April 24th
Series VI saw the
Kansas City Monarchs slow down the runaway steam train of the
New York Black Yankees (they split a four game series) and the
Portland Sea Dogs streak into first place of the Marvin Miller Division by taking 4 straight from the
San Francisco Sea Lions.
League Standings |
League Stats
Leading SP:
Walter Johnson (POR),
4-0, 2.23 ERA, 1.13 WHIP;
Don Drysedale (BRK),
4-0,
1.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP;
Ron Guidry (NYY), 4-1, 2.32 ERA,
0.98 WHIP,
51 K.
Leading RP:
Johan Santana (POR), 0-1, 4.00 ERA,
11 Sv;
Tom Henke (OTT), 0.90 ERA, 7 Sv;
Bob Howry (PHI) 7 Sv;
Ron Reed (PHI) 0-0, 2 Sv,
6 H.
Leading Batters:
Babe Ruth (NYY),
449/
534/
867,
11 HR,
34 R, 32 RBI,
44 H;
Jake Stenzel (IND), 261/330/420,
11 2B;
Eric Davis (NYY), 290/309/542,
34 RBI;
Rickey Henderson 244/421/337,
25 BB,
16 SB.
Boldface indicates league leading mark.
Streaks
Babe Ruth's hitting streak ended at 23 games, leaving the
Wandering House of David's
Ernie Banks (19 games) and Ruth's teammate
Albert Belle (14 games) as the longest active streaks. Belle has also driven in a run in his last 8 games.
Four players (
Bob Bailey of the
Detroit Wolverines, Banks,
Willie Mays of the
New York Gothams, and
Frank McCormick of the
Birmingham Black Barons) have active streaks of 10 games of reaching base safely.
The
Miami Cuban Giants'
Camilo Pascual hasn't allowed a run in his last 15 innings.
Series VI Results
Three Game Series
Cleveland Spiders over House of David
Series Sweeps
Portland over San Francisco
Taking 3 out of 4 in Series VI
Birmingham over
Indianapolis ABC's
Chicago American Giants over
Philadelphia Stars
Memphis Red Sox over
Homestead Grays
Series Splits
Baltimore Black Sox @
Houston Colt 45's
Brooklyn Royal Giants @ Miami
Detroit v New York Gothams
Kansas City v New York Black Yankees
Ottawa Mounties v
Los Angeles Angels