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Week 16 Recap

Week 16, 2/3 of the season (by calendar), is now completed. All teams have now reached the 100 games played mark, but there are still a lot of games left to play. There are going to be a lot of late-season call-ups to start arriving shortly as teams begin to assess their current talent and start looking to the future. There are a couple of Hall-of-Famers that will be making their first appearance yet, even if they aren't much help to their teams this year.

The real news this week was no-hitter #6, this time Ted Lyons and the White Sox over the Browns on 07/31/1930. This still perplexes me, and while the AL has already surpassed the number of actual shut-outs thrown in 1930, the league ERA and batting average remain relatively close to their targets. I will think about this more before my next project, but for now, it's just full speed ahead.

There were no changes in positions in the standings this week, but in the AL Philadelphia is beginning to pull away from second place Washington, who continues to pull away from the third-place Yankees. The rest of the AL teams are bunched pretty close after that. Boston is still holding on to fourth place, but has hit a rough patch and Detroit is right on their tail. The Browns continue to hold off Cleveland for sixth place, and even though Chicago had a good week it looks like eighth place will be their home this season.

In the NL Brooklyn still sits on top, but Chicago and St. Louis continue to move up, even if slightly. New York seems unlikely to go anywhere, but the Reds, an early-season surprise, have lost eight in a row and have started to sink in the standings. Pittsburgh still has visions of climbing up the standings yet and have the Reds in their sites. Philadelphia has stayed ahead of the Braves for the time being, but the Braves are a better team than what they have been playing as.

A's teammates Mickey Cochrane (.431) and Al Simmons (.426) lead in hitting, ahead of Lou Gehrig (.416), the only remaining .400 hitters. Gehrig leads in hits (173), ahead of Simmons (161), and Joe Cronin and Charlie Gehringer, both with 152. Babe Ruth (119) leads in runs, ahead of Gehrig (108), Max Bishop (103), and Cochrane (100). Ruth (38) Gehrig (34) and Ed Morgan (28) are the homerun leaders. Red Kress (43) leads in doubles over Cochrane (39) and Gehringer (38). Carl Reynolds, Sam Rice, and Goose Goslin are tied for the lead in triples with 13 each. Gehrig (134), Ruth (119), Simmons (107), and Jimmie Foxx (101) lead in RBI's. Lefty Grove (21-2, 1.55), Firpo Marberry (18-2, 2.94) and Lefty Stewart (18-4, 2.52) are tops in the pitching ranks.

Chuck Klein had a pretty good week and has moved to the top of several categories, including hitting (.412), over Bill Terry (.409) and Lefty O'Doul (.404). Klein leads in hits (169) over Terry (159) and Johnny Frederick (153). Kiki Cuyler leads in runs with 97, over O'Doul (96), Frederick (93), and Klein (92). Klein leads in RBI's (110) over Hack Wilson (106) and Del Bissonette (99). Wilson still leads in homeruns with 28, leading Klein (25) and Wally Berger (24).  Harry Heilmann and Frederick both have 38 doubles, ahead of Freddie Lindstrom and Klein, both with 33. Cubs teammates Pat Malone and Charlie Root are sitting at 15-5 to lead the NL pitchers.

Note: While Klein has been on a hot streak since the midway point of the season, this past week he went 18-for-41 (.439) with three doubles and three homeruns, twelve runs scored, and eight RBI's.


The replay continues to move ahead with few issues (except for the six no-hitters). The Phillies finally got up to the 100 games played mark, but still lead in runs allowed, which isn't a good omen. Several of the stats I am monitoring are within reason, but as always, bear monitoring. I've had my week of vacation, so it's time to move on to week 17. Play ball!


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