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The New York Giants were one of the "Original 16" OOSL franchises. Owner/General Manager/Field Manager Dirk Knemeyer has guided the club since its inception.| The OOSL New York Giants Page |
A quick synopsis: The Ohio Old-Time Strat-O-Matic League (OOSL) brings baseball players from 1876 to the present together to compete against each other in two Leagues. The most sophisticated baseball computer simulation is used to magickly bring all of it to glorious life. Owners can trade players, devise lineups, create rotations, and generally do everything that Owners, General Managers and Field Managers do in real life -- but without spending millions of dollars. Click on the above text-link to the OOSL Web Site to find out more about the League.The New York Giants were one of the "Original 16" OOSL franchises. Owner/General Manager/Field Manager Dirk Knemeyer has guided the club since its inception.
The Giants have been perhaps the most successful franchise in OOSL history to date. Winners of both the first World's Series in 1994 and the second World's Series in 1995, the Giants have won the National League East Division title every year. However, two years removed from a World's Series title, this is a hungry and motivated group.
It all began in 1994 with the original draft. Jimmie Foxx was the first pick in team history and quickly made good on his selection, winning the 1994 National League Player of the Year award while leading the team to the World's Championship.
However, Foxx was only the tip-of-the-iceberg. Also selected were Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, and Ed Walsh. These three original Giants remain with the team even today. Other stars picked up in the original draft include Nap Lajoie, Nolan Ryan, Dazzy Vance, Rickey Henderson, Roger Clemens, Addie Joss, George Brett, Eddie Cicotte, Barry Bonds, Roy Campanella, Yogi Berra, Goose Gossage, and Wee Willie Keeler. Needless to say, many of these fellows helped in the construction of the current team, to whom you will be introduced later.
After the draft some important trades were made which have solidified the club. The most significant of those was the acquisition of Christy Mathewson. Since donning the Giant uniform in 1994 he has never taken it off, essentially serving as an original member of the team.
The 1994 Giants were perhaps the most successful team ever in OOSL history. Winning exactly 100 games in a competitive 8 team National League, the Giants cruised through the post-season, going 9-3 against fine teams from Cincinnati and Detroit. In fact, it was only three years later, in 1997, that any other team (including other Giants teams) were able to reach the 100 win plateau. Notably, two rounds of expansion had happened and the talent pool across the OOSL was much diluted. The 1994 squad was special.
In 1995, the Giants narrowly beat a surprising Pittsburgh Pirate team for the National League East (winning 91 games to 88 for the Bucs) before beating Cincinnati again in the National League Championship Series and struggling past a determined Philadelphia A's club in the World's Series. While this is one of only two Giants World's Series Champions, it is probably the weakest team on paper for this proud franchise.
The 1996 season was a very important turning point in the history of the franchise: it saw the cementing of the current foundation which hopes to bring the glory back to New York. Rookies Oscar Charleston and Biz Mackey were acquired for a broad package which included Jimmie Foxx and Barry Bonds; meanwhile, Carl Hubbell was solidified as a permanent resident of the Polo Grounds. While the nucleus was taking form the results were less-than-expected: the Giants won the NL East by a comfortable margin before losing the National League Championship Series in a fierce seven game epic.
Before the 1997 campaign began, management pulled off a spectacular deal, sending a huge package including Three Finger Brown, Lefty Gomez, Jimmie Foxx (who was re-acquired that off-season and did not play a game for the club), and others for the incomparable Babe Ruth. A Charleston-Ruth-Cobb outfield is right out of an All-Time Best Team and the happy reality in New York ever since that trade.
As for the season itself, the Giants won an OOSL record 110 games, beating the hard luck Cincinnati club (who had just moved to the NL East) by ten games. After dismissing the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Championship Series, the Giants met the Chicago White Sox, 1996 OOSL World's Series Champions, in the final series. This dream series between the only World's Series Championship teams in OOSL history turned out to be a New York nightmare as the Giants exited meekly in seven games.
1998 saw success return to New York at the highest level as the Giants won their third World's Series title. Arguably the greatest team in OOSL history, the Giants won a breathtaking 118 games during the Regular Season before winning three post-season series, including a 5-4 classic World's Series against the Boston Red Sox. The club featured a lineup that was lethal from top-to-bottom, including tradition Giants such as Wagner, Charleston, Mackey, Johnson, Mathewson, Hubbell, and Walsh, augmented by other superstars like Rogers Hornsby, Turkey Stearnes, Buck Leonard, and Mel Ott. This was a special club.
The 1999 team will bring an entirely different look to the Polo Grounds. The club was unable to retain a large number of their star players and, while still a solid team, will not enjoy the dominance that previous units have. The re-addition of Babe Ruth should help to ease the transition. However, the players in this outfit love a challenge and consider themselves the favorites to win the World's Series again - until someone else proves they can knock off the reigning champs.
Owner:.....................Dirk Knemeyer
General Manager:...........Dirk Knemeyer
Field Manager:.............Dirk Knemeyer
1st Base Coach:............Jim Leyland
3rd Base Coach:............Jim Mutrie
Bullpen Coach:.............Charles Victory Faust
Hitting Instructor:........Bucky Weaver
Bench Coach:...............Sol White
Head Groundskeeper:........David Carradine
Color Man:.................Silver King Murnane
PBP Man:...................Hugh Fullerton
Official Scorer:...........Albert Goodwill Spalding
Doctor:....................Moonlight Graham
Trainer:...................David Carradine
1998 New York (NL) Giants
CODES YEAR TEAM BAL AB DO TR HR BAVG BB K'S RBI OB% SL%
Ted Williams 1 0 1939 BOA E 600 41 6 32 .345 130 59 135 .462 .593
Rogers Hornsby 2 0 1915 SLN E 600 37 9 30 .339 83 71 112 .419 .581
Mel Ott 4 0 1926 NYN E 600 28 4 29 .293 114 78 114 .406 .498
Honus Wagner 5 0 1897 PIN E 600 44 10 8 .329 62 79 109 .392 .476
Reggie Smith 6 0 1966 BOA E 544 30 7 20 .299 65 65 89 .374 .490
Reggie Jackson 7 0 1967 KCA E 600 28 5 24 .266 80 133 103 .352 .449
Jim O'Rourke 9 0 1876 NYN E 600 37 7 5 .316 51 76 82 .370 .426
Gil Hodges 10 0 1943 BRN E 600 26 5 20 .276 76 93 105 .357 .436
Frankie Frisch 11 0 1919 SLN 1R 600 28 7 8 .294 56 27 78 .354 .404
Maury Wills 12 0 1959 LAN E 448 11 6 1 .291 33 31 28 .340 .349
Jimmy Archer 13 0 1904 CHN 1L 384 18 3 3 .258 20 51 51 .295 .344
Harry Hooper 14 0 1909 BOA E 544 25 7 6 .276 70 70 54 .359 .381
Roy Thomas 15 0 1899 PHN E 416 10 3 1 .295 93 52 27 .424 .341
Oscar Charleston 16 0 1997 ABC E 600 35 11 29 .330 90 66 120 .417 .570
Biz Mackey 17 0 1997 SAG E 600 27 8 13 .291 52 64 90 .348 .428
Alejandro Oms 18 0 1997 CUB E 448 25 6 12 .290 50 37 58 .361 .453
Paul Hines 3 7 1876 PRN 1L 512 33 5 6 .309 43 34 64 .363 .428
Buck Leonard 24 13 1997 BRG E 544 29 8 24 .301 90 89 102 .401 .517
Luke Sewell 30 16 1921 CLA E 600 25 5 3 .240 49 49 68 .297 .313
LEFT% POWER BAT STEAL BUNT H&R RUN SUPPLEMENT-STEAL SB CS
Williams 37 N/N L C D C 13 * 33% 8% (15-8) 4 3
Hornsby 33 N/N R B C C 15 * 33% 0% (17-12) 12 7
Ott 34 N/N L B C C 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 11 11
Wagner 32 N/N R A A B 17 * 36% 0% (18-13) 24 7
Smith 35 N/N S B D C 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 12 8
Jackson 32 N/N L B D D 15 * 33% 0% (17-12) 17 8
O'Rourke 32 N/N R B C B 17 * 33% 0% (17-12) 9 3
Hodges 31 N/N R B C D 13 * 33% 0% (17-12) 11 13
Frisch 28 N/N S AA A B 17 * 39% 0% (19-15) 41 30
Wills 33 W/N S AAA A B 17 * 56% 0% (20-16) 58 20
Archer 36 N/W R C C B 10 33% 8% (15-8) 3 1
Hooper 30 N/N L B C B 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 17 6
Thomas 31 W/N L B C B 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 11 3
Charleston 33 N/N L A A B 17 * 36% 0% (18-13) 24 5
Mackey 33 N/N S C A C 10 33% 8% (15-8) 6 5
Oms 33 N/N L A A B 17 * 36% 0% (18-13) 23 8
Hines 37 N/N R B C B 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 8 3
Leonard 33 N/N L B B C 14 * 33% 0% (17-12) 8 7
Sewell 29 N/W R B B B 11 * 33% 0% (17-12) 11 7
Catcher 1b 2b 3b ss lf cf rf ARM ClAv DP
Williams 3e8 4e8 3e8 +0 .345 37
Hornsby 3e12 2e22 4e27 3e44 4e8 4e8 4e8 +3 .306 40
Ott 3e22 2e5 2e5 2e5 -2 .288 39
Wagner 3e14 2e22 1e27 3e5 2e5 2e5 +5 .370 40
Smith 3e26 4e28 4e25 1e9 2e9 2e9 -4 .294 39
Jackson 3e12 3e12 4e12 -3 .266 34
O'Rourke 4e9 -1t15p14 4e7 4e7 4e7 -3 .336 40
Hodges 4e9 +5t10p4 1e10 4e29 3e9 4e9 4e9 +0 .301 40
Frisch 1e18 2e16 2e35 .294 40
Wills 4e20 3e21 2e29 .216 40
Archer 1e8 -4t14p5 4e20 .297 40
Hooper 1e6 1e6 1e6 -3 .243 40
Thomas 4e5 4e5 4e5 -2 .216 40
Charleston 2e12 1e5 1e5 1e5 -1 .330 40
Mackey 1e2 -4t4p1 4e35 4e40 .291 40
Oms 1e8 1e8 1e8 -1 .271 40
Hines 4e14 4e9 4e9 4e9 +1 .299 40
Leonard 1e12 3e11 4e11 4e11 +0 .305 40
Sewell 1e5 -2t8p3 4e12 4e20 4e23 4e13 4e13 4e13 +5 .267 40
CODES YEAR TEAM THROWS START RELIEF CLOSER BATS
Walter Johnson 19 0 1907 WAA R 8 4 0 #4NR
Ed Walsh 20 0 1904 CHA R 8 4 1 #3WR
Christy Mathewson 21 0 1900 NYN R 8 4 0 #3NR
Carl Hubbell 22 0 1928 NYN L 8 4 0 #3WR
Orel Hershiser 23 0 1983 LAN R 7 4 N #3WR
Sal Maglie 25 0 1945 NYN R 7 4 6 #1NR
Art Nehf 26 0 1915 NYN L 7 4 0 #3NL
Johnny Antonelli 27 0 1948 NYN L 6 4 0 #6NL
Al Hrabosky 28 0 1970 SLN L 1 2 #2WR
Amos Rusie 29 0 1889 NYN R 9 4 0 #4NR
Rube Foster 8 12 1997 CUG R 9 4 N #2WR
LEFT% BAL WON LOST ERA IP HITS WALKS K'S HR GS SV
Johnson 32 E 17 12 2.44 244 199 57 180 11 27 3
Walsh 35 E 18 12 2.44 286 238 66 178 16 30 10
Mathewson 39 E 16 8 2.72 207 187 41 128 12 24 3
Hubbell 20 1L 13 8 2.84 180 167 39 116 9 22 3
Hershiser 36 E 13 9 3.06 191 178 55 92 9 28 0
Maglie 33 1R 7 4 2.97 107 100 32 54 5 14 1
Nehf 27 1L 10 7 3.34 149 143 41 68 9 18 2
Antonelli 26 1L 9 8 3.11 139 132 44 77 7 19 1
Hrabosky 22 1L 6 4 3.11 73 63 30 46 4 0 7
Rusie 41 1R 8 6 2.82 129 111 58 110 6 15 1
Foster 33 E 11 6 3.06 152 145 41 76 9 16 0
*-RATING HOLD BALK WILD-PITCH DP FIELD STL BNT RUN
Johnson Y +1 0 5 0 2e8 C C 10
Walsh Y +1 2 6 0 2e15 C C 10
Mathewson Y +1 1 5 0 2e8 C C 10
Hubbell N -2 0 3 0 2e10 E C 10
Hershiser N +1 3 7 0 2e31 C C 10
Maglie N +1 2 2 0 2e8 E C 10
Nehf N -2 0 3 0 2e8 C C 10
Antonelli N -2 0 3 0 2e16 E C 10
Hrabosky N -2 1 10 0 2e18 E C 10
Rusie N +2 0 8 0 2e14 C D 10
Foster N +1 1 5 0 2e37 E A 8
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