I.   The Purpose

The purpose of the Liberty League is to provide its members with a challenging simulation of the full spectrum of enjoyment that baseball provides, from the strategic aspects of building a team to the in-game tactical maneuvering that determines success over the course of a season, using the current version of the Strat-o-Matic Computer Baseball Game.  Our principles are simple: integrity, gamesmanship, and creating  a community which allows us to pursue our love of the game.

While we recognize that Strat-O-Matic is not a perfect recreation of the game of baseball, the use of “Strat-ball strategies” in this league is vigorously discouraged.

II.The League

A. Structure.  The Liberty League is managed by the Commissioner and the Executive Committee.  The Executive Committee consists of the Commissioner, plus four other members nominated by the Commissioner and approved by a vote of the remaining League members.

B. Duties.  

1.   The Commissioner will oversee the operations of the league. 

2.   The Executive Committee will make necessary changes in the Rules, and will vote on the acceptance of new members, by majority vote.  

C. Web Sites.  The League maintains a number of Internet Sites:

1.    A Yahoo Member Group, which is accessible only to League members, and is used for the exchange of all computer files necessary to play the game, and messages between members.

2.   A League Web Site, which contains the League Directory, the Rules, and a History of the league,

D. Rules changes.  Changes in these rules can be proposed by any member, but must be approved by the Executive Committee.  Any in-season rule changes, or changes to be applied retroactively, must be done with unanimous concurrence of the Executive Committee.  Changes which will be prospective for the upcoming season require a majority vote of the Executive Committee. 

1.   Objections by Members.  If any three members object to a rule change, it will be submitted to a vote of all League members, through a poll on the group site which will remain open for two (2) weeks. Upon objection, any in-season or retroactive rule change requires two-thirds of those voting to make the change.  Any other change requires a majority of those voting.

E.  Expulsion.  Expulsion of a member from the League is an extreme sanction, and will be imposed only for extreme violations of the rules, such as gross non-cooperation or cheating.  Expulsion requires the concurrence of four-fifths of the members of the Executive Committee.  Upon objection by any member besides the affected one, expulsion requires approval of two-thirds of the membership.

III.      The Teams

A. Number.  The Liberty League consists of twelve teams, organized into two divisions, the Ruth Division and the Aaron Division. 

B. Stadiums.  Each team shall select a home stadium from among those in the National League.  If a new owner comes into the League, or if the actual National League team changes its stadium, either through relocation or renovation, a new stadium can be selected by the affected team, from among those not currently used.  In such cases, the current owners affected by the relocation or renovation of their current stadiums shall have first choice of available stadiums not currently used, in the same order as they will have in the next free agent draft, followed by new owners, in the order in which they entered the league.

1.   Change of Stadiums.  Any team may change its stadium after five years.  The intention to change stadium must be announced within sixty days of the end of the season.  If two or more owners wish to change their stadiums, they will draft from among the available stadiums in the same order as they will have in the next free agent draft, with the exception that any current owners affected by the relocation or renovation of their current stadium shall draft first.  The selection of a stadium by new owners will take place after the stadium draft. 

C. Rosters.  Each team must maintain a roster of no fewer than 37 and no more than 40 players at all times, except for the period from the end of the playoffs until the beginning of the Annual Draft. 

D. Salary Cap.  Each player has a salary, which is the actual salary he was paid during the previous year; if a salary cannot be determined, the major league minimum salary will be used.  (E.g., our 2007 season will use player cards and player salaries from the 2006 season.)  Each team will have a salary cap.  The total salaries paid to all players on the roster cannot exceed the salary cap, except for the period from the end of the Playoffs until the Roster Cutdown Date. 

1.   Calculation.  The basic salary cap for all teams is calculated as follows:  25 times the average baseball salary for the preceding year, plus 10 times the median baseball salary for the preceding year, rounded upward to the nearest $50,000, plus 5 times the minimum baseball salary the preceding year.  The salary cap is subject to adjustment for overusage penalties or rewards.

E.  Roster Cutdown Date.  At least two weeks prior to the Draft, on a date designated by the Commissioner, each team must reduce their rosters.  Teams which made the playoffs the previous year can retain 16 players; non-playoff teams can retain 18.  Players who did not play in the major leagues the previous season cannot be retained on a roster.  As long as a player has a Strat card, either regular or computer, he can be retained, regardless of which league he played in.  

1.     AL Player Retention.  Any player who finished the previous season on an AL roster can be retained on a Liberty League roster, subject to the following penalties:  he counts as two roster spots, and his salary is assessed at 133% of actual.  Example:  Team X, which made the playoffs the previous year, decides to retain four players, each of whom finished on an AL team the previous season, and each of whom had a salary of $6 million.  The four would count for eight roster spots toward the Roster Cutdown Limit, and would have a total salary of $32 million, instead of $24 million.  Note that the roster penalty is only effective on the Roster Cutdown Date; in the example above, Team X would only be able to retain 12 players: the four AL players would count as 8 toward the limit of 16.  Once the Roster Cutdown was achieved, Team X would have only 12 players on its roster, and would have to draft the necessary players to meet the requirement of having 37 to 40 players. 

IV.     The Players

A. Eligibility:  Roster Retention.  Any player is eligible to be retained on a Liberty League team roster if he has a regular or computer Strat card.

1.   Loss of Eligibility.   A player will lose eligibility to play in the Liberty League if he (a) did not play in the major leagues during the prior season, or (b) is dropped from a Liberty League roster, and either finished the prior season on an AL team or does not have a regular Strat card.  Any player who becomes ineligible will remain so until he finishes a season on an NL team and has a regular Strat card.

2.   AL Players.  Players who finished the previous season on an American League roster can be retained on a Liberty League team roster, subject to the penalties described in Section III.E.1. 

3.   Eligibility for Postseason Play.  Any player who does not have a Strat card with at least 30 IP or 80 AB’s (adjusted usage) is ineligible for post-season play.

B. Acquiring players.  Players can be acquired through either draft or trade.

1.   Draft.   The annual Liberty League Draft will take place each March, on a date designated by the Commissioner. 

a)    Draft Pool.  The Draft pool for the Draft will consist of all Free Agents, who are defined as players who (1) are not currently on a Liberty League team roster; (2) who played in the NL during the proceeding year, and (3) have a regular Strat card.  Note that a player who is dropped from a Liberty League roster must meet all three definitions to be placed in the Free Agent pool. 

b)   Split Cards.  If a Free Agent played in both the NL and the AL the preceding year, his whole card will be available to be drafted, and his full salary will be used.  If a player is retained on a roster, and that player played in both the AL and NL in the preceding year, his full card will be used; if he finished the season in the AL, he will be subject to the penalties described in Section III.E.1.

c)      Draft Order.  Draft order will be inverse to winning percentage in the previous season, with the exception of the first round. 

(1)   First Round.  In the first round, the order of the lowest three non-playoff teams will be determined by a weighted lottery.  The championship winner will draft last, regardless of winning percentage.   

(a)  Weighted Lottery:  The weighted lottery will be conducted in the following manner:  Beginning with the last-place team, each team will be given a certain number of chances, in the following order: 

12^th place – 1-3 (3 chances)

11^th place – 4-5 (2 chances)

10^th place – 6 (1 chance)

                        A random integer generator will then be used to generate a list of random numbers between 1 and 6.  The seeding will then take place according to the numbers generated.  (E.g., if the numbers 4 and 2 were the first two numbers generated, the seeding would be 11^th place, 12^th place, 10^th place.)

(2)   Ties.  Any ties in winning percentage will be broken in reverse to the tie-breaking formula for seeding in the playoffs.

d)     Rounds.  The Draft will continue until all teams have reached a roster of 40 players, or have passed.  No team may pass until it has at least 37 players on its roster.   

2.   Trades. 

a)    What can be traded.  Teams can trade players, Draft positions, or any combination of the two.   Trades for Draft positions can only be made for the next Draft. 

b)   When trades can be made. 

(1)   Seasonal trades.  Trades can be made from the conclusion of the Draft until the conclusion of the 5^th block of the season.  During this time, no trade can be made that will result in a team’s roster being in excess of the salary cap, or having fewer than 37 players or more than 40 players.  A team can come into compliance with this rule by releasing players within 72 hours after any trade.  The player(s) traded will become available to their new teams at the conclusion of the block during which they were traded.  (E.g., Player A is traded to Team X during Block 5.  He is added to the roster of Team X at the end of Block 5, and can be included in the Computer Manager for Block 6.)

(2)   Postseason trades.  Trades can be made from the conclusion of the Playoffs until the Roster Cutdown Date.  During this period, salary cap and roster limits are not in effect; owners can accumulate as many players as they want, and pay them as much as they want, as they long as they reduce the number of players and total salary to the necessary limits by the Roster Cutdown Date.

(3)   Post Cutdown Trades.  Trades can be made from the period after the Roster Cutdown Date until three (3) days before the start of the Draft.  During this period, salary caps and roster limits are not in effect; teams may, as a result of trades, go above or below the cap or the limit specified for them at the Roster Cutdown Date.  (E.g., Team X is allowed 18 players, and trades a Draft choice for another player, bringing its total roster to 19.  It does not have to cut any players; the roster limit is effective only on the Roster Cutdown Date.) 

(4)   In-Draft Trades.  Trading is not permitted during the Draft.  You may arrange for informal trades if you’d like; e.g., “I’ll trade you this reliever if you pick up this right-fielder in the next round.”  You would then actually complete the trade after the Draft is concluded.  Note that if the other party backs out of the trade, you have no means of enforcing it; trading during the Draft is done at your own risk.

c)    Announcing a trade.  A message announcing a trade should be sent by either team to all members through the Group site.  The trade will become effective immediately upon confirmation by the other team.

d)   Voiding a trade.  The Commissioner reserves the right to void any trade as being contrary to the best interests of the league.  If the Commissioner is the owner of a team in the league, such decision requires the concurrence of all of the members of the Executive Committee, and if objected to by any member other than one of the teams participating in the league, a vote of seven members of the League, with the Commissioner and the two teams affected by the trade not participating in the vote.

C. Usage

1.   All players shall be limited to 105% of the at-bats (AB’s) or innings pitched (IP’s) they actually accumulated during the season.  This will be referred to as the Adjusted Usage.  This usage adjustment will be implemented by the commissioner via “adjust league stats” prior to the start of each season.  Any additional use is considered overusage.

2.   Any pitcher with an "SP" rating can start every 5th day (4 days of rest).  Any pitcher with 200 or more actual innings (nonadjusted) can start every 4th day (3 days of rest.)  (Note that this does not override the usage limitations of the preceding paragraph; e.g., Pitcher A has 200 nonadjusted innings, and thus 210 innings of adjusted usage.  If he pitches every 4^th day during the season, he will probably acquire far more than 210 IP, and thus will be overused.  The “4^th day” rule should be reserved for rare occasions when you want a particular pitching matchup.)

3.   Any non-pitcher who accumulates more than 35 AB’s more than his Adjusted Usage during the course of the season, or more than 10% of his Adjusted Usage, whichever is less, loses his eligibility for further play during the season, including the playoffs.  The loss of eligibility takes place at the end of the block in which overusage occurs.

4.   During the course of the season, any pitcher with an S rating who accumulates 15 IP or more than his Adjusted Usage, any pitcher with an S/R rating who accumulates 10 IP or more than his Adjusted Usage, or any pitcher with an R rating who accumulates 5 IP or more than his Adjusted Usage, or any pitcher regardless of his rating who accumulates more than 20% of his adjusted usage, whichever is less, loses his eligibility for further play during the season, including the playoffs.  The loss of eligibility takes place at the end of the block in which overusage occurs.

5.   Examples of overusage:

a)    Player A has 410 AB’s of Adjusted Usage.  During the season, he accumulates 415 AB’s.  He has been overused, and that team will have their salary cap reduced by $1 million.  (See Section E., below.)  He is eligible for the playoffs.

b)   Player B has 410 AB’s of Adjusted Usage.  By the 7^th Block, he has accumulated 452 AB’s.  Since he has accumulated more than 35 AB’s in excess of his Adjusted Usage, he becomes ineligible for further play, including the playoffs, at that point.

c)    Player C has 63 AB’s of Adjusted Usage.  By the 6^th Block, he has accumulated 78 AB’s.  Although this is not more than 35 AB’s in excess of his Adjusted Usage, it is more than 10% in excess of his adjusted usage, and he becomes ineligible for further play, including the playoffs, at that point.

d)   Pitcher D is rated as starter only, and has 185 IP of Adjusted Usage.  By the 7^th Block, he has accumulated 205 IP.  Since this is more than 15 IP in excess of his Adjusted Usage, he becomes ineligible for further play, including the playoffs, at that point.

e)    Pitcher E is a reliever only, and has 21 IP of adjusted usage.  By the end of the season, he has accumulated 26 IP.  Although this is not more than 5 IP in excess of his Adjusted Usage, it is more than 20% in excess of his adjusted usage, and he becomes ineligible for the playoffs.

6.   You need to Draft players with sufficient AB’s and IP’s so as not to exceed the usage requirements.  To avoid overusage, it is strongly recommended that you Draft players totaling the minimum AB’s and IP per position, as follows:    

a)    All fielding positions (CA, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, each OF position):  650 AB’s per position.  Note that utility players can “spread” their AB’s among the positions.  If you have five OF’s on your roster with a combined 2700 AB’s, you’ll be fine. 

b)   Starting pitching:  850 IP.

c)    Relief pitching:  650 IP.  Note that Starter/Relievers can also be “spread” among both categories; however, don’t make the mistake of double-counting those pitchers.  For example, if you have 750 IP by “pure” starters, 550 IP by “pure” relievers, and 100 IP by Starter/Relievers, don’t add 100 innings to both your starting and relief corps. 

d)   As a reference point, the average number of AB’s for an NL team last year was 5573, with pitchers getting about 350 of those.  The average number of IP per team was 1446.  In the past five years, no team has had more than 5687 AB’s or 1468 IP in a season.

7.   Emergency Waiver Rule.  In order to avoid overusage penalties such as playoff ineligibility, a team may select a player from the Free Agent pool at the end of the 6^th Block in order to meet usage requirements.  Such selection is subject to the following rules and restrictions:

a)    The selecting team must drop a player from its roster.  Such player must have accumulated 90% of his adjusted usage.  That player is placed in the Free Agent pool the following year, if he otherwise meets the eligibility requirements. 

b)   The player selected from the Free Agent pool cannot have an OPS (On-Base Percentage plus Slugging Average) of more than .660, or an ERA of less than 5.10.  If a batter, he must have a Fielding Rating of 4 or 5.  He must have a balance rating between 4L and 4R. 

c)    The player can accumulate an unlimited number of AB’s or IP from that point on.  The player is returned to the Free Agent pool at the end of the season, if he otherwise meets the eligibility requirements. 

d)   The player’s salary is not pro-rated.  He cannot be selected if his salary would cause the selecting team to exceed its salary cap, after reduction for the player(s) dropped from the roster.

e)    The selecting team will be penalized an additional $1 million from the next season’s salary cap.

D. Positional Usage Limits and Requirements.

1.   Designated Hitter.  Designated hitter will never be used.

2.   Positions.  With the exception specified in Section IV.D.7. below, no player may appear at a position he isn’t rated for with the exception of outfielders, as long as they have a rating for one outfield position, subject to the following:  Any player with a rating for center field may play either left field or right field.  Any player with a rating for left field of 4 or 5 may not play right field or center field.  Any player with a rating for right field of 5 may not play center field.  Position players may not pitch.

3.   Pitcher Pinch-hitting.  A manager may not use a pitcher as a pinch hitter if there are more than two bench players remaining during a particular game.

4.   Pinch-hitting.  A manager may not deliberately remove, pinch-hit for, or change the defensive position of the last player eligible to play at a position.

5.   Exhaustion – Pitchers.  If all eligible pitchers have been used, the current relief pitcher must remain in the game, even if weak or in excess of IP limitations.  A manager may not deliberately remove nor pinch hit for the last eligible pitcher.

6.   Exhaustion – Players.  A manager may not deliberately remove, pinch-hit for, or change the defensive position of the last player eligible to play at a position.

7.   No Defensive Rating.   Any player not given any defensive rating for any position by Strat will be given a rating of 1B 5e25

8.   HAL.  The term “manager” in this section applies only to human managers.  HAL can, and will, do whatever he wants.  However, an owner cannot set his computer manager to do things which violate these rules, i.e., provide that a starting pitcher will be removed after giving up fewer than 5 runs.

E.  Salary Cap Adjustments.   Each team which has accumulated no overusage during the course of the season will receive a bonus of $1 million toward the following year’s salary cap.  Each team which has any overusage during the course of the season will receive a penalty of $1 million toward the following year’s salary cap.  This penalty for overusage is in addition to the loss of further eligibility of the player for the remainder of the season or the post-season.

V.        The Season

A. Blocks.  The Liberty League season will be divided into three blocks of 24 games, followed by three blocks of 21 games, one block of 15 games, and one block of 12 games.  The latter two blocks shall occur in September, and expanded rosters will be allowed during those blocks. 

B. Computer Managers.  The first step in each block will be the preparation of the team’s computer manager.  The computer manager will be posted in the appropriate section on the Group site.  The Commissioner, in his discretion, can auto-generate a computer manager for any team which has not posted its manager on the site within three days after the time designated for completion and submission of Computer Managers.  A Computer Manager must contain the following settings:

1.   Players.  Exactly 25 players must be activated for each of the first six blocks.  During the 7^th and 8^th Block, all players may be activated.  Active rosters can change between blocks and must contain, in some fashion, (2) two players eligible at each position, beyond the eight positional players that will be in a lineup at any one time.  For example, if your regular second baseman also plays short and third, and your regular shortstop also plays second, this does not constitute a backup for those positions; you would also need a utility infielder who could play at least one of the infield positions.

2.   Pitchers.  If using individual pitcher settings, the setting for “Remove after allowing ? runs” cannot be set to less than 5 for starting pitchers.

C. Playing the Games.  Games will be played either solitaire, through netplay, or by autoplay.  “Netplay” includes play by chat-text program or by phone.

1.   Unless arrangements are made for netplay, each team must solitaire play or autoplay their road games during each block.

2.   Any teams may, by agreement with their opponent, netplay any games in each block.

3.   Any series which has not been completed and posted on the Group site within three days of the end of the block will be autoplayed by the Commissioner or a member the Executive Committee whom he selects.

4.   If a team solitaire-plays a series without using the correct computer manager of the home team, that series will be replayed, either by the visiting team or through autoplay by the Commissioner.  The home team waives any objection to improper use of its computer manager if it does not bring it to the attention of the Commissioner within three days after the game results are posted in the Group site. 

D.  Other Instructions.    Other than the Computer Manager, no separate instructions may be specified for the play of games. 

E.  Penalties for Noncompliance.  An owner who fails to submit his game files or Computer Manager within the time allotted by the rules, resulting in a series being autoplayed or a Computer Manager being auto-generated, will be subject to the following penalties:  First violation:  warning.  Second violation:  loss of 10^th round draft choice in following year’s Draft.  Third violation:  loss of 8^th round draft choice in following year’s Draft.  Fourth violation:  Reduction of following year’s salary cap by 5%.  All penalties are cumulative.  In extreme cases, the penalties can be suspended by four-fifths concurrence of the Executive Committee.  New owners shall not be subject to penalties incurred under this Section for violations by the team’s previous owner.  New owner will be subject to adjustments for overusage by the team’s previous owner, however.

F.  League Files.  At the end of each block, the League Commissioner or someone he designates will prepare the League CM File and post it on the Group site.  Members will download the file and use it to prepare their Computer Manager for the next block, and post the Computer Manager on the Group Site.  The League Commissioner or someone he designates will then incorporate the Computer Managers into a Playball File, and post that on the Group Site.  The Playball File will then be used to play the series for that Block.

VI.     The Games

A. Optional Settings.   Rules, Max Rules, Lineups and Usage, and Autoplay/Boxscore will be set in the League Files, and may not be changed.  Other than designation of the computer player and human player, which will be home and road, respectively, any other settings under Options may be changed in the player’s discretion.

B. Game Settings.  The following settings will be used for all games:

1.   Rules:  Maximum rules, Super Advanced Steal System, Miscellaneous Rules, Do Not Use Injuries, Allow GBA on Pitcher Cards, Ballpark Effects, Clutch Hitting, Super Advanced Strategy Charts, Use Closer Rules, Use SADV Fatigue and Pitch Count.

2.   Max Rules:  All except Improve statistical accuracy, Force daily injuries, and Allow extra pre-1920 errors.  EXCEPTION:  Home Field Advantage will not be used in Netplay games, nor during the Playoffs.

3.   Autoplay/Boxscore:  Output Boxscore, PAC and Scoresheet, Output Save To File, Output Always, Display Game Story on Boxscore, Create Game Result Files, and all Subset boxes. 

C. Starting Pitcher Rule.  During the regular season, the Visiting Team starting pitcher in solitaire games, and both team’s starting pitchers in netplay games, must throw a minimum of five innings (5) per start unless they have given up five (5) or more runs.  During the playoffs, each team’s starting pitchers must throw a minimum of four (4) innings per start unless they have given up three (3) or more runs

D. Playing the Games.

1.   Download the current league file from website at the beginning of the Block.  These files are designated with an “LZP" extension; click on it and save it to the “/CDROMBB/BACKUP directory. 

2.   Use the "Restore League" function to incorporate these files into your own home Strat-O-Matic game.  If you have questions on how to use this, please consult the HELP section within your game or ask a league member.

3.   All teams will create or revise a Strat-O-Matic "computer manager" each block so that opponents may use this as a substitute for face-to-face or Netplay of Liberty League  games.  Computer managers must be uploaded to the Group site at the beginning of each block. 

4.   Download the computer managers for your opponents for that Block and save them to your PC.  Remember, you will be playing your team’s ROAD games.  If you receive an error message of any kind while attempting to import an opponent’s computer manager, please report this via the group to all other owners.  Do not attempt to play the games with that computer manager.

5.   When you open the game to begin a series, select “give 15 days rest.“  Do not select this option for each game.  Make sure that “Computer Manager” is selected as the Home Team’s default manager.  Most importantly, make sure the “export game files” box is checked or unable to be checked off accidentally.  No export files mean REPLAY, no matter what happened.

6.   At the end of each game save “boxscore, pbp and scoresheet” as one file for each game in the following way:  0615_CAQ@WES.

E.   Reporting Games. 

1.   Combine the game files, the print files, and the boxes into a zip file.  Label the zip file in the format   starting day_visiting team@home team_ending day, e.g., 0615_CAQ@WES_ 0617

2.   Upload the zip file into the appropriate folder on the Group site.  Be sure to check the box marked “send a message to the group announcing this file.”  You can put anything you want in the description, as long as you include the names of both teams which participated in the series (city or nickname), and the outcome of the series, e.g., “CAQ 2, WES 1” or “Quakes sweep Ripcats.”  If you played a particularly interesting series or game, you might want to write a more detailed account of it and send it to the group as an email.

3.   Upon receiving a notice that your team played in a completed series, the home team manager should check the boxscores and play-by-plays to make sure correct starters and lineups were used.  Alert the Commissioner of any error. 

VII.  The Playoffs

A. Qualifiers.  Each team finishing the season with a record of better than .500 will qualify for the playoffs.

B. Rosters.  The playoffs will commence seven days in real time after the conclusion of the regular season.  Three days prior to the commencement of each round of the playoffs, each playoff team will submit its playoff roster of 25 players.  No changes to that roster can be made for the duration of that round of the playoffs. 

C. Seeding and Rounds.  The playoffs will consist of however many rounds are necessary for one team to prevail as champion.  Each round will be seeded, with the team with the best record playing the team with the worst record, the team with the second-best record playing the team with the second-worst record, and so forth.  (As long as a division-winner is involved in the playoffs, that winner will have a higher seed than a non-division-winner, even if the latter has the better record.)  If two teams have the same records, ties will be broken according to head-to-head record, then margin between runs scored and runs allowed, then intradivisional record, then a coin flip.

D. Games.  Each series will consist of seven games in a 2-3-2 format, with the higher-seeded team having the extra home game.  For purposes of calculating starter usage, there will be two off-days between the regular season and each round of the playoffs, and an off-day after the 2^nd and 5^th game of each series.

E.  Byes.  If there are an uneven number of teams in a round, the highest-seeded team will get a bye for that round.

F.  Game Play.  All playoff games will be played via netplay.  If a team owner is unable to play via netplay, the Commissioner or a member of the Executive Committee selected by him will play the team in that owner’s place.  If satisfactory arrangements cannot be made for netplay, then, in the Commissioner’s discretion, the games will be autoplayed by the Commissioner or a member of the Executive Committee selected by him.  All regular-season rules and settings will be in force during the playoffs, with the exception that Home Field Advantage will be turned off for all games played via netplay.

G. Usage.  All players are limited in usage during each playoff series to 10% of their seasonal Adjusted Usage.  (E.g., Player A had 373 AB’s during the season; Player B had 33 IP.  For each playoff series, Player A would be limited to 37 AB’s, and Player B would be limited to 3 IP.)