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SEPTEMBER 1, 1932 THE THRIFTLON TIMES 10 CENTS "ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO BE NEWS" HOOVER EVICTS BONUS ARMY 43,000 Marchers Ordered to Disperse Code:
A18 Obituaries Kenneth Grahame, author of "The Wind In The Willows" Code:
B1 BUSINESS First Radio Broadcast From A Moving Train Okay, We Get It Already. No More First Radio Broadcasts From Here On Out Code:
C1 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT New Radio Craze: Jack Benny Except This One. And Also Other Important Ones Code:
D1 SPORTS It's Setting Up To Be A Subway Series Yankees, Giants Primed To Square Off In Fall Classic For First Time Code:
American League Standings Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away M# Streak New York Yankees 77 45 0.631 - 79-43 -2 36-24 41-21 28 W3 Chicago White Stockings 69 50 0.580 6.5 65-54 4 38-27 31-23 L1 Boston Red Sox 61 58 0.513 14.5 63-56 -2 26-27 35-31 W1 Philadelphia Athletics 60 59 0.504 15.5 63-56 -3 27-27 33-32 L3 Cleveland Indians 60 60 0.500 16 59-61 1 29-35 31-25 L3 St. Louis Browns 55 63 0.466 20 54-64 1 33-30 22-33 W4 Detroit Tigers 49 69 0.415 26 48-70 1 27-36 22-33 W3 Washington Senators 47 74 0.388 29.5 48-73 -1 25-31 22-43 L8 National League Standings Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away M# Streak New York Giants 86 32 0.729 - 80-38 6 40-12 46-20 18 W5 Cincinnati Reds 67 51 0.568 19 69-49 -2 35-19 32-32 W1 Philadelphia Phillies 62 60 0.508 26 67-55 -5 33-33 29-27 L4 Pittsburgh Pirates 61 62 0.496 27.5 62-61 -1 34-33 27-29 L1 St Louis Cardinals 58 61 0.487 28.5 57-62 1 28-35 30-26 L4 Chicago Cubs 58 66 0.468 31 58-66 0 32-39 26-27 L2 Boston Braves 45 71 0.388 40 47-69 -2 18-36 27-35 W3 Brooklyn Dodgers 42 76 0.356 44 39-79 3 14-38 28-38 W2 In the National, the Giants have made a couple of key acquisitions as well but mostly their success is home-grown and therefore sweeter. Their 3-4 punch of CF Erik Conn (.303, 30, 115) and 3B Emory Jefferson (.341, 31, 111) paces an attack that ranks first in the league in runs scored with 792 and threatens to break the NL record of 995 runs scored, set 2 years ago by the hard-hitting Phillies (more on them in a bit). They'll have to average 5.6 runs per game to meet that mark, not an easy metric but quite a bit less than the 6.7 they've tallied so far this year. But it's not all about hitting for these boys, although it could be. They're lapping the rest of the league because they've got four men who all figure to win 20 games this season: phenom John Burns, 21-7 3.44 in his second season in the bigs, Fred Fleming (21-6, 2.71) who is undefeated at 15-0 since arriving from the Cleveland Indians in midseason, 327 game winner Ryan "Pinto" Rush (19-7, 4.01), and junkballer Li Alport (16-8, 3.87). The National League record of 108 wins (in 1921) and the Giants own record of 107 (in 1911) will be tough to reach but aren't impossible. State of the Game: HR Mark Falls, Others On The Way? Records are Made to be Broken, But So Soon? It was just two years ago that Ray Thompson shocked the world by blasting 33 homeruns in the offensive-filled season of 1930. Now that total is looking positively pedestrian now that no less than four batters have achieved the 30 dinger mark this season. Prior to 1932, only four batters had gone over that previously believed untouchable mark. We've discussed the two New Yorkers on that list. The other two are Philadelphia Phillies 1B Remi Parent (.349, 35, 109) and CF Charles Payne (.336, 32, 106) (and as a brief aside, if you're wondering why the Phillies are so average this year despite all the circuit clouts, you need look no further than their 13-24 record against the Jints and Reds, the true aces of the league). The homerun mark has fallen; the only question is how far will it fall. With all these homers, you'd expect the RBI record to be assaulted this year as well, and you'd be right. Right now the man in the driver's seat is Cincinnati Reds RF Brad Box (.375, 23, 120), who is on pace to break Chris Gregg's mark of 149, also set in 1930 (familiar refrain?). Unlike the four homerun mashers, Box is the only RBI man on his club and thus gets the benefit of many more opportunities. It doesn't hurt that he hits a maniacal .433 with runners in scoring position. The record for base hits is the oldest one of the bunch, set by Jay Calvin back in 1922, a time that feels like a century ago, not a decade. The Browns' Lester Archie (.385, 14, 87), who almost certainly will be taken by the highest bidder this offseason due to the cash-strapped situation of the St. Louis AL squad, is on pace to collect 248 base knocks, 5 more than what Calvin accomplished. He's followed closely by Jay Calvin himself, now with Cincinnati (.364, 4, 56, on pace for 240 hits) and teammate Bob Leonhart (.373, 7, 98). Calvin was just 21 years of age when he set that record so it's not surprising to see him on this list. Finally, there is the matter of the two-base hit. Not the most glamorous of records but it still counts, right? The man who looks like he'll be crowned at the top of this list is Pittsburgh Pirate RF John Giron (.297, 2, 55), who had just 22 2-base hits last year and has passed the 30-double mark just twice in his career prior to this season. He's trailed by Chicago Cub Carson Groth (.323, 3, 58, 46 2Bs) and St. Louis Cardinal CF George Halter (.336, 8. 62, 44 2Bs). The record's only 55. It'll fall for sure. What Happened To The Pitching? An Editorial by Resident Curmudgeon Jesse "Rawhide" McLagan Back in my day, men knew how to pitch. Oh, we didn't have all these fancy pitches like the "nickel curve" or the "forkball" or the "dime change" (you whippersnappers probably didn't even know I made that one up, did you?) but we could get men out all the same. Now, my own accomplishments have been lost to history but let me throw a little statination at ya: 22 years ago, the American League had a collective earned run average of 2.85. So far this year it's at 4.51 and shows no signs of going down. And that's for the weaker league? The NL sits at 4.61 so far. That's more than an earned run every two innings! Take errors into account and you've got a 10-6 ballgame every other day! Why are these numbers so high? I'll tell you. Today's pitcher has forgotten how to put fear into the heart of a hitter and in doing so simply cannot strike a man out when he needs to. Oh, Rawhide, you say. That's just crazy talk. Maybe today's hitters have learned how not to strike out. Hogwash, I say! With their home run swings and their home run prances, do you really think they'd strike out *less* than they used to if the pitching was all the same? And yet, that's what they do! Look at this top 5 list from 1906: Turner, STB 189 Cooks, PHA 183 Delaney, STB 175 Martineau, CLE 166 Silva, PHA 161 And here's the same list from 1932: Hinman, CHA 145 Brewer, PHA 142 Meyers, NYY 112 Boulanger, BOS 103 Castillo, CHA 87 More crazy talk, old Rawhide, you say? The season isn't over yet? Well, you tell me how Jose "Moo" Castillo is going to double his strikeout total in the next month, which is what he'd have to do to get on that aught-six list? I'll tell you how he's not going to do it: by letting hitters make mooing sounds when he comes to the plate. That's just showing a lack of respect. If hitters did that to me, well, let's just say that the hit batsmen record would be broken in the first month. This "Moo" kid, though, he seems to enjoy it. "Lends to his mystique", I've heard him say. Well, let me say this, Moo-Cow Castillo, it's not mystique when the entire crowd sounds like they're booing when they're calling out your name! And it sure as shootin' ain't mystique when your own home crowd bangs on cowbells every game that you pitch! Ugh. Kids today. They just don't make 'em like they used to.
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Special edition: Sept 23, 1932
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D1 SPORTS SPECIAL PENNANT RACE EDITION Sox on the Heels of Yankees, Giants On The Heels of History Code:
American League Standings Team W L PCT GB Home Away M# Streak New York Yankees 88 54 0.62 - 40-29 48-25 12 L1 Chicago White Stockings 85 55 0.607 2 41-30 44-25 W1 Boston Red Sox 70 71 0.496 17.5 32-34 38-37 W1 Philadelphia Athletics 70 71 0.496 17.5 32-32 38-39 L1 Cleveland Indians 68 71 0.489 18.5 34-43 34-28 W1 St. Louis Browns 62 76 0.449 24 35-38 27-38 L1 Detroit Tigers 61 78 0.439 25.5 32-41 29-37 W1 Washington Senators 57 85 0.401 31 32-36 25-49 L1 National League Standings Team W L PCT GB Home Away M# Streak New York Giants 102 35 0.745 - 53-14 49-21 Clinched W8 Cincinnati Reds 79 58 0.577 23 38-22 41-36 W2 St Louis Cardinals 71 70 0.504 33 35-42 36-28 L2 Pittsburgh Pirates 69 73 0.486 35.5 37-38 32-35 W1 Philadelphia Phillies 67 74 0.475 37 35-39 32-35 L5 Chicago Cubs 66 76 0.465 38.5 35-42 31-34 L6 Boston Braves 52 85 0.38 50 22-42 30-43 L1 Brooklyn Dodgers 51 86 0.372 51 21-42 30-44 W3 Code:
Chicago White Stockings 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 15 1 Philadelphia Athletics 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 15 2 Home Runs: PHA: H. Cain (11, 8th Inning off A. LeBron, 0 on, 1 out) W: M. Bulter (5-0), L: D. Crosby (1-7) SV: S. Mayer SV (16) Code:
Philadelphia Phillies 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 7 14 3 New York Giants 0 2 3 0 3 0 6 0 X 14 9 2 Home Runs: PHN: C. Payne (36, 9th Inning off G. Stabler, 0 on, 2 outs) NYG: E. McCrary 2 (12, 2nd Inning off S. Pease, 1 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off K. Mask, 3 on, 2 outs) W: R. Rush (22-9), L: S. Pease (8-13)
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Sept 24 PENNANT RACE EDITION
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AL Race Team W L PCT GB New York Yankees 88 54 .620 - Chicago White Sox 85 55 .607 All-Time Greatest Teams Team W L PCT GB 1921 Pirates 108 46 .701 - 1925 Red Sox 108 46 .701 - 1911 Giants 107 47 .695 1 1914 Giants 104 50 .675 4 1932 GIANTS 103 35 .745 5 1924 Red Sox 102 52 .662 6 1921 Indians 102 52 .662 6 Code:
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National League Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2 New York Giants 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 7 11 1 Home Runs: NYG: J. Sundberg (12, 8th Inning off D. Brace, 0 on, 0 outs), E. Conn (32, 1st Inning off D. Brace, 0 on, 1 out) M. Taylor (11, 1st Inning off D. Brace, 0 on, 1 out) E. McCrary (13, 8th Inning off D. Brace, 0 on, 0 outs) W: F. Fleming (27-6) L: D. Brace (21-14) Notes: Fleming is 21-0 (2.18 ERA) since joining the Giants. AL ----- 9/25 CHA (Hinman 25-10, 2.97) at NYY (Meyers 22-12, 2.66) 9/27 CHA (Gordon 15-14, 3.82) at NYY (Krug 20-11, 2.69) NL ----- 9/25 PIT (Fernando 8-14, 4.33) at NYG (Burns 26-7, 3.31) 9/26 PIT (Slocum 3-1, 3.23) at NYG (Alport 18-9, 3.67) 9/27 PIT (Engel 14-12, 3.99) At NYG (Rush 22-9, 4.22)
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AL Race Team W L PCT GB New York Yankees 89 54 .622 - Chicago White Sox 85 56 .607 3 All-Time Greatest Teams Team W L PCT GB 1921 Pirates 108 46 .701 - 1925 Red Sox 108 46 .701 - 1911 Giants 107 47 .695 1 1914 Giants 104 50 .675 4 1932 GIANTS 104 35 .748 4 Code:
American League Chicago White Stockings 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 1 New York Yankees 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 X 4 7 1 HR: None W: B. Meyers (23-12) L: B. Hinman (25-11) Code:
National League Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 1 New York Giants 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 4 4 0 HR: PIT M. Vick (8, 7th Inning off L. Alport, 0 on, 2 outs) W: Alport (19-9) L: Slocum (3-2)
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AL Race Team W L PCT GB New York Yankees 89 54 .622 - Chicago White Sox 85 56 .607 3 All-Time Greatest Teams Team W L PCT GB 1921 Pirates 108 46 .701 - 1925 Red Sox 108 46 .701 - 1911 Giants 107 47 .695 1 1932 GIANTS 105 35 .750 3 1914 Giants 104 50 .675 4 Code:
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National League Pittsburgh Pirates 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 9 11 0 New York Giants 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 X 10 16 5 HR: NYG E. Jefferson (32, 1st Inning off C. Fernando, 1 on, 2 outs), E. Conn (33, 7th Inning off H. Jones, 1 on, 2 outs) G. Jenkins (1, 7th Inning off H. Jones, 0 on, 1 out) J. Montague (11, 7th Inning off H. Jones, 1 on, 1 out) W: G. Stabler (1-0) L: H. Jones (0-2) Sv: T. Kelley (6) Notes: The Giants are 19-3 for the month of September.
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Yankees Sap Chicago's Will, Sweep Series It looked like a blowout through much of the game. The New York AL entrants posted leads of 8-1 and 11-2. But then in the 9th, the White Sox struck. Steve Krug insisted on staying in this one and for some reason Yankees manager Rich Naughton didn't take him out even though he was practically pitching batting practice out there. "I've won the past two pennants in this league, son," said the grizzled skipper, who was signed by the Yanks after three great seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics. "Don't you think I know what I'm doing? 'Sides, Krug's velocity was still there and believe you me you do not take out Steve Krug before he's ready to be taken out." The 9 run inning, which came off of 6 singles, a triple, and 2 bases on balls, knotted the score at 11. If this was a Hollywood movie, the Sox would have gotten that one extra run or at least shut down the Yanks in their half of the 9th to win it in extra frames. But such was not to be. Chisox reliever Mark Bulter trotted out to the mound (ace Spencer Mayer having been used the previous inning) and promptly allowed the first two baserunners to reach. A sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk, and a weak pop-out to short by pinch-hitter Steve West later, the bases were loaded but there were two outs on the scoreboard. All Mayer had to do was register the final out. But leadoff man Nathan Benkhe had other plans. He took the first pitch looking, watched three offspeed pitches miss the strike zone, watched a very iffy pitch go by for strike two, and proceeded to foul off four more pitches before he finally managed to push one into the hole between 3B Mike Sheridan and SS Jefferson Davis for the game-winning single. The loss puts Chicago 4 games back with 8 to play, a near-insurmountable gap. White Sox manager Salvador Lopez was interviewed but no words could be made out between the weeping. Code:
AL Race Team W L PCT GB New York Yankees 90 54 .625 - Chicago White Sox 85 57 .599 4 All-Time Greatest Teams Team W L PCT GB 1921 Pirates 108 46 .701 - 1925 Red Sox 108 46 .701 - 1911 Giants 107 47 .695 1 1932 GIANTS 106 35 .752 2 1914 Giants 104 50 .675 4 Code:
American League Chicago White Stockings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11 13 1 New York Yankees 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 12 23 0 HR: CHA M. LaPointe (7, 1st Inning off S. Krug, 0 on, 1 out) NYY M. Kennedy (16, 1st Inning off B. Gordon, 1 on, 1 out) W: Krug (21-11) L: M. Bulter (5-1) Code:
National League St Louis Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 9 0 New York Giants 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 12 1 HR: NYG E. Conn 2 (35, 8th Inning off J. Porter, 0 on, 1 out; 10th Inning off R. Carmody, 0 on, 0 outs) W: R. Rush (23-9) L: Carmody (3-2)
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AL Race Team W L PCT GB Magic Number New York Yankees 90 55 .621 - Chicago White Sox 85 58 .594 4 7 All-Time Greatest Teams Team W L PCT GB 1921 Pirates 108 46 .701 - 1925 Red Sox 108 46 .701 - 1911 Giants 107 47 .695 1 1932 GIANTS 106 35 .752 2 1914 Giants 104 50 .675 4 Code:
American League St. Louis Browns 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 1 New York Yankees 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 HR: None W: T. Maloy (10-15) L: G. Scurry (9-9) Notes: Scurry left in the 4th with arm problems. Chicago White Stockings 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 2 Washington Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 6 13 3 HR: CHA B. Wolf (19, 2nd Inning off T. Davis, 1 on, 0 outs) H. Sunday (27, 7th Inning off T. Davis, 0 on, 0 outs) WAS D. Powell (6, 12th Inning off S. Mayer, 1 on, 1 out) W: K. Inman (9-5) L: S. Mayer (2-4) Code:
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AL Race Team W L PCT GB Magic Number New York Yankees 90 55 .621 - Chicago White Sox 85 58 .594 4 7 All-Time Greatest Teams Team W L PCT GB 1921 Pirates 108 46 .701 - 1925 Red Sox 108 46 .701 - 1911 Giants 107 47 .695 1 1932 GIANTS 106 36 .752 2 1914 Giants 104 50 .675 4 Code:
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National League St Louis Cardinals 1 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 10 14 4 New York Giants 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 1 HR: STL A. Rodríguez (15, 6th Inning off F. Fleming, 2 on, 0 outs) G. Halter (14, 1st Inning off F. Fleming, 0 on, 0 outs) W: C. Parham (4-1) L: F. Fleming (27-7) Notes: Fleming's first loss as a Giant.
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Well, he lines right up next to Sheridan so either they've patched things up or that's where he learned to run! Although Sheridan doesn't get to play on a horse so he's got to resort to some newfangled tactics.
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American League Standings Team W L PCT GB Home Away M# Streak New York Yankees 90 56 0.616 - 42-31 48-25 7 L2 Chicago White Stockings 86 58 0.597 3 41-30 45-28 W1 Boston Red Sox 73 72 0.503 16.5 35-35 38-37 W3 Philadelphia Athletics 72 73 0.497 17.5 34-34 38-39 W2 Cleveland Indians 70 73 0.490 18.5 34-43 36-30 L2 St. Louis Browns 64 78 0.451 24 35-38 29-40 W2 Detroit Tigers 62 81 0.434 26.5 32-41 30-40 L3 Washington Senators 60 86 0.411 30 35-37 25-49 L1 National League Standings Team W L PCT GB Home Away M# Streak New York Giants 107 36 0.748 - 58-15 49-21 Clinched W1 Cincinnati Reds 80 63 0.559 27 39-27 41-36 L4 St Louis Cardinals 74 73 0.503 35 35-42 39-31 L1 Philadelphia Phillies 72 75 0.490 37 35-39 37-36 W5 Pittsburgh Pirates 72 76 0.486 37.5 37-38 35-38 W3 Chicago Cubs 71 77 0.480 38.5 35-42 36-35 W4 Boston Braves 53 90 0.371 54 23-47 30-43 L5 Brooklyn Dodgers 52 91 0.364 55 22-47 30-44 L4 All-Time Greatest Teams Team W L PCT GB 1921 Pirates 108 46 .701 - 1925 Red Sox 108 46 .701 - 1911 Giants 107 47 .695 1 1932 GIANTS 107 36 .748 1 1914 Giants 104 50 .675 4 Code:
American League St. Louis Browns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 0 New York Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1 St. Louis AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI S. Rodríguez LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 0.261 0 9 B. Coleman 3B 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0.270 1 37 L. Archie SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 0.390 16 105 B. O'Daniel 1B 5 0 1 0 0 3 3 0.307 3 54 C. Austin CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.304 3 70 B. Pell 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.231 1 17 M. Hagans RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.239 8 65 E. González C 4 2 3 0 0 1 2 0.310 7 67 R. Cossey P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.212 1 9 ** a-D. Fortenberry P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.389 0 1 ** b-R. Sutton PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.305 3 26 ** c-C. Haynes P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.150 0 2 Totals 38 2 10 1 0 8 16 a - D. Fortenberry substituted for R. Cossey in the 7th b - R. Sutton pinch hit for D. Fortenberry in the 10th c - C. Haynes substituted for R. Sutton in the 10th BATTING Doubles: R. Sutton (12, 10th Inning off L. May, 1 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: E. González 3 , M. Hagans , L. Archie , B. O'Daniel , S. Rodríguez 2 , B. Coleman , R. Sutton 2 2-out RBI: S. Rodríguez Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: E. González , L. Archie 2 , B. O'Daniel Sac Bunt: R. Cossey 2 Team LOB: 8 FIELDING Double Plays: 2 (Coleman-O'Daniel, Coleman-González-O'Daniel) New York AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI N. Behnke CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.318 3 66 E. Race 2B 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0.326 2 68 M. Kennedy SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0.328 16 112 P. Foster C 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.325 7 94 M. Taylor 1B 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 0.400 1 9 J. Faber LF 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0.297 1 41 G. Nelson 3B 4 0 1 0 1 1 3 0.305 0 76 R. Silva RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.283 1 28 B. Meyers P 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.158 0 10 ** a-L. May PH, P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.462 0 4 Totals 38 1 11 1 4 1 24 a - L. May pinch hit for B. Meyers in the 8th BATTING Doubles: E. Race (40, 1st Inning off R. Cossey, 0 on, 1 out) Triples: J. Faber (13, 4th Inning off R. Cossey, 1 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: M. Taylor 2 , P. Foster , M. Kennedy 2 , J. Faber 3 , E. Race 4 , G. Nelson , L. May Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Meyers , M. Taylor , P. Foster 2 , R. Silva 2 GIDP: P. Foster , R. Silva Sac Bunt: J. Faber Team LOB: 15 FIELDING Errors: G. Nelson (34) St. Louis IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA R. Cossey 6.2 7 1 1 2 1 0 104 59 5.04 D. Fortenberry W (3-3) 2.1 3 0 0 2 0 0 54 33 3.16 C. Haynes SV (11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 10 3.39 New York IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA B. Meyers 8.0 8 1 1 0 7 0 104 67 2.60 L. May L (4-5) 2.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 28 20 1.65 Code:
Chicago White Stockings 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 9 1 Washington Senators 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 10 1 Chicago AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI L. McGruder 2B 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0.262 12 60 M. LaPointe RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0.316 7 62 G. Echols LF 5 1 1 2 0 0 2 0.309 5 70 H. Sunday CF 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.302 27 106 B. Wolf 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.357 19 86 M. Sheridan 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.316 10 75 J. Davis SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.298 4 64 S. Akins C 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0.300 7 79 B. Hinman P 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.176 0 9 Totals 35 6 9 6 3 3 15 BATTING Doubles: S. Akins (31, 3rd Inning off T. Watson, 0 on, 0 outs) L. McGruder (33, 3rd Inning off T. Watson, 1 on, 1 out) Total Bases: B. Hinman , B. Wolf 2 , S. Akins 2 , G. Echols , M. LaPointe 2 , L. McGruder 3 2-out RBI: B. Wolf Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: M. Sheridan , J. Davis , H. Sunday , L. McGruder Sac Bunt: B. Hinman Team LOB: 7 FIELDING Errors: M. LaPointe (8) Washington AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI A. Woodhouse 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.276 4 48 C. Werts LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0.320 1 12 S. Hunter 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.307 3 75 C. Gregg SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0.277 18 98 D. Powell RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.317 6 62 T. Smith 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0.244 0 5 R. Whitehead CF 4 1 2 3 0 1 0 0.252 19 58 B. Wardlow C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.289 4 38 T. Watson P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.231 0 8 ** a-P. Alexander PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.291 4 40 Totals 37 5 10 5 0 3 8 a - P. Alexander pinch hit for T. Watson in the 9th BATTING Home Runs: R. Whitehead (19, 9th Inning off B. Hinman, 2 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: D. Powell , A. Woodhouse 2 , C. Gregg 2 , R. Whitehead 5 , C. Werts , T. Smith 2 2-out RBI: C. Gregg Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Powell , B. Wardlow Team LOB: 5 FIELDING Errors: C. Werts (6) Chicago IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA B. Hinman W (26-11) 9.0 10 5 5 0 3 1 129 84 3.07 Washington IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA T. Watson L (5-9) 9.0 9 6 5 3 3 0 116 77 6.20 The Sox have been carried as of late by 1B Bob Wolf, who hit .469 for the month of September and clouted 9 of his 19 homeruns during that time period. As expected, the league named him Player of the Month. It was the 7th time he has been so named but the first time this year for the reigning AL MVP. Bob Hinman paced all Chicago pitchers with 6 victories in 7 decisions, 6 of the team's 10 complete games for the month, and a 3.88 ERA. The Yankees' lineup, bereft of two of its best hitters, has found its power from some relatively unexpected places. True, Mike Kennedy's hit in the 3 hole for the team all season long, but he's also been a bit maligned by the New York media due to a spate of errors that eventually led the team to move him to first base. Well, he's back at his native shortstop now, and the move seems to have livened up his bat as well: he hit .393 in September with 5 home runs and a team-high 23 RBIs. His replacement at first base is a young native of the Bronx who grew up watching this team constantly fail. Michael Taylor wants to write a new chapter in Yankees history, and he's hitting .400 in 60 September at-bats. It'll be interesting to see what the Yankees do to find this young man a place in the lineup next year when all the injured players come back. Giants on the Verge of Greatness So many words have already been spent praising the Giants' awesome might that we're not going to bore you with too many more. We'll bore you with numbers instead. The Jints have won 69 of their last 81 games. They're 25-6 against lefties and let up just a little vs. righties, winning "only" 82 games vs. 30 losses when a starboard-sider takes the mound. They're so good that they've played in very few close games but nonetheless they're 6-2 in extra frames an 23-12 in one-run ballgames. They recorded loss 25 on July 4th and didn't take #30 until August 22nd. In the middle, they won 23 games in a row. They've scored the most runs in the league (957) and given up the fewest (616). They rank 1st in the NL in every single major offensive category except walks (2nd), strikeouts (3rd), and steals (dead last). The pitching is pretty good, too, ranking #1 in every one of its categories except walks (2nd) and strikeouts (an uncharacteristic last). They even rank #1 in fielding percentage and, even though they've allowed many fewer baserunners than any club, they have 20 more double plays this year than the next best senior circuit entrant. There is no doubt that this is the greatest team in the history of baseball itself. There is no doubt they will break the wins record. The only question is, how badly will the record be broken, and whether next year's Giants will eclipse it. That's two questions. It's okay. The Giants are so good, one question turns into two.
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Giants' Record On Hold For One More Day
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Team W L PCT GB Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 New York Yankees 90 57 .612 - 42-32 48-25 7-5 14-17 7 L3 4-6 Chicago White Sox 87 58 .600 2.0 41-30 46-28 6-5 11-20 W2 6-4 Code:
American League St. Louis Browns 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 10 0 New York Yankees 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 HR: None w: P. Alton (6-8) L: T. Bunker (9-6) S: C. Haynes (12) E: New York M. Taylor (2), M. Kennedy 3 (46) Notes: Yankees P S. Krug left in the 5th complaining of tightness in his elbow. Chicago White Stockings 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 11 1 Washington Senators 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 Home Runs: WAS R. Whitehead (20, 2nd Inning off B. Gordon, 1 on, 0 outs) W: B. Gordon (16-14) L: F. Geissler (9-15) S: S. Mayer (17) Code:
National League Chicago Cubs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 9 0 New York Giants 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 8 0 Home Runs: CHN C. Groth (5, 3rd Inning off R. Rush, 0 on, 2 outs) NYG E. Conn (36, 9th Inning off L. Marron, 0 on, 2 outs) W: B. Law (8-19) L: R. Rush (23-10) S: L. Marron (5)
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October 3, 1932
Philadelphia Man Blasts 40th Home Run In Loss
Remi Parent Reaches Plateau Previously Thought Unreachable The season may be more or less over for the Philadelphia Phillies but the fans still have something to cheer about. Yesterday Remi Parent blasted his league-record 40th home run in a loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers. "Yes, we'd ratheur have zee win, uohohoho", said the giant French-Canadian from Saskatoon, "but I likes to hit zee ball very far anyway." Parent comes from a family of loggers who occasionally have to fend off outsiders who are afraid of their subversive accents. As such, he developed some very strong arm and shoulder muscles, which allow him to propel a baseball much further than previously thought capable. The fact that the Phillies lost this one in the ninth thanks to another blown save by "closer" Francisco Gomez (his 9th, against 13 saves) almost doesn't matter to Phillies fanatics. They're used to watching this team give up nearly as many runs as they score, then occasionally hammer a ballclub 20-3 in a grand display of hitting talent. The statheads tell us that this team should not be 72-77 given that they've scored 65 runs more than they've given up (935-870) but there is a reason why these people still live with their mother. Code:
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American League Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 4 9 1 New York Yankees 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 X 8 12 0 HR: DET: C. Parson (12, 4th Inning off A. Hack, 1 on, 1 out) NYY: M. Kennedy (17, 1st Inning off E. Overcash, 1 on, 0 outs) w: A. Hack (9-1) L: E. Overcash (14-13) S: None Chicago White Stockings 0 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 17 1 Boston Red Sox 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 10 2 Home Runs: None W: A. LeBron (2-1) L: A. Rees (2-6) S: None Code:
National League Chicago Cubs 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 4 1 12 17 1 New York Giants 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 9 2 Home Runs: CHN T. Battle (15, 4th Inning off L. Alport, 1 on, 1 out) E. Lantz (12, 8th Inning off W. Morin, 0 on, 0 outs) NYG None W: D. Smith (10-5) L: L. Alport (19-10) S: None Philadelphia Phillies 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 1 10 17 5 Brooklyn Dodgers 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 11 14 1 Home Runs: PHN O. Moyer (14, 5th Inning off T. Cole, 2 on, 1 out) R. Parent (40, 7th Inning off Á. Olivarez, 1 on, 2 outs) NYG T. Hardy (9, 7th Inning off G. Hayden, 0 on, 0 outs) W: C. Mahone (4-10) L: F. Gomez (6-6) Sv: None
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5 CENTS The Republican Citizens Committee Against National Prohibition Established We Could Use A Drinky About Now Except That It's Still Illegal Code:
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SPORTS Baseball Season Ends It looks like 1932 will feature a "subway series" for the first time this year, a heretofore mythical exhibition between two teams so close together, fans can travel on the subway to get from one place to the other. Do they even have subways in Chicago or St. Louis? Since New York City is the only city that really matters, we're not sure why we even bothered asking. The Yankees positively limped down the stretch, playing the last month without their closer Phil Williams (1-2, 12 saves, 2.69 ERA) or left fielder and cleanup hitter Carter Keeton (.334, 22 HR, 103 RBI), starters Ken Wilcher (18-7, 3.41 ERA for Cincinnati in 1931) and Gary Scurry (9-9, 4.00 ERA), and only got 3B Quincy Hudson (.324, 14 HR, 72 RBI) back at the very end of things. They still managed to put together a 19-13 record in September and October that proved just enough to edge the Chicago White Sox. The Giants, meanwhile, wrapped things up around Labor Day and did end up setting a league record for victories, although a poor last week that included 6 consecutive losses meant that they only clinched that mark on the final day of the season. The Jints finished the year with 1,014 runs scored, an amazing and probably unsurpassable 176 home runs, a .309 team batting average, and a 3.69 team ERA that may not sound like much but was nonetheless best in the Senior Circuit. Was that final week just a matter of the team getting cocky or lazy, or is it a harbinger of things to come? This World Series has a chance to be pretty exciting! Code:
American League Standings Team W L PCT GB Home Away Streak New York Yankees 96 58 0.623 - 44-33 52-25 W5 Chicago White Stockings 93 61 0.604 3 45-32 48-29 W4 Boston Red Sox 78 76 0.506 18 39-38 39-38 W4 Philadelphia Athletics 76 78 0.494 20 38-39 38-39 L4 Cleveland Indians 74 80 0.481 22 34-43 40-37 L3 St. Louis Browns 70 84 0.455 26 37-40 33-44 W1 Detroit Tigers 67 87 0.435 29 34-43 33-44 L1 Washington Senators 62 92 0.403 34 37-40 25-52 L4 National League Standings Team W L PCT GB Home Away Streak New York Giants 110 44 0.714 - 60-17 50-27 W1 Cincinnati Reds 89 65 0.578 21 48-29 41-36 L1 St Louis Cardinals 77 77 0.500 33 35-42 42-35 L1 Chicago Cubs 75 79 0.487 35 35-42 40-37 W2 Philadelphia Phillies 75 79 0.487 35 36-41 39-38 L2 Pittsburgh Pirates 73 81 0.474 37 38-39 35-42 W1 Brooklyn Dodgers 60 94 0.390 50 28-49 32-45 W1 Boston Braves 57 97 0.370 53 26-51 31-46 L1 Code:
American League Batting Stats Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS Philadelphia Athletics 6.1 944 154 5645 1704 316 75 78 668 407 75 0.302 0.374 0.426 0.800 New York Yankees 5.9 916 154 5616 1703 322 80 82 546 431 58 0.303 0.365 0.433 0.798 Chicago White Stockings 5.9 910 154 5588 1654 308 86 117 538 452 42 0.296 0.358 0.445 0.803 Boston Red Sox 5.4 830 154 5616 1609 331 62 121 443 484 43 0.287 0.339 0.432 0.771 Detroit Tigers 5.1 793 154 5625 1581 336 65 99 367 533 47 0.281 0.325 0.417 0.742 Cleveland Indians 5.1 792 154 5570 1547 340 43 104 471 450 24 0.278 0.334 0.410 0.744 St. Louis Browns 5.1 787 154 5630 1634 290 53 67 465 555 24 0.290 0.345 0.396 0.742 Washington Senators 4.9 747 154 5521 1483 292 69 83 515 503 20 0.269 0.331 0.392 0.723 Totals 5.5 6719 1232 44811 12915 2535 533 751 4013 3815 333 0.288 0.347 0.419 0.766 Average 840 154 5601 1614 317 67 94 502 477 42 Pitching Stats Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP New York Yankees 4.3 657 154 79 9 14 3.37 1388.1 1372 63 457 572 1.32 0.254 0.274 Chicago White Stockings 4.9 753 154 77 8 21 3.93 1376.2 1580 82 366 501 1.41 0.282 0.299 Boston Red Sox 5.1 788 154 61 5 15 4.39 1382.1 1568 119 469 424 1.47 0.282 0.289 Cleveland Indians 5.5 843 154 60 7 15 4.49 1391.1 1615 102 574 464 1.57 0.286 0.298 St. Louis Browns 5.8 889 154 46 3 21 4.71 1384.0 1686 90 476 407 1.56 0.294 0.305 Detroit Tigers 6.0 925 154 35 2 25 5.29 1368.1 1684 123 664 452 1.72 0.301 0.311 Philadelphia Athletics 6.0 930 154 66 5 13 5.16 1366.2 1718 94 417 558 1.56 0.303 0.323 Washington Senators 6.1 934 154 43 4 22 5.24 1369.1 1692 78 590 437 1.67 0.302 0.318 Totals 5.5 6719 1232 467 43 146 4.57 11027.0 12915 751 4013 3815 1.54 0.288 0.302 Average 840 154 58 5 18 1378.0 1614 94 502 477 National League Batting Stats Team R/G R G AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS New York Giants 6.6 1014 154 5662 1752 313 45 176 594 477 24 0.309 0.373 0.474 0.847 Cincinnati Reds 6.3 974 154 5650 1743 311 54 99 632 310 39 0.308 0.378 0.435 0.813 Philadelphia Phillies 6.3 964 154 5673 1689 342 89 149 528 488 51 0.298 0.356 0.468 0.824 Chicago Cubs 5.2 804 154 5635 1621 334 70 96 394 501 29 0.288 0.335 0.423 0.758 St Louis Cardinals 5.2 803 154 5573 1620 274 58 116 476 475 77 0.291 0.346 0.423 0.770 Brooklyn Dodgers 5.2 794 154 5571 1578 302 70 102 489 509 65 0.283 0.341 0.418 0.759 Boston Braves 4.8 743 154 5504 1536 312 62 96 387 487 64 0.279 0.327 0.411 0.737 Pittsburgh Pirates 4.7 726 154 5496 1515 297 88 61 475 452 37 0.276 0.333 0.395 0.728 Totals 5.5 6822 1232 44764 13054 2485 536 895 3975 3699 386 0.292 0.349 0.431 0.780 Average 853 154 5596 1632 311 67 112 497 462 48 Pitching Stats Team R/G R G CG SHO SV ERA IP HA HRA BB K WHIP OAVG BABIP New York Giants 4.4 680 154 96 11 9 3.69 1389.1 1463 102 417 424 1.35 0.268 0.276 Pittsburgh Pirates 4.9 761 154 76 5 10 4.18 1381.1 1571 113 419 434 1.44 0.283 0.291 Cincinnati Reds 5.1 779 154 79 6 12 4.24 1372.0 1637 94 424 514 1.50 0.292 0.309 Chicago Cubs 5.4 834 154 65 1 16 4.65 1373.2 1577 133 517 439 1.52 0.285 0.290 St Louis Cardinals 5.5 849 154 60 8 19 4.44 1373.1 1621 75 557 553 1.59 0.290 0.311 Philadelphia Phillies 5.8 897 154 60 3 19 4.68 1370.2 1597 140 509 470 1.54 0.285 0.292 Boston Braves 6.1 939 154 43 5 12 5.34 1361.2 1717 103 566 425 1.68 0.305 0.317 Brooklyn Dodgers 7.0 1083 154 36 4 21 5.96 1368.2 1871 135 566 440 1.78 0.323 0.333 Totals 5.5 6822 1232 515 43 118 4.64 10990.2 13054 895 3975 3699 1.55 0.292 0.303 Average 853 154 64 5 15 1374.0 1632 112 497 462 Code:
American League Batting Leaderboards Batting AVG On-Base PCT Slugging PCT On-Base + Slugging L. Archie STB 0.385 C. Keeton NYY 0.458 H. Ramsdell BOA 0.597 C. Keeton NYY 1.031 C. Jones PHA 0.372 L. Archie STB 0.456 C. Keeton NYY 0.573 L. Archie STB 1.007 J. Gonzáles PHA 0.357 J. Gonzáles PHA 0.45 B. Wolf CHA 0.557 B. Wolf CHA 0.995 B. Wolf CHA 0.355 B. Wolf CHA 0.438 L. Archie STB 0.551 H. Ramsdell BOA 0.982 C. Penley DET 0.342 C. Jones PHA 0.433 M. Hanke BOA 0.532 C. Jones PHA 0.957 VORP Runs Created Runs Created / 27 outs Isolated Power L. Archie STB 86.3 L. Archie STB 159.5 C. Keeton NYY 10.39 H. Ramsdell BOA 0.257 G. Peńa PHA 71.5 C. Jones PHA 144.5 L. Archie STB 10.15 C. Keeton NYY 0.239 C. Jones PHA 64.1 J. Gonzáles PHA 133.9 B. Wolf CHA 9.48 K. Flake BOA 0.221 J. Gonzáles PHA 63 M. Hanke BOA 133.4 J. Gonzáles PHA 9.41 C. Gregg WAS 0.217 C. Keeton NYY 61.5 G. Peńa PHA 132.3 C. Jones PHA 9.4 J. Carbaugh CLE 0.206 Games At-Bats Runs Hits L. Archie STB 154 M. Hanke BOA 656 J. Gonzáles PHA 130 L. Archie STB 249 M. Hanke BOA 153 E. Race NYY 648 M. Kennedy NYY 125 C. Jones PHA 234 C. Austin STB 152 L. Archie STB 646 H. Sunday CHA 124 M. Hanke BOA 222 G. Nelson NYY 152 M. Kennedy NYY 645 C. Jones PHA 120 E. Race NYY 210 W. Carlson PHA 151 W. Carlson PHA 641 G. Peńa PHA 120 W. Carlson PHA 209 Total Bases Singles Doubles Triples L. Archie STB 356 L. Archie STB 182 C. Penley DET 57 G. Echols CHA 17 H. Ramsdell BOA 355 C. Jones PHA 174 L. Archie STB 44 J. Faber NYY 14 M. Hanke BOA 349 E. Race NYY 159 J. Gonzáles PHA 43 G. Peńa PHA 13 C. Jones PHA 330 W. Carlson PHA 156 E. Race NYY 43 J. Davis CHA 12 M. Kennedy NYY 319 M. Hanke BOA 156 J. Muńóz PHA 42 N. Behnke NYY 11 Home Runs Runs Batted In Stolen Bases Bases-On-Balls H. Ramsdell BOA 30 C. Jones PHA 128 N. Behnke NYY 25 C. Keeton NYY 103 M. Hanke BOA 28 H. Ramsdell BOA 122 G. Peńa PHA 16 G. Peńa PHA 103 H. Sunday CHA 28 J. Carbaugh CLE 120 C. Penley DET 15 H. Cain PHA 101 J. Carbaugh CLE 27 H. Sunday CHA 118 W. Carlson PHA 14 J. Gonzáles PHA 98 K. Flake BOA 26 M. Kennedy NYY 116 G. Echols CHA 11 S. Hunter WAS 87 Intentional Walks Hit-By-Pitch Strikeouts Sacrifice Hits N. Behnke NYY 14 B. Coleman STB 8 G. Echols CHA 72 J. Espín CLE 18 L. Archie STB 11 C. Keeton NYY 7 A. Woodhouse WAS 65 B. Hinman CHA 14 H. Cain PHA 10 E. Race NYY 7 C. Austin STB 64 S. Krug NYY 12 B. Wolf CHA 10 V. Friedrich CLE 6 C. Parson DET 61 R. Cossey STB 11 C. Jones PHA 9 S. Hunter WAS 6 W. Carlson PHA 60 B. East BOA 11 Sacrifice Flies G. Nelson NYY 10 M. Sheridan CHA 10 W. Carlson PHA 8 K. Flake BOA 8 S. Hunter WAS 8 American League Pitching Leaderboards ERA Wins Losses Winning PCT B. Meyers NYY 2.45 B. Hinman CHA 28 J. Espín CLE 21 B. Meyers NYY 0.724 S. Krug NYY 2.95 B. East BOA 22 I. Boulanger BOA 17 B. Hinman CHA 0.7 B. Hinman CHA 3.01 S. Krug NYY 22 F. Geissler WAS 16 S. Krug NYY 0.667 P. Hendrix BOA 3.51 P. Brewer PHA 21 T. Maloy STB 16 B. East BOA 0.647 T. Maisonet CLE 3.56 B. Meyers NYY 21 W. Doe CLE 15 T. Maisonet CLE 0.643 Saves Games Pitched Games Started Complete Games S. Mayer CHA 17 C. Haynes STB 53 B. Hinman CHA 42 B. Hinman CHA 32 C. Duffy DET 16 C. Duffy DET 50 P. Brewer PHA 39 S. Krug NYY 25 B. Cooke BOA 14 K. Inman WAS 48 B. East BOA 39 P. Brewer PHA 23 L. May NYY 13 H. Milburn STB 47 B. Gordon CHA 38 B. Meyers NYY 21 C. Haynes STB 12 B. Cooke BOA 46 I. Boulanger BOA 37 B. East BOA 19 Shutouts Innings Pitched Hits Allowed Home Runs Allowed B. Hinman CHA 4 B. Hinman CHA 358.2 P. Brewer PHA 355 B. East BOA 35 P. Brewer PHA 3 P. Brewer PHA 316.2 B. Hinman CHA 348 I. Boulanger BOA 31 J. Castillo CHA 2 B. East BOA 316.1 B. Gordon CHA 342 B. Hinman CHA 28 B. East BOA 2 I. Boulanger BOA 303 I. Boulanger BOA 333 R. Cossey STB 24 F. Fleming CLE 2 S. Krug NYY 299.1 B. East BOA 328 P. Brewer PHA 20 Walks Allowed Walks per 9 IP Strikeouts Strikeouts per 9 IP J. Espín CLE 136 B. Meyers NYY 0.9 B. Hinman CHA 186 B. Meyers NYY 5 F. Geissler WAS 126 B. Hinman CHA 1.2 P. Brewer PHA 172 P. Brewer PHA 4.9 E. Overcash DET 124 S. Krug NYY 1.9 B. Meyers NYY 150 B. Hinman CHA 4.7 P. Rogers CLE 102 T. Maisonet CLE 1.9 I. Boulanger BOA 126 G. Scurry NYY 4.3 T. Bunker NYY 101 P. Brewer PHA 1.9 J. Castillo CHA 102 J. Castillo CHA 4.1 K/BB WHIP Hits per 9 IP Opponents AVG B. Meyers NYY 5.77 B. Meyers NYY 1.07 B. Hinman CHA 8.7 B. Hinman CHA 0.249 B. Hinman CHA 3.88 B. Hinman CHA 1.1 B. Meyers NYY 8.8 B. Meyers NYY 0.25 P. Brewer PHA 2.53 S. Krug NYY 1.19 S. Krug NYY 8.8 S. Krug NYY 0.25 I. Boulanger BOA 1.77 B. East BOA 1.27 B. East BOA 9.3 B. East BOA 0.263 E. Jackson DET 1.59 I. Boulanger BOA 1.33 I. Boulanger BOA 9.9 I. Boulanger BOA 0.274 Opponents OBP Opponents SLG Opponents OPS BABIP B. Meyers NYY 0.267 S. Krug NYY 0.341 B. Meyers NYY 0.619 B. East BOA 0.26 B. Hinman CHA 0.273 B. Meyers NYY 0.351 S. Krug NYY 0.63 S. Krug NYY 0.264 S. Krug NYY 0.29 B. Hinman CHA 0.38 B. Hinman CHA 0.653 B. Hinman CHA 0.271 B. East BOA 0.303 T. Maisonet CLE 0.382 T. Maisonet CLE 0.702 B. Meyers NYY 0.284 I. Boulanger BOA 0.313 M. Fisher STB 0.385 M. Fisher STB 0.706 E. Overcash DET 0.285 VORP B. Hinman CHA 94.4 B. Meyers NYY 87 S. Krug NYY 79.2 I. Boulanger BOA 59.8 B. East BOA 58.8 Code:
National League Batting Leaderboards Batting AVG On-Base PCT Slugging PCT On-Base + Slugging B. Leonhardt CIN 0.378 B. Box CIN 0.459 C. Payne PHN 0.643 C. Payne PHN 1.095 J. Calvin BRK 0.375 C. Payne PHN 0.452 R. Parent PHN 0.638 B. Box CIN 1.062 B. Box CIN 0.366 T. Hardy NYG 0.445 E. Jefferson NYG 0.613 E. Jefferson NYG 1.038 M. Oliver STL 0.361 J. Calvin BRK 0.439 B. Box CIN 0.603 R. Parent PHN 1.031 T. Hardy NYG 0.354 B. Leonhardt CIN 0.434 M. Oliver STL 0.595 M. Oliver STL 1.017 VORP Runs Created Runs Created / 27 outs Isolated Power B. Box CIN 92 B. Box CIN 178.6 C. Payne PHN 11.94 C. Payne PHN 0.307 C. Payne PHN 78 C. Payne PHN 171.6 B. Box CIN 11.68 R. Parent PHN 0.284 E. Jefferson NYG 77.6 R. Parent PHN 167 E. Jefferson NYG 10.35 E. Jefferson NYG 0.265 B. Wheeler NYG 68.6 B. Wheeler NYG 148.2 M. Oliver STL 10.29 E. Conn NYG 0.261 M. Oliver STL 59.3 E. Jefferson NYG 146.9 R. Parent PHN 9.98 B. Box CIN 0.237 Games At-Bats Runs Hits B. Box CIN 154 B. Wheeler NYG 677 B. Wheeler NYG 154 B. Leonhardt CIN 239 A. González CIN 153 G. Halter STL 675 C. Payne PHN 152 B. Wheeler NYG 237 R. Parent PHN 153 R. Parent PHN 668 E. Conn NYG 150 R. Parent PHN 236 E. Conn NYG 152 P. Fults STL 646 B. Box CIN 138 G. Halter STL 228 G. Halter STL 151 E. Conn NYG 640 R. Parent PHN 133 B. Box CIN 224 Total Bases Singles Doubles Triples R. Parent PHN 426 B. Leonhardt CIN 193 G. Halter STL 56 G. Halter STL 17 B. Box CIN 369 B. Wheeler NYG 171 J. Giron PIT 55 D. Levin PHN 16 C. Payne PHN 364 J. Calvin BRK 168 C. Groth CHN 52 P. Fults STL 15 G. Halter STL 363 B. Box CIN 145 C. Payne PHN 46 J. Giron PIT 15 E. Conn NYG 360 P. Fults STL 142 D. Gravel PIT 44 D. Gravel PIT 15 Home Runs Runs Batted In Stolen Bases Bases-On-Balls R. Parent PHN 41 B. Box CIN 151 G. Halter STL 24 C. Payne PHN 122 C. Payne PHN 38 E. Conn NYG 138 D. Manning STL 20 A. González CIN 120 E. Conn NYG 37 R. Parent PHN 137 P. Fults STL 19 B. Box CIN 111 E. Jefferson NYG 37 E. Jefferson NYG 133 C. Payne PHN 19 B. Heath CIN 93 B. Box CIN 28 C. Payne PHN 130 M. Edward BON 16 F. Domínguez BON 87 Intentional Walks Hit-By-Pitch Strikeouts Sacrifice Hits C. Payne PHN 19 M. Melton PIT 11 R. Parent PHN 74 E. Crockett CIN 14 A. González CIN 14 F. Domínguez BON 8 E. Conn NYG 67 R. Rush NYG 13 P. Fults STL 13 B. Leonhardt CIN 8 F. Domínguez BON 66 P. Moore CHN 11 O. Moyer PHN 12 B. Sorensen BRK 7 J. Giron PIT 65 J. Burns NYG 10 T. Hardy NYG 11 J. Chastain CHN 5 J. Chastain CHN 64 F. Fleming NYG 9 Sacrifice Flies M. Vick PIT 11 B. Box CIN 10 B. Leonhardt CIN 9 E. Conn NYG 8 R. Parent PHN 7 National League Pitching Leaderboards ERA Wins Losses Winning PCT F. Fleming NYG 2.79 J. Burns NYG 29 K. Stinson STL 20 F. Fleming NYG 0.917 E. Crockett CIN 3.14 E. Crockett CIN 27 B. Law CHN 19 J. Burns NYG 0.784 J. Porter STL 3.21 R. Rush NYG 23 A. Buanoroti BON 16 E. Crockett CIN 0.692 J. Burns NYG 3.26 D. Brace PIT 22 A. Cutright STL 16 J. Porter STL 0.667 M. Snyder BON 3.34 F. Fleming NYG 22 B. Dawkins BRK 16 R. Rush NYG 0.657 Saves Games Pitched Games Started Complete Games F. Gómez PHN 14 B. Martínez BON 53 R. Rush NYG 42 J. Burns NYG 30 M. Jacobs CHN 10 T. Rigsby BON 51 D. Brace PIT 40 D. Brace PIT 29 B. Turner PIT 10 A. Hein BRK 50 E. Crockett CIN 40 P. Moore CHN 29 A. Hein BRK 8 F. Gómez PHN 46 J. Burns NYG 39 E. Crockett CIN 26 M. Sheets BRK 8 H. Clements PHN 44 T. O'Toole CIN 39 F. Fleming NYG 22 Shutouts Innings Pitched Hits Allowed Home Runs Allowed J. Porter STL 4 E. Crockett CIN 330 T. O'Toole CIN 362 T. O'Toole CIN 34 L. Alport NYG 3 J. Burns NYG 325.1 R. Rush NYG 351 P. Moore CHN 32 J. Burns NYG 3 R. Rush NYG 324.1 D. Brace PIT 343 K. Kim PHN 31 R. Rush NYG 3 D. Brace PIT 322 E. Crockett CIN 335 D. Brace PIT 29 E. Crockett CIN 2 P. Moore CHN 309.1 J. Burns NYG 328 B. Pierce PHN 27 Walks Allowed Walks per 9 IP Strikeouts Strikeouts per 9 IP A. Cutright STL 159 J. Porter STL 0.5 E. Crockett CIN 161 F. Fleming NYG 4.8 S. Pease PHN 131 D. Brace PIT 1.5 J. Porter STL 137 E. Crockett CIN 4.4 K. Stinson STL 111 E. Crockett CIN 1.8 A. Cutright STL 122 J. Porter STL 4.4 R. Rush NYG 102 M. Snyder BON 1.9 F. Fleming NYG 121 A. Cutright STL 4.1 J. Engel PIT 97 L. Alport NYG 2.1 D. Brace PIT 114 C. Rodríguez BRK 4 K/BB WHIP Hits per 9 IP Opponents AVG J. Porter STL 8.06 J. Porter STL 1.14 F. Fleming NYG 8.1 F. Fleming NYG 0.237 E. Crockett CIN 2.4 E. Crockett CIN 1.22 J. Burns NYG 9.1 J. Burns NYG 0.258 D. Brace PIT 2.11 F. Fleming NYG 1.22 E. Crockett CIN 9.1 E. Crockett CIN 0.259 F. Fleming NYG 1.64 D. Brace PIT 1.23 J. Engel PIT 9.5 D. Brace PIT 0.265 C. Rodríguez BRK 1.61 J. Burns NYG 1.28 P. Moore CHN 9.5 K. Kim PHN 0.267 Opponents OBP Opponents SLG Opponents OPS BABIP J. Porter STL 0.28 F. Fleming NYG 0.357 E. Crockett CIN 0.657 F. Fleming NYG 0.258 D. Brace PIT 0.295 E. Crockett CIN 0.359 J. Porter STL 0.657 K. Kim PHN 0.265 E. Crockett CIN 0.299 J. Burns NYG 0.366 F. Fleming NYG 0.658 P. Moore CHN 0.266 F. Fleming NYG 0.301 J. Porter STL 0.377 J. Burns NYG 0.673 J. Burns NYG 0.272 J. Burns NYG 0.306 A. Cutright STL 0.387 D. Brace PIT 0.694 D. Brace PIT 0.273 VORP J. Burns NYG 109.5 E. Crockett CIN 104.4 B. Pierce PHN 86.5 F. Fleming NYG 85.4 P. Moore CHN 83.7
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1932 World Series Preview
New York Giants (110-44) vs. New York Yankees (96-58) Overview ------------------ Although the Giants are, obviously, heavily favored, one should not count out the New York Yankees, who battled through a great deal of adversity to win 96 games -a fine total in its own right. The Giants will attempt to bludgeon the Yanks down with long hits and home runs, while the Yanks will attempt to rely on good pitching and situational hitting to win the day. Ballparks ------------------ These teams' ballparks could not be more different. Yankee Stadium is a pitcher's park that heavily favors left-handed hitters due to a huge left field and a relatively short right field porch. They brought LF Carter Keeton in specifically to take advantage of this, and while he is out of the series with an injury they do have switch-hitting SS/1B Mike Kennedy and left-handed 3rd baseman Quincy Hudson to make life tough for teams visiting their park. Polo Grounds has a gaping outfield - dead center is more than 500 feet away - but short foul lines (279 to left, 258 to right). The effect is that singles hitters struggle against the Giants' solid outfield defense but everybody hits a lot of homeruns. CF Erik Conn hit 24 of his 37 homeruns at the Grounds and 3B Emory Jefferson had a similarly home-friendly 20 of 37 circuit clouts at home, so expect a lot of power. History ----------------- The Giants were perhaps the best team in the National League in the teens - 5 pennants in 7 years between 1910 and 1916, although only one World Series title to show for it - but in recent years this franchise fell on hard times. Between 1922 and 1928 they managed a finish higher than 7th just once. Things have really turned around recently, though, culminating in a league-record 110 victory season this year. The Yankees haven't had the overall franchise success of the Giants in terms of reaching the postseason but they've gotten a lot better lately. Pennants in 1928 and 1929 mean that this year marks the 3rd time in 5 years the Yanks have emerged at the top of the American League. Before this time the team was widely known as the weak sister of the junior circuit, finishing dead last 7 times in the first 22 years of its existence. [b]Starting Rotation[b] ------------------------- Giants Fred Fleming: Fleming is a fireballing right-hander who was brought in in a midseason trade with the Cleveland Indians, where he won 20 games in 1931. With the Giants this year, he was nothing short of unstoppable, winning 22 of 24 decisions, a percentage that would be the best in major league history if you discounted his 6-6 record with the Indians at the beginning of the year. Even so, only one man since 1913 won more games than Fleming, and that was his teammate this year. John Burns: Burns had what some proclaim is the greatest season a pitcher ever had. We're not sure about that, but it was a very fine season, especially considering this was only the 2nd major league season for this young man. Burns doesn't have Fleming's heat, but lefties rarely do and besides his plus curveball and change of pace more than make up for it. He won 29 games against 8 losses, completed 30 of the 39 games he started, and had the 2nd lowest opponents' batting average in the league. Ryan Rush: "Pinto" Rush was, for 1932, the calming veteran influence on this highly talented staff. Although he can still crack the mid-90s at times with his fastball, Rush is at this point in his career a pure pitch-to-contact man. More than two thirds of his outs were groundballs last year, a great quality for a man pitching half his games at the Polo Grounds to have. His career may be nearing an end but we believe this career 331 game winner still has enough left in the tank to gut out a Giants' Series victory. Yankees Bob "Eeyore" Meyers: Meyers is Exhibit A in the Yankees' new strategy for victory, which is to buy up all the talent they can get and use that talent as often as possible. The team from the Bronx picked up Eeyore from the crosstown Dodgers, who were frankly not in a position to appreciate a man with his particular gifts. Meyers finished his Yankee season 21-8 and had a K/BB ratio of 150/26. Meyers is a true talent who can throw 5 different pitches for strikes and who gets his opponents to beat the ball into the ground when they aren't whiffing at his pitches. Steve Krug: The lone holdover from the 1929 champion rotation, Steve Krug has quietly won 20 or more games the last 5 years and 6 of his last 7. He does it by not making mistakes: he's never topped the century mark in strikeouts but walks even fewer men and gave up just 10 home runs last season. Right-handed hitters face Krug at their own risk: they hit just .234 against him this year with a paltry 3 home runs in 663 at-bats. Alan Hack: Hack missed most of the season this year with a partially torn labrum, an extremely scary injury for a pitcher to have. However, he came back to pitch two games in October and looked like he'd just been on a vacation: 5 runs allowed in 18 innings of work, 11 strikeouts, and a 2-0 record. Hack is a huge wild card in this series: if he's truly at midseason form, it will be like the Yankees have two #1 starters in this Series. Stars of the Lineup -------------------------- Giants Erik Conn, CF: Not many people have their career seasons at 38 years of age, but Conn has always been one to buck the odds. He debuted in the midst of the dead ball era and did not belt his first home run until his 4th year in the major leagues. Even then, he didn't get to double digits until 1925, when he was 31 years old and an established starter. In the years that followed, Conn started to hit a bit more and, paradoxically, get more and more respect for his fielding. Now he's won 3 of the last 4 NL Gold Gloves for his play in centerfield. The power, though, is something else: the 37 homeruns he hit in 1932 were more than his previous 2 best seasons combined. Benton Wheeler, SS: Wheeler is such a tremendous hitter that it's easy to forget how awesome a fielder he is as well. The Gold Gloves in 1929 and '31 only scratch the surface as to how great this man is with the glove. If we had a special version of the movies that was able to show highlights every night, rest assured that this man would appear on that movie show all the time. Hitting-wise, Wheeler merely hit for the cycle last month and has had a 20+ game hitting streak each of the last 2 seasons. Emory Jefferson, 3B: Jefferson's also a reigning Gold Glover. Yes, the Giants may impress with their hitting but really it's their fielding that separates them from the other merely great teams of baseball history. Jefferson's power surge is also slightly easier to explain than Conn's: after all, he did crack the 20-HR mark in 1930. Jefferson set positional records for 3rd basemen this year with homeruns, total bases (340), slugging percentage (.613), and on base + slugging (1.013). Despite only playing the position for a little more than 4 years in the bigs, he is already the career leader among hot corner men in HRs with 96. Yankees Mike Kennedy, SS: While so many men fell around him, Kennedy was the rock of the Yankees' lineup, batting 3rd all season long and playing in the field wherever manager Rich Naughton felt he should play that day. When the Yanks needed him the most, he was there: he hit .393 for both August and September, during which time the team battled all kinds of injuries and still managed to triumph over the Chicago White Sox. The future looks cloudy: Naughton has stated publicly that he'd like to move Kennedy off of shortstop but there's nowhere else for him to go at this time. Still, it was a great year. Nathan Benkhe, CF: At first glance, Benkhe's 1932 looks a lot like his 1931. Then you start to wonder how it is he scored 45 more runs than the previous season. At that point, you see the uptick in walks from 18 to 76 and the concurrent rise in on-base percentage from .346 to .398 and you begin to see why this team thinks they have the best lead-off man in the American League. He's no slouch in the field, either; this might be the year the 25-year-old wins his first Gold Glove. Phil Foster, C: The slugging backstop played for his 3rd team in 3 years and finally got some of the respect he deserves. Foster has just an average arm, but is renowned throughout the league for his ability to call a game. Additionally, he moved into the cleanup spot the last month of the season and acquitted himself well, driving in 40 men from September 1 through the end of the year and just missing the 100 RBI mark for the season.
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October 15, 1932
Yankees 3, Giants 2
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New York Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 0 New York Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 HR: NYY: P. Foster (1, 8th Inning off F. Fleming, 0 on, 2 outs) Yankees IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA B. Meyers W (1-0) 9.0 7 1 1 0 9 0 123 80 1.00 Giants IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA F. Fleming L (0-1) 9.0 7 3 3 1 6 1 122 83 3.00
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October 16, 1932
The Giants suddenly found themselves in the hole, a position they hadn't been in all season long. No worry, they thought, for today they'd be using their real ace, 2nd year man John Burns.
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New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 New York Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1 5 0 HR: None Yankees IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA S. Krug L (0-1) 8.0 5 1 0 2 2 0 102 67 0.00 Giants IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA J. Burns W (1-0) 9.0 6 0 0 4 3 0 134 80 0.00
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