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1961 Continental League

This cooperative project was designed to simulate the 'woulda, coulda, shoulda' proposed alternative to Major League Baseball. You can read Keith Avallone's blog about the proposed league here. For our simulation we are using History Maker Baseball and the set released as part of the 2021 holiday sale from Plaay Games.

We will play an 84 game schedule, where each of the eight franchises plays each other 12 times (six home, six road). We are using a DH, thinking that the league would have attempted to make some rules modifications to compete for headlines, and also playing full 9 inning games. Instead of players being assigned to a specific team, each of our players will instead play random series.

We have also opted to forgo tracking a lot of stats. Instead we will only track the stats of the top pitcher and batter from each team to give a glimpse into the MVP and Cy Young races for that season.

Series 1

Buffalo 3 wins, Atlanta 0 wins. Jack Harshman W, 7 IP, 8 K.

Montreal 3 wins, Houston 0 wins. Jim Baxes 5-9, 2 HR, 5 RBI.

Toronto 2 wins, New York 1 win. Jack Urban ND, 7.2 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 3 K.

Denver 3 wins, Dallas 0 wins. Wally Burnette W, CG SHO, 5 H, 6 K.

Series 2

Houston 2 wins, New York 1 win. Del Ennis 4-10, HR, 4 RBI, 5 R.

Atlanta 3 wins, Dallas 0 wins. Willie Stargell 6-13, 2 2B, 4 RBI.

Denver 2 wins, Buffalo 1 win. Whitey Lockman 7-15, 2 2B, 6 RBI, 2 R.

Toronto 2 wins, Montreal 1 win. Bill Harris W CG, 9 H, 2 ER, 7 K.

Series 3

Atlanta 3 wins, Denver 0 wins. Stover McIlwain W, 8 IP, 9 K.

Buffalo 2 wins, Dallas 1 win. Lou Skizas 4-10. 2B, 2 R, RBI.

Houston 2 wins. Toronto 1 win. Denny Lemaster W, 8 IP, 3 ER, 13 K.

New York 2 wins, Montreal 1 win. Jim Baxes 3-8, HR, 4 RBI, 5 BB.

Series 4

Buffalo 2 wins. Montreal 1 win. Whitey Lockman 6-15, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 3 R.

Denver 2 wins, Toronto 1 win. Bobby Avila 5-12, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R.

Series 5

Denver 2 wins, Houston 1. Bobby Avila 4-13, 2B, 2 RBI, R

Atlanta 2 wins, Montreal 1 win. Stover McIlwain W, CG, 5 H, 2 ER, 11 K

New York 2 wins, Buffalo 1 win. Jack Urban W 7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 K

Dallas 2 wins, Toronto 1 win. Lou Skizas 5-14, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, 4 R

Series 6

Buffalo 2 wins, Toronto 1 win. Gus Zernial 4-13, 2B, 3 RBI

New York 2 wins, Atlanta 1 win. Gil McDougald 6-15, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R.

Dallas 3 wins, Houston 0 wins. Lou Skizas 5-14, HR, 4 RBI, 4 R.

Series 7

Montreal 3 wins, Dallas 0 wins. Luis Tiant W, CG, 1 ER, 14 K.

Atlanta 2 wins, Toronto 1 win. Stover McIlwain W, CG SHO, 14 K.

New York 2 wins, Denver 1 win. Jack Urban W, 7 IP, 0 ER, 5 H, 3 K.

Series 8

Dallas 2 wins. Denver 1 win. Lou Skizas 9-13 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R, BB

Series 9

Montreal 3 wins, Toronto 0 wins. Jim Baxes 6-11, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R.

Series 10

Denver 2 wins, Atlanta 1 win. Wally Burnette ND, 8 IP, 2 ER, 8 K.

Series 11

Buffalo 3 wins, Montreal 0 win. Jack Harshman W CG SHO, 4 H, 8 K.

Denver 3 wins, Toronto 0 wins. Wally Burnette W, CG, 6 H, 1 ER, 12 K.

Series 12

Dallas 3 wins, Toronto 0 wins. Lou Skizas 7-13, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 3 R.

Series 13

Series 14

Atlanta 3 wins, Toronto 0 wins. Stover McIlwain W CG SHO, 7 H, 11 K.

New York 3 wins, Denver 0 wins. Jack Urban W, 6 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 1 K.

Montreal 2 wins, Dallas 1 win. Lou Skizas 8-13 2B, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R.

Series 15

New York 2 wins. Toronto 1 win. Jack Urban ND 9 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 7 K.

Series 16

Houston 3 wins. New York 0 wins. Del Ennis 5-13 3B, 3 BB, 2 RBI, 4 R

Series 17

Buffalo 2 wins, Dallas 1 win. Lou Skizas 4-16, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 4 R.

Atlanta 3 wins, Denver 0 wins. Stover McIlwain W CG SHO, 3 H, 12 K.

Series 18

Series 19

Series 20

Series 21

Houston 3 wins, Buffalo 0 wins. Del Ennis 5-15, 2B, RBI.

Series 22

Series 23

Series 24

New York 2 wins, Montreal 1 win. Gil McDougald 8-16, 4 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 6 R

Project Players (Completed Series)

Michael Bratta 10

Rob Gallamore 8

Dave Bingeman 5

Cooper Gilbert 5

James Cast 4

Andy Sexton 3

Steve Heller 2

Steve Gorman 2

Harvey Couch 1

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