League Overview - Classic Franchise League Extended

So, here's a little background on one of my many Strat-o-matic leagues: The Classic Franchise League - Extended.

It's a funky league - a weird amalgam of two previous leagues along with an 'expansion' team. From March of 2009 to May of 2011, I had played a 59-game season, with these teams:

Even THAT league was funky as I started with several others and allowed some to drop out as I lost interest and changed focus. I also had a "60s League" that ran for some time. I folded that league as my desire to add in advanced features made this basic-only set of cards less and less attractive. Still there were some great teams and interesting players:

I grabbed 4 of the top 5 in the Classic Franchise League (not the 1962 Giants for reasons i can't recall!), added in the 1962 Mets from the 60s league, and created a Hall-of-Fame team (the aforementioned expansion team) with players from the 19th-century. I modified the basic cards to include error ratings and throwing arms. I allowed all of the previous stats to roll over, including wins and losses, and figured out a way to get all 6 teams to about 150 games each. In September of 2011, I began playing and, as of June, 2015, the standings look like this:

Each team gets walloped by the HOF team but gets healthier beating up on the Mets. I don't expect any team to outpace the HOF team but I am extremely interested in the 150-game stats that will, eventually, be generated.

Some highlights:

- Frank Howard (.336), Red Schoendienst (.333), and Tommy Davis (.333) are battling for the batting title.

- Hank Aaron leads the league with 34 homers with Howard a distant second at 24.

- Maury Wills has 61 stolen bases; about 1 every 6 at bats which puts him on pace for 100 in his 150 game schedule.

- Warren Spahn is 14-7, well on his way to a 20-win season. Which, if you're familiar with Warren Spahn, should come as no surprise.

- Tim Keefe, of the 19th-century HOFers, is now 11-0.

- Ed Delahanty, also of the 19th-century team, leads the squad with 37 RBIs, 15 doubles, 5 homers, and a .346 batting average. He has yet to meet the minimum number of at bats to qualify for the batting title.

- Bob Miller (6-6) and Al Jackson (5-9) have accounted for 11 of the 1962 Mets' 14 victories. That makes the rest of the staff 3-53 . . .  gulp. 

It's been great fun: my emerging familiarity of the stars of the 1800s, witnessing, first-hand, the trials and tribulations of the 1962 Mets, being caught up in the excitement of scrubs becoming white-hot for short, exhilarating spells, and so much more. Playing a long-term project like this can feel a bit daunting but, as the season slowly builds, there's a great sense of joy and fascination.