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ALEXANDER BATTERS EXCELSIOR IN LOSING EFFORT
STAR 1B GOES 5/5 WITH A DOUBLE & HOME RUN; CURRENTLY BATTING .477

BROOKLYN (May 20, 1865) – Six-time Brooklyn champions Kings County are doing just okay to start 1865, with their 12-6 home loss to Excelsior leaving them 7-7 after fourteen games. One player who has been doing a whole lot more than “just okay” is record-breaking second-year star Cormack Alexander.

In the loss against Excelsior, Alexander was 5/5 with the bat, belting an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the 5th inning and adding a double in the bottom of the ninth. Alexander accounted for five of his team’s eleven hits, two of their six runs, and three of their five R.B.I.

For Alexander, it would appear after nearly three weeks of play that his record-breaking debut season in 1864 was nothing remotely close to a fluke. After Saturday’s outburst, here is how Alexander has started his second N.B.B.O season:

• 14 G, .477 AVG (31/65), 5 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 R, 21 R.B.I., .631 SLG, 1.116 O.P.S, 1.5 WPA, 0.9 WAR

Obviously there are more than eleven weeks of base ball left to play, but Cormack Alexander is threatening to follow up his extraordinary first season with an even more spectacular second act.