Welcome to the Wayback Baseball Syndicate!
The Wayback Baseball Syndicate (WBS) is a centralized, limited keeper, Diamond Mind Baseball (v12) simulation league beginning with the 1919 season. Our mission is to recreate an alternative, historical replay of the game of baseball.
If you are interested in joining the WBS, please email waybackbaseball@gmail.com for more information.
The WBS completes 1 full season, including draft and postseason, within a 4 month time span (~120 days).
General weekly sim schedule is MWFSa, with THSu off.
Sim Date: June 4, 1924
Quick Links: Standings ◊ Game Results ◊ Current Injuries
Cumulative Wins Chart: Doubleday League ◊ Knickerbocker League
News Feed
June 3, 1924
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): Bowling Green's Pie Traynor and Middlebury's Goose Goslin both hit for the cycle today. Traynor hit a grand slam and collected 7 RBI's, helping teammate Herb Pennock get his 10th win of the season in a 12-8 victory over Williston. ｢boxscore｣ Goslin's effort helped the Moundsmen edge Alto 8-7; Goslin scored 3 times and drove in 4. ｢boxscore｣
May 29, 1924
Bowling Green, KY (WBSP): The Barons won their 9th straight, and ace Herb Pennock won his 9th of the season (9-1, 2.24), as Bowling Green cruised to a 6-1 victory over the struggling Boston Colonials. Boston has lost 7 of their last 10 games, and have fallen 8.5 games behind the first-place Barons. Pennock threw a complete game; a first-inning tirple by Harry Heilmann followed by a Frankie Frisch double met the Barons' needs. Bibb Falk tacked on a solo shot in the 7th inning. Sloppy Thurston took the loss for Boston, dropping to 3-4 with a 3.06 ERA. Bowling Green has surged to a 36-13 record, best in WBS. It's shaping up to be a "Bluegrass" kind of year as their home state counterpart Blackwater sit atop the Doubleday League. ｢boxscore｣
May 17, 1924
Blackwater, KY (WBSP): Blackwater came from behind to edge Santa Carla 5-4 today, on a walkoff, pinch-hit double by Mike González to score Sam Bohne from first. Babe Ruth hit his 6th home run in 9 games, well ahead of the pack with 16 homers on the season so far. With the win, Blackwater sits a game ahead of Alto, with Santa Carla, New Orleans, and Kinnaird Street not much further behind. ｢boxscore｣
May 10, 1924
Austin, TX (WBSP): Frankie Frisch had a big day at the plate for the Barons, going 4 of 4 with 2 home runs and 2 doubles, en route to a 8-6 victory. Frisch drove in 4 runs and scored 3, and his 2-run shot in the 7th put Bowling Green up for good over the Austin Aces. Dutch Ruether picked up the win, improving to 4-2 with a 2.27 ERA. Tom Sheehan lost, giving up all 8 Baron runs, and fell to 2-2 with a 3.79 ERA. The win marks 5 straight for Bowling Green, and they now sit in first, 2 games ahead of the dangerous Boston Colonials. ｢boxscore｣
April 23, 1924
Boston, MA (WBSP): Pitcher Rip Wheeler flirted with a no-hitter today, allowing only 1 hit and no walks to Topeka; only one other Moosedog reached base on an error. Topeka's lone hit was a single by Homer Summa in the 7th inning. The Colonials also beat up on Dazzy Vance; Vance gave up all 7 Boston runs and fell to 2-2 with a 2.06 ERA. Wheeler improved to 2-1 with a 1.40 ERA. George Kelly led Boston's offense with a 3-run homer on a 2-4 day at the plate. With the win, Boston maintains a 1-game lead over Bowling Green atop the Knickerbocker League. ｢boxscore｣
April 17, 1924
Santa Carla, CA (WBSP): The Bats outlasted the Moundsmen today in a 1-0 pitchers' duel. George Mogridge earned the W, a 6-hit shutout, improving to 3-0 with a 0.72 ERA. Bob Shawkey pitched stellar, only allowing 3 hits, but gave up the difference-making home run to Cotton Tierney in the 2nd inning. Shawkey falls to 1-2, with a 1.25 ERA. The win is Santa Carla's sixth straight, putting them at 9-2, atop the Doubleday League. ｢boxscore｣
April 11, 1924
Blackwater, KY (WBSP): Babe Ruth had a big, big day, cranking 2 home runs in 5 of 5 batting, driving in 4 and scoring 4. Ernie Wingard also had a great day, hurling a 7-hit shutout against the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and hitting a home run of his own in the th inning. In the team effort, the Outlaws scored 14 runs on 19 hits; every man in the lineup got a hit. The Outlaws are expected to contend in the Doubleday League this year, and they'll need more of Ruth's bat to do it. ｢boxscore｣
February 1, 1924
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): The baseball town of Middlebury, VT is selected by the Commissioner's office to host the 1924 Midsummer Classic. Middlebury fans are full of hope for the future and hope to see young prospects Marty McManus, Goose Goslin, and Charlie Gehringer possibly make an appearance in the game.
November 15, 1923
Middlebury, VT (WBSP): In the first pick of the 1924 Draft, the Middlebury, VT selected second-base prospect Charlie Gehringer.
November 1, 1923
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): The Middlebury Moundsmen win first pick in the 1924 Draft Lottery.
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): Bowling Green's Pie Traynor and Middlebury's Goose Goslin both hit for the cycle today. Traynor hit a grand slam and collected 7 RBI's, helping teammate Herb Pennock get his 10th win of the season in a 12-8 victory over Williston. ｢boxscore｣ Goslin's effort helped the Moundsmen edge Alto 8-7; Goslin scored 3 times and drove in 4. ｢boxscore｣
May 29, 1924
Bowling Green, KY (WBSP): The Barons won their 9th straight, and ace Herb Pennock won his 9th of the season (9-1, 2.24), as Bowling Green cruised to a 6-1 victory over the struggling Boston Colonials. Boston has lost 7 of their last 10 games, and have fallen 8.5 games behind the first-place Barons. Pennock threw a complete game; a first-inning tirple by Harry Heilmann followed by a Frankie Frisch double met the Barons' needs. Bibb Falk tacked on a solo shot in the 7th inning. Sloppy Thurston took the loss for Boston, dropping to 3-4 with a 3.06 ERA. Bowling Green has surged to a 36-13 record, best in WBS. It's shaping up to be a "Bluegrass" kind of year as their home state counterpart Blackwater sit atop the Doubleday League. ｢boxscore｣
May 17, 1924
Blackwater, KY (WBSP): Blackwater came from behind to edge Santa Carla 5-4 today, on a walkoff, pinch-hit double by Mike González to score Sam Bohne from first. Babe Ruth hit his 6th home run in 9 games, well ahead of the pack with 16 homers on the season so far. With the win, Blackwater sits a game ahead of Alto, with Santa Carla, New Orleans, and Kinnaird Street not much further behind. ｢boxscore｣
May 10, 1924
Austin, TX (WBSP): Frankie Frisch had a big day at the plate for the Barons, going 4 of 4 with 2 home runs and 2 doubles, en route to a 8-6 victory. Frisch drove in 4 runs and scored 3, and his 2-run shot in the 7th put Bowling Green up for good over the Austin Aces. Dutch Ruether picked up the win, improving to 4-2 with a 2.27 ERA. Tom Sheehan lost, giving up all 8 Baron runs, and fell to 2-2 with a 3.79 ERA. The win marks 5 straight for Bowling Green, and they now sit in first, 2 games ahead of the dangerous Boston Colonials. ｢boxscore｣
April 23, 1924
Boston, MA (WBSP): Pitcher Rip Wheeler flirted with a no-hitter today, allowing only 1 hit and no walks to Topeka; only one other Moosedog reached base on an error. Topeka's lone hit was a single by Homer Summa in the 7th inning. The Colonials also beat up on Dazzy Vance; Vance gave up all 7 Boston runs and fell to 2-2 with a 2.06 ERA. Wheeler improved to 2-1 with a 1.40 ERA. George Kelly led Boston's offense with a 3-run homer on a 2-4 day at the plate. With the win, Boston maintains a 1-game lead over Bowling Green atop the Knickerbocker League. ｢boxscore｣
April 17, 1924
Santa Carla, CA (WBSP): The Bats outlasted the Moundsmen today in a 1-0 pitchers' duel. George Mogridge earned the W, a 6-hit shutout, improving to 3-0 with a 0.72 ERA. Bob Shawkey pitched stellar, only allowing 3 hits, but gave up the difference-making home run to Cotton Tierney in the 2nd inning. Shawkey falls to 1-2, with a 1.25 ERA. The win is Santa Carla's sixth straight, putting them at 9-2, atop the Doubleday League. ｢boxscore｣
April 11, 1924
Blackwater, KY (WBSP): Babe Ruth had a big, big day, cranking 2 home runs in 5 of 5 batting, driving in 4 and scoring 4. Ernie Wingard also had a great day, hurling a 7-hit shutout against the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, and hitting a home run of his own in the th inning. In the team effort, the Outlaws scored 14 runs on 19 hits; every man in the lineup got a hit. The Outlaws are expected to contend in the Doubleday League this year, and they'll need more of Ruth's bat to do it. ｢boxscore｣
February 1, 1924
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): The baseball town of Middlebury, VT is selected by the Commissioner's office to host the 1924 Midsummer Classic. Middlebury fans are full of hope for the future and hope to see young prospects Marty McManus, Goose Goslin, and Charlie Gehringer possibly make an appearance in the game.
November 15, 1923
Middlebury, VT (WBSP): In the first pick of the 1924 Draft, the Middlebury, VT selected second-base prospect Charlie Gehringer.
November 1, 1923
Raleigh, NC (WBSP): The Middlebury Moundsmen win first pick in the 1924 Draft Lottery.
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Metrics and Such
The Herfindahl–Hirschman index is a measure of competetive balance. A low HHI value indicates greater competetive balance. The MLB HHI benchmarks in this chart are based on the real 1905-1945 final team W-L records.
