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Hmmm...well....The HBL Championship Playoffs are set....The Eastmoor Warriors vs. the Shelby Whippets....
Eastmoor went 60-40, with Avalon Hill in 2nd place with a record of 57-43. Shelby went 56-44, with West County in 2nd with 54-46.
An interesting note, Wheelersburg pitcher, Louis Jackson, pitched 15+ K's in two games this year (8/13/1945, 16K & 8/18/1945, 15K))....
Well...I am going to try to get a website started up for this league....we'll see how that goes....at any rate, I am looking forward to the Championship series...7 game series, I am actually thinking that Eastmoor will take it, but, Shelby does look good too...
Shelby has 3 well-known pitchers (Hagerman, Fuster, and Blodgett). Fuster ended the season with 15 wins.
Eastmoor also has pretty sound pitching (Jason Hodges & Victor Rounds). Rounds had the best record in the league at 17-6, with 25 games started, and an ERA of just 2.74 (216.2 IP). Rounds also had 4 Shutouts. Hodges had the top Quality Starts, at 22, 3 Shutouts, and ranked #2 in Strikeouts (178). Hodges also has the 2nd rated ERA at 2.51.
With Batting, Brian Harness for Shelby hit .363, and had an OBP of .468. Harness also had 88.9 Runs Created, 128 Hits, and 10 HR, 55 RBI. Christopher Prime had 30 SB for Shelby.
Eastmoor's batting, really wasn't as impressive...Wells had 64 RBI, 58 Runs, and 29 SB (Capital City's hartwell had 40). The best hitter for Eastmoor looks like Joseph Bailey, with a .285 avg, OBP of .387, Slg of .439, 63.2 Runs Created, 98 Hits (Eastmoor's Wells had 102). Bailey also had 55 runs. All of that with 344 AB....
So, in the HBL World Championship, it looks like it will be Eastmoor's Pitching vs. Shelby's Hitting....
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