In the interests of further speeding this up to its endpoint and the fun analytical part I'm cutting these updates back to every second month.
Perennial cellar-dwellers Washington are struggling as per usual, but the surprise is Virginia - even worse than the Grays at 16-36 and already 17 GB the Trips. The other races are tighter.
He's tailed off a little in the past fortnight, but LA's Harmon Killebrew is currently on track to be the first player with a 50-HR season. He has hit 18 in just 172 AB. Carolina's Juan Marichal has won his first 9 decisions.
Monthly Award Winners
April
Northeast League- Batter – Frank Robinson (New Jersey): 365 / 7 HR / 21 RBI
- Pitcher – Mel Harder (New York): 4-0 / 0.86 / 20 K / 41.2 IP
Southwest League- Batter – Billy Hamilton (Atlanta): 425 / 0 HR / 10 RBI
- Pitcher – Dick Redding (Seattle): 5-0 / 2.20 / 23 K / 41 IP
May
Northeast League- Batter – Frank Robinson (New Jersey): 411 / 6 HR / 24 RBI
- Pitcher – Juan Marichal (Carolina): 5-0 / 2.25 / 33 K / 52 IP
Southwest League- Batter – Ken Griffey jr (Los Angeles): 376 / 8 HR / 22 RBI
- Pitcher – Claude Osteen (Kansas City): 5-1 / 1.41 / 28 K / 51 IP
Weekly Award Winners
April- 14th: Tris Speaker (Indianapolis) / Barry Bonds (Las Vegas)
- 21st: Buck Leonard (Virginia) / Ted Simmons (Las Vegas)
- 28th: Charlie Gehringer (Indianapolis) / Joe Morgan (New Orleans)
May- 5th: Ronald Acuna (Boston) / Harmon Killebrew (Los Angeles)
- 12th: Frank Robinson (New Jersey) / Harmon Killebrew (Los Angeles)
- 19th: Darrell Evans (Connecticut) / Sandy Koufax (Seattle)
- 26th: Nap Lajoie (Indianapolis) / Todd Helton (Florida)
Top 20s by WAR
Standings and Leaders