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Originally Posted by Y0DA55
Cleveland really underperformed... or else the BWAA just didn't realize that they weren't that good.
Philly surprised a lot of folks, eh?
Also, the link isn't working to see the stats.
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Thanks, Yoda.
I'll check into why it won't connect. (
Fixed now...don't know what was wrong)
As far as Cleveland, the pitchers just didn't perform as expected...the hitters didn't, either.
Joss, Stan Coveleskie Lemon, Garcia and Wynn were only average...Narleski poor.
Rosen, Boudreau, Colavito and Trosky really underperformed.
The Phillies got great pitching from Alexander and Roberts. Good power and timely hitting from Chuck Klein, Dick Allen and Mike Schmidt. Del Ennis has a solid season as well...267 BA 33 doubles 18 HRs and 77 rbis. Richie Ashburn had a fine season. 2B Fresco Thompson and Larry Bowa were excellent, too. They would have won easily, if Tug McGraw, Curt Shilling (8-9 4.28) and Steve Carlton (7-12 4.33) had performed up to their potential.
Boston Braves also bombed out. They suffered from terrible hitting (.231 BA...18 points worse than the next lowest)...staff starters very good, but got no batting support and no help from fair to average relievers like Garber, McMahon and Bedrosian.
Starters:Spahn 8-11 2.58, Burdette 10-12 3.02, Niekro 11-9 2.84 and Maddux 17-8 2.61.
Smoltz (5-14 4.36), Glavine (6-13 3.55) and Sain (4-8 3.63) fizzled.