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08-04-2004, 04:48 PM
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fvamos wrote:
> Well my dad's short minor's career is over, > torn tricep muscle...career over, very > disappointing If Matt were still alive, something like this wouldn't happen! Matt wrote: > I'll step in here & say he got a 2nd opinion... > He'll be out for the year & come back next > year... If I had been paying attention, no > one would've even known this injury even > happened. See!  John |
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08-04-2004, 05:35 PM
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August 1942
Cleveland went 18-12 and expanded their lead in the AL to a commanding 8.5 games. The Browns went 12-17 and have almost guaranteed the Indians the pennant. The Yanks continue to hover just above .500, and suddenly Washington has emerged after a 19-9 record this month. If the Indians do win the pennant, it will be their first in 26 years. Their last pennant came in 1916 when they posted a 102-52 record with the help of stars like Whiskey Allen, Tee Carver, Eric Bates, Clyde Kreisle, Clifton Bradin and Allan Gilbrech. The Giants went 16-12 and fell into 2nd place behind Chicago for a time, but they finished the month strong while the Cubs faltered. The NL should pose an exciting pennant race with the top four teams separated by just 5 games. In The News Aug 3: A military relief game at the Polo Grounds with the Dodgers attracted a Polo Grounds record crowd of 57,303. In the bottom of the 10th, Giants pinch runner Harry Gencer moved to third on a wild pitch by James Kinlaw. On the next pitch, he scored when Dodgers' shortstop Jonny Perly booted a routine play. That game-winning run saved the game from being postponed since a government order mandates that lights be turned out at 9:14 PM. Giants President Horace Stoneham stated that twilight games would be terminated since "playing against the clock was too tough." Aug 6: Baseball's top magazine publication "The Sporting News" published a controversial editorial calling for continued segregation on the ball field and in the stands. The racial column stated that members of each race "prefer to draw their talents from their own ranks and both groups know their crowd psychology and do not care to run the risk of damaging their own game." Aug 8: A bean ball salvo between Remmy Paul of the Dodgers and Tex Blakemore of the Pirates ended in a 6-5 Pittsburgh victory when the Pirates got back-to-back two out RBI singles in the bottom of the 9th. Only two batters were hit, but many pitches were close and the hurlers almost came to blows twice. Paul gets fined $50 and Blakemore $75 after he also tossed a bat. Aug 13: Prior to the Cardinals-Phillies game, Tim Lopresto pitched to Willard Schwarz in a pregame attraction that drewa capacity crowd of 33,000 fans to Sportsman's Park. The game drew $80,000 for Army-Navy relief. Schwarz hit the fifth pitch into the right-field stands, and then added one more shot before circling the bases. The Phillies went on to win the game 6-4. Sixteen relief games have contributed $523,000 so far this season. American League-Pitcher of the Month: Jethro "Dodge" Lee (WSH)! He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.07. American League-Batter of the Month: Ping "The Outlander" Hung (NYA)! He batted .454 in 97 AB, with 1 homers and 17 RBI. National League-Pitcher of the Month: Frank Smith (BKN)! He had a record of 8-0 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.63 and 1 shutouts. National League-Batter of the Month: Rudy Young (PIT)! He batted .398 in 83 AB, with 3 homers and 24 RBI. Code:
American League Standings Cleveland 80 51 .611 - St. Louis (A) 71 59 .546 8.5 New York (A) 68 62 .523 11.5 Washington 68 62 .523 11.5 Chicago (A) 63 68 .481 17.0 Boston (A) 60 70 .462 19.5 Philadelphia (A) 56 74 .431 23.5 Detroit 55 75 .423 24.5 National League Standings New York (N) 75 55 .577 - Brooklyn 71 58 .550 3.5 Chicago (N) 70 60 .538 5.0 St. Louis (N) 70 60 .538 5.0 Pittsburgh 67 63 .515 8.0 Cincinnati 58 71 .450 16.5 Boston (N) 54 76 .415 21.0 Philadelphia (N) 54 76 .415 21.0 AL AVG .376 Ping Hung, Yankees .342 Blake Crocitto, Senators .320 Murray Hofer, Yankees NL AVG .319 Reggie Woodson, Pirates .317 Kip Opitz, Cubs .314 Bud Breckenridge, Pirates AL HOMERUNS 15 Denny Caneer, Tigers 14 Daniel Lutzke, Indians 14 Carl Kahle, Senators NL HOMERUNS 18 Dewey Mickelsen, Cubs 17 Oscar Vancini, Dodgers 16 Dave Arkless, Cubs AL RBI 82 Daniel Lutzke, Indians 71 Jessie Holt, Red Sox 70 Carmack Alford, Browns NL RBI 78 Oscar Vancini, Dodgers 75 Lloyd Johnson, Giants 72 Dave Arkless, Cubs AL STEALS 57 Ping Hung, Yankees 33 Joe Campbell, Indians 33 Ricardo Bowden, Red Sox NL STEALS 68 Jonny Perly, Dodgers 45 Francis Gilmartin, Braves 41 Bud Breckenridge, Pirates AL ERA 2.20 Jethro Lee, Senators 2.27 Art Booth, Yankees 2.28 Al Weidenheimer, Indians NL ERA 1.73 Frank Smith, Dodgers 1.92 Remmy Paul, Dodgers 2.41 Scottie Allen, Braves AL WINS 20 Cotton Simson, Browns 19 David Cubit, Browns 19 George Bowers, Indians NL WINS 21 Frank Smith, Dodgers 21 Otto Kahle, Cardinals 20 Bradford Rust, Pirates AL STRIKEOUTS 144 Jethro Lee, Senators 142 Luke Riley, Yankees 141 Cotton Simson, Browns NL STRIKEOUTS 168 Punchy Cote, Cubs 164 Frank Smith, Dodgers 153 Gerald Saxton, Cardinals Ancestors: Bud Ayers recently got his 1st big league hit off Yankees great Luke Riley. George Maringo led the majors with 6 HR in August. |
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08-04-2004, 05:56 PM
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1942 All-Star Game
Polo Grounds, New York BOX SCORE The NL scored 2 runs in the 1st off Yankees' pitcher Art Booth, but the AL scored one in the 2nd off Brooklyn's Frank Smith to narrow the lead to 2-1. The AL took a 3-2 lead in the 6th on a 2-out, 2-run homerun by Red Sox outfielder Al Arsenault. But in the bottom of that inning, the NL tied the score on a sac fly by Braves first baseman Pat Vega. The NL scored 2 runs in the 7th and 1 in the 8th, and they won just their 3rd All-Star Game in 9 years. Code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E AL Allstars 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 0 NL Allstars 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 x 6 11 1 C Leonard Davie, White Sox* 1B Jessie Holt, Red Sox 2B Murray Hofer, Yankees 3B Steven Bussell, Browns SS Clarence Davis, Yankees LF Al Arsenault, Red Sox* CF Cy Helbig, Browns RF Bill Berry, Indians* SP Art Booth, Yankees Reserves: SP Cotton Simson, Browns SP Al Weidenheimer, Indians SP George Bowers, Indians* SP David Cubit, Browns SP Stuffy Zinn, White Sox SP Bill Crowell, Indians RP Walter Lair, Red Sox RP Mickey Brown, Tigers RP Steve Minnie, Yankees C Bud Moore, Tigers* 1B Daniel Lutzke, Indians 2B Pokey Dorsey, Red Sox 3B Carl Kahle, Senators* RF Ping Hung, Yankees* RF Ben Hargey, Red Sox RF Tony Monachino, Browns National League Starters: C Reggie Woodson, Pirates 1B Pat Vega, Braves 2B Bobby Martin, Giants* 3B Dale Lamberty, Giants SS Elmer Menard, Pirates* LF Anson Morgenstern, Giants CF Bud Breckenridge, Pirates RF Dewey Mickelsen, Cubs* SP Frank Smith, Dodgers* Reserves: SP Bradford Rust, Pirates SP Otto Kahle, Cardinals* SP Remmy Paul, Dodgers SP Mike Buntain, Cubs SP Dean Fahndrich, Braves SP Punchy Cote, Cubs RP Ron Staver, Pirates RP Len Tye, Reds RP Harry Hewett, Dodgers C Herman Dunkel, Cardinals* 1B Jeff Bundy, Dodgers 2B Kip Opitz, Cubs SS Andy Martineau, Giants CF Dave Arkless, Cubs RF Pat Dorsey, Pirates RF Otis Sistruck, Reds * denotes ancestor |
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08-04-2004, 06:22 PM
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Matt wrote:
> August 1942 > American League-Pitcher of the Month: > Jethro "Dodge" Lee (WSH)! > He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, > with an ERA of 1.07. Poor Dodger isn't getting the run support, but he jumped into the ERA lead and pushed his win total from 9-10 to 15-11. If he can hold that ERA lead, and pull another strong month in wins, he has a shot at his 7th POY. He's spotting the league leader 5 wins, with a lot of people between them. that might be a hard number to overcome. > American League-Batter of the Month: > Ping "The Outlander" Hung (NYA)! > He batted .454 in 97 AB, with 1 homers and 17 RBI. It would be the ultimate irony if Ping with a BOY after getting screwed over so long by the Yanks. > National League-Pitcher of the Month: > Frank Smith (BKN)! > He had a record of 8-0 in 8 games started, with an > ERA of 1.63 and 1 shutouts. Frank was just farting around with 13 wins at the end of July, though the ERA lead and the lusty winning percentage that comes with a 13-4 record indicated he still was The Man among NL pitchers. Presto... he's got 21 wins now to add the Win Lead to his ERA lead. POY #8 is very much Frank's to lose, but Remmy Paul isn't far back in the ERA race, and the dangerous Otto Kahle is just one win back. Frank is probably headed off to war after the season. He'll be 36 when he comes back, and we've seen 36+ year old pitchers win the POY in the past (Dodger just won last year at 38). But to have a shot of topping Murph's total of 9, he probably needs this one in hand so that he only would need to win two after coming back. Even then it's going to be touch. Speaking of Kaiser, it looks like he's of the age that will avoid the war... and considering how he's pitching, he looks to have a super strong shot at 400 wins. I wonder if there will be a "taint" on the number if he puts up a trio of big years from 1943-45 (as one would think he should given the decline in quality in the league). John |
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08-05-2004, 09:41 AM
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Matt, if the pages aren't updated soon, can you please post a 2B comparison of Hofer of the Yanks, Dorsey of the Sox and Crocitto of the Sens so we can see why, in God's name, he missed the All-Star team?
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08-05-2004, 10:05 AM
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08-05-2004, 11:08 AM
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Announcement
All Almanacs can now be downloaded!
Just visit the Time Warp website, then click downloads, then almanacs. Once unzipped, they will be located inside a Time Warp.lg folder, which you can move to your ootp6 folder. Just go into the almanac folder & open the folder of the almanac you want to view (i.e. Time Warp.lg/Almanac/1901.alm). From there, just open index.html in the browser of your choice. Once in the browser, you can skip between almanacs easily by just changing the "1901" to whatever year you want to view in the URL. For example, if viewing 1901, the URL may look like this: C:\Program Files\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP 6\Time Warp.lg\Almanac\1901.alm\index.html Just change the 1901.alm to 1902, 1903, etc. Whatever you want to view. This also makes it simple if you're viewing something like league leaders throughout history. If you're on the "leaders1" page, which displays AL leaders, you can just change years and see the AL leaders of the next year. Anyway, I hope this helps some of you scroll thru TWB history & perhaps add to your enjoyment of the league. The 1941-45 almanacs will be up just prior to going-live. |
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08-05-2004, 01:21 PM
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September 1942
The AL pennant race was not quite as exciting as one would have hoped. The Indians went 10-13, but still clinched the pennant with a week left in the season. The Senators went 17-7 to salvage a lost season and miraculously finish in 2nd. The Giants went 11-13 and made a race out of the NL. You would think with a poor record like that, they would have lost the pennant, but it was not to be. The Cubs, Dodgers and Cardinals all struggled, and it was the Pirates who came out of nowhere to give New York a run for their money. Pittsburgh went 18-6 and finished the season just 1 game out. The Giants dropped 6 of their last 7, while Pittsburgh went 4-3 over that span. The Pirates lost their last game of the season 13-4 to the Phillies and allowed New York to back into the World Series. Ancestors: Washington's Bill Finley threw a no-hitter against the A's on September 23rd. Ricardo Bowden collected his 2500th hit on Sept. 20th against the Browns. In The News Sept 23: Larry MacPhail, the 52-year-old Dodger president, announced today that he is quitting at the end of the season to reenter the Army. Sept 27: Red Sox pitcher Babe Hardin won his 22nd game in the final game of the season to tie for the AL lead, as Boston edged the Indians 8-6. A Municipal Stadium crowd of 56,905 - including 4,293 youngsters who gained free admission by bringing 29,000 pounds of scrap metal for the war effort - watched Hardin scatter 15 hits. The hometown fans saw their AL champion Indians nearly comeback, scoring 2 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th but fall short. American League-Pitcher of the Month: Mickey Lonergan (PHA)! He had a record of 5-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.21 and 2 shutouts. American League-Batter of the Month: Ping Hung (NYA)! He batted .402 in 92 AB, with 2 homers and 15 RBI. National League-Pitcher of the Month: Bill Blakemore (PIT)! He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 3.98 and 1 shutouts. National League-Batter of the Month: Bud Breckenridge (PIT)! He batted .351 in 77 AB, with 4 homers and 16 RB Code:
American League Standings Cleveland 90 64 .584 - Washington 85 69 .552 5.0 St. Louis (A) 83 71 .539 7.0 New York (A) 77 77 .500 13.0 Boston (A) 75 79 .487 15.0 Chicago (A) 71 83 .461 19.0 Philadelphia (A) 69 85 .448 21.0 Detroit 66 88 .429 24.0 National League Standings New York (N) 86 68 .558 - Pittsburgh 85 69 .552 1.0 Chicago (N) 83 71 .539 3.0 Brooklyn 82 72 .532 4.0 St. Louis (N) 81 73 .526 5.0 Cincinnati 69 85 .448 17.0 Philadelphia (N) 66 88 .429 20.0 Boston (N) 64 90 .416 22.0 For a second year in a row, the Giants are a miraculous and mindboggling story. They are not among the best major league teams in many major offensive or pitching catergories, and yet here they are in a second consecutive World Series. Their pitching is downright questionable, with a team ERA of 3.58 that ranks 9th in the majors. Opponents hit .255 off of them, which was 5th worst in the majors, and their 83 homeruns allowed was 3rd most. However, this season has seen the impact of the longball diminish significantly. New York's offense has a team batting average (.249) that ranks 9th in the majors, but once again they led the majors in homeruns and they are second in walks and runs scored. This is obviously a testament to the skills of Michael McAinsh as a manager. Their offense has some of the least known all-stars in shortstop Andy Martineau, second baseman Bobby Martin and left fielder Anson Morgenstern in addition to slugging third baseman Dale Lamberty, who has been a favorite of Giants fans for several years now. Their pitching staff has no stars, but the addition of Randall Bray from the Phillies prior to the trading deadline was a significant addition to a healthy George Cone and up-and-coming youngsters Kyle Stevens and Jack Schoonover. Cleveland is an impressive team that many sportswriters expected to capture a pennant years ago, but they could never surpass the Yankees or Senators. Well, now they have. Pitching is the key for the Indians. Their 3.18 team ERA ranks 3rd in the majors, and they are among the best in not allowing walks, runs or base hits. They boast two 20-game winners in all-stars George Bowers and Al Weidenheimer. Two of their starters have sub-3.00 ERA's - Bowers and fellow all-star Billy Crowell. Their offense is solid with a .255 average that ranks 5th in the league, but they scored just the 6th most runs. One of their leaders, right fielder Bill Berry, will miss the first 3 games of the Series after being hit in the cheek by a pitch on September 18th. He led the team with a .317 average, so the Indians will have to rely more on sluggers like Daniel Lutzke and "Big Lou" Zaitz to get them through. My Prediction: New York's statistics make it easy to call Cleveland the favorite, but you cannot discount the Giants' heart and determination, as well as the managing of McAinsh and the fact that the Giants have experience from last year's World Series. However, Cleveland's pitching staff could be too much for the Giants. New York will have to find ways to get on base and then rely on the longball to score runs. On the other hand, we will have to wait to see how a sometimes inconsistent Indians lineup can score runs now that they will miss Berry for three games. This could be a very close series, and I predict Cleveland win in 6 games. Starting Lineups: **Ancestors in BLUE Indians CF Joe Campbell, .229, 34 SB RF Joe Carrascal, .259 in 158 AB 2B F.X. Ditty, .301, 51 RBI in 365 AB 1B Daniel Lutzke, .229, 17 HR, 94 RBI LF Lou Zaitz, .271, 11 HR, 62 RBI 3B Kid Fite, .260, 41 RBI in 346 AB C Fred Storey, .300, 62 RBI SS Sean Carlin, .230, 67 RBI SP #1 - George Bowers, 21-16, 2.89, 133 K SP #2 - Al Weidenheimer, 20-11, 3.08, 109 K SP #3 - Billy Crowell, 18-14, 2.60, 77 K Emergency SP - Zolly Schoeter, 7-6, 3.74, 37 K Closer - Ray Prim, 1.29, 6 SV Other Noteable Players: RF Bill Berry, .317, 11 HR, 72 RBI 3B Stew Tremere, .259 CF William Morgan, .251 C Ted Varner, .315 in 143 AB SP Trent Roberts, 17-12, 4.10, 139 K Giants RF Hal Smith, .249, 13 HR, 53 RBI, 24 SB SS Andy Martineau, .294, 11 HR, 64 RBI 3B Dale Lamberty, .257, 23 HR, 85 RBI C Lloyd Johnson, .259, 15 HR, 81 RBI 2B Bobby Martin, .291, 81 RBI 1B Carlos Hulse, .245, 13 HR, 71 RBI LF Anson Morgenstern, .256, 10 HR, 75 RBI CF Julius Meilleur, .255 in 267 AB SP #1 - George Cone, 14-13, 3.51, 72 K SP #2 - Randall Bray, 17-17, 3.31, 86 K SP #3 - Kyle Stevens, 11-7, 3.57, 60 K Emergency SP - Bill Wilkins, 11-13, 3.81, 80 K Closer - Bob Boshernitsan, 2.30, 14 Sv Other Noteable Players: CF Al Yawn, .262 Jack Schoonover, 11-12, 3.50, 76 K |
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08-05-2004, 01:45 PM
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08-05-2004, 01:49 PM
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08-05-2004, 02:16 PM
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Oh great. After all these years the Giants stumble into a couple of series, just so I can look incompetent when they fall to their more predictable spot when I take over.
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08-05-2004, 02:36 PM
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Woo hoo! Go Cleveland!
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08-05-2004, 03:12 PM
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WEB PAGES UPDATED... INCLUDING WORLD SERIES BOX SCORES
WORLD SERIES Indians 9 - Giants 2: Cleveland took a 3-0 lead, but the Giants scored a run in the 6th and 8th to narrow it to 3-2. However, after pitching a solid game, Giants starter George Cone came unglued in the 9th. After one out, he allowed the bases to be loaded and manager Michael McAinsh turned to Jack Schoonover out of the bullpen. Schoonover's first opponent was first baseman Daniel Lutzke, who hit a bases clearing triple to blow open the game. He then scored on a single by Big Lou Zaitz. Kid Fite singled, and Zaitz moved up to 3rd. Fite then stole second, and catcher Lloyd Johnson's errant throw sailed into centerfield allowing Zaitz to score and Fite to advance to third. The Indians added another run on a 2-out single by Sean Carlin in what turned out to be a blowout. George Bowers allowed just 2 runs (1 earned) off 8 hits and a walk. Indians 5 - Giants 4: All the scoring came early in this one as the hitter-friendly Polo Grounds coughed up 4 homeruns in the first 3 innings. Cleveland took a 3-0 lead after 2 innings, but New York came back to score 4 runs in the bottom of the frame thanks to two 2-run homeruns off Al Weidenheimer, one by first baseman Carlos Hulse and one by right fielder Hal Smith. The Indians quickly retook the lead in the top of the 3rd with a 2-run shot of their own by Daniel Lutzke off Randall Bray. That was all the scoring there would be as Cleveland took a 2-0 lead in the Series and headed for home. Giants 1 - Indians 2: Billy Crowell continued the dominance of Cleveland pitchers in this series. Six of the Giants' eight batters left this game with a World Series batting average under .200. Four of those six were hitting under .100! The Giants scored an unearned run in the top of the 1st, but Crowell ruled the day, allowing just 6 hits in 9 innings. A solo homerun by Kid Fite tied the game in the 4th, and a 2-out RBI triple by Daniel Lutzke scored the eventual winning run in the 7th. Despite only allowing 5 hits and 2 runs, Kyle Stevens took the loss for New York. He allowed 7 walks but none of them scored. However, the winning run driven in by Lutzke was a hit batsman. Giants 3 - Indians 6: George Bowers provided another strong pitching performance, while the Indians offense scored 6 runs off George Cone. Down 6-1 with one out in the top of the 9th, New York centerfielder Julius Meilleur kept his team alive with a double. After another out, Hal Smith reached base on an error by shortstop Sean Carlin. Perhaps it was anxiousness this close to a World Series title, but the error seemed to rattle Bowers, who allowed back-to-back RBI singles to Bobby Martin and Andy Martineau. But Bowers regained his composure and enduced Lloyd Johnson to fly out to left field, ending the Series and giving the Indians their first World Series championship since defeating the Cardinals back-to-back in 1915 and 1916. This was the 5th sweep in World Series history and the 3rd in 8 years. Oddly enough, the first sweep ever was back in 1907 when the Giants swept who else but the Indians. I guess turnabout is fair play. For the second straight year, the World Series had co-MVP's. George Bowers won a piece of the award for going 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA. The other co-MVP was first baseman Daniel Lutzke, who hit .438 with 1 HR, 7 RBI and a 1.438 OPS. |
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08-05-2004, 03:51 PM
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"Monday 10/5/1942: Hung and Breckenridge win Batter of the Year Award
The 1942 American League Batter of the Year Award winner has been announced. It's New York (A)'s rightfielder Ping Hung who really had a great offensive year. Hung has hit 4 longballs this year while batting .381. He adds 19 doubles, along with 90 runs scored. He's 1st in the American League in batting and 5th in RBI!" Ping lead the league in BA, OBP, was second in SLG to Crocitto, a point off of Crocitto in OPS, lead the league in RC by 20, RC/27 by .7+, lead in hits, 5th in 3B, 4th in RBI, one off the R lead, lead in SB by 23, and lead the league in TB (though largely due to hits). I think we might just call 1943 Ping's way have sending a giant F.U. to Yankees Management for five years of headscratching abuse. At 31, Ping finally wins the Batting Title he seemed destined to after going 2-2-4 from 1934-36 at the age of 23-25 and then promptly losing his fulltime job the next season. I'll grant that Ping's style of BA+SB isn't exactly my fondest style (I'm a HR+BB boy), but after Ping's shafting, I want to send this out to Ping and his Decendant:  You two really deserved this. Best, John |
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Good thing management changes in 1946! Hopefully, there will be less "headscratching abuse" after that! |
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Matt wrote:
> I had given this some thought but was not sure > how to handle it.... IRL, the Yankees were the > last team to integrate, and I believe their owner > was a racist, from what I've heard... I wonder if > that played a part somehow, since Hung got > yanked after doing so well in favor of March > and Ditty? Now, they felt compelled to play > him with Moonlight aging & Ditty off at war... > They wanted to keep up their winning ways > afterall. That does make "sense" from a storyline standpoint. I don't think anyone can complain about Ditty playing, and lord knows that Mets will hunt me down if I say anything less than flattering about a second Ditty. :P He was the hot young prospect coming down the line after the year after Ping. March and Moonlight were the killers. They just suddenly pulled March out of their rear in 1937, and he played so well in 1937 and 1938 that the job pretty much was his despite being older than Ping or what Ping had done in the past. Moonlight had excellent years in 37-38 as well, so you could see why they would want him in the line-up. One could see wanting to have the four of them for "depth", but if they were going to keep all of them, they needed to set up a rotation that tried to get all of them 500+ PA. If not, they really should have tried to trade Moonlight while he had value. John |
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08-05-2004, 06:17 PM
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1942 Postseason
World Series Champs - Cleveland Indians 6th AL Pennant, 3rd WS Title (first since 1916) NL Champs - New York Giants 6th NL Pennant AL BOY: Ping Hung, NYA, .381, 4 HR, 76 RBI, 68 SB NL BOY: Bud Breckenridge, PIT, .319, 11 HR, 75 RBI, 56 SB AL POY: Art Booth, NYA, 21-12, 2.53 ERA, 100 BB, 132 K NL POY: Frank Smith, BKN, 24-6, 1.78 ERA, 46 BB, 199 K - This is the lowest ERA since Smith posted a 1.55 mark in 1933 AL ROY: Russ Treadaway, DET, 7-10, 4.12 ERA, 70 BB, 63 K NL ROY: Frankie "The Flea" Felder, .291, 9 HR, 40 RBI AL AVG: Ping Hung, NYA, .381 NL AVG: Reggie Woodson, PIT, .324 AL HR: Denny Caneer, DET, 21 NL HR: Dale Lamberty, NYG, 23 - This is the 1st time since 1933 that Vancini did not lead the NL AL RBI: Daniel Lutzke, CLE, 94 NL RBI: Oscar "The Kid" Vancini, BKN, 89 AL SB: Ping Hung, NYA, 68 NL SB: Jonny Perly, BKN, 80 AL ERA: Jethro Lee, WSH, 2.39 NL ERA: Frank Smith, BKN, 1.78 AL Wins: David Cubit, SLA, Cotton Simson, SLA and Babe Hardin, BOS, 22 NL Wins: Otto Kahle, STL and Frank Smith, BKN, 24 AL K's: Luke Riley, NYA, 174 NL K's: Punchy Cote, CHN, 207 AL Saves: Steve Minnie. NYA and Michael Arnold, SLA, 13 NL Saves: Bob Boshernitsan, NYG, 14 Major League Records NONE League Records AL - 98 Strikeouts (Batter), Ray Dimeo, DET NL - 14 K's in a Game, Punchy Cote, CHN Team Records BSN - 181 Strikeouts (Pitcher), Scottie Allen BSN - 12 K's in a Game, Scottie Allen Milestones 2500 Hits - Alan Liao, CIN 2500 Hits - Steven Bussell, SLA 2500 Hits - Ricardo Bowden, BOS 2000 Hits - Jeff Bundy, BKN 1700 RBI - Sal Rossi, SLA - He became just the 4th player to reach this mark 1600 Walks - Sal Rossi, SLA - He became just the 2nd player to reach this mark 1800 Runs - Kid Fite, CLE - He became just the 3rd player to reach this mark 300 Wins - Punchy Cote, CHN 300 Wins - David Wickersham, CHN 300 Wins - Frank Smith, BKN 250 Wins - Art Booth, NYA 250 Wins - Mark Ponfick, SLA 200 Wins - George Bowers, CLE Gold Gloves 1942 American League Winners Pitcher: Al Weidenheimer, CLE Catcher: Chuck Rauch, BOS First Base: Denny Caneer, DET Second Base: Pokey Dorsey, BOS - 2 straight! Third Base: Rem Kelley, PHA - 2 straight! Shortstop: Ted Stuart, PHA - 2 straight! Leftfield: Allen March, NYA Centerfield: Cyrus Helbig, SLA Rightfield: Tony Monachino, SLA - 2 straight! 1942 National League Winners Pitcher: Alex Winterhalter, CHN - 2 straight! Catcher: Moe Sieferman, BKN - 2 straight! First Base: William Suggs, PHI Second Base: Brad Coffenberger, BKN - 4 straight! Third Base: Dale Lamberty, NYG Shortstop: Hal Dumais, PIT Leftfield: Pat Dorsey, PIT Centerfield: Dave Arkless, CHN - 2 straight! Rightfield: Hal Smith, NYG |
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08-05-2004, 06:31 PM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: In a funk....
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Franchise Histories
BLUE - Won World Series GREEN - Won Pennant but No WS Played BLACK - Won Pennant Boston Red Sox - 1 Pennant, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1918), Last WS Title (1918) Most Wins 81 (1928), Most Losses 93 (1936) Winning Seasons 8, Losing Seasons 30, .500 Seasons 4 Longest Winning Streak: 1 Season Longest Losing Streak: 12 Seasons (1906-17) 1900-10: 2-8 1911-20: 2-7-1 - 1918 1921-30: 2-5-3 1931-40: 2-8 1941-50: 0-2 Last 10 Seasons 1-9 Last 5 Seasons 1-4 Chicago White Sox - 6 Pennants, 1-5 in WS, Last Pennant (1938), Last WS Title (1920) Most Wins 102 (1920), Most Losses 91 (1910) Winning Seasons 21, Losing Seasons 21 Longest Winning Streak: 9 Seasons (1913-21) Longest Losing Streak: 9 Seasons (1904-12) 1900-10: 1-9 - 1903 1911-20: 8-2 - 1917, 1919, 1920 1921-30: 6-4 - 1930 1931-40: 5-5 - 1938 1941-50: 1-1 Last 10 Seasons 5-5 Last 5 Seasons 2-3 Cleveland Indians - 6 Pennants, 3-3 in WS, Last Pennant (1942), Last WS Title (1942) Most Wins 107 (1910), Most Losses 100 (1931) Winning Seasons 21, Losing Seasons 19, .500 Seasons 2 Longest Winning Streak: 13 Seasons (1906-18) Longest Losing Streak: 6 Seasons (1927-32) 1900-10: 6-4 - 1907, 1910 1911-20: 9-1 - 1914, 1915, 1916 1921-30: 2-8 1931-40: 3-5-2 1941-50: 1-1 - 1942 Last 10 Seasons 4-4-2 Last 5 Seasons 1-3-1 Detroit Tigers - 1 Pennant, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1928), Last WS Win (1928) Most Wins 93 (1928), Most Losses 96 (1941) Winning Seasons 16, Losing Seasons 26 Longest Winning Streak: 5 Seasons (1901-05) Longest Losing Streak: 11 Seasons (1932-Present) 1900-10: 5-5 1911-20: 3-7 1921-30: 6-4 - 1928 1931-40: 1-9 1941-50: 0-2 Last 10 Seasons 0-10 Last 5 Seasons 0-5 New York Yankees - 14 Pennants, 8-6 in WS, Last Pennant (1940), Last WS Win (1940) Most Wins 103 (1923), Most Losses 93 (1920) Winning Seasons 26, Losing Seasons 14, .500 Seasons 2 Longest Winning Streak: 12 Seasons (1930-1941) Longest Losing Streak: 7 Seasons (1915-21) 1900-10: 7-3 - 1905, 1908, 1909 1911-20: 3-7 - 1911, 1912 1921-30: 5-4-1 - 1923, 1927 1931-40: 10-0 - 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1940 1941-50: 1-0-1 Last 10 Seasons 9-0-1 Last 5 Seasons 4-0-1 Philadelphia Athletics - 5 Pennants, 1-4 in WS, Last Pennant (1932), Last WS Title (1906) Most Wins 98 (1929), Most Losses 97 (1917) Winning Seasons 21, Losing Seasons 20, .500 Seasons 1 Longest Winning Streak: 9 Seasons (1925-33) Longest Losing Streak: 10 Seasons (1912-21) 1900-10: 8-2 - 1906 1911-20: 1-9 1921-30: 8-2 - 1925, 1926, 1929 1931-40: 4-5-1 - 1932 1941-50: 0-2 Last 10 Seasons 2-7-1 Last 5 Seasons 0-5 St. Louis Browns - 4 Pennants, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1922), Last WS Title (1922) Most Wins 89 (1904), Most Losses 98 (1930) Winning Seasons 16, Losing Seasons 24, .500 Seasons 2 Longest Winning Streak: 2 Seasons (1901-02, 1918-19, 1921-22, 1938-39) Longest Losing Streak: 7 Seasons (1910-16) 1900-10: 5-5 - 1901, 1902, 1904 1911-20: 2-7-1 1921-30: 4-6 - 1922 1931-40: 4-5-1 1941-50: 1-1 Last 10 Seasons 4-6 Last 5 Seasons 3-2 Washington Senators - 5 Pennants, 4-1 in WS, Last Pennant (1941), Last WS Title (1941) Most Wins 93 (1941), Most Losses 88 (1907) Winning Seasons 21, Losing Seasons 19, .500 Seasons 2 Longest Winning Streak: 7 Seasons (1936-Present) Longest Losing Streak: 6 Seasons (1927-32) 1900-10: 3-6-1 1911-20: 4-6 - 1913 1921-30: 5-5 - 1921, 1924 1931-40: 7-2-1 - 1937 1941-50: 2-0 - 1941 Last 10 Seasons 9-0-1 Last 5 Seasons 5-0 Boston Braves - 4 Pennants, 2-1 in WS, Last Pennant (1931), Last WS Title (1931) Most Wins 105 (1928), Most Losses 102 (1915) Winning Seasons 17, Losing Seasons 24, .500 Seasons 1 Longest Winning Streak: 9 Seasons (1930-1938) Longest Losing Streak: 14 Seasons (1914-27) 1900-10: 6-4 - 1904, 1910 1911-20: 1-9 1921-30: 2-8 - 1928 1931-40: 8-1-1 - 1931 1941-50: 0-2 Last 10 Seasons 6-3-1 Last 5 Seasons 1-3-1 Brooklyn Dodgers - 6 Pennants, 3-3 in WS, Last Pennant (1940), Last WS Title (1939) Most Wins 92 (1938), Most Losses 94 (1927) Winning Seasons 25, Losing Seasons 15, .500 Seasons 2 Longest Winning Streak: 9 Seasons (1934-Present) Longest Losing Streak: 4 Seasons (1903-06) 1900-10: 3-7 1911-20: 7-2-1 - 1919 1921-30: 7-3 - 1926 1931-40: 7-2-1 - 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940 1941-50: 2-0 Last 10 Seasons 9-0-1 Last 5 Seasons 5-0 Chicago Cubs - 6 Pennants, 3-3 in WS, Last Pennant (1938), Last WS Title (1938) Most Wins 101 (1938), Most Losses 97 (1925) Winning Seasons 28, Losing Seasons 14 Longest Winning Streak: 14 Seasons (1901-14) Longest Losing Streak: 6 Seasons (1922-27) 1900-10: 10-0 - 1905 1911-20: 7-3 - 1913, 1917 1921-30: 3-7 1931-40: 7-3 - 1936, 1937, 1938 1941-50: 1-1 Last 10 Seasons 8-2 Last 5 Seasons 3-2 Cincinnati Reds - 1 Pennant, 0-1 in WS, Last Pennant (1920) Most Wins 92 (1927), Most Losses 95 (1906) Winning Seasons 20, Losing Seasons 22 Longest Winning Streak: 11 Seasons (1913-23) Longest Losing Streak: 10 Seasons (1933-Present) 1900-10: 5-5 1911-20: 9-1 - 1920 1921-30: 4-6 1931-40: 2-8 1941-50: 0-2 Last 10 Seasons 0-10 Last 5 Seasons 0-5 New York Giants - 6 Pennants, 2-4 in WS, Last Pennant (1942), Last WS Title (1921) Most Wins 93 (1941), Most Losses 97 (1929) Winning Seasons 18, Losing Seasons 21, .500 Seasons 3 Longest Winning Streak: 6 Seasons (1918-23) Longest Losing Streak: 7 Seasons (1908-14) 1900-10: 1-8-1 - 1907 1911-20: 5-5 - 1918 1921-30: 5-5 - 1921, 1922 1931-40: 5-3-2 1941-50: 2-0 - 1941, 1942 Last 10 Seasons 6-2-2 Last 5 Seasons 3-1-1 Philadelphia Phillies - 9 Pennants, 6-1 in WS, Last Pennant (1933), Last WS Title (1932) Most Wins 100 (1927), Most Losses 98 (1938) Winning Seasons 20, Losing Seasons 20, .500 Seasons 2 Longest Winning Streak: 12 Seasons (1924-1935) Longest Losing Streak: 9 Seasons (1915-23) 1900-10: 7-2-1 - 1901, 1902, 1903 1911-20: 1-9 1921-30: 7-3 - 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930 1931-40: 5-4-1 - 1932, 1933 1941-50: 0-2 Last 10 Seasons 3-6-1 Last 5 Seasons 0-5 Pittsburgh Pirates - 4 Pennants, 1-3 in WS, Last Pennant (1912), Last WS Win (1909) Most Wins 92 (1908), Most Losses 103 (1928) Winning Seasons 12, Losing Seasons 29, .500 Seasons 1 Longest Winning Streak: 5 Seasons (1908-12) Longest Losing Streak: 7 Seasons (1913-19, 1931-1937) 1900-10: 4-6 - 1908, 1909 1911-20: 2-8 - 1911, 1912 1921-30: 2-7-1 1931-40: 2-8 1941-50: 1-1 Last 10 Seasons 3-7 Last 5 Seasons 3-2 St. Louis Cardinals - 6 Pennants, 2-4 in WS, Last Pennant (1924), Last WS Win (1923) Most Wins 103 (1915), Most Losses 99 (1936) Winning Seasons 20, Losing Seasons 19, .500 Seasons 3 Longest Winning Streak: 5 Seasons (1914-18, 1921-25) Longest Losing Streak: 10 Seasons (1930-39) 1900-10: 3-6-1 - 1906 1911-20: 6-2-2 - 1914, 1915, 1916 1921-30: 8-2 - 1923, 1924 1931-40: 1-9 1941-50: 2-0 Last 10 Seasons 3-7 Last 5 Seasons 3-2 Last Pennant: 1912 - PIT 1918 - BOS 1920 - CIN 1922 - SLA 1924 - STL 1928 - DET 1931 - BSN 1932 - PHA 1933 - PHI 1938 - CHA, CHN 1940 - NYA, BKN 1941 - WSH 1942 - CLE, NYG Last World Series Championship: NONE - CIN 1906 - PHA 1909 - PIT 1918 - BOS 1920 - CHA 1921 - NYG 1922 - SLA 1923 - STL 1928 - DET 1931 - BSN 1932 - PHI 1938 - CHN 1939 - BKN 1940 - NYA 1941 - WSH 1942 - CLE Cleveland had the 2nd longest pennant draught before this year! |
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08-05-2004, 09:02 PM
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Major Leagues
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: USA
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Yes, it's been a long, long while on my end heh. Unfortunately it seems that David Hunter is fading out of the limelight in Boston eh? 104 and 94 games the past 2 seasons and here I was hoping to get a shot at 600 steals. Oh well, at least I'm almost a lock for 900+ walks and a fantabulous OBP.
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