Time Warp Baseball - Page 150

Matt from TN · 12-07-2004, 12:56 PM

April 1949

The Red Sox went 10-4 to close out the first month of the season, placing them in first place by 2 games over the White Sox. The Browns heated up and are in 3rd place, while the Tigers slid to 4th.

The Phillies remain hot with a 19-5 record. However, they dropped their first series of the season on April 21st. After a 4-2 win over the Reds, Cincinnati held the Phillies to just 2 runs over the next two games. The Reds are in 2nd place with an impressive 15-8 record. Meanwhile, the Phillies swept the Cardinals yet again and are now 6-0 against them this season.

In The News

Apr 18: A New York fan charged Ervin Skjerly with assault after the Yankees lost 7-0 to Detroit. Commissioner Chandler suspended Skjerly, but he was absolved on April 23rd. Chandler criticized teams for lax security that allows fans on the field.

April 29: Long-time Washington star shortstop Blake Crocitto collected his 3000th career hit off young Boston pitcher Eric Williams. After collecting a single for hit #2999 in the 3rd inning, Crocitto laced a hard single with two outs in the 5th for his 3000th. Washington went on to win the game 7-1.

Code:

American League Standings 
  
Boston (A)       16  8 .667 -
Chicago (A)      14 10 .583 2.0 
St. Louis (A)    13 10 .565 2.5 
Detroit          13 11 .542 3.0
New York (A)     11 12 .478 4.5
Cleveland        10 13 .435 5.5 
Washington        9 14 .391 6.5
Philadelphia (A)  8 16 .333 8.0
 
National League Standings 
 
Philadelphia (N) 19  5 .792 - 
Cincinnati       15  8 .652 3.5
St. Louis (N)    11 12 .478 7.5
Boston (N)       10 13 .435 8.5
New York (N)     10 13 .435 8.5
Pittsburgh       10 13 .435 8.5
Chicago (N)      10 14 .417 9.0
Brooklyn          8 15 .348 10.5

AL AVG
.403 Chester Munch, CHA
.400 Jim Dunkel, WSH
.394 Vince Chipple, SLA

NL AVG
.478 Jon Wright, PHI
.407 Ed Rossi, PHI
.388 Curt Deguet, BSN

AL HOMERUNS
9 Ray Kress, DET
7 Luther Ormiston, DET
5 Four Players Tied

NL HOMERUNS
8 Ken Chaucer, BSN
8 Maurice Misisca, PHI
6 Ed Rossi, PHI

AL RBI
27 Al Arsenault, BOS
27 Lonny Arrendale, CHA
24 Ray Kress, DET
24 Cecil Marziani, CHA

NL RBI
26 Jon Wright, PHI
26 Nick Pursell, NYG
25 Ken Chaucer, BSN

AL STEALS
9 Hans Habermehl, PHA
8 Hershel Cooley, PHA
5 Homer Jewell, CHA
5 David Oram, CHA

NL STEALS
14 Jonny Perly, PHI
9 Zeke Sewell, CIN
8 Ben Cook, STL
8 Jack Zenisek, BSN

AL ERA
2.51 Sonny Faulkner, BOS
2.51 Ken Malia, PHA
2.70 Bob Stevens, PHA

NL ERA
2.31 Scottie Allen, BSN
2.36 Tom Zonneveld, NYG
2.58 Bob Bussmann, PHI

AL WINS
4 Billy Crowell, DET
4 Earl Boyd, CHA
4 Cotton Simson, SLA
4 Buster Davis, SLA

NL WINS
5 John Nolting, PHI
5 Dan Volpe, PHI
5 Bob Bussmann, PHI

AL STRIKEOUTS
38 Carpenter Erickson, NYA
30 Cotton Simson, SLA
30 Hal Andrew, DET

NL STRIKEOUTS
38 Ron Fleischmann, PIT
35 Scottie Allen, BSN
33 Wally Saeger, STL

AL SAVES
7 Billy Hyberg, BOS
4 Ray Seidel, SLA
3 Four Players Tied

NL SAVES
8 Doyle Weaver, PHI
4 Bill Risner, PHI
4 John Quinney, STL
4 Rod Chiswick, CHN

canadiancreed · 12-07-2004, 01:09 PM

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However, they dropped their first series of the season on April 21st. After a 4-2 win over the Reds, Cincinnati held the Phillies to just 2 runs over the next two games.

I dont know whether I should be overcome with multiple joygasms, or the Phillies shoudl hang their head in shame for losing to this team.

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The Reds are in 2nd place with an impressive 15-8 record.

Why this team starting to remind me of the 1969 Mets?! Serisouly, I cant see the reason why this team is winning so far.

Oh well it's May, by June it will be a lovely memory

But as long as we embarass the Phillies

Carlton · 12-07-2004, 09:15 PM

Afraid of the Reds...HA!

canadiancreed · 12-07-2004, 09:17 PM

we're the only team you havent beaten in a series

jsut think about that

Vris · 12-07-2004, 10:21 PM

They are yet to play the Braves though!

Think about that!

canadiancreed · 12-07-2004, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vris

They are yet to play the Braves though!

Think about that!

hey ya! good point!

you've gotta show mastery over the league before yuo can have no fear. And I wish you good luck sweeping the Braves. Pitcher park, team geared for just that purpose, rabid fans.....kinda reminds me of the Reds

jdw · 12-08-2004, 04:52 AM

Record watch to keep an eye on:

Career Strikeouts
3231 - J. Lee
3150 - F. Smith*
3098 - D. Wickersham

81 to go. 29 in April. Frank also threw his 70th shutout, and passed 400 CG.

The Career Leaderboards are pretty sparse of active players. A fair number in BA and HR and SB, but only Hitman on the hits list, Lamberty and Breckenridge and the Run and BB lists, Lamberty on the RBI list, and Arsenault on the 2B list. Only Smith and Bowers on the Wins list, and other than the Saves list, the pitching lists sparse as well.

Almost certainly the impact of the War gutting some players careers like Ditty and Rhino. That should change in the next ten years as the War Gap passes through people's careers.

John

tward13 · 12-08-2004, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdw

Record watch to keep an eye on:

Career Strikeouts
3231 - J. Lee
3150 - F. Smith*
3098 - D. Wickersham

81 to go. 29 in April. Frank also threw his 70th shutout, and passed 400 CG.

The Career Leaderboards are pretty sparse of active players. A fair number in BA and HR and SB, but only Hitman on the hits list, Lamberty and Breckenridge and the Run and BB lists, Lamberty on the RBI list, and Arsenault on the 2B list. Only Smith and Bowers on the Wins list, and other than the Saves list, the pitching lists sparse as well.

Almost certainly the impact of the War gutting some players careers like Ditty and Rhino. That should change in the next ten years as the War Gap passes through people's careers.

John

And in Lamberty's case a player on his last leg who should have retired. But his eye's so good he may hit .100 and still have a .350 OBP

Matt from TN · 12-08-2004, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdw

The Career Leaderboards are pretty sparse of active players.

Yep, and most of them there are due to retire any day (or should have already), like Lamberty, Breckenridge & Mickelsen... even Hung. And Bowers is washed up too.

And nice call on the 70th shutout. I was looking at that yesterday and saying, wow, it's amazing in the more modern times that he's managed to climb up to 4th. My man Jethro Lee is the only other "modern" player in the top 10.

jdw · 12-08-2004, 01:22 PM

Since the Phillies are chasing this, I thought I'd update this yet again from an earlier post, with a correction to the 1945 series.

There have been 14 teams to win 100 games in a season:

Code:

1907 Cleveland (AL)     100-54 .649 +10  (0-4 to 85-69 NYN)
1908 New York (AL)      102-52 .662 +11  (4-2 over 92-62 PIT)
1910 Cleveland (AL)     107-47 .695 +11  (1-4 to 88-66 BSN)
1915 St. Louis (NL)     103-51 .669 +16  (1-4 to 91-64 CLE)
1916 Cleveland (AL)     102-52 .662 +14  (4-2 over 89-65 STL)
1920 Chicago (AL)       102-52 .662 +16  (5-4 over 87-67 CIN)
1923 New York (AL)      103-51 .669 +19  (0-4 to 92-62 STL)
1927 Philadelphia (NL)  100-54 .649  +8  (4-2 over 85-69 NYA)
1928 Boston (NL)        105-49 .682 +15  (2-4 to 93-61 DET)
1931 New York (AL)      100-54 .649 +20  (1-4 to 93-61 BSN)
1935 New York (AL)      101-53 .656 +17  (4-0 over 89-65 BRK)
1938 Chicago (NL)       101-53 .656  +9  (4-0 over 92-62 CHA)
1945 Boston (AL)        101-53 .656 +14  (4-3 to 89-65 PHI)
1948 Detroit (AL)       102-52 .662 +18  (3-4 to 96-58 PHI)

Interesting notes:

(a) no league has ever had two 100 game winners in a season.

(b) not only hasn't it happened in a league in a season, but there hasn't been a season where there was a 100 game winner in both leagues.

(c) 100 game winners have won only seven of the fourteen WS they've competed in.

(d) 100 winners have been swept twice, and in turn of swept two series.

(e) The Braves are the only team to have "upset" two 100 games winners. The Braves took down the 1931 Yanks early in their Dynasty Years, and also had the Upset of the Century over the mighty 1910 Cleveland side.

(f) the 19 game gap in 1910 between 107-47 Cleveland and 88-66 Boston is by far the biggest in Series history, with no other gap more than 15 games.

(g) no one has won 100 games back-to-back.

(h) missing from the list are the 1919 Black Sox who went 93-47 in the shortened season. Their .664 winning percentage is actually higher than the following year when they won 102 games. Of course they then threw the series to Brooklyn (83-57 .593) five games to two. They easily have the best two year winning percentage in TWB: 195-99 .663.

(i) The Yankees have won 100+ four different times, while the Indians have done it three times.

The Phils are chasing a pair of marks:

* Cleveland's 107-47 single season record in 1910

* The White Sox two year .663 mark in 1919-20. The Phils would need to go 109-45 (.708) to break that mark.

John

canadiancreed · 12-08-2004, 01:43 PM

From what i'm seeing it's an outside possibility. They've got the pitching with Sisk and Notling......but the hitting I dont know. Something in the back of my head jsut tells me a big injury is in the works for one of there key players

haggis007 · 12-08-2004, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt from TN

And Bowers is washed up too.

.

3rd in the league in wins, 5th in ERA--I wish all my old guys were washed up like this!

Matt from TN · 12-08-2004, 02:45 PM

May 15, 1949

Despite a 7-6 record, the Red Sox remain in 1st in the AL. The Tigers moved back to 2nd before dropping 4 of their last 5 games to the Browns and White Sox. Those two teams, St. Louis and Chicago, are proving to be serious contenders along with Detroit and Boston this season.

The Phillies went 8-5, and they are finding the Giants to be a thorn in the side. So far, they are 5-4 against New York, meaning 40% of their losses have come at the hands of the Giants. Meanwhile, Cincinnati continues to impress the league with a solid second place record. The Cardinals, whom many expected to be the Phillies' main competition, went 5-9 and have slid into a tie for 6th.

The Cubs have two outfielders challenging the major league hitting streak record of 37 set back in 1923 by the Cardinals' Josh Osbeld. Cliff Wynne is currently on a 29-game streak, and Chris Hulliberger is at 22 games. Neither of them have yet set the team record, which is amazingly just 1 short of the major league record. That was set in 1929 when HOF candidate Dave "Red Fox" Arkless hit safely in 36 games.

The trading flurry continued in early May. Just two days after he collected his 3000th hit, Washington's Blake "Hitman" Crocitto was traded to the Phillies in return for two minor leaguers. The Phillies then went out and acquired Reds CF Artie Albrecht for CF Flint Rutty, who was traded from Cincy to Philly last season, and two minor league pitchers. One of those minor leaguers, Charlie Milliner, has impressed scouts in the Reds organization. He was 3-1 with a 2.05 ERA for the Phillies' Single-A club, and now he has gone 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA for Cincinnati's AAA club.

While teams in the NL wonder if the Phillies will ever stop improving, the Tigers helped themselves by acquiring 1B Dennis Kitterman from the Dodgers for two minor leaguers.

In The News

May 9: Taking advantage of the shortened fence installed by the White Sox, the Athletics rolled into town on May 9th and belted three homers in a 6-4 win. After another homerun was hit the next day in a 7-5 A's win, the two teams combined to hit five more in the final game of the series, which the Sox won 18-4. After the series, the White Sox abandoned their trick LF fence. The 5-foot chicken wire fence, erected to cut the distance by 20 feet, resulted in 9 home runs over the three game span. The American League later ruled that fences could not be moved more than once a season.

May 10: Longtime Cardinal owner Sam Breadon died. The team was quickly sold to Robert Hannegan.

Code:

American League Standings 
  
Boston (A)       23 14 .622 -
Chicago (A)      22 15 .595 1.0 
Detroit          21 16 .568 2.0
St. Louis (A)    20 17 .541 3.0 
New York (A)     18 18 .500 4.5
Washington       17 20 .459 6.0
Cleveland        13 23 .361 9.5 
Philadelphia (A) 13 24 .351 10.0
 
National League Standings 
 
Philadelphia (N) 27 10 .730 - 
Cincinnati       22 14 .611 4.5
Boston (N)       18 18 .500 8.5
New York (N)     17 19 .472 9.5
Pittsburgh       17 20 .459 10.0
Chicago (N)      16 21 .432 11.0
St. Louis (N)    16 21 .432 11.0
Brooklyn         13 23 .361 13.5

AL AVG
.401 William Morgan, CLE
.390 Carl Sandoz, DET
.390 Hershel Cooley, PHA

NL AVG
.449 Jon Wright, PHI
.377 Ed Rossi, PHI
.373 Chris Hulliberger, CHN

AL HOMERUNS
10 Ray Kress, DET
9 Luther Ormiston, DET
8 Jimmy Ditty, NYA

NL HOMERUNS
13 Ken Chaucer, BSN
10 Maurice Misisca, PHI
9 Jonathan Wright, PHI

AL RBI
37 Lonny Arrendale, CHA
35 Cecil Marziani, CHA
32 Al Arsenault, BOS

NL RBI
39 Jon Wright, PHI
34 Cliff Wynne, CHN
33 Ken Chaucer, BSN

AL STEALS
14 Hershel Cooley, PHA
11 Hans Habermehl, PHA
8 Homer Jewell, CHA

NL STEALS
26 Jonny Perly, PHI
14 Zeke Sewell, CIN
9 Three Players Tied

AL ERA
2.71 Cotton Simson, SLA
2.76 Sonny Faulkner, BOS
2.77 Hal Andrew, DET

NL ERA
2.10 Bob Bussmann, PHI
2.26 Scottie Allen, BSN
2.75 Ace Shipley, STL

AL WINS
8 Cotton Simson, SLA
6 Earl Boyd, CHA
5 Six Players Tied

NL WINS
7 John Nolting, PHI
7 Dan Volpe, PHI
7 Bob Bussmann, PHI

AL STRIKEOUTS
54 Cotton Simson, SLA
49 Carpenter Erickson, NYA
46 Hal Andrew, DET

NL STRIKEOUTS
47 Scottie Allen, BSN
47 Wally Saeger, STL
44 Chubby Allen, CHN

AL SAVES
10 Billy Hyberg, BOS
7 Herman Curoe, SLA
6 Bourbon Allen Jr, SLA
6 Lloyd Wyman, DET

NL SAVES
10 Doyle Weaver, PHI
6 Rod Chiswick, CHN
6 Gene Masarech, CIN

canadiancreed · 12-08-2004, 03:26 PM

If it wasnt for the ***** Phils, this woudl be a miracle season

I wonder what the record is for best record for a team that didnt win the pennant

Vris · 12-08-2004, 04:12 PM

Well, the Braves survive the first stretch of the season at exactly .500. We are second half team so hopefully we will be right in line by the All Star break. The Reds can't continue this play, can they?

Carlton · 12-09-2004, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

If it wasnt for the ***** Phils, this woudl be a miracle season

I wonder what the record is for best record for a team that didnt win the pennant

Where did I put my small violin?

The Phils putting a damper on an overachieving Reds squad?
Priceless...

canadiancreed · 12-09-2004, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carlton

Where did I put my small violin?

The Phils putting a damper on an overachieving Reds squad?
Priceless...

Right beside your model T

And remember, old players get tired quicker in the summer sun.....and we've got three months to play in that heat.

This is going to be a great season

Vris · 12-09-2004, 02:31 AM

I like how everytime I come to this page, creed has the last post. It never fails. And it's always an unnecessary post that has little to do with the league.

Braves in '50!

jdw · 12-09-2004, 03:17 AM

canadiancreed wrote:

> I wonder what the record is for best
> record for a team that didnt win the
> pennant

96-58 1910 Yanks (to Indians)
94-61 1932 Braves (to Phils)
92-62 1927 Reds (to Phils)
92-62 1931 Phils (to Braves)
92-62 1938 Dodgers (to Cubs)
92-62 1941 Yanks (to Senators)
92-62 1948 Cards (to Phils)

John

canadiancreed · 12-09-2004, 03:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdw

canadiancreed wrote:

> I wonder what the record is for best
> record for a team that didnt win the
> pennant

96-58 1910 Yanks (to Indians)
94-61 1932 Braves (to Phils)
92-62 1927 Reds (to Phils)
92-62 1931 Phils (to Braves)
92-62 1938 Dodgers (to Cubs)
92-62 1941 Yanks (to Senators)
92-62 1948 Cards (to Phils)

John

Thanks

only 75 wins to go

12-07-2004, 12:56 PM	#2981
Matt from TN Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a funk.... Posts: 3,413	April 1949 The Red Sox went 10-4 to close out the first month of the season, placing them in first place by 2 games over the White Sox. The Browns heated up and are in 3rd place, while the Tigers slid to 4th. The Phillies remain hot with a 19-5 record. However, they dropped their first series of the season on April 21st. After a 4-2 win over the Reds, Cincinnati held the Phillies to just 2 runs over the next two games. The Reds are in 2nd place with an impressive 15-8 record. Meanwhile, the Phillies swept the Cardinals yet again and are now 6-0 against them this season. In The News Apr 18: A New York fan charged Ervin Skjerly with assault after the Yankees lost 7-0 to Detroit. Commissioner Chandler suspended Skjerly, but he was absolved on April 23rd. Chandler criticized teams for lax security that allows fans on the field. April 29: Long-time Washington star shortstop Blake Crocitto collected his 3000th career hit off young Boston pitcher Eric Williams. After collecting a single for hit #2999 in the 3rd inning, Crocitto laced a hard single with two outs in the 5th for his 3000th. Washington went on to win the game 7-1. Code: American League Standings Boston (A) 16 8 .667 - Chicago (A) 14 10 .583 2.0 St. Louis (A) 13 10 .565 2.5 Detroit 13 11 .542 3.0 New York (A) 11 12 .478 4.5 Cleveland 10 13 .435 5.5 Washington 9 14 .391 6.5 Philadelphia (A) 8 16 .333 8.0 National League Standings Philadelphia (N) 19 5 .792 - Cincinnati 15 8 .652 3.5 St. Louis (N) 11 12 .478 7.5 Boston (N) 10 13 .435 8.5 New York (N) 10 13 .435 8.5 Pittsburgh 10 13 .435 8.5 Chicago (N) 10 14 .417 9.0 Brooklyn 8 15 .348 10.5 AL AVG .403 Chester Munch, CHA .400 Jim Dunkel, WSH .394 Vince Chipple, SLA NL AVG .478 Jon Wright, PHI .407 Ed Rossi, PHI .388 Curt Deguet, BSN AL HOMERUNS 9 Ray Kress, DET 7 Luther Ormiston, DET 5 Four Players Tied NL HOMERUNS 8 Ken Chaucer, BSN 8 Maurice Misisca, PHI 6 Ed Rossi, PHI AL RBI 27 Al Arsenault, BOS 27 Lonny Arrendale, CHA 24 Ray Kress, DET 24 Cecil Marziani, CHA NL RBI 26 Jon Wright, PHI 26 Nick Pursell, NYG 25 Ken Chaucer, BSN AL STEALS 9 Hans Habermehl, PHA 8 Hershel Cooley, PHA 5 Homer Jewell, CHA 5 David Oram, CHA NL STEALS 14 Jonny Perly, PHI 9 Zeke Sewell, CIN 8 Ben Cook, STL 8 Jack Zenisek, BSN AL ERA 2.51 Sonny Faulkner, BOS 2.51 Ken Malia, PHA 2.70 Bob Stevens, PHA NL ERA 2.31 Scottie Allen, BSN 2.36 Tom Zonneveld, NYG 2.58 Bob Bussmann, PHI AL WINS 4 Billy Crowell, DET 4 Earl Boyd, CHA 4 Cotton Simson, SLA 4 Buster Davis, SLA NL WINS 5 John Nolting, PHI 5 Dan Volpe, PHI 5 Bob Bussmann, PHI AL STRIKEOUTS 38 Carpenter Erickson, NYA 30 Cotton Simson, SLA 30 Hal Andrew, DET NL STRIKEOUTS 38 Ron Fleischmann, PIT 35 Scottie Allen, BSN 33 Wally Saeger, STL AL SAVES 7 Billy Hyberg, BOS 4 Ray Seidel, SLA 3 Four Players Tied NL SAVES 8 Doyle Weaver, PHI 4 Bill Risner, PHI 4 John Quinney, STL 4 Rod Chiswick, CHN

12-07-2004, 09:15 PM	#2983
Carlton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,765	Afraid of the Reds...HA! __________________ "I am at that stage of my life where I keep myself out of arguments. I am 100% self sufficient spiritually, emotionally & financially. Even if you say 1+1=5, you are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. Enjoy!"

12-07-2004, 09:17 PM	#2984
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	we're the only team you havent beaten in a series jsut think about that __________________ PT21 PT22

12-07-2004, 10:21 PM	#2985
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	They are yet to play the Braves though! Think about that! __________________ None Blog it.

12-08-2004, 01:22 PM	#2990
jdw All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,161	Since the Phillies are chasing this, I thought I'd update this yet again from an earlier post, with a correction to the 1945 series. There have been 14 teams to win 100 games in a season: Code: 1907 Cleveland (AL) 100-54 .649 +10 (0-4 to 85-69 NYN) 1908 New York (AL) 102-52 .662 +11 (4-2 over 92-62 PIT) 1910 Cleveland (AL) 107-47 .695 +11 (1-4 to 88-66 BSN) 1915 St. Louis (NL) 103-51 .669 +16 (1-4 to 91-64 CLE) 1916 Cleveland (AL) 102-52 .662 +14 (4-2 over 89-65 STL) 1920 Chicago (AL) 102-52 .662 +16 (5-4 over 87-67 CIN) 1923 New York (AL) 103-51 .669 +19 (0-4 to 92-62 STL) 1927 Philadelphia (NL) 100-54 .649 +8 (4-2 over 85-69 NYA) 1928 Boston (NL) 105-49 .682 +15 (2-4 to 93-61 DET) 1931 New York (AL) 100-54 .649 +20 (1-4 to 93-61 BSN) 1935 New York (AL) 101-53 .656 +17 (4-0 over 89-65 BRK) 1938 Chicago (NL) 101-53 .656 +9 (4-0 over 92-62 CHA) 1945 Boston (AL) 101-53 .656 +14 (4-3 to 89-65 PHI) 1948 Detroit (AL) 102-52 .662 +18 (3-4 to 96-58 PHI) Interesting notes: (a) no league has ever had two 100 game winners in a season. (b) not only hasn't it happened in a league in a season, but there hasn't been a season where there was a 100 game winner in both leagues. (c) 100 game winners have won only seven of the fourteen WS they've competed in. (d) 100 winners have been swept twice, and in turn of swept two series. (e) The Braves are the only team to have "upset" two 100 games winners. The Braves took down the 1931 Yanks early in their Dynasty Years, and also had the Upset of the Century over the mighty 1910 Cleveland side. (f) the 19 game gap in 1910 between 107-47 Cleveland and 88-66 Boston is by far the biggest in Series history, with no other gap more than 15 games. (g) no one has won 100 games back-to-back. (h) missing from the list are the 1919 Black Sox who went 93-47 in the shortened season. Their .664 winning percentage is actually higher than the following year when they won 102 games. Of course they then threw the series to Brooklyn (83-57 .593) five games to two. They easily have the best two year winning percentage in TWB: 195-99 .663. (i) The Yankees have won 100+ four different times, while the Indians have done it three times. The Phils are chasing a pair of marks: * Cleveland's 107-47 single season record in 1910 * The White Sox two year .663 mark in 1919-20. The Phils would need to go 109-45 (.708) to break that mark. John

12-08-2004, 04:52 AM	#2987
jdw All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,161	Record watch to keep an eye on: Career Strikeouts 3231 - J. Lee 3150 - F. Smith* 3098 - D. Wickersham 81 to go. 29 in April. Frank also threw his 70th shutout, and passed 400 CG. The Career Leaderboards are pretty sparse of active players. A fair number in BA and HR and SB, but only Hitman on the hits list, Lamberty and Breckenridge and the Run and BB lists, Lamberty on the RBI list, and Arsenault on the 2B list. Only Smith and Bowers on the Wins list, and other than the Saves list, the pitching lists sparse as well. Almost certainly the impact of the War gutting some players careers like Ditty and Rhino. That should change in the next ten years as the War Gap passes through people's careers. John

12-08-2004, 01:43 PM	#2991
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	From what i'm seeing it's an outside possibility. They've got the pitching with Sisk and Notling......but the hitting I dont know. Something in the back of my head jsut tells me a big injury is in the works for one of there key players

12-08-2004, 02:45 PM	#2993
Matt from TN Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a funk.... Posts: 3,413	May 15, 1949 Despite a 7-6 record, the Red Sox remain in 1st in the AL. The Tigers moved back to 2nd before dropping 4 of their last 5 games to the Browns and White Sox. Those two teams, St. Louis and Chicago, are proving to be serious contenders along with Detroit and Boston this season. The Phillies went 8-5, and they are finding the Giants to be a thorn in the side. So far, they are 5-4 against New York, meaning 40% of their losses have come at the hands of the Giants. Meanwhile, Cincinnati continues to impress the league with a solid second place record. The Cardinals, whom many expected to be the Phillies' main competition, went 5-9 and have slid into a tie for 6th. The Cubs have two outfielders challenging the major league hitting streak record of 37 set back in 1923 by the Cardinals' Josh Osbeld. Cliff Wynne is currently on a 29-game streak, and Chris Hulliberger is at 22 games. Neither of them have yet set the team record, which is amazingly just 1 short of the major league record. That was set in 1929 when HOF candidate Dave "Red Fox" Arkless hit safely in 36 games. The trading flurry continued in early May. Just two days after he collected his 3000th hit, Washington's Blake "Hitman" Crocitto was traded to the Phillies in return for two minor leaguers. The Phillies then went out and acquired Reds CF Artie Albrecht for CF Flint Rutty, who was traded from Cincy to Philly last season, and two minor league pitchers. One of those minor leaguers, Charlie Milliner, has impressed scouts in the Reds organization. He was 3-1 with a 2.05 ERA for the Phillies' Single-A club, and now he has gone 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA for Cincinnati's AAA club. While teams in the NL wonder if the Phillies will ever stop improving, the Tigers helped themselves by acquiring 1B Dennis Kitterman from the Dodgers for two minor leaguers. In The News May 9: Taking advantage of the shortened fence installed by the White Sox, the Athletics rolled into town on May 9th and belted three homers in a 6-4 win. After another homerun was hit the next day in a 7-5 A's win, the two teams combined to hit five more in the final game of the series, which the Sox won 18-4. After the series, the White Sox abandoned their trick LF fence. The 5-foot chicken wire fence, erected to cut the distance by 20 feet, resulted in 9 home runs over the three game span. The American League later ruled that fences could not be moved more than once a season. May 10: Longtime Cardinal owner Sam Breadon died. The team was quickly sold to Robert Hannegan. Code: American League Standings Boston (A) 23 14 .622 - Chicago (A) 22 15 .595 1.0 Detroit 21 16 .568 2.0 St. Louis (A) 20 17 .541 3.0 New York (A) 18 18 .500 4.5 Washington 17 20 .459 6.0 Cleveland 13 23 .361 9.5 Philadelphia (A) 13 24 .351 10.0 National League Standings Philadelphia (N) 27 10 .730 - Cincinnati 22 14 .611 4.5 Boston (N) 18 18 .500 8.5 New York (N) 17 19 .472 9.5 Pittsburgh 17 20 .459 10.0 Chicago (N) 16 21 .432 11.0 St. Louis (N) 16 21 .432 11.0 Brooklyn 13 23 .361 13.5 AL AVG .401 William Morgan, CLE .390 Carl Sandoz, DET .390 Hershel Cooley, PHA NL AVG .449 Jon Wright, PHI .377 Ed Rossi, PHI .373 Chris Hulliberger, CHN AL HOMERUNS 10 Ray Kress, DET 9 Luther Ormiston, DET 8 Jimmy Ditty, NYA NL HOMERUNS 13 Ken Chaucer, BSN 10 Maurice Misisca, PHI 9 Jonathan Wright, PHI AL RBI 37 Lonny Arrendale, CHA 35 Cecil Marziani, CHA 32 Al Arsenault, BOS NL RBI 39 Jon Wright, PHI 34 Cliff Wynne, CHN 33 Ken Chaucer, BSN AL STEALS 14 Hershel Cooley, PHA 11 Hans Habermehl, PHA 8 Homer Jewell, CHA NL STEALS 26 Jonny Perly, PHI 14 Zeke Sewell, CIN 9 Three Players Tied AL ERA 2.71 Cotton Simson, SLA 2.76 Sonny Faulkner, BOS 2.77 Hal Andrew, DET NL ERA 2.10 Bob Bussmann, PHI 2.26 Scottie Allen, BSN 2.75 Ace Shipley, STL AL WINS 8 Cotton Simson, SLA 6 Earl Boyd, CHA 5 Six Players Tied NL WINS 7 John Nolting, PHI 7 Dan Volpe, PHI 7 Bob Bussmann, PHI AL STRIKEOUTS 54 Cotton Simson, SLA 49 Carpenter Erickson, NYA 46 Hal Andrew, DET NL STRIKEOUTS 47 Scottie Allen, BSN 47 Wally Saeger, STL 44 Chubby Allen, CHN AL SAVES 10 Billy Hyberg, BOS 7 Herman Curoe, SLA 6 Bourbon Allen Jr, SLA 6 Lloyd Wyman, DET NL SAVES 10 Doyle Weaver, PHI 6 Rod Chiswick, CHN 6 Gene Masarech, CIN

12-08-2004, 03:26 PM	#2994
canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	If it wasnt for the *** Phils, this woudl be a miracle season I wonder what the record is for best record for a team that didnt win the pennant __________________ PT21 PT22**

12-08-2004, 04:12 PM	#2995
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	Well, the Braves survive the first stretch of the season at exactly .500. We are second half team so hopefully we will be right in line by the All Star break. The Reds can't continue this play, can they? __________________ None Blog it.

12-09-2004, 02:31 AM	#2998
Vris Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere where I don't know where I am Posts: 3,251	I like how everytime I come to this page, creed has the last post. It never fails. And it's always an unnecessary post that has little to do with the league. Braves in '50! __________________ None Blog it.

12-09-2004, 03:17 AM	#2999
jdw All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,161	canadiancreed wrote: > I wonder what the record is for best > record for a team that didnt win the > pennant 96-58 1910 Yanks (to Indians) 94-61 1932 Braves (to Phils) 92-62 1927 Reds (to Phils) 92-62 1931 Phils (to Braves) 92-62 1938 Dodgers (to Cubs) 92-62 1941 Yanks (to Senators) 92-62 1948 Cards (to Phils) John