[luckymann]

A somewhat soggy start for us and yet a win on the final day of May sees us move above 500.






Fair to say that, were it not for Ralph Kiner, we would not have our noses above the water line. I've not seen too many rookies make such an immediate impression as he has (or Grady Hatton of the Browns for that matter) - slashing 308/373/642 with 14 HR and 35 RBI over his first 45 games in the bigs. Thurman Tucker, Harry Craft and Bob Elliott have also been good, but Babe Young has given us nothing and our bench players need to be way better.




While inarguably a notch improved on last season, our pitching is still a ways off where it has to be for us to be competitive. Bevens has been great, the others not so much - Sain, in particular, continues to underwhelm.


Other than that and all in all, a fairly subdued start to the season.




Monthly Award Winners

May

American League

• Batter – Ted Williams (Red Sox): 430 / 4 HR / 15 RBI
• Pitcher – Tex Hughson (Red Sox): 6-0 / 1.58 / 21 K / 51.1 IP
• Rookie – Grady Hatton (Browns): 343 / 5 HR / 18 RBI

National League

• Batter – Ralph Kiner (Pirates): 315 / 12 HR / 27 RBI
• Pitcher – Murry Dickson (Giants): 5-1 / 2.83 / 17 K / 47.2 IP
• Rookie – Ralph Kiner

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