The Uniform History League

[woody5254]

HOF Inductees
Oscar Tuero
Note: Tuero's career stats can now be viewed in the player request/HOF thread linked in my sig.

Major Milestones
Jimmie Foxx and Mel Ott both reach 500HR.
Lou Gehrig is the third player to reach 600HR.
Mike Cvengros reaches 3000K

League News
Mel Ott homers in 7 straight games.

Batting and Pitching Titles
Batting Average: Earl Clark(NYY) .328
Homers: Mel Ott(ATL) 55
RBI: Mel Ott 143
SB: Evar Swanson(CLE) 53
ERA: Thorton Lee(CLE) 2.27
Wins: Thoton Lee 26
K: Hank McDonald(BOS) 347
Saves: Pete Sivess(NYY) 45

Awards
AL MVP: Rudy York(NYY) .288, 49HR, 138RBI
NL MVP: Mel Ott .296, 55HR, 143RBI
AL CY: Thorton Lee 26-7, 2.27ERA, 193K, 74BB
NL CY: Willis Hudlin(ATL) 24-10, 3.15ERA, 234K, 61BB
AL ROY: Ted Williams(CHA) .310, 39HR, 111RBI
NL ROY: Charlie Keller(SLN) .288, 25HR, 91RBI

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World Series Matchup
Atlanta Braves(102-60) vs New York Yankees(105-57)

Game #1: Atlanta 3-0 MVP: Willis Hudlin 8IP, 1H, 0ER, 0BB, 9K
Game #2: Atlanta 7-3 MVP: Bob Johnson 2-5, HR, 2RBI
Game #3: New York 9-0 MVP: Roy Sherid 9IP, 3H, 0ER, 3BB, 8K
Game #4: New York 8-1 MVP: Vito Tamulis 8.2IP, 5H, 1ER, 1BB, 5K
Game #5: Atlanta 5-0 MVP: Bruce Cunningham 9IP, 3H, 0ER, 0BB, 5K
Game #6: New York 10-5 MVP: Bill Dickey 3-5, 3RBI
Game #7: Atlanta 11-6 MVP: Bob Johnson 4-4, HR, 2RBI

Atlanta wins the series 4 games to 3.
Series MVP: Bob Johnson .444, 2HR, 5RBI

The Yankees gave the Braves a run for it, but in the end Atlanta was able to secure their 3rd straight WS.

[woody5254]

Big FA signings
Denny Sothern(CIN) 4M X 3
Hal Trotsky(CLE) 10M X 6
Llyod Waner(DET) 6M X 4
George Selkirk(BOS) 9M X 4

Key Draft
Dom DiMaggio(PIT) #2 Overall
Lou Boudreau(OAK) #6 Overall

A really uneventful offseason. Cleveland could really help themselves with the signing of Hal Trotsky.

[woody5254]

HOF Inductees
Gabby Hartnett
Note: Hatnett's career stats can now be viewed in HOF thread linked in my sig.

Major Milestones
Chuck Klein reaches 500HR

1940 Highlights
Cylcles: Babe Herman, Joe Gordon
3HR: Rudy York, Chuck Klein, Frankie Hayes, Dolph Camilli, Tommy Henrich

Batting and Pitching Titles
Batting Average: Bama Rowell(PIT) .337
Homers: Mel Ott(ATL) 50
RBI: Hal Trotsky(CLE) 163
SB: Evar Swanson(CLE) 50
ERA: Thorton Lee(CLE) 2.19
Wins: Thorton Lee 27
K: Willis Hudlin(ATL) 258
Saves: Boom-Boom Beck(CIN) 46

Awards
AL MVP: Hal Trotksy .320, 47HR, 163RBI
NL MVP: Bill Nicholson .324, 41HR, 113RBI
AL CY: Thorton Lee 27-10, 2.19ERA, 154K, 79BB
NL CY: Willis Hudlin 24-8, 2.90ERA, 258K, 60BB
AL ROY: Tiny Bonham(BAL) 19-11, 3.27ERA
NL ROY: Bill Nicholson

[woody5254]

World Series Matchup
Atlanta Braves(90-72) vs. Cleveland Indians(106-56)

Game #1: Atlanta 7-2 MVP: Wally Judnich 3-3, 2HR, 3RBI
Game #2: Atlanta 4-3(14) MVP: Mel Ott GW 3Run Homer with 2 out in the bottom of the 14th.
Game #3: Atlanta 8-7 MVP: Wally Judnich 2-3, HR, 4RBI
Game #4: Cleveland 2-1 MVP: Johnny Babich 7.2IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 9K
Game #5: Atlanta 5-0 MVP: Eddie Smith 9IP, 4H, 0ER, 2BB, 7K

Atlanta wins the series 4 games to 1.
Series MVP: Wally Judnnich .474, 5HR, 9RBI

[woody5254]

Big FA Signings
Dolph Camilli(CIN) 5M X 4
Ernie Lombardi(PHI) 7M X 3
Luke Appling(CHA) 7M X 3

Another very uneventful offseason. At least the Braves didn't get any stronger

[woody5254]

HOF Inductees
Dutch Henry, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Lou Gehrig
Note: These three players can now be viewed in the HOF thread that is linked in my sig. Lou Gehrig retired at a pretty high level, which is unfortunate since he had a shot at taking over the AT homer lead. Although with Foxx and Ott going crazy it probably would have been short lived.

Major Milestones
Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx both reach 600 Home Runs!!!

League News
Johnny Mize homers in 7 straight games

1941 Highlights
Cycles: Pete Coscarat, Mule Haas
No Hitters: Tot Presnell, Johnny Padgajny, Bill Swift
6 Hits: Jeff Heath
3HR: Augie Galan, Mel Ott X 2, Ken Keltner, Jeff Heath, Chuck Klein, Johnny Mize

Batting and Pitching Titles
Batting Average: Pat Mullin(LA) .340
Homers: Johnny Mize(SLN) 61
RBI: Rudy York(NYY) 156
SB: George Myatt(CHN) 55
ERA: Bob Feller(SLN) 2.45
Wins: Johnny Babich(CLE) & George Hockette(CIN) 24
K: Willis Hudlin(ATL) 310
Saves: Boom-Boom Beck(CIN) 43

Awards
AL MVP: Rudy York .267, 55HR, 156RBI
NL MVP: Johnny Mize .312, 61HR, 146RBI
AL CY: Johnny Babich 24-7, 3.37ERA, 208K, 65BB
NL CY: Willis Hudlin 23-9, 2.79 ERA, 310K, 70 BB
AL ROY: Elmer Riddle(BAL) 16-14, 3.55ERA
NL ROY: Pat Mullin .340, 16HR, 68RBI

[woody5254]

World Series Matchup
Cincinnati Reds(104-58) vs Cleveland Indians(92-70)

Game #1: Cleveland 5-1 MVP: Thorton Lee 9IP, 5H, 1ER, 2BB, 6K
Game #2: Cleveland 3-2 MVP: Danny Litwhiler PH 2-Run HR in Bottom of 8th
Game #3: Cleveland 5-3 MVP: Chuck Klein 2-4, HR 2RBI
Game #4: Cleveland 4-2 MVP: Thorton Lee 7.2IP, 4H, 2ER, 2BB, 4K

Cleveland wins the series 4 games to 0.
Series MVP: Thorton Lee 2-0, 1.62ERA

[woody5254]

Big FA Signings
Johnny Mize(BOS) 11M X 7
Wally Berger(STL) 7M X 5
Dixie Walker(NY) 8M X 5
Lon Warnecke(BOS) 9M X 5
Billy Herman(BOS) 4M X 4

Key Draft Picks
Stan Musial(PIT) #1 Overall
Early Wynn(BAL) #9
Johnny Pesky(SF) #10

What a huge FA session for the Red Sox. Mize and Herman should really help the offense and Warnecke has proven to be a pretty valuable Pitcher.

[woody5254]

Major Milestones
Jimmie Foxx takes over the All-Time lead in Walks

League News
Bill Nicholson and Wally Judnich both homer in 6 straight games.

1942 Highlights
Cycles: Wally Moses
No Hitters: Slick Castleman, Bill Crouch, Willis Hudlin(4)*
6 Hits: Lonny Frey(7)**
15K: Slick Castleman(16)
3HR: Mel Ott, Dolph Camilli, Joe DiMaggio, Hal Trotsky

*Willis Hudlin is the first to reach 4 career No-Hitters, no one else has more then 2.
**Lonny Frey is the first to get 7 hits in a game

Batting and Pitching Titles
Batting Average: Johnny Mize(BOS) .341
Homers: Rudy York(NYY) 53
RBI: Rudy York 146
SB: Stan Hack(CIN) 47
ERA: Willis Hudlin(ATL) 2.63
Wins: Willis Hudlin 30*
K: Willis Hudlin 303
Saves: Pete Sivess(NY) 45
*Hudlin ties the league record with his 30 wins.

Awards
AL MVP: Johnny Mize .341, 45HR, 128RBI
NL MVP: Mel Ott .287, 51HR, 131RBI
AL CY: Thorton Lee(CLE) 26-11, 3.01ERA, 186K, 66BB
NL CY: Willis Hudlin 30-4, 2.63ERA, 303K, 80BB
AL ROY: Roger Wolff(BOS) 16-7, 4.18ERA
NL ROY: Stan Musial(PIT) .308, 26HR, 90 RBI

[woody5254]

World Series Matchup
Atlanta Braves(93-69) vs Boston Red Sox(103-59)

Game #1: Atlanta 9-2 MVP: Bob Carpenter 9IP, 5H, 2ER, 0BB, 5K
Game #2: Boston 4-2 MVP: George Selkirk 2-4, 2HR, 2RBI
Game #3: Atlanta 3-1 MVP: Monty Stratton 7IP, 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 5K
Game #4: Atlanta 7-3 MVP: Bob Carpenter 9IP, 6H, 3ER, 3BB, 4K
Game #5: Atlanta 5-1 MVP: Willis Hudlin 9IP, 7H, 1ER, 0BB, 11K

Atlanta wins the series 4 games to 1.
Series MVP: Bob Carpenter 2-0, 2.50ERA

[woody5254]

Big FA Signings
Rudy York(OAK) 11M X 5
Jimmie Foxx(SF) 10M X 3
Hank Greenberg(CIN) 11M X 5
Bill Swift(PIT) 9M X 4
Mel Harder(NY) 10M X 4
Johnny Babich(LA) 5M X 5
Bob Feller(CHA) 8M X 5
Frankie Hayes(MIN) 8M X 3

Key Draft Picks
None

[Carlton]

What happened?????

no draft picks? (good unintentional pun BTW considering the year)

I made it to 1931 one sim...but never to the 40's

[sporr]

Stan on Pittsburgh?? Blasphemy!

[woody5254]

Originally posted by Carlton
What happened?????

no draft picks? (good unintentional pun BTW considering the year)

I made it to 1931 one sim...but never to the 40's

No "impact" players in the draft in my opinion. As you pointed out, it is probably refelctive of a differnet kind of draft going on during this time period. I think come 1946 we will see some more monsters entering the league

[Matt from TN]

Would this have anything to do with the type of "replacement" players who were playing during the WWII era? With so many others being gone to the war and all...

[woody5254]

Yes, I think WWII had a definite impact on the draft pools from 1942-1945.

[woody5254]

Major Milestones
Mel Ott is the first to each 700 HR, Jimmie Foxx later joins him at 700.
Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx both reach the 2000 RBI mark.
Jimmie Foxx is the first to reach 2000 BB.
Wally Berger reaches 500 HR.
Mel Ott is now the AT leader in HR.

League News
Boze Berger drives in 10 runs in 1 game.

1943 Highlights
Cycles: Harlond Clift, Sam Chapman
No Hitters: Bob Muncrief
3HR:Rudy York(2), Joe Chamberlain, Sam Chapman

Batting and Pitching Titles
Batting Average: Ted Williams(CHA) .341
Homers: Rudy York(OAK) 51
RBI: Bill Nicholson(CIN) 130
SB: Stan Hack(CIN) 60
ERA: Willis Hudlin(ATL) 2.29
Wins: Tiny Bonham(BAL) 26
K: Willis Hudlin 317
Saves: Randy Gumbert(SF) & Ray Dobens(BOS) 40

Awards
AL MVP: Ted Williams .341, 40HR, 126RBI
NL MVP: Jimmie Foxx(SF) .282, 43HR, 129RBI
AL CY: Tiny Bonham 26-10, 2.56, 128K, 56BB
NL CY: Bill Swift(PIT) 24-7, 2.45, 251K, 71BB
AL ROY: Dick Wakefield(CHA) .311, 13HR, 90 RBI
NL ROY: Stubby Overmire(PIT) 20-10, 3.38ERA

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World Series Matchup
Cincinnati Reds(93-69) vs Boston Red Sox(96-66)

Game #1: Reds 6-4 MVP: Marius Russo 7IP, 6H, 3ER, 2BB, 4K
Game #2: Reds 15-1 MVP: Ralph Birkofer 9IP, 5H, 1ER, 4BB, 4K
Game #3: Red Sox 2-0 MVP: Emil Kush 5.2IP, 3H, 0ER, 2BB, 5K
Game #4: Red Sox 7-2 MVP: Gene Schott 9IP, 4H, 2ER, 3BB, 5K
Game #5: Red Sox 9-2(13) MVP: George Selkirk 2-7, 2RBI
Game #6: Red Sox 9-8(10) MVP: Stan Hack 3-5, HR, 2RBI

Boston wins the series 4 games to 2.
Series MVP: Stan Hack .481, HR, 3RBI, 6 Runs

[woody5254]

Big FA Signings
Mel Ott(NY) 16M X 5
Max West(MIN) 6M X 4
Ernie Lombardi(BOS) 6M X 3
Luke Appling(CLE) 3M X 3
Tommy Henrich(PIT) 9M X 3
Ken Keltner(BOS) 7M X 3

Key Draft Picks
Ed Lopat(LA) #3
George Kell(BAL) #14