Here Comes The Paragon Baseball League!

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It doesn't look like he's ever going to be the Babe Ruth in this save, as is usually the case with dev-only - it struggles with the whole two-way thing. All the same, he's gradually coming along and this effort gives him 20 HR for the first time in a season so far and past the 100 career mark.

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These final few years of the PBL look like they are going to be utterly fascinating with players' ratings and resultant usage continuing to evolve and morph as they get older. We're already seeing it at work, and here one of the league's heretofore lesser pitching lights (career 64-97 record; 7.5 pWAR) gets his moment to shine.

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The Gothams turnstile continues to spin as Davey Johnson doesn't even last a year at the helm. A replacement is yet to be named.

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Only the North race stays close before Boston eventually sees off New Jersey, meaning all four repeat from last season.




Monthly Award Winners

Northeast League

• Batter – Johnny Damon (Virginia): 359 / 5 HR / 25 RBI
• Pitcher – Old Hoss Radbourn (Carolina): 5-0 / 1.53 / 20 K / 53 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Shoeless Joe Jackson (New Orleans): 436 / 1 HR / 13 RBI
• Pitcher – Claude Osteen (Kansas City): 3-0 / 1.68 / 24 K / 48.1 IP

Weekly Award Winners

• 4th: Buck Leonard (Virginia) / Cody Bellinger (Kansas City)
• 11th: Willard Brown (Washington) / Todd Helton (Florida)
• 18th: John Olerud (Carolina) / Thurman Munson (Portland)
• 25th: Honus Wagner (New Jersey) / Joe Morgan (New Orleans)
• 2nd: Willard Brown (Washington) / Shoeless Joe Jackson (New Orleans)

Milestones

• 300 HR: Buck Leonard

Batting crowns to George Sisler (333 / 3rd win) and Jesse Burkett (348 / 1st).

Mike Trout just runs out of steam late in the season, but still ends up leading the PBL with 41 HR. Ernie Banks' 132 RBI are the most for the year.

Sam McDowell sets a new single-season strikeout record with 350, while Cannonball Redding's 22 wins and 2.54 ERA are this year's best. Jack Powell leads the PBL with 46 saves.


Final Top 20s and Leaders

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NE League

Carolina Triplets (107-61) v Boston Beacons (86-82)

Best of seven, Triplets with home-field advantage.

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Game 5




Boston wins series 4 games to 1

SERIES MVP: Ty Cobb (BOST)

SW League

Kansas City Blues (98-70) v Seattle Rainiers (88-80)

Best of seven, Blues with home-field advantage.

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Game 5




Seattle wins series 4 games to 1

SERIES MVP: Richie Ashburn (SEAT)

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Seattle Rainiers v Boston Beacons

Best of nine, Rainiers with home-field advantage.

Well, if Carolina is rightfully described as the PBL's "Superman", then Boston can just as rightfully lay claim to being the league's "Kryptonite" as they once again easily dispatch of the Trips. There's no club who comes close to the Blues when it comes to choking and they manage to outdo themselves again here with an insipid five-game loss, setting up a rematch of last year's series.

I'm tipping the Rainiers to exact some payback here with a win in eight to finally earn that maiden title.

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Game 1 in Seattle

PITCHING DUEL SEES KOUFAX, RAINIERS GET WALKOFF WIN

WP: Sandy Koufax (2-0) 10 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 11 K
LP: Doc White (1-2) 9.1 IP / 4 H / 1 ER / 4 K


SEAT: Jim Wynn 2-4 / 2B / walkoff RBI.

BOST: Joe Tinker 2-3.


PotG: Sandy Koufax (SEAT)

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Game 2 in Seattle

BEACONS DRAW LEVEL WITH GRITTY ROAD WIN

WP: Bob Friend (1-1)
LP: Kid Nichols (0-1)


BOST: Turkey Stearnes 2-4 / 2B.

SEAT: Jim Wynn 3-3 / 2-run HR [1]. Mike Trout 2-4 / RBI. George Brett 2-5.


PotG: Jim Wynn (SEAT)

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Game 3 in Seattle

DWYER HURLS MASTERPIECE TO PUT SEATTLE BACK IN FRONT

WP: Frank Dwyer (2-0) 7 IP / 2 H / 1 ER / 3 K
LP: Ned Garver (0-1) 8 IP / 6 H / 2 ER / 5 K
SV: Kid Nichols (4)


SEAT: George Brett solo HR [2]. Chase Utley 2-2.


PotG: Frank Dwyer (SEAT)

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Game 4 in Boston

RAINIERS EXTEND LEAD AS REDDING, BRETT SHINE

WP: Dick Redding (3-0) 7 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 4 K
LP: Greg Maddux (1-1)
SV: Kid Nichols (5)


SEAT: George Brett 2B / 3-run HR [3].

BOST: Ed Delahanty 2-4 / 2B. Ty Cobb 2-4.


PotG: George Brett (SEAT)

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Game 5 in Boston

PITCHING DOMINATES AS KOUFAX PUTS SEATTLE ON CUSP OF FIRST TITLE

WP: Sandy Koufax (3-0) 7 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 9 K
LP: Doc White (1-2) 8 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 4 K
SV: Billy Pierce (1)


PotG: Sandy Koufax (SEAT)

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Game 6 in Boston

SEATTLE RAINIERS SUPREME IN DOMINANT PERFORMANCE

WP: Rick Reuschel (1-0) 9 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 3 K
LP: Felix Hernandez (1-1)


SEAT: John Henry Lloyd 3-3 / 2B / 3B / 2 RBI. Jim Wynn 2-4 / 2-run 3B. Mike Trout 3-5.


PotG: Rick Reuschel (SEAT)



SEATTLE WINS SERIES 5-1
SERIES MVP: Jim Wynn (SEAT)

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Gold Glove

Platinum Stick

Veeck Medal - Manager

NE: Joe McCarthy (Carolina)
SW: Wilbert Robinson (Kansas City)

Dusty Baker gets his marching orders from the Pirates, eventually replaced by Candy Jim Taylor. Meanwhile, Miller Huggins is named as Davey Johnson's successor at New York.

Chadwick Medal - Best Reliever

The first for Jack, Rube's third.

Adams Medal - Pitcher of the Year

The second for Mad Dog, number three for Cannonball.

Rickey Medal - Most Valuable Player

Repeats for both - Larry's second, Dick's third.

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Once more Boston, Carolina, KC and Seattle are the picks, with the South race looking tasty. 1999 LTMs here so the HR record might well be under threat again.

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No-no number two for The Ryan Express.

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First-timers

Eddie Cicotte, Gene Tenace, Adam Wainwright, Fernando Tatis jr, Mike Schmidt.

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Josh Gibson is best afield as the Northeast sneaks past the Southwest 4-3.

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Carolina are more dominant than ever, while the other three races still have plenty of life left in them.

Standings and Leaders





Monthly Award Winners

April

Northeast League

• Batter – Frank Thomas (Carolina): 404 / 6 HR / 25 RBI
• Pitcher – Roy Halladay (Carolina): 4-2 / 1.97 / 49 K / 50.1 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Alex Rodriguez (Seattle): 402 / 10 HR / 28 RBI
• Pitcher – Pete Alexander (Kansas City): 6-0 / 1.56 / 32 K / 52 IP

May

Northeast League

• Batter – Ted Williams (Connecticut): 422 / 9 HR / 15 RBI
• Pitcher – Roy Halladay (Carolina): 5-0 / 2.98 / 45 K / 51.1 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Lou Gehrig (Kansas City): 357 / 8 HR / 32 RBI
• Pitcher – Cy Young (New Orleans): 4-1 / 2.45 / 19 K / 44 IP

June

Northeast League

• Batter – Mel Ott (Carolina): 333 / 11 HR / 21 RBI
• Pitcher – Dwight Gooden (New York): 5-1 / 2.57 / 52 K / 49 IP

Southwest League

• Batter – Johnny Mize (New Orleans): 367 / 9 HR / 29 RBI
• Pitcher – Martin Dihigo (Las Vegas): 5-0 / 2.57 / 44 K / 42 IP

Weekly Award Winners

April

• 9th: Ty Cobb (Boston) / Alex Rodriguez (Seattle)
• 16th: Mel Ott (Carolina) / Johnny Mize (New Orleans)
• 23rd: Frank Thomas (Carolina) / Mickey Mantle (Portland)
• 30th: Goose Goslin (Indianapolis) / Lou Gehrig (Kansas City)

May

• 7th: Mel Ott (Carolina) / Jim Thome (Florida)
• 14th: Charlie Gehringer (Indianapolis) / Mark McGwire (Portland)
• 21st: Ted Williams (Connecticut) / Jack Clark (Florida)
• 28th: Bill Terry (Connecticut) / Lou Gehrig (Kansas City)

June

• 4th: Ed Delahanty (Boston) / Cody Bellinger (Kansas City)
• 11th: Al Kaline (New Jersey) / Duke Snider (Kansas City)
• 18th: Ed Delahanty (Boston) / Johnny Mize (New Orleans)
• 25th: Mel Ott (Carolina) / Lou Gehrig (Kansas City)

Milestones

• 2500 hits: Willie Keeler (first to this mark)
• 500 saves: Bill Donovan (first to this mark)
• 300 HR: Lou Gehrig, Adrian Beltre, Larry Walker

Top 20s by WAR