July 1890 Update
American League News: Leader Rochester cooled off a big with a sub .500 month of June. Louisville Colonels were hot for the month to pick up ground in the standings. Syracuse
started the month on fire going 7-1, then the bottom fell out and finished the month, 12-15. Red Ehret (Rochester) cooled in June, now at 14-3.
National League News: Boston and New York are going head to head. Beaneaters' Jim Handiboe leads all NL pitchers with his 14-4 record. Rookie Jessie Burkett (Brooklyn) leads
all the batters with 5 HRs.
Minor League Update
Southern Association
Nashville and Mobile are neck and neck, with Birmingham not too far back. Memphis is on a roll with 8 straight wins. Pete Wreckbecker
(Mobile, .384, 3 HR, 39 RBIs) is still the batting leader.
Eastern League
Newark is starting to pull away. Wild Bill Widner (Newark) is the pitching leader at 20-4, 2.13 era. George Shafer (Jersey City) is leading
the batters with his .355 average.
New England League
Pawtucket is on a roll in a 6 game winning streak. But the most of the leagues is within 6 games. Jerry Dorgan (Newport) is still leading
the batters with .362 BA. Jim McElroy (Manchester, 17-8, 2.92 era) leads the pitchers.