After about a six-month hiatus to play some other games, I went back to APBA baseball and the 1989 season. The San Francisco Giants season replay was fun, so I went and did the same with their Bay Area counterparts, the World Series champion Oakland Athletics.
We went to a number of A’s games growing up, but it appears we didn’t make it to Oakland in 1989. But we did see the A’s once that year — game four of the earthquake-delayed World Series, when Oakland clinched the series sweep.
While the replay Giants finished 13 games better than what they did in real life, the A’s were not nearly as fortunate. After rallying from a terrible start, the A’s ended up with a 97-65 record, two wins shy of their actual 99-win total. Instead of winning the American League West by seven games, it ended up being quite a pennant race that was decided on the final day of the season.
Here is the final season recap and statistical analysis.
This was done with the basic APBA cards-and-dice game with as-played starting lineups. This project ran from January to April 2024.
> April 3-6 vs. Seattle WLW (sim 2-1, actual 3-0)
> April 7-9 vs. Chicago LLL (sim 2-4, actual 4-2)
> April 10-13 at California LLLL (sim 2-8, actual 6-4)
> April 14-16 at Chicago WWW (sim 5-8, actual 8-5)
> April 17-19 at Seattle LWL (sim 6-10, actual 10-6)
> April 21-23 vs. California LLW (sim 7-12, actual 13-6)
> April 24-25 vs. Toronto WW (sim 9-12, actual 15-6)
> April 26-27 vs. Baltimore LL (sim 9-14, actual 16-7)
> April 28-30 vs. Detroit WWL (sim 11-15, actual 18-8)
> April recap
> May 2-3 at Toronto LL (sim 11-17, actual 19-9)
> May 5-7 at Detroit LWW (sim 13-18, actual 21-10)
> May 8-11 at Baltimore WW (sim 15-18, actual 22-11)
> May 12-15 vs. Milwaukee LLWW (sim 17-20, actual 25-12)
> May 16-18 vs. New York LWW (sim 19-21, actual 27-13)
> May 19-21 vs. Boston WWL (sim 21-22, actual 29-14)
> May 23-25 at Milwaukee WWL (sim 23-23, actual 30-16)
> May 26-28 at New York WWW (sim 26-23, actual 33-16)
> May 29-31 at Boston LWL (sim 27-25, actual 34-18)
> May recap
> June 2-4 vs. Cleveland LWL (sim 28-27, actual 36-19)
> June 5-7 vs. Minnesota LWL (sim 29-29, actual 38-20)
> June 9-11 at Texas WLW (sim 31-30, actual 40-21)
> June 12-14 at Kansas City WWW (sim 34-30, actual 41-23)
> June 16-18 at Baltimore LWLW (sim 36-32, actual 42-26)
> June 19-21 vs. Detroit WWW (sim 39-32, actual 44-27)
> June 22-25 vs. Toronto LWWW (sim 42-33, actual 46-29)
> June 26-28 at Minnesota WLW (sim 44-34, actual 46-32)
> June 30 at Cleveland L (sim 44-35, actual 47-32)
> June recap
> July 1-2 at Cleveland WW (sim 46-35, actual 49-32)
> July 3-6 vs. Kansas City WLWW (sim 49-36, actual 51-34)
> July 7-9 vs. Texas WLW (sim 51-37, actual 52-36)
> All-Star Break
> July 13-16 at Toronto WWWL (sim 54-38, actual 54-38)
> July 17-18 at Detroit LW (sim 55-39, actual 55-39)
> July 20-23 vs. Baltimore WLWL (sim 57-41, actual 59-39)
> July 24-26 vs. California LWW (sim 59-42, actual 60-41)
> July 28-30 vs. Seattle WWL (sim 61-43, actual 62-42)
> July 31 vs. Chicago L (sim 61-44, actual 63-42)
> July recap
> August 1-3 vs. Chicago WWW (sim 64-44, actual 65-43)
> August 4-7 at Seattle WLLW (sim 66-46, actual 67-45)
> August 8-10 at Chicago WLW (sim 68-47, actual 69-46)
> August 11-13 at California LLL (sim 68-50, actual 71-47)
> August 15-17 vs. Cleveland WLW (sim 70-51, actual 73-48)
> August 18-20 vs. Minnesota WWL (sim 72-52, actual 75-49)
> August 21 at Detroit W (sim 73-52, actual 76-49)
> August 22-24 at Texas LWW (sim 75-53, actual 78-50)
> August 25-27 at Kansas City LWL (sim 76-55, actual 79-52)
> August 28-30 at New York LWW (sim 78-56, actual 81-53)
> August recap
> September 1-3 at Milwaukee WLW (sim 80-57, actual 83-54)
> September 4-6 vs. Boston WLW (sim 82-58, actual 85-55)
> September 8-10 vs. New York WWL (sim 84-59, actual 87-56)
> September 12-13 vs. Milwaukee LW (sim 85-60, actual 88-57)
> September 15-17 at Boston WWL (sim 87-61, actual 88-60)
> September 18-20 at Cleveland LWL (sim 88-63, actual 91-60)
> September 21-24 at Minnesota WLWL (sim 90-65, actual 94-61)
> September 25-28 vs. Texas WWWW (sim 94-65, actual 97-62)
> September 29-October 1 vs. Kansas City WWW (sim 97-65, actual 99-63)
> Final season recap
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