Retro League Baseball Blog

Although the NL Central is only three years old, it has already acquired the reputation as the toughest division in all of baseball. This...

1979 Standings California Angels 98-64 (Division Winner, Lost in the ALDS) Oakland Athletics 95-68 (Tied for WC, lost in 1-game playoff)...

You know the drill, RLB bloggers. Going to be talking about some of those under the radar pitchers that could take a leap forward into...

Looking at this a little different, going with straight 1-28 rankings of each team for 1980. Lot of tough decisions in here! Milwaukee...

1980 Power Rankings with Tier explanation.

Singer. Perez. McCombs. Those are the easy answers when it comes to a potential MVP candidate in the National League. Is it such an easy...

1979 Standings San Francisco Giants 104-58 (Won division, lost World Series) Colorado Rockies 86-76 San Diego Padres 69-93 Los Angeles...

Welcome one and all to the booming 80's. Gone are the days of bell-bottoms and Saturday Night Fever, lost in a sea of sweat, sex, and...

1979 Standings Atlanta Braves 105-58 (Division Winner, Lost in NLDS) Montreal Expos 104-59 (Wild Card, Lost in NLCS) Philadelphia...

Here is the Team of the Decade. Sort of. If the winner at a certain position is in no doubt, I've included only his name. Usually this is...

Best Pitcher: Gary Luzzi had 4.8 ZR in 1975 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Catcher: Danny Perez had 7.1 ZR in 1978 with the Chicago White...

The major records broken this season (hits, home runs, total bases) have been covered already, but there were some position specific...

With just a few games to go, I figured it would be fun to start looking at rookie of the year candidates for both the AL and NL. Each...

With 11 days to go in the season this is a run down of the records that will, or may, be broken in 1979. The single season home run...