Notes from the TWB Detroit Tigers Manager

[m0ng00se]

1952, 6/1 THRU 6/15

6/1 DET @ StL: WIN 8-1 Bud Ulrich pitched 8 shutout innings, but unfortunately Lloyd Wyman (3-1, 2.35) blew a save op giving up a run in the 9th, but then held on to for the win as we responded with 7 10th inning runs. Eugene Sprecher (3-9, 4.27) gave up 4R in 9IP for the loss. Top StL batters were C Thomas Kruyt (2 for 4) & LF John Fahringer (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 4 for 6, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL.

6/2 DET @ StL: loss 3-4 Roy Wolfe only gave up 3H & 1R in 8IP. But Sam Cole blew a save opp in the 9th and Alan Paule (3-2, 2.40) gave up the game winner in the 11th. Don Allen got POG giving up 3R (0ER) in 9IP. The win went to their closer Ray Seidel (1-1, 5.63) who pitched a scoreless 11th. Top StL hitter was SS Speedy Perly (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB on a day where we were held to 4 hits.

6/3 NYY @ DET: WIN 3-2 Corky Stell got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a hitless 9th for his 9th save. Tom Zonneveld (4-8, 4.34) gave up 3R in a CG loss. Top Yank hitter was C Rich Curtis (2 for 3, 1RBI, 2DBL). For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

6/4 NYY @ DET: WIN 10-2 Hal Andrew gave up 1R in 4.1IP before leaving the game with a sore back. The win went to Alan Paule (4-2, 2.55) who gave up 1R in the next 2.2IP. Eric Willaims (6-6, 4.55) gave up 7R in 7IP. Top Yank hitters were 3B Tim Dilworth (3 for 4, 1HR) & LF Turk Baker (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Rollin Fish got POG going 2 for 4, 2HR. Carl Sandoz went 1 for 2, 1HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Hal is expected to be day2day for about a month.

6/5 NYY @ DET: WIN 3-1 Bud Ulrich gave up 1R in 8.1IP for the win & POG. Sam Cole closed out the game for his 4th save. Maury Baum (6-5, 3.34) gave up 3R in 6IP for the loss. Top Yank hitter was RF Charles Gillis (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress and Dennis Kitterman both went 1 for 4, 1HR.

6/6 DET @ CLE: WIN 6-1 Roy Wolfe gave up only 1R in 8IP for POG. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th and then got the win as we scored 5R in the 10th. Howie Leosh (3-7, 7.46) gave up 5R in 9IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were RF Frank Winsett (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR) & CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1RBI before leaving the game with a sore bicep on his throwing arm. He's expected to be day2day for about a month.

6/7 DET @ CLE: WIN 7-2 Corky Stell (8-3, 2.50) gave up only 4H & 2R In a CG win. Houston Boler (4-7, 4.56) gave up 7 in 7 for the loss. Top CLE hitter was 2B John Valcarcel who went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB. For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 2 for 3, 3R, 4RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB, 1DBL.

6/8 DET @ CLE: WIN 7-5 Hal Andrew (7-4, 2.86) got the win despite giving up 5R in 7.2IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for this 10th save. George Kauffman (6-5, 4.07) gave up 6R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top CLE hitter was SS Victor Estevez (2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 3, 3R, 2RBI, 2BB, 2HR. Hal Andrew went 2 for 4, 1RBI.


6/9 day off

6/10 PHI @ DET: loss 0-4 Bud Ulrich (8-2, 2.15) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Danny Mau (10-3, 2.27) pitched 8 shutout innings for the win & POG. Top A's hitter was LF Matt Praks (2 for 3). For us, Dennis Kitterman & Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4. John Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 3, 1BB.

6/11 PHI @ DET: loss 6-10 Roy Wolfe gave up 6R (5ER) in 7.2IP. The loss went to Lloyd Wyman who was unable to hold in the 9th giving up 4R off of 2HR. Top A's hitters were 1B Sal Poulos (2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), CF Todd Walker (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & LF Hershell Cooley (2 for 4, 2R, 1SB). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R.

6/12 PHI @ DET: WIN 4-0 Corky Stell (9-3, 2.33) gave up no hits and pitched 8.1 shutout innings for the win and POG. Stan Leveck got the final two outs to complete the shutout. Tad Zonkas (6-9, 4.20) gave up 4R in 7IP for the loss. The A's only hit came from 3B Bud Ayers (1 for 3, 1BB)... a single off of Stan Leveck in the 9th. For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL.

6/13 day off

6/14 DET @ NYY: WIN 9-4 Hal Andrew (8-4, 2.90) continues to trudge on despite his injury. He got the win again thanks to good run support giving up 4R (3ER) in 7.2IP. Eric Williams (7-7, 4.86) gave up 9R in 4IP for the loss. Top Yank hitter was 1B Arnie Stewart (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Steven Zucal filled in for an ailing Perly and went 1 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.

6/15 DET @ NYY: loss 1-3 Bud Ulrich had struck out 7 and only allowed 1H & 1R in 4IP before leaving with a sore elbow. He's expected to be day2day for the next month. Lloyd Wyman (4-3, 3.64) got the loss as he was unable to hold in the 7th. Maury Baum (7-5, 3.11) got the win and POG as he only gave up 1R in 7.1IP. Top Yank hitter was 2B Lonnie Ives (2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL). For us, Mitch Ferron went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB.


STANDINGS
44-19, #1 in the AL, 1.5 games ahead of Boston, 9-4 in the last two weeks

BAD NEWS
-Injuries bit our minor leagues pretty bad earlier but they've all healed up. This month our active roster is suffering. 3Quarters of our rotation is day2day. Matt Perly is also missing games due to a sore throwing arm.
-Fish is still stinking it up while our RF duo are still hot. Fish will move to the bottom of the lineup until he fixes his swing. At least Fish is giving us an excellent effort every day with his glove.
-Lloyd Wyman and Sam Cole had been an extremely hot closer/setup duo until this month but they have combined for some blown saves and blown hold ops. Wyman's 8.22 in the last couple of weeks hurt the most.
-Bud Ulrich only went 1-1 in 4GS despite a 1.84 era & Roy Wolfe went 0-0 in 3GS despite a 2.66 era. We've got to give these two a little better run support and our closers need to get back to throwing sharp like they were before June.

GOOD NEWS
-Ray Kress hit .340, 14BB and 5HR in the first half of June. Hopefully, he will stay hot and get back into the HR race.
-Luther Ormiston's .347 & 4HR was also nice from the cleanup spot.
-Corky Stell is 5-0 in his last 5 GS and has only allowed more than 2R twice in his last 10 GS.


AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG Luther Ormiston #5, Ray Kress #10
SLG Luther Ormiston #1, Ray Kress #3, Matt Perly #4
HIT Dave Castaneda #10
2B Luther Ormiston #3, Ray Kress #5
3B Dennis Kitterman #6
HR Luther Ormiston #1, Matt Perly #4, Ray Kress #6
RBI Luther Ormiston #1, Matt Perly #4
RUN Luther Ormiston #3, Ray Kress #6
BB Ray Kress #1, Luther Ormiston #4, Dave Castaneda #7
WIN Corky Stell #5, Bud Ulrich #9, Hal Andrew #9
SVs Lloyd Wyman #1, Sam Cole #8
Ks Bud Ulrich #6, Hal Andrew #10
ERA Bud Ulrich #1, Corky Stell #3, Hal Andrew #8, Roy Wolfe #10 (all 4 of our starters)

[jdw]

Goose - this trading block thing with Luther seems to have inspired him. Consecutive POMs. Killing the ball. He did take a pair of talent hits early in the year that are troubling:

Tuesday 4/19/1952 :
Luther Ormiston has lost some power...

Tuesday 4/26/1952 :
Luther Ormiston plate discipline seems to have faded...

But he's murdered the ball since then. He just passed career HR #200.

The Boss finally had a month that looks like himself: .321/.463/.667 with 8 HR.

Kitt picked it up in June. Sandoz and Mitchell are a miracle platoon in RF. If you can just get Fish hitting for some average.

The rotation is amazing.


John

[m0ng00se]

These guys are just about making a believer out of me. Give them new managers raises. And give our players some credit for showing some heart by gutting out these annoying injuries that have plagued us lately.

Yea, there have been some discouraging talent drops, but also a few positives ones as well.

Also need the thank the Yanks for knocking Boston and Philly down a notch. They seem to step it up a lot and give the top teams a run for their money. I keep telling people not to over look them.

We still have some tough games ahead of us and these nagging injuries aren't helping. Nearly had heart failure when I saw Kress took a hit. But luckily it was minor and he looks to be healthy again in a couple of days.

[m0ng00se]

1952, 6/16 THRU 6/30

6/16 DET @ NYY: loss 2-3 Roy Wolfe (7-4, 2.99) gave up 3R in a CG loss. Carpenter Erickson (10-4, 2.61) got the win giving up 2R in 6.1IP. POG went to CF John Young who went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. For us, Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL on a day where we were held to 6 hits.

6/17 CLE @ DET: WIN 3-0 Corky Stell (10-3, 2.16) pitched a 4H CG shutout for the win and POG. Houston Boler (4-9, 4.52) gave up 3R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top CLE hitter was CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1HR.

6/18 CLE @ DET: WIN 2-0 Hal Andrew (9-4, 2.74) allowed only 2H and pitched 7.1 shutout innings for the win and POG. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 11th save. George Kauffman (6-6, 3.82) gave up 2R in a CG loss. Top CLE hitter was LF Al Jackson (2 for 4, 1DBL). For us, George Young filled in at 1B and went 2 for 3, 1R. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL.

6/19 CLE @ DET: WIN 8-2 Bud Ulrich (9-2, 2.10) gave up 1R in 7IP for the win & POG. Lex Tjeenk-Willink (3-13, 5.01) gave up 7R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were SS Victor Estevez (3 for 5, 1R) & CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1HR. John Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 2, 2R, 2RBB, 1SB.

6/20 day off

6/21 StL @ DET: WIN 4-2 Roy Wolfe gave up 2R (1ER) in 7.1IP. The win went to Lloyd Wyman (5-3, 3.51) who finished the final 1.2IP without allowing a hit. Buster Davis (5-8, 4.29) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Top StL hitters were 3B Al Mugford (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL) & RF Tom Valeriano (2 for 4, 1R). For us, POG went to Ray Kress who went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR, 1SB. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL. Steve Zucal filled in at 2B and went 2 for 3, 1SB. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL.

6/22 StL @ DET: WIN 4-1 Corky Stell (11-3, 2.10) had another good game on another rainy day. He only gave up 1R in 8IP for the win and POG. Lloyd Wyman pitched a hitless 9th for his 12th save. Eugene Sprecher (5-11, 3.91) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Top StL hitters were 3B Al Mugford (2 for 4) & LF John Fahringer (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 2R, 1BB. Ray Kress went 1 for 3 knocking home 3 with a bases loaded DBL. Unfortunately he strained a thigh muscle sprinting out that double. He'll be day to day for a week or two.

6/23 StL @ DET: loss 2-6 Hal Andrew (9-5, 2.96) got the loss giving up 6R in 8.1IP. Alter Sennelnekoff (2-2, 3.80) got the CG win giving up only 2R. POG went to StL C Thomas Kruyt (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR). For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 1, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1HR.

6/24 DET @ BOS: WIN 5-0 Bud Ulrich (10-2, 1.97) pitched a 4H CG shutout for the win and POG. Sonny Faulkner (11-5, 2.72) gave up 4R in 8IP for the loss. Top hitters were Dennis Kitterman (2 for 4), Ray Kress (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & Matt Perly (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR).

6/25 DET @ BOS: loss 3-5 Roy Wolfe (7-5, 3.05) gave up 5R in a CG loss. Cort Nagel (11-3, 2.86) got the win giving up only 2R in 8IP. Top Sox hitters were 1B Em Pelto (2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR, POG), 2B Sean Lee (3 for 4, 1R, 1DBL) & RF Will Groaning (3 for 4, 2R, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB.

6/26 DET @ BOS: loss 3-4 Corky Stell gave up 2R in 7IP. Unfortunately Lloyd Wyman (5-4, 3.31) blew a save giving up 2R in the 9th for the loss. Matt Jackson gave up 3R in 7.1IP. Billy Hyberg (1-5, 4.72) closed out the 8th inning for the win. Top StL batter was 2B Skeeter Schaldemose (2 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 2BB.

6/27 DET @ StL: WIN 8-4 Hal Andrew (10-5, 3.03) got the CG win giving up 4R. Alter Sennelnekoff (2-3, 4.22) gave up 7R in 6IP for the loss. Top StL hitters were RF Tom Valeriano (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL), CF Jessie Witt (2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL) & SS Speedy Perly (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 4.

6/28 DET @ StL: WIN 7-5 Bud Ulrich gave up 5R (4ER) in 7IP. Lloyd Wyman got the win pitching a scoreless 8th & 9th. Alan Paule got his 3rd save pitching a scoreless 10th. Don Allen gave up 4R in 8IP. The loss went to their closer Ray Seidel (1-2, 4.40) who failed to hold in the 10th. Top StL hitters were RF Tom Valeriano (3 for 5, 1R, 1DBL), 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 3, 1R, 2BB), LF Ken Fortune (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL), & CF Jack Buback (2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Luther Ormiston got POG with a back to back multiple HR game. He went 4 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 2HR.

6/29 DET @ StL: WIN 4-2 Roy Wolfe (8-5, 3.01) got the win giving up 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 13th save. Buster Davis (5-9, 4.33) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Top StL hitters were CF Jessie Witt (2 for 4, 1R, 1TRPL), 3B Al Mugford (2 for 4, 1RBI) & 1B Jake Shorkey (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Rollin Fish got POG going 2 for 4, 2HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3.

6/30 DET @ StL: WIN 8-6 Corky Stell gave up 4R in 6.1IP. The win went to Steven Brown (1-1, 3.60) despite giving up a run in the 11th inning. Stan Leveck got his first save in 3 years pitching a hitless 12th inning. Eugene Sprecher gave up 5R in 10IP. The loss went to their closer Ray Seidel (1-3, 5.40) who gave up 2R in the 12th. Top StL hitters were 3B Al Mugford (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), RF Guss Brown (1 for 4, 1HR) & CF Jessie Witt (2 for 4, 2R, 1DBL). For us, Rollin Fish gets back to back POG, this time for going 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 1 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 5, 1BB, 1HR.


STANDINGS
54-23, #1 overall, 6.5 games ahead of Boston, 10-4 in the last two weeks

BAD NEWS
-Matt Perly and Dave Castenda both cooled off this month.
-Ray Kress missed a lot of at bats due to a thigh injury.
-We have a real tough schedule in July, it could be a make or break month.

GOOD NEWS
-On 7/1 Corky Stell was named AL Pitcher of the Month going 5-0 in 7GS, 1.78era
-On 7/1 Luther Ormiston was named AL Batter of the Month hitting .316, 10HR, 23RBI.
-Dennis Kitterman has been hitting better.
-Despite being slowed by a bum leg, Kress still finished the month strong hitting .321, 8HR, 20RBI, 18R, 23BB.
-At mid season, as a team, we lead the league in almost every important pitching stat. We are also #1 in HR & Walks.
-Despite Fish not hitting for average, he did hit for some power with 7 dingers.
-Barring any new injuries, our active roster should finally be at 100% in a few days.
-This month Lloyd Wyman jumped up to the #13 spot on the Career Leaderboard in Saves.
-Mike Kreitenberg earned a promotion to Toledo-AAA.


HITTING THRU 6/30

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

 
G. Young     14  24  8  0  0  0   1  2  5  1 .333 .467 .333 
C. Sandoz    50 166 54 10  1  2  20 16 13 13 .325 .376 .434 
I. Mitchell  56 159 51  5  1  4  19 20  5 11 .321 .345 .440 
L. Ormiston  76 266 83 17  3 24  66 56 58 46 .312 .434 .669 
R. Kress     74 245 76 16  2 13  48 50 74 33 .310 .469 .551 
M. Perly     71 242 69 10  0 14  50 34 36 35 .285 .382 .500 
D. Kitterman 73 299 85  8  6  5  37 42 29 24 .284 .352 .401 
D. Castaneda 72 284 80  6  2  2  26 41 45 28 .282 .380 .338 
B. Ulrich    19  47 13  1  0  0   4  5  1 13 .277 .306 .298 
C. Darling   33  28  7  0  0  1   4  5  3  3 .250 .313 .357 
S. Zucal     36  50 12  1  0  1   5 15  6  7 .240 .316 .320 
J. Meacham   51 114 26  4  0  5  16 17 17 13 .228 .328 .395 
M. Ferron    30  58 13  1  0  0   6  5  7  2 .224 .303 .241 
J. Degal     55 184 39  3  0  7  21 18 18 12 .212 .282 .342 
H. Andrew    20  58 12  1  1  0   2  9  1 15 .207 .233 .259 
R. Fish      74 246 49  6  1 11  34 28 37 28 .199 .301 .366 
P. Short     31  45  8  3  1  1   2  6  4  4 .178 .245 .356

PITCHING THRU 6/30

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

 
C. Stell     20 20 11 3  0 2.27 150.1  93 40 38 40 64 
B. Ulrich    19 19 10 2  0 2.12 144.1 100 39 34 56 95 
H. Andrew    19 19 10 5  0 3.03 148.2 115 55 50 52 81 
R. Wolfe     19 19  8 5  0 3.01 149.2 144 56 50 31 71 
L. Wyman     34  0  6 4 13 3.20  39.1  38 16 14  7 29 
A. Paule     18  0  4 2  3 2.01  22.1  16  6  5 11  6 
S. Cole      33  0  2 1  4 1.71  26.1  19  6  5  7  9 
S. Leveck     7  0  2 0  1 0.93   9.2   8  1  1  2  7 
S. Brown      8  0  1 1  0 3.60  10.0  10  5  4  3  3 
D. Vonkitzing 8  0  0 0  0 7.71   7.0  11  6  6  2  1

[m0ng00se]

1952, 7/1 THRU 7/15

7/1 BOS @ DET: WIN 3-0 Hal Andrew (11-5, 2.87) struck out 9 pitching 8.1 shutout innings for the win and POG. Alan Paule got the last two outs to complete the shutout and earn his 4th save. Matty Jackson (7-8, 4.55) gave up 3R in 6.2IP for the loss. Top Sox hitters were 3B Ben Lutske & 1B Em Pelto who both went 2 for 4, 1DBL. For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB.

7/2 BOS @ DET: WIN 1-0 Bud Ulrich (11-2, 2.02) struck out 9 and pitched 7.1 shutout innings for the win and POG. Alan Paule pitched a scoreless 9th for his 5th save. Tim Bice (0-2, 2.57) gave up 1R in 4.2IP before leaving the game with sore shoulder and the loss. Top Sox hitters were LF Grady Fisher & C Don Lock (2 for 4). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4. We were out hit 4-6 but a sac fly by Ormiston gave us the game winning run

7/3 BOS @ DET: loss 4-8 Roy Wolfe (8-6, 3.33) gave up 7R in 4.1IP for the loss. Joe Lutske (11-4, 2.82) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Top Sox hitters were SS Sean Lee (3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1SB, POG) & 1B Em Pelto (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. We were, once again, held to 4 hits.

7/4 DET @ PHI: WIN 9-1 Corky Stell (12-3, 2.23) gave up 1R in 7.1IP for the win and POG. Ellis Weeks (10-5, 3.20) gave up 9R in 6IP for the loss. Top A's hitter was 1B Sal Poulos (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, George Young filled in at 1B and went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI. Pete Short gave Kress the day off and went 2 for 4, 1R, 2DBL.

7/5 DET @ PHI: loss 0-7 Hal Andrew (11-6, 3.10) gave up 6R in 5.2IP for the loss. Tad Zonkas (9-10, 4.18) pitched a 1H CG shutout for the win. Despite his amazing effort on the mound, Tad didn't get POG. That honor went to A's 2B Ace Habermehl who went 4 for 5, 4R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 2HR. 3B Bud Ayres (4 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL) & 1B Sal Poulos (3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL) also hit well. For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1BB.

7/6 DET @ PHI: loss 2-3 Bud Ulrich gave up only 2R (1ER) in 7.2IP. But, Sam Cole (2-2, 2.00) was unable to hold in the 10th. Bob Stevens gave up 2R in 8.2IP. The win went to George Hairston (1-0, 6.14) for pitching a scoreless 10th. Top A's hitters were RF Peaches Badeau (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, POG), LF Hershell Cooley (2 for 2, 1BB, 1DBL) & 1B Hershell Lee (1 for 5, 1HR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 6, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Rollin Fish went 3 for 5, 1R, 2DBL. George Young (2 for 4, 1DBL) was having another good game at 1B before leaving with a pulled groin muscle suffered while sprinting out that double. Note to the trainer... have these guys do a little stretching before hitting the on deck circle. The Instigator is expected to miss about 7 weeks.

7/7 CLE @ DET: WIN 4-3 Roy Wolfe gave up 3R in 9IP. The win went to Steven Brown (2-1, 2.87) for pitching a hitless 14th inning. Howie Leosh gave up 3R in 7IP. The loss went to Jerome Lowes (0-1, 3.77) who gave up a run in the final 1.1IP. Top CLE hitter was CF Honus Dietrich who went 2 for 5, 2RBI, 1TRPL. For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 1BB. Ray Kress went 2 for 5, 1RBI, 2BB.

7/8 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-2 Corky Stell (13-3, 2.17) gave up 2R (1ER) in 8IP for the win. Houston Boler (6-12, 4.40) gave up 6R in a CG loss. Top CLE hitter was RF Frank Winsett (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR). Finally, a couple of HRs by us. Luther Ormiston and Matt Perly both went 1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. We barely out hit CLE 5-4.

7/9 CLE @ DET: WIN 2-1 Hal Andrew (12-6, 2.99) allowed only 2H, 1BB while striking out 5 in a CG win for POG. George Kauffman (7-9, 3.35) also pitched well giving up only 2R in a CG loss. Top CLE hitter was 3B Owen Shankster (1 for 3, 1RBI). For us, Mitch Ferron gave Ormiston the day off and went 1 for 3, 1RBI. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Once again almost no offense from us. We out hit CLE 4-2.

7/10 CLE @ DET: WIN 8-5 Bud Ulrich (12-2, 2.15) allowed got the win despite giving up 5R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman got his 14th save pitching a scoreless 9th. Lex Tjeenk-Willink (6-14, 4.93) gave up 7R in 6IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were 2B John Valcarcel (3 for 5, 1R, 1DBL) & 3B Owen Shankster (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 5RBI, 2HR. Mitch Ferron started another at 3B and went 2 for 3. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 3R, 1BB, 1TPRL. Luther Ormiston hit a PH 2R TRPL with his only at bat.

7/12 ALLSTAR: WIN 6-2 Ray Kress started in LF but continued his July hitting drought going 0 for 3, 2Ks. A well rested Luther Ormiston started at 3B and was even worse going 0 for 4, 2Ks. Matt Perly subbed in at 2B and went 1 for 1, 1R, 1RBI, 1TPRL knocking in the game winning run. Corky Stell started and pitched 2 scoreless innings. Bud Ulrich was the next AL pitcher and pitched a hitless 3rd inning. Hal Andrew pitched a hitless 8th. Our closer Lloyd Wyman also was named to the team, but didn't get into the game.

7/15 WSH @ DET: WIN 2-1 Roy Wolfe (9-6, 3.19) allowed only 1R in a CG win for POG. Van Melbourn (5-15, 4.79) only gave up 2R in a CG loss. Top WSH hitter was 2B Dean Parente (1 for 2). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 1BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 1, 2RBI before having to leave with an sore hip muscle. He's expected to be day2day for about a week.


STANDINGS
62-26, #1 overall, 8 games head of Philly, 8-3 in the last two weeks

BAD NEWS
-Ray Kress has been awful so far this month (.217, 1HR, 3R & 0-3, 2Ks in the all star game - very un-Kress like).
-George Young is going to miss over a month due to a pulled groin muscle.
-Matt Perly was our hottest bat this month, but then hurt him self again. He will, hopefully, be 100% again in a couple of days.
-Sandoz and Mitchell both had a bad couple of weeks, so RF was unusually unproductive.

GOOD NEWS
-Our pitching has show some minor inconsistancy lately, but for the most part has been keeping us in games as we had too many 1H, 4H, 5H games.
-On 7/4 Roland Fish was named Player of the Week hitting .474, 5HR, 9RBI.
-Seven Tiggers were named to the AllStar Team.
-Despite his age, Kitterman has shown an improved swing vs LHP. We expect to see him get hot and finish the year strong as he has in the past. Hopefully Kress will do the same hitting right behind him.
-Corky Stell is trying to get back to back POM as he went 2-0, 1.17 so far this month. He is 8-0 with 6 POG in his last 10 starts.

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Ormiston #10
SLG - Ormiston #1, Perly #3, Kress #4
HIT - Kitterman #9
2B  - Ormiston #7
3B  - Kitterman #4
HR  - Ormiston #1, Perly #3, Fish & Kress #7
RBI - Ormiston #1, Perly #4
RUN - Ormiston #2, Kress #9
SB  - Kress #9
BB  - Kress #1, Ormiston #5, Castaneda #8
WIN - Stell #2, Andrew & Ulrich #4
SVs - Wyman #2, Paule #9 
Ks  - Ulrich #6, Andrew #7
ERA - Ulrich #1, Stell #2, Andrew #8

[m0ng00se]

1952, 7/16 THRU 7/31

7/16 WSH @ DET: WIN 10-4 Corky Stell (14-3, 2.28) got the win giving up 4R in 7.2IP. Chris Frays (6-9, 3.87) gave up 7R in 5.1IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were 1B Chris Anderson (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) & LF Delmar Yordy (2 for 4, 1RBI). Rollin Fish got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 2R. Ray Kress went 2 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4.

7/17 WSH @ DET: loss 9-11 Bud Ulrich gave up 7R (5ER) in 6IP. The loss went to Sam Cole (2-3, 2.64) who was unable to hold in the 11th and then again in the 12th giving up 3R in 1.2IP. It's not too often we have a pitcher blow 2 holds in one game. Raul Velazquez gave up 8R (7ER) in 5IP. The win went to Lonnie Aldrich (3-1, 5.29) despite giving up a run in the bottom of the 11th. Top WSH hitters were 1B Chris Anderson (2 for 6, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR, POG), RF Ernest Greenbush (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL) & 2B Dean Parente (3 for 6, 1R). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 6, 2R, 2RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1SB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 2BB. John Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 6, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR.

7/18 day off

7/19 DET @ BOS: loss 0-6 Hal Andrew (12-7, 3.07) gave up 5R (4ER) in 7.1IP for the loss. Sonny Faulkner (12-5, 2.75) pitched 8 shutout innings for the win and POG. Top Sox hitters were C Don Lock (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR), RF Will Groaning (2 for 4, 1DB) & LF Grady Fisher (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1hR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 1BB. We were held to 5H & 2BB.

7/20 DET @ BOS: WIN 11-4 Roy Wolfe (10-6, 3.23) gave up 4R in a CG Win. Matt Jackson (7-10, 4.43) gave up 6R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top Sox hitters were 1B Em Pelto (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI) & LF Grady Fisher (2 for 4). For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 6RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 3R, 1RBI, 2BB.

7/21 DET @ BOS: WIN 5-1 Corky Stell (15-3, 2.25) got the win giving up 1R in 6.2IP. Joe Lutske (12-6, 3.03) gave up 4R in 7IP for the loss. Top Sox hitters was LF Grady Fisher (1 for 3, 1BB). For us, Luther Ormiston wetn 1 for 3, 1R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1Grand Slam on a day where we were held to 3 hits. Four errors and 6 walks hurt Boston in this game.

7/22 DET @ CHI: WIN 8-1 Bud Ulrich (13-2, 2.25) gave up 1R (0ER) in 7IP for the win. Johnny Gordley (7-16, 4.89) gave up 7 in 7 for the loss. Top Sox hitters were CF Homer Jewell (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 2SB) & LF Mike Cushman (2 for 4). For us, Luther Ormiston got his 3rd consecutive POG, this time going 3 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 1DBL, 2HR (his 5th HR in the last 3 games). Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL.

7/23 DET @ CHI: loss 3-4 Hal Andrew (12-8, 3.13) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Adam Sardina (6-12, 4.64) got the win and POG giving up only 2R in 8IP. Top Sox hitters were 2B Andy Martineau (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & SS Rex Seelinger (2 for 3, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2RBI. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R, 1DBL.

7/24 DET @ CHI: loss 4-7 Roy Wolfe (10-7, 3.40) gave up 7R (6ER) in 7IP for the loss. Joe Pelletier (7-6, 4.27) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Top Sox hitters were SS Rex Seelinger (3 for 4, 3R, 1TRPL, POG), RF Stu Cripps (1 for 2, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL) & Cecil Marziani (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI.

7/25 BOS @ DET: loss 4-6 Corky Stell gave up 2R in 7IP. The loss went to Alan Paule who gave up an HR blowing the hold in the 10th. Joe Lutske gave up 3R in 5.2IP. The win went to Billy Hyberg (2-6, 4.57) who pitched a scoreless 9th & 10th. Top Sox hitters were LF Grady Fisher (1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG), 1B Sean Lee (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL) & Rusky Lutske (3 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 2DBL). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 2BB. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 2R. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 3, 3RBI, 1BB, 1DBL.

7/26 BOS @ DET: WIN 4-2 Bud Ulrich (14-2, 2.25) got the win giving up 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman was finally giving a save op and pitched a scoreless 9th for his 15th save. Cort Nagel (14-6, 3.31) gave up 4R in 7.1IP for the loss. Top Sox hitters were C Don Lock (1 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & RF Will Groaning (1 for 3, 1R, 1BB). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR for POG. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Both teams were held to 5 hits.

7/27 BOS @ DET: loss 2-7 Hal Andrew (12-9, 3.35) gave up 7R in 6.2IP for the loss. Sonny Faulkner (14-5, 2.81) got the win giving up 2R in 6.2IP. Top Sox batters were SS Rusky Lutske (1 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1grand slam, POG) & 2B Skeeter Schaldemose (1 for 1, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R.

7/28 BOS @ DET: WIN 6-3 Roy Wolfe (11-7, 3.38) got the win giving up 2R in 6.2IP. Matt Jackson (8-11, 4.47) gave up 6R in 5.1IP for the loss. Top Sox hitters were 2B Skeeter Schaldemose (2 for 4, 1RBI), SS Rusky Lutske (1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR) & LF Grady Fisher (2 for 5, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI.

7/29 PHI @ DET: loss 1-2 Corky Stell (14-9, 2.93) only gave up 2R in 7IP but lost as we were held to 4 hits. Bob Stevens (14-9, 2.93) only gave up 1R in 8IP for the win. Top A's hitters were 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 1R), 1B Sal Poulos (2 for 4, 1RBI) & CF Todd Walker (2 for 3, 1BB). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL.

7/30 PHI @ DET: WIN 6-5 Bud Ulrich gave up 5R (4ER) in 7IP. The win went to Sam Cole (3-3, 2.62) who pitched a hitless 8th. Alan Paule pitched a scoreless 9th for his 7th save. Ellis Weeks (13-7, 3.07) gave up 6R in 7.1IP for the loss. Top A's hitters were 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) & C Sal Poulos (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Smokey Meacham finally had a good game getting POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR filling in a C. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR.

7/31 PHI @ DET: WIN 2-1 Hal Andrew (13-9, 3.24) snapped out of his funk and got a CG win and POG striking out 8 while allowing only 4H, 1BB, 1R. Tad Zonkas (10-14, 4.01) gave up 2R in 7IP for the loss. Top A's hitters were 2B Ace Habermehl (2 for 4, 1DBL) & Bud Ayers (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Hal Andrew was a perfect 2 for 2, 1BB. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4.


STANDINGS
70-33, #1 overall, 8 games ahead of Boston, 8-7 in the last two weeks

BAD NEWS
-August is one of those months where we get 8/1 off and then have pretty much no days off for the remainder of the month. And, we already have guys complaining about being tired. We're going with a similar depth chart as last year, so maybe age is finally starting to factor in for some of these guys. We may have to make some tweaks.
-Ray Kress hit .263, 2HR all month. You can say he's underachieving or you can say he's being way too unselfish. He leads the league in walks and has been a factor in Ormiston dominating the league in RBIs. Bottom line, we are winning so we should whine too much about Kress not being aggressive enough with the bat.
-Hal Andrew is seeing his ERA rise as he's been struggling at times. He is usually better in the last month or two so hopefully that last win will provide him a spark. He's dropped back all the way to #3 in our rotation as Stell and Ulrich have been more consistent this year.
-Smokey Meacham hit a pathetic .077 in 39AB this month. We're trying to give enough at bats to work out his swing, but he's clearly no longer the overachiever that he was last year. Combine that with his declining defense behind the plate and he's turning into quite the bust.

GOOD NEWS
-Luther Ormiston is dominating the league in HR and RBI and is hitting for respectable average. He's not a triple crown threat, but he's for sure trying to prove that his '48 batter of the year title was not a fluke. Interestingly, '48 was our last pennant season. Go Ormiston go.
-On 7/22 Luther Ormiston was named Player of the Week hitting .368, 5 HR, 15 RBI.
-Despite all the bad news, we maintained an 8 game lead over #2.
-Corky Stell (4-1, 2.27) & Bud Ulrich (4-0, 3.00) lead our team through a month where our offense was very inconsistent.


HITTING THRU 7/31

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

 
G. Young     17  37  13  1  0  0   2  4  5  1 .351 .442 .378 
C. Sandoz    72 219  67 13  1  3  25 23 19 19 .306 .361 .416 
L. Ormiston 100 346 104 20  4 32  94 71 72 60 .301 .418 .659 
R. Kress     99 321  96 16  3 15  58 66 95 39 .299 .458 .508 
I. Mitchell  75 225  66  6  3  4  26 26  9 14 .293 .324 .400 
D. Kitterman 97 393 114 11  8  5  46 60 37 28 .290 .354 .397 
D. Castaneda 96 379 108  8  2  3  35 55 60 39 .285 .383 .340 
M. Perly     96 321  91 14  1 18  69 45 47 51 .283 .379 .502 
B. Ulrich    26  65  16  2  0  0   4  6  2 17 .246 .279 .277 
C. Darling   49  45  11  0  0  1   5  5  4  6 .244 .300 .311 
S. Zucal     48  62  14  2  0  1   5 16  7  7 .226 .300 .306 
M. Ferron    41  82  18  1  0  0   7  6  7  8 .220 .278 .232 
J. Degal     72 248  54  4  0  8  26 26 21 21 .218 .278 .331 
R. Fish      99 329  67 10  2 15  45 38 47 34 .204 .300 .383 
P. Short     37  56  11  5  1  1   2  7  4  8 .196 .250 .375 
H. Andrew    27  73  14  1  1  0   2  9  2 19 .192 .224 .233 
J. Meacham   67 153  29  4  0  6  20 18 22 16 .190 .291 .333

PITCHING THRU 7/31

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

 
C. Stell      26 26 15 4  0 2.27 194.0 123 52 49 53  82 
B. Ulrich     26 26 14 2  0 2.35 195.1 148 61 51 76 129 
H. Andrew     26 26 13 9  0 3.24 202.2 157 79 73 72 129 
R. Wolfe      25 25 11 7  0 3.38 194.2 189 80 73 50  93 
L. Wyman      42  0  6 4 15 2.81  51.1  44 18 16  9  36 
A. Paule      26  0  4 3  7 2.30  31.1  25  9  8 13   8 
S. Cole       45  0  3 3  4 2.62  34.1  29 11 10 11  10 
S. Leveck      9  0  2 0  1 0.77  11.2   8  1  1  3   7 
S. Brown      16  0  2 1  0 2.37  19.0  18  6  5  3   6 
D. Vonkitzing 12  0  0 0  0 5.54  13.0  14  8  8  6   7

[m0ng00se]

1952, 8/1 THRU 8/15

8/1 day off

8/2 DET @ NYY: WIN 8-0 Roy Wolfe (12-7, 3.23) pitched a 6H CG shutout for the win and POG. Tadd Zonneveld (9-15, 4.50) gave up 7R in 5.2IP for the loss. Wolfe not only pitched a great game but he hit well too going 3 for 5, 1RBI, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 4 for 5, 3R, 1RBI, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 2DBL. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1TRPL.

8/3 DET @ NYY: WIN 3-1 Corky Stell (16-4, 2.23) got the win giving up 1R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 16th save. Eric Williams (11-9, 4.08) gave up 3R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were CF John Young (2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL) & RF Charles Gillis (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB.

8/4 DET @ NYY: WIN 4-1 Bud Ulrich (15-2, 2.30) gave up only 3H, 2BB, 1R in 8IP for the win and POG. Maury Baum (12-7, 2.59) gave up 3R in 7IP for the loss. Top Yank hitter was RF Arnie Stewart (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

8/5 WSH @ DET: loss 2-5 Hal Andrew gave up 2R in 7.1IP. The loss went to Alan Paule (4-4, 3.13) who was unable to hold in the 10th. Raul Velazquez gave up 2R in 6.1IP. Johnny Burg (3-2, 3.63) pitched a scoreless 9th and got the win. Top WSH batters were 1B Chris Anderson (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, POG) & 3B Jim Dunkel (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Mitch Ferron filled in at SS and went 2 for 4, 1BB. Ray Kress went 1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR.

8/6 WSH @ DET: WIN 7-4 Roy Wolfe (13-7, 3.23) got the win giving up 4R (3ER) in 8IP. Sam Cole pitched a hitless 9th for his 5th save. Joe Homic (11-13, 3.89) gave up 7R in 7IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were SS Blake Crocitto (2 for 4, 1RBI), 3B Jim Dunkel (2 for 4, 1R) & 1B Chris Anderson (1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 2, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR, 1SB. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, 1SB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R.

8/7 WSH @ DET: WIN 3-2 Corky Stell go the win giving up 1R in 7IP. Lloyd Wyman gave up 1R in the final 2IP but held on for his 18th save. Top WSH hitter was C John Fine (2 for 4, 2R). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR.

8/8 DET @ CLE: loss 4-8 Bud Urlich (15-3, 2.45) gave up 8R (5ER) in 6IP for the loss. George Kauffman (10-12, 3.60) got the win giving up 4R in 8.1IP. Top CLE hitters were SS Victor Estevez (2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR, POG), 2B John Valcarcel (2 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 1TRPL) & RF Frank Winsett (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Rollin Fish and Steve Zucal (filling in at 2B) both went 1 for 4, 1RBI. We were held to a pathetic 3 hits.

8/9 DET @ CLE: loss 0-1 Hal Andrew (13-10, 3.14) got the CG loss despite allowing only 1R. Lex Tjeenk-Willink (8-17, 4.79) pitched 7.1 shutout innings for the win and POG. Top CLE hitter was LF Al Jackson (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Carl Sandoz went 1 for 3. Both teams were held to 4 hits.

8/10 DET @ CLE: loss 2-3 Roy Wolfe (13-8, 3.24) got the CG loss giving up 3R. Howie Leosh (7-13, 4.88) go the win giving up 2R in 8IP. Top CLE hitters were SS Victor Estevez (1 for 4, 1HR) & 1B Albert Hippard (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. We were resting some starters (Kress, Ormiston, Degal) and managed only 6 hits. Please get us the heck out of Cleveland.

8/11 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-2 Corky Stell gave up 2R in 8IP for POG. Lloyd Wyman (7-4, 2.64) pitched a scoreless 9th & 10th for the win. Moonshine Allen gave up 2R in 9IP. The loss went to John Mora (3-1, 3.67) as he gave up a run in the 10th. Top Sox hitter was RF Stu Cripps (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 4, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 1R.

8/12 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-1 Bud Ulrich (16-3, 2.35) struck out 9 and got a CG WIN giving up 1R (0ER) for POG. Johnny Gordley (9-19, 4.69) got the CG loss giving up 3R. Top Sox hitter was 3B Don Medart (1 for 2, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4. We out hit them 7-3.

8/13 CHI @ DET: WIN 4-2 Hal Andrew (14-10, 3.11) got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 19th save (that his and the Tigers single season record). Adam Sardina (8-15, 4.35) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Top Sox hitter was CF Homer Jewell (3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Mitch Ferron filled in at 3B and went 2 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB.

8/14 CHI @ DET: loss 3-6 Roy Wolfe (13-9, 3.35) gave up 6R in a CG loss. Joe Pelletier (9-8, 5.00) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Top Sox hitters were 2B Tony Seats (4 for 4, 3R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), CF Homer Jewell (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR), & RF Stu Cripps (2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 3, 1R.

8/15 DET @ PHI: WIN 4-2 Corky Stell gave up 1R in 5.1IP The win went to Lloyd Wyman (8-4, 2.51) who pitched a scoreless 7th & 8th. Steven Brown finished off the last 2 batters for his first save of the season. Ellis Weeks (16-8, 3.13) gave up 3R in 8.1IP for the loss. Top A's hitter was 2B Ace Habermehl (2 for 4, 1TRPL, 1BB, 2SB). For us, Rollin Fish got POG thanks to a clutch 3R PH HR in the 9th. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4. We were out hit 5-6.


STANDINGS
79-38, #1 overall, 10 games ahead of Boston, 9-5 in the last two weeks.

BAD NEWS
-Lots of lineup chaos due to guys needing days off. We get no breaks in the schedule until September, so guys just need to gut it out.
-George Young continues to rehab, but his skills are clearly on the decline. It looks like the Instigator will be heading back to the minors when his injury is healed.
-Smokey Meacham also continues to disintegrate before our eyes. If he stays on this decline, he'll be fighting for his roster spot with Gale Adams next spring training.

GOOD NEWS
-On 8/8 Ray Kress was named Player of the Week hitting .526, 4 HR, 8RBI. He's been our top hitter his month hitting .391, 6HR, 12RBI, 13R, 11BB.
-Matt Perly is showing an improved swing from the right side of the plate. Matt went into a power hitting frenzy hitting 4HR in a 6 game span as he and Kress attempt to chase down Ormiston for the HR lead.
-Corky Stell was our best pitcher going 2-0, 1.59 in 4GS and Hal Andrew wasn't far behind going 1-1, 1.93 in 3GS.
-As mentioned above Lloyd Wyman tied a personal best and a Tigers team record with 19 saves. I have a hard time believing he'll ever match Hyberg's AL record of 30, but still a nice effort from our aging closer thus far this year.

ROSTER MOVES
-Young's injury left us with no good backups at 1B, so we signed Lee Richardson for the remainder of the season. He started 2 games and PH in another. He hits to the gaps fairly well and has a nice glove at 1B, but this was clearly a signing to fill a temporary hole. Lee was released before opening day by the A's and is seeing his first action of the year as a Tiger.

DEVELOPMENT NEWS
-Just got notification that our prized 1st round draft pick Mike Kreitenberg added 1B to his list of playable positions. He prefers to play middle IF, but our Toledo-AAA coach Jersey Piccinnino gave Mike the "do it for the team" speech so Mike went ahead and put some effort into learning 1B. Now, he has better range there than anyone on our payroll. Mike will get a lot more at bats by being able to backup 3 IF spots and will provide us with something we've sorely lacked... SPEED. He'll finish out August in AAA and then very likely be a September call up. Next season, there's a good chance that he'll be primary backup at 2B, 1B, & at least 50% backup at SS as well as see a lot of PR opportunities. Of course, injuries or trades are always possible. Nothing is set in stone.


AL TOP10 TIGERS

AVG - Kress #9 (and hopefully climbing)
SLG - Ormiston #1, Kress #2, Perly #5
HIT - Kitterman #7
2B  - Ormiston #6
3B  - Kitterman #8
HR  - Ormiston #1, Perly #4, Kress #6
RBI - Ormiston #1, Perly #5, Kress #7
RUN - Kress #3, Ormiston #5, Kitterman #10
BB  - Kress #1, Ormiston #4, Castaneda #10
WIN - Stell #1, Ulrich #3, Andrew #9
SVs - Wyman #2
Ks  - Andrew #5, Ulrich #7
ERA - Stell #1, Ulrich #2, Andrew #7, Wolfe #10

[canadiancreed]

soudns like a good utility infielder coming up

and geeze Stell really loves Tiger stadium! Wonder why he didnt pitch that well with us

[m0ng00se]

There was little chance he'd beat out Perly's thunder bat or Castaneda's wizard like glove any time soon, so a utlity IF guy is about as good as he could hope for right now as a Tiger. I would love to see him get hot and challenge Kitterman for that 1B job in a year or two from now... at least until an op at 2B presents itself.

[kreitena]

Definitely, I couldn't see Mike being an everday player just yet. His contact is only 5 and his power is a dismal 1.

[kreitena]

I'm wondering. What kind of steal setting are you planning to put on Mike?

[m0ng00se]

1952, 8/16 THRU 8/31

8/16 DET @ PHI: loss 3-5 Bud Ulrich (16-4, 2.47) gave up 5R in a CG loss. Tad Zonkas (12-16, 3.91) gave up 3R in 7.1IP for the win. Top A's hitters were RF Peaches Badeau (2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG) & 1B Hershel Lee (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell filled in at LF going 1 for 2, 1R, 1TRPL. John Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI. We were out hit 8-4.

8/17 DET @ PHI: loss 2-4 Hal Andrew (14-11, 3.15) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Terry Mart gave up 2R in 4IP. George Hairston (2-0, 5.01) relieved him and got the win and POG pitching 3 scoreless innings. Top A's hitter was 2B Ace Habermehl (2 for 4). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL.

8/18 DET @ PHI: loss 4-5 Roy Wolfe gave up 4R (3ER) in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman (8-5, 2.63) lost as he was unable to hold in the 9th. Bob Stevens gave up 4R in 7.2IP. Bob Moncada (4-0, 1.30) got the win pitching a scoreless 9th. Top A's hitters were 1B Sal Poulos (3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG), RF Peaches Badeau (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL), & C Matt Gazarek (2 for 4). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2RBI. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 4, 1HR. Our four errors may have been most responsible for this loss.

8/19 DET @ CHI: loss 2-4 Corky Stell (17-5, 2.24) got the loss giving up 4R (3ER) in 7IP. Moonshine Allen (15-8, 2.79) got the win & POG giving up 2R in 8IP. Top Sox hitter was CF Homer Jewell (3 for 4, 2R). For us, Luther Ormiston went 1 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1TRPL.

8/20 DET @ CHI: loss 1-5 Bud Ulrich (16-5, 2.47) got the loss giving up 3R (2ER) in 6.2IP. Johnny Gordley (11-19, 4.47) got the CG win and POG giving up 1R. Top Sox hitter was 3B Don Medart who went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. For us, Steven Zucal went 1 for 4, 1DBL. We out hit them 5-4.

8/21 DET @ CHI: WIN 9-4 Hal Andrew (15-11, 3.19) got the win giving up 4R (3ER) in 6IP. Adam Sardina (8-17, 4.53) got the loss giving up 6R in 4IP. Top Sox hitter was RF Stu Cripps (2 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Rollin Fish went 3 for 5, 1R. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 2, 3R, 2BB.

8/22 StL @ DET: WIN 9-0 Roy Wolfe (14-9, 3.22) walked no one while pitching a 5H CG shutout for the win and POG. Eugene Sprecher (10-18, 4.77) got the loss giving up 7R in 6IP. Top StL hitter was 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 3). For us, Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 1R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 1HR.

8/23 StL @ DET: WIN 10-3 Corky Stell (18-5, 2.28) got the win giving up 3R in 7.2IP. Don Allen (13-15, 4.00) lost giving up 7R in 5.1IP. Top StL hitters were LF John Fahringer (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 4). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 5, 1RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB.

8/24 StL @ DET: loss 4-7 Bud Ulrich gave up 4R (3ER) in 8IP. The loss went to Steven Brown (2-2, 2.18) who gave up 3R but none of them were earned... once again errors may have cost us a game. Buster Davis gave up 3R in 8IP. The win went to Karl Harris (1-0, 5.32) who pitched a scoreless 11th & 12th. Top StL hitters were C Thomas Kruyt (4 for 5, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL), RF Jack Buback (2 for 6, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1SB, POG) & CF Jessie Witt (3 for 4, 3R 2BB, 1TRPL). For us, Steven Zucal filled in at 2B and went 2 for 3, 1SB. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/25 StL @ DET: WIN 8-0 Hal Andrew (16-11, 3.07) struck out nine, allowed no walks and 4 hits in a CG Shutout win and POG. Neil Clare (3-7, 6.37) gave up 7R in 4.2IP. SP Neil Clare was top StL hitter going 1 for 2, 1DBL. For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Smokey Meacham went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 2RBI.

8/26 NYY @ DET: loss 1-8 Roy Wolfe (14-10, 3.42) gave up 7R in 4.2IP for the loss. Tom Zonneveld (11-19, 4.22) only gave up 1R in a CG win for POG. All most all of the Yanks hit well. LF Wilford Woodworth & RF Lonnie Christensen also both homered. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 2, 1RBI.

8/27 NYY @ DET: WIN 10-1 Corky Stell (19-5, 2.27) got the win giving up 1R in 5IP. Eric Williams (14-11, 4.11) gave up 8R in 3.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitter was Turk Baker (1 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 4 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, 1SB. Ray Kress went 2 for 2, 2RBI, 2BB, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/28 NYY @ DET: loss 2-4 Bud Ulrich only gave up 2R in 10IP, But LLoyd Wyman (8-6, 2.74) blew a hold op in the 11th. Maury Baum gave up 2R in 8.2IP. Oscar Villalpando (3-4, 4.26) got the win pitching the next 1.1IP without allowing a run. POG went to Yank RF Arnie Stewart (3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman came in late in the game and went 1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/29 day off

8/30 DET @ BOS: WIN 5-3 Hal Andrew (17-11, 2.99) got the win giving up 3R (0ER) 7IP. Joe Lutske (15-9, 3.17) gave up 5R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top Sox hitter was C Don Lock (3 for 5, 1DBL). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 2R, 2BB, 1DBL, 1SB. Hal Andrew went 1 for 2, 2RBI, 1TRPL.

8/31 DET @ BOS: loss 10-11 Roy Wolfe gave up 7R (6ER) in 6IP. The loss went to Don Vonkitzing (0-1, 5.00) who was unable to hold in the 9th. Cort Nagel gave up 3R in 6.1IP. The win went to Billy Hyberg (4-7, 4.33) despite giving up 1R in the 9th. Top Sox hitters were 3B Ben Lutske (5 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1DBL, POG), 1B Em Pelto (3 for 5), & 2B Morris Lutske (2 for 4, 2R, 1BB). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2R, 5RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Ray Kress went 4 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 4 for 6, 2R, 3RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB, 1DBL.


STANDINGS
85-47, #1 over all, 8 games ahead of Philly, 6-9 in the last two weeks.
-We have a lot of games remaining against winning teams - We have 4 games left against Boston, 3 against Philly, 6 against the Yanks. Washington's pitchers have also given us problems and we have a series against them. Also, we have more road games than home games left so we really have a tough final month ahead of us.

BAD NEWS
-I can't believe the number of errors we had in the last two weeks. Someone's put a serious hex on our gloves. Several games were put in jeopardy or flat out lost due to errors.
-Not much on offense to brag about except for maybe Kress, Kitterman, and Perly.
-Roy Wolfe is very inconsistent right now.

GOOD NEWS
-On 9/1 Hal Andrew was named AL Pitcher of the Month 4-2, 7GS, 2.03 & 1 shutout.
-On 9/1 Ray Kress was named AL Batter of the Month hitting .462, 8HR, 23RBI, 25R, 31BB.
-Kress and Kitterman (.349, 5HR) had a hot month. Perly hit 5HR.
-Stell (4-1, 2.25) & Ulrich (2-3, 2.91) pitched fairly well to compliment Andrew's POM.
-Lloyd Wyman didn't get hardly any save ops this last couple of weeks, but he did get the one that set a new personal record and team record for saves in a season.



HITTING THRU 8/31

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

 
G. Young      17  37  13  1  0  0   2  4   5  1 .351 .442 .378 
R. Kress     127 399 132 19  3 23  81 91 126 47 .331 .489 .566 
D. Kitterman 124 502 152 13  8 10  62 81  40 37 .303 .357 .420 
C. Sandoz     95 294  89 15  1  4  37 29  22 25 .303 .353 .401 
L. Ormiston  127 429 127 25  5 36 114 84  90 63 .296 .414 .629 
I. Mitchell   92 272  79  6  5  4  30 31  12 17 .290 .324 .393 
M. Perly     123 409 114 17  2 23  88 56  63 58 .279 .377 .499 
D. Castaneda 122 477 127 11  3  3  38 74  75 50 .266 .365 .321 
M. Ferron     54 121  28  1  0  0   8  8  10 11 .231 .293 .240 
S. Zucal      59  78  18  3  0  1   7 19   8  8 .231 .299 .308 
J. Degal      95 326  73  4  0  9  33 32  27 32 .224 .281 .319 
B. Ulrich     33  86  19  2  0  0   5  7   2 23 .221 .247 .244 
C. Darling    60  55  12  0  0  1   5  5   4  9 .218 .267 .273 
R. Fish      124 415  88 14  3 16  52 46  59 41 .212 .308 .376 
J. Meacham    85 187  34  5  0  6  23 20  23 21 .182 .269 .305 
P. Short      50  83  12  5  1  1   3 10   5 12 .145 .193 .265 
L. Richardson  6  17   2  0  0  0   1  1   2  4 .118 .200 .118

PITCHING THRU 8/31

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

 
C. Stell      33 33 19  5  0 2.27 242.0 159  65  61 73 101 
H. Andrew     33 33 17 11  0 2.99 256.0 190  95  85 96 166 
B. Ulrich     33 33 16  5  0 2.47 251.0 190  85  69 94 168 
R. Wolfe      33 33 14 10  0 3.55 256.1 259 111 101 56 116 
L. Wyman      55  0  8  6 20 2.70  66.2  62  22  20 17  47 
A. Paule      34  0  4  4  7 3.02  41.2  35  15  14 16  13 
S. Cole       54  0  3  3  5 2.90  40.1  37  14  13 14  12 
S. Leveck     10  0  2  0  1 0.69  13.0   9   1   1  4   7 
S. Brown      21  0  2  2  1 1.99  22.2  21   9   5  6   8 
D. Vonkitzing 15  0  0  1  0 5.00  18.0  21  10  10  6  10

[m0ng00se]

Originally Posted by kreitena

I'm wondering. What kind of steal setting are you planning to put on Mike?

Not sure yet. He'll be a few notches higher than anyone else on my team, but I don't max out things like that just to try and get record breaking numbers just like I don't suck points away from people's defensive training in spring training just to boost their offense.

But he has been called up so wish him luck for this next sim.

I just hope my string of bad luck ends tonight. I had something come crashing out of the back of a truck and damage my car on the HWY tonight. Then I hurt my hand doing a required board break in my Taekwondo class. I came home a bit grumpy and now see that my super cool laptop has blown its super cool wide screen monitor. Just waiting for the meteor to come crashing through my roof now. Not the best evening I've had in a while.

[Matt from TN]

Ouch. In more ways than one. You may be unpleasantly surprised to see the A's have made a race of the AL pennant. With 9 games left, they're just 4 out.

[m0ng00se]

Originally Posted by Matt from TN

Ouch. In more ways than one. You may be unpleasantly surprised to see the A's have made a race of the AL pennant. With 9 games left, they're just 4 out.

Forget a bad night, this has turned into a bad week. Oh well, can't dwell on this stuff. Just have to look forward to a better tomorrow.

[m0ng00se]

1952, 9/1 THRU 9/15

9/1 DET @ BOS: WIN 2-1 Corky Stell (20-5, 2.23) got the win and POG giving up 1R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 21st save. Matt Jackson (9-14, 4.41) got the loss giving up 2R in 7.2IP. Top Sox hitters were CF Ben Hargey (1 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL) & LF Grady Fisher (1 for 3, 1R, 1DBL). For us, Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 1DBL before leaving the game with a sore back after sprinting out that double. John Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1HR.

9/2 DET @ CLE: WIN 3-6 Bud Ulrich gave up 3R in 6IP. The win went to Lloyd Wyman (9-6, 2.58) who pitched a scoreless 8th & 9th. George Kauffman gave up 3R in 7IP. The loss went to Wally Pickles (2-4, 4.38) who gave up a run in the 8th. Top CLE hitters were RF Frank Winsett (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) & C Alton Kee (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 3 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Clinton Darling went 2 for 2, 1R subbing in at 3B mid game. Isaac Mitchell hit a PH HR with his only at bat. Mike Kreitenberg started at 1B for his first ML game and went 0 for 3, 1RBI.

9/3 DET @ CLE: loss 2-3 Hal Andrew (17-12, 3.00) got the CG loss giving up 3R. Lex Tjeenk-Willink (11-17, 4.19) got the win and POG giving up just 2R in 8IP. I'm really starting to not like this guy. His name is hard to type and he's developed this annoying habit of beating us . Top CLE hitters were SS Victor Estevez (2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL) & CF Honus Dietrich (1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Rollin Fish went 3 for 4. Hal Andrew went 2 for 3, 1R, 2DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1HR.

9/4 DET @ CLE: WIN 7-5 Roy Wolfe (15-10, 3.61) got the win despite giving up 5R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 22nd save. Howie Leosh (9-16, 4.68) gave up 7R in 6.2IP, but errors proved costly as only 2 of the runs were earned. Top CLE hitters were 2B John Valcarcel (3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR) & C Alton Kee (2 for 4). For us, Dave Castaneda got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB. Mitch Ferron went 2 for 5, 3RBI, 1DBL.

9/5 day off

9/6 PHI @ DET: loss 0-14 Corky Stell (20-6, 2.26) gave up 2R in 4.2IP for the loss. Ellis Weeks (18-10, 2.94) earned a CG shutout win for POG. Top A's hitters were 2B Ace Habermehl (3 for 5, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL), 3B Peaches Badeau (3 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 1DBL) & 3B Bud Ayers (3 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1BB. Smokey Meacham went 2 for 4. Mike Kreitenberg got his first ML hit hitting a PH single.

9/7 PHI @ DET: loss 6-10 Bud Ulrich (16-6, 2.72) gave up 7R in 4IP for the loss. Tad Zonkas (15-17, 3.75) got the win giving up 6R in 8IP. Top A's hitters were 2B Ace Habermehl (3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR, POG), RF Hershell Cooley (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1TRPL) & SS Dan Schmoll (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1HR.

9/8 PHI @ DET: loss 2-4 Hal Andrew (17-13, 3.04) lost giving up 4R in 8IP. Terry Mart (7-5, 3.60) got the win giving up 1R in 8IP. Top A's hitters were C Hershell Lee (3 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR, POG) & 2B Ace Habermehl (2 for 4, 1R, 2DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R.

9/9 DET @ CHI: WIN 7-6 Roy Wolfe got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman closed out the game getting the final two outs for his 23rd save after Stan Leveck almost cost us the game (4R, 1out in the 9th). Ernest Cohen pitched 6 shutout innings. The loss went to William Baum (4-7, 4.45) who gave up 3R in 1.1IP. Top Sox hitters were 2B Alfred Salamanca (2 for 3, 1DBL) & C Bud Mobley (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 0 for 1, 1R, 4BB.

9/10 DET @ CHI: WIN 9-6 Corky Stell (21-6, 2.30) got the win giving up 3R in 7IP. Alan Paule got his 8th save pitching a scoreless 9th. Moonshine Allen (17-11, 2.81) gave up 7 in 7. Top Sox hitter was C Bud Mobley (3 for 4, 2R, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Luther Ormiston returned to the lineup and earned POG going 4 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 1R, 2DBL.

9/11 DET @ CHI: WIN 4-1 Bud Ulrich (17-6, 2.67) struck out 6 and allowed only 3BB, 1H, 1R in a CG win for POG. Johnny Gordley (12-22, 4.47) gave up 4R in 7IP. Top Sox hitter was SS Andy Martineau (1 for 3, 1RBI). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR.

9/12 DET @ BOS: loss 5-8 Hal Andrew (17-14, 3.19) gave up 7R (6ER) in 4.1IP for the loss. Matt Jackson (10-15, 4.57) got the win despite giving up 5R in 6.1IP. Top Sox hitters were SS Morris Lutske (4 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 3DBL, POG), C Don Lock (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB), LF Grady Fisher (1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR), & RF Will Groaning (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL). For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R. Isaac Mitchell played LF and went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

9/13 DET @ BOS: loss 2-9 Roy Wolfe (16-11, 3.71) gave up 8R (7ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Combine that with 2 errors and only getting two hits and this was a terrible all around game. Sony Faulkner (17-11, 4.09) got POG giving up just 2H & 2R in a CG win. Top Sox hitters were 3B Ben Lutske (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1TRPL), SS Morris Lutske (2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR) & LF Grady Fisher (1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL. Smokey Meacham went 1 for 3, 1DBL.

9/14 DET @ BOS: loss 4-5 Corky Stell pitched 5 shutout innings allowing only 1H. Unfortunately Lloyd Wyman (9-7, 2.88) blew a save op giving up 3R in the 8th. Daniel McCarty gave up 3R in 4IP. Jim Camden (6-5, 4.58) pitched a scoreless 8th for the win. POG went to Sox 1B Em Pelto (2 for 4, 2RBI). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 2, 1R, 3BB, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4. Ray Kress went 1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

9/15 day off

STANDINGS
91-54, #1 overall, 4 games ahead of Philly, 6-7 in the last two weeks
-We are still in the lead but Philly is definitely threatening. We need to finish the last 9 games strong, not just to improve our chances of a pennant, but to build some momentum in case we do make it. Right now, our confidence is not lost, but it is definitely shaken after some terrible games in the last month and a half.
-We have 6 left at home and 3 on the road. We have 3 games at home against the Yanks then 3 against Washington and then we finish the season in NY.

BAD NEWS
-Luther Ormiston was lost for 9 games due to pulled back muscle. That left Mitch Ferron hitting cleanup. Idiot AI, I would have moved Perly up in the lineup with Ormiston out. Then again, Perly sucked (.229) so who knows if it would have helped. But, with Kress getting walked at a record pace this year, it really sucks to not have a big stick backing him up to make folks pay. Hopefully we can find a way to stay healthy in the final 9 games.
-Philly and Boston both swept us in a series. Ulrich 5.21, Andrew 5.75, Wolfe 5.56, Leveck 67.52, Brown 27.00, Vonkitzing 36.00. With ERAs like this combined with Ormiston's injury, its no wonder we dropped 4 games in two weeks.

GOOD NEWS
-Ray Kress is finishing the season strong and making a case for another possible BOY. But he's going to really have to impress in the final 9 games. It doesn't look like he's going to catch Ormiston in the HR race however. On 9/5 he was named Player of the Week for hitting .565, 2HR & 6RBI.
-Lloyd Wyman set a new team record with 63 games pitched. He broke the team saves record earlier in the year.
-Smokey Meacham (.429) & Dennis Kitterman (.360) were our top two hitters these last couple of weeks.
-Despite a collapse of almost our entire pitching staff, Corky Stell remained a rock going 2-1, 2.19. He just turned 36, so we will have to keep an eye on him.

[m0ng00se]

1952, 9/16 THRU 9/25

9/16 NYY @ DET: WIN 4-3 Bud Ulrich (18-6, 2.65) got the win giving up 2R in 8IP. Sam Cole got his 6th save despite giving up a run in the 9th. Carpenter Erickson (18-10, 3.06) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Top Yank hitter was RF Arnie Stewart (1 for 3, 1R, 1BB). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 4, 1R.

9/17 NYY @ DET: WIN 5-2 Hal Andrew (18-14, 3.10) got the win and POG giving up 2R (0ER) in 8IP. Sam Cole got his 7th save pitching a scoreless 9th. Tom Zonneveld (13-21, 4.16) gave up 5R in a CG loss. The Yanks were held to 4 hits. Their CF John Young went 3 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

9/18 NYY @ DET: loss 1-3 Corky Stell (21-7, 2.31) gave up 3R in 6.1IP for the loss. Eric Williams (17-13, 3.84) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8.1IP. Top Yank hitters were CF John Young (3 for 5, 1R, 1SB) & 1B Arnie Stewart (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

9/19 day off

9/20 WSH @ DET: WIN 2-0 Roy Wolfe (17-11, 3.59) pitched a 2H CG shutout for the win and POG. Joe Homic (17-17, 3.57) got the CG loss giving up just 4H & 2R. Top WSH hitter was LF Delmar Yordy who went 1 for 3. For us, Matt Perly provided us our only points with 2 solo HRs on a 2 for 3 day.

9/21 WSH @ DET: WIN 3-2 Bud Ulrich (19-6, 2.64) got the win and POG giving up 2H & 2R in 8IP. Van Melbourn (11-20, 4.12) gave up 3R in a CG loss. Top WSH hitter was 2B Dean Parente (1 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 3.

9/22 WSH @ DET: WIN 6-1 Hal Andrew (19-14, 3.04) got the CG win and POG striking out seven and allowing 0BB & 1R. Chris Frays (11-15, 4.14) gave up 6R in 5.1IP for the loss. Top WSH hitter was RF Ernest Greenbush (2 for 4, 1R). For us, John Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

9/23 DET @ NYY: WIN 5-3 Corky Stell gave up just 1R in 6IP. Lloyd Wyman (10-7, 2.93) blew a save giving up 2R (1ER) in the 9th but then gave up 0R in the 10th holding on for the win. Sam Cole relieved Lloyd with one out left and struck out that batter for his 9th save. Eric Williams gave up 3R (1ER) in 9IP. The loss went to Oscar Villalpando (3-5, 4.26) for giving up the game winning run in the 10th compliments of a clutch double by Luther Ormiston. Top Yank batters were 1B Arnie Stewart (3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL), 2B Lonnie Christensen (2 for 3, 2R, 2BB) & SS Pip Seneca (1 for 3, 2BB, 1HR).

9/24 DET @ NYY: WIN 14-4 Roy Wolfe (18-11, 3.58) got the CG win giving up 4R (3ER). James Jackson (1-1, 10.80) gave up 9R in 3.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were 1B Arnie Stewart (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL), LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 1R) & RF Charles Gillis (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1DBL (with bases loaded). Luther Ormiston went 1 for 1, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR.

9/25 DET @ NYY: WIN 4-2 Bud Ulrich (20-6, 2.63) gave up 2R in 8IP for the win and POG. Sam Cole got one out and then Lloyd Wyman finished the 9th for his 24th save. Carpenter Ericson gave up 1R in 7.2IP. The loss went to Yank Closer Doyle Weaver (1-6, 2.95) for giving up 3R in the 9th. Top Yank hitters were 1B Jack Wilson (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB) & CF John Young (2 for 4, 1RBI, 2DBL). For us, Smokey Meacham went 2 for 4, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 2BB.

BAD NEWS
-We just finished the season strong and healthy as well as earned our first pennant of the '50s so I have almost nothing to complain about.
-I am a little concerned with how long it took the NL race to finish out. I hope my guys stay hungry during their extended time off.

GOOD NEWS
-On 9/26 Roy Wolfe was named Player of the Week... He won 2 games, one shutout, 1.50 ERA while fanning 11.
-Ray Kress set a team single season record in Walks (148) and ended up #23 in AVG & #11 in HRs on the Career Leaderboard.
-Ray Kress finished the season without a single error in 146 games (I believe he's only committed 3 errors total in his 10 year career - 2 last year & 1 in '47). Carl Sandoz also had 0 errors in 96 games this year.
-Lloyd Wyman set a team single season record in Games Played (65) & Saves (24) and ended up #10 on the Career Leaderboard in Saves.

[m0ng00se]

END OF THE YEAR AWARDS
AL Batter of the Year - Luther Ormiston
AL Pitcher of the Year - Corky Stell
Gold Gloves - (sadly) none

1952 STANDINGS

AL Team       W  L  PCT   GB Last10

 
Detroit      99 55 .643   -    8-2 
Philadelphia 91 63 .591  8.0   5-5 
Boston       85 69 .552 14.0   5-5 
New York     76 78 .494 23.0   3-7 
Washington   72 82 .468 27.0   3-7 
Chicago      67 87 .435 32.0   5-5 
Cleveland    63 91 .409 36.0   6-4 
St. Louis    63 91 .409 36.0   5-5

1952 HITTING

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

 
G. Young       17  37  13  1  0  0   2   4   5  1 .351 .442 .378 
R. Kress      149 472 155 21  3 30  96 106 148 58 .328 .488 .576 
D. Kitterman  146 588 185 19  8 11  74  93  47 42 .315 .369 .430 
C. Sandoz     112 344 103 16  1  4  38  34  27 28 .299 .352 .387 
L. Ormiston   141 478 143 30  6 39 127  93  96 68 .299 .412 .632 
I. Mitchell   108 313  89  8  5  6  37  38  16 25 .284 .322 .399 
M. Perly      145 492 134 21  2 26  99  65  73 71 .272 .367 .482 
D. Castaneda  144 559 150 15  3  3  48  85  90 63 .268 .369 .322 
S. Zucal       62  78  18  3  0  1   7  20   8  8 .231 .299 .308 
M. Ferron      65 153  35  4  0  0  14   9  14 16 .229 .296 .255 
C. Darling     73  70  16  0  0  1   6   8   7 13 .229 .295 .271 
J. Degal      112 383  87  7  0  9  38  34  32 37 .227 .285 .316 
B. Ulrich      39 101  22  2  1  0   5  11   3 27 .218 .248 .257 
J. Meacham     98 218  46  8  1  7  25  23  23 22 .211 .284 .353 
R. Fish       146 494 103 14  3 17  58  53  64 46 .209 .297 .352 
H. Andrew      39 104  21  3  3  0   7  12   5 27 .202 .245 .288 
M. Kreitenberg 11  13   2  0  0  0   1   4   1  2 .154 .214 .154 
R. Wolfe       38 108  15  3  0  0   3  10   8 34 .139 .205 .167 
P. Short       56  88  12  5  1  1   3  11   5 14 .136 .183 .250 
L. Richardson   7  17   2  0  0  0   1   1   2  4 .118 .200 .118 
C. Stell       39 102   9  3  0  0   5   7   7 26 .088 .144 .118

1952 PITCHING

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

 
C. Stell      39 39 21  7  0 2.29 279.0 191  75  71  88 118 
B. Ulrich     39 39 20  6  0 2.63 294.0 214 102  86 109 187 
H. Andrew     38 38 19 14  0 3.04 293.1 220 112  99 107 190 
R. Wolfe      38 38 18 11  0 3.58 297.0 292 130 118  66 139 
L. Wyman      65  0 10  7 24 2.91  77.1  74  28  25  22  52 
A. Paule      42  0  4  4  8 3.04  53.1  46  19  18  17  15 
S. Cole       64  0  3  3  9 2.66  50.2  45  16  15  18  16 
S. Leveck     13  0  2  0  1 6.91  14.1  16  11  11   7   7 
S. Brown      24  0  2  2  1 4.01  24.2  27  15  11   6   9 
D. Vonkitzing 16  0  0  1  0 6.63  19.0  25  14  14   6  10

1952 TEAM STATS

Batting AVG: .260  (7th)
Homeruns:     155  (1st)
Walks:        681  (2nd)
Stolen Bases:  34 (12th)
Runs Scored:  722  (4th)

Pitching ERA:  3.00 (1st)
Opponents AVG: .223 (1st)
HRs Allowed:     88 (2nd)
Walks Allowed:  446 (1st)
Runs Allowed:   522 (1st)

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Kress #4, Kitterman #9
SLG - Ormiston #1, Kress #2, Perly #7
HIT - Kitterman #4
2B - Ormiston #8
HR - Ormiston #1, Kress #3, Perly #5
RBI - Ormiston #1, Perly #5, Kress #6
RUN - Kress #2, Ormiston & Kitterman #8
SB - Kress #10
BB - Kress #1, Ormiston #5, Castaneda #7
WIN - Stell #1, Ulrich #3, Andrew #5, Wolfe #7
SVs - Wyman #2
ERA - Stell #1, Ulrich #2, Andrew #7
Ks - Andrew #6, Ulrich #7

[jdw]

Be ready to edit those, Goose. Either Luther or Kress should end up winning the BOY. I've got to think (and hope) Corky takes the POY over Stevens of the A's. Got to think Win Leader + ERA Leader + Pennant wins over Win Leader + K Leader.

Kress, Luther, Corky and Ulrich should earn All Pro. Perly and Habermehl is tight at 2B... I *think* Habermehl is probably a bit more deserving. Hal probably finishes behind Weeks and Stevens for a third All Pro pitcher, but they're awfully close.


John

[canadiancreed]

i'll probable peeve my NL brethern, but i'm rooting for the Tigers in this one. I was so hoping the Pirates would get in the series this year for selfish reasons