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ayaghmour2 · 08-26-2020, 08:25 PM

September 12th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (86-56): 5
Brooklyn Kings (72-71): 2

W: Max Wilder (13-8)
L: Tom Barrell (7-2)

We topped former Cougar Tom Barrell in the finale to take the series with the Kings. Max Wilder went all nine, allowing 7 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Cy Bryant was 2-for-4 with a double, run, RBI, and steal. Russ Combs was 2-for-4 with a double, run, and RBI.Tom Taylor was 1-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI's.

September 13th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (87-56): 6
Montreal Saints (60-83): 4

W: Dick Lyons (17-7)
L: George Thomas (6-11)
SV: Chick Meehan (1)

Off to Montreal for three with the Saints, and we held off a late rally to take the opener. Arnold Bower was 2-for-4 with a double, run scored, and two driven in. Tom Taylor was 2-for-4 with a steal. Russ Combs was 1-for-4 with a walk, double, and 2 RBI's. Starter Dick Lyons was 1-for-3 with a run and RBI. He went 7 with 9 hits, 3 runs, a walk, and a strikeout. Chick Meehan went the final two with 2 hits, a run, walk, and strikeout.

September 14th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (88-56): 2
Montreal Saints (60-84): 1

W: Dick Leudtke (18-8)
L: Walker Moore (8-15)

Leave it to Dick Leudtke to throw a gem and he was excellent in a 2-1 win to take the series a day early. He allowed just 5 hits, a single run, and struck out 2 in the complete game victory. Cy Bryant was 2-for-4. Russ Combs was 1-for-2 with 3 walks and 2 runs scored. Mike Taylor was 1-for-3 with a sac-fly and 2 RBI's. Arnold Bower was 1-for-4 with a double and walk.

September 14th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (89-56): 10
Montreal Saints (60-85): 2

W: Tommy Wilcox (5-5)
L: Allen Purvis (8-9)

The offense exploded in a 10-2 win as we swept the Saints before heading to New York for three with the Stars. They have a magic number of just two, so we might as well crown them champs now. Tired of all the crappy performances, Tommy Wilcox went all out today. Not only did he allow just 4 hits with 2 runs (1 earned), 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts, but he was also 2-for-4 with a double, triple, and 5 (!) RBI's. John Kincaid was 3-for-5 with a double, triple, and run scored. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-5 with a double, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Claude Ramsey was 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, and three runs scored. Mike Taylor was 2-for-4 with a triple and run scored. Vince York was 1-for-2 with 2 walks, a steal, and 3 runs scored. Tom Taylor was 1-for-4 with a walk, steal, run, and RBI.

September 16th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (90-56): 12
New York Stars (97-50): 3

W: Jim Crawford (15-10)
L: Les Zoller (4-2)

Well, I think this was just about us getting all our anger out about this season and how a win percentage north of .600 wasn't good enough to compete. John Kincaid was 4-for-5 with 2 doubles, a steal, 2 runs, and 4 RBI's. Russ Combs was 2-for-4 with 3 runs, 2 walks, and 2 RBI's. Cy Bryant was 2-for-5 with 2 runs and an RBI. Arnold Bower was 2-for-4 with a walk and 2 runs scored. Vince York was 2-for-5 with a run scored and driven in. Starter Jim Crawford was 1-for-3 with 2 sac-bunts, a walk, and RBI. He also threw all nine, allowing 8 hits and 3 runs with 3 strikeouts.

September 17th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (91-56): 7
New York Stars (97-51): 6
Game 1

W: Max Wilder (14-8)
L: Boyd Harper (14-8)

Alright...

We can stop winning now...

I don't want any hope...

That's seven straight victories as we took the first game of a double header 7-6 after we let the Stars tie it in the 8th with three unearned runs before taking the league back in the 9th. Max Wilder probably pitched too long in this game, going all nine despite allowing 14 hits, 6 runs (3 earned...), a walk, and 2 strikeouts. Bill Ashbaugh was 3-for-4 with a run scored. Tom Taylor was 2-for-5 with a homer, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Jim Kyle was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, run, and RBI. Cy Bryant was 1-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI's. John Kincaid was 1-for-4 with a triple, sac-bunt, and run scored.

September 17th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (92-56): 5
New York Stars (97-52): 4
Game 2

W: Chick Meehan (2-1)
L: Phil English (1-5)

Where was this fight all season? Down 4-3 heading to the ninth, John Kincaid and Cy Bryant both hit RBI singles and we held on to sweep the double header and series in New York. Between our games with the Stars, the home teams were just 4 and 18. Wow...

Tom Taylor was 1-for-4 with a three run homer. Bill Ashbaugh was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, and run scored. Russ Combs was 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored. John Kincaid was 1-for-4 with a run scored and driven in. Arnold Bower was 1-for-4 with a run scored. Dick Lyons made the start on short rest, 7 innings with 10 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), and a walk. Chick Meehan went 2 with 2 hits and a strikeout to get the win.

September 18th, 1932
Chicago Cougars (93-56): 13
Cleveland Foresters (79-71): 0

W: Dick Leudtke (19-8)
L: Tom Spradlin (0-2)

We really just went 8-0 this week...

We absolutely unloaded on the Foresters in a quick one day stop in Cleveland and piled on 21 hits and 13 runs. It didn't even matter if we got more then one run, as Dick Leudtke dominated, allowing just 2 hits with 9 strikeouts in the complete game shutout. He dropped his league best ERA to 2.84 and is the only pitcher in the FABL with a sub 3 ERA. Jim Crawford is more or less league average for ERA (102+) and his is 4.37.

Just as impressive was the offense, however, and John Kincaid was a perfect 5-for-5 with 2 doubles, a triple, a walk, 4 runs, and 2 RBI's. Mike Taylor was 3-for-6 with a homer, 2 runs, and 4 RBI's. Vince York was 3-for-6 with a run scored and four driven in. Russ Combs was 2-for-5 with a walk and three runs scored. Tom Taylor was 2-for-6 with a run scored and RBI. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-4 with 2 walks and an RBI. Even Leudtke got into the fun (all our guys got hits), going 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored.

Stars of the Week
John Kincaid : 35 AB, 17 H, 0 HR, 7 RBI, .486 AVG, 1.314 OPS
Dick Luedtke : 2 Wins, 18.0 IP, 0 BB, 11 K, 0.50 ERA
Tom Taylor : 36 AB, 10 H, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .278 AVG, .797 OPS

Weekly Summary
Is it bad that I'm angry that we went 8-0? They decided to torture me by winning nine in a row to make up five games on the Stars who have lost five in a row. We're still 3.5 out and the Stars still have a magic number of two. And while we technically can still make the playoffs, I have zero confidence in it. We're 14-4 in September, almost as good as last season, but the 11-18 July really came back to hurt us. That, and going 1-5 against the Wolves (46-103) and Saints (62-86) who have the two worst records in baseball. We have a winning record against everyone except the Kings (10-12) this year, but with three against the Sailors (74-74) in Chicago left, if we get swept we'd be below .500 against them. We also have two home games against the Foresters (79-71) to end the season, but I don't expect those to matter. We've won two more games this year then last year and our in reach of 96 wins, the most by a Cougar franchise back in 1892, although they were 96-40 with a crazy .706 win percentage.

Not really much else to say. We'll likely have the ERA leader in Leudtke and his 19 wins are best in the CA. Tom Taylor is top three in homers, RBI's, and WAR and Mike Taylor is right behind Taylor at third in homers. We rank first in a lot of categories, including average, OBP, slugging, OPS, WAR (hitters), wOBA, runs, hits, steals, starter's ERA, walks (pitchers), and zone rating. Our 51-26 road record is final, and even if the Keystones win all their remaining games, we'll at least be tied for best road record in baseball.

08-26-2020, 08:25 PM	#204
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,010	Week 23: September 12th-September 18th September 12th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (86-56): 5 Brooklyn Kings (72-71): 2 W: Max Wilder (13-8) L: Tom Barrell (7-2) We topped former Cougar Tom Barrell in the finale to take the series with the Kings. Max Wilder went all nine, allowing 7 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Cy Bryant was 2-for-4 with a double, run, RBI, and steal. Russ Combs was 2-for-4 with a double, run, and RBI.Tom Taylor was 1-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI's. September 13th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (87-56): 6 Montreal Saints (60-83): 4 W: Dick Lyons (17-7) L: George Thomas (6-11) SV: Chick Meehan (1) Off to Montreal for three with the Saints, and we held off a late rally to take the opener. Arnold Bower was 2-for-4 with a double, run scored, and two driven in. Tom Taylor was 2-for-4 with a steal. Russ Combs was 1-for-4 with a walk, double, and 2 RBI's. Starter Dick Lyons was 1-for-3 with a run and RBI. He went 7 with 9 hits, 3 runs, a walk, and a strikeout. Chick Meehan went the final two with 2 hits, a run, walk, and strikeout. September 14th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (88-56): 2 Montreal Saints (60-84): 1 W: Dick Leudtke (18-8) L: Walker Moore (8-15) Leave it to Dick Leudtke to throw a gem and he was excellent in a 2-1 win to take the series a day early. He allowed just 5 hits, a single run, and struck out 2 in the complete game victory. Cy Bryant was 2-for-4. Russ Combs was 1-for-2 with 3 walks and 2 runs scored. Mike Taylor was 1-for-3 with a sac-fly and 2 RBI's. Arnold Bower was 1-for-4 with a double and walk. September 14th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (89-56): 10 Montreal Saints (60-85): 2 W: Tommy Wilcox (5-5) L: Allen Purvis (8-9) The offense exploded in a 10-2 win as we swept the Saints before heading to New York for three with the Stars. They have a magic number of just two, so we might as well crown them champs now. Tired of all the crappy performances, Tommy Wilcox went all out today. Not only did he allow just 4 hits with 2 runs (1 earned), 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts, but he was also 2-for-4 with a double, triple, and 5 (!) RBI's. John Kincaid was 3-for-5 with a double, triple, and run scored. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-5 with a double, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Claude Ramsey was 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, and three runs scored. Mike Taylor was 2-for-4 with a triple and run scored. Vince York was 1-for-2 with 2 walks, a steal, and 3 runs scored. Tom Taylor was 1-for-4 with a walk, steal, run, and RBI. September 16th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (90-56): 12 New York Stars (97-50): 3 W: Jim Crawford (15-10) L: Les Zoller (4-2) Well, I think this was just about us getting all our anger out about this season and how a win percentage north of .600 wasn't good enough to compete. John Kincaid was 4-for-5 with 2 doubles, a steal, 2 runs, and 4 RBI's. Russ Combs was 2-for-4 with 3 runs, 2 walks, and 2 RBI's. Cy Bryant was 2-for-5 with 2 runs and an RBI. Arnold Bower was 2-for-4 with a walk and 2 runs scored. Vince York was 2-for-5 with a run scored and driven in. Starter Jim Crawford was 1-for-3 with 2 sac-bunts, a walk, and RBI. He also threw all nine, allowing 8 hits and 3 runs with 3 strikeouts. September 17th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (91-56): 7 New York Stars (97-51): 6 Game 1 W: Max Wilder (14-8) L: Boyd Harper (14-8) Alright... We can stop winning now... I don't want any hope... That's seven straight victories as we took the first game of a double header 7-6 after we let the Stars tie it in the 8th with three unearned runs before taking the league back in the 9th. Max Wilder probably pitched too long in this game, going all nine despite allowing 14 hits, 6 runs (3 earned...), a walk, and 2 strikeouts. Bill Ashbaugh was 3-for-4 with a run scored. Tom Taylor was 2-for-5 with a homer, 2 runs, and 2 RBI's. Jim Kyle was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, run, and RBI. Cy Bryant was 1-for-4 with a double and 2 RBI's. John Kincaid was 1-for-4 with a triple, sac-bunt, and run scored. September 17th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (92-56): 5 New York Stars (97-52): 4 Game 2 W: Chick Meehan (2-1) L: Phil English (1-5) Where was this fight all season? Down 4-3 heading to the ninth, John Kincaid and Cy Bryant both hit RBI singles and we held on to sweep the double header and series in New York. Between our games with the Stars, the home teams were just 4 and 18. Wow... Tom Taylor was 1-for-4 with a three run homer. Bill Ashbaugh was 1-for-3 with a double, walk, and run scored. Russ Combs was 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored. John Kincaid was 1-for-4 with a run scored and driven in. Arnold Bower was 1-for-4 with a run scored. Dick Lyons made the start on short rest, 7 innings with 10 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), and a walk. Chick Meehan went 2 with 2 hits and a strikeout to get the win. September 18th, 1932 Chicago Cougars (93-56): 13 Cleveland Foresters (79-71): 0 W: Dick Leudtke (19-8) L: Tom Spradlin (0-2) We really just went 8-0 this week... We absolutely unloaded on the Foresters in a quick one day stop in Cleveland and piled on 21 hits and 13 runs. It didn't even matter if we got more then one run, as Dick Leudtke dominated, allowing just 2 hits with 9 strikeouts in the complete game shutout. He dropped his league best ERA to 2.84 and is the only pitcher in the FABL with a sub 3 ERA. Jim Crawford is more or less league average for ERA (102+) and his is 4.37. Just as impressive was the offense, however, and John Kincaid was a perfect 5-for-5 with 2 doubles, a triple, a walk, 4 runs, and 2 RBI's. Mike Taylor was 3-for-6 with a homer, 2 runs, and 4 RBI's. Vince York was 3-for-6 with a run scored and four driven in. Russ Combs was 2-for-5 with a walk and three runs scored. Tom Taylor was 2-for-6 with a run scored and RBI. Bill Ashbaugh was 2-for-4 with 2 walks and an RBI. Even Leudtke got into the fun (all our guys got hits), going 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored. Stars of the Week John Kincaid : 35 AB, 17 H, 0 HR, 7 RBI, .486 AVG, 1.314 OPS Dick Luedtke : 2 Wins, 18.0 IP, 0 BB, 11 K, 0.50 ERA Tom Taylor : 36 AB, 10 H, 2 HR, 10 RBI, .278 AVG, .797 OPS Weekly Summary Is it bad that I'm angry that we went 8-0? They decided to torture me by winning nine in a row to make up five games on the Stars who have lost five in a row. We're still 3.5 out and the Stars still have a magic number of two. And while we technically can still make the playoffs, I have zero confidence in it. We're 14-4 in September, almost as good as last season, but the 11-18 July really came back to hurt us. That, and going 1-5 against the Wolves (46-103) and Saints (62-86) who have the two worst records in baseball. We have a winning record against everyone except the Kings (10-12) this year, but with three against the Sailors (74-74) in Chicago left, if we get swept we'd be below .500 against them. We also have two home games against the Foresters (79-71) to end the season, but I don't expect those to matter. We've won two more games this year then last year and our in reach of 96 wins, the most by a Cougar franchise back in 1892, although they were 96-40 with a crazy .706 win percentage. Not really much else to say. We'll likely have the ERA leader in Leudtke and his 19 wins are best in the CA. Tom Taylor is top three in homers, RBI's, and WAR and Mike Taylor is right behind Taylor at third in homers. We rank first in a lot of categories, including average, OBP, slugging, OPS, WAR (hitters), wOBA, runs, hits, steals, starter's ERA, walks (pitchers), and zone rating. Our 51-26 road record is final, and even if the Keystones win all their remaining games, we'll at least be tied for best road record in baseball.