NL Season Wrap-up
There's no other way to put it but to say that the Giants ran away with the NL pennant this year. They played like a team possessed and no other team really put up much of a fight. Clearly looking to make up for last season's poor play, the Giants finished with one of the largest leads I have seen - winning the pennant by an incredible 20-game margin. Left fielder
Dave Robertson (.279, 54 HR, 158 RBI) led the NL's #1 ranked offense with his best season at age 28 (he turned 29 during the final week of the season). Rookie
Waite Hoyt (20-6, 2.87 ERA) gave the pitching staff a huge shot in the arm.
Cincinnati finished with the second best record in the league thanks to a pitching staff that allowed the 2nd fewest runs and a top ranked defense. Three starting pitchers really stood out this season -
Dixie Davis (11-13, 2.98 ERA),
Hod Eller (18-3, 3.17 ERA) and
Herman Pillette (15-7, 3.03 ERA). The team's offense game along slowly and finished with a 4th place ranking. Where would this team be if it weren't for the slugging prowess of left fielder
Ken Williams (.292, 41 HR, 129 RBI)?
Pittsburgh's offense was a mess, ranking next to last in the NL in terms of run-scoring ability. However, if they can find some offense next season, they will be dangerous thanks to an amazing pitching staff. Four of their five starting pitchers had ERA's below 3.30! The most amazing performance was team ace
Dazzy Vance (20-6, 2.40 ERA) who struck out 331 batters in 247.2 innings. He became the first player since 1882 to reach 330 K's in a season, finishing second all-time to the Giants'
Fred Goldsmith, who struck out 338 in 244.2 innings that year.
Standings
Batting Leaders
Pitching Leaders
National League Rosters
