Author: david bancroft

JUNE 17 NEWS: Mad Dogs pummel struggling Dizzy Dean and Clippers to move back into tie for first place. Hammers suffer fifth straight loss at hands of Sultans. Yadier Molina injured in Naturals’ blowout loss to Comets. He will miss four days, Buster Posey will do the backstop duties during that time. Bob Gibson stunned…

JUNE 16 NEWS: Three of the four games ended in walkoff fashion in the bottom of the ninth. The Clippers beat the Mad Dogs to take over sole possession of first place by one game. GAME RECAPS: Clippers 6 Mad Dogs 3. Lou Gehrig belted a walkoff, three run homerun, as the Clippers defeated the…

JUNE 15 NEWS The Clippers destroyed their arch rivals, the Mad Dogs, 16-6, to move into a tie for first place. The other games were comparatively close. STANDINGS END OF PLAY, JUNE 15 Clippers/58/36/22/.621/—/W1 Mad Dogs/64/39/25/.609/L1 Naturals/62/36/26/.581/W2 Terrifics/65/33/32/.508/6.5/W2 Peaches/60/26/34/.433/11/L3 Comets/59/25/34/.424/11.5/W1 Sultans/66/28/38/.424/12/W1 Hammers/60/24/36/.400/13/L3 GAME RECAPS: Clippers 16 Mad Dogs 6. The Clippers poured it on against…

JUNE 14 NEWS In the only game on the slate, the Comets ended a four game losing skid by pounding the Sultans, 9-4, in a 23 hit attack. RECAP: Comets 9 Sultans 4 Mickey Mantle was 4-6, with a pair of homeruns; Carl Furillo was 3-5; Gil Hodges went 3-5, with a homer and a…

PITCHING LEADERS THROUGH JUNE 13. Leaders are based on WHIP Pitcher/Won/Lost/ERA/WHIP Vance, Sltns./106/8/4/2.38/.875 Carlton, Trfcs./111.1/7/3/2.19/.882 Kershaw,Ntrls./95/6/4/2.75/.958 Scherzer, Ntrls./104/9/4/2.16/1.029 Hubbell, Clprs./87/8/0/2.90/1.080 Veale, Hmrs./89/2/6/2.63/1.157 Dean, Clprs./88/8/4/3.27/1.159 Maddux, Mdgs./80/6/4/3.49/1.187 Koufax, Hmrs./78/3/6/4.65/1.192 Ford, Hmrs./85.1/5/4/3.70/1.257 STRIKEOUTS Veale, Hmrs. 103 Carlton, Trfcs. 101 Clemens, Mdgs. 99 Vance, Sltns. 97 Kershaw, Ntrls. 93 Koufax, Hmrs. 93

BATTING LEADERS THROUGH JUNE 13 Note: Leaders are based off on base percentage. PLAYER/AT BAT/RUNS/RBI/HITS/ON BASE PCT. Hornsby, Sltns./202/38/30/78/.468 Cabrera, Ntrls./197/44/44/70/.438 Williams, T., Clprs./189/23/50/59/.435 Foxx, Clprs./197/49/53/69/.421 Ruth, Sltns./172/31/47/49/.419 Speaker, Sltns./197/32/12/64/.402 Carew, Trfcs./207/31/16/67/.391 Cobb, Pchs./217/29/26/78/.391 Musial, Clprs./220/47/39/63/.387 Mantle, Cmts./191/31/35/55/.380 HOME RUN LEADERS McGwire, Mdgs. 22 Cabrera, Ntrls. 21 Ruth, Sltns. 21 Williams, T., Clprs. 20 Mays,…

TWINBILL TALES JUNE 13 Naturals 4 Peaches 2 The Naturals managed a sweep of the Peaches. They took the first game, 4-2, behind Max Scherzer, who worked eight innings, allowing just five hits, while fanning seven. Miguel Cabrera homered for the second straight day and now has 21 on the season. WP-Max Scherzer(9-4). LP-Eddie Plank(1-3).…

NEWS JUNE 12 The Clippers(5 straight losses) and the Mad Dogs(2 straight losses) both lost, so things remain the same at the top of the standings. Today’s games featured two blowouts and two one run games. Pudge Rodriguez was hit by a Juan Marichal pitch and will miss the next four games. He will be…

NEWS: JUNE 11. The Mad Dogs ended up splitting a doubleheader with the Hammers, but the Clippers lost again, so there is a tie for first place. The Clippers have a .630 to .617 percentage point advantage, due to a disparity in games played. Eddie Collins got hit by a pitch in the Peaches-Naturals contest…

NEWS JUNE 10. The surging, Mad Dogs, who have won five straight, beat the first place Clippers, 7-3 and are now just a half game back in the standings. The Sultans have displaced the Hammers for the cellar spot after splitting a doubleheader with the Peaches; while the Hammers edged the Terrifics, 4-3. STANDINGS END…