The following info comes from Bruce and Lenny. Brothers and the original commissioners of Lazymans Baseball. More to come . . .
Here are the top salaries at each position in 1992, the last year of Home Run Doggie’s National Baseball Challenge, and the league rules. Lazyman is based on this initial game, starting in 1993.
Top salaries 1992
C Mickey Tettleton 3.2
1B Cecil Fielder 4.1
2B Ryne Sandberg 4.26
3B Howard Johnson 4.1
SS Cal Ripken 5.0
OF Jose Canseco 4.4, Barry Bonds 4.26, Ruben Sierra 4.1
SP Roger Clemens 4.95, David Cone 4.1, Greg Maddux 3.95, Ramon Martinez 3.9, Tom Glavine 3.86
RP Dennis Eckersley 3.5
The initial scoring system of Home Run Doggie’s National Baseball Challenge:
Batter Scoring:
Single +1
Double +2
Triple +3
Home Run +4
Run Scored +1
Run Batted In +1
Stolen Base +1
Base on Balls +1
Pitcher Scoring:
Win +15
Loss -8
Save +8
Complete IP +1
Strikeout +1
Earned Run Allowed -1
Max Players Allowed: 27
Salary Cap: $30 Million
No trades and no halves. It was one game, truly lazy, you put in your team and paid and that was it. Standings and prizes based on accumulated player point totals at the end of the season. Points accumulated daily from opening day thru the last day of the regular season. Any playoff games to determine divisional winners count. Stats and standings were snail mailed monthly.
$99 per team. You could make changes to your team thru the first week only for an additional $10 per change.
Team Scoring was exactly the same, 15 players by position including the DH (“the highest scoring batter remaining after the other eight batter positions have been filled”).
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