The TBL Baseball Annual A publication of the Transcontinental Baseball League The Game Has Changed 2020 Edition Walter H. Hunt All 24 Teams Analyzed Robert Jordan Using the T.Q. System Mark H. Bloom The TBL Baseball Annual A publication of the Transcontinental Baseball League by Walter H. Hunt Robert Jordan Mark H. Bloom with contributions from TBL’s managers and extra help from: Darrell Skogen Joe Auletta Rich Meyer Jim Dietz Copyright © 2020 Walter H. Hunt. This book was produced using a Macintosh with Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. I can be reached by mail at 3306 Maplebrook Road, Bellingham, MA 02019 or by e-mail at
[email protected]. All material in this book is Copyright ©2020 by Walter H. Hunt, except for “Number 6”, which is Copyright ©2020 by Jim Dietz. The 2020 TBL Annual 3 the TBL baseball annual Welcome to the 2020 TBL Baseball Annual. This is the twenty-sixth year of the Annual in the book format. This year we’re looking at the way in which APBA – and the sport itself – has changed in recent years. We have three excellent articles from the most insightful of our members, an analysis of this year’s very deep draft, as well as our regular features, including a poetic tribute to the great Al Kaline. As always, we are pleased to bring this product to you. Enjoy the Annual and enjoy the season. Walter, Robert, Mark May, 2020 On our cover: two stars from two different eras. G AB XBH HR BB SO SB BA 1964 Willie Mays 157 665 77 47 82 72 19 .296 2019 Pete Alonso 161 597 85 53 72 183 1 .260 G GS CG W-L IP BB SO HR ERA 1964 Don Drysdale 40 40 21 21-5 321.1 68 237 15 2.46 2019 Stephen Strasburg 33 33 0 18-6 209.0 56 251 24 3.32 The T.Q.