The 1950.....Something...

[gehrig38]

8/1 St Louis Cardinal Max Butcher spun a 3-hitter against the Braves today to go to 8-7 3.63 in 22 starts for the Cardinals.

8/2 Disrguntled Cub Bob Stanley is not disgruntled Dodger, and apparently wants no part of remaining with the team he just got to!

8/3 Bill Wise (CHI) tossed a 6 hitter in a 9-0 win over the Braves today. Wise is 13-9 3.46.

8/4 INJURY NEWS Brooklyn SP 24 year old Mike Paxton (15-19 4.95 in 38 starts last year) will miss another 7 weeks with his sore shoulder. Paxton is 5-4 3.59 in 12 starts this year.

8/4 New York Giant 6th round pick Sterling Hitchcock (20) will be out 6 months after shoulder surgery.

8/5 INJURY NEWS Cubs slugger Alex Gordon could miss the remainder of the season with a fractured hand. The 27 year old was hitting .315-4-8 since his trade from Brooklyn.

WEEK 16 AL POTW-Tommie Agee (CLE) 12-24 HR 3 RBI's 6 Runs (.245-9-52)
WEEK 16 NL POTW-Shane Mack (NYG) 16-34 4 HR's 12 RBI's 12 Runs (.337-10-46 since being traded, .363-11-52 totals on the year)

8/7 INJURY NEWS Brooklyn lost the servies of 33 year old swing man Jim Turner (9-11 2 Saves 4.01 in 31 games, 20 starts) for the next 4-5 months with a sore shoulder.

8/7 21 year old Bruce Ruffin (NYG) stopped Brooklyn on a 6 hitter to move to 11-10 3.60 on the year.

8/10 Curt Schilling (CLE) threw a 6 hitter to win his 16th (very weird talking in 3rd person fwiw). Schilling is 16-10 2.29 on the year.

WEEK 17 AL POTW-Billy Sullivan Jr (DET) 10-15 2 HR's 3 RBI's 5 Runs (.301-5-50)
WEEK 17 NL POTW-Chris Duncan (BRO) 14-29 5 RBI's (.326-25-92)

1951 Rookie leaders in Slg%
1) Chris Duncan (BRO) .586
2) Dwight Smith (STLB) .549
3) Bobby Bonds (STLB) .525
4) Fred Carroll (WAS) .480
5) Paul Waner (WAS) .453

Below are the races, and leaders with the finals from the '50 season in the middle to comp to, as we draw down to 6 weeks left

[gehrig38]

This league is on my laptop, so I'll likely be playing it mainly when I travel in case there's anyone that cares or might want to follow.

[CarolinaSoxfan]

Originally Posted by gehrig38

Chicago White Sox-Jacoby Ellsbury tore ankle ligaments on 3/14 and is expected to miss 4-5 weeks, putting him back somewhere in mid to late April.

St. Louis Browns-30 year old slugger Reggie Smith tore his labrum in late March and the injury is serious enough that he's expected to miss the entire 1950 season.

New York Giants- 25 year old reliever Don Aase had surgery on 4/3 to remove bone chips in his elbow and is expected to be out 4-5 months.

Cincinnati dealt 34 year old SP Nelson Figueroa and 24 year old prospect Morgan Ensberg to the White Sox for 25 year old CF Rube Oldring. 4/12


Cleveland Indians-30 year old SP Curt Schilling(I backed myself off 10 years (game had me at 40!) SP will miss another 5 days rehabbing

Ellsbury hurt? Not realistic at all! lol

[CarolinaSoxfan]

Great stuff again!!

[gehrig38]

In New York for the weekend, coaching my daughters travel team. Will likely play this one a little bit

[gehrig38]

8/13 Roger Wolff (SLC) tossed a 2-hitter over the Cubs in a 3-0 win. The win moves him to 9-19 4.24 in 28 starts.

8/15 George Winter (WAS) shutout the Yankees 5-0 on a 4-hitter to move to 16-9 2.59 in 29 starts.

8/18 Terry Larkin (A's) shutout the Yankees on a 4-hitter to move to 14-14 3.79 in 31 starts.

WEEK 18 AL POTW-Torii Hunter (NYY) 8-23 3 HR's 11 RBI's (.252-6-28)
WEEK 18 NL POTW-Joe Hague (PHI) 9-25 2 HR's 8 RBI's (.266-19-70)

[PotatoPeeler]

Terry Larkin was an interesting subject, for lack of a better term: Terry Larkin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia