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Old 05-14-2018, 09:08 PM   #25
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September 1965:
The final full month of the season saw the Brewers holding their own as a number of the young players on the team were showing clear signs of starting to adjust to being at the big league level. Although the team started the month a bit sluggish, they soon heated up and reeled off 7 straight wins from September 6th through the 14th. One of the young players helping to lead the way during this stretch was Ruben Souffront. Souffront went 10 for 25 (.400) with 12 RBI, 3 doubles, 2 triples, 1 HR, and 1 SB during the 7 game win streak.
Young shortstop Chad Brown also displayed great progress, having his best month with the bat, hitting .277 with 10 runs scored, 7 RBI, and hitting his only 2 HR's of the season. More importantly, Brown, who had committed 24 errors at the end of June, 32 at the end of July, and was up to 40 at the end of August, only picked up 3 more errors the rest of the way. Brown, who turned 19 on August 20th, looks to be a premiere defensive shortstop eventually, but largely due to his rookie struggles in the field, he ended the 1965 season with a -1.0 WAR. Still, our head scout is very high on his future potential and for the time being the starting shortstop job is his to lose.
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