• C.R.A.B.S is a 16 team league comprised of players that have played or currently are playing with these 20 major league teams- Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Florida Marlins. Players signed by, traded to or drafted by these teams become eligible to be drafted in the C.R.A.B.S. Free Agent Draft held each March.

  • C.R.A.B.S. is a continuous ownership league, even if a player is traded or released from one of the core Major League Teams.

  • At the conclusion of each season, every team must cut down to 20 active players (Players who spent the entire year on the team’s “Taxi Squad” are exempt from the cut down.). The Free Agent Draft fills out the teams rosters (26 active players and up to 3 on the "Taxi Squad", and 'X' amount of players on the disabled list). The only restriction on the 26-man active roster is that each team must carry at least 2 relief pitchers.

  • A C.R.A.B.S. season is played on a daily basis (Providing at least 12 of the core Major League teams are playing) with a schedule that matches each of the 16 teams up with an opponent for either a four or five game series, 120 games in all. The four division winners earn playoff berths, along with one wild card team from each league (The top winning non-division winner). The Wild Card teams will play the #2 seed (The Division Winner with the worst regular season record) in a seven game Divisional Championship Series. The winner will then play the #1 seed in a seven game League Championship Series with the winner advancing to the World Series against the league champion from the other league.

  • At the beginning of the season, each team must list starters for each of the 9 positions including the designated hitter. Then each team must list their backups in order of preference at each position. Then each of the backups should be listed in order of preference as that team’s designated hitter. Each team must list their starting pitchers and their relief pitchers in order of preference. EXAMPLE: Sacramento has Pedro Martinez and Tom Glavine pitching on the same day, if Martinez is listed first on the list, He gets the start over Glavine.

    • See scoring & lineup examples below:

    POINT SYSTEM:
    Single =

    1 point

    		 Win =

    10 points
    Double =

    2 points

    		 Loss =

    -10 points
    Triple =

    3 points

    		 Save =

    5 points
    Home run =

    4 points

    		 Scoreless inning (Only for Scoreless App.) =

    1 pt. each*
    RBI =

    3 points

    		 Strikeout =

    1 point
    Run =

    3 points

    		 Walk =

    -1 point
    Stolen base =

    1 point

    		 Shutout (Min. 9 IP) =

    8 points
    Caught Stealing =

    -2 points

    		 No-hitter (Min. 9 IP) =

    25 points
    Error =

    -1 point

    		 Perfect game (Min. 9 IP) =

    Automatic win
    Walk =

    1 point

    		 Quality Start (7 IP, 3 R or less) =

    5 points
    HI

    HI

    		 Relief win =

    5 points
    HI

    HI

    		 8 Innings Pitched (Starter)# =

    4 points
    HI

    HI

    		 7 Innings Pitched (Starter)# =

    3 points
    HI

    HI

    		 6 Innings Pitched (Starter)# =

    2 points
    No starting pitcher= -5 points (with 5 SP, -10 with less than 5 SP) minimum less than opposing team's starting pitcher. Example: Randy Johnson earns 14 points for Oakland, if Scottsdale has no pitcher, they lose 5 points (Or 10 if they do not have 5 or more active starting pitchers). If Johnson loses 6 points, then Scottsdale will lose 11 points (Or 16 for having less than 5 starters)

    *- Quality start consists of 7 innings pitched while giving up 3 or less runs (Earned or unearned).

    #- Not Cumulative.



  • The points are tallied for the 9 players on each team as well as the starting pitchers and relievers. The team with the most points wins the game. In case of a tie, the team with the player receiving the most points in the game wins.

  • Trades may be made any time until the end of the season. The only restriction on trades is that draft picks may only be traded one year ahead of the upcoming draft. For example, if the 1929 Draft is upcoming you may only deal picks from '29 and '30. Immediately following the '29 Draft, picks from the 1931 draft may be traded, and so on and so forth. Each trade may be reviewed and rescinded by C.R.A.B.S. in order to protect the integrity of the league.


    • LINEUP EXAMPLE:
    POS. STARTER BACKUP BACKUP
    C: Javier Lopez Michael Barrett hi
    1B Jason Giambi Jim Thome Tony Clark
    2B Jose Vidro Jeff Frye hi
    SS Miguel Tejada hi hi
    3B Fernando Tatis hi hi
    OF Albert Belle Gabe Kapler hi
    OF Kenny Lofton Armando Rios hi
    OF Rondell White hi hi
    DH 1. Jim Thome 2. Gabe Kapler 3. Armando Rios
    hi 4. Tony Clark 5. Michael Barrett 6. Jeff Frye

    PITCHING ROTATION
    SP1 Javier Vazquez
    SP2 Jeff Weaver
    SP3 Carl Pavano
    SP4 Jaret Wright
    SP5 Jimmy Haynes
    SP6 John Snyder
    RP1 Armando Benitez
    RP2 Jeff Shaw
    RP3 Mike Remlinger

  • To obtain scores, We begin with each starter. If Javier Lopez did not start for the Braves, or if they were off, we then go to Michael Barrett. Normally, a player must start for their Major League team to start in C.R.A.B.S., but since Barrett is the last player this team could have play catcher, even if he only pinch hits, those stats will count. So basically, we run down the list starter through reserves, until we can determine a starter, failing that, we run back through the list, and the first player that played in the Majors will be the "starter" for the C.R.A.B.S. team.

  • Starting pitchers are handled much the same way. If Javier Vazquez and Jimmy Haynes pitched on the same day, Vazquez would get the start since he is listed higher. Haynes stats would not count.

  • Up to four relievers may pitch in a game for C.R.A.B.S. The relievers listed first would be considered the teams' closer (For statistical purposes only- if Rollie Fingers is your #1 reliever and Bruce Sutter your #3, you do get Sutter's save points if Fingers or #2 do not register a save).

  • Only one win, loss, or save is counted per team, and it all begins with the starting pitcher. If Vazquez won his game, his team would receive 10 points for the win, even if Jeff Shaw lost his game. As well as the opposite, if Vazquez loses, his team will lose 10 points, even if Shaw wins. And, if the starter loses, there will be no save points awared if a reliever were to save a game.

  • If a team does not have a starting pitcher on a given day, they will automatically lose five to ten points. The deduction will be based on how many active starting pitchers that team carries. If they carry 5 or more active starting pitchers, the team will lose 5 points. If the team is carrying less than 5 active starting pitchers, they will lose 10 points.

  • If a team either does not have a starting pitcher on a given day - or - the starter receives a no-decision and the team has a reliever that wins- the reliever's win will count as five points.

    That's pretty much it. Any questions? We'll be happy to answer.

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