I keep my Topps Cubs team sets in binders, one for each decade. I also have a yearly stat sheet that I use as a divider between the years. It makes it really easy to find a particular year when I'm searching for a card. It's also a handy reference page if I'm looking for stats on a particular player.
Here is what a typical page looks like...
Yesterday I was working on the 2012 version. It was a very unpleasant task to type in the 101 losses. Then I started putting in the position players. Soon I realized that there was going to be a space issue. The 24 position players took up quite a bit of room on the sheet. They used a lot of players. Typically, when that many players have stats, its not been a good year.
Below them I was going to need to fit in 30 pitchers. Yes, 30 pitchers. Need any more evidence of a really nasty season? Well, there was no way that I was going to be able to fit in 30 more players on the page. I could do it only if I reduced the font size to something almost unreadable....not a bad idea considering how bad the stats are.
In the interest of readability, I had to put the pitchers on a second page. For the first time in 62 seasons of stat sheets, I've got a front and a back. I hope this bonus page...
... never happens again!
No wonder I'm having a hardtime finding a photo of Alex Hinshaw to use for my custom team set. Just 1/3 of an inning over two appearances. The two images Getty has, he looks rather disgusted.
ReplyDeleteHe should look disgusted....he faced six batters over that 1/3 of an inning and five of the six scored.....hence the 135.00 ERA.
DeleteMore than likely, he won't get any further major-league appearances, to try and work that ERA down to double digits!
ReplyDeleteHaven't had a year this bad since I was a wee tike.
ReplyDeleteI love those divider sheets! I'll have to steal that idea once I get around to re-organizing my team binders...
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