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Week 19 Recap

Week 19 is completed and at the end of next week we will be at the end of August, with only the four weeks in the month of September remaining. The NL has finally caught up schedule-wise and both leagues are ahead of the (19/24) 79.2% mark for games played, with all teams having right around thirty games remaining to play over these final five weeks. The White Sox and the Browns have completed all 22 of their games against each other already, as have the Indians and the Tigers. Each league has at least one more long train trip left to reach the eastern or midwestern opponents (and back again).

The A's maintain a small lead over the Nationals, and the A's have cooled down from their hot streak over the past several weeks, so the Nationals still maintain a hope of grabbing the AL pennant. The Yankees are 19.5 games behind the Nationals and are still struggling to stay over .500. The Tigers are happy to be in fourth place but are only 2.5 games ahead of the Browns. The Browns recently passed the Red Sox and now have a 2.5 game lead over the sixth place team. Boston struggles continues, and they only have a one-game lead over seventh place Cleveland. All this means there is a six-game difference between fourth place Detroit and seventh place Cleveland, so while the pennant may be out of reach, the possibility of moving up the standings is very real.

There isn’t a three-way tie for the lead in the NL this week, but the Cardinals are 1.5 games behind the Cubs and the Robins are only .5 games behind, so anything can happen. The Giants, like the Yankees, are probably just stuck in their current home in the standings, too far behind to move up, but too good to fall farther behind. The Reds just swept a doubleheader from the Pirates and might be able to hold onto fifth place after all. The Phillies like being out of last place, but they only have a half-game lead over the Braves to avoid the cellar.

In the NL, Bill Terry has retaken the batting lead (.414) over Chuck Klein (.412) and Lefty O'Doul (.404). Klein still leads in hits (207), ahead of both Terry and Babe Herman (187). O'Doul has the runs lead (121), over Kiki Cuyler (118) and Klein (117). Hack Wilson opened his lead in the RBI category (136), leading Klein (126) and Del Bissonette (113). Harry Heilmann still leads in doubles (43), but Herman, Klein, and Johnny Frederick all have 42. Adam Comorosky (19) still leads in triples, ahead of Cuyler (17) and Bissonette (14). Wilson now had 37 homeruns, leading Herman (30) and Wally Berger (29). Charlie Root (19-5) and Pat Malone (19-6) are leading the Cubs pennant push and look to be the first NL'ers to twenty wins.

Note: This past week Hack Wilson had four homeruns and ten RBI's, putting him at 37 and 136. He actually finished with 56 and 191, meaning if he were to duplicate the 4 and 10 over each of the remaining five weeks of the season he would end up at 57 and 186. Now, that is not likely to happen, but if it did it is hard to imagine the Cubs not winning the pennant. Wilson certainly has the opportunities - he has left a league-high 215 runners on-base so far this season.

Just like in the NL, there are three AL hitters still hitting over .400: Mickey Cochrane (.421), Lou Gehrig (.420) and Al Simmons (.414), plus Babe Ruth hanging around at .398. Gehrig did reach to the 200 hits mark, ahead of Simmons (188) and Joe Cronin (183). Ruth still leads in runs (139), over Gehrig (124) and Max Bishop (118), but Gehrig leads in RBIs (148), ahead of Ruth (141) and Simmons (126). Red Kress (47) has the doubles lead, ahead of Charlie Gehringer (45), Cochrane (44) and Gehrig (44). Sam Rice (16) leads in triples, just ahead of Goose Goslin (15) and Gehringer (14). Ruth now has 42 homeruns, leading Gehrig (37) and Ed Morgan (30).  Lefty Grove (26-2, 1.59) still leads all pitchers, but Lefty Stewart (21-6, 2.21) is doing his best to keep the Browns in contention for a higher spot in the standings.

The two tie games are now accounted for, and the replay marches on. As was mentioned above remaining player appearances are starting to get slim as the games play out. Several teams are still affected by injuries, and many teams are counting on late-season call-ups to get them the appearances they need to get through these final weeks. Who can stay healthy, and who is going to get hot? Let's go find out.




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