CRL Standings Archive

Some notes on the final standings below:

In many of the earlier years, the stats are what came out of my (old) dot-matrix printer. Many times (especially in the early years) you will see writing, X-outs, lines through players or teams, etc. This was simply my way of preparing for the draft – I was using the prior season’s final stats as a tool. I hadn’t thought about the sanctity of archival records at that time. Besides, who would have thought we’d still be doing this 20 years later?

Some notes on a few individual years:

For the first year, 1990, I was not in the league, so I’ve only got the first page of the final stats (from Heath Research, who Ken used at the time – ever since, we’ve used All-Star Stats). For all other years, I’ve got the full final standings.

In 1992, it looks like Steve Farabee won the league. Actually, he did not. Although he is listed first by the stat service, he finished tied with the Spencer/Cordova/Burchfield triumvirate and was bested in categories 5-4 (we only had four pitching categories then), so Steve F. took second and the whatever-their-name-was (changed on an annual basis in those early years) took home their third consecutive crown in the beginnings of CRListory. (I still have one of the %^&$ing hats they wore to the draft in 1993 – the ones that were embroidered “CRL Champs 90-91-92” – that was left in my room at the Luxor where we had the draft that year.)

1994 looks like it’s not the final stats, but it is. That was the year of the strike that wiped out the end of the season and the World Series.

Looking at the old stats is very interesting – you can go back and see who you had in those early years and wonder to yourself, “What the hell was I thinking.”