Week 8 Recap

Calendar-wise, week eight being completed means we are 33% of the way through the replay. Games played wise, we are only at the 30% mark, so the games still have some catch-up to do with the calendar. All the teams have now played more than 40 games, and although some are close, no one has reached the 50 mark just yet. The teams are starting to experience the everyday bumps and bruises that keeps regulars out of the lineup for days or weeks at a time. Rosters are thin to begin with, so a couple of injuries here and there do add up, but the games must go on.

Brooklyn's ERA finally crept over 3.00 this past week (2.94 -> 3.17), but they have maintained their winning ways and have an eleven game lead still. They do have a lot of games coming up with the three teams directly behind them, but in the meantime St. Louis, Chicago, and New York have all proven successful at keeping either of the other two teams from building up any winning momentum. The teams in the bottom half of the division have proven to be dangerous but just can't maintain a winning streak.

Now that they have left the home confines, Washington has found the going a little tougher, while Philadelphia is on a six-game winning streak and currently sits two games out of first. New York and Detroit are well behind the A's, but both have plenty of fire power if they could ever match up their pitching and hitting at the same time. The bottom half of the division is starting to lag behind, although the Red Sox continue to try to move into the upper echelon of the American League.

Lou Gehrig (.415) and Al Simmons (.404) are the two remaining American Leaguers batting over .400, but there are several others right on their heels should Gehrig and Simmons falter. Babe Ruth leads in homeruns (18), over Gehrig (16), and Ed Morgan (11). Ruth also leads in runs (58), over teammate Earle Combs (54). Bill Regan leads in doubles (18), ahead of Mickey Cochrane and Charlie Gehringer, both with 17. Gehringer leads in hits (73), ahead of Gehrig (71), and despite having missed most of the past week, Max Bishop still leads in walks (41), but now Ruth has caught and tied him. Lefty Grove is 10-2 and leads in ERA (1.64), ahead of Mel Harder (1.97) and Ad Liska (1.97)

Del Bissonette

Bill Terry (.422) and Del Bissonette (.411) are the two remaining National Leaguers hitting over .400, but like in the AL, there are several players poised to overtake them should the opportunity arise. Johnny Frederick leads in runs (52), ahead of the injured Frankie Frisch (50). Hack Wilson leads in RBI's (55), ahead of the injured Chick Hafey (52) and Bissonette (51). Hafey still leads in doubles (19), over the Wilson's, Hack (18) and Jimmie (17). Wally Berger is tied for the lead in homeruns (13) with Hack Wilson, just ahead of Gabby Hartnett and Babe Herman, both with 11. Bissonette now leads in hits (81), just ahead of Frederick (80) and Terry (79). Jesse Haines (8-1) finally took a loss, but still leads in ERA (1.50) of Dazzy Vance (2.07) and Jumbo Elliott (2.15).

The replay is progressing quite nicely, actually much, much faster than I anticipated. I had it in my head this would take two years to complete, but I now expect to be finished by the end of the year, barring anything unforeseen. Not having to do paperwork before and after every game, as well as daily and weekly activities to keep and maintain stats really does keep things moving.

I have received a couple of suggestions for the stats provided below, and while I am not going to go backward and provide updates, I don't mind making a few tweaks here and there.