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Pastime Baseball League Monthly
Vol. 1, Monday, August 1, 2009 (cont.)
Northern League Profiles
Sacramento Stingers 39-54, 22.5 GB in Wast Division
July Record 7-17
Leaders
Avg - George Hall.344
HRs - George Hall 29
RBIs - George Hall 69
Wins - Jim Devlin 11
ERA - Jim Devlin 3.39
Ks - Jim Devlin 163
Top Performance - 1B Travis Hafner hit two homers in a 3-1 win over Philadelphia on July 18.
Awards
- CF George Hall was named Player of the Week on July 6
- Hall, SP Jim Devlin, CL Brad Lidge, C Brian McCann and RF Socks Seybold were named to the Northern League All-Star team.
Injuries
Who's Hot
- 1B Travis Hafner .351/.407/.635 with 9 doubles, 4 HRs and 7 RBI
- CF George Hall .296/.431/.605 with 7 HRs and 15 RBI
- SP Guy Hecker 3-1, 2.42 ERA
Who's Not
- SP Bill Hutchinson 0-4, 7.97 ERA
- 2B Arlie Latham .182/.242/.202 with 0 HR and 5 RBI
- C Brian McCann .182/.260/.295 1 HR and 9 RBI
Wichita Brigade63-33, First Pace in West Division
July Record 19-7
Leaders
Avg - Frank Chance .312
HRs - Robinson Cano 14
RBIs - Robinson Cano 62
Wins - Rube Waddell 16
ERA - Rube Waddell 2.79
Ks - Rube Waddell 213
Top Performance - SP Rube Waddell struck out 15 over 8 innings of 1-run ball in a 3-1 win over Indianapolis on July 1. It was Waddell's second straight 15-strikeout effort, and his fifth straight game with double-digit strikeouts.
Awards
- SP Rube Waddell was named Northern League Pitcher of the Month for June
- Waddell, SP Jay Hughes, CL Chad Cordero and 2B Robinson Cano were named to the Northern League All-Star team
Injuries
- 2B Robinson Cano is day-to-day with a hip flexor strain
- LF Jimmy Sheckard strained his hamstring July 28 and could miss up to two months
- SP Jonas Gaines left the July 30 game with a strained rotator cuff and is expected to be out until late September
Who's Hot
- SP Jay Hughes 5-0, 1.94 ERA
- 2B Hub Collins .306/.370/.551 with 2 HRs, 10 RBI and 13 runs
- SP Jonas Gaines 4-1, 2.25
Who's Not
- 1B Frank Isbell .188/.239/.247 1 HR, 9 RBI
- SP Rube Waddell 2-3, 4.11 (49 HA vs 22 last month, 20 BB vs 6, all notable only because of the year he's having)
- LF Oyster Burns .190/.273/.278 1 HR, 5 RBI
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