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Eugene Church · 04-27-2006, 12:16 AM

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Friday, July 25, 1902

AMERICAN LEAGUE

THE CLEVELAND INDIANS LEAD THE BOSTON RED SOX BY 1.5 GAMES IN THE TIGHT AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE...SURGING PHILADELPHIA IS ONLY 2 GAMES BEHIND...THE YANKEES ARE A DISTANT FOURTH, 8.5 GAMES OFF THE PACE...THE CHISOX FELL TO FIFTH, TRAILING BY 10...THE BROWNS ARE SIXTH, 11.5 GAMES OUT...SEVENTH PLACE WASHINGTON IS 12.5 GAMES BEHIND...AND DETROIT IS STILL IN THE BASEMENT, 14 OUT.

The Indians (61-46) have moved past the Red Sox in the last month, running up a 19-13 mark. The Tribe has a 1.5 games lead over Boston, who went 17-15 in the same period. Cleveland has the best staff in the AAA with a 3.48 ERA, led by four fine starters: Herb Score (12-7 3.18), Early Wynn (12-6 3.40), Addie Joss (11-7 2.58) and Bob Feller (9-5 2.79). Manager Steve O'Neill recently added Bob Lemon (4-2 2.52) to the starting rotation to make the club even stronger. Relief ace, Doug Jones (5-6 3.79), has 13 saves and has only blown 2 of them this year. On the offensive side of the ledger, not one of the Indians strong points, they have compiled a .254 team batting average with only 76 homers, both figures are the second worst in both leagues. Luke Easter (.244/18/64) and Larry Doby (.275/10/57) are the big bats and power guys. Tris Speaker (.307/4/40) is their top hitter. Cleveland switched Willie Wells (.269/9/43) to shortstop and put Boojum Wilson (.287/2/16) in at third and solidified the infield. The Indians have use 4 shortstops this year. Rookie catcher Victor Martinez (.269/7/42) has also supplied some good offense to the attack. Skipper O'Neill has the pitching to stay in the race. If the batters come around and hit for a higher average and a little more power, Cleveland would waltz into the World Series.

In the last month the Boston Red Sox (60-48) have slipped to 1.5 games behind the Indians. During the period the Beantowners were 17-15 and fell out of first place. Manager Joe McCarthy gets by with prolific hitting from Ted Williams (.306/24/97), Oscar Charleston (.328/16/67), David Ortiz (.285/21/75), Nomar Garciaparra (.291/10/59) and Joe Cronin (.295/7/44). Overall the Red Sox are hitting .276 as a team, far and away the best average in the AL. On the hill he can call on three very capable starters and one reliever. George Ruth (13-6 3.46), Roger Clemens (12-5 2.80) and Pedro Martinez (12-6 3.24) are a potent trio, but need some other starters to step it up. They are third with a 3.92 ERA. Dick Radatz (4-4 3.10/11 saves) has been pretty steady in the bullpen, but has lost 4 save opportunities.

The hottest team in the league the last few weeks was the Philadelphia A's (59-48). Over the period they compiled a 22-9 mark and now only trail by a scant 2 games. The A's best batters this season are Jimmie Foxx (.308/29/77), Al Simmons (.307/11/56), rookie Shigeo Nagashima (.290/10/63) and Mickey Cochrane (.308/5/40). A recent signee from the Special Draft has been impressive. Alejandro Oms (.314/2/9), a rookie centerfielder, has done well in the leadoff spot since joining the squad. On the hill leading the way are Lefty Grove (14-5 3.13), Eddie Plank (12-6 3.82) and Rube Waddell (10-9 3.04). Dennis Eckersley (6-5 3.14) is also in the starting rotation and has been a solid addition. Rollie Fingers (2-3 2.74 12 saves) is Manager Connie Mack's best bullpen man. The rest of the staff have been disappointing. The A's are third in pitching with a 3.90 ERA and the team is fourth in hitting with a .263 BA and with 113 home runs. More pitching is what Philadelphia could really use. They recently lost shortstop John Henry Lloyd (.268/12/50) for a week and star third baseman Shigeo Nagashima for two weeks. Miguel Tejeda (.303/2/7) and Eric Chavez will fill in for them. Chavez was just called up from the minors. Al Simmons had missed about 3 weeks earlier. His return gave the club a great boost and they prompty turned it up a notch. If they continue to play like they have in the last 30 days, it would be tough for anyone in the AL to keep up with them.

The defending World Series champs, the New York Yankees (53-55), just haven't been the same ballclub. They are in fourth place, 16-15 over the last month and a distant 8.5 games out of first and not even playing .500 ball. They are still hitting home runs and are first in the AL with 120 and second to the NL Braves' 128 roundtrippers so far in the season. Other than the HR department, the Yanks are just average in pitching with a 3.98 ERA and subpar in hitting with a .255 team BA. Lefty Gomez (10-8 3.10), Whitey Ford (7-5 3.11) and Herb Pennock (7-6 3.12) have fine ERAs and keep them close in games, but the hitters can't seem win them like they did last year. Babe Ruth (.317/35/88) is having an outstanding season and will break his AAA home run mark easily this year. He just equaled last year's record. Lou Gehrig (.268/20/70) is productive, but is dismal compared to his .317 average of last season. Joe Gordon (.302/7/37) was having a fine season, but has played in only half the games due to a lengthy injury. He is back now and the club is playing better. Joe DiMaggio (.277/16/52) and Derek Jeter (.292/11/47) have played well. After playing around with the lineup to shake the Bronx Bombers out of the doldrums, Manager Casey Stengel has returned to pretty much the same lineup as last year in an attempt to regain the magic. To no avail thus far.

The Chicago White Sox (52-57) are heading up the second division and put up a pathetic 11-17 record in the last month. The fifth place Pale Hose have never been this low in the standings before, trailing the Indians by 10 games. Skipper Al Lopez still has the pitching (3.66 ERA, second to Cleveland's 3.48), but is feeble in the batting department, hitting only .258 as a team. They are down in both areas. Last year they sparkled with a 3.38 ERA and .263 BA. Wilbur Wood (11-7 3.06) and Billy Pierce (7-3 2.83) have been standout starters, but Ed Cicotte (7-8 4.51) and Joe Horlen (8-11 3.94) are having off years. Hardluck Ed Walsh (6-9 2.69) has a fine ERA, but nothing to show for it in the won-lost column. As usual Joe Jackson (.347/5/58) is a superlative hitter, but that about as far as it goes, except for big Frank Thomas (.255/20/71). Thomas is still a fine cleanup hitter and is on par with last year. A recent bright spot has been new signee, Kazuhiro Yamauchi (.469/1/8), a young Japanese outfielder, who has started in left 5 times. Magglio Ordonez (.266/8/30) and Luke Appling (.252/2/19), two of last year's leaders, have been disappointments and relegated to the bench. Ordonez has been a victim of the Lopez's platoon system, which has not seemed to work. The outlook for the Chisox is not so good.

The sixth place St. Louis Browns (50-58) are hitting a lot more home runs this year and have improved over last year, but are still only a mediocre ballteam. 13-18 over the past month, they have fallen 11.5 games off the pace. They did spend a little time in the first division this season. Albeit a short time. Manager Earl Weaver's Brown bunch are hitting .257 this year. The team BA is about like last year. But this year already have hit 105 homers, compared to just 76 last season. Josh Gibson (.266/23/57), Vern Stephens (.291/10/36), Eddie Murray (.261/18/53), Ken Williams (.273/14/51) lead the St. Louis attack. Cal Ripken (.289/8/28) has recently been installed at shortstop and put some spark in the team. Stephens was moved to third base to accommodate Ripken. Weaver is in some bad need for pitching. Only Hoyt Wilhelm (8-6 3.20) and Mike Mussina (1-9 3.44) have been consistently effective in the starting rotation. Dave McNally (5-7 3.46) and Jim Palmer (8-8 4.27) have been off and on. Last year's ace and 15-game winner Mike Cuellar (1-3 5.62) has been a flop this year. Weaver said Cuellar is too good to be stuck in the bullpen and will soon put him back into the rotation to see, if he can regain last season's form. The Browns are better this year, but will need more hitting and more pitching to continue their upward movement.

Clark Griffith's seventh place Senators (49-59) made a brief midseason run at the first division, but an 11-20 record sent them tumbling back to their accustomed spot in the AL standings. Washington's strong point is good hitters. They are second with a .267 team batting average and are paced by Rod Carew (.306/0/43), Cecil Travis (.311/4/45), Goose Goslin (.291/7/61) and Tony Oliva (.296/9/44). Heinie Manush (.310/3/26) has hit well, splitting time with Oliva. The Senators have added some power to the lineup for spacious Griffith Stadium and have surpassed last year's paltry total of 57. They have 59 fourbaggers this year, still the worst in both leagues. Dutch Leonard (10-7 3.79), Walter Johnson (9-4 3.61) and Camilo Pascual 99-8 3.47) gives Skipper Griffith three quality starters, but you need 4 or 5 to be successful. Washington can hit for average. They also need improvement in the longball department to rise in the standings.

What has happened to the Detroit Tigers (47-60)? They are absolutely last in the league. You think Hughie Jennings has gotten dumber in the past year? Is it all his fault? Last season the Tigers battled the Yanks and the White Sox tooth and nail all season long and faded right at the last and finished third. They did it with great hitting (.279 BA) and pretty fair pitching (3.79 ERA). But not this year! Detroit has dipped in both areas, hitting .267 and compiling a 4.27 ERA, last in the American League. The hitting perked up quite a bit and they finished 14-16 for the month. Earlier in the year the team BA hovered in the .240s. Any kind of pitching would have given them a much better mark. Ty Cobb (.380/10/61) is having a fantastic season. Harry Heilmann (.301/7/33), and Charlie Gehringer (.285/17/68) are solid and dependable. Hank Greenberg (.257/18/79) is having an off season batting average-wise, but is delivering otherwise. He hit .304 last year. Vic Wertz (.306/5/21) and George Kell (.317/0/22) have performed well since being inserted in leftfield and third base. Hal Newhouser (9-6 4.06) and recent call up, Jack Morris (4-5 3.01), are the only pitchers to speak of. Detroit needs wholesale improvement in the pitching corps to get back to the first division.

National League review coming soon. The OOTPBB2006 Text Committee is taking all of my time. It's a fulltime job done right. I think you will see great improvement in it, if you play out your games.

See Boxscores, Standings and League Reports here:

http://aaa.allsimbaseball.com/index....tpage&Itemid=1

04-27-2006, 12:16 AM	#431 (permalink)
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 17,079 Thanks: 100 Thanked 100x in 52 posts	ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION Friday, July 25, 1902 AMERICAN LEAGUE THE CLEVELAND INDIANS LEAD THE BOSTON RED SOX BY 1.5 GAMES IN THE TIGHT AMERICAN LEAGUE RACE...SURGING PHILADELPHIA IS ONLY 2 GAMES BEHIND...THE YANKEES ARE A DISTANT FOURTH, 8.5 GAMES OFF THE PACE...THE CHISOX FELL TO FIFTH, TRAILING BY 10...THE BROWNS ARE SIXTH, 11.5 GAMES OUT...SEVENTH PLACE WASHINGTON IS 12.5 GAMES BEHIND...AND DETROIT IS STILL IN THE BASEMENT, 14 OUT. The Indians (61-46) have moved past the Red Sox in the last month, running up a 19-13 mark. The Tribe has a 1.5 games lead over Boston, who went 17-15 in the same period. Cleveland has the best staff in the AAA with a 3.48 ERA, led by four fine starters: Herb Score (12-7 3.18), Early Wynn (12-6 3.40), Addie Joss (11-7 2.58) and Bob Feller (9-5 2.79). Manager Steve O'Neill recently added Bob Lemon (4-2 2.52) to the starting rotation to make the club even stronger. Relief ace, Doug Jones (5-6 3.79), has 13 saves and has only blown 2 of them this year. On the offensive side of the ledger, not one of the Indians strong points, they have compiled a .254 team batting average with only 76 homers, both figures are the second worst in both leagues. Luke Easter (.244/18/64) and Larry Doby (.275/10/57) are the big bats and power guys. Tris Speaker (.307/4/40) is their top hitter. Cleveland switched Willie Wells (.269/9/43) to shortstop and put Boojum Wilson (.287/2/16) in at third and solidified the infield. The Indians have use 4 shortstops this year. Rookie catcher Victor Martinez (.269/7/42) has also supplied some good offense to the attack. Skipper O'Neill has the pitching to stay in the race. If the batters come around and hit for a higher average and a little more power, Cleveland would waltz into the World Series. In the last month the Boston Red Sox (60-48) have slipped to 1.5 games behind the Indians. During the period the Beantowners were 17-15 and fell out of first place. Manager Joe McCarthy gets by with prolific hitting from Ted Williams (.306/24/97), Oscar Charleston (.328/16/67), David Ortiz (.285/21/75), Nomar Garciaparra (.291/10/59) and Joe Cronin (.295/7/44). Overall the Red Sox are hitting .276 as a team, far and away the best average in the AL. On the hill he can call on three very capable starters and one reliever. George Ruth (13-6 3.46), Roger Clemens (12-5 2.80) and Pedro Martinez (12-6 3.24) are a potent trio, but need some other starters to step it up. They are third with a 3.92 ERA. Dick Radatz (4-4 3.10/11 saves) has been pretty steady in the bullpen, but has lost 4 save opportunities. The hottest team in the league the last few weeks was the Philadelphia A's (59-48). Over the period they compiled a 22-9 mark and now only trail by a scant 2 games. The A's best batters this season are Jimmie Foxx (.308/29/77), Al Simmons (.307/11/56), rookie Shigeo Nagashima (.290/10/63) and Mickey Cochrane (.308/5/40). A recent signee from the Special Draft has been impressive. Alejandro Oms (.314/2/9), a rookie centerfielder, has done well in the leadoff spot since joining the squad. On the hill leading the way are Lefty Grove (14-5 3.13), Eddie Plank (12-6 3.82) and Rube Waddell (10-9 3.04). Dennis Eckersley (6-5 3.14) is also in the starting rotation and has been a solid addition. Rollie Fingers (2-3 2.74 12 saves) is Manager Connie Mack's best bullpen man. The rest of the staff have been disappointing. The A's are third in pitching with a 3.90 ERA and the team is fourth in hitting with a .263 BA and with 113 home runs. More pitching is what Philadelphia could really use. They recently lost shortstop John Henry Lloyd (.268/12/50) for a week and star third baseman Shigeo Nagashima for two weeks. Miguel Tejeda (.303/2/7) and Eric Chavez will fill in for them. Chavez was just called up from the minors. Al Simmons had missed about 3 weeks earlier. His return gave the club a great boost and they prompty turned it up a notch. If they continue to play like they have in the last 30 days, it would be tough for anyone in the AL to keep up with them. The defending World Series champs, the New York Yankees (53-55), just haven't been the same ballclub. They are in fourth place, 16-15 over the last month and a distant 8.5 games out of first and not even playing .500 ball. They are still hitting home runs and are first in the AL with 120 and second to the NL Braves' 128 roundtrippers so far in the season. Other than the HR department, the Yanks are just average in pitching with a 3.98 ERA and subpar in hitting with a .255 team BA. Lefty Gomez (10-8 3.10), Whitey Ford (7-5 3.11) and Herb Pennock (7-6 3.12) have fine ERAs and keep them close in games, but the hitters can't seem win them like they did last year. Babe Ruth (.317/35/88) is having an outstanding season and will break his AAA home run mark easily this year. He just equaled last year's record. Lou Gehrig (.268/20/70) is productive, but is dismal compared to his .317 average of last season. Joe Gordon (.302/7/37) was having a fine season, but has played in only half the games due to a lengthy injury. He is back now and the club is playing better. Joe DiMaggio (.277/16/52) and Derek Jeter (.292/11/47) have played well. After playing around with the lineup to shake the Bronx Bombers out of the doldrums, Manager Casey Stengel has returned to pretty much the same lineup as last year in an attempt to regain the magic. To no avail thus far. The Chicago White Sox (52-57) are heading up the second division and put up a pathetic 11-17 record in the last month. The fifth place Pale Hose have never been this low in the standings before, trailing the Indians by 10 games. Skipper Al Lopez still has the pitching (3.66 ERA, second to Cleveland's 3.48), but is feeble in the batting department, hitting only .258 as a team. They are down in both areas. Last year they sparkled with a 3.38 ERA and .263 BA. Wilbur Wood (11-7 3.06) and Billy Pierce (7-3 2.83) have been standout starters, but Ed Cicotte (7-8 4.51) and Joe Horlen (8-11 3.94) are having off years. Hardluck Ed Walsh (6-9 2.69) has a fine ERA, but nothing to show for it in the won-lost column. As usual Joe Jackson (.347/5/58) is a superlative hitter, but that about as far as it goes, except for big Frank Thomas (.255/20/71). Thomas is still a fine cleanup hitter and is on par with last year. A recent bright spot has been new signee, Kazuhiro Yamauchi (.469/1/8), a young Japanese outfielder, who has started in left 5 times. Magglio Ordonez (.266/8/30) and Luke Appling (.252/2/19), two of last year's leaders, have been disappointments and relegated to the bench. Ordonez has been a victim of the Lopez's platoon system, which has not seemed to work. The outlook for the Chisox is not so good. The sixth place St. Louis Browns (50-58) are hitting a lot more home runs this year and have improved over last year, but are still only a mediocre ballteam. 13-18 over the past month, they have fallen 11.5 games off the pace. They did spend a little time in the first division this season. Albeit a short time. Manager Earl Weaver's Brown bunch are hitting .257 this year. The team BA is about like last year. But this year already have hit 105 homers, compared to just 76 last season. Josh Gibson (.266/23/57), Vern Stephens (.291/10/36), Eddie Murray (.261/18/53), Ken Williams (.273/14/51) lead the St. Louis attack. Cal Ripken (.289/8/28) has recently been installed at shortstop and put some spark in the team. Stephens was moved to third base to accommodate Ripken. Weaver is in some bad need for pitching. Only Hoyt Wilhelm (8-6 3.20) and Mike Mussina (1-9 3.44) have been consistently effective in the starting rotation. Dave McNally (5-7 3.46) and Jim Palmer (8-8 4.27) have been off and on. Last year's ace and 15-game winner Mike Cuellar (1-3 5.62) has been a flop this year. Weaver said Cuellar is too good to be stuck in the bullpen and will soon put him back into the rotation to see, if he can regain last season's form. The Browns are better this year, but will need more hitting and more pitching to continue their upward movement. Clark Griffith's seventh place Senators (49-59) made a brief midseason run at the first division, but an 11-20 record sent them tumbling back to their accustomed spot in the AL standings. Washington's strong point is good hitters. They are second with a .267 team batting average and are paced by Rod Carew (.306/0/43), Cecil Travis (.311/4/45), Goose Goslin (.291/7/61) and Tony Oliva (.296/9/44). Heinie Manush (.310/3/26) has hit well, splitting time with Oliva. The Senators have added some power to the lineup for spacious Griffith Stadium and have surpassed last year's paltry total of 57. They have 59 fourbaggers this year, still the worst in both leagues. Dutch Leonard (10-7 3.79), Walter Johnson (9-4 3.61) and Camilo Pascual 99-8 3.47) gives Skipper Griffith three quality starters, but you need 4 or 5 to be successful. Washington can hit for average. They also need improvement in the longball department to rise in the standings. What has happened to the Detroit Tigers (47-60)? They are absolutely last in the league. You think Hughie Jennings has gotten dumber in the past year? Is it all his fault? Last season the Tigers battled the Yanks and the White Sox tooth and nail all season long and faded right at the last and finished third. They did it with great hitting (.279 BA) and pretty fair pitching (3.79 ERA). But not this year! Detroit has dipped in both areas, hitting .267 and compiling a 4.27 ERA, last in the American League. The hitting perked up quite a bit and they finished 14-16 for the month. Earlier in the year the team BA hovered in the .240s. Any kind of pitching would have given them a much better mark. Ty Cobb (.380/10/61) is having a fantastic season. Harry Heilmann (.301/7/33), and Charlie Gehringer (.285/17/68) are solid and dependable. Hank Greenberg (.257/18/79) is having an off season batting average-wise, but is delivering otherwise. He hit .304 last year. Vic Wertz (.306/5/21) and George Kell (.317/0/22) have performed well since being inserted in leftfield and third base. Hal Newhouser (9-6 4.06) and recent call up, Jack Morris (4-5 3.01), are the only pitchers to speak of. Detroit needs wholesale improvement in the pitching corps to get back to the first division. National League review coming soon. The OOTPBB2006 Text Committee is taking all of my time. It's a fulltime job done right. I think you will see great improvement in it, if you play out your games. See Boxscores, Standings and League Reports here: http://aaa.allsimbaseball.com/index....tpage&Itemid=1 Last edited by Eugene Church; 05-02-2006 at 01:46 AM.