[Nick Soulis]

BASEBALL MONTHLY

May 1886

Wiedman Out For Season

Everyone knew there was a problem for some time now but most in the Chicago camp were just hoping that it wasnt so. But an injury, and a serious one at that, to starter Stump Wiedman and his arm should come to no suprise to no one. The 25 year old right hander who has won 89 games in his career finally could pitch no more and suffered a torn elbow ligament in his throwing arm. The injury is of course very damaging and Wirdman will be out for close to a full calander year; some are even questioning if the young man will pitch again, or have the velocity he once had back; doctors remain cautiously optimistic.

"Right now you just feel bad for the kid" said Ned Williamson who has played with Wiedman all of his career and is a close friend, "he feels like he has let the team down but he has not, its just one of those things, one of those bad breaks."

The more immediate impact is that the team is now permanatly down another arm. Cy Bentley has impressed everyone and proven that he still can win at his age as he reaches now for over 320 career wins. Bentley in the rotation now full time has gone 6-4 with a 1.73 ERA in 11 starts, where is the rust??

With all the holes the team has kept it together and remains three games over .500 and still all to play for after a 17-11 month. King Kelly is carrying the team bats very well having driven in 36 runs so far, while Cap Anson is starting to come around a bit bringing his average up to .244 having batted .286 in May.

Who's Hot? Who's Not? C Pop Snyder .091, 0 HR Last 5 games

Pitching Staff Role T Pitcher G GS W L SV ERA WHIP Status Starter R Adonis Terry 17 17 11 5 0 2.11 1.01 Rested Starter R Cy Bentley 11 11 6 4 0 1.73 1.25 Rested Spot Starter R Candy Cummings 6 3 2 3 1 3.21 1.25 Rested Middle Reliever R Art Hagan 7 0 1 1 1 4.22 1.50 Rested Middle Reliever R Fred Goldsmith 2 0 0 1 0 18.00 4.00 Rested Middle Reliever R Candy Cummings 6 3 2 3 1 3.21 1.25 Rested Setup Reliever R Art Hagan 7 0 1 1 1 4.22 1.50 Rested Setup Reliever R Joe Borden 5 0 0 0 1 1.80 0.90 Rested Closer R Tricky Nichols 8 0 0 1 3 3.18 0.88 Rested

Catchers # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 31 R Pop Snyder C 13 54 10 0 9 9 2 0 .185 .211 .222 88 R Terry Connell C 4 19 6 0 4 6 0 0 .316 .316 .421 90 R Cal Broughton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Infielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 59 R Ned Williamson SS 47 181 42 0 34 34 12 0 .232 .274 .331 15 S John McGlone 3B 3 13 2 0 2 6 0 0 .154 .154 .154 93 R Cap Anson 1B 47 193 47 1 32 33 9 1 .244 .275 .321 21 R Mike Burke 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 40 R King Kelly 2B 45 192 63 3 36 42 5 1 .328 .351 .484 87 R Frank Fennelly SS 48 201 59 1 27 49 8 3 .294 .322 .373 57 L Otto Schomberg 1B 42 168 47 0 18 37 14 0 .280 .332 .369 48 S Mox McQuery 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000

Outfielders # B Player Pos G AB H HR RBI R BB K .AVG OBP SLG 1 R Jim Lillie LF 11 42 7 0 4 7 2 0 .167 .200 .190 68 L Bill Hughes RF 18 71 16 0 13 6 0 0 .225 .219 .282 82 R Jim McTamany CF 19 75 24 0 13 23 6 1 .320 .373 .453 95 L Pete Hotaling CF 48 206 64 0 38 45 8 0 .311 .333 .413

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American Association Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	31	14	.689	-
Cleveland Blues	31	16	.660	1.0
Boston Americans	30	17	.638	2.0
Detroit Wolverines	24	22	.522	7.5
Washington Nationals	21	26	.447	11.0
Baltimore Orioles	20	27	.426	12.0
Louisville Colonels	17	33	.340	16.5
Chicago White Sox	15	34	.306	18.0

National League Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Pittsburg Alleghenys	27	18	.600	-
Brooklyn Grays	25	22	.532	3.0
Chicago White Stockings	26	23	.531	3.0
St. Louis Browns	25	22	.532	3.0
Philadelphia Quakers	26	24	.520	3.5
Boston Beaneaters	21	26	.447	7.0
Cincinnati Red Stockings	20	27	.426	8.0
New York Giants	19	27	.413	8.5

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League Notes

• In what is becoming a very common injury these days, George Gore of the Cincinnati Reds will miss the remainder of the season after tearing his labrum in his shoulder this month. Piano Legs Gore is still among the best hitters in the game with a .299 lifetime average.
• Dan Brouthers of the Brooklyn Grays is also spending some time on the shelf. Brouthers who is likely the biggest star in the game has a bad ankle problem and will miss most of June. The Grays are in the race to repeat 3 games back of the Pittsburgh club.
• John Reilly is now the alltime leader in stolen bases. Reilly stole his 377th bag of his career, passing Tom Barlow of Pittsburgh for the alltime lead.