Monday, July 03, 2006
1954 AL replay final standings, comments
Indians - a strong run in August and September lifted the Tribe past the White Sox. Great pitching, timely hitting carried them. Larry Doby the league MVP, led in HRs (35) and RBI (120). Mike Garcia (21-6) and Early Wynn (20-11) won 20 or more, Bob Lemon had 19 wins. White Sox - led the league for most of the summer with great pitching and effective hitting. Took great advantage of speed, as they were by far the fastest team in the league. Injuries and lack of hitting in September pushed them back into second place. Still won 99 games however. Yankees - never a factor in the race. Won many blowouts, but never could seem to get the big hit in close games, as evidenced by 23-32 record in one-run contests. Detroit - the overachieving Tigers clawed their way to an 80-74 record as Kuenn and Boone carried the offense, and Garver (19-10) proved to be an ace starter ... Kuenn hit .341, was batting champ Washington- another team that (slightly) overachieved ... this team had more offense than I'd predicted, but poor second-line pitching hurt them ... Boston - weak bullpen doomed Hub club despite league-leading .264 team batting average ... Ted Williams and Jackie Jensen each hit 29 HRS, Williams finishes 2nd in batting race at .337 Baltimore - scrappy Orioles hampered by severe lack of power, but team found a way to win many games it should't have. Diering a defensive whiz in center ... Philadelphia - a sentimental favorite of mine, the hapless A's were unable to reach their real life win total of 51, which I'd set as a goal in managing them. Bill Wilson a surprise power man, hit 25 HRs after coming over from White Sox in early June trade. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1954 American League
WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT
1954 Cleveland CLE 104 50 .675 ---- *WON* 111 43 .721
1954 Chicago CHI 99 55 .643 5.0 94 60 .610
1954 New York NYY 87 67 .565 17.0 103 51 .669
1954 Detroit DET 80 74 .519 24.0 68 86 .442
1954 Washington WAS 72 82 .468 32.0 66 88 .429
1954 Boston BOS 67 87 .435 37.0 69 85 .448
1954 Baltimore BAL 60 94 .390 44.0 54 100 .351
1954 Philadelphia PHI 47 107 .305 57.0 51 103 .331
OVERALL RECORD
Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK
BAL 60 94 .390 24-53 36-41 18-35 42-59 16- 8 26-26 3-7 Lost 1
BOS 67 87 .435 33-44 34-43 12-20 55-67 4-11 16-32 6-4 Won 1
CHI 99 55 .643 50-27 49-28 31-19 68-36 10-10 34-20 5-5 Won 1
CLE 104 50 .675 54-23 50-27 40-19 64-31 10- 3 33-15 5-5 Lost 2
DET 80 74 .519 40-37 40-37 15-17 65-57 4-10 27-23 7-3 Won 2
NYY 87 67 .565 46-31 41-36 37-21 50-46 7-14 23-32 8-2 Won 5
PHI 47 107 .305 23-53 24-54 9-23 38-84 12- 6 22-26 1-9 Lost 9
WAS 72 82 .468 35-43 37-39 28-23 44-59 9-10 21-28 5-5 Lost 1
TOTAL 616 616 .500
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+
BAL 5- 8 6-21 14-17 15-15 13-19 7-14
BOS 6- 6 10-12 10-23 13-18 15-15 13-13
CHI 9- 5 19-10 23- 6 19-12 20- 9 9-13
CLE 8- 4 22- 7 16-13 19-10 23- 9 16- 7
DET 6- 5 13-13 17-14 18-14 11-19 15- 9
NYY 6- 7 17-12 13-17 16-14 17-11 18- 6
PHI 1-10 11-19 12-16 9-21 10-22 4-19
WAS 8- 4 12-16 15-14 11-16 14-19 12-13
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
TEAM BAL BOS CHI CLE DET NYY PHI WAS
BAL - 12 7 4 6 10 14 7
BOS 10 - 7 6 12 7 14 11
CHI 15 15 - 11 10 15 17 16
CLE 18 16 11 - 13 14 18 14
DET 16 10 12 9 - 8 15 10
NYY 12 15 7 8 14 - 18 13
PHI 8 8 5 4 7 4 - 11
WAS 15 11 6 8 12 9 11 -
