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Week 13 Recap

All of the AL teams have reached the 80 game mark except for Chicago (79), while in the NL the only team to have reached the 80 game mark is Chicago (81). The two teams on top of the standings still have a slightly comfortable lead, but both know there are teams hungry and nipping at their heels.

In the AL Washington has the same four-game lead over Philadelphia that they had a week ago. Both teams had some hard fought wins and some heartbreaking losses over the past week, but their duel for the top has started to leave the remainder of the league far behind. Boston had a bad week and might be returning to form, while the Yankees have started to win again, even as they struggle to do so. Cleveland is safely out of eighth place and is within 1.5 games of St. Louis. I still expect them to move up in the standings a few rungs before this is over.

A week ago Brooklyn had a six-game lead over Chicago, and this week it is 6.5 games. They are certainly not playing at the clip like they did in the first few months of the season, but every time Chicago, St. Louis or New York look poised to take a run they falter. With Lloyd Waner healthy back in the starting lineup, Pittsburgh has become the second division team nobody wants to play. Cincinnati has loved playing spoiler over the last few weeks as well.

Teammates Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane are both hitting .414. ahead of Lou Gehrig (.412) and Joe Cronin (.404). The Yankee's triumvirate of Babe Ruth (86), Gehrig (78), and Earle Combs (75) lead in runs scored. Charlie Gehringer (132) has been on a hits binge, ahead of Gehrig (128) and Cronin (122). Gehringer also leads in doubles (36), ahead of Red Kress (34) and Cochrane (30). Ruth (27), Gehrig (25), and Ed Morgan (20) are tops in homeruns. Gehrig (96) leads in RBI's, topping Ruth (85) and teammates Kress and Goose Goslin, both with 75. Max Bishop and Ruth both have 65 walks. Lefty Grove (17-2, 1.48) is the best AL pitcher, with Firpo Marberry (13-2) and Lefty Stewart (13-4) trailing behind.

Harry Heilmann
Bill Terry (.414) is the last remaining NL'er over .400, but Harry Heilmann (.397), Chuck Klein (.396), and Chuck Klein (.393) remain close. Terry (126) also leads in hits, just ahead of Klein and Johnny Frederick, both with 119. Kiki Cuyler (77), Hack Wilson (74), and Frederick (73) are tops in runs scored. Wilson (25) leads in homeruns over George Watkins (19) and Wally Berger (18). Heilmann (30) has the lead in doubles, ahead of three Pirates, Paul Waner (27), George Grantham (27), and Adam Comorosky (24). Comorosky (16) still leads all of baseball in triples. Wilson now has 91 RBI's, ahead of Klein (76) and Del Bissonette (74). Jumbo Elliott (11-1), Jesse Haines (11-3), and Pat Malone (11-5) lead in wins, but there are six pitchers with ten wins and another four with nine.


The early season explosion in triples has leveled off and the number of doubles has come around to compensate. I have over-adjusted for sacrifice hits and will have to temper that back for the remainder of the season. My steal attempts are pretty close to where they should be, and complete games and saves are actually pretty good as well. I don't need them to be perfect, but I don’t want them to get out of control either. Every week is an adventure, so let's move on to week 14!


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