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NATIONAL BASE BALL ORGANIZATION JUNE RECAP

NORTHEAST U.S.A. (July 1, 1870) – The calendar has hit the end of June and that means the NBBO has played sixty percent of its schedule, with the teams smack in the middle of Week Nine. Here are how things currently stand:

REGIONAL LEADERS (42 of 70 games played)

• BROOKLYN: Atlantic at 30-12 (Excelsior 4 GB)
• NEW YORK CITY: Knickerbocker at 32-10 (Gotham & Orange 8 GB)
• UPSTATE NY: Flour City at 27-15 (Utica 1 GB, Niagara 4 GB)
• COASTAL: Shamrock at 31-11 (Mass. Bay 1 GB, Quaker St. 5 GB)
• INLAND: Alleghany at 30-12 (Lake Erie, Sportsman’s, & Susquehanna 8 GB)
• NEW ENGLAND: St. John’s at 32-10 (Portland & S.o.t.O. 8 GB)

Three regions really opened up over the month of June. Knickerbocker & St. John’s saw their teams go from tied atop their regions – N.Y.C. & New England – to ahead by eight games, and thanks to an 18-4 June Alleghany went from a game behind Susquehanna in Inland to eight games in front.

In the other three regions, two leaders have been treading water while Shamrock has taken charge in Coastal. Atlantic was four games ahead of Excelsior at the end of May, and they remain four games ahead. Flour City was three games ahead of Niagara & Utica at the end of May, and the gap between them and Utica has closed while Niagara remains three back. Shamrock went 17-5 during June to move from 3rd place in Coastal to their traditional spot: 1st.

BATSMEN OF THE MONTH

• NYL: Fred Bartholomew (OF, F.C.) – .441 AVG, 1.051 OPS, 30 R, 45 H, 5 2B, 5 3B, 0 HR, 24 RBI, 3 BB, 8 SB, 1.2 WPA, 1.5 WAR
• NEL: Nelson Townsend (OF, StJ) – .463 AVG, 1.115 OPS, 39 R, 44 H, 7 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, 21 RBI, 13 BB, 28 SB, 2.3 WPA, 2.1 WAR

Bartholomew makes it two greenhorns in two months taking BotM honors in the New York League, thanks to a fantastic June for the Upstate leaders. Townsend, who takes BotM for the 4th time, set a new record with seven hits in a nine-inning game on June 19th and currently leads the NBBO in OPS with a 1.078. Teammate Konrad Jensen hit .449 during the month.

PITCHERS OF THE MONTH

• NYL: Jim Creighton (EXC) – 11-2, 2.27 ERA, 111.0 IP, 9 CG, 1 SHO, 15 BB, 45 K, 1.12 WHIP, 2.7 WAR, 3.9 rWAR
• NEL: Thomas Smith (StJ) – 11-1, 3.03 ERA, 96.0 IP, 9 CG, 0 SHO, 9 BB, 21 K, 1.38 WHIP, 1.5 WAR, 2.1 rWAR

Creighton wins PotM for the 6th time, which actually feels low for him. The 4x MVP was simply outstanding in June. Smith pitched better in May, but that 11-1 record vs an mark 8-4 in May means this is where he wins PotM for the second time after helping St. John’s take control of New England.

GREENHORNS OF THE MONTH

• NYL: Fred Bartholomew (OF, F.C.) – NYL Batsman of the Month
• NEL: Ernest Duncan (P, SHA) – 8-1, 0.99 ERA, 81.2 IP, 8 CG, 0 SHO, 3 BB, 6 K, 0.87 WHIP, 1.2 WAR, 3.4 rWAR

As with Knick’s Louis Dyke in May, Bartholomew takes GotM since he took home NYL Batsman of the Month. Had Duncan pitched more – he’s Shamrock’s #2 P – he would have been PotM. Still, he had an absurd June for the Coastal leaders.

STATISTICAL LEADERS

• Average: .435 by Cormack Alexander (1B, Q.S.)
• OPS: 1.078 by Nelson Townsend (OF, StJ)
• Runs: 63 by Nelson Townsend (OF, StJ)
• Home Runs: 4 by Jackson Watts (OF, HAR)
• RBI: 62 by Tarmo Kuopio (1B, StJ)
• Stolen Bases: 51 by Walter Williams (CF, ATL)
• Batsman WPA: 4.17 by Nelson Townsend (OF, StJ)
• Batsman WAR: 3.1 by Nelson Townsend (OF, StJ)

• ERA: 1.68 by Gus Woods (NIA) over 144.2 IP
• Wins: 20 by Peadar Daly (KNI)
• Complete Games: 20 by Peadar Daly (KNI)
• Strikeouts: 88 by Jim Creighton (EXC)
• WHIP: 0.96 by Sammie Cato (KNI) over 141.0 IP
• Pitcher WAR: 5.7 by Jim Creighton (EXC)
• Pitcher rWAR: 6.9 by Peadar Daly (KNI)

• Total WAR: 7.9 by Jim Creighton (EXC)
• 1.9 batting, 0.2 baserunning, 0.1 fielding, 5.7 pitching