Alltime Allstar League begins operation

[Eugene Church]

Please note that the batter stats line reads: (BA/HR/RBI/R).


ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Wednesday, July 9, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A'S WIN 16 STRAIGHT...WAY AHEAD AT ALL-STAR BREAK

The Philadelphia Athletics (62-30) bolted from the pack in the American League by winning 16 straight games. They now lead the second place Detroit Tigers (55-37) by 7 games. It looks like the season is over for everybody but Detroit, the only team close enough to make it a race. The third place New York Yankees (51-41) are a distant 11 games off the A's blistering pace.

Philadelphia is hitting at a record .278 clip and is tied with the Tigers for the best ERA. Both have outstanding mound staffs with 3.22 ERAs, which is a record-setting pace as well. Manager Connie Mack has the best of everything this season. Strong pitching from starters Lefty Grove (15-2 2.98), Rube Waddell (12-5 2.36) and Catfish Hunter (10-4 3.07) and fine relief work from rookie righthander, Huston Street (5-2 3.24) who has registered 23 saves in 47 outings.

The A's can win even when they don't get good pitching with a lineup featuring the top batter in the league, Al Simmons (.356/13/60/58), Mickey Cochrane (.313/11/39/51), John Henry Lloyd (.296/14/62/61), Jimmie Foxx (.295/14/61/50), Frank Baker (.288/11/53/49), Rickey Henderson (.286/11/30 64) and Shigeo Nagashima (.286/10/43/48).

Manager Hugh Jennings hitters are no match for the A's hitters, but compare quite well with Connie Mack's pitching corps. In fact, Detroit holds the edge 8-7 in the season series with Philadelphia. Hal Newhouser (11-6 3.08), Virgil Trucks (10-6 2.97), Hilton Smith (6-4 1.95), Tommy Bridges (8-7 3.38) and Bill Donovan (6-4 3.81) have more than held their own against the AL leaders.

The Tigers are sparked this season at bat by Ty Cobb (.349/5/58/53), Rudy York (.246/16/54/44) and Charlie Gehringer (.270/8/40/56). Other productive batters are Harvey Kuenn (.289/5/27/43) and the catching tandem of Birdie Tebbetts (.328/1/18/15) and Johnny Bassler (.312/0/23/17). Detroit's big gun, Hank Greenberg (.215/11/48/31) is still in the doldrums at the plate. If he returns to his usual form, this would be a serious plus in the pennant race.

It has been a good year for the New York Yankees overall. As usual, they are number one in homers with good starting pitching, but have two major shortcomings -- a .247 team batting average and poor relief work. Until the Bronx Bombers gets some help in those two areas, they will not challenge for the title.

Manager Casey Stengel has relied on Lou Gehrig (.311/23/78/57), Babe Ruth (.248/21/67/60), Joe DiMaggio (.308/11/48/76), Derek Jeter (.292/11/31/65), Yogi Berra (.237/14/46/32), Graig Nettles (.29/11/49/24), Mickey Mantle (.288/11/34/28) and rookie Willie Keeler (.328/1/15/12) for the offense. The Yanks hit .266 in the first two months of the season, but have since taken a serious dive.

Stengel's starters can match the A's and the Tigers in quality. Whitey Ford (11-3 2.48), Herb Pennock (10-6 2.78), Ron Guidry (9-4 2.90), Vic Raschi (7-5 3.91) and Lefty Gomez (5-6 3.29) are a very solid pitching rotation, but the bullpen is killing New York this season. Stengel main fireman, Goose Gossage (2-7 4.61) does have 18 saves, but has been hot and cold all year long. Mariano Rivera (1-1 4.66) is ineffective for the second straight season. They are the best of the bullpen -- the others should be in Triple A -- not in the American League.

More than likely, it looks like a third place finish this year for New York, with an outside chance of the second spot.

The talented Boston Red Sox (45-45) are not playing up to their reputations and trail by 16 games, but may manage to beat out the Cleveland Indians for fourth place in the race.

The Bosox starting rotation is steady and good, but not quite in the class of the other three contenders. Mel Parnell (9-7 3.16), Roger Clemens (7-3 3.43), Pedro Martinez (4-3 2.98) and Carl Mays (8-7 3.62) are Manager Joe McCarthy's top hurlers. Cy Young (8-6 4.82) and George Ruth (3-6 3.76) have had better years and are now taking lesser roles and only starting in spots.

In the bullpen for the Red Sox, it has been hit-and-miss for rookie Bob Stanley (5-9 4.53). He has saved 17 games in 47 relief appearances, but has improved over last year's finishers. The rest of the relievers have been dismal failures with ERAs over 6.00. In all, Boston has a 3.86 ERA, sixth in the American League.

At the plate, only Ted Williams (.307/25/84/60) and Oscar Charleston (.318/13/48/69) have enjoyed much success. As a team Boston is hitting only .248 for the year.

Cleveland (44-48) started off like gangbusters in the first month of the season and even topped the league for a little while, but now all that has changed. The Tribe has sunk to fifth place, 18 games out. Mediocre hitting and pitching has caused the downward spiral.

Johnny Allen (7-6 2.82) continues to pitch well, but has dropped five of his last six decisions. Rapid Robert Feller (7-10 3.63) is also a tough customer most of the time. Poor run support has been a sore point for both of them. Rookie knuckleballer Tom Candiotti (4-3 3.40) and second-year man, C. C. Sabathia (3-4 3.48) have been consistently effective this season.

In an attempt to shore up his relief corps, Manager Steve O'Neill recalled lefty Don Mossi and righty Ray Narleski. Gary Bell (3-4 5.11) saved 16 games, but has seen his ERA skyrocket to 5.11 recently. He will now be used in long relief along with Narleski. Mossi will take over as the closer.

The Indians most dependable batters are Earl Averill (.321/14/55/61), Willie Wells (.281/14/57/44), Victor Martinez (.268/12/50/47) and Nap Lajoie (.304/4/29/43).

Holding forth in sixth place and trailing by 24 games are the Chicago White Sox (38-54) of Manager Al Lopez. He has little to brag about this season, but is proud of pitchers Billy Pierce (10-7 3.53), Ed Walsh (9-8 3.74) and Wilbur Wood (3-11 3.45). O'Neill told reporters, "All of them could easily have much better records." Juan Pizarro (3-2 4.02) has gotten the job done in the bullpen fairly well, compiling 12 saves and 53 relief appearances.

Otherwise the pitching has been pathetic and the club's ERA is a very lofty 4.35, worst in the American League.

The only productive players in the Chisox lineup have been Eddie Collins (.287/3/34/53), Joe Jackson (.275/7/49/47) and rookie Jermaine Dye (.254/15/58/49).

The Washington Senators (39-57) are back in their former haunts, near the bottom of the league and situated in the seventh spot in the American League standings.

The Nats are batting only .236 this season, but are a strong fourth in ERA. Headed by Walter Johnson (8-9 2.73), Jim Kaat (5-9 2.92), Bill Dailey (8-9 3.59) and rookie Johan Santana (4-4 3.38), the pitching corps has registered a 3.54 ERA.

The main bullpen specialist is former starter, Camilo Pascual (8-7 3.77). He replaced Rick Aguilera (0-2 7.31), who was shipped down to the minors. So far Pascual has picked up 8 saves and done a solid job in that slot.

Manager Clark Griffith's most productive hitter has been outfielder Heinie Manush (.292/2/39/37). Although it is an off-year for him, Rod Carew (.271/0/44/46) has delivered some decent numbers. The rest of lineup has been pretty silent at the plate.

Riding the caboose this season in the American League are the St. Louis Browns (34-56). Manager Earl Weaver's team is 27 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics and there does not appear to be much chance for the light-hitting Browns to move up in the standings. As a club St. Louis is hitting only .247 and they have an ERA of 4.19.

However, the Browns have a few solid performers in starting pitchers Dave McNally (7-5 3.04) and Mike Cuellar (7-6 3.63) and one of the best bullpen specialists in Hoyt Wilhelm (3-5 2.96), who has put up 15 saves and 53 relief appearances.

On the offense, only Eddie Murray (.292/7/56/37), George Sisler (.285/7/38/44) and Ken Williams (.276/13/45/45) have stood out this year.

[batted balls]

Wow, 16 straight wins! Is that the longest winning streak in the history of the Alltime Allstar Assocation?

[Eugene Church]

Originally Posted by batted balls

Wow, 16 straight wins! Is that the longest winning streak in the history of the Alltime Allstar Assocation?

Yes.

The old record was 12 in a row by the Yankees set in 1904.

The National League mark belongs to the New York Giants of 1902. They won 11 successive games.

Both won the pennant those years by over 10 games.

[Eugene Church]

Please note that the batter stats line reads: (BA/HR/RBI/R).


ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Wednesday, July 9, 1906

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PIRATES ON TOP IN NL WITH SLIM LEAD IN 6-TEAM RACE

Two-thirds of the season have been played and it can't get much tighter in the National League pennant race at the All-Star break. The Pittsburgh Pirates (49-41) are in first place by the narrowest of margins -- one percentage point over the St. Louis Cardinals (50-42) and New York Giants (50-42), who are tied for second. The Chicago Cubs (49-43) are fourth, just one game behind, the Boston Braves (47-45) fifth, trailing by three games and the Philadelphia Phillies (45-47) only five games out in sixth place. Only the Cincinnati Reds (39-51) and Brooklyn Dodgers (39-57) appear to be out of contention this year.

Pittsburgh is the current leader, but it could change on a daily basis with such a closely-bunched race. Manager Danny Murtaugh's club's prime reason for being in first place is the outstanding relief work of Kent Tekulve (8-2 1.95), who has been in 57 games and converted 24 saves. Tekulve has been aided by rookie starter Rick Rhoden (9-4 2.64) and a pair of solid vets, Ray Kremer (8-3 3.22) and Deacon Phillippe (8-8 3.09).

At the plate the Pirates have been energized by Sadaharu Oh (.261/17/55/49), Paul Waner (.324/2/30/48), Honus Wagner (.239/4/45/460 and rookie outfielder, Andy Van Slyke (.266/6/35/44).

The New York Giants under the leadership of John McGraw were the best ballclub the last five weeks, running up a mark of 23-16. The Giants head the league in team ERA with a 3.57 and top it with the most runs scored, 417, being third in homers with 81, while batting only .250. King Carl Hubbell (9-5 2.69), Christy Mathewson (10-5 2.93), Juan Marichal (10-8 3.48) and Sal Maglie (6-6 3.09) are McGraw's top hurlers and get most of the credit. Rookie starter, Amos Rusie (6-7 4.16) and freshman bullpen ace, Marv Grissom (3-3 4.04) have been fine additions to the NY pitching corps. Grissom has appeared in 44 games and saved 21 of them.

Mel Ott (.299/20/69/67), Barry Bonds (.259/22/62/66) and Martin Dihigo (.299/8/45/52) have been the most productive bats in the Giants lineup this year. Two rookies, Will Clark (.249/12/40/51) at first base and Irish Meusel (.295/1/26/23) in left have chipped in with some good offense, too.

The Redbirds of St. Louis went 23-17 since June and are tied for the runner-up spot with New York. Two pitchers are keeping the Cards close: Dizzy Dean (13-4 3.17) and Bob Gibson (10-5 3.21). Rookie Chris Carpenter (7-6 3.23) has been a tough customer, too.

In the St. Louis lineup, Johnny Mize (.316/17/77/63) has stood out with some excellent stats this season, leading the National League with 77 RBIs. Rogers Hornsby (.314/10/45/61) and Stan Musial (.283/11/57/53) are also prolific offensive producers, along with rookie left fielder, Lou Brock (.245/2/11/41), who scored a lot of runs and stole 27 bases in limit action.

Cholly Jolly Grimm has piloted the Chicago Cubs to a fourth place finish thus far, but only a scant one game out of the top spot. Ed Reulbach (9-8 2.80), Mordecai Brown (10-5 2.95), Hippo Vaughn (9-4 3.51) and Rube Foster (10-8 3.21) have performed quite capably and are important cogs in the Bruins success this season. Regular starter, Ferguson Jenkins (3-7 4.33), was shipped to the bullpen and has responded quite well in the fireman's role. He has three saves and has made 6 relief appearances since taking over that slot. Former relief ace, Bruce Sutter (2-2 5.92), couldn't get anyone out and now finds himself in Triple A. It a good thing Brown hasn't seem to suffer from the year layoff last year due to an arm injury. Without his comeback, Chicago would be in trouble.

Chicago has not been as potent with the bats as in the past, but still is a force with Turkey Stearnes (.290/18/60/59), Hack Wilson (.256/14/52/48), Ernie Banks (.248/14/59/44), Cool Papa Bell (.286/4/29/54) and Tetsuharu Kawakami (.305/4/32/31).

This was supposed to be a great year for the Boston Braves (47-45) with many people picking them to challenge the Cubs for the NL crown. But for the first two months of the season the pitching didn't hold up to its reputation. Now it has and the Braves are moving up in the standings, positioned now at the fifth place spot, trailing by 3 games. Greg Maddux (10-6 2.38), Phil Niekro (8-4 3.61), Tommy Glavine (8-6 3.56) and Warren Spahn (7-10 3.51) have made good showings for Manager Bobby Cox. New additions in the last month to the reliever corps like Dick McMahon (5-2 2.48), Gene Garber (0-0 1.13) and Steve Bedrosian (0-0 0.84) also has made Cox's life much better.

The Braves continue to struggle at bat with Buck Leonard (.223/5/27/29) in the throes of a year-long slump. The only thing that has saved them is home runs -- they top the league with 90. Chipper Jones (.291/16/50/49), Tommy Holmes (.313/6/24/35), Eddie Mathews (.267/18/44/51), Hank Aaron (.257/17/53/39) and Joe Torre (.329/3/34/18) have kept Boston in the race. Powerman Bob Horner (.400/1/10/8) was recently recalled from Triple A to take over first base for Leonard.

The sixth place Philadelphia Phillies (45-47) have been enlivened by two rookies outfielders, Ed Delehanty (.330/6/67/50/14 SB) and Billy Hamilton (.310/2/28/62/51 SB) and very solid starting pitching. Danny Ozark's staff has been effective, led by Pete Alexander (9-5 3.12), Robin Roberts (8-2 3.07) and Steve Carlton (7-8 3.05). Recent recalls from the minors have also added new blood to the mound corps. Starters Curt Simmons (5-2 2.19) and Akiro Bessho (1-1 2.70) have given Ozark two more good arms. The Phillies are 5 and a half games out of first place.

The Phils sport the best team batting average in the National League at .269, paced by Chuck Klein (.320/13/45/52), Biz Mackey (.285/7/38/43) and the newcomers Delehanty and Hamilton. Lack of longball power is Philadelphia's big weakness. They are last in the NL with only 51 homers. Tug McGraw has been spotty in the finisher's spot this year. Curt Schilling has been slotted by Ozark for that position.

Early in June, Manager Sparky Anderson reworked the Cincinnati Reds (39-51) pitching roster and made a noticeable improvement as the team ERA has dropped from 4.95 to 4.36 with the addition of Eppa Rixey (6-3 3.13), Jose Rijo (4-3 3.27), Gary Nolan (4-1 3.56) and Mario Soto (4-4 3.88) to the starting rotation and Rob Dibble (1-2 4.09) as his number one bullpen specialist. This got Cincy out of the cellar and moved them into seventh place, 10 games out.

Cincinnati is woefully weak in scoring runs, ranking last with 304 this season. St. Louis is tops in this category with 411 runs. Frank Robinson (.292/19/54/58), Ted Kluszewski (.283/13/50/33), Edd Roush (.316/4/32/44) and Vada Pinson (.289/4/26/28) are Anderson's best batters. The Reds pitchers have improved greatly, but with such an impotent offense, it is tough to win.

What a turnaround to Tommy Lasorda's season. The Brooklyn Dodgers (39-57) were sky high in April, contending for the league lead and hitting the ball out of sight. All that has since changed and they have fallen as far as you can go -- to last place. The Dodgers are 13 games behind the first place Pirates. Pitching is almost non-existant, except for the superlative southpaw, Sandy Koufax (11-5 2.41).

But Brooklyn can still put a run or two on the scoreboard with Cristobel Torriente (.355/6/59/41), the top hitter in the National League, Zach Wheat (.306/7/52/47), Jackie Robinson (.307/9/43/75), Mike Piazza (.256/16/49/37) and Sean Green (.255/17/57/63).

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Wednesday, July 9, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A'S SIMMONS BEST HITTER IN AL...TEAMMATE GROVE TOP HURLER


The Philadelphia Athletics are having a wonderful season. The team is on top of the American League by a wide margin and they are being led by the best hitter and best pitcher in the league. Outfielder Al Simmons is hitting .356 and Lefty Grove has piled up 15 victories to lead in those categories.

Ty Cobb of the Tigers is right up there with Simmons, batting .349 so far. Cleveland's Earl Averill is third at .321.

Grove is 15-2 on the year with a 2.98 ERA to top all pitchers in wins. Teammate, Rube Waddell is 12-5 and 2.36, followed by Whitey Ford, the stylish New York lefty, who is 11-3 with a 2.48 ERA and is tied with Detroit's Hal Newhouser, a fireballing portsider, with an 11-6 mark and 3.08 ERA.

Here are the other American League leaders:

Batting:

Batting Average: Simmons (PHA) .356
Hits: Cobb (DET) 130
Doubles: J. DiMaggio (NY) 28
Triples: Cobb (DET) 12
Home Runs: Williams (BOS) 25
RBIs: Williams (BOS) 84
Runs: J. DiMaggio (NY) 76
SB: Henderson (PHA) 56
BB: Williams (BOS) 67

Pitching:

Wins: Grove (PHA) 15
Games: Pizarro (CWS) and Wilhelm (BAL) 53
IP: Johnson (WAS) 158
Saves: Street (PHA) 23
Complete Games: Parnell (BOS) 11
Shutouts: H. Smith (DET), Pennock (NY) and Grove (PHA) 3
Strikeouts: Johnson (WAS) 139
ERA: H. Smith (DET) 1.95, Waddell (PHA) 2.36, Ford (NY) 2.48

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Wednesday, July 9, 1906

NATIONAL LEAGUE

REDBIRDS DEAN TOPS NL PITCHERS...DODGER TORRIENTE BEST BATTER

The ace of the National League hurlers is St. Louis' Dizzy Dean. He has compiled an impressive 13 and 4 record and a 3.17 ERA to outdo all of his pitching peers this year. Runner-up in most wins is Brooklyn's Sandy Koufax with an 11 and 5 mark and a splendid 2.41 ERA.

Dodger centerfielder Cristobel Torriente has the best batting average. He has banged out base hits at a .355 clip this season to pace all hitters. Ed Delehanty, the talented rookie outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, comes in second with a .330 mark. Third in the race is Pirate outfielder Paul Waner at .324.

Here are the National Leaders:

Batting:

Batting Average: Torriente (BRO) .355
Hits: Torriente (BRO) 121
Doubles: Hornsby (STL) 35
Triples: Stearnes (CHC) 11
Home Runs: Bonds (NYG) 22
RBIs: Mize (STL) 77
Runs: J. Robinson (BRO) 75
SB: Hamilton (PHI) 51
BB: Bonds (NYG) 48

Pitching:

Wins: D. Dean (STL) 13
Games: Tekulve (PIT) 57
IP: Koufax (BRO) 160
Saves: Tekulve (PIT) 24
Complete Games: D. Dean (STL) and G. Maddux (BSN) 11
Shutouts: D. Dean (STL) 5
Strikeouts: D. Dean (STL) 131
ERA: G. Maddux (BSN) 2.38, Koufax (BRO) 2.41, Rhoden (PIT) 2.64

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Thursday, August 7, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A'S LEAD TIGERS BY 5.5 GAMES GOING INTO LAST MONTH

Only one team has a chance to catch the first place Philadelphia Athletics (76-44) in the race for the American League flag. And to catch them the second place Detroit Tigers (71-50) are going to make up a lot of ground quickly. There is only one more month left in the regular season, so time is running out.

The A's were 14-14 in the last month, while the Tigers were 16-13, picking up 2.5 games in the process. Connie Mack's team is solid with the bat and on the hill. A breakdown doesn't seem to be in the cards. Detroit needs a crackerjack month real bad to have any chance at all.

The New York Yanks (63-57) held onto the third spot by compiling a mediocre 12-16 record and giving the fourth place Cleveland Indians (61-59) a chance to close the gap on them. The Tribe had the second-best record last month in the AL, putting up a 17-11 mark. They trail New York by two games in the battle for third place and are 15 games behind Philadelphia.

It has been a disappointing season for the fifth place Boston Red Sox (59-62), who finished up last month with 14 wins and 17 losses to fall 17.5 games out of first. Al Lopez and the Chicago White Sox (56-64) played the best baseball in the league with a sparkling 18-10 record, but only good enough for sixth place in the standings.

Rounding out the bottom of the league are the Washington Senators (49-72) in the seventh spot and the St. Louis Browns in last place. The Senators has a 10-15 mark in the month, while the Browns had a 12-17 record.

There is a tight race for individual honors, too. Al Simmons of the Athletics is still on top of the batting race with a .350 average. Ty Cobb of the Tigers is hitting .331 and teammate Mickey Cochrane of the A's stands at .326.

Home Runs: Williams (BOS) 30, B. Ruth (NYY) 29, Gehrig (NYY) 27
RBIs: Williams (BOS) 103, Gehrig (NYY) 92, B. Ruth (NYY) 85
Hits: Cobb (DET) 159, A. Simmons (PHA) 157, J. DiMaggio (NYY) 149
Runs: J. DiMaggio (NYY) 96, Charleston (BOS) 91, Jeter (NYY) 80
SB: Henderson (PHA) 63, Cobb (DET) 61, Charleston (BOS) 50

Wins: Grove (PHA) 19, Newhouser (DET) 15, Trucks (DET) 15
ERA: H. Smith (DET) 2.41, Allen (CLE) 2.68, Trucks (DET) 2.72
Shutouts: Pennock (NYY) 4, Grove (PHA) 4, Palmer (STB) 3, H. Smith (DET) 3
Saves: Street (PHA) 29, Hiller (DET) 23, Gossage (NYY) 22
Strikeouts: Newhouser (DET) 177, Johnson (WAS) 170, Feller (CLE) 166

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Thursday, August 7, 1906

NATIONAL LEAGUE

STILL A 6-HORSE RACE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE

The Pittsburgh Pirates (65-56) went 16-15 during the last month to get a little daylight between them and the other contenders for the National League crown -- but it's only a little bit of daylight -- The Buccos have a half-game edge over the Giants (64-56) and the Cardinals (64-56) and a full game over the fourth place Chicago Cubs. Philadelphia (62-58) and Boston (60-60) are still very much in the running for the title, too. They trail by only 2.5 games and 4.5 games, respectively.

The fifth place Phillies moved up in the race with the month's second-best record, 17-11. The first place Pirates were 16-15, New York 14-14, St. Louis 14-14, Chicago 15-14 and the sixth place Braves came in at 13-15.

It looks very much like another nail-biting season finale in the National League.

In the bottom two rungs of the league, next-to-last Brooklyn (55-66) topped all teams with an impressive 16-9 mark for the last month, while last place Cincinnati (47-72) fell even deeper into the basement with only 8 wins and 21 losses.

The National League batting title may go down to the last day this season. Brooklyn's Cristobel Torriente is hitting .330, Cincy's Edd Roush is at .328 and Pittsburgh's Paul Waner has a .325 average.

Home Runs: Mize (STL) 25, Bonds (NYG) 25, Stearnes (CHC) 25
RBIs: Mize (STL) 95, Ott (NYG) 89, Stearnes (CHC) 86
Runs: J. Robinson (BRO) 93, Hamilton (PHI) 85, Bonds (NYG) 85
SB: C. Bell (CHC) 71, Hamilton (PHI) 62, Brock (STL) 39

Wins: D. Dean (STL) 17, Koufax (BRO) 16, R. Foster (CHC) 14
ERA: Koufax (BRO) 2.25, Mathewson (NYG) 2.68, Maddux (CHC) 2.73
Shutouts: D. Dean (STL) 5, Reulbach (CHC) 5, Alexander (PHI) 4, Vaughn (CHC) 4
Saves: Tekulve (PIT) 29, Grissom (NYG) 23, Sutter (CHC) 15
Strikeouts: D. Dean (STL) 181, Carlton (PHI) 164, Gibson (STL) 140

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Friday, August 8, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

KANEDA KO A'S IN OPENER OF CRUCIAL SERIES

Detroit lefthander Masaichi Kaneda was masterful in a 4-0 shutout of the first place Philadelphia Athletics in the first game of a crucial four-game series between the top two clubs in the American League. The Tigers have now closed to within 4.5 games of first place. It was the A's fourth loss in a row.

Kaneda scattered 8 hits, walked nobody and fanned 6 in a superb effort. The Japanese southpaw has been 6-0 since moving into the starting rotation in June with a brilliant 1.98 ERA. He outpitched Ed Plank, who is 10-10 on the year. A four-run seventh did Plank and Philadelphia in. Hank Greenberg had a two-run homer to break the scoreless tie, his 15th this year.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Friday, August 8, 1906

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PITTSBURGH UPS NL LEAD TO 2 GAMES OVER GIANTS AND CARDS

The Pirates Ray Kremer (12-5 3.43) almost had a perfect game in stopping the Brooklyn Dodgers and super southpaw Sandy Koufax 6-1 at Forbes Field. Only Jackie Robinson spoiled it with a walk in the fourth inning. He stole second, went to third on a ground out and scored on a wild pitch. Other than that lapse, Kremer was perfect, hurling his second career no-hitter. He also held St. Louis hitless in 1902. Pittsburgh has won four straight and the Dodgers have lost four straight. Koufax is now 16-6 with a 2.39 ERA. The triumph enabled the Pirates to expand their National League to two games over St. Louis and New York, who both lost.

The Giants and Juan Marichal (12-10 3.48) fell to the last place Cincinnati Reds 6-4 as Eppa Rixey (7-7 3.28) and Rob Dibble (13th save) combined for the victory.

Boston's Warren Spahn (9-13 3.23) scattered nine hits in whipping the Cardinals 4-3. The Braves remained five games behind the Pirates in sixth place. Bob Horner's (.324) RBI-single won it in the bottom of the ninth.

The fifth place Philadelphia Phils continued their winning ways with a 5-2 win over the fourth place Cubs. A four-run eighth sent Moe Brown (12-8 2.97) and the Bruins down to defeat. Rookie Ed Delehanty (.330) singled in two runs to break a 2-2 tie. Relievers Jiro Noguchi (4-4 4.62) and Curt Schilling (8th save) held Chicago scoreless over the last five frames. The Cubs dropped another game behind the Bucs and are now 2.5 games out.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Saturday, August 9, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TIGERS TORCH PHILADELPHIA...ONLY 3.5 GAMES BEHIND

Four homers made it easy for Hal Newhouser (16-7 2.90) and the second place Detroit Tigers to wallop the top club in the American League, the Philadelphia A's 17-2 to take the second consecutive game in the big series between the two teams at Briggs Stadium. Ty Cobb (.330) hit his 6th of the year, Rudy York (.235) his 22nd, Hank Greenberg (.232) his 16th and Charlie Gehringer (.276) belted his 11th. Cobb had 7 RBIs.

With the win, The Tigers edged to within 3.5 games of first place. The teams conclude the series with a twinbill tomorrow.

Only two other games played. The third place Yanks edged the fourth place Indians 4-2 on Herb Pennock's (14-8 2.91) five-hitter. Babe Ruth (.267) slammed two homers off loser Johnny Allen (8-7 2.75). He is now tied with Boston's Ted Williams with 31 for the season.

And the fifth place White Sox whipped the last place Browns 6-3 behind Billy Pierce (15-9 3.38). Dave McNally (8-11 4.12) suffered the loss.

Washington and Boston had the day off.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILS ON A ROLL, CRUSH CUBS...NOW TIED FOR THIRD

The red-hot Phillies banged out 19 hits to destroy the fifth place Chicago Cubs 10-1. First baseman Don Hurst (.317) smacked two homers and drove in five runs to back up Robin Roberts' (13-4 3.05) seven-hit pitching. Philadelphia is now tied for third place with St. Louis, 2.5 games off the pace. Ed Reulbach (11-12 2.97) took the loss.

The sixth place Boston Braves and Phil Niekro (10-7 3.91) nipped the Redbirds 5-4. Marcus Giles tripled and scored the winning run in the eighth on shortstop Frankie Frisch's error. Reliever Don McMahon got his 10th save of the year, while Dizzy Dean (17-6 3.32) absorbed the loss. Chipper Jones (.267) and Bob Horner (.331) blasted homers for Boston.

And in the only other game, Sal Maglie (7-10 3.42) and the second place Giants knocked off last place Cincinnati 5-1 and gained a half-game on the idle first place Pirates. New York cut the lead to 1.5 games. Jim O'Toole (8-6 3.57) was victim of four errors by the Redlegs and picked up the loss. He gave up only two earned runs.

Pittsburgh and Brooklyn were not scheduled.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Sunday, August 10, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

DETROIT TAKES 3 OF 4 FROM ATHLETICS

The Detroit Tigers got the best of a four-game series with first place Philadelphia, winning three of four and shaved two games off of the lead. The Tigers now trail the A's by 3.5 games in the American League pennant race.

Detroit had a chance to sweep the series. They won the first game of a doubleheader 8-2 on a four-hitter by Hilton Smith (10-5 2.39), aided by home runs by Hank Greenberg and Alan Trammell. Rube Waddell (14-9 2.84) collected the loss.

Philadelphia playing without rightfielder Al Simmons (.350) and prime reliever Huston Street for the last week finally put a stop to the testy Tigers, smacking them 11-2 in the nightcap. Chief Bender (.204) did it on the mound and with the bat, swatting 3 hits and driving in 3, even slamming a homer. Alejandro Oms (.318), subbing for Simmons, went 5-5 with a roundtripper and Miguel Tejada (.232) drilled 3 hits and drove in 3. Bender (9-9 3.74) outpitched Bill Donovan (6-8 4.30) for the win.

Third place New York and fourth place Cleveland split a pair, the Indians won a squeaker 2-1 in the opener as Whitey Ford and Herb Score battled to a 1-1 draw for nine innings. Reliever Don Mossi (5-2 4.64) picked up the victory in the tenth, beating Goose Gossage (3-11 4.72).

The Bronx Bombers bounced back in game two and crushed the Tribe 12-1. Four fourbaggers made it easy for winning pitcher Vic Raschi (9-6 3.31). Joe DiMaggio (.310) slugged two out of the park and Lou Gehrig (.298) and Bill Dickey (.833) had one apiece. Dickey just returned from the DL and batted in four runs. The loss went to Sam McDowell (2-2 3.71).

Sixth place Chicago moved to within a half game of fifth place Boston with a double win over the last place St. Louis Browns, taking close wins 5-4 and 5-3. Joe Horlen (4-5 3.54) won the first game and Jose Mendes (6-4 2.83) the second with the losses credited to Mike Cuellar (9-8 3.72) and Ray Brown (5-5 3.97). Chisox reliever Juan Pizarro nailed down both games and now has 20 saves this season.

The Bosox took it on the chin twice as the seventh place Senators got great pitching from Walter Johnson and Frank Viola. Johnson (11-12 2.70) shut them out 5-0 on seven hits in the opening game, while Viola (2-2 1.86) stopped them 4-1 on five hits in the tailender.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PIRATES SWEEP TWO FROM BROOKLYN...GIANTS AND CARDS 2.5 GAMES OUT

The Pittsburgh Pirates padded their sparse National League lead to 2.5 games with a doubleheader sweep of the seventh place Brooklyn Dodgers. Rookie Rick Rhoden tossed a three-hit 4-0 shutout in game one, outdueling Dazzy Vance (8-14 4.20).

The second game was 5-3 and was decided by Pie Traynor's (.274) two-run game-winning homer in the bottom of the ninth to make a winner of Wilbur Cooper (6-6 3.25) and a loser of reliever Don Sutton (3-2 4.70). The first place Bucs have won six in a row, while the Dodgers have lost their last six.

The second place New York Giants split a pair with the last place Cincinnati Reds and fell another game off the pace. Christy Mathewson (14-8) scattered eight hits in the 5-0 victory in part one of the twinbill, supported by four home runs. Jim Maloney (5-9 4.54) took the defeat.

A rally in the ninth got the second game 3-2 win for Cincy. With one out Heinie Groh's (.261) two-run triple off losing pitcher Marv Grissom (6-5 3.56) decided it. Bob Purkey (3-6 4.04) went the route and won it for the Reds, allowing five hits.

St. Louis moved into a second place tie with the Giants by taking both ends of the doubleheader from sixth place Boston, 8-3 and 8-4. Bob Gibson (11-7 3.69) struggled, but picked up the win over Tom Glavine (11-10 3.65) in the opener, while rookie Chris Carpenter (9-9 3.33) got some great run support from center fielder Jim Edmonds in the nightcap. In a spectacular display of hitting Edmonds drove in all eight runs with 4 hits in 4 at-bats, including two homers. John Smoltz (6-3 3.33) suffered the loss. The Braves fell 6.5 games off the pace with the double defeat.

In Philadelphia, the Phils and the Cubs divided a doubleheader with both clubs losing a game to Pittsburgh in the tense National League pennant chase. The fourth place Phillies are 3.5 games behind, while Chicago trails by 4 games in fifth place.

In game one, Chuck Klein (.316) and Biz Mackey (.306) had RBI-singles in the last of the eighth to make Steve Carlton (12-8 2.79) a 2-1 winner over Hippo Vaughn (12-6 3.20).

In game two, Bruin pitcher Larry French gave up three harmless singles in whitewashing Philadelphia 4-0. Ernie Banks (.239) and Gabby Hartnett (.240) backed him with solo homers. Rick Wise (7-11 3.72) was the losing pitcher.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Friday, August 15, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A'S SPLIT SERIES WITH YANKS

The Philadelphia Athletics upped their American League lead to 4.5 games over Detroit by splitting a four-game set with the third place Yankees, while the fourth place Indians took three of four from the Tigers.

The A's took the first two games at Yankee Stadium, but succumbed to good pitching in the last two.

Philadelphia's Lefty Grove (20-4 3.05) got his 20th win of the season in the first game, beating New York 6-3.

Ed Plank (11-10 3.35) blanked the Bombers in game two on seven hits 8-0.

The Yankees rebounded and took the last two games with strong pitching. Herb Pennock (15-8 2.84) stopped them 6-2 with two homers from Joe Gordon (.184) and one by Graig Nettles (.227).

And in the finale Whitey Ford, Goose Gossage and Mariano Rivera (3-1 3.76) combined for an eleven-inning 3-2 victory over the Athletics. Rube Waddell and Huston Street (6-5 3.2) did the pitching for Philadelphia. Pinchhitter Bill Dickey (.778) delivered an RBI-single to win it for New York.

TIGS DROP 3 OF 4 TO TRIBE

Cleveland's Addie Joss (12-8 3.48) bested Detroit's Virgil Trucks 2-0 on a three-hitter in the opening game of the series.

Rapid Robert Feller (11-11 3.84) made it two straight over the Tigers as he gave Masaichi Kaneda (6-1 2.31) his first loss of the year 5-3.

The Tigers talented lefty, Hal Newhouser, blanked the Indians and Johnny Allen 4-0 on just four hits in game three.

Then Cleveland's Herb Score and three relievers endured 13 Detroit hits, but came away with an 8-5 win in the last game of the series. Reliever Don Mossi (6-2 4.56) got the victory. Shortstop Joe Sewell's (.285) ninth-inning single broke a 5-5 tie.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

BUCS BUMP OFF NY 3 OUT OF 4...STILL LOSE GROUND TO CARDS

First place Pittsburgh took three from the third place New York Giants, but still lost ground to the second place Cardinals, who swept the Chicago Cubs and tumbled them down to sixth place.

In an extraordinary pitching duel, the Pirates Deacon Phillippe (11-12 3.32) edged NY's Carl Hubbell in the first game 1-0 with a five-hit shutout. First baseman Sadaharu Oh's (.265) drove in the game's only run with a first-inning single.

Pittsburgh's Leon Day (7-3 3.32) did even better with an 8-0 two-hitter in game two of the series. Juan Marichal (12-11 3.57) got credit for the loss, going only five innings and allowing five runs.

New York rebounded in game three, sparked by a three-run blast by Barry Bonds (.256) and a solo shot by Mel Ott (.302) to top Ray Kremer (12-6 3.41) and the Pirates 4-1. Sal Maglie (8-10 3.30) hurled a fine game for the win.

In the last game of the four-game series, highlighted by RBI-singles by Pie Traynor (.282) and Honus Wagner (.253), a two-run seventh inning made Pirates starter Rick Rhoden (12-9 3.22) a 4-3 winner over the Giants Christy Mathewson (14-9 2.63). Buc relief specialist, Kent Tekulve sealed the victory with his 31st save this season. That's a new National League mark, formerly held by Bruce Sutter of the Cubs. The alltime AAA record is 32, set by Rick Aguilera of the Washington Senators in 1904.

With only one win in the series New York fell 4.5 games behind the first place Pirates.

SIZZLING ST. LOUIS SWEEPS CHICAGO

The blazing-hot St. Louis Cardinals got four well-pitched games and swept the Cubs. Larry Jackson (12-12 3.39) slipped by Rube Foster (14-10 3.10) on Stan Musial's (.294) two-run homer in the second inning for a 2-1 triumph.

Mordecai Brown held the Redbirds to three hits and no runs for eight innings and departed with a 2-0 lead, but Ferguson Jenkins couldn't hold it and allowed St. Louis to tie the game and send it into extra innings. In the tenth. pinchhitter Joe Medwick (.265) doubled and scored the game-winner, when Frankie Frisch (.296) drove him in with a single. Satchel Paige went the first nine with the 3-2 win going to reliever Matt Morris (1-1 3.40).

Game three was decided in dramatic fashion as well. Chicago lost another heartbreaker 5-4 on Johnny Mize's (.308) seventh-inning grand slam. Losing pitcher Ed Reulbach (11-13 2.91) took a 4-1 lead into the fatal inning and seemed headed for the win. Dizzy Dean (18-6 3.37) went eight innings for the victory.

In the final game of the series, the Cubs gave it away with shoddy fielding. Hippo Vaughn (12-7 3.06) went into the seventh with a 1-0 lead, but was victimized by three Chicago errors to give the game to St. Louis 3-1. Bob Gibson (12-7 3.55) tossed a strong game and registered the complete game victory, striking out ten and permitting only 4 hits.

The four-game sweep moved the Cards to within 1.5 games of first place Pittsburgh. The Cubs plummeted down to sixth, 7 games behind the leader.

BRAVES HURLERS TOO STRONG FOR PHILS...BOSTON TAKES THREE OF FOUR

The first game of the Boston-Philadelphia series went to the homestanding Phillies on the strong performance of Pete Alexander (14-7 2.78), who shut out the sixth place Braves 2-0 with an impressive 5-hitter. Greg Maddux (13-9 2.71) was almost as good, giving up only 4 hits in the loss. The Phils Jimmy Rollins (.241) doubled in the first run of the game, while Chuck Klein (.313) 19th home run accounted for the last run in the sixth inning.

Boston southpaw Warren Spahn (10-13 3.18) won his third consecutive game with an easy 7-2 win over the Phillies in game two. Akiro Bessho (1-2 4.21) suffered the defeat.

In game three, Phil Niekro (11-7 3.68) fired a four-hit shutout for the Braves to top Philadelphia 2-0. Robin Roberts (13-5 2.99) went all the way and took a tough loss.

Boston wrapped up the series with their third successive win as they bombed Steve Carlton (12-9 2.93) and the Phillies 7-2. Bob Horner (.318) rapped a two-run roundtripper, Herman Long (.254) hit a solo shot and Marcus Giles (.260) and Joe Torre (.298) knocked in a pair of runs each. Tom Glavine (12-10 3.54) salvaged the victory, giving up five hits in seven-plus innings. He struck out five and walked six.

Despite losing three of four, Philadelphia still is in the race. They are in fourth place in the NL standings and trail Pittsburgh now by 5.5 games. Boston moved up to the fifth spot and are 6.5 games out.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Monday, August 18, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

TIGERS TAKES 2 OF 3 FROM FIRST PLACE A'S

In the final meetings of the year, second place Detroit won two of the three to narrow Philadelphia's lead in the American League to 3.5 games.

The A's captured the first game of the series 5-1 with Chief Bender (10-9 3.52) on the mound. John Henry Lloyd (.290) drove in three runs with a perfect 4 for 4 day, hitting for the cycle and getting his 19th home run. Bill Donovan (6-9 4.38) was hung with the loss.

The second game was no contest. Detroit pulverized Philadelphia 16-3, pounding out 21 hits. Rudy York (.237) drove in five runs with a grand slam and a sacrifice fly, Charlie Gehringer (.273) had three hits, including a double, two-run homer and four RBIs and Carlos Guillen (.256) cracked four hits and drove in three runs. Virgil Trucks (13-9 2.62) cruised to an easy victory, getting plenty of run support in this outing. 20-game winner, Lefty Grove (20-5 3.23) lost it and left after five innings, trailing 6-2.

Masaichi Kaneda (7-1 2.40) finished off the Athletics in the third game, checking them over eight innings on five hits with nine strikeouts and five walks. John Hiller notched his 24th save with a scoreless ninth. Ed Plank (11-11 3.51) was routed after allowing five runs in just four innings.

The Tigers won the season series between the two clubs 13-9.

NY YANKS ROLL OVER CLEVELAND

In other American League action, the third place Yankees took three of four from the fourth place Cleveland Indians, winning 3-2, 7-6, 5-4 and losing the finale 6-2.

BOSTON BLITZES SENATORS

The fifth place Boston Red Sox swept all three games from the Senators at Fenway by the scores of 1-0, 9-6 and 5-2. Portsider Mel Parnell (11-12 3.47) hurled a fine five-hit shutout in the first game of the series that went ten innings, before Joe Cronin's (.288) ninth homer of the year won it. Parnell worked all ten innings. Cannonball Dick Redding (3-3 5.10) gave up Cronin's home run after Walter Johnson has gone the first nine, holding the Bosox to four hits with nine strikeouts and no walks.

BROWNS SURPRISE CHISOX

And the lowly last place Browns got some strong pitching to defeat the sixth place White Sox in three of their four games. St. Louis took the first 3-0, dropped the second 4-3, then won the last two 4-3 and 3-0. Ray Brown (3-5 3.62) and Dave McNally (9-12 3.98) fired the shutouts, both were 5-hitters.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PIRATES DUMP DODGERS TWO OF THREE...INCREASE NL LEAD TO 3 GAMES OVER CARDINALS

The National League-leading Pittsburgh Pirates dropped the first game of the series to the Dodgers at Ebbets Field, but came back to cop the final two. They got some help in the pennant race from the fourth place Boston, who whipped second place St. Louis three out of four at Sportsman's Park and increased the Pirates lead to three games.

Pittsburgh ran into knuckleballer Burleigh Grimes (7-6 3.59), who beat them 3-1 in the series opener in a rain-delayed game. Both Grimes and Bucs starter Wilbur Cooper (6-7 3.32) left after six innings because of the rain. Van Mungo and Don Sutton finished out the game for the Dodgers with Sutton getting his 8th save.

After a day off on Saturday, the Pirates took both games of the Sunday twinbill with Deacon Phillippe (12-12 3.28) winning the first game 5-2 with a scoreless inning of relief from Kent Tekulve, who got his 32st save, topping Rick Aguilera's record for the most ever in AAA history. Washington's Aguilera set the record in 1904. Pittsburgh ravaged loser Burt Hooton for five runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by a three-run homer by Pie Traynor (.285).

The Bucs Tekulve was at it again in the nightcap and raised his new mark to 33 saves this season by retiring five in a row in the 7-5 victory. Leon Day (8-3 3.51) didn't have his best stuff, but got the win. Brooklyn's rookie, Jeff Pfeffer (9-14 4.30), was whacked for five runs in the first two innings and took the loss. Rookie Andy Van Slyke (.264), Roberto Clemente (.269) and Arky Vaughan (.279) paced the Pirate hit parade with two RBIs each.

BOSTON HURLERS TOO TOUGH FOR CARDS

The Braves pitching staff was on top of their game in the Cardinal series. John Smoltz (7-3 3.21) got the best of rookie Chris Carpenter (9-10 3.31) in game one. In the 3-2 victory Hank Aaron (.245) drove in all three runs and hit his 22nd homer.

Greg Maddux (14-9 2.60) was marvelous in the second game, blanking the Redbirds 4-0 with a four-hit job. Maddux fanned eight and walked one in the masterpiece. Substitute second baseman, Felix Millan (.500), filling in for the injured Marcus Giles, was an unlikely hero. He swatted a two-run homer and drove in three runs for Boston. Loser Larry Jackson (12-13 3.42) went the route for St. Louis.

The two clubs divided a doubleheader on Sunday. The opener went to Boston 7-3 as Warren Spahn (11-13 3.17) won his fourth straight game, besting Satchel Paige (2-7 3.81), who went to the showers early, giving up 5 runs in two innings. Eddie Mathews (.278) led the Braves attack with two hits and a three-run blast, his 24th this season. Hank Aaron (.248) also pitched in with two RBIs and a solo roundtripper, his 23rd.

Boston's superb pitching continued even when they lost. The Cards were shutout for five innings by Phil Niekro (11-8 3.61) and trailed 2-0, but scored one in the sixth and two in the seventh to beat him. In the seventh Stan Musial (.290) tied it with his 16th fourbagger. Then a wild pitch with the bases loaded gave St. Louis a 3-2 victory. Dizzy Dean (19-6 3.33) tossed a strong eight innings for the win. He stuck out five and walked only one. Matt Morris registered his fifth save with a hitless ninth.

PHILS CHILL CUBS IN SWEEP

At Wrigley Field, Chicago's late season slump continued as they lost all three games this weekend to the third place Philadelphia Phillies. The Cubs have lost seven in a row and ten of their last eleven to fall nine games back in the National League title hunt.

Friday Rick Wise (8-11 3.64) and Curt Schilling combined for the 3-2 Philadelphia win. It was Schilling's 10th save this season. Dick Allen (.255) drove in two runs and hit his 13th home run for the victors. The losing pitcher was Larry French (4-2 3.48), who tossed a complete game.

Saturday Allen (.255) walloped a two-run shot off Cub reliever Fergie Jenkins (4-13 4.73) in the ninth to win it 4-3 for the Phils. Starter Rube Foster left Jenkins with a 3-2 lead, but he couldn't hold it. Winner Pete Alexander (15-7 2.80) left for a pinchhitter in the ninth. Schilling retired Chicago in order for his 11th save. Philadelphia's Chuck Klein (.307) smacked his 20th homer of the year and Ernie Banks (.243) drove in all three runs for the Bruins.

On Sunday in the 5-0 victory, all of the Phils runs came on homers -- rookie center fielder Billy Hamilton (.307) slugged a three-run shot in the eighth and catcher Darren Daulton rapped a two-run roundtripper in the ninth. Both came off Chicago ace, Mordecai Brown (12-9 2.90). On the hill, Akiro Bessho (2-2 3.12) stood out with a four-hit shutout. Bessho just recently was recalled from Triple A.

REDS RIP FLOUNDERING GIANTS

The New York Giants continued their downward slide in the National League standings as they dropped three of four to the eighth place Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds. The Giants are tied for fifth with the Boston Braves, six games behind the Pirates.

Friday Bob Purkey (4-6 3.74) shut them out 7-0 and held them to five hits in the first game of the series.

Saturday Jose Rijo and Rob Dibble (2-3 3.58) teamed up to edge New York 4-3 in ten innings in game two, despite three solo homers by Martin Dihigo (.292), Mel Ott (.304) and Barry Bonds (.255). Reliever Rube Marquard (1-3 4.31) was tagged with the loss. The Reds totaled 13 hits in the game and won it in the tenth, when Edd Roush (.315), singled, stole second, went to third on a ground out and scored on Frank Robinson's (.262) base hit.

Cincy got another fine performance from Eppa Rixey (9-7 2.93) in Sunday's first game. He whitewashed the Giants 4-0, yielded nine hits, walked none and fanned three. Juan Marichal (12-12 3.59) took the loss.

Finally New York broke loose in the nightcap with fifteen hits to break the four-game losing skein. Mel Ott (.309) collected four hits, including his 28th homer, to spark the 7-4 victory. Barry Bonds (.268) chipped in with his 28th and Art Fletcher (.244) got his fifth of the season. Joe McGinnity (3-1 3.02) went eight innings for the win and got help from Marv Grissom, who chalked up his 25th save with a 1-2-3 ninth. The Giants have lost seven of their last nine.

Bonds and Ott are tied for the home run lead with 28.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Thursday, August 21, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA SPLITS FOUR WITH NY YANKS...TOPS AL BY 4 GAMES

The Athletics went to sleep at bat, but still managed to split with third place New York at Shibe Park.

Philadelphia took the first two games of the series with some outstanding pitching. Catfish Hunter (14-8 3.42) beat Herb Pennock (15-9 2.86) in the first game 3-2 with some help from Huston Street, who got his 30th save. Jimmie Foxx (.277) clubbed a three-run homer to decide the game.

In game two, A's pitchers Rube Waddell, Ed Rommel and Bobby Shantz (2-1 3.78) combined for an eleven-inning shutout, stopping the Yanks on just three hits. Waddell was brilliant, going ten innings with 8 strikeouts and only one walk. However, Shantz got the victory. New York starter, Whitey Ford, hurled eight plus innings, struck out 11 and left with a scoreless tie. Mariano Rivera (3-2 4.15) suffered the loss. Jimmie Foxx (.276) doubled in the only run of the game.

The Bronx Bombers evened the series by both ends of the Sunday doubleheader. Lefty Gomez (7-10 3.74) clipped the Athletics 6-2 in the opening game. Chief Bender (10-10 3.65) took the loss.

In the nightcap Ron Guidry hurled New York to a 4-1 victory, permitting only four hits. Twenty-game winner Lefty Grove (20-6 3.23) was the losing pitcher in spite of having ten strikeouts.

The Yankees are in third place, 10.5 games out of first.

TRIBE TAMES TIGERS...TAKE TWO OF THREE IN SERIES

Cleveland southpaw, Herb Score, whiffed ten Detroit Tigers en route to a 7-3 triumph on Monday, aided by homers by Nap Lajoie (.297), Willie Wells (.273) and Al Rosen (.229). Tiger ace Hal Newhouser (17-8 2.85) only lasted four innings.

Indian bats were booming again Tuesday as they cranked out 13 hits to outscore Detroit 8-5. Nap Lajoie (.302) was 4-4, Kenny Lofton (.259) 2-4, Tris Speaker (.291) 2-4 and Joe Sewell (.302) was 2-4. They lit up loser Hilton Smith (10-6 2.95) with a six-run first.

Detroit finally got some life in their attack with a dozen hits in the eleven-inning 7-6 win on Sunday. Pinchhitter Harry Heilmann (.226) drilled a two-out single off losing pitcher Tom Candiotti in the top of the eleventh. Jack Morris (7-2 4.00) tossed two scoreless innings for the victory.

The Tigers are now a full four games behind Philadelphia in the battle for the American League crown and the trip to the World Series. Cleveland is in the fourth spot, trailing by 13 games.

WHITE SOX WIN SERIES FROM RED SOX

In the first game of the three-game set at Fenway Park, Chicago unleased four home runs to batter Boston 12-3. Rookie Jermaine Dye (.264) and Louis Santop (.252) both belted two homers and drove in five runs each in the runaway win. Lefthander Billy Pierce (17-9 3.32) fanned nine, walked three and allowed seven hits. Red Sox Pedro Martinez (7-8 3.98) was no match as he was ripped for seven runs and seven hits in just four innings to sustain the loss.

The Bosox took the win Tuesday 5-3 behind Carl Mays (11-12 3.76) and Bob Stanley, who picked his 22nd save with a perfect ninth. Joe Horlen (5-6 3.70) chalked up the defeat.

In the third game on Wednesday Chisox starter, Wilbur Wood and Red Sox starter, Mel Parnell, both pitched strong games, but were not around at the end. Chicago scored three in the tenth off loser Smokey Joe Wood (2-7 6.05) to take the series finale 5-2. Juan Pizarro (5-4 4.28) got credit for the victory with help from Ed Cicotte and Mark Buehrle.

SENATORS AND BROWNS SPLIT FOUR-GAME SERIES

League also-rans, the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns, are just playing for pride this season. Both are destined again for the depths of the American League standings. Seventh place is the best they can hope for.

In the series opener Josh Gibson (.244) pushed across the winning run in the tenth inning with a single and St. Louis came away with a 4-3 win. Home runs by Gibson and Wally Judnich (.212) had tied the score in the seventh. Greg Olson (1-3 4.23) was the winning pitcher, while Dick "Cannonball" Redding (3-4 4.64) was the loser.

The two clubs played a twinbill Tuesday and game one went to Washington 4-2 as Bill Dailey (10-10 3.71) outhurled the Browns Ray Brown (6-6 3.59).

St. Louis gained a split with an 8-2 victory in the second game. Marty McManus (.284) had the big blow of the game - a three-run homer in the seven-run fourth. Jim Palmer (8-15 3.83) and reliever Ben McDonald combined for the win. It was McDonald's third save this year.

The Senators evened the series at two games a piece as Walter Johnson (12-12 2.53) made the 7-1 win look easy. The big righthander gave up six hits and struck out nine. St. Louis ran out of pitchers and had to call on reliever Greg Olson (1-4 4.67) to start. He pitched into the eighth and took the brunt of the attack, allowing six runs and 10 hits.

Washington is in seventh place, 25.5 games behind the Athletics and St. Louis is in the celler, 29 games out.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Thursday, August 21, 1906

NATIONAL LEAGUE

FIRST PLACE PIRATES TAKE 2 OF 3 FROM GIANTS...TOP NL BY 4 GAMES

Going into the last three weeks of the regular season, Pittsburgh has opened up a little breathing room in the National flag chase. They are 4 games ahead of the second place Cardinals, 5 up on the third place Phillies and 6.5 games in front of the fourth place Braves.

The Pirates upended New York on the road two times out of three. Pittsburgh walloped them 9-6 in ten innings in the first game of the series at the Polo Grounds. The Bucs lashed 15 hits in all, finally winning it with a three-run outburst in the tenth. Paul Waner (.328), Sadaharu Oh (.265) and Roberto Clemente (.280) topped the hitters with three hits apiece. Roy Face (4-1 3.88) garnered the win, while Carl Hubbell (12-10 2.88) lost it in relief.

NY's ace righthander Christy Mathewson (15-9 2.62) evened the series with a 3-2 victory over Pirate rookie Rick Rhoden (12-10 3.24).

Pittsburgh came back and slipped past the Giants 5-4 in the final game of the series. Wilbur Cooper (7-7 3.39) was the winning pitcher and rookie Amos Rusie (6-8 4.03) was charged with the loss.

Manager John McGraw got some bad news. Starter Carl Hubbell will be out for about a week with arm trouble. New York is in sixth place, 7 games off the pace.

CHICAGO WINS 2 OF 3 FROM SECOND PLACE ST. LOUIS

At Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Cardinals took the opener 4-3 with Bob Gibson (13-7 3.49) on the mound. Ed Reulbach (11-14 2.96) lost it. Redbirds Ozzie Smith (.180) and Lou Brock (.235) led the way. Smith was 3-5 and scored twice, while Brock stole two bases, had two hits and scored twice.

On Tuesday Chicub lefty Hippo Vaughn (13-7 2.96) breezed to a 7-1 victory with a sharp three-hitter. He was backed by five RBIs by Gabby Hartnett (.236), who got his 18th home run of the year. Rookie Chris Carpenter (9-11 3.33) suffered the loss.

In the third game, 15 hits made it easy for the Cubs as they romped over St. Louis 8-3. Rightfielder Turkey Stearnes (.286) was 3-3 with three RBIs and three runs scored. He also hit his 28th homer, tying him for first place with the Giants Mel Ott and Barry Bonds. Dependable Larry French (5-2 3.42) registered the victory. Larry Jackson (12-14 3.50) of the Cards lost it.

Chicago has fallen to sixth place, nine games behind in the NL pennant hunt. The Redbirds are in second, but now trail by four games.

PHILS AND BRAVES BATTLE TO A 2-2 DRAW IN SERIES

The third place Philadelphia Phillies continue to shine on the mound, but it was only good enough to get a split with the fourth place Boston Braves in the current series. They divided four games.

The Phils Robin Roberts (14-5 2.96), who is having a career year, spun a superb three-hitter in the opening game on Monday, stopping Boston 4-2. Lefthander Tom Glavine (12-11 3.58) was injured and left after three innings, trailing 2-1 at the time and got the loss.

Brave righthander John Smoltz had his "A stuff" and checked Philadelphia 4-2, giving up only six hits. Boston's Hank Aaron (.250) jacked his 24th home run and Bob Horner (.287) got his 7th of the season. Both came off loser Steve Carlton (12-10 2.96).

The two clubs split the Wednesday twinbill with Boston the victor in the first game 4-1 as Greg Maddux (15-9 2.54) gave another standout performance, striking out eight and walking none. Chipper Jones (.266) bashed two home runs, giving him 25 on the season. Eddie Mathews (.277) also slugged his 26th for the Braves. Jiro Noguchi (4-5 4.57) got the defeat.

In game two the Phils hitters finally broke out of a mild slump and rocked Boston pitching for 14 hits in a 10-2 romp. Both teams had to scrape for a starter -- both clubs have tired pitching staffs. Manager Danny Ozark just started Jiro Noguchi (5-5 4.50), the first game loser. The tireless Japanese righthander managed five innings and left leading 6-2. Chris Short and Curt Schilling each tossed two scoreless innings to wrap up the win. Manager Bobby Cox started reliever Don McMahon (6-5 4.66), but he didn't fare very well and was knocked out in the five-run first.

CINCY AND DODGERS EACH TAKE TWO GAMES IN SERIES

The seventh place Brooklyn Dodgers and the last place Cincinnati Reds battled on pretty even terms this week at Ebbets Field and each won two games in the four-game set.

The Dodgers fabulous southpaw, Sandy Koufax, was the first game starter. 'Nuff said -- Brooklyn won 5-2. Koufax (18-6 2.34) allowed the Reds only five hits, fanned eight and walked three. It was Duke Snider's (.243) two-run shot that broke the 2-2 tie in the sixth inning. It came off losing pitcher Jim Maloney (5-11 4.72).

Tuesday in the first game of the doubleheader, it was great pitching again, this time Cincinnati got the best of it as Bob Purkey pitched his second straight shutout to beat Brooklyn 2-0. The Dodgers Dazzy Vance (9-15 3.95) was almost as dazzling, striking out 13 in defeat. Pete Rose (.251) won the game with a two-out two-run single in the top of the ninth.

Cincinnati put on a late rally in the second game to sweep the twinbill. They tied it 3-3 with three runs in the ninth, then won it with six runs in the eleventh. They got a dozen hits in the 9-3 decision, paced by Edd Roush (.313), Ernie Lombardi (.282) and Pete Rose (.254), all with a pair of base hits. Dolph Luque (2-6 4.36) was the winner, while Nap Rucker (0-4 7.92) was the loser, both in relief roles.

In the series finale on Wednesday, it was all Burleigh Grimes (8-6 3.34). His knuckler completely enthralled the Reds. He blanked them 5-0, yielding only five hits for his second shutout this season. Duke Snider (.247) was once again the man of the hour. He walloped two homers and drove in three runs for Brookyn. Jose Rijo (4-8 5.08) lost it for the Cincinnati.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Monday, September 1, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

A'S 4 GAMES UP OVER TIGERS WITH 7 TO GO

Philadelphia has a solid lead in the American League pennant race. The Athletics go into the last week of the season leading by 4 games over the Detroit Tigers.

The second place Tigers had a chance to cut the margin down, but only played 12-14 ball the last three weeks to shave another 1.5 games off the A's lead. Philadelphia won only 11 and lost 16 during the period. The magic number for the Athletics is four -- any combination of Philadelphia wins and Detroit losses that total four will send the A's to the World Series.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

It is just about over in the National League as Pittsburgh Pirates saved the best for last -- they kicked it up a notch and went 19 and 7 in recent weeks to put it out of reach for the other contenders. Runner-up St. Louis was 14-13, third place New York 12-15 and Philadelphia 14-13, fifth place Boston 14-13 and sixth place Chicago was a dismal 8-18. The magic number is two for the Pirates -- any combination of Pittsburgh wins and St. Louis losses that total two will decide the race.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Monday, September 1, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE

IT'S OVER...A'S WIN AL FLAG

The Philadelphia Athletics are headed back to the World Series. The A's swept two from the last place St. Louis Browns, while the second place Detroit Tigers were losing two to the fifth place Chicago White Sox. This put Philadelphia ahead by six games with only five to play.

The A's won 10-2 and 8-7 and will now meet the National League champions, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who also cinched the flag today.

Backed by a 13-hit attack including four homers, Catfish Hunter (16-9 3.17) has an easy time with the Browns in the opener. He stopped them on a four-hitter, fanning six and allowed only one walk. John Henry Lloyd (.293) hit his 21st homer of the season, Miguel Tejada (.226) got number 9 and Frank Baker (.289) slammed two, giving him 18 for the year.

In the nightcap it was a rocky day for Rube Waddell (16-10 2.93). He left trailing 7-6 after giving up five runs in the seventh. Luckily, he was saved by the A's big bats and fine relief work by rookie Huston Street, who picked up his record-setting 33rd save with two scoreless innings. Philadelphia battled back in the eighth with two runs to win it. Al Simmons' (.330) RBI-single won the pennant for the Athletics.

It will be the third World Series appearance for Philadelphia. They beat the New York Giants in 1902 and lost to the Chicago Cubs last year.

It was a terrible Labor Day at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. The Tigers dropped both games to the White Sox to end their faint hopes for the American League crown. Chicago crushed them 12-6 in the first game and shut them out 2-0 in the second one.

A nine-run ninth decided game one, highlighted by Luke Appling's (.262) grand slammer. Juan Pizarro (6-5 4.22) was credited with the win and John Hiller (8-8 5.33) took the loss. Hal Newhouser left after eight innings, holding a 6-3 lead, but the Tiger bullpen failed him.

Late season call-up, Jack McDowell (1-0 0.00) put an end to Detroit's title hopes by blanking them on five hits. He fanned six and walked only one in his first outing this season. Hilton Smith (10-9 3.12) was the losing pitcher.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PITTSBURGH SPLITS WITH ST. LOUIS...WINS NL TITLE

The Cardinals won the first game of a Labor Day twinbill at Sportsman's Park, but the first place Pirates came back in game two to gain a split. That victory nailed down the National League championship and put Pittsburgh in the World Series against the American League champions, the Philadelphia A's.

The Redbirds kept their slim hopes alive with a 6-4 triumph in the opener. Lefty John Tudor (5-1 2.83) bested Bob Veale (0-1 5.14), who was just called in from Triple A as a replacement in the starting rotation for the injured Leon Day, who is on the disabled list.

But the Buccos came back with a vengeance in game two and scored five runs in the last three innings to outscore the Cards 10-6. Sadaharu Oh (.267) hit his 27th roundtripper of the season and Roberto Clemente (.292) and Arky Vaughan (.291) each smacked their 4th. Reliever Roy Face (7-2 3.54) notched the win and Harry Brecheen (6-11 4.53) suffered the loss.

It will be the second trip to the World Series for Pittsburgh. They played in the first one in 1901 and dropped a heartbreaking series to the New York Yankees five games to four.

[Eugene Church]

ALLTIME ALLSTAR ASSOCIATION

Monday, September 8, 1906

AMERICAN LEAGUE
(Final Standings)

Team Won-Lost GB
Philadelphia 91-63 -- .269 BA 3.54 ERA
Detroit ---- 84-70 7 .259 BA 3.52 ERA
New York -- 82-72 9 .254 BA 3.55 ERA
Cleveland - 81-73 10 .253 BA 3.76 ERA
Chicago -- 78-76 13 .254 BA 3.93 ERA
Boston --- 75-79 16 .250 BA 4.08 ERA
Washington 65-89 26 .249 BA 3.69 ERA
St. Louis -- 60-94 31 .251 BA 4.13 ERA

Batting Leaders:

Batting Average: Al Simmons (PHA) .330, Ty Cobb (DET) .328, Mickey Cochrane (PHA) .317
Hits: Ty Cobb (DET) 201, Joe DiMaggio (NY) 196, Nap Lajoie (CLE) 194
Doubles: J. DiMaggio (NY) 47, Joe Jackson (CWS) 43, Cecil Travis (WAS) 42
Triples: Oscar Charleston (BOS) 18, Ty Cobb (DET) 16, Joe Jackson (CWS) 15
Home Runs: Babe Ruth (NY) 37, Ted Williams (BOS) 33, Lou Gehrig (NY) 32
RBIs: Ted Williams (BOS) 122, Lou Gehrig (NY) 113, Babe Ruth (NY) 107
Runs: Joe DiMaggio (NY) 117, Oscar Charleston (BOS) 110, Babe Ruth (NY) 104
SB: Rickey Henderson (PHA) 76, Ty Cobb (DET) 69, Oscar Charleston (BOS) 63
BB: Ted Williams (BOS) 107, Babe Ruth (NY) 97, Lou Gehrig (NY) 79

Pitching Leaders:

Games: Huston Street (PHA) 80, Juan Pizarro (CWS) 80, Bob Stanley (BOS) 80
Wins: Lefty Grove (PHA) 21, Hal Newhouser (DET) 19, Billy Pierce (CWS) 19
Saves: Huston Street (PHA) 34, Rich Gossage (NY) 27, Juan Pizarro (CWS) 26
CG: H. Newhouser (DET) 17, M. Parnell (BOS) 16, H. Pennock (NY) 15, Ed Walsh (CWS) 15
Shutouts: Lefty Grove (PHA) 4, Mel Parnell (BOS) 4, Herb Pennock (NY) 4
Strikeouts: Hal Newhouser (DET) 229, Bob Feller (CLE) 214, Walter Johnson (WAS) 212
ERA: Johnny Allen (CLE) 12-9 2.64, Walter Johnson 13-13 2.67, Herb Pennock (NY) 17-10 2.68

NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Final Standings)

Team Won-Lost GB
Pittsburgh - 87-67 - .258 BA 3.66 ERA
St. Louis -- 83-71 4 .249 BA 3.59 ERA
New York - 80-74 7 .251 BA 3.54 ERA
Philadelphia 80-74 7 .265 BA 3.48 ERA
Boston --- 75-79 12 .247 BA 3.68 ERA
Chicago -- 75-79 12 .252 BA 3.54 ERA
Brooklyn -- 73-81 14 .249 BA 3.86 ERA
Cincinnati - 63-91 24 .253 BA 4.26 ERA

Batting Leaders:
Batting Average: Ed Delehanty (PHI) .323, Cristobel Torriente (BRO) .319, Paul Waner (PIT) .317
Hits: Paul Waner (PIT) 194, Edd Roush (CIN) 193, Martin Dihigo (NY) 185
Doubles: Paul Waner (PIT) 48, Rogers Hornsby (STL) 46, Cristobel Torriente (BRO) 42
Triples: Billy Hamilton (PHI) 15, Cool Papa Bell (CHC) 15, Turkey Stearnes (CHC) 13
Home Runs: T. Stearnes (CHC) 31, B. Bonds (NY) 30, M. Ott (NY) 30, J. Mize (STL) 30
RBIs: Johnny Mize (STL) 121, Turkey Stearnes (CHC) 109, Mel Ott (NY) 107
Runs: Jackie Robinson (BRO) 110, C. Bell (CHC) 103, B. Bonds (NY) 103, M. Ott (NY) 100
SB: Cool Papa Bell (CHC) 83, Billy Hamilton (PHI) 72, Lou Brock (STL) 51
BB: Barry Bonds (NY) 79, Sadaharu Oh (PIT) 78, Mel Ott (NY) 75

Pitching Leaders:
Games: Kent Tekulve (PIT) 86, Marv Grissom (NY) 81, Don McMahon (BSN) 61
Wins: Dizzy Dean (STL) 22, Sandy Koufax (BRO) 21, Christy Mathewson (NY) 18
Saves: Kent Tekulve (PIT) 35, Marv Grissom (NY) 33, (three tied with 15)
CG: Greg Maddux (BSN) 18, Warren Spahn (BSN) 16, (four tied with 15)
Shutouts: Dizzy Dean (STL) 6, Ed Reulbach (CHC) 5, Pete Alexander (PHI) 5
Strikeouts: Dizzy Dean (STL) 221, Steve Carlton (PHI) 213, Bob Gibson (STL) 195
ERA: S. Koufax (BRO) 21-6 2.35, C. Mathewson (NY) 18-9 2.54, G. Maddux (BSN) 15-12 2.55

[Eugene Church]

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