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Eugene Church · 07-01-2006, 04:09 PM

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Thursday, July 10, 1903

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS INCREASE LEAD IN NL OVER NY GIANTS AND PIRATES...PHILS AND BRAVES ON THE RISE

Tony Larussa's St. Louis Cardinals (56-37) continued to play sparkling baseball with outstanding hitting and some good solid pitching. They parlayed it into an 18-12 record for the month and increased their lead from 2.5 games to 4 games in the National League over the Giants. Their team BA of .275 is far and away the best best in both leagues, the Phillies are a distant second at .265. The torrid Redbird attack is topped by Stan Musial (.320-20-64-53), Rogers Hornsby (.299-16-53-58), Ducky Medwick (.294-11-59-46), Johnny Mize (.278-15-49-55), Walker Cooper (.299-10-39-36) and Frankie Frisch (.303-8-41-68). Outstanding pitchers are John Tudor (11-2 2.90), Satchell Paige (11-4 3.31), rookie Matt Morris (8-1 2.92) and Dizzy Dean (7-2 3.99). The Cards only weakness is in the bullpen. Todd Worrell (1-3 5.06) has 11 saves, but has seen his ERA jump out of sight in the last month.

The New York Giants (52-41) had a good month at 17-14, but still lost ground to St. Louis. John McGraw's Polo Grounders are in second place and 4 games out. They had a good month, despite going down in both BA and ERA. Pitching-wise they had the best ERA in the league last month with a fine 3.18, but dropped to second this month with a 3.41 behind Philadelphia's 3.31 ERA. They really miss ace Christy Mathewson, who may come off the injured list in a week or so. McGraw is biting at the bit to get him back. Jeff Tesreau (11-4 2.57) has continued to excel on the mound. Johnny Antonelli (4-2 2.96) has been put back into the starting rotation and looks strong. Juan Marichal (7-8 3.00) should have a better W-L mark, but has not gotten good run support. New York is really suffering as their other ace, Carl Hubbell (7-9 3.54) just hasn't been the dominating pitcher of the last two years. McGraw really need him to get it in gear for the stretch run. Rookies starter Sal Maglie (7-5 3.69) has done well, along with other first year pitchers, Art Nehf (1-0 1.26) and Hooks Wiltse (1-0 2.35). Both have recently been called up and have looked good in the early going. Freddie Fitzsimmons (1-1 2.29) has been sensational in a couple of spot starts and may be headed for a spot in the regular rotation. Relief specialist Robb Nen (4-2 4.85) has has 10 saves, but has blown 4 this year. McGraw may be losing patience with him. Hitting-wise, Mel Ott (.293-14-60-52), Barry Bonds (.268-20-47-62) and Freddie Lindstrom (.277-9-45-44) have carried the offensive load. Willie Mays (.231-17-41-33), Martin Dihigo (.242-13-35-53) and Bill Terry (.254-1-38-26) are having off years and need to turn it around for the Giants to challenge the Cardinals.

Danny Ozark has the Philadelphia Phillies (52-45) playing like they did in 1901. His Phils chalked up an 18-13 mark last month and are now resting in third place 6 games behind the Cards. They are hitting .265, second best in the National League. Philadelphia's pitching corps' ERA is 3.31, tops in the league and second best in the Alltime Allstar Association after Cleveland's 3.19 ERA. The team's only weakness is power. The Phils have hit only 75 home runs and are last in the NL. The pitchers are led by Pete Alexander (10-6 3.18), Jiro Noguchi (10-9 3.94), Curt Schilling (8-8 2.65) and Akiro Bessho (8-8 3.27). Spot starters Rick Wise (5-2 2.35) and Chris Short (3-3 3.14) have been very good, too. In the bullpen, Philadelphia has the best in the league and maybe the best in the AAA, Turk Farrell (2-2 2.25). In 42 appearances he has 12 saves and has not blown one game. Hitting-wise Richie Ashburn (.390-0-18-44 in 57 starts) and Lefty O'Doul (.352-9-61-50) have been fantastic. Cleanup man Chuck Klein (.260-22-71-53) has done just that and ranks second to Chicago's Turkey Stearnes in RBIs, trailing him 73 to 71. Other solid contributors are Don Hurst (.241-15-56-45), Larry Bowa (.291-0-26-48), Pinky Whitney (.286-6-39-30) and Bob Boone (.322-0-19-16).

The Boston Braves (46-45) check in at the fourth spot in the standings and registered an 18-12 mark over the past 30 days. They are tied with Pittsburgh. Good solid hitting, balanced with good starting pitching, got Bobby Cox's crew there. Warren Spahn (10-6 3.73), Tom Glavine (10-6 3.95), Greg Maddux (9-8 2.71) and Phil Niekro (6-2 2.74) form a fine nucleus on the hill. Cox just needs a dependable closer and middle relief. Boston's attack is paced by Pete Hill (.313-21-62-72), Buck Leonard (.263-20-68-61), Tommy Holmes (.325-3-39-45), Chipper Jones (.272-13-54-43), Rafael Furcal (.280-6-35-53) and Joe Torre (.283-4-27-28).

The Pittsburgh Pirates (47-46) of Danny Murtaugh have been near the top of the league for part of the year, but have slowly drifted downward. A 12-18 record in the last month didn't help matters much. Currently the Bucs are in a tie for fourth with the Braves, 9 games in back of St. Louis. Murtaugh has three quality starters in Sam Leever (12-6 2.81), Deacon Phillippe (9-7 3.01) and John Candelaria (8-4 3.23) and the Pirates are solid in the bullpen with Roy Face (6-4 3.11), who has 9 saves. Putting runs on the scoreboard and one more starter is all Pittsburgh needs to move back in contention. So far this year they have struggled at bat, hitting only .249 as a team. That's a far cry from the .267 and .280 team BA in the last two seasons. They are next to last in home runs, too. Sadaharu Oh (.256-25-65-64) and Roberto Clemente (.282-10-54-40), Pie Traynor (.275-2-31-49) and Honus Wagner (.273-9-39-40) are the Bucs' best batters.

After a slow start the Brooklyn Dodgers (45-48) put together a solid 19-12 month and edged upward into sixth place, 11 games out. Manager Tommy Lasorda's hitters have been the club's strong point. Cristobel Torriente (.294-17-40-57), Zach Wheat (.287-4-38-35), Gil Hodges (.279-16-47-57) and Yasumitsu Toyota (.273-13-41-35) have been the main ones with some help of late from Pee Wee Reese (.307-2-18-19) and Adrian Beltre (.306-7-37-37). On the mound Sandy Koufax (14-4 1.77) has been without peer in the AAA and appears headed for a Golden Arm Award. Lasorda's only other effective starting pitchers have been Don Newcombe (8-8 3.70) and Don Drysdale (4-2 3.33). Drysdale just been put in the rotation and has had several fine outings. Eric Gagne (4-2 3.50) has been sufficient as the closer with 8 saves.

The seventh place Chicago Cubs (42-51) had the worst record of any club in the last month with a 9-21 mark. They have fallen 14 games back of St. Louis. The culprit is 4.42 ERA, worst in the AAA. Charlie Grimm only has one hurler under a 4.00 ERA, that is the dependable Mordecai Brown with a 3.34 ERA and a 9-8 record. The Chicubs score enough runs and rank third in the Alltime Allstar Association with 100 homers, but give up more homers than any team in both leagues. Chicago pitchers have yielded 105 home runs this season. The Bruins have a potent lineup with Turkey Stearnes (.282-25-73-67), Tetsuharu Kawakami (.308-7-53-52), Cool Papa Bell (.304-7-31-64) and Ernie Banks (.239-18-52-44).

The doormat of the AAA is the Cincinnati Reds (32-59). Skipper Sparky Anderson's ballclub compiled a pathetic 10-19 record for the month and now have sunk 23 games behind, bad enough for last place. Not much to say about the Reds. Ted Kluszewski (.271-18-45-49) is have a pretty fair year with the bat and Pete Donahue (9-9 3.16) and Dolph Luque (6-4 3.32) have done a fine job on the mound, but that's about it.

See EC's Dream Leagues Website here for Standings and League Reports:

http://aaa.allsimbaseball.com/index....tpage&Itemid=1

07-01-2006, 04:09 PM	#489
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,205	ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION Thursday, July 10, 1903 NATIONAL LEAGUE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS INCREASE LEAD IN NL OVER NY GIANTS AND PIRATES...PHILS AND BRAVES ON THE RISE Tony Larussa's St. Louis Cardinals (56-37) continued to play sparkling baseball with outstanding hitting and some good solid pitching. They parlayed it into an 18-12 record for the month and increased their lead from 2.5 games to 4 games in the National League over the Giants. Their team BA of .275 is far and away the best best in both leagues, the Phillies are a distant second at .265. The torrid Redbird attack is topped by Stan Musial (.320-20-64-53), Rogers Hornsby (.299-16-53-58), Ducky Medwick (.294-11-59-46), Johnny Mize (.278-15-49-55), Walker Cooper (.299-10-39-36) and Frankie Frisch (.303-8-41-68). Outstanding pitchers are John Tudor (11-2 2.90), Satchell Paige (11-4 3.31), rookie Matt Morris (8-1 2.92) and Dizzy Dean (7-2 3.99). The Cards only weakness is in the bullpen. Todd Worrell (1-3 5.06) has 11 saves, but has seen his ERA jump out of sight in the last month. The New York Giants (52-41) had a good month at 17-14, but still lost ground to St. Louis. John McGraw's Polo Grounders are in second place and 4 games out. They had a good month, despite going down in both BA and ERA. Pitching-wise they had the best ERA in the league last month with a fine 3.18, but dropped to second this month with a 3.41 behind Philadelphia's 3.31 ERA. They really miss ace Christy Mathewson, who may come off the injured list in a week or so. McGraw is biting at the bit to get him back. Jeff Tesreau (11-4 2.57) has continued to excel on the mound. Johnny Antonelli (4-2 2.96) has been put back into the starting rotation and looks strong. Juan Marichal (7-8 3.00) should have a better W-L mark, but has not gotten good run support. New York is really suffering as their other ace, Carl Hubbell (7-9 3.54) just hasn't been the dominating pitcher of the last two years. McGraw really need him to get it in gear for the stretch run. Rookies starter Sal Maglie (7-5 3.69) has done well, along with other first year pitchers, Art Nehf (1-0 1.26) and Hooks Wiltse (1-0 2.35). Both have recently been called up and have looked good in the early going. Freddie Fitzsimmons (1-1 2.29) has been sensational in a couple of spot starts and may be headed for a spot in the regular rotation. Relief specialist Robb Nen (4-2 4.85) has has 10 saves, but has blown 4 this year. McGraw may be losing patience with him. Hitting-wise, Mel Ott (.293-14-60-52), Barry Bonds (.268-20-47-62) and Freddie Lindstrom (.277-9-45-44) have carried the offensive load. Willie Mays (.231-17-41-33), Martin Dihigo (.242-13-35-53) and Bill Terry (.254-1-38-26) are having off years and need to turn it around for the Giants to challenge the Cardinals. Danny Ozark has the Philadelphia Phillies (52-45) playing like they did in 1901. His Phils chalked up an 18-13 mark last month and are now resting in third place 6 games behind the Cards. They are hitting .265, second best in the National League. Philadelphia's pitching corps' ERA is 3.31, tops in the league and second best in the Alltime Allstar Association after Cleveland's 3.19 ERA. The team's only weakness is power. The Phils have hit only 75 home runs and are last in the NL. The pitchers are led by Pete Alexander (10-6 3.18), Jiro Noguchi (10-9 3.94), Curt Schilling (8-8 2.65) and Akiro Bessho (8-8 3.27). Spot starters Rick Wise (5-2 2.35) and Chris Short (3-3 3.14) have been very good, too. In the bullpen, Philadelphia has the best in the league and maybe the best in the AAA, Turk Farrell (2-2 2.25). In 42 appearances he has 12 saves and has not blown one game. Hitting-wise Richie Ashburn (.390-0-18-44 in 57 starts) and Lefty O'Doul (.352-9-61-50) have been fantastic. Cleanup man Chuck Klein (.260-22-71-53) has done just that and ranks second to Chicago's Turkey Stearnes in RBIs, trailing him 73 to 71. Other solid contributors are Don Hurst (.241-15-56-45), Larry Bowa (.291-0-26-48), Pinky Whitney (.286-6-39-30) and Bob Boone (.322-0-19-16). The Boston Braves (46-45) check in at the fourth spot in the standings and registered an 18-12 mark over the past 30 days. They are tied with Pittsburgh. Good solid hitting, balanced with good starting pitching, got Bobby Cox's crew there. Warren Spahn (10-6 3.73), Tom Glavine (10-6 3.95), Greg Maddux (9-8 2.71) and Phil Niekro (6-2 2.74) form a fine nucleus on the hill. Cox just needs a dependable closer and middle relief. Boston's attack is paced by Pete Hill (.313-21-62-72), Buck Leonard (.263-20-68-61), Tommy Holmes (.325-3-39-45), Chipper Jones (.272-13-54-43), Rafael Furcal (.280-6-35-53) and Joe Torre (.283-4-27-28). The Pittsburgh Pirates (47-46) of Danny Murtaugh have been near the top of the league for part of the year, but have slowly drifted downward. A 12-18 record in the last month didn't help matters much. Currently the Bucs are in a tie for fourth with the Braves, 9 games in back of St. Louis. Murtaugh has three quality starters in Sam Leever (12-6 2.81), Deacon Phillippe (9-7 3.01) and John Candelaria (8-4 3.23) and the Pirates are solid in the bullpen with Roy Face (6-4 3.11), who has 9 saves. Putting runs on the scoreboard and one more starter is all Pittsburgh needs to move back in contention. So far this year they have struggled at bat, hitting only .249 as a team. That's a far cry from the .267 and .280 team BA in the last two seasons. They are next to last in home runs, too. Sadaharu Oh (.256-25-65-64) and Roberto Clemente (.282-10-54-40), Pie Traynor (.275-2-31-49) and Honus Wagner (.273-9-39-40) are the Bucs' best batters. After a slow start the Brooklyn Dodgers (45-48) put together a solid 19-12 month and edged upward into sixth place, 11 games out. Manager Tommy Lasorda's hitters have been the club's strong point. Cristobel Torriente (.294-17-40-57), Zach Wheat (.287-4-38-35), Gil Hodges (.279-16-47-57) and Yasumitsu Toyota (.273-13-41-35) have been the main ones with some help of late from Pee Wee Reese (.307-2-18-19) and Adrian Beltre (.306-7-37-37). On the mound Sandy Koufax (14-4 1.77) has been without peer in the AAA and appears headed for a Golden Arm Award. Lasorda's only other effective starting pitchers have been Don Newcombe (8-8 3.70) and Don Drysdale (4-2 3.33). Drysdale just been put in the rotation and has had several fine outings. Eric Gagne (4-2 3.50) has been sufficient as the closer with 8 saves. The seventh place Chicago Cubs (42-51) had the worst record of any club in the last month with a 9-21 mark. They have fallen 14 games back of St. Louis. The culprit is 4.42 ERA, worst in the AAA. Charlie Grimm only has one hurler under a 4.00 ERA, that is the dependable Mordecai Brown with a 3.34 ERA and a 9-8 record. The Chicubs score enough runs and rank third in the Alltime Allstar Association with 100 homers, but give up more homers than any team in both leagues. Chicago pitchers have yielded 105 home runs this season. The Bruins have a potent lineup with Turkey Stearnes (.282-25-73-67), Tetsuharu Kawakami (.308-7-53-52), Cool Papa Bell (.304-7-31-64) and Ernie Banks (.239-18-52-44). The doormat of the AAA is the Cincinnati Reds (32-59). Skipper Sparky Anderson's ballclub compiled a pathetic 10-19 record for the month and now have sunk 23 games behind, bad enough for last place. Not much to say about the Reds. Ted Kluszewski (.271-18-45-49) is have a pretty fair year with the bat and Pete Donahue (9-9 3.16) and Dolph Luque (6-4 3.32) have done a fine job on the mound, but that's about it. See EC's Dream Leagues Website here for Standings and League Reports: http://aaa.allsimbaseball.com/index....tpage&Itemid=1 Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-05-2006 at 07:38 PM.