1910 Season Recap
Northern League
The Grand Canyon River Runners barely miss out on their chance to defend their Arizona League title. The 'Runners lost their last two games, and the Prescott Antelops won their last two. Grand Canyon's
Orval Overall, who earned the win in last season's Game Seven, got shelled in the regular season finale, a 5-0 loss to Jerome. Ouch.
Pitcher
"Colby Jack" Coombs paces Cottonwood, winning an amazing 30 games, against only nine losses. He was just one win shy of breaking his NL record of 31 W's set in 1908 ... He's virtually untouchable in games, posting an ERA of 1.59 (and seven shutouts). He was Player of the Game in eight of his last 10 starts. His only loss during the span, however, came to Prescott, the team the Monsoon will face in the playoffs.
Jim Jackson paced the Cottonwood hitting attack with 24 home runs and 89 RBIs. Jackson was a 15th round pick back in 1901 (232nd overall) but was among the NL leaders in hitting this season...
Prescott, winners of three AZL titles already, motors along behind the fine plate work of
Danny Green (.284 average, 67 RBIs) and
Germany Schaefer (.270, 18 HRs, 70 RBIs)... Pitcher
Happy Townsend has a pleasing 25-13 record with a 1.82 ERA...
Here are the final standings ...
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
Cottonwood 94 68 .580 - 94-68 0 50-31 44-37 9-6 33-25 * W6 7-3
Prescott 88 74 .543 6.0 92-70 -4 40-41 48-33 7-7 35-30 - W2 6-4
Grand Canyon 87 75 .537 7.0 83-79 4 45-36 42-39 15-5 35-26 - L2 6-4
Jerome 86 76 .531 8.0 85-77 1 48-33 38-43 6-8 29-31 - W1 6-4
Payson 86 76 .531 8.0 88-74 -2 42-39 44-37 9-6 29-34 - W2 3-7
Flagstaff 79 83 .488 15.0 83-79 -4 42-39 37-44 9-13 26-30 - L3 5-5
Kayenta 66 96 .407 28.0 62-100 4 35-46 31-50 6-13 19-29 - L2 4-6
Sedona 62 100 .383 32.0 60-102 2 32-49 30-51 7-10 30-31 - L1 3-7
Southern League
The Yuma Prisoners also won't be going back to the playoffs, after finishing a distant sixth in the standings. Yikes ... The new power appears to be the Nogales Apaches, who won an impressive 102 games (I like that there is a player named
Chief Myers on the roster of this club. He's a 36-year-old catcher).
Dan McGann is the man for Nogales this season, batting .278 with 13 HRs and 84 RBIs. The first baseman is 39-years-old and still stole 12 bases. Nice! I love this game ... LF
Sherry Magee is the other offensive leader, posting some nice stats (99 RBIs, .246 average). Pitcher
Babe Adams sets a new Southern League record with 32 wins. (His ERA of 1.73 last season also was an SL record).
The other playoff challenger in the Southern will be the Tucson Saguaros, who finally appear to have turned their franchise around. Tucson had never been higher than fourth in the SL. Five times the Saguaros finished dead last in the standings. Two other times they were sixth. There is much rejoicing in the Old Pueblo this season!
The presence of
Ty Cobb has certainly helped. He batted .297 this season with two HRs and 61 RBIs. He stole more than 30 bases. Young catcher
Tex Erwin battled .288 with 46 RBIs. This was a good team all-around, with the best batting average in the league (.246). Pitching ERA was third-best, led by
Bill Burns (24 wins) and
Ralph Glaze (22 wins)...
This should be an interesting series with two "new" powers going at it with a spot in the Cactus Champions Cup at stake... The NL might have the advantage since both Prescott and Cottonwood are pretty experienced in the post-season...
The SL Standings:
Code:
Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10
Nogales 102 60 .630 - 98-64 4 50-31 52-29 14-4 43-17 * W1 6-4
Tucson 88 75 .540 14.5 89-74 -1 40-42 48-33 13-9 36-36 - W2 4-6
Tombstone 87 76 .534 15.5 88-75 -1 40-41 47-35 10-8 28-29 - L2 5-5
Bisbee 80 82 .494 22.0 76-86 4 41-40 39-42 11-11 32-24 - W4 6-4
Tempe 77 85 .475 25.0 78-84 -1 38-43 39-42 5-12 31-32 - L1 6-4
Yuma 76 86 .469 26.0 81-81 -5 37-44 39-42 11-8 19-37 - L1 3-7
Carefree 74 88 .457 28.0 74-88 0 39-42 35-46 5-7 28-34 - W1 5-5
Phoenix 65 97 .401 37.0 65-97 0 34-47 31-50 3-13 27-35 - L3 5-5