August 1, 1921
Washington went just 12-13 in July, slipping back to the pack. The White Sox went 15-11, while Cleveland went 16-9. The Indians moved into 2nd place and are just 3 games back.
Cincinnati went 12-14 this month but managed to stay ahead of the rest of the league thanks to a large 8.5 game cushion they gave themselves in June. The Giants went 16-10 and pulled to within 5 games of the Reds. The Cardinals are 6 games back, while the Cubs, who lost starter
Hugh Tiedt for 6 weeks, are 8 games out.
Batters of the Month:
AL -
"Meatball" McDuffey, LF, New York Yankees - He hit .415 with 17 RBI and 22 runs scored.
NL -
Whitey Kohse, SS, New York Giants - He hit .432 with 18 RBI and 22 runs scored.
Pitchers of the Month:
AL -
Abe Swift, Detroit Tigers - He was 5-0 with a 1.00 ERA and 2 shutouts.
NL -
Collin Carr, New York Giants - He was 6-0 with a 2.14 ERA.
Code:
American League Standings
Washington 60 42 .588 -
Cleveland 58 46 .558 3.0
Chicago (A) 57 47 .548 4.0
Philadelphia (A) 51 53 .490 10.0
St. Louis (A) 50 54 .481 11.0
Detroit 50 55 .476 11.5
New York (A) 49 54 .476 11.5
Boston (A) 40 64 .385 21.0
National League Standings
Cincinnati 64 42 .604 -
New York (N) 57 45 .559 5.0
St. Louis (N) 57 47 .548 6.0
Chicago (N) 55 49 .529 8.0
Brooklyn 48 54 .471 14.0
Pittsburgh 46 58 .442 17.0
Philadelphia (N) 45 60 .429 18.5
Boston (N) 43 60 .417 19.5
Ancestors:
Whiskey Allen, C, Cleveland - Whiskey hit .318 with 15 RBI, 13 runs scored and 7 stlen bases.
Heinrich "The German" Kahle, 1B, Cincinnati - Kahle hit .309 with 17 RBI, 19 runs scored and 3 home runs.
Campbell Ditty, CF, New York (N) - Ditty hit .312 with 12 RBI, 15 runs scored and 2 home runs.
Harry "The Haymaker" Cohan, C, Chicago (N) - Harry hit .391 with 7 RBI and 11 runs scored.
Fists Ubert, SP, St. Louis (N) - Fists was 4-2 with a 4.70 ERA in 6 starts.
John "Pops" Falise, RF, Philadelphia (N) - Pops hit .286 with 12 RBI and 17 runs scored.
Jean-Francois "Flaky" Arsenault, SS, Chicago (A) - Flaky hit .347 with 15 RBI and 24 runs scored. He is currently 2nd in the AL with a .380 average, just 8 points behind Washington's Will Miller.
Genaro "Tito" Nunez, 2B, Boston (A) - Tito hit .360 with 4 RBI, 15 runs scored and 6 stolen bases.
"Nasty Ned" Fargo, SP, St. Louis (A) - Ned went 3-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 6 starts.
Will Miller, LF, Washington - Will hit .365 with 11 RBI, 20 runs scored and 10 stolen bases.
Thomas Strasser, CF, Cleveland - Thomas hit .282 with 8 RBI and 12 runs scored.
Chuck "Pudge" Harris, C, St. Louis (N) - Pudge played in 15 games this month, hitting .283. If he can stay healthy, he should put together the best season of his career at age 25. He is slowly becoming potentially one of the better catchers in the NL.
Ahrend "Professor" Nagel, SP, Philadelphia (A) - Nagel went 2-5 with a 7.23 ERA in 7 starts.
Horst "Harry" Nagel, C, Boston (N) - Harry hit .268 with 11 RBI and 12 runs scored.
Ben "Rabbi" Baum, CF, Philadelphia (A) - Ben hit .427 with 7 RBI and 20 runs scored. The Rabbi is just 21, but he is already near elite status among AL centerfielders.
Bourbon Allen, SP, Boston (N) - Allen went 2-3 with a 4.33 ERA in 5 games.
Whiskey Allen, Jr., SP, Boston (N) - Junior went 1-1 with a 3.75 ERA in 4 starts. However, on July 27th, he suffered an elbow injury that could cause him to miss the entire month of August. This certainly is an injury-prone family.
Levi "Tyke" Walls, SS, Chicago (N) - Levi hit .351 with 11 RBI, 19 runs scored and 9 stolen bases.