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Eugene Church · 04-04-2006, 10:35 PM

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Tuesday, May 20, 1902

AMERICAN LEAGUE

CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURGE TO THE TOP IN AL BY 3 GAMES OVER PHILADELPHIA...AND 3.5 GAMES OVER RED SOX, INDIANS AND BROWNS

The Chicago White Sox won 7 of their last 10 and leaped into first place in the American League. The Chisox are not doing it with mirrors, they are doing it with solid hitting and superb pitching. With an overall 3.07 ERA they are the best in both leagues by far. Only the Boston Braves, the NL's top club, are close to them with a 3.40 ERA. Manager Al Lopez has a solid set of starters: Wilbur Wood (5-2 2.51), Gary Peters (3-1 2.55), Ed Walsh (3-4 2.23) and Ed Cicotte (5-2 3.33). Hitting-wise the Pale Hose's offense has been led by Joe Jackson (.384/2/24), Eddie Collins (.301/1/14), Frank Thomas (.245/7/24) and Harold Baines (.275/3/22). Lopez recently added rookie Paul Konerko (.378/2/13) at 3B and Dick Lundy (.373/1/6) and Buck Weaver (.321/0/5) platooned at shortstop. These moves are already starting to pay dividends.

Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics (21-18) have swooned a little bit after a fine early season showing and are now in second place, trailing by 3.5 games. In the last ten games they have won only four of them. The A's are the highest scoring team in the AL with a .269 Team BA, but are next to last in pitching with a 4.17 ERA. Eddie Plank (6-1 2.98), Lefty Grove (6-2 3.53) and Rube Waddell (3-3 2.89) have been Mack's only effective hurlers this season. Vida Blue (1-2 7.20) and Jim "Catfish" Hunter (1-5 4.27) have not done the job in the starting rotation. Bobby Shantz (2-1 1.65) and Dennis Eckersley (1-2 2.20) have been doing well in relief roles and may get a shot at starting soon. The A's offense has been paced by Jimmie Foxx (.313/9/28), Al Simmons (.305/5/28), Mickey Cochrane (.331/4/25) and rookie Shigeo Nagashima (.350/4/19). Mack recently inserted Danny Murphy (.386/1/5) at second base and Frank Baker (.333/2/10) in leftfield.

The Bosox (21-19) are tied with Cleveland and St. Louis for third place, 3.5 games out of first place. Boston has won only four of their last six encounters. The Red Sox are getting by on their .266 batting average and home run power. Oscar Charleston (333/4/19), Ted Williams (.260/11/36), rookie David Ortiz (.262/6/24), Joe Cronin (.304/1/14) and Johnny Pesky (.330/0/12) are leading the Boston attack. Manager Joe McCarthy platooned Fred Lynn (.315/2/7) and Ellis Burks (.361/1/3) in centerfield and it is going well. Pitching-wise only Roger Clemens (6-1 2.43) and Pedro Martinez (5-2 2.36) have been productive. Both have been outstanding. In the bullpen Dick Radatz (3-1 2.92) has been excellent and has five saves. The Red Sox would be doing quite well if it had better pitching. McCarthy is hoping for a turnaround in the mound department.

Cleveland (21-19) has been hot of late and finished out the last ten games with six victories. Manager Steve O'Neill has a good group of starters, who have a composite 3.68 ERA. Herb Score (5-3 2.82) heads the group. Addie Joss (4-3 3.38), Bob Feller (3-2 3.11) and Early Wynn (3-3 3.19) also have shown well this year. Beyond these guys it has been abyssmal in the bullpen for the Tribe. Help is really needed there for Cleveland to challenge. On the offensive side of the baseball, Larry Doby (.331/7/19), Luke Easter (.315/6/27), Tris Speaker (.305/0/16) and rookie catcher Victor Martinez (.269/4/23) have led the charge this season.

Earl Weaver's St. Louis Brown (21-19) ballclub has been a blast this season, literally and figuratively. They lead the American League with 44 home runs, runnerup to the Braves, who lead the Alltime Allstar Association with 48. In their last ten games St. Louis has been the victor 5 times and now rest tied for third place, 3.5 games behind. The Browns have been paced by Josh Gibson (.264/10/27), Ken Williams (.304/6/24), Vern Stephens (.298/5/19), rookie Doug DeCinces (.259/8/22) and Eddie Murray (.250/9/26). St. Louis' shortcoming is its pitching. Only Jim Palmer (5-0 2.37), Hoyt Wilhelm (5-2 3.15) and Mike Mussina (3-5 3.01) have been up to par so far. Weaver got some good news today that last year's ace, Mike Cuellar (1-0 0.96), has rejoined the club after a stay on the disabled list. He was hit by a line drive and suffered a concussion several weeks ago and missed six starts.

The sixth place New York Yanks (20-21) are still muddling along with a 5-5 mark over the last ten games. Manager Casey Stengel's charges are making a little progress and are beginning to show some signs of hitting. The team BA is now .254 and the Bronx Bombers are showing some signs of coming out of the doldrums. Here are the batting leaders on the club: Lou Gehrig (.303/8/29), Babe Ruth (.268/10/28), Joe DiMaggio (.254/6/21) and Derek Jeter (.277/4/29). Joe Gordon (.322/3/18) had a great start this season, but has been hurt for the last few weeks and will not come back until sometime in mid-June. But the pitchers are still struggling along in mediocrity with a 3.79 ERA. NY's top twirlers thus far have been Lefty Gomez (5-3 2.41), Whitey Ford (3-3 3.36) and Herb Pennock (3-2 2.00).

Washington (19-22) has been running hot and cold over the last ten days and finished the period with a 5-5 record, only good enought to put them in seventh place, six games in the rear of the first place White Sox. The Senators bat well as a team with a .264 average. Leading their attack are Goose Goslin (.325/4/27), Rod Carew (.308/0/11) and Cecil Travis (.305/1/19). Manager Clark Griffith's mound corps has had a tough season. Only Walter Johnson (5-2 3.62), Dutch Leonard (4-2 2.78) and Firpo Marberry (3-1 2.98) have had good seasons thus far.

Sparky Anderson's Detroit Tigers (13-27) have been awful...4-6 in the last ten contests...and this year. The Tigers have batted .241 up to now and are in last place, 11.5 games out of first. Detroit pitching hasn't been very good either...a whopping 4.36 ERA...they are near the bottom in almost all categories. Only Virgil Trucks (2-2 2.77) among the mound staff has good stats. Batting leaders are: Ty Cobb (.335/3/21), Harry Heilmann (.329/4/12), Hank Greenberg (.240/7/26) and Harvey Kuenn (.245/4/19). Pitcher Hilton Smith (1-4 3.31) has been injured and will miss about two weeks. Jack Morris (1-0 3.00) was called up to fill in for him and got a win in his initial start.

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04-04-2006, 10:35 PM	#415 (permalink)
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 17,079 Thanks: 100 Thanked 100x in 52 posts	ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION Tuesday, May 20, 1902 AMERICAN LEAGUE CHICAGO WHITE SOX SURGE TO THE TOP IN AL BY 3 GAMES OVER PHILADELPHIA...AND 3.5 GAMES OVER RED SOX, INDIANS AND BROWNS The Chicago White Sox won 7 of their last 10 and leaped into first place in the American League. The Chisox are not doing it with mirrors, they are doing it with solid hitting and superb pitching. With an overall 3.07 ERA they are the best in both leagues by far. Only the Boston Braves, the NL's top club, are close to them with a 3.40 ERA. Manager Al Lopez has a solid set of starters: Wilbur Wood (5-2 2.51), Gary Peters (3-1 2.55), Ed Walsh (3-4 2.23) and Ed Cicotte (5-2 3.33). Hitting-wise the Pale Hose's offense has been led by Joe Jackson (.384/2/24), Eddie Collins (.301/1/14), Frank Thomas (.245/7/24) and Harold Baines (.275/3/22). Lopez recently added rookie Paul Konerko (.378/2/13) at 3B and Dick Lundy (.373/1/6) and Buck Weaver (.321/0/5) platooned at shortstop. These moves are already starting to pay dividends. Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics (21-18) have swooned a little bit after a fine early season showing and are now in second place, trailing by 3.5 games. In the last ten games they have won only four of them. The A's are the highest scoring team in the AL with a .269 Team BA, but are next to last in pitching with a 4.17 ERA. Eddie Plank (6-1 2.98), Lefty Grove (6-2 3.53) and Rube Waddell (3-3 2.89) have been Mack's only effective hurlers this season. Vida Blue (1-2 7.20) and Jim "Catfish" Hunter (1-5 4.27) have not done the job in the starting rotation. Bobby Shantz (2-1 1.65) and Dennis Eckersley (1-2 2.20) have been doing well in relief roles and may get a shot at starting soon. The A's offense has been paced by Jimmie Foxx (.313/9/28), Al Simmons (.305/5/28), Mickey Cochrane (.331/4/25) and rookie Shigeo Nagashima (.350/4/19). Mack recently inserted Danny Murphy (.386/1/5) at second base and Frank Baker (.333/2/10) in leftfield. The Bosox (21-19) are tied with Cleveland and St. Louis for third place, 3.5 games out of first place. Boston has won only four of their last six encounters. The Red Sox are getting by on their .266 batting average and home run power. Oscar Charleston (333/4/19), Ted Williams (.260/11/36), rookie David Ortiz (.262/6/24), Joe Cronin (.304/1/14) and Johnny Pesky (.330/0/12) are leading the Boston attack. Manager Joe McCarthy platooned Fred Lynn (.315/2/7) and Ellis Burks (.361/1/3) in centerfield and it is going well. Pitching-wise only Roger Clemens (6-1 2.43) and Pedro Martinez (5-2 2.36) have been productive. Both have been outstanding. In the bullpen Dick Radatz (3-1 2.92) has been excellent and has five saves. The Red Sox would be doing quite well if it had better pitching. McCarthy is hoping for a turnaround in the mound department. Cleveland (21-19) has been hot of late and finished out the last ten games with six victories. Manager Steve O'Neill has a good group of starters, who have a composite 3.68 ERA. Herb Score (5-3 2.82) heads the group. Addie Joss (4-3 3.38), Bob Feller (3-2 3.11) and Early Wynn (3-3 3.19) also have shown well this year. Beyond these guys it has been abyssmal in the bullpen for the Tribe. Help is really needed there for Cleveland to challenge. On the offensive side of the baseball, Larry Doby (.331/7/19), Luke Easter (.315/6/27), Tris Speaker (.305/0/16) and rookie catcher Victor Martinez (.269/4/23) have led the charge this season. Earl Weaver's St. Louis Brown (21-19) ballclub has been a blast this season, literally and figuratively. They lead the American League with 44 home runs, runnerup to the Braves, who lead the Alltime Allstar Association with 48. In their last ten games St. Louis has been the victor 5 times and now rest tied for third place, 3.5 games behind. The Browns have been paced by Josh Gibson (.264/10/27), Ken Williams (.304/6/24), Vern Stephens (.298/5/19), rookie Doug DeCinces (.259/8/22) and Eddie Murray (.250/9/26). St. Louis' shortcoming is its pitching. Only Jim Palmer (5-0 2.37), Hoyt Wilhelm (5-2 3.15) and Mike Mussina (3-5 3.01) have been up to par so far. Weaver got some good news today that last year's ace, Mike Cuellar (1-0 0.96), has rejoined the club after a stay on the disabled list. He was hit by a line drive and suffered a concussion several weeks ago and missed six starts. The sixth place New York Yanks (20-21) are still muddling along with a 5-5 mark over the last ten games. Manager Casey Stengel's charges are making a little progress and are beginning to show some signs of hitting. The team BA is now .254 and the Bronx Bombers are showing some signs of coming out of the doldrums. Here are the batting leaders on the club: Lou Gehrig (.303/8/29), Babe Ruth (.268/10/28), Joe DiMaggio (.254/6/21) and Derek Jeter (.277/4/29). Joe Gordon (.322/3/18) had a great start this season, but has been hurt for the last few weeks and will not come back until sometime in mid-June. But the pitchers are still struggling along in mediocrity with a 3.79 ERA. NY's top twirlers thus far have been Lefty Gomez (5-3 2.41), Whitey Ford (3-3 3.36) and Herb Pennock (3-2 2.00). Washington (19-22) has been running hot and cold over the last ten days and finished the period with a 5-5 record, only good enought to put them in seventh place, six games in the rear of the first place White Sox. The Senators bat well as a team with a .264 average. Leading their attack are Goose Goslin (.325/4/27), Rod Carew (.308/0/11) and Cecil Travis (.305/1/19). Manager Clark Griffith's mound corps has had a tough season. Only Walter Johnson (5-2 3.62), Dutch Leonard (4-2 2.78) and Firpo Marberry (3-1 2.98) have had good seasons thus far. Sparky Anderson's Detroit Tigers (13-27) have been awful...4-6 in the last ten contests...and this year. The Tigers have batted .241 up to now and are in last place, 11.5 games out of first. Detroit pitching hasn't been very good either...a whopping 4.36 ERA...they are near the bottom in almost all categories. Only Virgil Trucks (2-2 2.77) among the mound staff has good stats. Batting leaders are: Ty Cobb (.335/3/21), Harry Heilmann (.329/4/12), Hank Greenberg (.240/7/26) and Harvey Kuenn (.245/4/19). Pitcher Hilton Smith (1-4 3.31) has been injured and will miss about two weeks. Jack Morris (1-0 3.00) was called up to fill in for him and got a win in his initial start. See League Standings, Stats, Boxscores and League Reports here: http://aaa.allsimbaseball.com/index....tpage&Itemid=1 Last edited by Eugene Church; 04-05-2006 at 01:30 PM.