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Week 14 Recap

Week 14 ended with a flurry of offense - seventeen games with double digits runs for the winner, three with twenty or more. Throw in a smattering of shut-outs, a no-hitter that wasn't (Bud Teachout no-hit the Robins for eleven innings, but the Cubs hadn't scored either), and it was just another week of the 1930 replay. Most AL teams are approaching the 90 games mark, while most NL teams have just moved past 80 games played. Looking ahead to Week 15 it looks like every NL team plays either 2 or 3 doubleheaders in an already full week of games, so the rush to get caught up to the calendar is on.

In the AL while Philadelphia was crushing the White Sox, Cleveland was taking 4-of-6 from Washington, reducing the Nationals lead to one game over the A's. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on a binge, and the Yankees moved up from fifth place to third, although they are 14.5 games behind the second place A's. Boston tumbled out of third place and ended the week in fifth, also has moved down past the Tigers. Cleveland's rejuvenated offense has not only got them out of last place, but has moved them past St. Louis into sixth place. They are five games behind the Red Sox and the Tigers, so reaching the top half of the league is not out of the question.

At the beginning of the week Brooklyn had an eight-game lead, but then lost 4-of-5 at home to the Cubs, and now have the red-hot Cardinals in town. The Giants keep looking up with the intention of closing in on the lead, but instead they find themselves just a game ahead of fifth place Cincinnati. Pittsburgh has played with a renewed vigor now that Lloyd and Paul Waner both at the top of the lineup. Boston has a better WL%, but Philadelphia is actually .5 games better in the standings.

Al Simmons (.427) now leads the AL in hitting, followed by Mickey Cochrane (.421), Lou Gehrig (.410), and Babe Ruth (.405). Ruth was the first to reach 100 runs scored, followed by Gehrig (88) and Max Bishop (86). Gehrig (108) and Ruth (107) are in close contention for the RBI title, with Jimmie Foxx (82) and Simmons well behind (81). Gehrig (142) leads in hits, ahead of Charlie Gehringer (137) and Simmons (134). Ruth (34) leads in homeruns, ahead of Gehrig (28) and Ed Morgan (24). Gehringer (36) has the most doubles, followed by Red Kress (34) and Bill Regan (33). Lefty Grove (19-2, 1.38) leads in pitching, well ahead of Firpo Marberry (15-2) and Lefty Stewart (14-4).

Bill Terry (.414) still leads in hitting, ahead of Lefty O'Doul and Chuck Klein, both at .401.  Terry also leads in hits (135), ahead of Klein (131) and Johnny Frederick (128). Kiki Cuyler (83) and teammate Hack Wilson (80) lead in runs, ahead of O'Doul and Frederick (78). Harry Heilmann (33) is the only NL'er with more than 30 doubles (the AL has seven), although the NL has played fewer games yet. Wilson (26) has the homerun lead, ahead of Gabby Hartnett (20), George Watkins (19) and Wally Berger (19). Wilson also leads in RBI's (94), ahead of Klein (84) and Del Bissonette (76). Jesse Haines (12-3) and Pat Malone (12-5) lead in wins, but there are four other NL pitchers with eleven wins and six more with ten.


The replay progresses well. I am generally pleased with the way the stats are coming out. The League ERA and batting average are relatively close, and the other categories are starting to line up as well. I am down about 100 extra base hits in the NL, but with the surge in upcoming games and doubleheaders (and bad pitchers) this may come around as well. Hack Wilson has 26 homeruns - can he get to 58 with less than half a season remaining? That would be good news for the Cubs if he could. My error totals are way off, but I am not going to do anything about that now. That affects my total number of at-bats and number of runs scored … I have some thoughts on this, but I think I will save them for a later date ... gotta get rolling on week 15.


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