Well that was a nice little distraction from what, for our club, has been a disastrous stretch run. I'm just going to screenshot it and make no comments lest I say something I'll regret later. One thing I will say is that, with very few exceptions, the performance this squad has put in for us this season has been nothing short of a disgrace. An insipid, spineless, gutless disgrace.
Our sub-500 finish is just the 6th in Pirates history and it is just the 5th time we have finished in the second division. Unacceptable.
Batting titles to Joltin' Joe (his first since winning it in each of his first two seasons in 1936 and '37) and George Kell (his 1st). Big Klu leads the league with 46 HR and 138 RBI.
Ken Raffensberger enjoys some sort of renaissance in his age-32 season, leading the league with 20 wins and the AL with an ERA of 3.08. Harry Brecheen's 2.60 is the lowest overall. Ewell Blackwell is the King of K with an even 200 strikeouts, while Harry Eisenstat sets a new all-time saves mark with 41. That moves him to third on the career leaderboard with 132.
Final Top 20s
Final Leaders
Monthly Award Winners
August
American League
- Batter Bobby Doerr (Red Sox): 395 / 6 HR / 22 RBI
- Pitcher Ken Raffensberger (Yankees): 6-0 / 2.01 / 11 K / 44.2 IP
- Rookie Roy Sievers (Browns): 326 / 3 HR / 18 RBI
National League
- Batter Bob Elliott (Pirates): 349 / 6 HR / 23 RBI
- Pitcher Bob Rush (Cubs): 4-2 / 2.21 / 27 K / 61 IP
- Rookie Tommy Glaviano (Cubs): 294 / 1 HR / 7 RBI
September
American League
- Batter Ted Williams (Red Sox): 354 / 7 HR / 24 RBI
- Pitcher Joe Hatton (Browns): 5-1 / 3.70 / 15 K / 41.1 IP
- Rookie Johnny Pramesa (Tigers): 467 / 4 HR / 14 RBI
National League
- Batter Monte Irvin (Giants): 377 / 6 HR / 15 RBI
- Pitcher Harry Brecheen (Cardinals): 6-0 / 2.08 / 28 K / 52 IP
- Rookie Don Mueller (Braves): 372 / 1 HR / 20 RBI
Milestones and Observations of Note
- 2500 hits: Wild Bill Wright
- 300 HR: Ted Williams
- Veteran Cubs reliever Jack Wilson goes down with a torn rotator cuff and will miss the rest of this season and a big chunk of the next. For Hank Borowy of the Braves, an even worse prognosis with him all but ruled out until 1951 by a UCL tear.
- In an almost fitting end to a simply nightmarish season injury-wise for the Philadelphia clubs, As veteran Marv Breuer is set to miss close to a year after suffering a fractured elbow.
- While it has little material effect on anything, with his Yankees not in the hunt again this year, nobody is happy to see Joe DiMaggios fantastic season cut short by a fractured foot.
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