SP - CHRISTY MATHEWSON, New York CL - George McQuillan, Chicago
Name Tm PA AB R H Avg 2B 3B HR RBI SH SB Slug% OB% LStk GS PP XP% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R.Carew SLN 412 375 59 128 .341 22 12 3 37 4 14 .488 .387 11 0 5 .58 T.Cobb NYN 455 417 66 141 .338 20 5 5 47 0 30 .446 .387 11 0 7 .68 B.Monroe BON 440 408 61 134 .328 24 11 4 35 0 15 .471 .375 14 0 4 .85 C.Klein KCN 422 391 53 127 .325 19 3 19 77 0 15 .535 .367 17 1 7 .32 G.Hartnett CIN 368 330 32 103 .312 17 6 13 47 0 2 .518 .375 7 0 2 .86 J.Mize CHN 410 380 53 115 .303 19 6 19 82 0 1 .534 .346 10 0 3 .55 B.Ruth NYN 431 354 73 99 .280 19 3 30 77 0 12 .605 .402 8 0 9 .57 D.Lundy SLN 410 372 46 103 .277 7 3 13 39 4 5 .417 .330 13 0 6 .80 ----------------------------------------Reserves-------------------------------------- C.Anson NYN 423 378 63 119 .315 29 5 3 48 1 3 .442 .379 21 0 3 .71 Y.Berra SLN 329 297 33 90 .303 9 2 12 52 0 0 .468 .359 20 1 2 .74 C.Gehringer CIN 438 392 56 116 .296 21 2 5 48 16 13 .398 .344 9 0 4 .80 O.Charleston NYN 426 380 55 111 .292 18 6 15 73 0 11 .489 .359 12 1 8 .89 B.Bonds* CHN 361 320 59 93 .291 17 6 16 48 0 12 .531 .366 15 0 9 .74 W.Mays KCN 446 416 66 117 .281 19 6 17 63 0 12 .478 .323 22 0 8 .92 T.Stearnes BRN 421 378 52 104 .275 12 3 18 59 0 13 .466 .342 11 1 7 .77 J.Robinson BRN 420 373 61 102 .273 16 4 7 31 4 26 .394 .344 8 0 5 .69 H.Wagner NYN 420 379 47 96 .253 22 3 3 59 0 23 .351 .314 15 0 6 .91 J.Foxx CIN 446 378 52 95 .251 16 2 21 70 0 9 .471 .359 9 1 3 .62 Name Tm T W L ERA G GS CG Sho Sv IP OpAvg BB K IRSc% BR/9 RnSup PiAvg X% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C.Mathewson NYN R 18 8 3.26 37 35 9 5 0 254.1 .253 63 148 1.000 10.6 5.03 .138 .67 G.McQuillan CHN R 2 1 1.80 39 0 0 0 32 35.0 .217 7 19 .231 9.0 ----- .000 1.00 -----------------------------------------Reserves----------------------------------------------- P.Assenmache CHN L 9 1 1.80 35 0 0 0 1 45.0 .228 18 38 .375 11.2 ----- .000 1.00 D.Righetti SLN L 6 2 1.85 26 6 2 0 2 68.0 .194 18 40 .118 8.6 4.17 .312 1.00 J.Pfiester KCN L 6 3 2.02 36 0 0 0 14 58.0 .229 16 30 .205 10.1 ----- .000 .67 J.Niekro PIN R 1 1 2.27 28 1 0 0 0 43.2 .245 21 18 .455 12.6 5.00 .250 ---- G.Gossage SLN R 7 4 2.41 27 6 2 1 6 71.0 .226 24 46 .429 10.6 4.00 .000 1.00 D.Drysdale PIN R 8 7 3.13 17 17 4 1 0 123.2 .241 36 70 ----- 10.6 3.71 .073 1.00 L.Baldwin CHN L 5 2 3.23 28 0 0 0 1 39.0 .182 12 37 .381 8.5 ----- .000 1.00 C.Hubbell NYN L 15 8 3.29 34 27 3 1 1 196.2 .262 55 126 .333 11.5 5.11 .228 .62 G.Perry CHN R 10 9 3.33 26 26 3 1 0 178.1 .260 46 93 ----- 11.0 4.35 .145 .75 H.Brecheen CIN L 12 7 3.37 27 26 4 1 0 184.1 .254 48 128 ----- 11.1 5.46 .138 .67
NL Reserves:
CA - Yogi Berra, Saint Louis 1B - Jimmie Foxx, Cincinnati 1B - Cap Anson, New York 2B - Charlie Gehringer, Cincinnati 3B - Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn SS - Honus Wagner, New York OF - Oscar Charleston, New York OF - Barry Bonds, Chicago OF - Willie Mays, Kansas City OF - Turkey Stearnes, Brooklyn PI - Carl Hubbell, New York PI - Gaylord Perry, Chicago PI - Harry Brecheen, Cincinnati PI - Paul Assenmacher, Chicago PI - Goose Gossage, Saint Louis PI - Jeff Pfeister, Kansas City PI - Lady Baldwin, Chicago PI - Don Drysdale, Pittsburgh PI - Dave Righetti, Saint Louis PI - Joe Niekro, Pittsburgh
Batting Abreviations: --------------------- Tm=Team, PA=Plate Appearances, AB=At Bats, R=Runs, H=Hits, Avg=Batting Average, 2B=Doubles, 3B=Triples, HR=Home Runs, RBI=Runs Batted In, SB=Stolen Bases, Slug%=Slugging Average, OB%=On Base Average, LStk=Longest Hit Streak, GS=GrandSlams, PP=Primary Position, XP%=X-Fielding Average (Primary Position) Pitching Abreviations: ---------------------- Tm=Team, T=Throws, W=Wins, L=Losses, ERA-Earned Run Average, G=Games, GS=Games Started, CG=Complete Games, Sho=Shutouts, Sv=Saves, IP=Innings Pitched, OpAvg=Opponent Batting Average, BB=Base on Balls Allowed, K=Strike Outs, IRSc%=Inherited Runners Scored Percentage, BR/9-Baserunners per 9 IP, RnSupp=Run Support per Start, PiAvg=Pitcher Batting Average, X%=Fielding Percentage
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