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Denny Lemaster · 02-15-2016, 11:32 PM

Western Division
Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Pyt.Rec	Diff	Home	Away	XInn	1Run	Streak
Hollywood Stars	81	73	.526	-	86-68	-5	35-42	46-31	11-14	27-32	W1
San Francisco Seals	80	74	.519	1	73-81	7	41-36	39-38	10-5	32-26	L1
Cleveland Indians	74	80	.481	7	76-78	-2	36-41	38-39	10-16	27-25	L1
Chicago Whales	63	91	.409	18	61-93	2	30-47	33-44	12-9	30-25	W1

It was an odd close non-race. The Hollywood Stars were able to build a 6 game lead by the end of June. The Seals were able to gain 1 1/2 over July, but no one really expected the 100 loss Seals to rebound into a pennant chase.

It was like a lightening strike: The Stars entered August leading 4 1/2 games. As September dawned, the Stars were under .500 and 4 games back themselves.

The Seals could not maintain the pace in September. The Stars and Seals were tied going into a 3 game set in San Francisco.

The first game turned on defensive miscues. With one out in the 9th, P Luis Miguel Couso (7-8 13, 1.85, 49) misplayed a ground ball. The next batter, CF Kristofer Kozina (.277, 2, 27), tripled. A Dean Elvers (.268, 9, 72) sac fly later, the game moved to extras.

The game quickly turned in the top of the 10th. With men on second and third and two out, Seals SS Jud Jibson (.223, 4, 45) couldn't handle a Spencer Afonin (.247, 1, 14) ground ball. The Stars one run lead became a three run lead as a rattled Edwin Paalman (5-8 5, 2.65, 31) walked three consecutive batters. Mariano Maddera (5-6 10, 1.96, 33) closed the door in the bottom of the 10th putting Hollywood up 1.

Iin Game 2, the Seals took a 2-0 lead on Kozina and Elvers' RBI ground outs. Up and Down lefty Freddie Lillig (6-6, 3.06, 38) rebounded from an 8 walk performance in his previous start to hold Hollywood to 1 run. The Division was tied again.

The final game of the series and season was a tight fought 1-0 win for Hollywood. 23 year old Raymond Streifel (6-8, 3.04, 26), making his second start after sitting out close to a month with arm issues. Streifel averaged 2.97 BB/9, but was able to pitch 4-hit, 0-walk baseball when it mattered most.

Colter Graese (20-16, 3.24, 120) might have been good enough to win most other days. Walks to Brice Hovermale (.266, 17, 69) and Josue Arciniega (.213, 5, 12) loaded the bases in the 2nd. Emile Hinn (.272, 2, 7) hit into a double play, but a run still scored. The Seals had a chance to tie in the 3rd: Jibson and Cornelio Dos Santos (.222, 6, 39) lead off with singles, and Graese bunted them over. Eaton Itson (.243, 1, 37) popped to short and Emilio Andrian (.222, 4, 43) grounded out to end the threat.

The Stars were the only division winner to repeat. Like the year before, they lost the ALCS to the eventual Cartwright-Doubleday Cup winner.

AL West Key Performers
Key Performers are any player awarded a Player of the Week or Monthly award. Also included each Team's Pitching/Batting VORP leaders.

Radcliffe Bergenstock, 23, RR, San Francisco Seals
P-40
All-Star, 1 Pitcher of the Month

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	WAR	ERA+
1946 San Francisco - AL	22	39	39	12	19	0	4.24	278.1	293	159	131	2	143	95	10	0	1.57	.296	-29.4	-2.2	80
1947 San Francisco - AL	23	40	40	20	12	0	2.43	299.2	268	107	81	8	143	92	10	2	1.37	.252	56.4	-3.3	154
Total MLB		79	79	32	31	0	3.30	578.0	561	266	212	10	286	187	20	2	1.47	.274	27.0	-5.9	118

Estevon Carranza, 24, LL, Chicago Whales
CF-110, RF-2
1 Player of the Week

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 Whales - AL	23	134	523	148	16	7	28	85	87	72	0	8	21	27	21	.283	.365	.501	.866	149	39.3	6.7
1947 Whales - AL	24	110	413	124	13	3	28	66	71	69	2	2	13	13	23	.300	.401	.550	.951	163	36.5	6.5
Total MLB		244	936	272	29	10	56	151	158	141	2	10	34	40	44	.291	.381	.522	.904	155	75.7	7.6

Generosb Constante, 23, LL, San Francisco Seals
RF-80, LF-1
1 Player of the Week

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 San Francisco - AL	22	90	167	47	6	3	0	15	11	11	1	2	13	0	0	.281	.326	.353	.679	97	3.8	0.5
1947 San Francisco - AL	23	90	316	103	20	2	3	32	41	33	0	1	15	1	2	.326	.389	.430	.819	129	24.2	2.6
Total MLB		180	483	150	26	5	3	47	52	44	1	3	28	1	2	.311	.367	.404	.771	118	28.0	2.8

Juaquine 'Spectre' Devara, 28, LR, Cleveland Indians
P-42

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	WAR	ERA+
1946 Milwaukee - NL	27	39	39	18	15	0	2.75	318.0	313	120	97	9	97	201	20	2	1.29	.304	53.3	9.3	115
1947 Cleveland - AL	28	42	42	18	18	0	2.75	346.2	304	127	106	19	116	167	19	3	1.21	.257	74.1	6.6	136
Total MLB		81	81	36	33	0	2.75	664.2	617	247	203	28	213	368	39	5	1.25	.279	127.4	16.3	126

Martino Estevane, 26, RR, Chicago Whales
LF-108, RF-1
All-Star, 1 Player of the Week

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1947 Whales - AL	26	130	466	128	20	6	10	50	62	31	5	2	75	7	9	.275	.325	.408	.733	104	1.8	-1.5

Merlin 'Backwards B' Feener, 26, LL, Cleveland Indians
RF-114, LF-8
All-Star, 2 Rookie of the Month

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 Cleveland - AL	24	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.200	.629	88	-0.0	-0.0
1947 Cleveland - AL	25	130	433	127	19	5	25	78	65	67	2	4	47	2	6	.293	.387	.533	.921	155	35.2	2.5
Total MLB		137	438	128	19	5	25	78	65	69	2	4	47	2	6	.292	.388	.530	.918	154	35.2	3.5

Anders Gackowski, 27, LR, Hollywood Stars
1B-129, SS-37, 2B-22, 3B-21
All-Star, 1 Player of the Week

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 Hollywood - AL	25	148	558	176	24	4	11	53	95	99	0	11	11	5	9	.315	.412	.432	.844	145	46.2	5.7
1947 Hollywood - AL	26	151	563	175	25	4	14	73	87	124	2	7	17	7	4	.311	.432	.444	.877	145	54.3	6.5
Total MLB		299	1121	351	49	8	25	126	182	223	2	18	28	12	13	.313	.422	.438	.860	145	100.5	10.0

Bartolo Hilalgo, 24, LL, Cleveland Indians
LF-98, RF-11
1 Player of the Week

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 Cleveland - AL	22	100	331	100	20	5	10	59	44	25	1	3	38	3	4	.302	.350	.483	.833	140	20.2	1.1
1947 Cleveland - AL	23	114	391	137	21	3	33	90	84	52	0	5	40	4	6	.350	.422	.673	1.095	201	66.5	5.4
Total MLB		214	722	237	41	8	43	149	128	77	1	8	78	7	10	.328	.390	.586	.976	174	86.8	8.7

Eli Kedra, 26, SR, Chicago Whales
2B-130, 1B-7
1 Player of the Week

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 Whales - AL	25	150	556	165	35	9	9	61	109	84	1	5	8	11	9	.297	.387	.441	.828	140	47.4	3.6
1947 Whales - AL	26	135	530	151	26	7	10	57	66	50	0	3	14	9	5	.285	.345	.417	.762	112	29.5	2.2
Total MLB		285	1086	316	61	16	19	118	175	134	1	8	22	20	14	.291	.367	.429	.796	126	76.8	7.7

Tunay Olijnyk, 27, SR, Cleveland Indians
CF-137, LF-1
1 Player of the Week

Year/Team/	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 Cleveland - AL	26	133	489	130	26	8	9	72	64	46	1	8	26	3	2	.266	.325	.407	.732	111	15.3	1.9
1947 Cleveland - AL	27	141	512	136	25	4	17	77	75	71	0	8	16	4	6	.266	.350	.430	.780	117	17.7	0.7
Total MLB		274	1001	266	51	12	26	149	139	117	1	16	42	7	8	.266	.338	.419	.757	114	33.0	3.3

Lorne Rohanna, 38, RR, Hollywood Stars
P-43

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	WAR	ERA+
1946 Hollywood - AL	37	39	39	23	11	0	2.38	336.2	309	110	89	7	87	139	26	2	1.18	.270	68.4	8.1	142
1947 Hollywood - AL	38	43	43	17	17	0	2.69	361.2	321	129	108	19	99	71	24	2	1.16	.241	78.2	4.8	139
Total MLB		82	82	40	28	0	2.54	698.1	630	239	197	26	186	210	50	4	1.17	.255	146.6	13.1	140

Rob Ruchti, 22, RR, San Francisco Seals
3B-138

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 San Francisco - AL	21	148	580	139	20	7	10	72	59	46	4	8	29	5	5	.240	.296	.350	.646	87	16.5	2.3
1947 San Francisco - AL	22	147	543	150	24	3	9	58	65	59	1	10	20	4	7	.276	.343	.381	.724	102	29.5	3.7
Total MLB		295	1123	289	44	10	19	130	124	105	5	18	49	9	12	.257	.319	.365	.684	94	46.0	4.6

Baelor Simson, 23, LL, Chicago Whales
RF-98, CF-22, LF-4
1 Player of the Week

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1946 Whales - AL	22	110	378	101	15	5	13	57	45	35	0	1	26	6	10	.267	.329	.437	.765	120	10.6	0.9
1947 Whales - AL	23	143	491	125	16	4	33	92	76	53	2	10	23	13	10	.255	.324	.505	.829	128	15.5	3.2
Total MLB		253	869	226	31	9	46	149	121	88	2	11	49	19	20	.260	.326	.475	.801	125	26.1	2.6