Brooklyn Baseball post-1957

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END OF MAY

Standings:

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Str	Last10	
New York	33	11	.750	-	30-14		3		17-5	16-6	3-1	8-1	108	W5	8-2	
Chicago (A)	30	14	.682	3.0	29-15		1		12-7	18-7	2-1	5-5	-	W4	7-3	
Detroit	25	19	.568	8.0	23-21		2		10-13	15-6	0-4	7-6	-	L5	2-8	
Cleveland	24	23	.511	10.5	24-23		0		13-9	11-14	0-1	6-3	-	L1	6-4	
Baltimore	20	24	.455	13.0	18-26		2		10-12	10-12	6-2	7-5	-	W7	7-3	
Boston	18	26	.409	15.0	21-23		-3		8-13	10-13	2-6	4-10	-	L3	7-3	
Washington	16	28	.364	17.0	19-25		-3		9-14	7-14	3-2	7-9	-	L4	1-9	
Kansas City	11	32	.256	21.5	12-31		-1		7-18	4-14	1-0	4-9	-	W1	2-8	

National League Standings	

NL	

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Str	Last10	
St. Louis	25	18	.581	-	21-22		4		10-11	15-7	0-0	5-4	111	L2	4-6	
Milwaukee	25	19	.568	.5	25-19		0		9-9	16-10	3-4	6-8	-	L1	4-6	
Pittsburgh	24	21	.533	2.0	25-20		-1		11-13	13-8	3-4	6-8	-	W1	5-5	
Cincinnati	23	22	.511	3.0	25-20		-2		10-11	13-11	2-2	8-6	-	W5	8-2	
Chicago (N)	20	21	.488	4.0	17-24		3		8-14	12-7	2-0	12-5	-	W2	5-5	
San Fran	21	23	.477	4.5	21-23		0		10-11	11-12	4-0	6-7	-	W2	5-5	
Philadlpha	20	22	.476	4.5	19-23		1		10-14	10-8	2-3	6-8	-	L2	4-6	
Brooklyn	17	29	.370	9.5	21-25		-4		6-18	11-11	0-3	5-8	-	L3	5-5

Overall Batting:	

Name		G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	
B. Lemon	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	
B. Birrer	27	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	
N. Larker	39	97	39	5	2	2	20	14	14	10	.402	.482	.557	
C. Furillo	46	176	59	13	3	4	32	30	9	10	.335	.364	.511	
E. Robinson	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	
B. Lillis	26	33	11	1	1	1	5	6	3	0	.333	.389	.515	
C. Neal		44	151	49	7	2	9	37	23	17	20	.325	.386	.576	
D. Newcombe	8	22	7	1	1	0	2	3	1	2	.318	.348	.455	
E. Valo		31	41	13	1	0	2	6	12	5	3	.317	.391	.488	
S. Burgess	43	155	49	4	1	5	26	24	9	9	.316	.345	.452	
J. Gilliam	34	119	37	8	1	1	14	19	14	6	.311	.383	.420	
D. Zimmer	32	78	22	4	1	2	13	11	7	14	.282	.341	.436	
R. Jackson	15	25	7	0	0	1	2	4	1	1	.280	.308	.400	
D. Drysdale	5	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.250	.250	.250	
D. Snider	46	157	39	4	2	8	22	34	32	29	.248	.375	.452	
B. Allison	30	85	20	3	1	3	11	9	16	16	.235	.353	.400	
E. Averill	8	13	3	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	.231	.286	.308	
C. Mclish	9	23	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	5	.217	.208	.261	
G. Cimoli	28	55	11	3	1	0	4	6	3	10	.200	.241	.291	
F. Howard	44	136	27	2	1	2	12	18	20	35	.199	.301	.272	
P. Reese	46	147	26	3	0	2	11	14	22	15	.177	.284	.238	
J. Podres	5	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.273	
R. Duren	11	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.069	.069	.069	
S. Koufax	13	30	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	15	.033	.033	.067	
C. Erskine	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	
R. Walker	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	
L. Sherry	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000

Overall Pitching:	

Name		G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	
R. Duren	11	11	6	2	0	3.95	70.2	58	34	31	38	71	
D. Newcombe	8	8	3	4	0	3.99	58.2	62	31	26	14	16	
S. Williams	24	0	3	5	4	5.47	26.1	35	16	16	13	18	
S. Koufax	13	13	3	3	0	3.68	78.1	73	44	32	38	57	
C. Mclish	9	8	2	5	1	5.51	65.1	70	41	40	21	20	
J. Podres	5	5	1	2	0	4.68	32.2	37	20	17	14	14	
D. Drysdale	5	5	1	3	0	7.57	27.1	34	23	23	5	19	
C. Erskine	2	1	1	0	0	1.93	9.1	5	2	2	2	1	
B. Birrer	27	0	0	0	1	5.70	30.0	39	22	19	7	14	
R. Craig	3	0	0	2	0	47.26	1.1	6	7	7	2	0	
C. Labine	13	0	0	3	1	9.28	10.2	14	11	11	5	7	
B. Lemon	2	0	0	0	0	3.00	6.0	5	2	2	3	2	
L. Sherry	18	0	0	1	1	4.15	26.0	28	12	12	16	18

AL Leaders

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  M. Minoso (CLE) 	.373 
2  N. Siebern (NYA) 	.368 
3  N. Fox (CHA) 	.363 
4  S. White (BOS) 	.331 
5  B. Goodman (CHA) 	.329 
6  B. Boyd (BAL) 	.328 
7  B. Skowron (NYA) 	.321 
8  B. Robinson (BAL) 	.321 
9  F. Malzone (BOS) 	.321 
10  E. Torgeson (CHA) 	.313 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  M. Mantle (NYA) 	15 
2  T. Williams (BOS) 	12 
2  R. Colavito (CLE) 	12 
4  J. Lemon (WS1) 	10 
4  N. Cash (CHA) 	10 
6  H. Killebrew (WS1)	9 
6  L. Doby (CLE) 	9 
8  J. Jensen (BOS) 	8 
8  B. Cerv (KC1) 	8 
10  W. Dropo (CHA) 	7 

#  TOP 10 RBI 		RBI 
1  M. Mantle (NYA) 	37 
1  J. Lemon (WS1) 	37 
3  Y. Berra (NYA) 	36 
4  J. Jensen (BOS) 	35 
5  L. Doby (CLE) 	34 
6  B. Skowron (NYA) 	33 
7  T. Williams (BOS) 	32 
7  V. Wertz (CLE) 	32 
9  H. Killebrew (WS1) 	29 
10  A. Kaline (DET) 	28 

#  TOP 10 Wins 			W 
1  D. Lee (DET) 		8 
1  M. Garcia (CLE) 		8 
1  D. Donovan (CHA) 		8 
4  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 		7 
4  B. Shantz (NYA) 		7 
6  B. Hoeft (DET) 		6 
6  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	6 
6  R. Moore (CHA) 		6 
6  B. Latman (CHA) 		6 
6  H. Score (CLE) 		6 

#  TOP 10 ERA 			ERA 
1  B. Turley (NYA) 		2.30 
2  D. Donovan (CHA) 		2.81 
3  B. Shantz (NYA) 		3.22 
4  M. Garcia (CLE) 		3.34 
5  C. Pascual (WS1) 		3.34 
6  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	3.67 
7  B. Byerly (WS1) 		3.68 
8  J. Bunning (DET) 		3.74 
9  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 		3.83 
10  H. Wilhelm (CLE) 		3.87 

#  TOP 10 Strikeouts 		K's 
1  H. Score (CLE) 		89 
2  J. Bunning (DET) 		84 
3  B. O'dell (BAL) 		65 
4  T. Clevenger (WS1) 		53 
5  C. Johnson (BAL) 		52 
6  H. Wilhelm (CLE) 		48 
6  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 		48 
8  D. Lee (DET) 		45 
9  D. Donovan (CHA) 		44 
9  R. Moore (CHA) 		44

NL Leaders

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  W. Mays (SFN) 	.378 
2  H. Aaron (ML1) 	.370 
3  K. Boyer (SLN) 	.353 
4  R. Ashburn (PHI) 	.349 
5  G. Crowe (CIN) 	.344 
6  R. Clemente (PIT) 	.339 
7  C. Furillo (BRO) 	.335 
8  D. Stuart (PIT) 	.332 
9  O. Cepeda (SFN) 	.325 
10  C. Neal (BRO) 	.325 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  D. Stuart (PIT) 	16 
2  H. Aaron (ML1) 	11 
2  E. Banks (CHN) 	11 
2  S. Lopata (PHI) 	11 
5  W. Mays (SFN) 	10 
5  F. Thomas (PIT) 	10 
5  H. Anderson (PHI) 	10 
8  W. Moryn (CHN) 	9 
8  C. Neal (BRO) 	9 
8  W. Moon (SLN) 	9 

#  TOP 10 RBI RBI 
1  D. Stuart (PIT) 	39 
2  W. Mays (SFN) 	38 
3  W. Moon (SLN) 	37 
3  C. Neal (BRO) 	37 
5  J. Lynch (CIN) 	35 
6  J. Adcock (ML1) 	34 
7  H. Aaron (ML1) 	33 
8  C. Furillo (BRO) 	32 
9  E. Banks (CHN) 	30 
9  H. Anderson (PHI) 	30 

#  TOP 10 Wins 		W 
1  J. O'toole (CIN) 	8 
1  W. Spahn (ML1) 	8 
3  G. Witt (PIT) 	7 
3  S. Jones (SLN) 	7 
5  D. Elston (CHN) 	6 
5  L. Jackson (SLN) 	6 
5  R. Duren (BRO) 	6 
8  C. Simmons (PHI) 	5 
8  B. Henry (CHN) 	5 
8  S. Miller (SFN) 	5 

#  TOP 10 ERA 		ERA 
1  S. Jones (SLN) 	2.87 
2  J. O'toole (CIN) 	3.16 
3  G. Jones (SFN) 	3.24 
4  D. Elston (CHN) 	3.38 
5  S. Koufax (BRO) 	3.68 
6  W. Spahn (ML1) 	3.74 
7  R. Face (PIT) 	3.84 
8  J. Jay (ML1) 	3.93 
9  R. Duren (BRO) 	3.95 
10  D. Newcombe (BRO) 	3.99 

#  TOP 10 Strikeouts 	K's 
1  S. Jones (SLN) 	88 
2  R. Duren (BRO) 	71 
3  G. Conley (ML1) 	69 
3  T. Farrell (PHI) 	69 
5  B. Henry (CHN) 	61 
6  J. Meyer (PHI) 	59 
7  B. Friend (PIT) 	58 
8  S. Koufax (BRO) 	57 
9  G. Witt (PIT) 	51 
9  R. Face (PIT) 	51

American League-Pitcher of the Month:
Bob Turley (NYA)!
He had a record of 5-0 in 5 games started, with an ERA of 1.03 and 1 shutouts.
American League-Batter of the Month:
Mickey Mantle (NYA)!
He batted .330 in 112 AB, with 13 homers and 27 RBI.
National League-Pitcher of the Month:
Jim O'toole (CIN)!
He had a record of 7-0 in 9 games started, with an ERA of 2.54.
National League-Batter of the Month:
Dick Stuart (PIT)!
He batted .339 in 115 AB, with 11 homers and 25 RBI.

The Robins started winning in May, but have a long way to go if they want to build any sort of challenge. They are still far in the basement. Signs are good, though.

The offense has been good, with the exception of Pee Wee Reese and the badly slumping Frank Howard. Harrelson has had his eye on both. While he believes Howard is indeed merely slumping, he suspects that Reese’s career may be drawing to a close. Charlie Neal has been a very pleasant surprise, currently tenth in batting, eighth in homers, and third in RBI in the NL. After a dismal April, Duke Snider has come around, slugging 7 homers and driving in 18 during May. Norm Larker has been fighting for playing time and has played a lot of first base for the slumping Frank Howard. In that regard, Larker has been superb.

The starting pitchers have mostly come around now. The team ERA (4.87) is still the third worst in baseball, but it’s a far cry better than it was earlier in the year. The bullpen remains a big problem for Brooklyn. When starters are knocked out, there is no real dependable man to hand the game to.

Around the league, New York and St. Louis remain on top of their respective leagues, though Pittsburgh spent a portion of May out in front and the NL race is extremely tight, with just 4.5 games separating the top seven teams. The AL race is mostly between the Yankees, White Sox, and Tigers.

Eddie Matthews, star 3B for Milwaukee, went down with an arm injury in the middle of May and missed the rest of the month. He should be back in about a week. Stan “the Man” Musial stroked his 3000th hit in Chicago. The knowledgeable Cubs fans gave him a much deserved standing ovation. Musial is putting up another great season, hitting .319 with 6 homers so far.

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6/1
Chadwick Harrelson holds a meeting with his son Jack and manager Walter Alston before the game.

“Reese still isn’t hitting consistently,” he says. “How is Demeter coming along?”

“Not there yet,” says Jack. “He’s having a little trouble with the conversion. He’ll probably need another month at least.”

“Reese has been improving,” says Alston. “He’s made a couple of adjustments and I think he can really get things going for himself. He’ll be good enough to get us through until Demeter’s ready anyway.”

“I agree,” says Harrelson. “Jack, let me know as soon as we have positive news about Demeter. We’ll promote him right away and get him in there. Alston, I think you can tell Reese of the situation. Be tactful. We don’t want him to be too upset. He needs to hold the position until Demeter’s ready.”

“Will do,” says Alston. “What about Howard? The fans are screaming at us for getting rid of Hodges.”

“Yes,” says Harrelson. “Hodges is hitting –” he checks a report, “.287 for the Redlegs. Well, I think the wisdom of the move will show soon. Howard has fine skills. He’ll come around. I’m not very worried. If he’s still hovering around .200 in August, well, then maybe we need to discuss other options.”

“On other matters,” Jack says, “have you heard the news about the reserve clause?”

“Yes,” says Harrelson. “I was instrumental in making it.”

The other two are shocked. “What do you mean, Dad?” asks Jack.

“I have a lot more money than most other teams do. If players are allowed to become free agents, as now appears to be the case, I can compete better than them and field a winning team more easily. As I’m sure you both know, this team is not a business venture for me. It is a labor of love. I do not care if it loses money. I just want it to win. I make enough money in my other investments that I can afford the loss. Brooklyn needs a team to be proud of. Yes, the players’ salaries will probably spiral upwards now, but that is okay, as long as we stay on top and are able to sign the best players.”

The other two nod. It is good to know that your owner cares more about winning than profit.

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6/1

The Robins drop a ten inning game to Cincinnati, 4-1, when the Redlegs score three times in the top of the tenth off Brookyn relievers. A superb start by Ryne Duren (9 innings, 4 hits, 8 Ks) is wasted.

6/3

After a day off for travel, the Robins host the Phillies and promptly defeat them, 4-2. Sandy Koufax strikes out 11 as Snider and Neal both blast homeruns.

6/4

Brooklyn is completely shut down by the Phillies’ Jack Meyer, against whom they manage just three singles. The Phillies, meanwhile, light up Don Newcombe for 11 hits and 6 runs, handing him his fifth loss against three wins.

6/5

Ryne Duren and the Robins return the favor on Thursday, blanking Philadelphia 4-0. Duren strikes out 12 in a complete game shutout. Howard, Snider, and Furillo all hit doubles.

6/6

Pittsburgh comes to town and unloads on McLish, scoring nine times (all earned) in two innings. The Robins keep the Pirates from scoring again, but manage only two runs themselves.

6/7

The Robins top the Pirates 5-3 in Saturday’s game. Koufax strikes out 7 in 6.2 innings and Snider blasts his tenth homer. The fans give a big roar when Roy Campanella is rolled onto the field to throw out the first pitch.

6/8

The Robins split a double header with the Pirates, each game ending in a score of 5-4. Neal hits his eleventh homerun to win the first game, but Burgess’s homerun can’t win the second.

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The Robins trade pitcher Carl Erskine and prospect Earl Robinson to Kansas City in exchange for rookie pitcher Ken Johnson. Erskine had come up to replace Podres, who is now on his way back from the DL. In order to send Erskine back down, he would have had to be put on waivers and would have been claimed by another team, so Jack Harrelson decides to get something for him instead. Erskine has won 20 games for Brooklyn in the past, but has been mostly unimpressive more recently. Robinson is not a big prospect, but is well developed for a 21-year-old and may turn out better than expected. Johnson is a disappointing 24-year-old prospect for Kansas City. He is 3-9 with a 5.21 ERA for the A’s. The Robins plan to send him to the minors to get more time to develop. He may be quite good one day.

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6/10

After a day off, Milwaukee comes to town. Duren is reasonably effective against them, but has to leave after a rain delay in the seventh. The Braves light up Stan Williams for four runs in a third of an inning, toppling Brooklyn 8-4.

6/11

Wednesday’s game is good offensively for the Robins, but Koufax has something less than his best stuff and the Robins fall 7-6. Snider hits his eleventh homerun and Neal hits his twelfth in the loss.

6/12

Newcombe is a hard luck loser again. He pitches seven strong innings, giving up two runs, but the Robins score only once and he gets his seventh loss. The only Brooklyn run comes on a homerun by Frank Howard.

6/13

Brooklyn snaps its losing streak with a win on Friday against the Cubs. McLish looks great for 7.2 innings. The lineup puts up good numbers across the board.

6/14

The Cubs destroy the Robins, 13-2. The normally reliably Duren gives up 8 runs in 2.2 innings and the relievers are not much better. The hitters can’t get anything started, though Snider pounds out three singles.

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After the game, Harrelson calls his baseball people together for a meeting.

“I appreciate that we have improved since April,” he tells them, “but we are still in last place. As you all know, I do not like to be in last place. I want you all to work hard at making this team go up in the standings. I understand that at this point, we are most likely not going to contend for first place. I do not like that, but I have to accept it. Most of the people responsible for it are gone anyway. What I will not accept is a losing record. If this team finishes under .500, I will fire a good number of you, anyone who I feel did not make enough of an effort. Now get to work!”

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6/15

The Robins split another double header with the Cubs, losing the first game 3-2 and winning the second 8-4. The second game is a historic one for Duke Snider, who goes 3 for 3 with 3 homeruns and 7 RBI. On the very same day, Mickey Mantle upstages him with the Yankees, going 5 for 5 with 2 homeruns and 7 RBI.

6/17

The Robins use a day off to travel to Milwaukee for a Tuesday game. In a hard fought game, the Braves break a tie to win in the bottom of the ninth. Gene Conley allows only six hits in a complete game victory over Brooklyn.

6/18

Despite a combined 27 hits for the two teams, the Braves beat the Robins by a comparatively modest score of 5-4. Snider is 3 for 5 and hits his 15th homerun of the season. The Robins are winning when Stan Williams gives up the tying run in the ninth, followed by the winning run in the tenth for his seventh loss. He has been disasterous in relief for the Robins so far, with a 6.95 ERA.

6/19

Again, the Robins are winning going into the bottom of the ninth. Again Milwaukee ties it up and wins it in the tenth. Williams gives up the tying run, but Birrer gets the loss in the tenth. Burgess, who has been slumping, does his best to stop the loss, going 4 for 5 with a double and a homerun. The Robins have 14 hits and the Braves have 8, but the Braves make better use of theirs.

6/20

After travelling to Chicago for Friday’s game, Podres shines. In eight innings, he allows two runs on seven hits and strikes out eight. The Robins manage only six hits, but they win the game 3-2, with no scoring by either team after the second inning.

6/21

Saturday’s game is a slugfest that is won by the Robins, 12-9. The Robins have 17 hits, including a homerun by Zimmer, who has three hits and five RBI.

6/22

Another double header with Chicago, and another split. Brooklyn wins the first game 6-2, but drops the second 4-2. Game 1 is Duren’s team leading 8th win and features Neal’s fourteenth homerun. Neal homers again in the second game, and Snider then goes deep for his 16th to maintain the team lead.

6/24

The Robins arrive in Philadelphia on Tuesday and look bad, dropping the first game of two games with the Phillies 5-0. Podres has no movement on his curve and allows 13 hits. No Robin makes it past first base.

6/25

The Phillies hand Don Newcombe his team-leading eighth loss. Despite a homerun by Lillis and ten hits, the Robins are unable to capitalize on baserunners and fall 6-3.

6/27

After a day off, the Robins drop Friday’s game in Pittsburgh, 5-3. Duren takes the loss, despite striking out 8 in 5 innings. The loss is mostly attributed to wildness, as he also walks 9 batters. Carl Furillo hits two triples in the game, his fifth and sixth, twice as many as anyone else on the team.

6/28

Koufax looks bad in his sixth loss, giving up six runs in six innings. It is Brooklyn’s fifth straight loss, prompting fears of firing in the offices in Brooklyn. Harrelson is absent, however, as he is conducting business elsewhere. Frank Howard hits his fifth homerun, but he is still hitting just .202.

6/29

Finally snapping out of their funk, the Robins sweep a double header in Pittsburgh, winning 7-4 and 9-2. Snider smacks his 17th homerun in the first game as Podres earns his third win against three losses. Newcombe pitches a complete game for the nightcap, giving up no earned runs. He also leads the team offensively with three hits and three RBI. Newcombe is hitting .356. Brooklyn newspapers joke about him giving tips to Reese and Howard.

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END OF JUNE

Standings:

American League Standings	

AL	

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec		Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak		Last10	
New York	45	25	.643	-	43-27		2		22-12	23-13	5-1	15-4	83	L1		5-5	
Chicago (A)	47	27	.635	-	47-27		0		21-13	26-14	3-2	11-11	81	L2		6-4	
Detroit		40	32	.556	6.0	36-36		4		18-20	22-12	1-5	12-9	-	W1		5-5	
Cleveland	42	34	.553	6.0	40-36		2		23-13	19-21	2-1	11-6	-	W2		8-2	
Baltimore	34	40	.459	13.0	33-41		1		19-19	15-21	7-3	13-10	-	L1		4-6	
Boston		29	42	.408	16.5	34-37		-5		15-21	14-21	2-7	9-19	-	W1		3-7	
Washington	29	45	.392	18.0	33-41		-4		13-23	16-22	4-4	8-12	-	W1		5-5	
Kansas City	25	46	.352	20.5	24-47		1		13-26	12-20	1-2	8-16	-	L1		3-7	

National League Standings	

NL	

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec		Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak		Last10	
Milwaukee	42	29	.592	-	40-31		2		19-13	23-16	5-5	14-13	80	W1		6-4	
St. Louis	39	33	.542	3.5	37-35		2		19-17	20-16	1-1	8-9	-	W1		5-5	
Pittsburgh	39	34	.534	4.0	39-34		0		21-18	18-16	3-6	11-11	-	L2		5-5	
Philadlpha	36	33	.522	5.0	33-36		3		18-20	18-13	4-3	11-8	-	W2		6-4	
Chicago (N)	36	37	.493	7.0	32-41		4		16-21	20-16	2-2	20-10	-	L2		5-5	
San Fran	34	37	.479	8.0	35-36		-1		16-18	18-19	4-0	9-13	-	W1		6-4	
Cincinnati	34	39	.466	9.0	40-33		-6		16-17	18-22	5-3	11-13	-	L1		3-7	
Brooklyn	28	46	.378	15.5	33-41		-5		12-27	16-19	2-6	8-15	-	W2		5-5

Overall Batting:	

Name	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	
S. Williams	35	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	
B. Birrer 	42	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	
B. Lemon 	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.667	.750	.667	
D. Newcombe	16	45	16	3	1	0	6	6	2	5	.356	.383	.467	
C. Neal 	71	242	80	8	3	15	53	36	22	38	.331	.384	.574	
N. Larker 	64	186	59	10	2	2	22	23	20	16	.317	.388	.425	
E. Averill 	13	19	6	1	0	0	2	3	1	6	.316	.350	.368	
S. Burgess 	69	245	74	6	2	7	39	31	15	15	.302	.337	.429	
E. Valo 	57	136	41	4	2	3	20	28	8	4	.301	.340	.426	
D. Zimmer 	48	120	36	6	1	3	22	15	8	19	.300	.344	.442	
C. Furillo 	72	268	79	17	6	4	38	41	14	17	.295	.326	.448	
D. Snider 	73	262	76	9	2	17	44	56	43	44	.290	.388	.534	
B. Lillis 	40	63	18	1	1	2	8	7	3	0	.286	.318	.429	
J. Gilliam 	60	213	60	12	3	1	18	30	22	11	.282	.349	.380	
D. Drysdale	5	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	.250	.250	.250	
B. Allison 	30	85	20	3	1	3	11	9	16	16	.235	.353	.400	
R. Jackson 	32	43	10	0	0	1	3	4	3	4	.233	.283	.302	
F. Howard 	67	186	38	5	1	5	19	26	25	49	.204	.299	.323	
G. Cimoli 	41	76	15	3	2	0	5	10	5	14	.197	.247	.289	
C. Mclish 	13	29	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	6	.172	.167	.207	
P. Reese 	74	233	35	4	2	2	14	19	26	30	.150	.236	.210	
J. Podres 	8	19	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	3	.105	.150	.211	
R. Duren 	18	43	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.070	.070	.070	
S. Koufax 	20	47	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	20	.043	.043	.064	
K. Johnson 	14	37	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	.027	.027	.027	
L. Sherry 	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	
C. Labine 	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	
R. Walker 	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Overall Pitching:	

Name		G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	
R. Duren	18	18	8	4	0	3.96	116.0	99	56	51	59	120	
S. Koufax	20	20	5	6	0	4.27	124.1	111	71	59	55	104	
S. Williams	35	0	5	7	8	6.75	37.1	55	28	28	23	28	
D. Newcombe	16	16	5	8	0	4.06	122.0	128	65	55	32	41	
K. Johnson	14	14	3	9	0	5.21	102.0	127	72	59	32	49	
C. Mclish	13	11	3	6	1	5.89	84.0	95	56	55	25	28	
J. Podres	8	8	3	3	0	4.50	54.0	64	31	27	18	31	
D. Drysdale	5	5	1	3	0	7.57	27.1	34	23	23	5	19	
B. Birrer	42	0	0	2	2	4.37	47.1	58	27	23	8	24	
C. Labine	23	0	0	4	2	6.64	20.1	27	15	15	5	13	
R. Craig	3	0	0	2	0	47.26	1.1	6	7	7	2	0	
B. Lemon	4	0	0	0	0	4.15	13.0	14	6	6	4	4	
L. Sherry	26	0	0	2	1	3.53	35.2	35	14	14	17	22

AL Leaders:

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  N. Fox (CHA) 	.374 
2  B. Boyd (BAL) 	.369 
3  B. Goodman (CHA) 	.362 
4  M. Minoso (CLE) 	.336 
5  Y. Berra (NYA) 	.332 
6  A. Kaline (DET) 	.324 
7  H. Plews (WS1) 	.321 
8  N. Siebern (NYA) 	.319 
9  A. Pearson (WS1) 	.318 
10  H. Kuenn (DET) 	.315 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  M. Mantle (NYA) 	21 
2  N. Cash (CHA) 	19 
3  R. Colavito (CLE) 	18 
4  J. Lemon (WS1) 	15 
5  J. Jensen (BOS) 	14 
6  T. Williams (BOS) 	13 
6  L. Doby (CLE) 	13 
8  Y. Berra (NYA) 	12 
8  G. Triandos (BAL) 	12 
8  W. Held (KC1) 	12 

#  TOP 10 RBI 		RBI 
1  M. Mantle (NYA) 	58 
2  N. Cash (CHA) 	56 
3  J. Lemon (WS1) 	54 
4  Y. Berra (NYA) 	53 
5  L. Doby (CLE) 	52 
6  J. Jensen (BOS) 	48 
6  A. Kaline (DET) 	48 
6  V. Wertz (CLE) 	48 
9  B. Skowron (NYA) 	47 
10  R. Colavito (CLE) 	45 

#  TOP 10 Wins 			W 
1  D. Lee (DET) 		13 
2  M. Garcia (CLE) 		12 
2  D. Donovan (CHA) 		12 
4  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	10 
5  R. Moore (CHA) 		9 
5  H. Score (CLE) 		9 
5  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 		9 
8  B. Turley (NYA) 		8 
8  B. Latman (CHA) 		8 
8  B. Shantz (NYA) 		8 

#  TOP 10 ERA 			ERA 
1  W. Ford (NYA) 		2.80 
2  C. Beamon (BAL) 		2.88 
3  D. Donovan (CHA)		3.12 
4  B. Turley (NYA) 		3.13 
5  C. Pascual (WS1) 		3.27 
6  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	3.37 
7  M. Garcia (CLE) 		3.43 
8  D. Lee (DET) 		3.82 
9  B. Pierce (CHA) 		3.89 
10  M. Pappas (BAL) 		3.91 

#  TOP 10 Strikeouts 		K's 
1  H. Score (CLE) 		143 
2  J. Bunning (DET) 		113 
3  B. O'dell (BAL) 		99 
4  H. Wilhelm (CLE) 		89 
5  C. Johnson (BAL) 		86 
5  C. Pascual (WS1) 		86 
7  T. Clevenger (WS1) 		79 
8  D. Donovan (CHA) 		77 
9  D. Lee (DET) 		76 
9  R. Moore (CHA) 		76

NL Leaders:

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  W. Mays (SFN) 	.364 
2  H. Aaron (ML1) 	.361 
3  J. Lynch (CIN) 	.345 
4  D. Groat (PIT) 	.342 
5  O. Cepeda (SFN) 	.337 
6  D. Crandall (ML1) 	.333 
7  K. Boyer (SLN) 	.331 
8  R. Ashburn (PHI) 	.331 
9  C. Neal (BRO) 	.331 
10  G. Bell (CIN) 	.323 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  D. Stuart (PIT) 	23 
2  E. Banks (CHN) 	21 
3  J. Adcock (ML1) 	18 
3  H. Aaron (ML1) 	18 
5  W. Moryn (CHN) 	17 
5  D. Snider (BRO) 	17 
7  L. Wagner (SFN) 	16 
8  G. Hodges (CIN) 	15 
8  S. Lopata (PHI) 	15 
8  C. Neal (BRO) 	15 

#  TOP 10 RBI 		RBI 
1  D. Stuart (PIT) 	62 
1  W. Mays (SFN) 	62 
3  J. Adcock (ML1) 	61 
4  H. Aaron (ML1) 	55 
5  D. Ennis (SLN) 	54 
6  K. Boyer (SLN) 	53 
6  C. Neal (BRO) 	53 
8  D. Crandall (ML1) 	50 
8  E. Banks (CHN) 	50 
10  F. Thomas (PIT) 	49 

#  TOP 10 Wins 		W 
1  L. Jackson (SLN) 	11 
2  S. Jones (SLN) 	10 
2  G. Witt (PIT) 	10 
4  D. Elston (CHN) 	9 
4  G. Conley (ML1) 	9 
4  T. Farrell (PHI) 	9 
7  W. Spahn (ML1) 	8 
7  R. Duren (BRO) 	8 
7  B. Friend (PIT) 	8 
7  C. Simmons (PHI) 	8 

#  TOP 10 ERA 		ERA 
1  S. Jones (SLN) 	3.35 
2  J. O'toole (CIN) 	3.39 
3  D. Elston (CHN) 	3.55 
4  G. Jones (SFN) 	3.66 
5  T. Farrell (PHI) 	3.71 
6  R. Duren (BRO) 	3.96 
7  V. Law (PIT) 	4.02 
8  D. Newcombe (BRO) 	4.06 
9  B. Henry (CHN) 	4.10 
10  B. Friend (PIT) 	4.21

Note: I neglected to post the NL Strikeouts leaders. Oops. Oh well.

American League-Pitcher of the Month:
Charlie Beamon (BAL)
He had a record of 5-1 in 9 games started, with an ERA of 1.57.
American League-Batter of the Month:
Bob Boyd (BAL)!
He batted .449 in 89 AB, with 2 homers and 17 RBI.
National League-Pitcher of the Month:
Turk Farrell (PHI)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.87.
National League-Batter of the Month:
Joe Adcock (ML1)!
He batted .357 in 98 AB, with 11 homers and 27 RBI.

It was not a good month for Brooklyn as they went 11-17. Much of their May improvement was lost, as the team ERA fell to last in baseball again, with 4.78. They are also last in runs and homeruns allowed, and are twelfth in batting average against. Howard has continued his slump to the point where many are questioning the scouts who touted him highly. He is hitting just .204 with 5 homeruns. Gil Hodges, meanwhile, is batting .272 with 15 homeruns. Pee Wee Reese’s average is back down to .150. He is now out of the starting lineup in favor of Bob Lillis, who is hitting .286 with 2 homeruns in 63 at bats so far. Lillis is a strong infielder, but he isn’t known for hitting skills. Neal continues to lead offensively, but Snider had the best month, batting .352 with 9 homeruns and 22 RBI in June.

The bullpen continues to be a problem, and little has been done to fix it. In addition, the starters have fallen off from their May improvements. Koufax had a 5.28 ERA for the month. Newcombe pitched reasonably well (4.12 ERA in 8 starts), but lost four of six decisions. Duren has shown great prowess for striking hitters out, but wildness has hurt him greatly.

Around the league, the Yankees continue to lead in the AL, but now it is only by percentage points. The White Sox have basically pulled even, but have played two more games than the Yanks and are therefore down by .008. Chicago fans are excited by the idea of a World Series, which could bring their first World Series win since the infamous 1919 scandal. In the NL, Milwaukee has taken advantage of a slumping St. Louis to post a 3.5 game lead.

Less than a month after Musial’s 3000th hit, the Cardinals had a smaller celebration to honor number 2000 by Del Ennis. Ennis is hitting .287 with 9 homeruns and 54 RBI on the season. Detroit lost lefty starter Billy Hoeft on June 20th to bone chips in his shoulder. He is expected to be out until around the end of July. John Buzhardt of the Cubs severely pulled his biceps and may miss a good portion of the rest of the year trying to get it back in shape. Topping off the injuries, New York lost Bobby Shantz to a sore shoulder. X-rays have revealed some damage that may force him out for as long as three months.

Rookie 1B Norm Cash of the White Sox has been amazing so far, batting .303 with 19 homeruns and 56 RBI so far. The latter two stats trail only Mickey Mantle for the league lead, and Cash leads the league in OPS.

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7/1

Harrelson assembles his baseball people for another meeting and addresses them:

“I see none of you have done much to keep your jobs. The only one here not in danger of being fired is my son, whose skills I do not doubt. The rest of you are all in danger. I realize that you may feel you have not been given sufficient time to undo the damage your predecessors may have caused. I feel that you should take immediate actions to remedy things, or someone else will get a chance. I have been informed that our prospect Demeter has had trouble adapting to shortstop. We will continue to work with him in the minor leagues and let Lillis handle the job until then. It is apparent that Pee Wee Reese can no longer play baseball on a major league level. I respect the man, but we can no longer afford to let him play regularly.

“Frank Howard is looking a bit like a bust at firstbase. The fans are angry that we got rid of Hodges. I still have faith that we have made the right move. Hodges may have a couple more good years, but his best are over. Howard will be a good player in time. If he has not improved by the end of this month, we will need to discuss other options until he is ready to take the position. Our bullpen is terrible. We must look to improve. I want at least one reliever we can rely on. I feel no confidence in any of them right now. Drysdale is looking good in the minors. We may want to bring him back up and send McLish to the pen, but McLish's unreliability won’t improve anything significantly.

“That is the state of things. I realize that this year is a loss in regards to a pennant, but we must be respectable. We must find our way into the first division and we must prepare for a pennant run next year. Thank you.”

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7/1

After a day off, the Giants come again to face Brooklyn. The Giants promptly pounce on Ryne Duren and the Robins for a 10-4 victory. Snider futilely blasts his 18th homerun in the ninth inning.

7/2

The Giants strike again, winning 12-2, mostly by bashing the Brooklyn bullpen, which remains the weakest point on a weak team. The Robins score just twice despite twelve base hits.

7/3

The Robins and Giants make the overnight trip to San Francisco, and the Giants overpower the Robins once again, winning 10-2. Brooklyn manages only four hits, including a two run homerun by Neal that accounts for both runs. Johnny Podres looks terrible, allowing 7 runs in 6.2 innings of work.

7/4

Independence Day brings fireworks and celebration in San Francisco. It also brings a doubleheader, which the Robins and Giants split. Brooklyn looks terrible again in the first game, losing 11-3 despite 12 hits and generally good offense. Duren puts a stop to the Giants offense in the second game, but leaves early with stiffness (which turns out to be nothing). The bullpen actually manages to hold the game and the Robins win 3-2.

7/5

The Robins move on to Cincinnati, where they promptly lose 5-1. The newly recalled Don Drysdale, so good last year, gives up five runs in five innings to bring his record to 1-4 with a 7.79 ERA.

7/6

Brooklyn drops the Sunday game to the Redlegs as well, 3-2. Koufax pitches decently, but the offense does very little against the superb Harvey Haddix. Haddix isn’t having a good season (7-9, 5.29 ERA), but he has his very best stuff working against Brooklyn.

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The ALL STAR GAME – 7/8/1958

These players were selected for the AL OOTP-Allstar Team :
P Don Lee from Detroit
P Mike Garcia from Cleveland
P Bill Monbouquette from Boston
P Tom Sturdivant from New York
P Herb Score from Cleveland
P Bob Turley from New York
P Barry Latman from Chicago (A)
P Chuck Stobbs from Washington
P Don Mossi from Cleveland
P Don Larsen from New York
C Yogi Berra from New York
C Gus Triandos from Baltimore
1B Bob Boyd from Baltimore
2B Nellie Fox from Chicago (A)
3B Frank Malzone from Boston
SS Gil Mcdougald from New York
LF Bob Nieman from Baltimore
CF Mickey Mantle from New York
RF Al Kaline from Detroit
1B Norm Cash from Chicago (A)
RF Rocky Colavito from Cleveland
RF Jackie Jensen from Boston
LF Larry Doby from Cleveland
2B Billy Goodman from Chicago (A)
3B Al Smith from Chicago (A)

These players were selected for the NL OOTP-Allstar Team :
P Larry Jackson from St. Louis
P Turk Farrell from Philadelphia
P Jim O'toole from Cincinnati
P Sam Jones from St. Louis
P Gordon Jones from San Francisco
P Ryne Duren from Brooklyn
P George Witt from Pittsburgh
P Billy Loes from Pittsburgh
P Don Mcmahon from Milwaukee
P Stan Williams from Brooklyn
C Del Crandall from Milwaukee
C Smoky Burgess from Brooklyn
1B Joe Adcock from Milwaukee
2B Charlie Neal from Brooklyn
3B Ken Boyer from St. Louis
SS Ernie Banks from Chicago (N)
LF Wes Covington from Milwaukee
CF Willie Mays from San Francisco
RF Hank Aaron from Milwaukee
1B Dick Stuart from Pittsburgh
RF Jerry Lynch from Cincinnati
CF Duke Snider from Brooklyn
CF Gus Bell from Cincinnati
3B Frank Thomas from Pittsburgh
SS Dick Groat from Pittsburgh

The NL won the game, 8-7 in 10 innings, but the MVP of the game came from the AL. Norm Cash went 3 for 3 with a double, a triple, and a homerun, and knocked in three runs. There was some criticism about the selections, particularly Stan Williams of Brooklyn, who is stinking up the league as a closer (5-7, 7 blown saves, 6.92 ERA!).

Author's Note: I really don't like the ASG, but I couldn't think of a good reason not to have one. I'll try to think of one before the next season so I don't have to do one again.

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7/9

The Robins make a trade of disappointing relief pitchers with Boston. Stan Williams, fresh off an inexplicable All Star appearance, goes to Boston in exchange for Juan Pizarro. Pizarro spent time as a starter and reliever in 1957, going 5-6 with a 4.62 ERA. This year, he has appeared exclusively in relief and has gone 1-2 with 2 saves and a 5.72 ERA. Brooklyn hopes that Pizarro can come back and help to improve the bullpen.

7/10

Brooklyn comes home to host Pittsburgh and wins 6-4, thanks in part to homeruns by Furillo (his 5th) and Snider (his 19th). Another homer by Valo puts the game away in the ninth. Duren pitches well, but three homeruns allowed cost him the victory. He only allows four hits and no walks in 8.2 innings, striking out eight.

7/11

Another win against Pittsburgh, and the team is in good spirits. Koufax strikes out ten in seven innings, but doesn’t get the win.

7/12

Philadelphia comes to town on Saturday, and the Robins beat them, too, 8-4. Drysdale finally looks good in a game, winning it with six innings of strong work. Neal blasts his 17th homerun of the year, a monster shot onto the street beyond the rightfield wall.

7/13

Before playing today’s doubleheader, the Robins trade Bob Lemon, who is currently designated for assignment, to the White Sox in exchange for reliever Dixie Howell. Lemon has already cleared waivers unclaimed, and the Robins want to try to get something for him rather than simply releasing him. Howell is not expected to be on the major league roster for Brooklyn.

The doubleheader itself is a resounding success for Brooklyn as they sweep, 9-4 and 8-7. The second game features homeruns by Furillo (6), Snider (20), and Howard (6). Howard has finally begun to hit the ball and has his average up to .236. Newcombe only gives up one earned run despite walking nine men in seven innings.

7/14

The Phillies take the last game of the series from Brooklyn, 6-5. Duren has trouble finding the plate with his pitches and when he does, the Phillies often hit it hard. Alston inexplicably leaves him in all game, prompting a father-son meeting afterwards.

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“What do you think of Alston?” asks Chadwick Harrelon.

“He’s a very good manager,” says Jack. “I’m happy with him.”

“I’m not,” says Harrelson bluntly. “I’ll give him this year, but when it’s over, I think I would like to look elsewhere for a manager. Perhaps we can look in unconventional places. I would like a strategist, and I don’t care if he has baseball experience, as long as he understands the game. Alston’s failure to take out Duren cost us the game today.”

Jack is disheartened. He likes Alston, but understands that his father wants to win. “Well, if you want a change, I will start looking around. But I don’t know how the players will react to someone who isn’t one of them telling them what to do.”

“If he is good, they will respect him. I have confidence in your ability to find the right man, Jack. You are the only employee I trust. I know you were taught well.”

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7/16

After a day off on Tuesday, the Cubs come to town and beat the Robins 4-3. Both teams play very well, but the Cubs simply play a little better, besting Koufax for the win.

7/17

Chicago demolishes Brooklyn, 15-3. Drysdale again shows no sign of the pitcher he was last season, taking his fifth loss, and the bullpen is terrible. Walt Moryn goes deep three times for the Cubs, and is 5 for 5 with 9 RBI.

7/18

Milwaukee comes in and falls 5-3 to Duren and the Robins. It is Duren’s tenth win against six losses. He gives up just one hit (a homerun) in seven innings, striking out seven. Allison blasts a three run homer in the sixth to but Brooklyn up for good.

7/19

Milwaukee strikes back, taking the game 8-2, despite a great day for Smoky Burgess (a double and a homerun). Podres looks bad, giving up seven runs in seven innings.

7/20

The Braves hand Koufax his tenth loss against five wins, a close 4-3 loss for the Robins. Furillo and Howard both homer in the loss.

7/21

The Robins take a trip to Chicago and their bats come alive in a big way. They win 14-8 over the Cubs. Snider and Burgess both homer, and Carl Furillo goes 5 for 6 with two doubles. Drysdale shows signs of the pitcher he was in ’57, going 7 innings and allowing just a run on 5 hits before the bullpen nearly blew it.

7/22

Brooklyn wins it in the ninth off Bill Henry. Jim Gilliam sends a fastball into the Wrigley bleachers. Earlier in the game, Neal hits two homers of his own (18th and 19th).

7/23

Brooklyn bests Chicago again. Johnny Podres earns his fifth win, going 8 innings and allowing just five hits, two walks, and an unearned run while striking out seven.

7/24

Brooklyn is on a roll, their fourth win in a row, all against Chicago. Snider blasts his 22nd homerun and Sandy Koufax pitches 6.2 strong innings, striking out 9, to earn his sixth victory. Brooklyn has now swept the Cubs.

7/25

The winning doesn’t end as the Robins land in Milwaukee and hand the Braves a 7-4 loss. Smoky Burgess and Jim Gilliam both hit homers. Drysdale pitches an eight inning masterpiece, allowing just three hits, one walk, and one run. The game is won in the tenth, though, on Burgess’s homer, a three run shot.

7/26

An unprecedented sixth straight victory comes for the Robins in Milwaukee. Neal slugs two homers and drives in four to lead the team to an 11-0 victory. Duren gives up two hits and walks four while striking out ten to take the win, his eleventh.

7/27

The Brooklyn bats suddenly go limp, and the Robins fall 7-0 to the Braves, managing only three hits.

7/29

Duke Snider’s 23rd homerun is not enough to win it for Brooklyn. They fall 9-5 in Tuesday’s game in Pittsburgh. Koufax gives up ten hits in just four innings of work.

7/30

Ryne Duren throws a complete game masterpiece for his 12th win. He strikes out nine, gives up two hits, three walks, and one unearned run. He continues to be the best pitcher on the team by a long shot.

7/31

The Robins take the last game of the month from the Pirates, 5-4. It is Drysdale’s fourth win. While he is not stellar, he does seem to have regained his old form. Zimmer has two doubles in the game.

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Originally Posted by ctorg

7/16

After a day off on Tuesday, the Cubs come to town and beat the Robins 4-3. Both teams play very well, but the Cubs simply play a little better, besting Koufax for the win.

7/17

Chicago demolishes Brooklyn, 15-3. Drysdale again shows no sign of the pitcher he was last season, taking his fifth loss, and the bullpen is terrible. Walt Moryn goes deep three times for the Cubs, and is 5 for 5 with 9 RBI.

7/18

Milwaukee comes in and falls 5-3 to Duren and the Robins. It is Duren’s tenth win against six losses. He gives up just one hit (a homerun) in seven innings, striking out seven. Allison blasts a three run homer in the sixth to but Brooklyn up for good.

7/19

Milwaukee strikes back, taking the game 8-2, despite a great day for Smoky Burgess (a double and a homerun). Podres looks bad, giving up seven runs in seven innings.

7/20

The Braves hand Koufax his tenth loss against five wins, a close 4-3 loss for the Robins. Furillo and Howard both homer in the loss.

7/21

The Robins take a trip to Chicago and their bats come alive in a big way. They win 14-8 over the Cubs. Snider and Burgess both homer, and Carl Furillo goes 5 for 6 with two doubles. Drysdale shows signs of the pitcher he was in ’57, going 7 innings and allowing just a run on 5 hits before the bullpen nearly blew it.

7/22

Brooklyn wins it in the ninth off Bill Henry. Jim Gilliam sends a fastball into the Wrigley bleachers. Earlier in the game, Neal hits two homers of his own (18th and 19th).

7/23

Brooklyn bests Chicago again. Johnny Podres earns his fifth win, going 8 innings and allowing just five hits, two walks, and an unearned run while striking out seven.

7/24

Brooklyn is on a roll, their fourth win in a row, all against Chicago. Snider blasts his 22nd homerun and Sandy Koufax pitches 6.2 strong innings, striking out 9, to earn his sixth victory. Brooklyn has now swept the Cubs.

7/25

The winning doesn’t end as the Robins land in Milwaukee and hand the Braves a 7-4 loss. Smoky Burgess and Jim Gilliam both hit homers. Drysdale pitches an eight inning masterpiece, allowing just three hits, one walk, and one run. The game is won in the tenth, though, on Burgess’s homer, a three run shot.

7/26

An unprecedented sixth straight victory comes for the Robins in Milwaukee. Neal slugs two homers and drives in four to lead the team to an 11-0 victory. Duren gives up two hits and walks four while striking out ten to take the win, his eleventh.

7/27

The Brooklyn bats suddenly go limp, and the Robins fall 7-0 to the Braves, managing only three hits.

7/29

Duke Snider’s 23rd homerun is not enough to win it for Brooklyn. They fall 9-5 in Tuesday’s game in Pittsburgh. Koufax gives up ten hits in just four innings of work.

7/30

Ryne Duren throws a complete game masterpiece for his 12th win. He strikes out nine, gives up two hits, three walks, and one unearned run. He continues to be the best pitcher on the team by a long shot.

7/31

The Robins take the last game of the month from the Pirates, 5-4. It is Drysdale’s fourth win. While he is not stellar, he does seem to have regained his old form. Zimmer has two doubles in the game.

Cool idea. I just have one request. No team in LA please! Put them in Boise, put them in Honolulu, put them in Moscow, but for all that's good in the world, do not put a team in Los Angeles. Thankx peace out.

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Originally Posted by Gastric ReFlux

Cool idea. I just have one request. No team in LA please! Put them in Boise, put them in Honolulu, put them in Moscow, but for all that's good in the world, do not put a team in Los Angeles. Thankx peace out.

Funny, but I did toy with that at first. I also toyed with the idea of leaving the Angels in Los Angeles and actually having an expansion Mets, too, instead of having the NL expand into LA. But for one, I couldn't come up with a great way to justify that, and for another, that would be annoying later on when trying to align the divisions properly. There wouldn't be enough left coast teams in the NL.

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END OF JULY

Standings:

American League Standings	

AL	

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec		Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10	
New York	65	36	.644	-	63-38		2		31-18	34-18	6-2	24-8	46	L2		6-4	
Chicago (A)	58	44	.569	7.5	59-43		-1		26-24	32-20	4-4	13-15	-	W1		3-7	
Cleveland	55	47	.539	10.5	54-48		1		27-23	28-24	2-2	14-12	-	L1		3-7	
Detroit		51	48	.515	13.0	46-53		5		23-27	28-21	1-8	12-13	-	W3		4-6	
Baltimore	51	50	.505	14.0	50-51		1		26-25	25-25	9-4	16-13	-	W1		7-3	
Washington	44	58	.431	21.5	46-56		-2		21-31	23-27	8-5	13-16	-	L1		7-3	
Boston		40	59	.404	24.0	47-52		-7		21-31	19-28	3-8	12-22	-	L3		4-6	
Kansas City	39	61	.390	25.5	37-63		2		18-31	21-30	4-4	14-19	-	W2		5-5	

National League Standings	

NL	

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec		Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak	Last10	
Milwaukee	55	43	.561	-	56-42		-1		27-21	28-22	6-6	18-18	57	W2		4-6	
St. Louis	54	43	.557	.5	48-49		6		26-21	28-22	2-1	16-10	-	W2		8-2	
Philadlpha	51	45	.531	3.0	47-49		4		24-23	27-22	5-3	16-11	-	L2		6-4	
San Fran	51	48	.515	4.5	53-46		-2		25-25	26-23	4-0	12-16	-	L2		6-4	
Cincinnati	50	50	.500	6.0	57-43		-7		28-22	22-28	6-5	14-18	-	L2		4-6	
Pittsburgh	46	53	.465	9.5	48-51		-2		23-27	23-26	3-7	11-14	-	L2		2-8	
Chicago (N)	46	55	.455	10.5	43-58		3		21-31	25-24	2-3	22-14	-	W2		2-8	
Brooklyn	43	59	.422	14.0	45-57		-2		18-34	25-25	3-6	11-19	-	W2		8-2

Overall Batting:	

Name		G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	
D. Howell	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	
B. Birrer	58	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	
D. Newcombe	21	49	17	3	1	0	6	6	3	5	.347	.385	.449	
D. Zimmer	63	166	56	10	2	3	32	20	9	28	.337	.371	.476	
C. Furillo	99	379	119	23	8	7	53	59	19	24	.314	.344	.472	
E. Valo	77	154	48	4	2	4	25	31	11	4	.312	.358	.442	
S. Burgess	96	326	101	12	2	10	58	47	27	18	.310	.358	.451	
D. Snider	100	373	114	12	5	23	68	79	49	60	.306	.385	.550	
C. Neal	98	342	101	11	4	21	70	50	34	58	.295	.357	.535	
N. Larker	91	275	76	12	2	4	31	33	35	20	.276	.361	.378	
J. Gilliam	84	284	77	14	4	3	30	48	44	12	.271	.368	.380	
B. Lillis	68	149	39	3	1	2	16	14	12	6	.262	.317	.336	
E. Averill	18	29	7	1	0	0	2	3	1	8	.241	.267	.276	
F. Howard	89	241	57	10	1	7	25	37	30	65	.237	.321	.373	
B. Allison	50	146	31	6	2	4	21	18	28	33	.212	.331	.363	
D. Drysdale	11	29	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	.207	.207	.241	
G. Cimoli	50	90	17	3	2	0	5	10	5	15	.189	.232	.267	
R. Jackson	48	69	12	0	0	1	3	5	5	10	.174	.230	.217	
C. Mclish	18	29	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	6	.172	.167	.207	
P. Reese	84	240	37	4	2	2	16	20	26	30	.154	.237	.212	
R. Duren	26	65	9	1	0	0	2	2	0	27	.138	.138	.154	
J. Podres	13	32	4	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	.125	.152	.188	
S. Koufax	27	62	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	24	.065	.065	.097	
K. Johnson	14	37	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	.027	.027	.027	
J. Pizarro	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	
C. Labine	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	
L. Sherry	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	
R. Walker	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Overall Pitching:	

Name		G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	
R. Duren	26	26	12	6	0	3.68	176.0	130	84	72	87	186	
S. Koufax	27	27	6	11	0	4.27	166.2	163	97	79	69	141	
J. Podres	13	13	5	6	0	5.16	90.2	100	57	52	31	49	
D. Newcombe	21	18	5	9	2	4.19	137.1	143	77	64	43	46	
D. Drysdale	11	11	4	5	0	5.48	65.2	68	40	40	14	40	
C. Mclish	18	11	3	6	1	6.09	88.2	102	63	60	27	30	
L. Sherry	40	0	3	2	2	4.98	47.0	53	26	26	25	28	
K. Johnson	14	14	3	9	0	5.21	102.0	127	72	59	32	49	
C. Labine	37	0	2	4	2	6.98	38.2	55	35	30	11	25	
J. Pizarro	28	0	1	2	3	5.52	29.1	30	20	18	13	17	
D. Howell	18	0	1	1	1	2.12	17.0	18	6	4	7	8	
R. Craig 	3	0	0	2	0	47.26	1.1	6	7	7	2	0	
B. Birrer	58	0	0	2	3	4.38	63.2	78	36	31	9	33

AL Leaders:

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  B. Boyd (BAL) 	.366 
2  B. Goodman (CHA) 	.360 
3  N. Fox (CHA) 	.358 
4  Y. Berra (NYA) 	.350 
5  E. Howard (NYA) 	.344 
6  B. Skowron (NYA) 	.330 
7  N. Siebern (NYA) 	.327 
8  N. Cash (CHA) 	.326 
9  B. Nieman (BAL) 	.316 
10  A. Kaline (DET) 	.315 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  M. Mantle (NYA) 	34 
2  N. Cash (CHA) 	29 
3  R. Colavito (CLE) 	27 
4  J. Jensen (BOS) 	23 
5  W. Held (KC1) 	21 
6  J. Lemon (WS1) 	18 
7  B. Skowron (NYA) 	17 
7  G. Triandos (BAL) 	17 
9  L. Doby (CLE) 	16 
9  H. Killebrew (WS1) 	16 

#  TOP 10 RBI 		RBI 
1  M. Mantle (NYA) 	87 
2  N. Cash (CHA) 	82 
3  J. Jensen (BOS) 	79 
4  Y. Berra (NYA) 	71 
5  R. Colavito (CLE) 	69 
5  B. Skowron (NYA) 	69 
7  V. Wertz (CLE) 	67 
8  J. Lemon (WS1) 	64 
9  L. Doby (CLE) 	63 
10  T. Francona (CHA) 	62 

#  TOP 10 Wins 			W 
1  D. Lee (DET) 16 
2  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 		14 
2  M. Garcia (CLE) 		14 
4  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	13 
4  D. Donovan (CHA) 		13 
4  H. Score (CLE) 		13 
7  W. Ford (NYA) 		11 
7  B. Turley (NYA) 		11 
9  B. O'dell (BAL) 		10 
9  B. Grim (NYA) 		10 

#  TOP 10 ERA 			ERA 
1  C. Beamon (BAL) 		2.98 
2  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	3.39 
3  M. Garcia (CLE) 		3.44 
4  D. Donovan (CHA) 		3.56 
5  W. Ford (NYA) 		3.65 
6  C. Pascual (WS1) 		3.66 
7  B. Pierce (CHA) 		3.73 
8  B. Shantz (NYA) 		3.93 
9  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 		3.96 
10  B. Latman (CHA) 		4.02 

#  TOP 10 Strikeouts 		K's 
1  H. Score (CLE) 		195 
2  C. Pascual (WS1) 		137 
3  B. O'dell (BAL) 		135 
4  J. Bunning (DET) 		128 
5  C. Johnson (BAL) 		115 
6  W. Ford (NYA) 		110 
7  D. Lee (DET) 		108 
7  H. Wilhelm (CLE) 		108 
9  B. Latman (CHA) 		105 
10  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 	100

NL Leaders:

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  R. Ashburn (PHI) 	.363 
2  H. Aaron (ML1) 	.361 
3  G. Bell (CIN) 	.343 
4  W. Mays (SFN) 	.339 
5  K. Boyer (SLN) 	.332 
6  J. Lynch (CIN) 	.331 
7  D. Groat (PIT) 	.329 
8  O. Cepeda (SFN) 	.327 
9  B. Skinner (PIT) 	.319 
10  C. Furillo (BRO) 	.314 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  E. Banks (CHN) 	26 
1  H. Aaron (ML1) 	26 
3  L. Wagner (SFN) 	25 
4  J. Adcock (ML1) 	24 
4  D. Stuart (PIT) 	24 
6  D. Snider (BRO) 	23 
7  W. Moryn (CHN) 	22 
8  C. Neal (BRO) 	21 
8  W. Mays (SFN) 	21 
10  S. Lopata (PHI) 	19 

#  TOP 10 RBI 		RBI 
1  W. Mays (SFN) 	78 
2  H. Aaron (ML1) 	75 
2  J. Adcock (ML1) 	75 
4  D. Stuart (PIT) 	72 
5  L. Wagner (SFN) 	71 
6  C. Neal (BRO) 	70 
7  D. Snider (BRO) 	68 
7  K. Boyer (SLN) 	68 
9  O. Cepeda (SFN) 	67 
10  D. Crandall (ML1) 	65 

#  TOP 10 Wins 		W 
1  L. Jackson (SLN) 	16 
2  S. Miller (SFN) 	14 
3  T. Farrell (PHI) 	13 
4  R. Duren (BRO) 	12 
4  S. Jones (SLN) 	12 
6  J. O'toole (CIN) 	11 
6  H. Haddix (CIN) 	11 
6  G. Witt (PIT) 	11 
9  G. Conley (ML1) 	10 
9  C. Simmons (PHI) 	10 

#  TOP 10 ERA 		ERA 
1  J. O'toole (CIN) 	3.28 
2  S. Jones (SLN) 	3.47 
3  R. Duren (BRO) 	3.68 
4  T. Farrell (PHI) 	3.82 
5  S. Miller (SFN) 	3.88 
6  G. Jones (SFN) 	4.01 
7  J. Jay (ML1) 	4.03 
8  R. Face (PIT) 	4.13 
9  B. Henry (CHN) 	4.16 
10  D. Newcombe (BRO) 	4.19 

#  TOP 10 Strikeouts 	K's 
1  R. Duren (BRO) 	186 
2  S. Jones (SLN) 	183 
3  S. Koufax (BRO) 	141 
4  T. Farrell (PHI) 	138 
5  J. Meyer (PHI) 	131 
6  S. Miller (SFN) 	126 
7  G. Conley (ML1) 	123 
8  B. Henry (CHN) 	114 
9  H. Haddix (CIN) 	111 
9  R. Face (PIT) 	111

American League-Pitcher of the Month:
Tom Sturdivant (NYA)!
He had a record of 5-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.96.
American League-Batter of the Month:
Norm Cash (CHA)!
He batted .376 in 93 AB, with 10 homers and 26 RBI.
National League-Pitcher of the Month:
Stu Miller (SFN)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.01.
National League-Batter of the Month:
Leon Wagner (SFN)!
He batted .357 in 98 AB, with 9 homers and 22 RBI.

The Robins had a good month in July, going 15-13. While none of the team numbers improved significantly, they managed to get their hits in better places and line up their good hitting and pitching performances so that they won more games.

On the offense, Neal finally had a less than stellar month, batting just .210, but he still leads the team with 70 RBI and is still batting .295. His 21 homeruns are second to Duke Snider on the team. Frank Howard elevated his game, batting .345 for the month, but hasn’t shown nearly as much power as expected. Gil Hodges, on the other hand, spend a good portion of the month on the DL with the Redlegs, and batted .297 with no homers. Carl Furillo is tenth in the league in batting after hitting .360 for the month. Don Zimmer has quietly excelled, batting .435 over 46 at bats in July. Bob Allison just hasn’t been the hitter the Robins were hoping for, and is stuck at .212 with 4 homeruns so far after batting .180 during July.

On the pitching front, Ryne Duren has emerged as the clear ace, going 4-2 with a 3.15 ERA in July and striking out 66 batters in 60 innings to take the league lead in that category. Koufax had a difficult month, going 1-5, though his pitching was not bad. Despite a rough start, Drysdale has returned to good form on the mound. For the month, he was 3-2 with a 3.99 ERA. The bullpen has continued to be terrible. Pizarro, whom the Robins hoped would help, was 0-1 and gave up 10 hits and 9 runs in 4.1 innings.

Around the league, there were a few trades just before the trading deadline. Among the biggest, the Yankees sent Johnny Roseboro to the Cardinals for pitcher Alex Kellner. Chicago sent pitcher Dave Hillman to San Francisco in exchange for Johnny Antonelli. Chicago also sent catcher Pete Daley to Boston for pitchers Dick Ellsworth and Stover McIlwain.

The Yankees jumped out to a commanding lead in the AL. Milwaukee has taken the lead in the NL, but St. Louis has picked up its game recently and cut that lead to a half game. The Phillies and Giants are also playing well and have a good chance to mount a challenge. Philadelphia’s Richie Ashburn, batting an impressive .363 to lead the NL, went down with a torn calf on July 29th.

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Once again, Chadwick Harrelson opens the month by calling for a meeting with his baseball staff.

“First order of business,” he says, “I hear we have positive news about Demeter.”

“Yes,” says Andy Hampton, director of minor league operations. “He’s feeling pretty comfortable at shortstop. I think he’s ready for the big show. He’s been tearing up the minors. He has 46 homeruns in 381 at bats. He could be another Ernie Banks if we start him at short.”

“I certainly wouldn’t mind having Ernie Banks,” laughs Harrelson. “Let’s try him out then. I’m thinking we may want to put Reese on waivers. Some other team may want to give him a shot. I hate to say it, but we really don’t have much use for the old guy anymore. What’s he hitting? A buck fifty? That’s just not going to cut it. I love him, but it’s time to go. I have to say that I’m very happy with how the team performed in July. You’ve all done very well. If they can play similarly for the rest of the year, maybe I’ll invite everyone back to put together a winner for next year. I’m expecting a lot of movement in the offseason. A lot. No player on the team will be untouchable.”

”We have a few players whose contracts are running out at the end of the year,” says Jack’s assistant Milo French. “Jack and I have been discussing extensions. Furillo, Labine, Valo, and Randy Jackson will all be free agents by the new rules if we don’t reach agreements with them. There’s also Willard Nixon in the minors. Do you have any input.”

“Let’s not bring back Furillo,” says Harrelson. “It’s a risk, but the man is 36 now. I know he’s hitting well and his arm is great to have in right, but I think we need to look for some youth. As for the other guys, I trust you and Jack to make those decisions.”

“All right,” says French.

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8/1

In Philadelphia, the Robins win 7-5 in ten innings. Carl Furillo has a 4 for 4 game to raise his average to .321. Demeter is 1 for 5 in his season debut at short, and looks good handling the ball.

8/2

Koufax and the Robins go down, 10-6. Koufax is genuinely bad, giving up 6 runs in 2.2 innings. Snider hits two homeruns in the loss.

8/3

The Robins take both ends of a doubleheader against the Phillies. The first game ends 6-3 and features homeruns by Neal, Zimmer, and Burgess. Duren strikes out 8 in 8 innings, giving up just 5 hits, 2 walks, and 3 runs for his 13th victory. The second game ends 11-5, featuring homeruns by Snider and Howard. Podres gets a complete game win, despite not having very good stuff.

8/4

Back home against the Giants, Howard and Neal both homer to lead the Robins to a tense 9-8 victory. Drysdale, who is under the weather, gives up three runs in the first before being removed for relievers. Lillis has a three hit day filling in at shortstop.

8/5

Pee Wee Reese is claimed off waivers by Boston, ending his 18+ year tenure with the Robins. Fans have mixed reactions. Everyone is sad to see him go, but his .154 batting average cannot be overlooked. The Robins lose the game 5-2, despite homers by Larker and Howard. Howard has really found his stroke and finally looks like a star at the plate. Newcombe has good stuff and completes the game for the loss, the victim of several cheap hits.

8/6

The Redlegs come to town and go down 6-5. Koufax pitches poorly, but for once luck goes his way and he gets the win. Neal has three hits, including his 24th homerun. Zimmer also has three hits.

8/7

Duren pitches well, but leaves with a sore arm and the lead in the ninth. The bullpen promptly ruins his win and loses the game. Thankfully, Duren feels fine later. Demeter hits his first homerun.

8/8

St. Louis comes to town and outplays Brooklyn, 4-3. Howard hits another homerun, and so does Demeter. Drysdale takes the loss, despite pitching reasonably well.

8/9

Duke Snider and Smoky Burgess both homer, but Don Newcombe has one of his worst outings of the year and the Robins go down, 9-4. Newcombe gives up 9 runs on 11 hits in 5.1 innings of work. It is his eleventh loss.

8/10

The Robins get back on track, winning both ends of a doubleheader against the Cardinals. The first game ends 12-5 and features homeruns by Snider, Burgess, and Jackson. Koufax pitches very impressively for his eighth win against twelve losses. In the second game, Howard homers twice and Demeter homers once, accounting for six of the ten Brooklyn runs, and the Robins win 10-7. Podres pitches rather poorly, but gets the win anyway.

8/12

After a day off, the Robins head to Cincinnati. They play well and win 3-1, thanks in part to another homerun by Demeter. He is hitting .283 with 4 homeruns and is quickly becoming a fan favorite in Brooklyn. Duren goes six innings, allowing five hits and three walks, giving up one earned run, and striking out six.

8/13

The bullpen kills what has been a good game for Drysdale and the Robins, and they go down 6-5 to the Redlegs. Larker homers, Burgess has three hits, and Demeter has two.

8/14

The Redlegs blow away Koufax and the Robins, 11-2. Koufax walks 6 and gives up 11 runs (9 earned) in just 3.1 innings. His record falls to 8-13.

8/15

The Robins travel to San Francisco and pile on the offense, winning 14-6. Newcombe is the lucky beneficiary of a 17-hit, 14-run explosion. Demeter and Allison homer twice apiece, and Gilliam adds another.

8/16

Ryne Duren notches his fifteenth win, striking out ten in 8.1 innings while he allows only four hits and two runs. Neal hits his 25th homerun and drives in four.

8/17

In San Francisco, the Giants smash up the Robins’ bullpen. Drysdale Leaves after 6.2 innings, down 3-2. The bullpen proceeds to give up 11 runs in the eighth. Frank Howard hits his fourteenth homerun in the loss.

8/19

After a day off for all teams, the Robins come home to host the Pirates. Pittsburgh hands Koufax his fourteenth loss, though he pitches decently, and the Robins go down 4-3. Frank Howard blasts another homer, his fifteenth, in the loss.

8/20

Brooklyn wins a pitching duel between Ryne Duren and Roy Face, one that ends in a win for neither of them, 3-2. Duke Snider blasts his 29th homerun of the year.

8/21

Another pitching duel and another win for Brooklyn. This time Drysdale and Bob Friend square off. Again, the game is decided by the bullpens, and again, against all expectations, Brooklyn wins. Frank Howard now has a 13 game hitting streak.

8/22

Don Newcombe pitches his way to his twelfth loss, giving up 9 runs (6 earned) on 7 hits. Gilliam and Howard both hit homeruns.

8/23

Koufax pitches well against Pittsburgh for his ninth win. Howard continues his hitting streak, now at 15.

8/24

Brooklyn drops both games of a doubleheader to Philadelphia, both one run games, 2-1 and 9-8. Duren is the hard luck loser in game 1. Demeter hits his seventh homerun and Howard extends his hitting streak to 16 games. Despite four walks issued to Bob Allison and homers by both Allison and Neal, the Robins drop the second game. Podres and his reliever pitch poorly to lose the game.

8/26

After a day off, Brooklyn hosts Philadelphia again and goes down without much of a fight, 5-1. Brooklyn has only three hits, two of them by the streaking Frank Howard. Drysdale pitches well, but Turk Farrell of the Phillies pitches better.

8/27

Brooklyn takes the next game from Philadelphia, 4-3. Howard continues his streak to 19 games. Koufax pitches six scoreless innings. McLish nearly blows it, giving up three runs, but the offense comes back and wins it.

8/29

In St. Louis, Frank Howard finally ends his streak, but the Robins win the game 6-3. Demeter hits his eighth homer. Duren notches his sixteenth win of the year.

8/30

Frank Howard blasts his 18th homerun of the year to give the Robins a permanent lead in the 8th inning. Drysdale pitches well again, though he doesn’t get the win, and lowers his ERA to 4.93.

8/31

Duke Snider goes 3 for 4 and blasts number 30 of the year, but the Robins fall 9-5. It is Koufax’s fifteenth loss of the season.

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END OF AUGUST

Standings:

American League Standings	

AL	

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec		Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak		Last10	
New York	77	51	.602	-	75-53		2		37-27	40-24	8-5	27-12	23	L1		4-6	
Chicago (A)	74	55	.574	3.5	74-55		0		33-28	41-27	5-6	15-20	-	W1		6-4	
Detroit		71	55	.563	5.0	63-63		8		28-32	43-23	6-8	21-14	-	L1		9-1	
Cleveland	68	63	.519	10.5	67-64		1		33-29	35-34	3-3	17-18	-	W1		6-4	
Baltimore	63	64	.496	13.5	63-64		0		31-35	32-29	10-5	16-17	-	W1		3-7	
Boston		56	72	.438	21.0	65-63		-9		31-40	25-32	3-14	19-25	-	L1		4-6	
Washington	55	74	.426	22.5	58-71		-3		27-42	28-32	9-5	15-17	-	W1		4-6	
Kansas City	49	79	.383	28.0	46-82		3		23-37	26-42	7-5	17-24	-	L1		4-6	

National League Standings	

NL	

Team		W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec		Diff		Home	Away	XInn	1Run	M#	Streak		Last10	
Milwaukee	77	52	.597	-	76-53		1		39-24	38-28	7-7	24-20	17	W1		7-3	
St. Louis	68	61	.527	9.0	63-66		5		31-33	37-28	2-2	22-16	-	W1		2-8	
San Fran	66	63	.512	11.0	67-62		-1		35-34	31-29	5-0	15-20	-	L1		5-5	
Philadlphia	64	62	.508	11.5	61-65		3		29-28	35-34	5-4	22-15	-	L3		5-5	
Pittsburgh	64	66	.492	13.5	66-64		-2		28-31	36-35	4-7	17-20	-	L1		7-3	
Cincinnati	60	70	.462	17.5	68-62		-8		34-35	26-35	8-6	18-25	-	W1		2-8	
Chicago (N)	61	72	.459	18.0	58-75		3		30-39	31-33	2-4	25-19	-	W3		7-3	
Brooklyn	59	73	.447	19.5	60-72		-1		26-43	33-30	4-7	17-25	-	L1		5-5

Overall Batting:	

Name		G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	
D. Howell 	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	
B. Birrer 	65	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	
D. Newcombe	26	65	22	3	1	0	7	9	3	8	.338	.368	.415	
C. Furillo 	103	392	128	24	8	7	53	61	19	25	.327	.355	.482	
S. Burgess 	121	405	130	17	4	14	77	64	38	26	.321	.377	.486	
D. Zimmer 	79	210	66	12	3	4	40	26	11	36	.314	.345	.457	
E. Valo 	100	190	58	5	2	4	30	37	13	5	.305	.350	.416	
D. Snider 	130	476	142	17	7	30	87	99	65	76	.298	.381	.553	
J. Gilliam 	111	367	103	19	6	5	40	65	56	12	.281	.375	.406	
C. Neal 	127	431	119	13	6	26	85	61	45	83	.276	.342	.515	
B. Lillis 	86	188	49	5	1	2	19	19	13	8	.261	.312	.330	
F. Howard 	119	342	89	11	2	18	51	60	49	93	.260	.353	.462	
N. Larker 	117	337	87	13	2	6	37	36	38	23	.258	.335	.362	
D. Demeter 	30	116	29	2	0	8	17	15	3	24	.250	.269	.474	
E. Averill 	26	42	10	1	0	0	2	3	1	11	.238	.256	.262	
K. Hadley 	20	22	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	.227	.308	.227	
R. Jackson 	67	122	26	3	0	2	9	10	10	18	.213	.273	.287	
B. Allison 	77	223	46	6	4	7	29	32	46	50	.206	.347	.363	
G. Cimoli 	69	111	22	4	3	0	9	15	7	18	.198	.246	.288	
D. Drysdale	18	42	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	16	.190	.190	.214	
C. Mclish 	34	31	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	6	.161	.156	.194	
R. Duren 	33	82	10	1	0	0	3	3	0	37	.122	.122	.134	
J. Podres 	21	44	5	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	.114	.133	.159	
S. Koufax 	35	81	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	29	.049	.049	.074	
K. Johnson 	14	37	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	16	.027	.027	.027	
J. Pizarro 	44	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	
C. Labine 	39	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	
L. Sherry 	61	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	
R. Walker 	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Overall Pitching:	

Name		G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	
R. Duren 	33	33	16	7	0	3.40	227.2	166	98	86	110	249	
S. Koufax 	35	35	9	15	0	4.57	212.2	205	130	108	95	178	
J. Podres 	21	16	8	6	0	5.31	118.2	131	75	70	43	65	
D. Newcombe	26	23	6	12	2	4.83	175.1	193	110	94	53	61	
D. Drysdale	18	18	4	8	0	4.93	104.0	111	60	57	29	60	
L. Sherry 	61	0	4	3	3	5.24	68.2	85	42	40	40	41	
C. Mclish 	34	11	3	7	1	5.98	108.1	134	78	72	33	36	
J. Pizarro 	44	0	3	2	12	3.89	44.0	37	21	19	16	28	
K. Johnson 	14	14	3	9	0	5.21	102.0	127	72	59	32	49	
B. Birrer 	65	0	2	3	3	5.07	71.0	87	46	40	11	38	
C. Labine 	39	0	2	4	2	6.64	40.2	57	37	30	11	28	
D. Howell 	18	0	1	1	1	2.12	17.0	18	6	4	7	8	
R. Craig 	3	0	0	2	0	47.26	1.1	6	7	7	2	0

AL Leaders:

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  B. Boyd (BAL) 	.368 
2  N. Fox (CHA) 	.353 
3  B. Goodman (CHA) 	.347 
4  Y. Berra (NYA) 	.344 
5  B. Nieman (BAL) 	.344 
6  E. Howard (NYA) 	.336 
7  N. Cash (CHA) 	.325 
8  B. Skowron (NYA) 	.317 
9  N. Siebern (NYA) 	.311 
10  R. Colavito (CLE) 	.310 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  M. Mantle (NYA) 	40 
2  R. Colavito (CLE) 	35 
2  N. Cash (CHA) 	35 
4  J. Jensen (BOS) 	31 
5  W. Held (KC1) 	25 
6  R. Sievers (WS1) 	22 
6  J. Lemon (WS1) 	22 
8  H. Killebrew (WS1) 	21 
9  G. Triandos (BAL) 	19 
9  L. Doby (CLE) 	19 
 
#  TOP 10 RBI 		RBI 
1  J. Jensen (BOS) 	106 
2  M. Mantle (NYA) 	103 
3  N. Cash (CHA) 	102 
4  R. Colavito (CLE) 	91 
5  G. Woodling (BAL) 	84 
6  B. Skowron (NYA) 	83 
7  L. Doby (CLE) 	81 
7  Y. Berra (NYA) 	81 
9  J. Lemon (WS1) 	78 
9  V. Wertz (CLE) 	78 

#  TOP 10 Wins 			W 
1  D. Lee (DET) 		20 
2  M. Garcia (CLE) 		17 
3  H. Score (CLE) 		16 
3  D. Donovan (CHA) 		16 
5  C. Johnson (BAL) 		15 
5  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 		15 
7  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	14 
8  F. Lary (DET) 		13 
8  B. Grim (NYA) 		13 
8  R. Herbert (KC1) 		13 

#  TOP 10 ERA 			ERA 
1  B. Monbouquette (BOS) 	3.12 
2  C. Beamon (BAL)		3.28 
3  C. Pascual (WS1)		3.43 
4  D. Donovan (CHA) 		3.72 
5  B. Grim (NYA) 		3.75 
6  M. Pappas (BAL) 		3.78 
7  B. Pierce (CHA) 		3.87 
8  J. Bunning (DET) 		3.87 
9  F. Lary (DET) 		3.89 
10  D. Hyde (WS1) 		3.92 

#  TOP 10 Strikeouts 		K's 
1  H. Score (CLE) 		250 
2  B. O'dell (BAL) 		173 
3  C. Pascual (WS1) 		170 
4  J. Bunning (DET) 		169 
5  W. Ford (NYA) 		140 
5  D. Lee (DET) 		140 
7  C. Johnson (BAL) 		135 
8  H. Wilhelm (CLE) 		131 
9  R. Herbert (KC1) 		126 
10  T. Sturdivant (NYA) 	123

NL Leaders:

#  TOP 10 AVG 		AVG 
1  R. Ashburn (PHI) 	.363 
2  H. Aaron (ML1) 	.353 
3  O. Cepeda (SFN) 	.350 
4  W. Mays (SFN) 	.340 
5  J. Lynch (CIN) 	.337 
6  D. Groat (PIT) 	.330 
7  C. Furillo (BRO) 	.327 
8  S. Burgess (BRO) 	.321 
9  B. Skinner (PIT) 	.318 
10  E. Banks (CHN) 	.314 

#  TOP 10 HR 		HR 
1  H. Aaron (ML1) 	36 
2  E. Banks (CHN) 	35 
3  L. Wagner (SFN) 	34 
4  J. Adcock (ML1) 	32 
4  D. Stuart (PIT) 	32 
6  D. Snider (BRO) 	30 
7  W. Covington (ML1) 	29 
7  W. Mays (SFN) 	29 
9  F. Thomas (PIT) 	28 
10  C. Neal (BRO) 	26 
 
#  TOP 10 RBI 		RBI 
1  W. Mays (SFN) 	104 
2  J. Adcock (ML1) 	103 
3  H. Aaron (ML1) 	101 
4  O. Cepeda (SFN) 	96 
5  L. Wagner (SFN) 	95 
6  F. Thomas (PIT) 	94 
7  W. Covington (ML1) 	91 
8  D. Stuart (PIT) 	90 
9  E. Banks (CHN) 	87 
9  D. Snider (BRO) 	87 

#  TOP 10 Wins W 
1  L. Jackson (SLN) 	22 
2  S. Miller (SFN) 	17 
3  R. Duren (BRO) 	16 
4  S. Jones (SLN) 	15 
4  T. Farrell (PHI) 	15 
6  G. Conley (ML1) 	14 
6  J. Meyer (PHI) 	14 
6  B. Friend (PIT) 	14 
9  H. Haddix (CIN) 	13 
9  W. Spahn (ML1) 	13 

#  TOP 10 ERA 		ERA 
1  R. Duren (BRO) 	3.40 
2  J. O'toole (CIN) 	3.41 
3  S. Jones (SLN) 	3.67 
4  R. Face (PIT) 	3.71 
5  J. Jay (ML1) 	3.77 
6  S. Miller (SFN) 	3.98 
7  T. Farrell (PHI) 	4.07 
8  B. Friend (PIT) 	4.09 
9  G. Jones (SFN) 	4.16 
10  D. Hillman (SFN) 	4.17 

#  TOP 10 Strikeouts 	K's 
1  R. Duren (BRO) 	249 
2  S. Jones (SLN) 	227 
3  T. Farrell (PHI) 	179 
4  S. Koufax (BRO) 	178 
5  S. Miller (SFN) 	170 
6  J. Meyer (PHI) 	166 
7  B. Henry (CHN) 	163 
8  G. Conley (ML1) 	158 
9  R. Face (PIT) 	156 
10  G. Witt (PIT) 	150

American League-Pitcher of the Month:
Connie Johnson (BAL)!
He had a record of 6-0 in 6 games started, with an ERA of 1.80 and 1 shutouts.
American League-Batter of the Month:
Bob Nieman (BAL)!
He batted .457 in 92 AB, with 7 homers and 11 RBI.
National League-Pitcher of the Month:
Roy Face (PIT)!
He had a record of 5-2 in 9 games started, with an ERA of 2.48 and 1 shutouts.
National League-Batter of the Month:
Orlando Cepeda (SFN)!
He batted .436 in 101 AB, with 7 homers and 29 RBI

The Robins are 16-14 for August, showing that they have the ability to play well consistently. They briefly passed the Cubs and took seventh place, but dropped back just at the end of the month.

Frank Howard finally had a breakout month, batting .317 with 11 homeruns in August and finally silencing critical fans. Demeter proved to be a big improvement over Reese, blasting 8 homers and driving in 17. Furillo, who didn’t play much in August due to a nagging arm pain that seems to have gone away now, was 9 for 13 when he did play. Neal had another down month, batting only .202, but smashed another five homers.

The Robins finally found a bullpen member who could be relied upon in Pizarro, who had nine saves in August and an ERA of 0.61 in 14.2 innings. Duren now ranks among the elite pitchers of the league and is a serious contender for the Cy Young award. He leads the league in ERA and strikeouts and is third in wins. For the month, he was 4-1 with a 2.44 ERA. Drysdale was 0-3 for August, but pitched well.

Around the league, The White Sox have put some pressure on the Yankees, pulling to within 3.5 games. They Yankees’ magic number is 23. The Braves, meanwhile, have pulled out to a substantial nine game lead over St. Louis. Barring a big choking session, they will win the NL pennant. Their magic number is 17.

Minnie Minoso went down with back spasms in early August and still hasn’t returned to the field. Cleveland doctors say it will take another two or three weeks before he is ready. Yankee starter Bob Turley ruptured a disc in his back and will miss the remainder of the year. Surgery is in his near future. Two players hit for the cycle in August: Johnny Roseboro of St. Louis did it on the first day of the month and Bob Boyd of Baltimore did it on the last day of the month.