Notes from the TWB Detroit Tigers Manager

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by m0ng00se

-Not one Tiger hitter hit .290 or better for the month of July. Hal Andrew was our top hitter going .286.

That's amazing. Seeing Detroit w/ the worst team batting avg in the majors is a shock.

[m0ng00se]

Originally Posted by Matt from TN

That's amazing. Seeing Detroit w/ the worst team batting avg in the majors is a shock.

Losing Kitt to retirement hurt alot. Of course the trades of Degal and Kreit were a huge factor as one would expect.

Seeing Kress, Perly, Mitchell all hitting well below their career averages is rough. I've also had to play musical chairs with the lineup more this year that almost all my other years combined due to lack of depth and guys going down with these month long injuries.

Now Coleman is out a month, which will force another lineup change and may require me to call up a AA batter to fill the hole at 1B. Allen has already hit 46HR in AA this year. Maybe he'll respond positively to a call up like Camacho did. But this latest injury is going to make it difficult to hold on to a winning record unless my pitchers step it up another notch.

[m0ng00se]

1957, 8/1 THRU 8/15

8/1 CLE @ DET: loss 1-3 Walter Pond gave up just 1R in 8IP. John Patterson (5-6, 3.41) was unable to hold in the 10th giving up 2R. Lex TW got POG as he gave up just 1R in 8.1IP. The win went to Morgan Cuellar (2-3, 3.00) who closed out the 9th. Top CLE were 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 5, 3RBI) & SP Lex TW (1 for 2, 1DBL). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1HR.

8/2 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-2 John Nolting (12-6, 3.68) got the win giving up just 2R in 8.1IP. Bernard Homic (3-1, 4.08) gave up 6R in 7.1IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were 3B Dave Lemmings (2 for 3) & LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 3R, 1BB. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 2BB.

8/3 CLE @ DET: WIN 4-2 Roy Wolfe (15-10, 3.14) got the win and POG giving up just 2R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 25th save which gives him sole control of the Tigers single season saves record. Rocky Bayne (4-11, 4.46) gave up 4R in the CG loss. Top CLE hitters were LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 1HR), 2B Dave Lemmings (2 for 2) & 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Gale Adams went 2 for 4, 1R. Jim Coleman went 2 for 3. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Barney Tonning went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR filling in at LF. It was the first ML HR of his career.

8/4 KC @ DET: loss 3-5 Hal Andrew (8-10, 4.64) gave up 5R in 5.1IP for the loss. Tad Zonkas (13-6, 2.74) got the win giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were C Sal Poulos (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1HR, POG) & RF Chip Sinton (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4. Mark Shirley went 1 for 3, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 1 for 1, but hurt his knee sprinting out that double. Jim is expected to be out at least a month. George Young subbed in for him and went 2 for 3, 2R, 1DBL.

8/5 KC @ DET: WIN 7-3 Walter Pond (8-4, 3.59) got the CG win and POG giving up just 3R. Gary Roache (3-4, 3.28) gave up 6R in 5.2IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were LF Todd Walker (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL) & C Ken Ellis (1 for 2, 1RBI, 1BB). For us, Walter Pond went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Ben Lutske went 1 for 2, 2R, 2BB, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 2BB. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.

8/6 KC @ DET: WIN 3-0 John Nolting (13-6, 3.53) pitched a 6H CG shutout for the win and POG. Martin Gwaltney (19-7, 2.86) got the CG loss giving up 3R (0ER). Top KC hitter was 1B Alan Arrutia (2 for 3) & SS Bob Moussette (1 for 2). For us, Mark Shirley filled in at CF going 2 for 3, 1RBI.

8/7 KC @ DET: loss 4-6 Roy Wolfe (15-11, 3.26) gave up 6R in 8.1IP for the loss. Grady Ingram (11-6, 4.02) got the win giving up just 3R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were SS Rob Bell (2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR, POG), PH Roger McNicholas (1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), RF Chip Sinton (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR) & 1B Charlton Brown (1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR). For us, George Young went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 1R. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1BB, 1HR. Ben Lutske went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Mark Shirley went 2 for 4.

8/8 DET @ CLE: WIN 3-1 Hal Andrew (9-10, 4.46) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8.1IP. John Patterson got the final two outs for his 26th save. Herm Labombard (12-12, 3.79) gave up 3R in 8.2IP for the loss. Top CLE hitter was C Don Lock (2 for 4). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1BB. Gale Adams went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Isaac Mitchell went 1 for 4, 2RBI.

8/9 DET @ CLE: loss 1-7 Walter Pond (8-5, 3.86) gave up 7R in 6.1IP for the loss. Lex TW (15-5, 3.15) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Top CLE hitters were 3B Dave Lemmings (1 for 2, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL), SS Myron Lilly (2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 2B Larry Kirchoff (2 for 4, 2RBI. For us, Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1RBI. We were out hit 10 to 5.

8/10 DET @ CLE: WIN 5-1 John Nolting (14-6, 3.43) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Bernard Homic (3-3, 3.88) gave up 4R in 8IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were SS Myron Lilly (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL) & 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Barney Tonning went 2 for 2, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL filling in at LF but had to leave mid game with a strained hip. He'll be day to day for about a week. George Young went 1 for 2, 2BB, 1HR. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 3. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

8/11 day off (finally)

8/12 DET @ KC: loss 2-4 Roy Wolfe gave up 4R (2ER) in 7.1IP for the loss. Grady Ingram (12-6, 3.95) got the win and POG giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were C Sal Poulos (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL) & SS Rob Bell (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1HR. Nasty Camacho went 1 for 2, 2BB.

8/13 DET @ KC: WIN 3-2 Hal Andrews (10-10, 4.31) got the win giving up just 2R (1ER) in 8.1IP. John Patterson got the final two outs for his 27th save. Tad Zonkas (13-7, 2.99) gave up 3R in 8IP for the loss. Top KC hitter was 1B Charlton Brown (1 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ben Lutske went 2 for 4.

8/14 DET @ KC: loss 3-10 Walter Pond (8-6, 4.06) gave up 6R in 5.2IP for the loss. Gary Roache (4-4, 3.32) got the win giving up 3R in 7.1IP. Top KC hitters were 1B Chartlon Brown (3 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), SS Rob Bell (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI) & PH Ed Monchak (1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI). For us, Ben Lutske went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1HR. George Young went 2 for 4, 1DBL.

8/15 BAL @ DET: loss 3-5 John Nolting (14-7, 3.48) gave up 4R in 6.2IP for the loss. Sid Medcalf (8-16, 5.06) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Top BAL hitters were LF Chet Pardue (4 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, POG), SS Ken Whitt (3 for 5, 2RBI). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for , 1DBL. George Young went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. George has hit surprisingly well filling in for Coleman. He's hit .350 so far in August and is on a 6 game hitting streak. That .350 is so far above his career average that I am not wanting to count on him hitting like that for another month, so I may need to call up Rye Allen's powerful bat.


STANDINGS
61-56, #3 in the AL, 13.5 games behind KC, 7-7 in the first half of August

BAD NEWS
-Yet another lineup change will be required as Coleman is out for a month. He was hitting .385 in his 4 August games before leaving with a knee injury.
-Two solid starts were followed by two stinkers for Walter Pond. I was hoping for a bit more consistency out of him when I put him into the rotation.
-Kress (.260), Castaneda (.260), Perly (.239) all underperformed although Perly did at least hit for power (4HR, 9RBI).

GOOD NEWS
-George Young (.350, 7R) & Gale Adams (.333) were our top bats early on in August.
-John Nolting (3-1, 1.91) & Hal Andrew (2-1, 2.86) looked good. On 8/15 Hal Andrew was named Player of the Week.
-Matt Perly hit RBI # 1500 on 8/13.

ROSTER MOVES
-George Young's .350 was a very pleasant surprise this month, but it's so far above his career average that I'm not sure I want to hand him 1B for another month. I may need to call up Rye Allen's powerful bat earlier than I had planned.

TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Batting AVG: .236 (16th) *ouch*
Homeruns: 121 (T-4th)
Walks: 384 (8th)
Stolen Bases: 24 (13th)
Runs Scored: 464 (15th) *ditto*
Pitching ERA: 3.79 (5th)
Opponents AVG: .257 (8th)
HRs Allowed: 129 (15th)
Walks Allowed: 338 (5th)
Runs Allowed: 477 (5th)

AL TOP10 TIGERS
DBL - Jim Coleman #6
HR - Perly #7, Coleman #9, Kress #10
RBI - Coleman #8, Perly #9
BB - Kress #1, Perly #9
WIN - Wolfe #2, Nolting #4
SVs - Patterson #2
Ks - Nolting #6, Wolfe #9
ERA - Wolfe #6, Nolting #9

Wow, very sad to not see even one Tiger in the AVG, SLG or RUN lists.

CAREER LEADERBOARD
AVG - Kress #23
HR - Kress #2, Perly #6, Ormiston #23
RBI - Perly #18
BB - Kress #4
Ks - Andrew #13

[m0ng00se]

1957, 8/16 THRU 8/31

8/16 BAL @ DET: loss 8-11 Roy Wolfe (15-13, 3.47) gave up 7R in 2IP for the loss. Alter Sennelnekoff (10-11, 4.84) got the win giving up 7R in 8IP. Top BAL hitters were LF Chet Pardue (3 for 4, 2R< 3RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1TRPL, POG), 2B Dale Thompson (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & 3B Gus Smith (2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 2RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1SB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 4R, 3BB, 1TRPL, 1SB.

8/17 BAL @ DET: loss 4-5 Hal Andrew gave up 3R in 8IP. The loss went to John Patterson (5-7, 3.22) who gave up 2R in the final 2IP. Joe Stahl gave up 4R (2ER) in 7.2IP. The win went to Steve Leach (6-4, 3.93) who pitched a scoreless 9th & 10th. Top BAL hitter was 1B Tom Kruyt (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG) & CF Mike Maginnis (1 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Hal Andrew went 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rye Allen went 1 for 3, 1R getting his first major league hit.

8/18 BAL @ DET: WIN 3-2 Walter Pond gave up just 2R (1ER) in 8.2IP. Magnus George (2-1, 4.35) got the win throwing one pitched for the last out in the top of the 9th. Bud Ulrich gave up 2R in 8IP. Frank Vamos (5-5, 5.01) lost giving up a 2R HR to Mitchell in the 9th. Top BAL hitters were C Walt Stein (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), SS Ken Whitt (2 for 4, 1SB) & 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 4). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4 as did Dave Castaneda.

8/19 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-2 John Nolting (15-7, 3.40) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. Magnus George got his 3rd save of the season despite giving up a run in the 9th. Eric Cohen (8-14, 4.37) got the CG loss giving up 3R. Top CHI hitters were 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4) & CF Henry Thomas (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Ben Lutske went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1HR.

8/20 CHI @ DET: loss 3-8 Roy Wolfe (15-14, 3.48) gave up 8R (3ER) in 7.2IP. Nate Lewis (12-13, 4.68) got the win giving up 3R in 7IP. POG went to CHI CF Henry Thomas (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR). For us, Nasty Camacho went 2 for 4, 1R. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1B, 1HR.

8/21 CHI @ DET: WIN 7-2 Hal Andrew (11-10, 4.16) got the win and POG giving up just 4H, 1BB & 2R. Max Matamoros (12-14, 4.38) gave up 7R (4ER) in 6.1IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were 2B Tony Seats (1 for 3, 1R, 1DBL) & 1B Dom Rubino (1 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Gale Adams went 1 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rye Allen went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Hal Andrew went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Ray Kress went 1 for 1, 1R, 3BB.

8/22 DET @ BAL: loss 1-4 Walter Pond (8-7, 3.88) got the CG loss giving up 4R (3ER). Bud Ulrich (11-10, 4.48) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. Top BAL hitter was Henri Gallais (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Walter Pond went 1 for 3, 1RBI.

8/23 DET @ BAL: loss 5-10 John Nolting (15-8, 3.58) gave up 7R (6ER) in 3.1IP for the loss. Sid Medcalf (9-17, 5.21) got the CG win despite giving up 5R. Top BAL hitters were LF Chet Pardue (3 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1SB, POG) & CF Mike Maginnis (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1SB). For us, Ben Lutske went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

8/24 DET @ BAL: WIN 7-2 Roy Wolfe (16-14, 3.39) got the CG win and POG giving up just 2R (1ER). Alter Sennelnekoff (11-12, 4.81) gave up 7R in 8IP. Top BAL hitter was RF Pete Pugliese (2 for 4). For us, Ben Lutske went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rye Allen went 1 for 4 hitting the first HR of his major league career.

8/25 DET @ BAL: loss 4-7 Hal Andrew (11-11, 4.36) got the loss giving up 6R in 3.2IP. Joe Stahl (4-0, 3.63) got the win giving up 4R in 7IP. Top BAL hitters were Dale Thompson (2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), SS Ken Whitt (3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI) & 3B Boris Zimyanin (2 for 4, 2RBI). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR.

8/26 DET @ CHI: loss 5-6 Walter Pond (8-8, 3.98) gave up 6R (5ER) in 7IP. Max Matamoros (13-14, 4.44) got the win giving up 5R in 7IP. Top CHI hitters were 2B Tony Seats (2 for 4,1 R, 1RBI) & C Joey Rustin (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG). For us, Rollin Fish went 3 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL. Ray kress went 2 for 4, 3R, 1BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1R, 3RBI subbing in at CF mid game. Perly has played at every position this year except for C, P & LF.

8/27 DET @ CHI: loss 1-2 John Nolting (15-9, 3.53) got the CG loss giving up 2R. Sam Quintero (12-18, 4.16) got the CG win giving up just 1R. Both pitchers showed a lot of heart pitching CGs on a rainy day. Top CHI hitters were CF Henry Thomas (2 for 4, 1RBI) & 1B Dom Rubino (1 for 4). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 3.


8/28 DET @ CHI: loss 1-9 Roy Wolfe (16-15, 3.53) gave up 7R in 7.2IP. Ernest Cohen pitched 4 shutout innings but then had to leave the game with shoulder soreness. Mark Moore (3-2, 5.92) got the win giving up just 1R in the next 3IP. Top CHI hitters were 1B Dom Rubino (3 for 4, 3R, 3RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, 1HR, POG), RF Bob Abrams (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI) & CF Henry Thomas (3 for 5, 3R, 1SB). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Rye Allen went 1 for 4, 1HR.

8/29 day off

8/30 BOS @ DET: loss 5-9 Sonny Faulkner (4-10, 4.81) got a spot start and gave up 7R in 7.2IP for the loss. Curly Roberts (4-5, 6.56) got the win giving up 5R in 7IP. Top BOS hitters were CF Ricardo Culebras (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG), LF George Unruh (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 2DBL) & C Dirtbag Degal (1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Mark Shirley subbed in for an injured Matt Perly and went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Perly was injured early throwing the ball. He will be day2day for the rest of the year.

8/31 BOS @ DET: loss 6-7 Walter Pond gave up 6R (4ER) in 7.1IP. The loss went to Magnus George (2-2, 4.10) who gave up a 9th inning HR to Dirtbag. Cirilo Gonzalez gave up 2R in 2.1IP before leaving the game with a sore elbow. The win went to Billy Hyberg (1-0, 0.93) who pitched a scoreless 8th. Top BOS hitters were 2B Mike Kreitenberg (3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1SB, POG), 3B Chris Javel (2 for 5, 2RBI) & C Dirtbag Degal (2 for 4, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 2R, 1BB. Rollin Fish went 2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR.

STANDINGS
65-67, 5th in the AL, 22 games behind KC, 4-11 in the last 2 weeks

BAD NEWS
-We were bad in so many ways. This kind of reminds me how things were at times in my early days with the Tigers when we couldn't hit to save our lives but our pitching was good or we hit well, but our pitching or defense let us down.
-Perly is injured making him day2day for the remainder of the year... this with Coleman still out.
-Pond (1-4, 4.43) & Wolfe (2-5, 5.04) had a rough month.

GOOD NEWS
-Nolting had a decent month (4-3, 2.72).
-The minor league coaches are saying Lester Finley is about ready to make the jump to AA. I hope so as he is our only legit CF prospect. He's been way up and down according to our scouts so hopefully this is a sign that he's settling in some.
-Our AAA coach is telling me SP Bill Lovely is ready to move up. Maybe I should consider him for the #4 spot for September. He's had two solid AAA years and seems to have nothing more to learn there.

[m0ng00se]

1957, 9/1 THRU EOY

9/1 BOS @ DET: WIN 2-1 John Nolting (16-9, 3.45) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 28th save. JD Allen got the loss giving up 2R in 5.2IP. Top BOS hitters was SS Morris Lutske (1 for 3, 1BB). For us, Mark Shirley went 3 for 4, 1R filling in at 2B. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 4. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR.

9/2 CLE @ DET: loss 2-4 Hal Andrew gave up 2R in 6.2IP. The loss went to Magnus George (2-3, 4.28) who gave up 1R in the 9th. Herm Labombard (15-14, 3.72) got the win and POG giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top CLE hitters were LF Paul Lett (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR), 2B Rob Delcambre (3 for 4) & 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 2, 1R, 1DBL subbing in at LF mid game. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R.

9/3 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-3 Roy WOlfe (17-15, 3.52) got the win giving up 3R in 8.2IP. John Patterson got the final out for his 29th save. Lex TW got the CG loss giving up 6R. Top CLE hitters were CF Andrew Vamos (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL), 2B Larry Kirchoff (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1TRPL) & LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Ben Lutske got POG going 2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R.

9/4 CLE @ DET: WIN 7-5 Bill Lovely (1-0, 4.50) made his major league debut and got a win giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a hitless 9th for his 30th save. Floyd McCumber (2-1, 3.71) gave up 7R (4ER) in the first 1.2IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were C Don Lock (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL), LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 2RBI) & PH Frank Winsett (1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Rye Allen got POG going 1 for 4, 3RBI, 1 bases loaded DBL. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2R. Rollin Fish will miss a week as he strained a rib muscle making a diving catch.

9/5 day off

9/6 WSH @ DET: WIN 10-1 John Nolting (17-9, 3.37) gave up just 1R for the CG win and POG. Van Melbourn (7-13, 3.80) gave up 8R (4ER) in 5IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were LF Leo Emig (2 for 4) & PH Toby Klug (1 for 1, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR. Ben Lutske went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Mar Shirley went 1 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 1 for 3, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR.

9/7 WSH @ DET: WIN 5-2 Hal Andrew (12-11, 4.13) got the win and POG giving up 2R (0ER) in 8.2IP. Lukas Dietrich (12-14, 3.86) gave up 4R in 6IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & LF Keith Chandler (2 for 3). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. George Young hit a solo PH HR.

9/8 WSH @ DET: loss 1-2 Roy Wolfe (17-16, 3.47) got the CG loss giving up just 2R. Bob Netsky (8-16, 4.83) pitched 7.2 shutout innings for the win and POG. Top WSH hitter was SS Walt Mayotte (2 for 3, 1BB). FOr us, Mark Shirley went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR filling in at 2B... Perly's been starting at CF since Fish's injury.

9/9 DET @ KC: WIN 10-6 Bill Lovely (2-0, 5.29) got the CG win giving up 6R. Tad Zonkas (16-9, 3.22) gave up 4R in 6IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were LF Em Ryan (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), 1B Chip Brown (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 2b Ace Habermehl (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB). For us, Ben Lutske got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Matt perly went 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1B, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1BB.

9/10 DET @ KC: loss 1-2 John Nolting (17-10, 3.35) got the loss giving up just 2R in 7.1IP. Martin Gwaltney (26-7, 2.75) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL) & 2B Ace Habermehl (2 for 4). For us, Mark Shirley went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1HR.

9/11 DET @ KC: loss 3-18 Hal Andrew (12-12. 4.44) gave up 9R (8R) 1.1IP for the loss. Jackie Bowen got the CG win giving up 3R. Pretty much every KC hitter hit well this agme. Their SS Rob Bell went 4 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR for POG & LF Em Ryan went 4 for 5, 4R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 1R, 1DBL.

9/12 BOS @ DET: loss 7-8 Roy Wolfe (17-17, 3.66) gave up 8R in 5IP for the loss. Josh Deyo (5-3, 4.54) got the win giving up 5R in 7.1IP. Top BOS hitters were LF George Unruh (2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR, POG), 1B Irving Korr (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 3B Chris Javel (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Mark Shirley filled in at 3B and went 3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR.

9/13 BOS @ DET: loss 0-6 Bill Lovely (2-1, 5.84) gave up 6R in 7.2IP for the loss. Curly Roberts (6-6, 5-74) pitched 7.2 shutout innings for the win and POG. Top BOS hitters were RF Lue Arbour (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR), 1B Irving Korr (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) & 3B Chris Javel (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR). For us, Rye Allen went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL. Nasty Camacho went 1 for 3, 1DBL.

9/14 BOS @ DET: loss 1-7 John Nolting (17-11, 3.43) gave up 7R (5ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. JD Allen (4-6, 4.52) got the win giving up just 1R in 5.2IP. Top BOS hitters were SS Morris Lutske (4 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL), RF Lue Arbor (2 for 5, 3RBI, 1TRPL). For us, Barney Tonning went 3 for 5, 2DBL filling in at LF. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4.

9/15 day off

9/16 DET @ CHI: loss 1-2 Hal Andrew (13-12, 4.34) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 7IP. Walter Pond got the final two outs of the game for his 1st save of the season. Nate Lewis (13-16, 4.46) gave up just 2R in 8IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were CF Henry Thomas (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL) & RF Bob Abrams (2 for 3, 1BB). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 1RBI.

9/17 DET @ CHI: loss 2-6 Roy Wolfe (17-18, 3.71) gave up 5R in the CG loss. Max Matamoros (14-18, 4.49) gave up just 2R for the CG win and POG. ToP CHI hitters were RF Alan Roloff (4 for 4, 1R, 2RBI) & 3B Oliver Sharkey (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR). For us, Nasty Camacho went 1 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL.

9/18 DET @ CHI: loss 3-11 Bill Lovely (2-2, 6.98) gave up 7R in 5IP. Sam Quintero (16-19, 3.98) got the win giving up 3R in 6.2IP. Top CHI hitters were LF Bob Abrams (4 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), RF Alan Roloff (3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR) & 3B Rob Rael (3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1RBI.

9/19 DET @ WSH: loss 3-4 John Nolting gave up 3R (2ER) in 7IP. The loss went to John Patterson (5-8, 3.10) who was unable to hold in the 9th. John left the game with a sore elbow, he's expected to be day2day for about a week. Van Melbourn gave up 3R in 8IP. The win went to John Skoropat (4-6, 3.86) who pitched a scoreless 9th. Top WSH hitter was LF Keith Chandler (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1BB, 1HR. Mark Shirley went 2 for 4 filling in at 2B. Jim Coleman went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

9/20 DET @ WSH: loss 1-2 Hal Andrew gave up just 1R in 7IP. The loss went to Tim Donahue (2-4, 7.32) who gave up a 9th inning run. Lukas Deitrich (14-14, 3.65) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Top WSH hitters were LF Leo Emig (1 for 3, 1BB) & 2B Sean Leee (1 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Nasty camacho went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 2DBL.

9/21 DET @ WSH: loss 2-3 Roy Wolfe (17-19, 3.70) gave up 3R for the CG loss. Bob Netsky (9-18, 4.81) got the win giving up 2R in 7IP. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (3 for 4, 1RBI), LF Keith Chandler (2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL) & C Mike Brennan (2 for 4). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1DBL, 1SB. Mark Shirley filled in at 3B and went 1 for 2, 1BB, 1HR.

9/22 day off

9/23 CHI @ DET: WIN 11-10 Bill Lovely gave up 5R (4ER) in 9IP. Walter Pond (9-8, 3.92) came in for the final out and the win. Sam Quintero gave up 5R in 8IP. The loss went to John Mora (7-8, 6.09) who gave up 2R in the 10th. Top CHI hitters were 3B Rob Rael (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), RF Alan Roloff (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL) & 1B Oliver Sharkey (2 for 2, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda got POG going 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI.

9/24 CHI @ DET: WIN 9-2 John Nolting (18-11, 3.38) gave up just 2R in 8IP for the win. Ernest Cohen (8-16, 4.43) gave up 8R in 6IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were 2B Tony Seats (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & CF Henry Thomas (2 for 3, 1BB, 1TRPL). For us, Jim Coleman got POG going 4 for 4, 2R, 5RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Ben Lutske went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

9/25 CHI @ DET: WIN 4-1 Hal Andrew (14-12, 4.16) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 7IP. Tim Donahue got the first save of his major league career pitching a hitless 9th. Nate Lewis (13-18, 4.44) got the loss giving up 3R in 6IP. Top CHI hitter was SS John Henning (1 for 3). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

FINAL STANDINGS

Team         W  L  PCT   GB

Kansas City 99 55 .643   - 
New York    95 59 .617  4.0
Baltimore   81 73 .526 18.0
Cleveland   77 77 .500 22.0
Detroit     75 79 .487 24.0
Chicago     67 87 .435 32.0
Boston      65 89 .422 34.0
Washington  57 97 .370 42.0

BAD NEWS
-10-13 in September isn't what we were hoping for. We finished with a losing record for the first time in my time as a GM.
-John Patterson got injured in the final week and took some very unfortunately talent hits. Lester Finley had some bad talent hits earlier in the season and has nearly bounced back. Hopefully John will do the same as he is one of my favorite young pitchers in the game right now.
-Bill Lovely was called up for the final month of the season and got roughed up a bit in our rotation going 2-2, 6.28. Unfortunately his previous employer burned up all his options years so he's on our roster for better or for worse from this day forward as he would almost certainly be grabbed if he had to pass waivers. Hopefully he'll have a good spring training and begin to carry his load next year.
-Roy Wolfe also had a rough month going 1-4, 4.89 and finished with his first losing season since 1948.

GOOD NEWS
-Coleman came back from injury and hit .368, 2HR in 9 games.
-Mitchell (.342, 10RBI), Shirley (.339, 11R) & Kress (.325, 19R, 15BB) also finished the year strong.
-Nolting (3-2, 2.54) & Andrew (3-1, 3.11) were our top starters in Sept.
-At the end of the year we have the #1 rated farm system. Last year we finished with (by far) the worst farm system. Hopefully we will have a lucky draft this next year and make it stronger.

[m0ng00se]

TEAM STAT STANDINGS

Batting AVG:   .240 (16th) *ouch*
Homeruns:       163  (3rd)
Walks:          513  (8th)
Stolen Bases:    29 (13th)
Runs Scored:    619 (13th)
Pitching ERA:  3.98  (8th)
Opponents AVG: .260  (9th)
HRs Allowed:    168 (14th)
Walks Allowed:  435  (5th)
Runs Allowed:   668  (8th)

1957 HITTING

Name	       G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB  K SB  AVG  OBP  SLG

M. Szymaniak   8   7   3  0  0  0   0   0   1  1  0 .429 .500 .429
R. Kress     146 505 149 13  5 25  62 102 124 93  4 .295 .435 .489
D. Castaneda  98 348 101  8  0  9  28  58  57 66  0 .290 .393 .391
J. Starling    4   7   2  1  0  0   0   0   0  1  0 .286 .286 .429
N. Camacho    83 267  75 11  1  5  22  25  24 48  1 .281 .347 .386
I. Mitchell  133 470 129 17  4  5  49  35  15 50  1 .274 .301 .360
J. Coleman   113 418 114 26  3 23  79  60  37 55  2 .273 .328 .514
G. Young      46 109  28  5  0  3   8  10   6 13  0 .257 .291 .385
M. Shirley   118 315  76 13  5 10  32  48  29 57 11 .241 .305 .410
M. Perly     143 506 122 14  2 29  87  72  69 91  1 .241 .332 .449
B. Lutske    136 480 112 19  0 19  75  52  32 86  2 .233 .279 .392
R. Fish      136 463 108 12  1 15  46  54  55 53  7 .233 .314 .361
H. Andrew     37  78  17  3  0  1   7   8   2 19  0 .218 .247 .295
G. Adams     119 375  81 14  0 13  52  37  21 64  0 .216 .259 .357
E. Lundberg   43  80  15  3  0  1   5   7   9  8  0 .188 .270 .263
W. Pond       33  70  12  2  0  0   5   6   2 17  0 .171 .194 .200
L. Jolly      44 105  18  3  0  2   6   4  10 17  0 .171 .256 .257
B. Tonning    46 106  18  6  2  1   6  10   8 20  0 .170 .241 .292
R. Allen      31  90  15  4  1  2  10   5   2 20  0 .167 .185 .300
P. Short      42 107  16  5  2  0   2  13   1 22  0 .150 .157 .234
R. Wolfe      38 109  14  2  0  0   6   2   4 34  0 .128 .158 .147
E. Faulkner   20  32   4  0  1  0   2   4   0  6  0 .125 .125 .188
J. Nolting    39 106  10  4  0  0   4   7   2 34  0 .094 .111 .132

1957 PITCHING

Name          G GS  W  L SV  ERA  IP    HA   R  ER  BB   K

 
J. Nolting   39 39 18 11  0 3.38 296.0 301 122 111  81 190 
R. Wolfe     38 38 17 19  0 3.70 301.1 305 140 124  76 178 
H. Andrew    35 35 14 12  0 4.16 236.0 201 118 109 100 177 
W. Pond      33 24  9  8  1 3.90 191.1 194  92  83  76  50 
J. Patterson 83  0  5  8 30 3.10  93.0  81  35  32  14  36 
E. Faulkner  19 13  4 10  1 4.67 106.0 124  60  55  39  48 
M. George    37  0  2  3  3 6.06  32.2  34  23  22  11  19 
B. Lovely     5  5  2  2  0 6.28  38.2  45  29  27   8  18 
T. Donahue   24  0  2  4  1 8.02  21.1  31  23  19  16  10 
S. Cole      18  0  1  2  0 6.38  24.0  32  21  17  12  13 
O. Adkins    13  0  1  0  0 1.37  19.2  13   3   3   2  13 
S. Brown      8  0  0  0  0 3.00   6.0   6   2   2   0   2

AL TOP10 TIGERS
OBP - Kress #2
HR - Perly #5, Kress #9
RUN - Kress #5
BB - Kress #1, Perly #9
WIN - Nolting #4, Wolfe #7
SVs - Patterson #2
Ks - Nolting #7, WOlfe #10
ERA - Nolting #7, Wolfe #10

CAREER LEADERBOARDS
AVG - Kress #24
HR - Kress #2, Perly #6, Ormiston #23
RBI - Perly #16
BB - Kress #3
Ks - Andrew #10, Nolting #23

RECORDS
Tiger Games in a Season - Patterson 83
Tiger Saves in a Season - Patterson 30

END OF YEAR AWARDS
-to be determined

[m0ng00se]

Holy crap, are you kidding me? I've lost two and a half seasons of posts?!?!?!?!

Arg. I'm not sure that I see the point of continuing this thread if this site is going to be so pathetic with their recoveries.

[m0ng00se]

END OF SEASON 1960

AL STANDINGS

Team         W  L  PCT   GB  Home  Away XInn   1Run
Baltimore   95 59 .617   -  47-30 48-29 11-4  27-21
New York    87 67 .565  8.0 54-23 33-44  6-8  23-25
Cleveland   86 68 .558  9.0 47-30 39-38 12-4  27-17
Kansas City 85 69 .552 10.0 46-31 39-38  5-5  21-25
Chicago     84 70 .545 11.0 45-32 39-38  8-8  32-24
Detroit     64 90 .416 31.0 32-45 32-45  6-7  25-29
Boston      59 95 .383 36.0 32-45 27-50  3-8  17-29
Washington  56 98 .364 39.0 32-45 24-53  3-10 20-22

HITTING

Name           G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K SB  AVG  OBP  SLG 
S. King       38   4   2  0  0  0   0  0  0  2  0 .500 .500 .500 
N. Camacho   134 389 120 23  3 11  55 55 29 64  1 .308 .364 .468 
L. Logan     133 482 143 14  6  2  32 80 54 93 44 .297 .370 .363 
K. Knox      124 440 127 13  3 18  67 54 45 76  7 .289 .355 .455 
R. Turnbull   20  72  20  3  0  1   5 10  8 16  2 .278 .350 .361 
L. Long      148 563 156 30 12 41 130 88 36 92 13 .277 .319 .591 
J. Caufield  111 397 103 14  4 18  61 62 31 75  3 .259 .312 .451 
R. Allen     137 471 118 24  7 25  73 62 28 41  3 .251 .291 .490 
G. Adams      83 272  65 11  1 11  31 33  8 55  0 .239 .270 .408 
L. Finley    133 422  98 22  4 10  48 37 29 78  2 .232 .285 .374 
D. Castaneda 112 346  78  7  2  0  15 44 56 84  2 .225 .335 .257 
L. Jolly       8  32   7  1  0  0   2  3  1  6  0 .219 .242 .250 
B. Lutske     91 285  61  9  2  5  25 21 23 62  1 .214 .273 .312 
I. Mitchell   49 114  21  1  2  0   6  8  3 20  0 .184 .203 .228 
J. Cano       89 198  36 11  3  4  20 18 24 43  5 .182 .274 .328 
M. Perly      90 111  19  1  2  1   7 10 21 24  1 .171 .306 .243 
J. Coleman    78 114  19  1  2  3  11 10  7 27  0 .167 .220 .289 
B. Spence     45  67  11  1  0  0   4  7  8 11  0 .164 .247 .179 
B. Lovely     39 107   8  3  0  0   3 10  8 39  0 .075 .137 .103 
G. Scalzo     22  18   1  1  0  0   0  4  2  6  2 .056 .150 .111 
D. Sharkey    39 107   5  2  0  0   4  1  5 37  0 .047 .088 .065 
P. Wanklen    38  93   3  2  1  0   0  3  2 25  0 .032 .053 .075 
R. Bazer      36  93   2  1  0  0   3  4  3 33  1 .022 .052 .032 
E. Faulkner   20   7   0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0 .000 .000 .000 
R. Wolfe      29   6   0  0  0  0   0  1  1  1  0 .000 .143 .000 
M. George     30   0   0  0  0  0   0  1  1  0  0 .000 .000 .000 
J. Patterson  86   3   0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0 .000 .000 .000 
T. Donahue    15   3   0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1  0 .000 .000 .000

PITCHING

Name          G GS  W  L SV  ERA   IP   HA   R  ER  BB   K 
D. Sharkey   39 39 17 13  0 3.44 293.1 287 125 112 118 123 
B. Lovely    39 39 15 15  0 3.96 300.1 317 145 132  31 170 
P. Wanklen   38 38 11 25  0 5.42 265.2 272 167 160 116 160 
R. Bazer     36 36  9 17  0 5.54 243.2 260 162 150 134 127 
J. Patterson 86  0  9  8 25 3.00  99.0 103  35  33  23  59 
M. George    30  0  1  5  0 5.48  21.1  28  17  13  14  14 
S. King      38  1  1  4  4 5.80  49.2  70  32  32  18  10 
E. Faulkner  20  1  1  1  0 4.98  34.1  33  22  19  16  15 
T. Donahue   15  0  0  2  1 3.60  25.0  24  14  10  14  17 
R. Wolfe     29  0  0  0  1 5.77  39.0  50  28  25  12  25 
M. Brazil     2  0  0  0  0 0.00   1.0   0   0   0   0   0

TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Batting AVG: .234 (14th)
Homeruns: 149 (8th)
Walks: 433 (13th)
Stolen Bases: 87 (2nd)
Runs Scored: 625 (14th)
Pitching ERA: 4.50 (14th)
Opponents AVG: .271 (14th)
HRs Allowed: 166 (13th)
Walks Allowed: 496 (8th)
Runs Allowed: 747 (13th)

AL TOP10 TIGERS
SLG - Long #1
TRPL - Long #1
HR - Long #1
RBI - Long #1
SB - Logan #2, Long #9
WIN - Sharkey #8
SVs - Patterson #1
ERA - Sharkey #10

CAREER LEADERBOARD
HR - Perly #5
RBI - Perly #11
SVs - Patterson #12

THE BAD
-in 1960 the development gods continued to be unkind on the Tigers. Long followed his ROY year last year with a decent year stat-wise. However, multiple hits to his power ratings and also some valuable CON talent loss... it is very unlikely that he'll be able to repeat this years #1 in HR tie next year. Several other prospects also lost talent making their chances of being impact major league players very slim.
-SP Perry Wanklen lead the league in losses... although he did at least manage a Player of the week in September pitching two consecutive 3H shutouts and then allowing only 1 run in his final game of the season. He finished 5-1 in his final 6 games, so there is some hope for this guy.
-Injuries... we had some bad timing with injuries, but honestly, we should probably put this in the good category as we clearly faired better than other teams, especially the way we avoided season enders and career enders like Cleveland's devastating loss of Herman Labombard.

THE GOOD
-Larry Long was #1 in the entire league in RBI, tied for #1 overall in HR. He was also #1 in the AL in TRPL (tie) & SLG. He was an all star. He also was the Batter of the Month in August going .290, 11HR, 28RBI, 18R. Pretty good stuff the year following his ROY award.
-David Castaneda got his 2000th career hit on 4/26/1960, off Lukas Dietrich (CLE)...
-Luke Logan was only a few SB short of the Tiger record for most in a season.
-Dick Sharkey managed a 17-13 record on a team that went 64-90. I dubbed him our "ace" at the start of the season and he responded with the best effort of all our SP.
-Closer John Patterson lead the AL in saves by 5 despite our terrible record.
-Bub Turnbull tore up AAA going .329 for two seasons and then made his ML debut as a September call up this year hitting .278 for the month. He's got a legitimate shot at ROY next year.
-SS Edgar Dillon is progressing nicely going from A-ball to AA. Our coaches are now claiming he's already ready for AAA. If he were to have a good spring training then we would be forced to make a decision at SS sooner than we expected. He's clearly the better glove over Turnbull there and Turnbull really looks best defensively at 1B. But then we'd have to displace Allen. And then there's Nasty Camacho... another average glove but reliable hitter who will continue to be forced into super sub duty. We clearly have a log jam in middle IF. But then again, Long's talent drops have made us nervous enough about 3B so we are not so eager to deal Turnbull who could move to 3B instead of 1B if he had to. Too many possibilities... hurting my brain. There should be some interesting ST battles.

END OF SEASON AWARDS
BATTER OF THE YEAR - Larry Long
GOLD GLOVES - CF Lester Finley

[m0ng00se]

1961 PRESEASON

RETIRED:
-Dusty Keiper
-Walter Pond
-Elton Faulkner
-Sam Cheney
-David Castaneda
-Ben Lutske

EXPANSION DRAFT LOSSES:
-SS Eddie Nickerson
-MR Bill Skow
-MR Mike Brazil
-3B Bernie Spence
-SP Lewis Betz
-2B Matt Perly
-MR Magnus George


-Watching Matt Perly retire on another teams bench is going to suck quite a lot. I wish I had been able to have the time to be more creative with my protected list to ensure he would retire as a Tiger. He's just one of those guys who doesn't know when to hang'em up.
-Dave Castaneda would have been another guy I wouldn't have wanted to see retire elsewhere, but luckily he chose to call it a career rather than allow him self to be drafted in expansion.
-I was hoping Eddie Nickerson would some how escape the attention of the expansion teams, but deep down I knew he was gone. But with Moe Todd showing signs of also being a good SS prospect, we knew we could afford to let one of them go.
-Magnus George has been our setup guy for a few years now. But he turns 38 this year and didn't look like he had much left in the tank towards the end of the season. So, future-wise, he will not be a big loss. But our BP was already weak and has been made weaker with these expansion draft losses. I'm not yet sure who I'm going to be able to count on to help Patterson close out games.

SPRING TRAINING
-We got a couple of really nice scouting reports on SS/3B Moe Todd (now a 6/6/4/7/7 talent) and SP Alex Childress (was a 4/5/5 talent, now a 6/7/6).
-SS Edgar Dillon's bat is nearly major league ready and would be a big defensive improvement at short over Camacho and Turnbull. He'll move up to AAA for sure, but I'll let Turnbull keep his starting SS spot for a while longer and hope that Bub rebounds some of that nasty talent hit he took late last year.
-2B Luke Logan's OBP should improve this year as his eye has never been sharper.

[MogulChamp]

Originally Posted by m0ng00se

Watching Matt Perly retire on another teams bench is going to suck quite a lot. I wish I had been able to have the time to be more creative with my protected list to ensure he would retire as a Tiger. He's just one of those guys who doesn't know when to hang'em up.

"It's very rare that you can start a team with a player as knowledgable and passionate about the game as Matt Perly," says new Washington Senators GM J.D. Rockwell, at the conclusion of the expansion draft. "In addition to his unparalleled baseball knowledge and his winning attitude, we have drafted a player who will be able to motivate the rest of his team. I've not seen a groundout that he hasn't hustled to first on, and it's that same attitude we want here in Washington."