Alexander Cartwright, Version 1: All-purpose Manager: AIM or non-AIM capable, DH or non-DH. 
Best with MBFs on but not required. File dates: 2/3/09

			INSTALLATION/USAGE

To install/use Manager Alexander Cartwright, the following four files must be placed in your BBW directory/folder.

              MgrAlexC.msy, MgrAlexC.dct, MgrAlex.mob, MgrAlexlib

You may place the four files in a BBW season sub-directory or folder but Manager Cartwright will only show up if that season disk is loaded in LM. 


			ALEXANDER CARTWRIGHT: OVERVIEW

Cartwright is an all-purpose manager designed to hande each and every 20th and 21st season game, AIM or non-AIM. This includes deadball era contests as well as modern games. Draft or historic. In effect, Cartwright can be used at any time for any season mix.

Because of the wide range of rosters being managed, Cartwright has to "fudge" a bit and use general strategies. He's not going to, for example, move a reliever to the outfield for a batter, bring in a new reliever, then move the original reliever from the outfield to the mound. No, can't do that. 

One very critical approach for Cartwright is that he judges/ranks closers by saves and not grade. Because of this, many of his other strategies as well as pitcher's "roles" will be determined by this. For example, if the team used the LaRussa one-inning closer, Cartwright will use several setup relievers to get to the ninth. However, if the top closer pitched multiple innings, Cartwright will bring that closer in earlier. And, if the team being managed is a pre-war or pre-modern roster, Cartwright will more aggressively use that closer in non-save situations before the ninth. 

			JUDGING PITCHING STAFFS

One extremely critical - and difficult - area for an all-purpose manager is deciding how to use a bullpen. Quick hook, slow, medium, one-batter relief specialists, setup guys, long closers?

To address this question, Cartwright does several things. One, he calculate total bullpen usage. That is measured by the total relief innings pitched as well as total starter innings pitched. Now, both of these areas have to be appromixated since he can't determine precise stats. But using starting and relieving durability, pitcher plate appearances per game, innings and total team saves, Cartwright is able to come up with three overall bullpen types: strong, weak and normal. 

Additionally, within those three categories, Cartwright determines whether he will use a pre-war  approach to handling the roster (pitching and everything else), a mid-twentieth century approach, a modern approach or a draft league approach. 

This is quite detailed and, frankly, I'm not sure I have it settled.

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Cartwright has all of the bells and whistles you want. Blowout subbing, double switches, pinchrunning to steal a base (he can handle Herb Washington as well as Sandy Piez).

For more details (I cut it short), visit The Digital Skybox forum.