Never knew how uninteresting a league could become when the same teams dominate every year. Carolina and KC are home already for all dolphins and porpoises, while the other two races retain some life.
Other than that, most of the late-season interest lies in the HR race, with a few guys an outside chance of once again ticking up the all-time record.
Standings and Leaders
Monthly Award Winners
July
Latitude League
- Batter – Barry Bonds (Las Vegas): 354 / 10 HR / 27 RBI
- Pitcher – Christy Mathewson (Virginia): 5-0 / 3.00 / 25 K / 51 IP
Longitude League
- Batter – Billy Hamilton (Atlanta): 430 / 4 HR / 24 RBI
- Pitcher – Pete Alexander (Kansas City): 6-0 / 2.03 / 33 K / 48.2 IP
August
Latitude League
- Batter – Mike Trout (Seattle): 341 / 12 HR / 25 RBI
- Pitcher – Sandy Koufax (Seattle): 5-1 / 1.29 / 49 K / 49 IP
Longitude League
- Batter – Lou Gehrig (Kansas City): 408 / 8 HR / 29 RBI
- Pitcher – Dwight Gooden (New York): 5-1 / 2.11 / 51 K / 47 IP
Weekly Award Winners
July
- 7: Barry Bonds (Las Vegas) / Arky Vaughan (Boston)
- 14: Barry Bonds (Las Vegas) / / Scott Rolen (Atlanta)
- 21: Buck Leonard (Virginia) / Lou Whitaker (Kansas City)
- 28: Charlie Gehringer (Indianapolis) / Robinson Cano (New Jersey)
August
- 4: Rogers Hornsby (Portland) / Lou Gehrig (Kansas City)
- 11: Barry Bonds (Las Vegas) / Robin Yount (Atlanta)
- 18: Paul Molitor (Portland) / Gary Sheffield (New Jersey)
- 25: Joe Cronin (Carolina) / Willie McCovey (Kansas City)
Milestones
- 400 HR: Albert Pujols, Lou Gehrig, Barry Bonds, Buck Leonard