Author: david bancroft

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 20 Mad Dogs/128/78/50/.609/—/W1 Clippers/125/76/49/.608/.5/L2 Naturals/125/69/56/.552/7.5/L1 Peaches/124/61/63/.492/15/W2 Terrifics/128/59/69/.461/19/L1 Sultans/133/59/74/.444/21/5/W1 Comets/125/55/70/.440/21.5/L1 Hammers/126/50/76/.397/27 HEADLINES: MAD DOGS CLIMB INTO FIRST PLACE BY EDGING NATURALS, 3-2 The Mad Dogs have knocked the Clippers out of the top spot in the league by nipping the Naturals, 3-2. Greg Maddux(12-8) got the best of Max Scherzer(15-7) in…

SPECIAL NOTICE The Legends League commissioner has decreed that the season will end on August 31.(The reasons are that, the commissioner(me) has made mistakes in the scheduling of this season. The eight teams in the league were using the actual schedules of the American League in 1954, however, I errored in using both Retrosheet for…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 19 Clippers/124/76/48/.618/—/L1 Mad Dogs/127/77/50/.606/.5/L1 Naturals/124/69/55/.556/7/W1 Peaches/123/60/63/.488/15/5/W1 Terrifics/127/59/68/.465/18/5/W1 Comets/124/55/69/.444/21/W1 Sultans/132/58/74/.439/22/L1 Hammers/125/49/76/.392/27.5/L1 HEADLINES CLIPPERS AND MAD DOGS EACH LOSE; CLIPS LEAD REMAINS .5 The Peaches used a five run, seventh inning, to defeat the Clippers, 7-1. Sherry Magee(21) had the game’s only homerun. Winning pitcher, Rube Waddell(7-12) limited the Clippers to just…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 18 Clippers/123/76/47/.618/—/W2 Mad Dogs/126/77/49/.611/.5/W2 Naturals/123/68/55/.553/7/L1 Peaches/122/59/63/.484/16.5/L2 Terrifics/126/58/68/.460/19.5/L8 Comets/122/54/68/.443/21.5/W3 Sultans/131/58/73/.443/22/W1 Hammers/123/48/75/.390/28/L3 GAME RECAPS: GEHRIG AND FOXX POWER CLIPPERS PAST PEACHES Lou Gehrig(37) and Jimmie Foxx(39), each homered, Gehrig adding a single and a double, to lead the Clippers past the Peaches, 7-3. Wildfire Schulte(21) clubbed one out for the losing squad.…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 17 Clippers/122/75/47/.615/—/W1 Mad Dogs/125/76/49/.608/.5/W2 Naturals/122/68/54/.557/7/W1 Peaches/121/59/62/.488/15.5/L1 Terrifics/125/58/67/.464/18.5/L7 Comets/121/53/68/.438/21.5/W2 Sultans/130/57/73/.438/22/L1 Hammers/122/48/74/.393/27/L2 GAME RECAPS: CLIPPERS/PEACHES SPLIT TWINBILL The Clippers split a doubleheader with the Peaches, losing the A game, 4-3, on a Mickey Cochrane passed ball in the bottom of the eleventh inning, but coming back to capture the B contest, 7-6.…

AUGUST 17 GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Clippers(Hubbell 14-2) at Peaches(Plank 5-6) #1 Clippers(Gomez 5-7) at Peaches(Brown 5-6)#2 Hammers(Marichal 9-6) at Comets(Lemon 9-9) Sultans(C. Mays 8-10) at Naturals(Verlander 9-8) Terrifics(Seaver 9-13) at Mad Dogs(Wells 13-5)

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 15 Clippers/120/74/46/.617/—/W1 Mad Dogs/124/75/49/.605/1/W1 Naturals/121/67/54/.554/7.5/L1 Peaches/119/58/61/.487/15.6/L1 Terrifics/124/58/66/.468/18/L6 Sultans/129/57/72/.442/21.5/W3 Comets/120/52/68/.433/22/W1 Hammers/121/48/73/.397/L1 GAME RECAPS: HAMMERS, CLIPPERS SPLIT. 7-4 AND 4-9 The Hammers continue to be a tough out for the first place Clippers. They won the A game, 7-4, with help from a two run blast by Willie Mays(36). Stan Musial(33) went…

AUGUST 15 GAMES AND PROBABLE PITCHERS Hammers(Koufax 6-14) at Clippers(Dean 11-8) #1 Hammers(Maloney 7-6) at Clippers(Newhouser 6-3) #2 Peaches(Mathewson 10-6) at Comets(Spahn 4-14) #1 Peaches(Alexander 3-4) at Comets(Pierce 3-4) #2 Sultans(L. Williams 2-13) at Terrifics(Lolich 7-7) Mad Dogs(Maddux 11-8) at Naturals(Scherzer 15-6)

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 14 Clippers/118/73/45/.619/—/W1 Mad Dogs/123/74/49/.602/1.5/L2 Naturals/120/67/53//558/7/W7 Peaches/117/57/60/.487/15.5/L3 Terrifics/123/58/65/.472/17.5/L5 Sultans/128/56/72/.438/22/W2 Comets/118/51/67/.432/22/W2 Hammers/119/47/72.395/26.5/L1 GAME RECAPS: CLIPPERS CHASE DRYSDALE EARLY IN 8-6 WIN OVER HAMMERS The Clippers got to the the Hammers’ Don Drysdale early, scoring a run in the first and five more in the second, as the Clippers increased their lead on…

STANDINGS, END OF PLAY, AUGUST 13 Clippers/117/72/45/.615/—/L1 Mad Dogs/122/74/48/.607/.5/L1 Naturals/119/66/53/.555/7/W6 Peaches/116/57/59/.491/14.5/L2 Terrifics/122/58/64/.475/16.5/L4 Sultans/127/55/72/.433/22/W1 Comets/117/50/67/.427/22/W1 Hammers/118/47/71/.398/25.2/W1 GAME RECAPS: HAMMERS BEAT CLIPPERS, 4-2, BEHIND 3 RUN HOMER FROM HANK AARON With the Hammers trailing, 2-1, Hank Aaron(36) stepped in against Red Ruffing and clubbed a three run homer in the top of the ninth, to lead the…