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AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division W L Pct GB JUNE
Philadelphia 34 32 .515 -- 12-13
New York 33 35 .485 2 9-16
Boston 25 43 .368 10 10-16
Washington 22 46 .324 13 7-19
West Division W L Pct GB JUNE
Detroit 44 24 .647 -- 16-10
Cleveland 41 26 .612 2.5 14-12
Chicago 37 30 .552 6.5 21- 5
St. Louis 34 34 .500 10.0 14-12
FEDERAL LEAGUE
East Division W L Pct GB JUNE
Buffalo 42 27 .609 -- 15-11
Pittsburgh 37 30 .552 4 14- 9
Baltimore 32 37 .464 10 8-18
Newark 24 45 .348 18 9-16
West Division W L Pct GB JUNE
Kansas City 43 25 .632 -- 18- 8
New Orleans 40 30 .571 4 12-15
Indianapolis 29 40 .420 14.5 15-12
Milwaukee 28 41 .406 15.5 12-14
AL Player of the Month: Cleveland 2B Nap Lajoie. Lajoie hit .360 in 86 June at-bats, with 16 RBI. For the year, Lajoie is batting .324 with two home runs and 41 RBI.
FL Player of the Month: Buffalo 2B Tim Thomas. Thomas hit .370 in 100 at-bats in June, hitting a home run and driving in 10 runs for the Blues. He is hitting .268 with a homer and 23 RBI this season.
AL Pitcher of the Month: Chicago righthander Ed Walsh. “Big Ed” was 5-0 in seven June starts with a microscopic 0.78 ERA. For the year, the youngster is 9-4 in 18 starts with a 1.53 ERA.
FL Pitcher of the Month: Kansas City lefthander Harland Ward. In five starts in June, Ward was 5-0 with a 0.61 ERA. This season, Ward is 7-5 in 14 starts with an ERA of 2.47.
June Highlights
June 3: Newark right fielder Bill Pippin will miss 15 days with a sore knee. He left yesterday’s 10-2 win over Milwaukee with the injury. Pippin is hitting .273 for the Sailors, with eight RBI. Pittsburgh got back second baseman Larry Fannin from the DL. Fannin had been out since May 19 with a sore shoulder.
[BJune 5:[/B] New York will be without shortstop Kid Elberfeld for at least 15 days. He suffered an eye injury, but the team is not disclosing any details about how the injury was sustained. Elberfeld is hitting .268 with 15 RBI this season.
June 6: Detroit’s John Eubank was sterling, allowing just two hits while helping the Tigers hand the host Pilgrims their ninth straight loss, 1-0. Eubank (6-2) struck out one Boston hitter and walked one.
June 7: Matty McIntyre scored in the top of the 10th inning on an error by Boston second baseman Hobe Ferris, leading Detroit to a 2-1 win at Boston. It was the 10th loss in a row for the Pilgrims.
June 8: Young Ty Cobb homered in his first two at-bats off George Winter and Detroit beat Boston 6-2 at Huntington Avenue Grounds. Cobb’s blasts were his second and third homers of the season as the Pilgrims lost their 11th in a row. Washington claimed outfielder Bill Jaffe off waivers from Newark.
June 9: Cy Young allowed just four hits and two unearned runs and Boston posted an 8-2 win over Detroit, ending the Pilgrims’ losing streak at 11 games.
June 10: Cleveland righthander Earl Moore improved to 10-3, shutting down Washington on two hits. Moore stuck out seven Senators and walked two in Cleveland’s 6-0 win.
June 11: Bobby Calahan slammed the door on Indianapolis, improving to 5-5 with a two-hit shutout in Newark’s 11-0 trouncing of the Hoosiers at Meadowbrook Oval. Calahan recorded seven strikeouts and walked one batter.
June 12: One day after the Hoosiers were shut down, Indianapolis righthander Norm Conrad turned the tables on host Newark, firing a one-hitter as the Hoosiers claimed a 4-0 win. Conrad struck out five and walked three. Chet Martin had the Sailors’ only hit when he reached on an infield single in the fifth.
June 14: Philadelphia righthander Andy Coakley had the best outing of his young career. The 22-year-old fired a one-hit shutout in the Athletics’ 8-0 win at Boston. Coakley struck out four and walked one and carried a no-hitter into the ninth when Pop Rising, batting just .122, singled sharply up the middle. It was a memorable day, too, for Chicago righthander Roy Patterson, but for all the wrong reasons. He left in the sixth inning of the White Sox’ 5-2 win over Detroit with a sore elbow and has been placed on the disabled list. Patterson is 2-9 with a 3.21 ERA in 12 starts this season. New Orleans’ Mark Mertz couldn’t get through the fifth inning against visiting Baltimore, leaving with a sore arm. Mertz also hit the DL. He is 6-2 with a 2.96 ERA in 13 starts.
June 15: Boston picked up first baseman Charlie Carr off waivers from the Naps. In limited duty this year, Carr was 4-for-15 at the plate. He had not made an appearance in a game since June 6.
June 16: Barney Pelty won his fourth start in a row for the Browns since joining the rotation May 31, shutting out Philadelphia on just one hit as St. Louis beat the Athletics 1-0 at Sportsman’s Park. Pelty (4-2) allowed just a third-inning single to his opposite number, tough-luck loser Jimmy Dygert.
June 18: Newark got back left fielder Bill Pippen, who had been out since June 2 with a sore knee.
June 20: New York shortstop Kid Elberfeld was activated from the DL. He had been out since June 4 with an eye injury.
June 22: The Athletics added some help in the bullpen, claiming righthander Randy Pogue off waivers from Pittsburgh. Pogue has spent most of the year in the minors.
June 25: Philadelphia lefthander Rube Waddell pitched the first no-hitter in NABF history, blanking New York at Hilltop Park as the Athletics smacked the Highlanders, 8-0. Waddell walked three and struck out six while improving to 11-6 on the year.
June 27: Chris Thompson didn’t give up a hit after Stan Carroll singled in the second inning and the New Orleans righthander improved to 11-7 with a one-hit shutout in the Pelicans’ 1-0 win over Milwaukee.
June 30: Norm Conrad was on his game, two-hitting Baltimore at Oriole Park to improve to 9-7 as Indianapolis beat the Terrapins, 3-0. Conrad was economical in his work, striking out three, walking two and needing just 90 pitches to finish his gem. Cleveland outfielder Jim Jackson landed on the disabled list, injuring his back in an accident at his home. Jackson is hitting .137 in 73 at-bats in limited duty for the Naps this year.