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Week 23 Recap

Week 23 is completed and it is just about time to start wrapping things up here. There are a couple of travel days coming up, there are a few odds and ends games left to play, and then everyone has their final series to end the season. Cincinnati still has seven games to pay, but most teams have 3-5, so the standings are probably pretty close to final. Several teams are trying out some youngsters and several veterans are seeing their major league careers winding down.

Philadelphia did clinch the AL pennant, but in the NL Brooklyn has been eliminated and Chicago is holding on by a slim thread. St. Louis swept three games in Brooklyn to start the week and they have been on a hot streak at the perfect time of the season. Brooklyn's offense has slowed without Johnny Frederick at the top, and Chicago is missing Charley Root anchoring their rotation, and neither team has played well since they lost these critical players. New York may dream of what could have been, but they are stuck in fourth place and aren't going anywhere. Cincinnati has stoutly held off the Pirates for the past several months and fifth place will be their reward. Pittsburgh knows they could have played better, but injuries and a paper thin pitching staff hampered them. Boston flirted with last place for a few weeks but has played much better. The luck St. Louis has had with injured opponents includes Philadelphia because as the Cardinals try to clinch the NL pennant Lefty O'Doul has been limited to pinch-hit duties.

Philadelphia is taking a few games to rest some of their starters and to be ready and fresh for the World Series. Several new Washington players are getting a chance to preview their skills. New York has been on a hot streak over the past few weeks, having been ~20 games behind Washington at one point and now only 13.5 games behind. St. Louis is still clinging to fourth place tenaciously, with the struggling Tigers looking to regain their footing in this final week. Disappointing Cleveland has a one-game lead over Boston, and Chicago and its cast of thousands are making plans for the off-season.

Both leagues seem likely to have three players batting over .400. In the NL Chuck Klein (.412), Lefty O'Doul (.411), and Bill Terry (.409) are about as close as you can get. O'Doul will be returning to the lineup so he won’t get to sit on his average in this final week. Klein leads in hits (248) over Terry (235), Babe Herman (221), and Freddie Lindstrom (219). Kiki Cuyler (144) leads in runs scored, ahead of Klein and Woody English, both with 140. Hack Wilson (177) leads in RBI's over Klein (156) and Chick Hafey (131). With a late-season push Lindstrom has taken the lead in doubles (52), ahead of Wilson (50), and three with 48: Harry Heilmann, Klein, and Johnny Frederick. Adam Comorosky (21) still leads in triple just ahead of Cuyler (20), Del Bissonette (18) and Paul Waner (18). Wilson has a comfortable lead in homeruns (47), leading Klein (38) and Herman (37). Pat Malone (23-9), Freddie Fitzsimmons (20-7), and Charley Root (20-8) pace the NL pitchers.

Milt Gaston
In the AL the .400 hitters are Lou Gehrig (.423), Mickey Cochrane (.412), and Al Simmons (.402), and Gehrig leads in hits (240), Simmons (223), and Joe Cronin (215). Babe Ruth has a big lead in runs (166) over Gehrig (149), and Cochrane (141), but Gehrig still has a slim RBI lead (174) over a surging Ruth (171), and Simmons (160). Gehrig has 57 doubles, ahead of Cochrane (55) and three others with 50: Red Kress, Charlie Gehringer, and Simmons. Sam Rice has 17 triples, just ahead of Goose Goslin and Gehringer, both with 16. Ruth leads in homeruns (51), well ahead of Gehrig (43), and Ed Morgan (38). Lefty Grove (29-2, 1.54) leads the AL pitchers, but Lefty Stewart (25-6) and Wes Ferrell (24-11) are right behind.


It is likely St. Louis will clinch the NL in the next few days, and our World Series teams will be set, so really it is just a matter of plowing through the games of this final week and closing this out. I am pondering several ideas for a final stats blow-out that may take several blog posts to complete, the limiting factor being the inherent weaknesses that the Blogger platform has. Regardless, I will come up with something appropriate, so stay tuned.


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