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Just reached the start of July 1980 and none of the usual suspects are vying for the batting title. Instead Tommy Davis is leading the league, closely followed by Reggie Jefferson, with Lou Boudreau in third place.
The Northern Division starts July with Toledo and Wisconsin tied for 1st place and the Lansing Lugnuts just a 1/2 game back. Lansing was in 1st place for most of April, May and June, but lost their spot in the last couple days of June.
Memphis is once again in first place in the Southern Division with Biloxi just a couple games back.
Joe Kelly has moved into 3rd place on the all time hits list passing Mel Ott. I don't think Kelly will catch David Ortiz for second place.
Hilton Smith needs 8 more wins to reach 300.
Kind of cool to see Micah Owings being used as a 2 way player and actually hitting a fair clip so far in his brief career.
Another two way player in my league is Ted Double Duty Radcliffe. Sad thing is, he's been in the league for several years now and I just noticed he is also being used as a hitter. Love his nickname.
Yet another 2 way player is Kid Nichols. Nichols has all of a sudden acquired himself some power in 1980 and has spent time in the top 3 of the seasons home run leaders.
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