A blog analyzing Major League Baseball through the lens of Astrology
Welcome to Astrology Baseball, a project where I arrange MLB players into teams based on their astrological signs, and then pit those teams against each other in mock fantasy seasons.
1948 Negro Leagues Pitchers
It’s been a constant of Fantasy Astrology Baseball, for as long as I’ve been doing this project, that Cancer has trouble finding starting pitching depth. But this whole situation changes when you look at the Negro Leagues, which has no statistical information after 1948.
1948 Negro League Batters
The 1948 Aries Rams had a pretty solid outfield when considering only players in the established Major Leagues at the time. But there’s another Aries outfielder who just emerged on my database for the 1948 season: leftfielder Lester Lockett of the Baltimore Elite Giants (pronounced EE-light). That’s because 1948 is the last year where Baseball Reference has statistics for the Negro Leagues, of which BEG were the champions.
1948 Fantasy Astrology Recap
I was very excited to reach 1948 in my reverse chronological trip through baseball history, because it’s the last year with readily available Negro League statistics. I could wait to learn about the influx of amazing athletes, and add them to my All-Time Major League Astrology database, because the Negro Leagues are Major Leagues.