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