1st October 1881
The fans of the Cleveland Blues are again celebrating a pennant win as the team scooped their third pennant on the trot. The team managed a solid month in September with 8 wins and 5 losses. They are now secured in first place. Their opponents in the play offs have also been confirmed as they will again face the NL's Chicago White Stockings. The fans of the Blues are hoping that their team are making their revenge plans for this series as they currently have a 0-2 record against the White Stockings from the playoffs.
The batting came good in September with 84 runs scored. The hot bat was in the hands of Centre Fielder Roger Connor. Connor started all 13 games and picked up 21 hits from 57 at bats. He scored 14 runs with 11 RBI's for an average of .368. The AL voters decided he was the AL's Batter of the Month for September.
The pitching was far more mixed during the month. The starter with the best figures was Jim McCormick. McCormick picked up 4 wins from 7 game starts as he pitched 49.1 innings. He gave up 58 hits and 20 earned runs for an ERA of 3.65. The team gave up a total of 71 runs.
Full pitching stats for September
Full batting stats for September
The team played 13 games in September
went 1-1 to finish the home series to the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 and 6-17
3-0 on the road to the St Louis Brown Stockings 4-3, 14-7 and 6-0
2-1 at home to the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3, 5-9 and 9-4
1-2 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles 5-6, 11-2 and 2-4
went 1-1 to start the home series against the St Louis Brown Stockings 3-6 and 9-7
The team will finish the regular season with a final 4 games. We will bring you a full season round up once this is done. We will also report on the imminent MLB league announcement. We will also bring you all the news from the Play Off games against the Chicago White Stockings