7/14/1980
Week #14 Recap
Record: 63-26
Position: 1st (8 1/2 games up on San Diego)
Runs Scored: 471 (1st in Hickory League)
Runs Allowed: 292 (1st in Hickory League)
Defense: .720 (1st in Hickory League)
Power Ranking: 126.4,o (1st in TBL)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic; Fan Interest: 74/100
The Mallards go 3-3 this week:
7/7 - beat Philadelphia 6-4 (W-Carithers, 11-2, S-Stone (4), L-Weston, 8-4) - 3 hits for Mora.
7/8 - beat Philadelphia 6-5 (W-Williams, 1-0, L-Owens, 0-1) - HR by Grier (20). 4 hits for Schwartz, 3 for Grier. 2 RBI for Grier.
7/10 - loss to San Francisco 2-1 (W-Toland, 2-1, L-Leyva, 12-5) - HR by Grier (21). 2 hits by Fuqua.
7/11 - loss to San Francisco 2-1 (W-Otis, 1-0, L-Medina, 0-1) - 2 hits for Carroll.
7/12 - beat San Francisco 9-3 (W-Carithers, 12-2, L-Solares, 6-11) - HRs by Swan (11) and Schwartz (10). 3 hits by Rainey. 3 RBI by Schwartz.
7/13 - loss to Minnesota 8-2 (W-Dorrance, 9-5, L-Figiel, 11-5) - 3 hits by Auld, 2 by Schwartz.
Hitting Notes- Ron Schwartz is hitting .326/.418/.495 with 10 home runs and 65 RBI.
- Jody Carroll’s numbers on the season are .260/.413/.413, 11 home runs and 42 RBI.
- Dan Musgrave is batting .265/.371/.335 with 2 home runs and 39 RBI. He also has 29 steals.
- Mario Mora has a .298 batting average, .346 OBP, .375 slugging, with 0 home runs and 35 RBI.
- Richie Swan is batting .286/.374/.451 with 11 home runs and 48 RBI.
- Ian Auld is hitting .375/.403/.553 with 14 home runs and 55 RBI.
- Jim Rainey’s numbers are .256/.303/.370, with 7 home runs and 39 RBI.
- Pete Grier is batting .319/.389/.520 with 21 home runs and 75 RBI.
Pitching Notes
- Leyva and Carithers both have 12 wins on the season. Figiel has 11 wins, and Solis has 7.
- Leyva has 104 strikeouts on the season, in 164 innings, to lead the team. He has only walked 26 batters.
- Figiel has given up 11 home runs, most on the team, in 138 innings. Leyva is next at 7 dingers allowed.
- Leyva’s WAR is 5.3. Next highest on the team is Amador at 1.9, followed by Figiel, Carithers, and Solis, all at 1.5.
- Cincinnati let me know that reliever Steve Frappier is available. Frappier is 2-2 with 1 save and a 1.82 ERA on the year. This is an intriguing possibility. Something else to monitor and see if we might come up with some solution.
Other Team News- 2B Bobby Bugbee is batting .277 with 2 home runs and 7 RBI in his time thus far at AAA Porterville.
- 1B Bill Kennedy is up to 17 home runs on the season at Porterville.
- In his bid to get a call back up to the big club, Theodore Walden has a 1.00 ERA in 18 innings at Porterville.
- AA Kernal City 1B Dave Israel leads all of our minor leaguers with 20 home runs on the season. The 23-year-old is also batting .341. He doesn’t have great potential though, so not sure what kind of player he will turn out to be.
- 1st Round Draft Pick Cy Nugent is 0-1 with a 0.67 ERA at Rookie Level Coconut Bay, in 13.1 innings pitched. Scouting Director Bill White says he is possibly ready for Class A.
Next Week- 2 more @ Minnesota
- 3 vs. Cincinnati
- 3 @ New York Mammoths
Standings Notes- In the HL East, Philadelphia is hanging on to its 1 game lead over Baltimore with a 57-32 record.
- Cleveland is up four games on the New York Metropolitans in the AL East, courtesy of their 49-39 record.
- At 53-35, St. Louis is 1 1/2 games ahead of Los Angeles in the AL West.
- The Los Angeles Bluebirds continue to hold the worst record in TBL with their 24-65 record.
- Top 10 in Power Rankings:
- Milburn
- Philadelphia
- Baltimore
- St. Louis
- Los Angeles Seraphs
- San Diego
- Dallas
- Pittsburgh
- Minnesota
- Cleveland
Around the League- Jim Steadman of Baltimore has overtaken Mike Seawright for the highest batting average in the HL. Steadman is at .384 while Seawright is at .383.
- Scott Ingram of Kansas City is now the overall leader in Batting Average thanks to his .387 average.
- Seawright continues to lead in Home Runs and RBI though. His 29 homers are 8 more than Pete Grier, who has the second most in The Big Leagues. Seawright’s 94 RBI is 19 more than Grier, also the second most in TBL.
- Barry Sandford of the Chicago Stars leads TBL in Stolen Bases with 49 thus far.
- Layne Hughes of the Pittsburgh Summits leads all pitchers in Wins with 14.
- Charlie Thomas of the St. Louis Saints leads TBL in Saves with 27 thus far.
- The Baltimore Baybirds acquired RP Barron Moore and 24-year-old minor league CF Jim Cusack from the Milwaukee Chiefs in return for 24-yaer-old minor league RHP Frank Williams and 17-year-old minor league RHP Dan Lambert. Moore is 3-1 with a 3.65 ERA on the season.
- SP Charlie Fitch of the Montreal Royales won the 100th game of his career July 8th against the New York Mammoths.
- The Seattle Rainiers traded SP Sam Bennett to the New York Mammoths in return for 24-year-old minor league LHP Haruhisa Kitajima. Bennett is 8-6 with a 3.22 ERA on the year.
- Baltimore’s Emery Beals shut out the New York Mammoths July 12th, 4-0. Beals is 12-4 with a 2.21 ERA.
- Chicago Stars CF Barry Sandford had his 20 game hitting streak snapped on July 12th by the Milwaukee Chiefs.
- Minnesota Millers RF Merv Martin was named Hickory League Player of the Week on the shoulders of his .424 average, 1 home run, and 12 RBI performance.
- Dallas Texans LF Danny Roncal earned the Ash League Player of the Week honors after his .611 batting average, 1 home run, and 7 RBI week.