July 4, 1938
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ALL STAR ROSTERS ANNOUNCED
The rosters have been announced for Tuesday's All-Star game at Sportsman's Park in St Louis. The American League will be the host club and their roster will be dominated by the first place New York Yankees who placed 7 players on the team. However, young outfielder Joe DiMaggio was omitted from the list.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE ROSTER FOR ALL STAR GAME
P Lefty Grove Boston 12-2, 2.72
P Lefty Gomez New York 12-3, 2.40
P Johnny Broaca New York 10-4, 2.33
P Red Ruffing New York 13-2, 3.07
P Danny McFayden New York 10-3, 3.22
P Ed Brandt Boston 7-8, 3.28
P Lefty Mills Chicago 12-4, 2.85
RP Ken Chase Washington 3-1, 2.61
RP Red Lynn Boston 3-2, 5.00
RP Buck Ross Philadelphia 3-1, 2.89
C Bill Dickey New York .365,12,59
C Frankie Hayes Philadelphia .318,13,44
1B Jimmie Foxx Boston .296,18,57
1B Lou Gehrig New York .351,13,67
1B Hal Trosky Cleveland .341,23,60
2B Charlie Gehringer Detroit .346,10,36
2B Joe Gordon St Louis .286,20,72
3B Red Rolfe New York .374,2,38
SS Cecil Travi Washington .354,3,29
OF John Stone Philadelphia .356,1,37
OF Roy Weatherly Cleveland .383,8,46
OF Earl Averill Cleveland .293,12,51
OF Sam West St Louis .349,10,49
OF Mel Almada Boston .352,1,32
OF Wally Moses Philadelphia .369,5,42
Here is the National League roster
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NATIONAL LEAGUE ROSTER FOR ALL STAR GAME
P Slick Castleman New York 10-7,2.85
P Dizzy Dean St Louis 9-5, 2.42
P Paul Dean St Louis 11-3, 2.32
P Carl Fischer Boston 9-6, 2.84
P Larry French Chicago 10-6, 2.65
P Joe Krakauskas Cincinnati 5-10, 2.64
P Claude Passeau Philadelphia 4-11, 3.16
RP Fred Frankhouse New York 3-1, 3.92
RP Benny Frey Cincinnati 2-0, 2.70
C Babe Phelps Brooklyn .402,3,35
C Ernie Lombardi Cincinnati .303,9,30
1B Johnny Mize St Louis .359,25,65
1B Sam Leslie Brooklyn .348,7,51
1B Dolph Camelli Philadelphia .305,10,44
3B Stan Hack Chicago .339,5,34
3B Mel Ott New York .288,19,62
SS Billy Jurges Chicago .332,1,34
SS Arky Vaughan Pittsburgh .347,6,33
OF Joe Medwick St Louis .359,18,61
OF Joe Grace Pittsburgh .328,3,33
OF Terry Moore St Louis .278,7,39
OF Jimmy Ripple New York .288,5,33
OF Frank Demaree Chicago .315,9,40
OF Pepper Martin St Louis .304,5,33
OF Paul Waner Pittsburgh .323,3,52
The St Louis Cardinals ended the Chicago Cubs winning streak at 22 games and then proceeded to also take first place in the National League away from the Cubs. It was a big week for St Louis as the Cardinals took 2 of 3 from Chicago and split 4 games with the New York Giants.
No changes atop the American League as the New York Yankees remain 12 games up on second place Boston after winning 5 of 8 games this week including a split of 4 games with the Red Sox.
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MLB STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE W L GB NATIONAL LEAGUE vW L GB
New York 55 20 - St Louis 46 27 -
Boston 43 32 12.0 New York 45 29 1.5
Cleveland 38 37 17.0 Chicago 45 29 1.5
Philadelphia 35 39 19.5 Pittsburgh 36 39 11.0
Detroit 34 41 21.0 Boston 33 42 14.0
Chicago 34 41 21.0 Brooklyn 32 42 14.5
St Louis 31 43 23.5 Cincinnati 31 43 15.5
Washington 29 46 26.0 Philadelphia 28 45 18.0
HITTING LEADERS
AVERGAE AVERAGE
Weatherly CLE .383 Phelps BKN .402
Rolfe NYY .374 Mize STL .359
Moses PHA .369 Medwick STL .359
Dickey NYY .365 Leslie BKN .348
Stone PHA .356 Vaughan PIT .347
HOME RUNS HOME RUNS
Trosky CLE 23 Mize STL 25
Gordon SLA 20 Ott NYG 19
Foxx BOS 18 Medwick STL 18
Greenberg DET 15 Johnson CIN 15
DiMaggio NYY 14 Berger BSN 12
RBIs RBIs
Gordon SLA 72 Mize STL 65
Gehrig NYY 67 Ott NYG 62
DiMaggio NYY 63 Medwick STL 61
Greenberg DET 61 P Waner PIT 52
Trosky CLE 60 Leslie BKN 51
Dickey NYY 59 Suhr PIT 49
PITCHING LEADERS
WINS WINS
Ruffing NYY 13-2 P Dean STL 11-3
Grove BOS 12-2 Carleton STL 11-4
Gomez NYY 12-3 Lee CHN 10-4
Mills CHA 12-4 French CHN 10-6
McFayden NYY 10-3 Tobin BSN 10-6
Broaca NYY 10-4 Castleman NYG 10-7
Ostermeuller BOS 9-4
STRIKE OUTS STRIKE OUTS
Feller CLE 100 P Dean STL 86
Gomez NYY 94 D Dean STL 84
Mills CHA 87 Carleton CHN 82
Grove BOS 80 Blanton PIT 76
Rowe DET 72 Mungo BKN 74
Allen CLE 70 Castleman NYG 65
ERA ERA
Broaca NYY 2.33 P Dean STL 2.32
Gomez NYY 2.40 D Dean STL 2.42
Grove BOS 2.72 Lohrman CHN 2.50
Mills CHA 2.85 Krakauskas CIN 2.64
Ruffing NYY 3.07 French CHN 2.65
McFayden NYY 3.22 Fischer BSN 2.84
Brandt BOS 3.28 Henshaw NYG 2.85
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
LOSS OF KLEINHANS BIG BLOW TO BLUES
Despite winning 9 of their last 11 games the mood in Kansas City was down after it was learned that veteran pitcher Ted Kleinhans is done for the season, and perhaps his career. The 39 year old, who pretty well came out of nowhere a year ago to win 30 games and lead the Blues to the American Association title, has suffered a torn rotator cuff and at his age there is concern it may be career ending. Kleinhans was not as dominant this season as he was a year ago, but still was a key piece of the Blues outstanding pitching staff. He posted a 6-8 record with a 3.36 era in 17 starts this season.
The Blues will likely now rely on Al Piechota to fill Kleinhans spot in a rotation that also includes Al Hollingsowrth (11-2, 3.52), Tiny Bonham (9-6, 3.39) and Fred Gay (11-6, 3.73). The 24 year old Piechota was 1-2 with 4 saves out of the Kansas City pen as a rookie last season. This year he is 4-2 with a 6.20 era in 18 appearances and he allowed 7 earned runs in each of his two starts this season including yesterday when he was chased after just two innings in a 10-4 loss to Milwaukee.
Kansas City still trails first place Toledo by 2 games but a more pressing concern for the Blues now that they have lost a key pitcher will be holding off Minneapolis for the final playoff spot, although the Blues presently enjoy an 8.5 game lead on the third place Millers.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION STANDINS
W L GB
Toledo 49 24 -
Kansas City 47 26 2.0
Minneapolis 39 35 10.5
Milwaukee 33 39 15.5
Columbus 33 41 16.5
St Paul 31 41 17.5
Louisville 31 43 18.5
Indianapolis 30 44 19.5
LEADERS AVG
Chuck Klein MIN .374
Lonny Frey TOL .362
Martin Dihigo MIL .359
Len Schulte LOU .348
Roy Hughes MIL .346
Billy Herman KC .336
Benny McCoy TOL .333
Buzz Arlett MIN .332
HOME RUNS
Ted Williams MIN 17
Chet Laabs TOL 14
Benny McCoy TOL 13
Bill Norman StP 13
Rudy York MIL 13
Buzz Arlett MIN 12
Phil Weintraub TOL 12
RBI's
Martin Dihigo MIL 63
Chet Laabs TOL 58
Benny McCoy TOL 57
Roy Cullenbine TOL 55
Ted Williams MIN 54
Buck Leonard LOU 52
Phil Weintraub TOL 51
Rudy York MIL 51
PITCHING
WINS
Paul Derringer TOL 13-3
Denny Galehouse MIN 13-6
Carl Hubbell MIN 12-10
Al Hollingsworth KC 11-2
Gene Schott TOL 11-3
Fred Gay KC 11-6
Tiny Bonham KC 9-6
Max Macon COL 9-11
STRIKEOUTS
Max Macon COL 102
Dizzy Trout IND 96
Wayne LeMaster LOU 90
Johnny Rigney StP 88
Carl Hubbell MIN 84
Lefty Smoll TOL 81
Ted Kleinhans KC 80
Denny Galehouse MIN 76
Yank Terry LOU 69
ERA
Gene Schott TOL 2.87
Lloyd Johnson IND 3.28
Ted Kleinhans KC 3.36
Tiny Bonham KC 3.39
Al Hollingsworth KC 3.52
Vern Kennedy MIN 3.64
Dizzy Trout IND 3.70
Fred Gay KC 3.73
JULY 1, 1938
NHL UPDATE -THE COACHES
To help familiarize you with the National Hockey League portion of this sim here is a look at the 7 existing NHL coaches.
BOSTON - The Bruins just recently handed the reigns to veteran Lester Patrick. A four time coach of the year, the 61 year old Patrick is 3rd all-time in career coaching victories and has had stops with the Ottawa Senators, Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and Montreal Maroons before landing in Boston. 53 year old Art Ross has been the Bruins general manager since they entered the league.
CHICAGO - Dick Irvin, the Montreal coaching legend in real life, has coached the Black Hawks each of the past three seasons after beginning his career with a year and a half in Boston and then moving to Ottawa for the Senators final season. Frank Patrick, one of Lester's brothers, has been the Chicago GM for over a decade after beginning his career with the Vancouver Millionaires of the old Western Hockey League and making a stop with the Quebec Bulldogs/Hamilton Tigers franchise.
DETROIT - Herb Gardiner is the 47 year old coach of the Red Wings and has been at the helm since 1929-30. He previously spent two plus seasons with the Montreal Maroons and sits 4th all-time in career victories but has never won a Stanley Cup. The Red Wings GM is real life Toronto architect Conn Smythe, who has held the position since late in the 1926-27 season.
MONTREAL- Eddie Powers took over the Montreal job 3 years ago with his previous NHL experience being 2 and a half seasons with Ottawa at the start of the decade. Powers was coach of the year in his first full season in Ottawa but, so far at least, has not been able to get the Canadiens to a Cup. Tommy Gorman, after over a decade and 3 Stanley Cups in Ottawa, took over as General Manager of the Habs three years ago.
NEW YORK AMERICANS- Jack Adams presently holds the dual role of coach/GM with the Americans. He has been in charge of the club since 1928-29 and is one of just 6 coaches to amass at least 200 career victories. He coached the club to a Stanley Cup title in 1932.
NEW YORK RANGERS - Unfortunately even with a large number of real staff available FHM still allows fictional head coaches and one of these is Shane Kulak, who has been the Rangers bench boss since 1931-32 and led them to their only Stanley Cup in 1935. The Rangers GM is Frederic McLaughlin, who in real life was the first owner of the Chicago Black Hawks.
TORONTO- In real life Dick Carroll coached the Toronto Arenas to the Stanley Cup in 1917 but was fired after a disappointing season the next year. In this sim, Carroll is still going strong behind the Leafs bench and is the winningest coach in NHL history, guiding the team to 9 Cups while being named coach of the year 5 times. The original Toronto GM in real life was Charles Querrie, and he is still the General Manager of the club in this sim and has been since the league began in 1917.
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NHL COACHES CAREER VICTORIES
NAME WINS CUPS TEAMS Years
Dick Carroll 482 9 Toronto 17-present
Newsy Lalonde 365 4 Mon Canadiens 1917-34
Lester Patrick 351 2 Ott,Ham,NYA,MM,BOS 1918-present
Herb Gardiner 231 0 Maroons, Detroit 1926-present
Barney Stanley 216 1 Chicago 1926-34
Jack Adams 203 1 NY Americans 1928-present
Shane Kulak 188 1 NY Rangers 1931-present
Eddie Powers 134 0 Ottawa, Candiens 1928-present
Frank Selke 97 0 Pit, Phi, Bos 1928-36
Dick Irvin 95 0 Bos, Ott, Chi 1931-present
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NHL COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
YEAR COACH TEAM
37-38 Shane Kulak New York Rangers
36-37 Dick Carroll Toronto
35-36 Dick Carroll Toronto
34-35 Shane Kulak New York Rangers
33-34 Lester Patrick Montreal Maroons
32-33 Lester Patrick Montreal Maroons
31-32 Shane Kulak New York Rangers
30-31 Jack Adams New York Americans
29-30 Eddie Powers Ottawa
28-29 Newsy Lalonde Montreal Canadiens
27-28 Dick Carroll Toronto
26-27 Newsy Lalonde Montreal Canadiens
25-26 Ken Randall Montreal Maroons
24-25 Lloyd Cook Ottawa
23-24 Paul Dagg Hamilton
22-23 Dick Carroll Toronto
21-22 Lester Patrick Ottawa
20-21 Newsy Lalonde Montreal Canadiens
19-20 Lester Patrick Ottawa
18-19 Dick Carroll Toronto
17-18 Art Ross Montreal Wanderers