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Chargers roar past Bills, 45 -14, Sunday, September 8, 1963

2006-12-04T07:08:00.000-08:00

1963 Buffalo 14, 1963 San Diego 45
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1963 Buffalo	14	0	0	0	0	14
1963 San Diego	6	19	17	3	0	45

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	8:30	1963 Buffalo	C.Gilchrist 3 yd. run (M.Yoho kick)	7-0 BUA
1	5:15	1963 San Diego	L.Alworth 29 yd. pass from T.Rote (kick blocked)	7-6 BUA
1	0:25	1963 Buffalo	J.Kemp 8 yd. run (M.Yoho kick)	14-6 BUA
2	9:44	1963 San Diego	G.Blair 38 yd. field goal	14-9 BUA
2	4:53	1963 San Diego	G.Blair 36 yd. field goal	14-12 BUA
2	2:52	1963 San Diego	D.Norton 24 yd. pass from T.Rote (kick failed)	18-14 SDA
2	1:00	1963 San Diego	K.Lincoln 1 yd. run (G.Blair kick)	25-14 SDA
3	12:37	1963 San Diego	D.Norton 7 yd. pass from T.Rote (G.Blair kick)	32-14 SDA
3	8:10	1963 San Diego	G.Blair 35 yd. field goal	35-14 SDA
3	1:48	1963 San Diego	K.Lincoln 4 yd. run (G.Blair kick)	42-14 SDA
4	8:02	1963 San Diego	G.Blair 34 yd. field goal	45-14 SDA

Team Statistics
	1963 Buffalo	1963 San Diego
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	8-8-1-17	9-13-0-22
Third Down Efficiency	7-14-50%	3-10-30%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-1-0%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-21-67%	21-35-60%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	254-67-3.8	466-58-8.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	127	182
Total Rushes	35	31
Average Per Rush	3.6	5.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	13/30 (43.3%)	16/26 (61.5%)
Net Yards Passing	127	284
Avg Yards Per Pass	4.7	11.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/15	1/8
Punts/Average	5/39.8	1/38.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/9	5/98
Kickoffs/Returns	10/202	2/43
Interceptions/Returns	1/22	2/0
Penalties/Yards	3/11	5/25
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	4/3	1/1
Time of Possession	31 mins 43 secs	28 mins 17 secs
Average Drive Start	BUA 34	SDA 39

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1963 Buffalo
Jack Kemp	23	9	106	39.1	4.6	0	0	1	4.3	32	2/15	35.8
Daryle Lamonica	7	4	36	57.1	5.1	0	0	1	14.3	17	0/0	31.5
1963 San Diego
Tobin Rote	24	16	292	66.7	12.2	3	12.5	1	4.2	50	1/8	130.6
John Hadl	2	0	0	0.0	.0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	39.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1963 Buffalo
Cookie Gilchrist	12	51	4.3	9	1	0	0/0
Ed Rutkowski	6	18	3.0	5	0	0	3/2
Roger Kochman	5	5	1.0	4	0	0	0/0
Glenn Bass	4	15	3.8	5	0	0	0/0
Jack Kemp	4	26	6.5	10	1	0	0/0
Wray Carlton	4	12	3.0	9	0	0	0/0
1963 San Diego
Keith Lincoln	15	70	4.7	16	2	0	0/0
Paul Lowe	10	92	9.2	42	0	0	1/1
Bob Jackson	4	14	3.5	5	0	0	0/0
Gerry McDougall	2	6	3.0	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1963 Buffalo
Glenn Bass	3	34	11.3	17	0	0
Cookie Gilchrist	2	14	7.0	9	0	0
Bill Miller	2	20	10.0	14	0	0
Ernie Warlick	2	23	11.5	16	0	0
Charley Ferguson	1	32	32.0	32	0	0
Jesse Murdock	1	4	4.0	4	0	0
Ed Rutkowski	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
Elbert Dubenion	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
1963 San Diego
Lance Alworth	7	161	23.0	50	1	0
Don Norton	3	63	21.0	32	2	0
Keith Lincoln	2	15	7.5	8	0	0
Jerry Robinson	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Jacque MacKinnon	1	16	16.0	16	0	0
Dave Kocourek	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
Paul Lowe	1	12	12.0	12	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1963 Buffalo
1963 San Diego
George Blair	0/0	0/0	4/4	0/0	0/0	4/4	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1963 Buffalo
Daryle Lamonica	5	39.8	20.2	0	3	53	0
1963 San Diego
Paul Maguire	1	38.0	29.0	0	0	38	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Buffalo
Ed Rutkowski	7	142	20.3	26	0
Elbert Dubenion	3	60	20.0	21	0
1963 San Diego
Lance Alworth	1	21	21.0	21	0
Keith Lincoln	1	22	22.0	22	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Buffalo
Ray Abruzzese	1	0	9	9.0	9	0
1963 San Diego
Lance Alworth	3	0	80	26.7	61	0
Keith Lincoln	2	0	18	9.0	12	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1963 Buffalo
Jim Dunaway	7	0	0
John Tracey	6	0	0
George Saimes	6	0	0
Willie West	5	0	0
Mike Stratton	4	0	1
Harry Jacobs	4	0	0
Mack Yoho	3	0	0
Booker Edgerson	3	0	0
Ray Abruzzese	2	0	0
Tom Sestak	2	0	0
Ron McDole	1	1	0
Elbert Dubenion	0	0	1
1963 San Diego
Emil Karas	12	0	0
Chuck Allen	6	0	1
Charlie McNeil	5	0	0
Ernie Ladd	5	0	0
Gary Glick	4	0	0
Bob Petrich	4	0	0
George Blair	4	0	0
Earl Faison	3	2	0
Dick Harris	2	0	0
Frank Buncom	2	0	1
Henry Schmidt	1	0	0
Gerry McDougall	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Buffalo
John Tracey	1	22	22.0	22	0
1963 San Diego
Bob Petrich	1	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Westmoreland	1	0	0.0	0	0

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Patriots 24, Jets 14 -- Sunday, September 8, 1963 at Boston

2006-11-19T06:04:00.000-08:00

1963 New York 14, 1963 Boston 24
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1963 New York	7	0	0	7	0	14
1963 Boston	0	14	3	7	0	24

Play Highlights
Quarter	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Pts
1	4:14	1963 New York	M.Smolinski 3 yd. run (D.Guesman kick)	7-0 NYA
2	7:03	1963 Boston	B.Parilli 1 yd. run (G.Cappelletti kick)	7-7 BOA
2	2:19	1963 Boston	A.Graham 9 yd. pass from B.Parilli (G.Cappelletti kick)	14-7 BOA
3	3:03	1963 Boston	G.Cappelletti 18 yd. field goal	17-7 BOA
4	10:22	1963 New York	M.Smolinski 5 yd. run (D.Guesman kick)	17-14 BOA
4	9:12	1963 Boston	L.Garron 87 yd. pass from B.Parilli (G.Cappelletti kick)	24-14 BOA

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Oilers defeat Raiders - Saturday 9-7-63

2006-10-29T06:48:00.000-08:00

1963 Oakland 17, 1963 Houston 28
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1963 Oakland	7	0	10	0	0	17
1963 Houston	7	7	7	7	0	28

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	12:17	1963 Houston	C.Tolar 1 yd. run (G.Blanda kick)	7-0 HOA
1	0:39	1963 Oakland	J.Krakoski 82 yd. intercept (M.Mercer kick)	7-7 HOA
2	1:00	1963 Houston	C.Tolar 3 yd. run (G.Blanda kick)	14-7 HOA
3	7:51	1963 Oakland	M.Mercer 27 yd. field goal	14-10 HOA
3	5:35	1963 Oakland	C.Daniels 28 yd. pass from T.Flores (M.Mercer kick)	17-14 OAA
3	0:48	1963 Houston	B.McLeod 5 yd. pass from G.Blanda (G.Blanda kick)	21-17 HOA
4	8:42	1963 Houston	C.Tolar 1 yd. run (G.Blanda kick)	28-17 HOA

Team Statistics
	1963 Oakland	1963 Houston
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	4-8-1-13	11-11-0-22
Third Down Efficiency	4-15-27%	6-11-55%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-2-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	0-14-0%	28-28-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	271-63-4.3	274-67-4.1
Total Net Yards Rushing	108	108
Total Rushes	25	37
Average Per Rush	4.3	2.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	9/35 (25.7%)	18/30 (60.0%)
Net Yards Passing	163	166
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.1	5.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	3/17	0/0
Punts/Average	3/38.0	3/33.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	2/11
Kickoffs/Returns	3/96	4/133
Interceptions/Returns	4/131	3/32
Penalties/Yards	7/47	6/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/0	4/1
Time of Possession	26 mins 48 secs	33 mins 12 secs
Average Drive Start	OAA 33	HOA 39

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1963 Oakland
Tom Flores	24	7	122	29.2	5.1	1	4.2	2	8.3	31	3/17	27.4
Cotton Davidson	11	2	58	18.2	5.3	0	0	1	9.1	30	0/0	11.2
1963 Houston
George Blanda	30	18	166	60.0	5.5	1	3.3	4	13.3	15	0/0	46.7

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1963 Oakland
Clem Daniels	16	75	4.7	15	0	0	1/0
Alan Miller	5	23	4.6	9	0	0	0/0
Cotton Davidson	2	7	3.5	6	0	0	0/0
Bo Roberson	2	3	1.5	9	0	0	0/0
1963 Houston
Charley Tolar	21	42	2.0	6	3	0	1/0
Bill Tobin	10	40	4.0	15	0	0	2/0
George Blanda	3	2	0.7	4	0	0	0/0
Dave Smith	3	24	8.0	15	0	0	1/1

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1963 Oakland
Clem Daniels	3	72	24.0	31	1	0
Art Powell	2	58	29.0	30	0	0
Ken Herock	2	28	14.0	14	0	0
Bo Roberson	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Dobie Craig	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
1963 Houston
Bob McLeod	4	42	10.5	15	1	0
Willard Dewveall	4	33	8.3	14	0	0
Charley Tolar	3	27	9.0	11	0	0
Bill Tobin	3	32	10.7	13	0	0
Charley Frazier	2	18	9.0	10	0	0
Charley Hennigan	2	14	7.0	9	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1963 Oakland
Mike Mercer	0/0	1/1	0/2	0/1	0/0	1/4	25.0
1963 Houston
George Blanda	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1	0.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1963 Oakland
Mike Mercer	3	38.0	34.3	0	1	41	0
1963 Houston
Jim C. Norton	3	33.0	33.0	0	1	49	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Oakland
Bo Roberson	3	96	32.0	58	0
1963 Houston
Bobby Jancik	4	133	33.3	53	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Oakland
1963 Houston
Bobby Jancik	1	0	9	9.0	9	0
Freddy Glick	1	0	2	2.0	2	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1963 Oakland
Archie Matsos	7	0	0
Bob Dougherty	7	0	0
Jim McMillin	6	0	0
Dalva Allen	5	0	1
Clancy Osborne	5	0	0
Fred Williamson	4	0	0
Jon Jelacic	4	0	0
Joe Krakoski	4	0	0
Chuck McMurty	3	0	0
Tommy Morrow	3	0	0
Jim Norris	1	0	0
Jim Otto	0	0	1
1963 Houston
Mike Dukes	7	0	0
Gene Babb	7	0	0
Ed Husmann	4	0	0
Freddy Glick	3	0	0
Don Floyd	3	2	0
Doug Cline	3	0	0
Bobby Jancik	2	0	0
Tony Banfield	2	0	0
Gary Cutsinger	2	1	0
Dudley Meredith	1	0	0
Randy Kerbow	1	0	0
Jim C. Norton	1	0	0
Charley Tolar	0	0	2
Bob Talamini	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Oakland
Joe Krakoski	2	107	53.5	82	1
Claude Gibson	1	12	12.0	12	0
Chuck McMurty	1	12	12.0	12	0
1963 Houston
Mike Dukes	2	19	9.5	15	0
Bobby Jancik	1	13	13.0	13	0

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1963 pro football replay

2006-10-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

I am making my first foray into Strat-O-Matic Pro Football. I am going to try to replay the 1963 AFL and 1963 NFL seasons.

The first game on tap was the game of Saturday night, September 7, 1963 at University of Denver Stadium between the Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. In real life the Chiefs, in their first game since moving from Dallas, clobbered the Broncos 59-7.

In the Strat replay game the Chiefs moved out to a 28-3 halftime lead and cruised to victory 37-17. Len Dawson was able to connect on many long passes against the weak Denver secondary. Next game: Oakland at Houston, Sat. night 9/7/63. Oakland won in real life 24-13 in Al Davis' first game as Raider coach.

1963 Kansas City 37, 1963 Denver 17
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1963 Kansas City	14	14	7	2	0	37
1963 Denver	3	0	7	7	0	17

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	12:55	1963 Kansas City	F.Jackson 34 yd. pass from L.Dawson (T.Brooker kick)	7-0 KCA
1	5:01	1963 Denver	G.Mingo 42 yd. field goal	7-3 KCA
1	1:37	1963 Kansas City	J.Spikes 5 yd. run (T.Brooker kick)	14-3 KCA
2	10:30	1963 Kansas City	F.Arbanas 2 yd. pass from L.Dawson (T.Brooker kick)	21-3 KCA
2	8:39	1963 Kansas City	C.McClinton 13 yd. run (T.Brooker kick)	28-3 KCA
3	7:15	1963 Kansas City	J.Spikes 15 yd. pass from L.Dawson (T.Brooker kick)	35-3 KCA
3	3:51	1963 Denver	B.Joe 27 yd. run (G.Mingo kick)	35-10 KCA
4	7:45	1963 Kansas City	Safety, Mickey Slaughter sacked by B.Buchanan in the end zone.	37-10 KCA
4	0:08	1963 Denver	L.Taylor 64 yd. pass from Mickey Slaughter (G.Mingo kick)	37-17 KCA

Team Statistics
	1963 Kansas City	1963 Denver
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	9-15-0-24	4-12-1-17
Third Down Efficiency	3-9-33%	3-12-25%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	3-4-75%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	28-49-57%	0-14-0%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	511-60-8.5	290-65-4.5
Total Net Yards Rushing	129	94
Total Rushes	29	24
Average Per Rush	4.4	3.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	21/30 (70.0%)	18/33 (54.5%)
Net Yards Passing	382	196
Avg Yards Per Pass	13.0	7.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/8	8/52
Punts/Average	5/41.4	4/48.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/14	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	2/40	6/156
Interceptions/Returns	1/0	1/0
Penalties/Yards	3/35	6/46
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/0	5/2
Time of Possession	28 mins 32 secs	31 mins 28 secs
Average Drive Start	KCA 36	DEA 25

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1963 Kansas City
Len Dawson	27	20	377	74.1	14.0	3	11.1	1	3.7	59	1/8	137.5
Eddie Wilson	3	1	13	33.3	4.3	0	0	0	0	13	0/0	47.9
1963 Denver
Mickey Slaughter	33	18	248	54.5	7.5	1	3.0	1	3.0	64	8/52	76.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1963 Kansas City
Jack Spikes	10	17	1.7	5	1	0	2/0
Curtis McClinton	10	67	6.7	15	1	0	0/0
Bert Coan	5	23	4.6	15	0	0	0/0
Jerrel Wilson	2	6	3.0	6	0	0	0/0
Abner Haynes	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0/0
Len Dawson	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	0/0
1963 Denver
Billy Joe	12	59	4.9	27	1	0	2/1
Donnie Stone	9	27	3.0	6	0	0	1/0
Mickey Slaughter	2	5	2.5	3	0	0	2/1
Hewritt Dixon	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1963 Kansas City
Frank Jackson	8	196	24.5	59	1	0
Chris Burford	3	84	28.0	43	0	0
Fred Arbanas	3	22	7.3	13	1	0
Abner Haynes	3	38	12.7	15	0	0
Curtis McClinton	2	22	11.0	14	0	0
Jack Spikes	2	28	14.0	15	1	0
1963 Denver
Lionel Taylor	8	120	15.0	64	1	0
Bill Groman	5	71	14.2	19	0	0
Bob Scarpitto	3	33	11.0	15	0	0
Gene Prebola	2	24	12.0	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1963 Kansas City
Tommy Brooker	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0.0
1963 Denver
Gene Mingo	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1963 Kansas City
Jerrel Wilson	5	41.4	33.4	2	2	54	0
1963 Denver
Jim Fraser	4	48.3	44.8	0	2	56	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Kansas City
Dave Grayson	2	40	20.0	22	0
1963 Denver
Charley Mitchell	5	125	25.0	31	0
Bob Gaiters	1	31	31.0	31	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Kansas City
Frank Jackson	2	1	14	7.0	11	0
1963 Denver
Gene Mingo	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1963 Kansas City
Jerry Mays	7	2	1
Dave Grayson	6	0	0
Buck Buchanan	6	1	0
E.J. Holub	6	0	1
Johnny Robinson	5	0	0
Mel Branch	5	3	0
Bobby Hunt	4	0	0
Walt Corey	4	0	0
Bobby Bell	2	2	0
Duane Wood	1	0	0
Bobby Ply	1	0	0
Sherrill Headrick	1	0	0
Dave Hill	0	0	1
Abner Haynes	0	0	1
1963 Denver
Gordy Holz	7	1	0
Willie Brown	6	0	0
Charley Mitchell	5	0	0
Jim Fraser	5	0	0
Ray Jacobs	4	0	0
Goose Gonsoulin	4	0	0
Bob Zeman	4	0	0
Wahoo McDaniel	4	0	0
Bud McFadin	3	0	0
Jerry Hopkins	2	0	0
Tom Erlandson Sr.	1	0	0
Chuck Gavin	1	0	0
Jerry Sturm	0	0	1
Gene Prebola	0	0	1
Donnie Stone	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1963 Kansas City
Duane Wood	1	0	0.0	0	0
1963 Denver
Jim Fraser	1	0	0.0	0	0

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Ballpark Effects on homeruns: replay v. actual

2006-07-19T20:47:00.000-07:00

                           HRs at  HRs at                                         Actl HRs     Actl. HRs
                           Home    Vis.                                           at Home      at Vis.
TEAM                       Park    Parks    Strat Ballpark effect rating          Park         Park
Boston and opponents       152     122      L Homerun 1-12;  R  Homerun 1-19       139          102
Cleveland and opponents    134     135      L Homerun 1-18; R Homerun 1-13         135          110
Philadelphia and opponents 132     110      L Homerun 1-4; R Homerun 1-12          129          106
Detroit and opponents      132      98      L and R Homerun 1-14                   124          104
New York and opponents     115     127      L Homerun 1-19; R Homerun 1-5          110          109
Chicago and opponents       80     100      L Homerun 1-3; R Homerun 1-9            90           98
Baltimore and opponents     62      88      L and R  Homerun 1                      42           88
Washington and opponents    60      85      L Homerun 1-3; R Homerun  1             54          106

Pennant race graph

2006-07-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

http://home.comcast.net/~PaulaDeWitt/1954_AL_pennant_race_graph.mht

Cy Young and MVP award winners Mike Garcia and Larry Doby

2006-07-08T06:42:00.000-07:00

WebBuilder link

2006-07-07T20:14:00.000-07:00

Here's a link to my WebBuilder page with all the '54 AL replay team and individual stats: 1954 AL replay

Pinch Hitting – Team – Replay v. Actual

2006-07-06T19:38:00.000-07:00

There is no such thing in Strat as coming in "cold" off the bench to pinch hit. A Strat card is just as good in a pinch hitting situation as any other. Perhaps this is one reason I and "HAL" and other Strat managers used pinch hitters more often in my '54 AL replay than the real life managers did in '54. HAL was my opponent in the majority of the 616 replay games. Via NetPlay, Buck Jones and Jon Grauer provided "live" opposition in probably around 100 of the games. PINCH HITTING – TEAM – REPLAY V. ACTUAL PhAB – Pinch Hit At Bats PH – Pinch Hits PHAvg – Pinch Hit Batting Average ClPAB – “Clutch” Pinch Hit At Bats ClPH – “Clutch” Pinch Hits Team PhAB PH PHAvg ClPAB ClPH Actual PhAB Actual PH Actual PH Avg. New York 226 70 .310 40 10 219 64 .292 Chicago 127 37 .291 15 1 122 16 .131 Philadelphia 205 56 .273 26 6 149 31 .208 Washington 151 39 .258 28 8 144 25 .174 Cleveland 134 33 .246 14 4 158 41 .259 Baltimore 230 54 .235 35 10 203 36 .177 Detroit 154 36 .234 24 6 174 38 .218 Boston 218 43 .197 41 11 185 38 .205 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ League 1445 368 .255 223 56 1354 289 .213

Paul's replay vs. real life '54 AL: league-wide pitching stats

2006-07-05T20:07:00.000-07:00


               ’54 Replay         Actual

ERA                  3.69           3.72
R/G                  4.24           4.19
IP                  11151          11105
BFP                 48332          47785
H                   10581          10766
R                    5220           5203
Earned Runs          4574           4594
Unearned runs         646            609
HR                    867            823
BB                   4879           4619
IBB                   349            ---
SO                   5334           5129
OAVG                 .251           .257
Shutouts               91             93
SAV                   196            169
BK                     29             28
WP                    180            179
CG                    323            463
GF                    909            779
Relief Games         1635           1417

Paul’s 1954 AL replay vs. real life 1954 AL: league-wide batting stats

2006-07-04T09:33:00.000-07:00



Statistic       Replay     Real life 1954 AL
Avg               .251                  .257
AB               42105                 41909
R                 5220                  5203
H                10581                 10766
TB               15516                 15646
1B                7772                  7918
2B                1550                  1639
3B                 392                   386
HR                 867                   823
GS                  21                    24
RBI               4954                  4871
SH                 773                   675
SF                 334                   370
HBP                239                   212
BB                4880                  4619
IBB                349                   ---
K                 5338                  5129
SB                 362                   358
CS                 198                   287
GDP               1038                   980
Slug%             .369                  .373
OB%               .330                  .331

1954 AL replay final standings, comments

2006-07-03T21:58:00.000-07:00

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   -

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Sunday 9/26/54: BoSox win easily in season finale, but Williams goes hitless

2006-06-30T21:22:00.000-07:00

Unless Harvey Kuenn (.342) goes 0 for 7 or 0 for 8 in the Tigers' last game of the season against Cleveland, he will end up winning the batting championship over Ted Williams in this Strat-O-Matic replay. Williams entered the season's last game at .341, trailing Kuenn by one point. But Ted went hitless against two Washington pitchers in the last game and ended up the season at .337. The Red Sox won anyway 6-0 as Frank Sullivan pitched a very fine three-hit shutout. Ted went 0 for 3 with a walk against tough Washington lefty Dean Stone. That is not too surprising as Ted has a "BAL" rating of 7R and hit only .250 against lefties in this replay. Ted's best chance for a hit came in the bottom of the 8th against Washington reliever Spec Shea. Shea, a righthander, had an ERA of 4.64 in the replay (6.21 in real life) and had a bad hits-to-innings-pitched ratio. But Williams grounded out to second base and ended the game 0 for 4.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Washington Senators At 1954 Boston Red Sox           9/26/1954
Sullivan pitches three hit shutout in last '54 game, but Ted goes 0 for 4
 
  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Levan 3B          1  0  0  0 .500     B.Goodman 2B        5  1  3  0 .279  
A-E.Yost 3B           0  0  0  0 .234     T.Williams LF       4  1  0  0 .337  
B-W.Terwilliger 3B    3  0  1  0 .202     J.Jensen RF         3  1  2  2 .294  
  P.Runnels 2B,SS     4  0  0  0 .280     S.Mele 1B           3  0  0  0 .266  
  M.Vernon 1B         4  0  2  0 .278   D-H.Agganis PH,1B     1  0  0  0 .244  
  J.Busby CF          4  0  0  0 .305     G.Hatton 3B         4  1  2  2 .244  
  R.Sievers LF        3  0  0  0 .278     J.Piersall CF       3  1  1  0 .275  
  J.Lemon RF          3  0  0  0 .188     S.White C           4  1  1  0 .289  
  J.Tipton C          2  0  0  0 .212     B.Consolo SS        3  0  0  0 .214  
  S.Shea P            0  0  0  0 .095     F.Sullivan P        3  0  0  1 .095  
  J.Snyder SS         2  0  0  0 .263                                          
E-H.Killebrew PH,2B   1  0  0  0 .118                                          
  D.Stone P           2  0  0  0 .167                                          
C-E.Fitz Gerald C     1  0  0  0 .267                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  0  3  0                 Totals      33  6  9  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Levan In 1st Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Yost In 1st Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Stone In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Mele In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Snyder In 8th Inning
 
Senators........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  2
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  3 0 0  1 2    -  6  9  1
 
Senators (72-82)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Stone LOSS(8-12)        6 2/3   6   4   3   4   3   0 109   3.29
S.Shea                    1 1/3   3   2   1   0   0   0  29   4.64
Totals                    8       9   6   4   4   3   0
 
Red Sox (67-87)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Sullivan WIN(7-10)      9       3   0   0   1   6   0 109   3.36
Totals                    9       3   0   0   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 10,578 DATE- Sunday, September 26th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:18
LEFT ON BASE- Senators: 4  Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 1  Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- P.Runnels, H.Killebrew, B.Consolo
STOLEN BASES- P.Runnels(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Sullivan
WALKS- J.Tipton, T.Williams, J.Jensen, J.Piersall, B.Consolo
STRIKE OUTS- W.Terwilliger, P.Runnels, M.Vernon, J.Tipton-2, J.Snyder,
             T.Williams, G.Hatton-2
GIDP- S.White
 
Frank Sullivan allowed 3 hits while blanking Washington as the Boston Red Sox
beat the Washington Senators by a score of 6 to 0.
 
Sullivan(7-10) was simply too much for the Washington batters.  He didn't
allow much, just 3 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.  Boston banged out 9 on the
afternoon.  
 
Dean Stone(8-12) was charged with the loss.  He pitched 6 and 2/3 innings and
surrendered 6 hits and 4 walks.

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Saturday 9/25/54: Skowron singles in 9th to break up game

2006-06-28T05:12:00.000-07:00

In this Saturday night game at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees salvaged a win as Bill Skowron singled with the bases loaded and none out in the bottom of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie. In the top of the frame, Allie Reynolds gave up a three homer to little-used A's rookie Jack Littrell. The blast tied the game at 4 after Reynolds had been cruising for virtually the entire contest. In fact, the Chief had carried a no hitter into the top of the seventh when Bill Wilson broke it up with his 25th homer of the year. The losing pitcher in this game was the snakebitten Johnny Gray. Johnny came into the game in the 8th with his team trailing 4-1. He stood to be a winner in the event the A's could take the lead following Littrell's tying homer, but, alas, it was not to be. Johnny could not get any Yanks out in the bottom of the ninth. Bauer singled, Mantle reached second and Bauer third on a single and throwing error, Berra was purposely passed, then Skowron delivered his game winning hit past a drawn-in infield. Gray will end the season 0-15.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Philadelphia Athletics At 1954 New York Yankees      9/25/1954
Littrell's three run homer with two out in 9th ties it, but Yanks get winner in
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  P.Suder 2B          3  0  0  0 .173     G.McDougald 2B      4  1  1  1 .225  
C-J.Demaestri PH,2B   2  0  0  0 .217     H.Bauer RF          5  1  2  0 .294  
  L.Limmer 1B         4  0  0  0 .242     M.Mantle CF         3  0  1  1 .290  
  J.Gray P            0  0  0  0 .103     Y.Berra C           3  0  0  0 .298  
  J.Finigan 3B        1  0  0  0 .278     B.Skowron 1B        4  1  1  2 .351  
  G.Zernial LF        4  0  0  0 .251     B.Cerv LF           4  1  1  0 .272  
  V.Power RF,1B       4  1  1  0 .231     A.Carey 3B          3  1  2  1 .296  
  B.Wilson CF         3  2  1  1 .230   E-W.Held PH           1  0  1  0 .333  
  J.Littrell SS       4  1  1  3 .242   F-W.Miranda 3B        0  0  0  0 .224  
  J.Robertson C       2  0  0  0 .164     P.Rizzuto SS        4  0  1  0 .177  
A-D.Bollweg PH        1  0  0  0 .227     A.Reynolds P        3  0  1  0 .146  
D-J.Astroth C         0  0  0  0 .173     B.Grim P            0  0  0  0 .185  
  B.Oster P           2  0  0  0 .000                                          
  C.Bishop P          0  0  0  0 .111                                          
B-E.Valo PH,RF        1  0  1  0 .264                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  4  4  4                 Totals      34  5 11  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Robertson In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bishop In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Suder In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bollweg In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Carey In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Held In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 3  -  4  4  1
Yankees......... 0 3 0  0 0 0  1 0 1  -  5 11  1
 
Athletics (47-106)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Oster                   6       7   4   4   4   3   0 113   8.40
C.Bishop                  1       0   0   0   1   0   0  17   5.26
J.Gray LOSS(0-15)         1       4   1   1   1   0   0  17   5.64
Totals                    8      11   5   5   6   3   0
 
Yankees (86-67)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Reynolds                8 2/3   4   4   4   4   6   2 135   3.14
B.Grim WIN(12-8)          0 1/3   0   0   0   2   0   0  11   3.41
Totals                    9       4   4   4   6   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 10,181 DATE- Saturday, September 25th 1954 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 6  Yankees:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Yankees: 1
ERRORS- V.Power, B.Skowron
DOUBLES- E.Valo(15th), W.Held(1st), P.Rizzuto(17th)
HOME RUNS- B.Wilson(25th), J.Littrell(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Reynolds
WALKS- J.Finigan-3, B.Wilson, J.Astroth, E.Valo, G.McDougald, M.Mantle-2,
       Y.Berra-2, B.Skowron
STRIKE OUTS- J.Demaestri, J.Finigan, G.Zernial, V.Power, J.Littrell,
             J.Robertson, H.Bauer-2, M.Mantle
GIDP- V.Power
WILD PITCHES- B.Grim
 
Allie Reynolds carried a no-hitter into the 7th inning as the New York Yankees
won at Yankee Stadium in dramatic fashion over the floundering Philadelphia
Athletics, the final score, 5 to 4.
 
The game was decided in the 9th inning. Hank Bauer lined a single.  Mickey
Mantle stepped up next and he lined a base-hit, and an error was also
committed.  Yogi Berra then was walked intentionally to load the bases.  Bill
Skowron was up next and he stroked a single resulting in an exciting win for
New York and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans.  New York
had 11 hits for the game and Philadelphia had 4.  
 
Bob Grim(12-8) went 1/3 of an inning allowing no runs for the win.  The
right-handed Reynolds lost his no-hit bid when Bill Wilson homered with two
outs in the 7th inning.  Johnny Gray(0-15) took the loss in relief.

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Friday 9/24/54: Only two days left in the season; Orioles edge ChiSox

2006-06-18T19:30:00.000-07:00

Bobby Young squeezed home Eddie Waitkus with the winning run as Buck Jones' Baltimore Orioles beat my Chicago White Sox 2-1 in a NetPlay game. Virgil Trucks, shooting for his 20th win, was lifted for a pinch hitter in the top of the tenth with the score tied at 1. The pinch hitter failed, then in the bottom of the 10th came Young's succesful squeeze off Sox reliever Morrie Martin. In real life Trucks also lost a bid for 20 wins by losing to the Orioles, also by a 2-1 score.

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NEWSPAPER   TEAM 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954               YESTERDAY'S GAMES DET PHI WAS CHI WAS   YESTERDAY'S BATTER W.Belardi G.McDougald L.Limmer R.Sievers I.Noren   PITCHER B.O'Dell V.Trucks B.Porterfield J.McDonald H.Brown   WHO'S BATTER Y.Berra L.Limmer T.Williams W.Belardi B.Cerv   WHO'S BATTER R.Boone J.Lemon W.Terwilliger B.Avila J.Finigan   INJURY No

size="2"> STYLE RECAP FOR 1954 American League Date: 9/25/1954 WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN CLE 104 48 T.William BOS .344 L.Doby CLE 35 L.Doby CLE 119 CHI 98 55 H.Kuenn DET .342 R.Sievers WAS 33 M.Vernon WAS 109 NYY 85 67 N.Fox CHI .327 T.William BOS 29 J.Jensen BOS 108 DET 78 74 I.Noren NYY .324 J.Jensen BOS 29 Y.Berra NYY 106 WAS 71 81 B.Avila CLE .309 R.Boone DET 29 R.Sievers WAS 106 BOS 66 86 BAL 60 93 WINS SAVES ERA PHI 47 105 M.Garcia CLE 21 J.Sain NYY 18 M.Garcia CLE 1.81 E.Wynn CLE 20 H.Dorish CHI 15 V.Trucks CHI 2.21 V.Trucks CHI 19 E.Kinder BOS 13 B.Lemon CLE 2.32 B.Lemon CLE 19 D.Marlowe DET 12 B.Turley BAL 2.62 N.Garver DET 18 M.Burtsch PHI 10 N.Garver DET 2.70 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS S.Dente CLE 18 J.Rivera CHI 44 B.Turley BAL 214 C.Michael CHI 8 N.Fox CHI 29 V.Trucks CHI 173 T.William BOS 6 M.Minoso CHI 26 E.Wynn CLE 155 J.Jensen BOS 6 J.Jensen BOS 17 J.Harshma CHI 134 B.Tuttle DET 6 OTHERS TIED W 15 M.Garcia CLE 133 TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS 3 at CLE 7 CHI-Pierce(10-8, 4.39) at BAL-Larsen(7-17, 5.78) 8 at NYY 10 DET-Zuverin(10-9, 3.61) at CLE-Wynn(20-10, 2.74) 2 at BOS 3 WAS-Schmitz(10-8, 3.64) at BOS-Nixon(13-12, 3.80) 1 at BAL 2 PHI-Oster(0-0,10.00) at NYY-Reynold(10-5, 3.07) 3 at BOS 1 BEST PERFORMANCES TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB DET CLE 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 0 NYY PHI 5 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 PHI NYY 5 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 WAS BOS 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 NYY PHI 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS BAL CHI 7.0 2 1 0 0 5 0 CHI BAL 9.0 4 1 1 3 8 0 WAS BOS 9.0 4 1 0 2 3 0 W NYY PHI 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 W BOS WAS 9.0 6 2 2 2 5 1 W HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS NYY .321 28 9 13 4 3 B.O'Dell BAL 7 2 0 0 5 0 000 PHI .300 20 6 5 5 2 V.Trucks CHI 18 12 2 4 19 0 100 BOS .367 30 11 5 9 2 T.Morgan NYY 9 2 0 2 0 0 100 DET .304 23 7 4 2 3 J.Schmitz WAS 9 3 0 2 2 0 100 NYY .280 25 7 6 5 2 G.Zuverink DET 18 12 3 7 8 0 200 NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS DET .121 33 4 1 2 0 J.Gray PHI 11 15 12 11 4 3 020 WAS .194 31 6 1 1 0 A.PortocarreroPHI 15 17 15 11 7 2 020 WAS .174 23 4 0 2 0 D.Larsen BAL 5 10 7 2 2 0 011 CLE .185 27 5 2 2 0 A.Houtteman CLE 7 10 7 1 4 1 010 PHI .214 28 6 1 3 0 B.Grim NYY 8 15 8 4 7 0 010 REPORT injuries to report

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Friday 9/24/54: Ted Williams takes lead over Kuenn in batting race

2006-06-16T18:31:00.000-07:00

Swinging a hot bat, Ted Williams has taken over the league lead from Harvey Kuenn in the batting race here in the last weekend of the season in my '54 AL replay. Kuenn had led the league in hitting all season long until now. But today Harvey went 0-for-3 in Cleveland, his average dropping to a season low .342. (He hit .306 in real life in '54.) Meanwhile Ted raised his average to .344 with a 3 for 5 performance in a double header against the Senators in Boston. He also has drawn 132 walks. The Red Sox have two games left, those being on Saturday and Sunday against the Senators. Meanwhile Kuenn and the Tigers must face the tough Indians pitching staff in games Saturday and Sunday at Cleveland, so it won't be easy for Kuenn now to regain the lead over Williams.

Interesting note: If Strat used the scoring rules in effect in 1954, Kuenn would still be the leader, because the rules required a player to have at least 400 official at bats to qualify for the batting championship. Ted Williams has only 366 at bats so far in the Strat replay; Kuenn has 669 at bats in the replay. But Williams heads the Strat-O-Matic leader board because Strat uses the modern-day standard requiring qualifiers to have at least 3.1 plate appearances per scheduled game. Williams with all his walks thus easily qualifies. The major leagues have used this criterion ever since the late 1950s. The old rule cost Ted the real life batting championship, because although he hit .345 in real life in '54 to Bobby Avila's .341, Avila was declared official batting champion because he had 555 at bats whereas Williams had only 395. Ted's propensity to draw walks cost him the batting championship. He had 136 free passes in real life in '54.

Friday 9/24/54: Majeski, Lemon lead Tribe to 7-3 win in '54 replay game; another "Gray" loss

2006-06-13T05:04:00.000-07:00

Hank Majeski, giving Bobby Avila a day off at second base, came up with three hits to lead the Indians to a 7-3 win over the Tigers. Bob Lemon won his 19th for the Indians as he went the distance, allowing only five hits. Two of the Tigers' hits were home runs by Wayne Belardi. The circuit blasts were his fourteenth and fifteenth HRs of the season (He hit 11 in real life in '54). Ted Gray suffered the loss for the Tigers, and will end up with an ignominious 0-10 record in the replay (He was 3-5 in real life). Ted is not the only Gray to go winless in the replay ... Johnny Gray of the Philadelphia A's is 0-14.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Detroit Tigers At 1954 Cleveland Indians             9/24/1954
Majeski, subbing for Avila, has big game at plate for Tribe; Kuenn again hitless
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Kuenn SS          3  0  0  0 .342     A.Smith LF          2  1  0  1 .253  
  F.Hatfield 2B       4  0  0  0 .249     H.Majeski 2B        5  2  3  2 .212  
  J.Delsing LF        4  0  1  1 .233     L.Doby CF           4  1  1  0 .272  
  R.Boone 3B          4  0  0  0 .306     A.Rosen 3B          4  0  2  2 .298  
  W.Belardi 1B        3  2  2  2 .192     V.Wertz 1B          2  1  1  0 .278  
  A.Kaline RF         4  0  0  0 .255   A-B.Avila PH          1  0  0  0 .309  
  B.Tuttle CF         4  0  1  0 .254   B-B.Glynn 1B          1  0  1  1 .267  
  R.Wilson C          3  0  1  0 .290     W.Westlake RF       5  0  1  0 .237  
  T.Gray P            1  1  0  0 .059     G.Strickland SS     4  0  0  1 .239  
C-W.Dropo PH          1  0  0  0 .250     J.Hegan C           3  1  1  0 .246  
  B.Hoeft P           0  0  0  0 .190     B.Lemon P           4  1  1  0 .219  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  3  5  3                 Totals      35  7 11  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Wertz In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Avila In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Gray In 7th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 1  1 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  5  2
Indians......... 0 1 1  0 0 2  0 3    -  7 11  0
 
Tigers (78-74)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Gray LOSS(0-10)         6       8   4   3   5   5   0 113   5.54
B.Hoeft                   2       3   3   2   1   1   0  37   4.60
Totals                    8      11   7   5   6   6   0
 
Indians (104-48)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Lemon WIN(19-9)         9       5   3   3   2   7   2 130   2.32
Totals                    9       5   3   3   2   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 22,168 DATE- Friday, September 24th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 4  Indians:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Indians: 0
ERRORS- H.Kuenn, B.Hoeft
DOUBLES- B.Tuttle(18th), H.Majeski(2nd), B.Lemon
HOME RUNS- W.Belardi-2(15th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Smith(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Kuenn, J.Hegan
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Smith
WALKS- W.Belardi, T.Gray, A.Smith-2, L.Doby, A.Rosen, V.Wertz, G.Strickland
STRIKE OUTS- F.Hatfield, J.Delsing, R.Boone-2, W.Belardi, R.Wilson, T.Gray,
             H.Majeski, V.Wertz, W.Westlake, G.Strickland-2, B.Lemon
WILD PITCHES- T.Gray
PASSED BALLS- R.Wilson
 
Bob Lemon was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete
game as the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers by a score of 7 to
3.
 
Cleveland took the lead for keeps in the 6th inning when they tallied 2 runs
on 3 hits.  Cleveland rapped out 11 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Lemon(19-9) picked up the complete game victory, allowing 3 runs. Ted
Gray(0-10) absorbed the loss.  He allowed 4 runs and 8 hits in 6 innings.

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Wednesday 9/22/54: Yanks edge Nats 5-4

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Rookie Bob Cerv had a big day for the Yanks. He drove in the winning run with one out in the bottom of the ninth, breaking a 4-4 tie with a single to center field, scoring Mickey Mantle from second. Tommy Byrne went the distance for the win.

In the first inning Cerv hit a three run homer off Washington starter Mickey McDermott.

Cerv got only 100 at bats in real life for the '54 Yanks. Almost half of them were in September after the pennant race had been decided. Earlier in the season Cerv had been used by Casey Stengel primarily as a pinch hitter vs. lefties.

In the real life game on this day, the Yanks won 3-0 as Byrne pitched a shutout. The Yanks turned a triple play in the sixth inning. With runners on first and second, Mickey Vernon lined a shot towards right field. Bill Skowron at first made a leaping grab of the liner, ran to first to double up the runner, then threw back to second to nail Wayne Terwilliger before he could get back to the bag.

A film of this game was released by Rare SportsFilms some time in the 80s or early 90s. I bought it on video and watched it again today before playing the Strat game. It captures this ordinary game from that era fairly well, given the age of the film. Some of the camera work is bad, but there are some great closeups of the players at bat, in the on-deck circle, etc. Also the camera work of the triple play is excellent.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Washington Senators At 1954 New York Yankees         9/22/1954
Cerv singles in winning run in 9th, after hitting 3 run HR in 1st to give Yanks
 
  Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Oldis 3B          1  0  0  0 .258     H.Bauer RF          2  1  0  0 .293  
A-E.Yost 3B           0  0  0  0 .234     G.McDougald 2B      4  0  0  0 .220  
B-W.Terwilliger 3B,SS 3  0  0  0 .197     M.Mantle CF         2  2  2  0 .290  
  P.Runnels 2B        4  0  0  0 .281     Y.Berra C           3  1  0  0 .298  
  M.Vernon 1B         3  0  0  0 .276     B.Skowron 1B        3  0  1  1 .352  
  J.Busby CF          5  0  0  0 .312   E-J.Collins 1B        1  0  0  0 .233  
  R.Sievers LF        3  2  0  0 .277     B.Cerv LF           4  1  3  4 .273  
  J.Lemon RF          4  2  2  0 .170     A.Carey 3B          4  0  0  0 .296  
  E.Fitz Gerald C     4  0  1  0 .266     J.Coleman SS        4  0  3  0 .209  
  J.Snyder SS         1  0  0  0 .269   G-P.Rizzuto PR,SS     0  0  0  0 .176  
C-R.Dietzel 3B        3  0  2  1 .286     T.Byrne P           3  0  1  0 .154  
  M.McDermott P       2  0  2  3 .104                                          
D-J.Tipton PH         1  0  0  0 .215                                          
  C.Pascual P         0  0  0  0 .105                                          
F-T.Umphlett PH       0  0  0  0 .219                                          
  S.Shea P            0  0  0  0 .095                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  4  7  4                 Totals      30  5 10  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Oldis In 1st Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Yost In 1st Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Snyder In 2nd Inning
D-Pinch Hit For McDermott In 6th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Skowron In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Pascual In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Coleman In 8th Inning
 
Senators........ 0 2 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  -  4  7  0
Yankees......... 4 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  5 10  2
 
Senators (70-80)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.McDermott               5       7   4   4   6   2   1 100   3.49
C.Pascual                 2       0   0   0   1   1   0  26   5.01
S.Shea LOSS(4-7)          1 1/3   3   1   1   1   0   0  32   4.60
Totals                    8 1/3  10   5   5   8   3   1
 
Yankees (84-67)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Byrne WIN(3-1)          9       7   4   2   5   7   0 148   2.51
Totals                    9       7   4   2   5   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 10,622 DATE- Wednesday, September 22nd 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Ed Runge, Bill Summers, Bill McKinley
T- 3:11
LEFT ON BASE- Senators:10  Yankees:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Senators: 1  Yankees: 0
ERRORS- A.Carey, T.Byrne
HOME RUNS- B.Cerv(6th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Mantle(6th), B.Skowron(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Vernon, H.Bauer, G.McDougald, T.Byrne
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Skowron
WALKS- P.Runnels, M.Vernon, R.Sievers-2, T.Umphlett, H.Bauer-2, M.Mantle-3,
       Y.Berra-2, B.Cerv
HIT BY PITCH- W.Terwilliger
STRIKE OUTS- W.Terwilliger-2, P.Runnels, M.Vernon, J.Busby, R.Dietzel, J.Tipton,
             G.McDougald, B.Cerv, A.Carey
GIDP- J.Coleman
WILD PITCHES- M.McDermott
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Yogi Berra blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Tommy Byrne completed the game without help from the bullpen at Yankee Stadium
as the New York Yankees won a thriller over the Washington Senators in, 5 to
4.
 
The deciding run was scored by New York in the bottom of the 9th.  Mickey
Mantle stroked a single.  Yogi Berra was next and he drew a walk.  After an
out was recorded, Bob Cerv came to the plate and slapped a single making New
York victorious to the delight of the the home town crowd.  New York totaled
10 on the afternoon.  
 
Byrne(3-1), allowing 4 runs for the game, picked up the victory. The losing
pitcher was Spec Shea(4-7) in relief.  
 
'I just wanted to give my team a chance to win.' said Byrne, 'I got burned on
a couple of pitches. But we won the game, and that's all that matters.'

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Tuesday September 21, 1954 - Orioles come back against Tigers

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The light-hitting Orioles appeared down and out against Ned Garver and the Tigers as they came to bat in the bottom of the eighth. They trailed 2-0 and had only three hits against the tough Detroit righthander. Garver was gunning for his nineteenth win and fifth shutout of the year. But the Orioles bats came alive in the 8th as they scored FIVE runs. The big hit was Bob Kennedy's two run single to center field. It came with the bases loaded and one out, and broke a 2-2 tie. The Orioles went on to win 5-2 as Don Larsen held the Tigers at bay in the ninth.

The Tigers scored their two runs on solo homers by Wayne Belardi and Fred Hatfield in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively.

Harvey Kuenn has led the league in hitting all year long. But it looks like Ted Williams may catch him here in the waning days of the season. Harvey is down to .342 after an 0-for-5 outing in this contest. He'd been hitting in the .350s most of the summer. Williams is hitting .341.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Detroit Tigers At 1954 Baltimore Orioles             9/21/1954
Orioles wake up in 8th, score 5 off Garver with BK's hit the tie breaker
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Kuenn SS          5  0  0  0 .342     C.Abrams RF         4  1  1  1 .286  
  F.Hatfield 2B       5  1  1  1 .248     B.Young 2B          4  1  2  0 .216  
  J.Delsing LF        5  0  1  0 .234     G.Coan LF           4  0  1  0 .254  
  R.Boone 3B          4  0  1  0 .309     B.Kennedy 3B        3  0  1  2 .209  
  W.Belardi 1B        4  1  1  1 .182     D.Kryhoski 1B       2  0  0  0 .237  
  A.Kaline RF         3  0  1  0 .259   A-F.Kellert PH,1B     1  0  0  0 .240  
  B.Tuttle CF         1  0  1  0 .252     C.Courtney C        4  0  0  1 .247  
  F.House C           3  0  1  0 .245     C.Diering CF        4  1  1  0 .257  
  N.Garver P          3  0  0  0 .138     B.Hunter SS         3  1  2  0 .258  
  B.Hoeft P           0  0  0  0 .190     B.Turley P          1  0  0  0 .145  
                                          M.Blyzka P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-J.Brideweser PH     1  1  1  1 .264  
                                          D.Larsen P          0  0  0  0 .178  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  2  7  2                 Totals      31  5  9  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kryhoski In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Blyzka In 8th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  2  7  0
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 5    -  5  9  0
 
Tigers (77-73)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
N.Garver LOSS(18-10)      7 1/3   9   5   5   1   2   0 116   2.70
B.Hoeft                   0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  12   4.55
Totals                    8       9   5   5   2   2   0
 
Orioles (59-92)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Turley                  7 1/3   7   2   2   6   6   2 132   2.62
M.Blyzka WIN(5-4)         0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.19
D.Larsen SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.81
Totals                    9       7   2   2   6   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 6,253 DATE- Tuesday, September 21st 1954 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  Orioles: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Orioles: 0
DOUBLES- B.Tuttle(17th)
TRIPLES- J.Delsing(4th)
HOME RUNS- F.Hatfield(2nd), W.Belardi(13th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Young
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Turley
WALKS- R.Boone, A.Kaline, B.Tuttle-2, F.House, N.Garver, B.Kennedy, F.Kellert
HIT BY PITCH- B.Tuttle
STRIKE OUTS- J.Delsing-2, R.Boone-2, W.Belardi, A.Kaline, N.Garver, B.Young,
             B.Kennedy
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Harvey Kuenn robbed Bob Kennedy of a base hit.
          Top 6th: Clint Courtney blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
Second baseman Bobby Young had 2 base hits as the Baltimore Orioles outscored
the Detroit Tigers 5 to 2.
 
Baltimore delivered all the runs required in the 8th inning as they scored 5
runs on 6 base hits.  The key offensive moment was provided by Bob Kennedy
who came through for the home fans when he delivered a single scoring two
baserunners.  The teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the 6th
inning.  
 
Mike Blyzka(5-4) got credit for the victory, pitching 2/3 of an inning and
allowing no runs. Don Larsen recorded his 1st save.  Ned Garver(18-10) was
the loser.

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1954 AL replay pennant race graph

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Monday 9/20/54: Indians win 1-0 in ten innings, clinch '54 AL replay flag !

2006-05-06T06:43:00.000-07:00

It was a nail biter of a game from beginning to end, but the Cleveland Indians finally came out on top over the White Sox, winning 1-0 on Bill Glynn's bases loaded ground single to right field in the 10th.

Jon Grauer managed the Sox and me the Indians in this exciting NetPlay game.

Starters Bob Keegan of the White Sox and Bob Feller of the Indians both pitched magnificent ball, but both were gone by the time the game was decided.

The Sox missed two great scoring opportunities. In the very first inning, they loaded the bases with nobody out against Feller, but Jim Rivera flied out to shallow left and George Kell smacked into an inning-ending double play. In the sixth, Minnie Minoso singled and stole second with one out, but Minnie was nailed trying to steal third. Jim Rivera promptly followed with a base hit to center but was thrown out trying to stretch the hit into a double.

Both Larry Doby of the Indians and Minnie Minoso of the White Sox robbed opposing batters of home runs. And in the top of the 10th with a man on first, Al Smith made a great catch on Sherm Lollar's deep drive into the left center field gap.

The Indians missed a good chance to win it in the ninth when Dave Pope, pinch hitting for Feller, struck out with two out and two on. A few in the crowd questioned the decision to lift Feller for Pope. Al Rosen, who didn't start, was also available to pinch hit.

Rosen, however, was saved until the 10th, at which time he came on to hit for Hank Majeski. Al got a big infield hit just before Glynn delivered his winning blow. The inning had started with Al Smith walking, Bobby Avila sacrificing him to second, and Larry Doby getting an intentional pass.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Chicago White Sox At 1954 Cleveland Indians          9/20/1954
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Carrasquel SS     3  0  0  0 .244     A.Smith LF          4  1  0  0 .253  
  N.Fox 2B            4  0  1  0 .328     B.Avila 2B          4  0  1  0 .311  
  M.Minoso LF         3  0  1  0 .295     L.Doby CF           2  0  0  0 .274  
  J.Rivera CF         4  0  2  0 .274     H.Majeski 3B        4  0  1  0 .197  
  G.Kell 3B           4  0  0  0 .284   G-A.Rosen PH          1  0  1  0 .296  
  P.Cavarretta 1B     3  0  0  0 .350     V.Wertz 1B          3  0  1  0 .278  
  W.Marshall RF       3  0  0  0 .316   A-B.Glynn PR,1B       1  0  1  1 .257  
E-E.McGhee PR,RF      0  0  0  0 .261     D.Philley RF        3  0  0  0 .202  
  S.Lollar C          3  0  0  0 .247     G.Strickland SS     3  0  0  0 .241  
  B.Keegan P          2  0  0  0 .079   B-D.Mitchell PH       0  0  0  0 .250  
F-R.Jackson PH        1  0  0  0 .248   D-S.Dente SS          0  0  0  0 .327  
  D.Johnson P         0  0  0  0 .171     H.Naragon C         4  0  0  0 .234  
                                          B.Feller P          3  0  1  0 .196  
                                        C-D.Pope PH           1  0  0  0 .218  
                                          H.Newhouser P       0  0  0  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  0  4  0                 Totals      33  1  6  1
 
A-Pinch Ran For Wertz In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Strickland In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Feller In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mitchell In 10th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Marshall In 10th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Keegan In 10th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Majeski In 10th Inning
 
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 -  0  4  1
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 -  1  6  0
 
White Sox (97-53)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Keegan                  9       4   0   0   4   4   0 130   3.05  A1 D9
D.Johnson LOSS(11-8)      0 1/3   2   1   1   2   0   0  17   3.51  E1
Totals                    9 1/3   6   1   1   6   4   0
 
Indians (102-47)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Feller                  9       4   0   0   4   2   0 125   2.68  A1 D5
H.Newhouser WIN(4-1)      1       0   0   0   1   0   0  12   3.32  D6
Totals                   10       4   0   0   5   2   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,029 DATE- Monday, September 20th 1954 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Joe Paparella, Bill McGowan, Jim Honochick, Nestor Chylak
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 6  Indians:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0  Indians: 1
ERRORS- G.Kell
DOUBLES- B.Avila(23rd)
STOLEN BASES- C.Carrasquel(12th), N.Fox(28th), M.Minoso(26th), J.Rivera(43rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Minoso
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Keegan, B.Avila, D.Philley
WALKS- C.Carrasquel, M.Minoso, P.Cavarretta, W.Marshall, S.Lollar, A.Smith,
       L.Doby-3, V.Wertz, D.Mitchell
STRIKE OUTS- W.Marshall, B.Keegan, L.Doby, H.Majeski, B.Feller, D.Pope
GIDP- G.Kell
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Larry Doby robbed Sherm Lollar of a Homerun!
          Bot 6th: Minnie Minoso robbed Hank Majeski of a Homerun!
 
Hal Newhouser(4-1) blanked the Chicago White Sox at Municipal Stadium in 10
innings.  The Cleveland Indians scored managed just one run for the
victory.
 
Neither team scored in the first nine innings.  Finally, Cleveland pulled the
game out in the 10th inning.  Al Smith drew a walk.  Bobby Avila came next
and he laid down a sacrifice bunt.  Larry Doby then was walked intentionally.
Al Rosen stepped in and he laced a one-base hit to load the bases.  Billy
Glynn stepped into the box and stroked a base-hit resulting in an exciting
win for Cleveland and a raucous post-game celebration by the home town fans.
Cleveland had only 6 hits for the game.  
 
Don Johnson(11-8) absorbed the loss in relief.  He pitched 1/3 of an inning
giving up 2 hits and 2 walks.
 
SCORESHEET: 1954 Chicago White Sox at 1954 Cleveland Indians
C.Carras-A1  A1:W>b1    B1:P/4     C1:F/8     D1:P/6
                                              
                                              
N.Fox-A1     A2:SB>12   *3*:G/53   *6*:G/63   *9*:L/3
             Si>23                            
                                              
M.Minoso-A1  A3:SB>12   B3:L/5     C3:Si      D3:G/43
             W>b1                             
                                              
J.Rivera-A1  A4:F/7     B4:G/3     C4:SB>12   D4:Si
                                   CS/25>2o   
                                   Si         
G.Kell-A1    A5:G-DP/6  *4*:G/13   *7*:F/8    D5:SB>12
             43>1o                            G/63
                                              
P.Cavarr-A1  *2*:W>b1   B6:F/8     C6:G/43    *10*:P/4
                                              
                                              
W.Marsha-A1  A7:P/4     B7:K       C7:G/43    D7:W>b1
E.McGhee-D8                                   
                                              
S.Lollar-A1  A8:W>12 b  *5*:F/8    *8*:F/7    D8:F/7
             1                                
                                              
B.Keegan-A1  A9:Sac/14  B9:K       C9:L/3     D9:G/53
R.Jackso-D9  >23 12                           
D.Johnso-E1                                   
 
A.Smith-A1   A1:G/63    B1:L/5     C1:F/9     D1:G/31    *10*:W>b1
                                                         
                                                         
B.Avila-A1   A2:F/7     B2:Do      C2:E/5>12  *8*:G/53   E2:Sac/54
                                                         >12
                                                         
L.Doby-A1    A3:W>b1    B3:IW>b1   C3:P/4     D3:K       E3:IW>b1
                                                         
                                                         
H.Majesk-A1  A4:Si>13   B4:K       *6*:F/7    D4:G/53    E4:Si>23
A.Rosen-E4                                               12
                                                         
V.Wertz-A1   A5:G/31    *4*:G/31   C5:Si      *9*:W>b1   E5:Si>3#
B.Glynn-D6                                               23 12
                                                         
D.Phille-A1  *2*:G/13   B6:G/43    C6:F/8     D6:Sac/54
                                              >12
                                              
G.Strick-A1  A7:P/6     B7:F/8     C7:G/53    D7:W>b1
D.Mitche-D7                                   
S.Dente-E1                                    
H.Narago-A1  A8:G/31    *5*:G/31   *7*:F/8    D8:P/4
                                              
                                              
B.Feller-A1  *3*:P/2    B9:Si      C9:K       D9:K
D.Pope-D9                                     
H.Newhou-E1

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Standings and recap at close of play Sunday, September 19, 1954

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NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1954 American League                 Date: 9/20/1954
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1954 CLE 101  47    H.Kuenn   DET .345  L.Doby    CLE   35  L.Doby    CLE  118
1954 CHI  97  52    T.William BOS .339  R.Sievers WAS   31  M.Vernon  WAS  107
1954 NYY  82  66    N.Fox     CHI .328  J.Jensen  BOS   29  J.Jensen  BOS  104
1954 DET  76  72    I.Noren   NYY .320  R.Boone   DET   29  R.Sievers WAS  103
1954 WAS  69  78    J.Busby   WAS .315  T.William BOS   28  Y.Berra   NYY  101
1954 BOS  62  85
1954 BAL  58  91    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1954 PHI  47 101    M.Garcia  CLE   21  J.Sain    NYY   18  M.Garcia  CLE 1.81
                    E.Wynn    CLE   20  H.Dorish  CHI   15  V.Trucks  CHI 2.25
                    V.Trucks  CHI   19  E.Kinder  BOS   13  B.Lemon   CLE 2.30
                    B.Lemon   CLE   18  D.Marlowe DET   12  N.Garver  DET 2.59
                    N.Garver  DET   18  M.Burtsch PHI   10  B.Turley  BAL 2.62
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    S.Dente   CLE   18  J.Rivera  CHI   42  B.Turley  BAL  208
                    F.Hatfiel DET    9  N.Fox     CHI   27  V.Trucks  CHI  165
                    R.Sievers WAS    9  M.Minoso  CHI   25  E.Wynn    CLE  155
                    C.Michael CHI    8  J.Jensen  BOS   16  M.Garcia  CLE  133
                    P.Runnels WAS    8  OTHERS TIED W   15  J.Harshma CHI  131
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAL  1  at  CHI  4  PHI-Sima(4-5, 3.45) at BOS-Brewer(11-9, 3.67)
BOS  7  at  WAS  5  CHI-Keegan(12-9, 3.19) at CLE-Feller(9-4, 2.85)
CLE  6  at  DET  5  DET-Aber(10-6, 2.93) at BAL-Coleman(8-15, 3.96)
NYY  9  at  PHI  0  WAS-Schmitz(9-8, 3.84) at NYY-Ford(12-10, 3.38)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
T.Williams    BOS WAS  3  1  2  2  2  0  1  0
G.McDougald   NYY PHI  5  2  3  2  1  1  1  0
S.Souchock    DET CLE  2  1  1  1  0  1  1  0
I.Noren       NYY PHI  6  2  4  3  0  0  0  0
M.Grasso      CLE DET  1  1  1  1  2  0  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Morgan      NYY PHI  9.0  2  0  0  2  0  0 W  
V.Trucks      CHI BAL  9.0  8  1  1  1 11  0 W  
L.Kiely       BOS WAS  3.2  3  0  0  0  3  0 W  
B.Henry       BOS WAS  2.0  1  0  0  0  0  0    
T.Hurd        BOS WAS  0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0   S
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
T.Williams    BOS .379 29 11  7  6  4  T.Morgan      NYY 18  6  0  2  1  0 200
Y.Berra       NYY .289 38 11 12  2  2  V.Trucks      CHI 29 27  3  6 19  0 110
P.Runnels     WAS .478 23 11  6  3  0  M.McDermott   WAS 18  8  1  6  9  1 200
A.Smith       CLE .300 30  9  4  7  1  E.Lopat       NYY 18 12  3  1  6  1 200
H.Agganis     BOS .346 26  9  5  5  0  B.Turley      BAL 17  6  2 13 11  0 200
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Diering     BAL .235 34  8  1  0  0  M.Parnell     BOS  8 10 10  7  5  1 000
C.Courtney    BAL .103 29  3  2  3  0  J.Harshman    CHI  9 12  7  7  5  0 020
D.Philley     CLE .160 25  4  1  2  0  F.Sullivan    BOS 14 19 11  5 15  1 020
B.Young       BAL .148 27  4  1  3  0  C.Bishop      PHI 10 14  8  3  2  0 010
B.Hunter      BAL .115 26  3  1  4  0  B.Chakales    BAL  6  8  5  3  0  0 001
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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Sunday 9/19/54: Indians hold on to beat Tigers, can clinch flag vs. White Sox in next game

2006-05-01T20:20:00.000-07:00

The Indians beat the battling Detroit Tigers 6-5 and reduced their magic number down to one. They can clinch the pennant with a win tomorrow night at home against the White Sox. Ray Narleski struck out Steve Souchock with the bases loaded to end the game at Detroit today. Souchock had tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with yet another dramatic home run. He had won the Friday night game with a walk-off homer in the 11th to give the Tigers a 1-0 win. In today's game, the Indians plated the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth on a single, a wild pitch, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly. The Tigers very nearly tied it in the bottom of the ninth as Tribe relievers Hal Newhouser and Ray Narleski walked three batters before Narleski finally closed the deal.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Cleveland Indians At 1954 Detroit Tigers             9/19/1954
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Smith LF          3  1  1  1 .255     H.Kuenn SS          5  0  0  0 .345  
  B.Avila 2B          4  2  2  1 .311     F.Hatfield 2B       4  1  2  0 .244  
  L.Doby CF           5  1  3  0 .275     J.Delsing LF        5  1  2  0 .236  
  H.Majeski 3B        4  0  2  2 .194     R.Boone 3B          4  1  1  1 .312  
  V.Wertz 1B          3  0  0  1 .277     W.Dropo 1B          4  0  1  1 .253  
A-R.Regalado PH       0  0  0  0 .224     A.Kaline RF         4  1  3  1 .258  
C-D.Mitchell PH       1  0  0  0 .250     R.Herbert P         0  0  0  0 .286  
D-B.Glynn 1B          0  0  0  0 .252   G-W.Belardi PH        0  0  0  0 .181  
  D.Philley RF        4  1  1  0 .204   H-F.Bolling PH        0  0  0  0 .231  
  G.Strickland SS     3  0  1  0 .243     B.Tuttle CF         4  0  1  0 .251  
  M.Grasso C          1  1  1  1 .500     R.Wilson C          2  0  0  1 .297  
  M.Garcia P          4  0  0  0 .108   E-B.Nieman PH         1  0  0  0 .259  
  D.Mossi P           1  0  0  0 .111   F-F.House C           0  0  0  0 .244  
  A.Houtteman P       0  0  0  0 .232   I-C.King PH           0  0  0  0 .130  
  H.Newhouser P       0  0  0  0 .333   J-R.Bertoia PH        0  0  0  0 .323  
  R.Narleski P        0  0  0  0 .429     T.Gray P            3  0  1  0 .063  
                                        B-S.Souchock RF       2  1  1  1 .265  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  6 11  6                 Totals      38  5 12  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Wertz In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Gray In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Regalado In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Mitchell In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nieman In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Herbert In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Belardi In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For House In 9th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For King In 9th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 2  3 0 0  0 0 1  -  6 11  0
Tigers.......... 0 1 0  1 2 0  0 1 0  -  5 12  1
 
Indians (101-47)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Garcia                  7      11   4   4   2   2   0 136   1.81
D.Mossi WIN(8-6) BS(4th)  1       1   1   1   1   0   1  19   3.29
A.Houtteman HOLD(1st)     0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.31
H.Newhouser               0       0   0   0   2   0   0  12   3.41
R.Narleski SAVE(9th)      0 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  10   2.80
Totals                    9      12   5   5   6   3   1
 
Tigers (76-72)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Gray                    7 2/3  10   5   5   7   4   0 140   5.63
R.Herbert LOSS(5-5)       1 1/3   1   1   1   0   1   0  21   4.33
Totals                    9      11   6   6   7   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,016 DATE- Sunday, September 19th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:27
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:12  Tigers:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- F.Hatfield
DOUBLES- A.Smith(21st), M.Grasso(1st), J.Delsing-2(27th), R.Boone(12th)
HOME RUNS- S.Souchock(4th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Strickland-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- V.Wertz, M.Grasso, R.Wilson
WALKS- A.Smith-2, B.Avila, H.Majeski, D.Philley, M.Grasso-2, F.Hatfield,
       R.Boone, W.Dropo, F.Bolling, B.Tuttle, R.Bertoia
HIT BY PITCH- M.Grasso
STRIKE OUTS- L.Doby, V.Wertz, D.Philley, M.Garcia, D.Mossi, B.Tuttle, T.Gray,
             S.Souchock
GIDP- B.Avila
WILD PITCHES- R.Herbert
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Bobby Avila robbed Jim Delsing of a base hit.
 
The Cleveland Indians edged the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium by the score
of 6 to 5.
 
The deciding run was scored by Cleveland in the 9th.  Dave Philley laced a
base-hit.  Ray Herbert then let loose a wild pitch.  George Strickland then
laid down a sacrifice bunt.  Mickey Grasso was up next and he hit a sacrifice
fly scoring the run.  Cleveland banged out 11 on the afternoon.  
 
The victory went to Don Mossi(8-6) who went 1 inning, allowing 1 run. Ray
Narleski was credited with his 9th save.  Herbert(5-5) was the loser in
relief.

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Sunday 9/19/54: Bosox overcome triple play, five run Washington outburst in first inning

2006-04-29T17:56:00.000-07:00

It looked like the Red Sox were headed for their third straight setback in their weekend series at Washington. Right off the bat in the first inning they scored a run on consecutive doubles by Billy Goodman and Ted Williams, then proceeded to load the bases with none out. But Grady Hatton lined into a TRIPLE PLAY, first to third to second (Vernon to Terwilliger to Runnels).

It was the first triple play in my '54 replay. Maybe the third or fourth in all my years playing Strat-O-Matic.

In the bottom of the first the Senators struck Mel Parnell and the Red Sox for five runs and it looked like a rout was on.

But the Senators would not score the rest of the day against five Red Sox relief pitchers.

Meanwhile the Red Sox chipped away against Bob Porterfield. They scored the tying run in the seventh on a solo homer by Ted Williams, his 28th of the year. And then they finally took the lead on Sammy White's two run double in the top of the ninth. Final score: Boston 7, Washington 5

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Boston Red Sox At 1954 Washington Senators           9/19/1954
Bosox overcome triple play and 5 run Washington first to post 7-5 win
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Goodman 2B        4  2  2  0 .270     E.Yost 3B           0  0  0  0 .234  
  T.Williams LF       3  1  2  2 .339   A-W.Terwilliger 3B    4  1  2  0 .197  
  J.Jensen RF         4  1  1  0 .289     P.Runnels 2B        4  1  2  0 .281  
  H.Agganis 1B        3  0  1  1 .238   I-J.Tipton PH         0  0  0  0 .216  
  G.Hatton 3B         3  1  0  1 .242   J-J.Pesky PH          1  0  0  0 .236  
  J.Piersall CF       5  1  3  0 .276     M.Vernon 1B         4  0  1  0 .278  
  D.Wilber C          2  0  0  0 .220     J.Busby CF          4  1  2  1 .315  
E-C.Maxwell PH        1  0  0  0 .273     R.Sievers LF        4  1  1  2 .279  
F-S.White C           1  0  1  2 .284     J.Lemon RF          4  0  0  1 .170  
  M.Bolling SS        5  1  1  0 .248     C.Pascual P         0  0  0  0 .111  
  M.Parnell P         0  0  0  0 .111     E.Fitz Gerald C     4  1  2  0 .270  
  H.Brown P           0  0  0  0 .000     J.Snyder SS         4  0  1  1 .259  
B-K.Olson PH          1  0  0  0 .278     B.Porterfield P     3  0  0  0 .072  
  B.Henry P           0  0  0  0 .136   G-T.Wright RF         0  0  0  0 .259  
C-T.Lepcio PH         1  0  1  1 .293   H-H.Killebrew PH      1  0  0  0 .125  
  R.Kemmerer P        0  0  0  0 .200                                          
D-D.Lenhardt PH       0  0  0  0 .222                                          
  L.Kiely P           2  0  0  0 .000                                          
  T.Hurd P            0  0  0  0 .500                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  7 12  7                 Totals      37  5 11  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Yost In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Brown In 2nd Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Henry In 4th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Kemmerer In 6th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wilber In 7th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Maxwell In 7th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Porterfield In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Wright In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Runnels In 9th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Tipton In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 1 0 2  1 0 0  1 0 2  -  7 12  1
Senators........ 5 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  5 11  0
 
Red Sox (62-85)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Parnell                 0 2/3   4   5   5   1   0   0  22   4.68
H.Brown                   0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   9   3.42
B.Henry                   2       1   0   0   0   0   0  25   5.58
R.Kemmerer                2       2   0   0   0   1   0  31   5.32
L.Kiely WIN(8-9)          3 2/3   3   0   0   0   3   0  48   4.05
T.Hurd SAVE(5th)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.07
Totals                    9      11   5   5   1   4   0
 
Senators (69-78)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Porterfiel LOSS(11-16)  8 1/3  12   7   7   9   2   1 166   3.64
C.Pascual                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   7   4.95
Totals                    9      12   7   7   9   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 4,190 DATE- Sunday, September 19th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:29
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11  Senators: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Senators: 1
TRIPLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Senators: 1
ERRORS- M.Bolling
DOUBLES- B.Goodman(21st), T.Williams(21st), S.White(25th), E.Fitz Gerald(10th)
TRIPLES- M.Bolling(5th), R.Sievers(5th)
HOME RUNS- T.Williams(28th)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Vernon
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Wilber
WALKS- B.Goodman, T.Williams-2, J.Jensen, H.Agganis-2, G.Hatton-2, D.Lenhardt,
       W.Terwilliger
STRIKE OUTS- M.Bolling, K.Olson, L.Kiely-2, E.Fitz Gerald, J.Snyder-2,
             B.Porterfield
GIDP- C.Maxwell
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Washington turns a triple play!
 
Left fielder Ted Williams connected with a 'big fly' and had 2 RBI as the
Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Senators 7 to 5 at Griffith
Stadium.
 
Boston had the winning rally in the top of the 9th inning scoring 2 runs
utilizing 2 base hits.  After an out was recorded, Grady Hatton opened up the
rally as he drew a walk.  Jimmy Piersall was next and he laced a base-knock.
Sammy White then doubled bringing in two baserunners.  Boston banged out 12
on the afternoon.  
 
Leo Kiely(8-9) was the winner allowing no runs in 3 and 2/3 innings. Tom Hurd
earned the save, his 5th.  The loss was charged to Bob Porterfield(11-16).
He allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 12 hits and 9 walks in 8 and
1/3 innings.

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Saturday 9/18/54: Bertoia homers for another Tiger win

2006-04-14T05:52:00.000-07:00

The always pesky and surprising Detroit Tigers stunned the pennant-bound Cleveland Indians as Reno Bertoia homered in the bottom of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie in the replay game of Saturday, September 18, 1954. The Indians had come into the series winners of nine in a row, their magic number down to three over the now-struggling White Sox. But the Tigers have had something to say about it as they beat the Tribe for the the second straight day in their three-game series at Briggs Stadium. Just as Steve Souchock did the day before, Bertoia socked a solo blast to break a tie to win the game. The little-used Bertoia had been inserted as a pinch runner in the late innings and stayed in the game to play second base. He had only 37 at bats in real life in 1954, hitting 1 home run and batting .162. But in my Strat-O-Matic replay he is hitting .323 with, now, 2 home runs. The Tigers have now won three straight one-run games, the first against the Yankees and now these two against the Indians. They definitely get the "overachievement" award in this replay. Their actual record was 64-83 at this point in real life, but in my replay they are now 76-71.

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BOXSCORE: 1954 Cleveland Indians At 1954 Detroit Tigers             9/18/1954
Bertoia's HR wins game for Tigers after Indians battled back in 9th to tie
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Smith LF          4  1  3  1 .255     H.Kuenn SS          5  0  1  0 .347  
  B.Avila 2B          5  0  0  0 .310     F.Hatfield 2B       2  0  1  0 .239  
  L.Doby CF           5  1  1  2 .272   A-R.Bertoia PR,2B     1  2  1  1 .323  
  A.Rosen 3B          4  0  0  0 .295     J.Delsing LF        4  0  1  1 .234  
  V.Wertz 1B          4  1  1  1 .279     R.Boone 3B          4  0  0  0 .312  
  D.Philley RF        4  0  0  0 .203     W.Belardi 1B        4  1  2  0 .181  
  G.Strickland SS     3  0  0  0 .243     A.Kaline RF         4  0  0  0 .254  
B-D.Mitchell PH       1  1  1  0 .255     B.Tuttle CF         3  1  2  0 .251  
E-S.Dente SS          0  0  0  0 .327     F.House C           3  1  1  3 .244  
  J.Hegan C           3  0  2  0 .244     S.Gromek P          2  0  0  0 .160  
C-D.Pope PH           1  0  1  0 .220     B.Hoeft P           1  0  0  0 .190  
F-H.Naragon C         0  0  0  0 .242                                          
  E.Wynn P            2  0  0  0 .152                                          
  D.Mossi P           0  0  0  0 .118                                          
D-H.Majeski PH        0  0  0  0 .176                                          
  R.Narleski P        0  0  0  0 .429                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4  9  4                 Totals      33  5  9  5
 
A-Pinch Ran For Hatfield In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Strickland In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Mossi In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mitchell In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Pope In 9th Inning
 
Indians......... 2 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  4  9  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  3 0 0  0 1 1  -  5  9  3
 
Indians (100-47)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Wynn                    7 2/3   7   4   4   2   2   1 136   2.74
D.Mossi                   0 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.21
R.Narleski LOSS(9-3)      0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   1   9   2.82
Totals                    8 2/3   9   5   5   3   3   2
 
Tigers (76-71)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Gromek                  8 1/3   9   4   4   1   2   2 143   3.36
B.Hoeft WIN(12-9) BS(2nd) 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   4.57
Totals                    9       9   4   4   1   2   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,858 DATE- Saturday, September 18th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ed Hurley, Frank Umont, Bill Grieve, Charlie Berry
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8  Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- H.Kuenn-2, S.Gromek
DOUBLES- A.Smith(20th), F.Hatfield(15th)
TRIPLES- B.Tuttle(10th)
HOME RUNS- L.Doby(35th), V.Wertz(17th), R.Bertoia(2nd), F.House(8th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(14th)
CAUGHT STEALING- H.Kuenn
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Wynn, S.Gromek
WALKS- H.Majeski, F.Hatfield, B.Tuttle, F.House
HIT BY PITCH- A.Smith, F.Hatfield
STRIKE OUTS- A.Rosen, E.Wynn, A.Kaline, F.House, S.Gromek
 
Bill Tuttle had 2 base hits at Briggs Stadium as the Detroit Tigers won in
their last at-bat beating the Cleveland Indians by the count of 5 to 4.
 
The deciding run was scored by Detroit in the bottom of the 9th.  After an out
was recorded, Harvey Kuenn stroked a base-hit.  One out later, Reno Bertoia
stepped in and he smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 2nd of the season)
resulting in an exciting win for Detroit and a wild post-game celebration by
the home town fans.  Detroit and Cleveland each finished the afternoon with 9
hits.  
 
The victory went to Billy Hoeft(12-9) who went 2/3 of an inning, allowing no
runs. Ray Narleski(9-3) was hit with the loss in relief.  He surrendered 1
run and 2 hits in 2/3 of an inning.

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Newspaper stories of replay games of Friday, Sept. 17, 1954

2006-04-07T19:08:00.000-07:00

Buck Jones managed the Orioles as they beat "my" White Sox in a NetPlay game. In another Friday game, the Tigers snapped the Indians' 9-game winning streak, winning 1-0 as Ned Garver out-pitched Bob Lemon in a tremendous pitching duel. Steve Souchock, pinch-hitting for Garver to lead off the bottom of the 11th, broke up the scoreless game with a home run.

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NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1954 American League                Date: 9/18/1954
 
NEW YORK AT PHILADELPHIA
Yankees......... 2 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4  8  2
Athletics....... 2 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  6  1
Win:Byrne(2-1) Loss:Gray(0-13)
Homeruns- Y.Berra-2(19th)
 
Yogi Berra cracked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Tommy Byrne pitched a complete
game as the New York Yankees defeated the dreadful Philadelphia Athletics by
a score of 4 to 3 at Connie Mack Stadium.
 
Berra had a big day with his bat. He bombed a two-run dinger in the 1st inning
and cleared the fences for a two-run home run (his 19th of the season) in the
3rd inning.  The Philadelphia batters went down meekly in the bottom of the
9th.  
 
Byrne(2-1) finished the game allowing 3 runs in the victory. Johnny Gray(0-13)
took the loss.  He allowed 4 runs and 8 hits in 9 innings.
 
BALTIMORE AT CHICAGO
Orioles......... 2 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 1  -  5 10  0
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2  4  1
Win:Turley(14-13) Loss:Harshman(12-7) Save:Chakales(6th)
 
At Comiskey Park the Baltimore Orioles outscored the Chicago White Sox 5 to
2.
 
Bob Turley(14-13) pitched a fine game.  He surrendered 4 hits and 10 walks in
8 and 1/3 innings.  Baltimore had 10 hits for the night while Chicago had 4.
 
Bob Chakales got the save, his 6th.  Jack Harshman(12-7) was the loser.
Baltimore scored big getting 3 runs off him in 2 innings.
 
BOSTON AT WASHINGTON
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 2 2  0 0 0  -  4  8  4
Senators........ 2 0 0  1 0 2  0 0    -  5  8  0
Win:Stewart(2-1) Loss:Sullivan(5-10)
 
4,180 fans were treated to a fine game at Griffith Stadium as only one run
separated the combatants at game's end.  The Washington Senators won by the
slimmest of margins, 5 to 4.
 
In the bottom of the 6th inning Washington scored 2 runs with the help of 3
hits.  It was enough to earn the victory.  Both teams finished the game with
8 hits.  
 
The victory was credited to Bunky Stewart(2-1) who went 3 and 1/3 innings,
allowing no runs. Frank Sullivan(5-10) took the loss.  He allowed 5 runs and
8 hits in 8 innings.  
 
 
CLEVELAND AT DETROIT
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 -  0  4  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 -  1  4  0
Win:Garver(18-9) Loss:Lemon(18-9)
Homeruns- S.Souchock(3rd)
 
Ned Garver whitewashed Cleveland on 4 hits as the Detroit Tigers outscored the
Cleveland Indians in 11 innings 1 to 0.
 
Neither team scored in the first nine innings.  Finally, Detroit pulled the
game out in the 11th inning.  Steve Souchock delivered a solo blast (his 3rd
of the season) giving Detroit the victory as 10,296 happy fans celebrated
wildly.  Both teams ended up with 4 on the night.  
 
It was the 4th shutout of the year for Garver(18-9). Bob Lemon(18-9) was
charged with the loss.  He surrendered only 1 run and 4 hits in 10 innings.
 
'Garver just dominated us' losing pitcher Lemon said.  'Hopefully we can get
to him the next time around'

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Newspaper style wrap-up after close of play Friday, Sept. 17, 1954

2006-04-07T19:06:00.000-07:00

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NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1954 American League                 Date: 9/18/1954
 
TEAM     WON LOST   BATTING AVERAGE     HOME RUNS           RUNS BATTED IN
1954 CLE 100  46    H.Kuenn   DET .348  L.Doby    CLE   34  L.Doby    CLE  116
1954 CHI  95  52    T.William BOS .336  R.Sievers WAS   31  M.Vernon  WAS  107
1954 NYY  80  66    N.Fox     CHI .328  J.Jensen  BOS   29  J.Jensen  BOS  104
1954 DET  75  71    I.Noren   NYY .316  R.Boone   DET   29  R.Sievers WAS  101
1954 WAS  68  77    R.Boone   DET .315  OTHERS TIED W   27  Y.Berra   NYY   99
1954 BOS  61  84
1954 BAL  58  89    WINS                SAVES               ERA
1954 PHI  47  99    M.Garcia  CLE   21  J.Sain    NYY   18  M.Garcia  CLE 1.72
                    E.Wynn    CLE   20  H.Dorish  CHI   15  V.Trucks  CHI 2.30
                    V.Trucks  CHI   18  E.Kinder  BOS   13  B.Lemon   CLE 2.30
                    B.Lemon   CLE   18  D.Marlowe DET   12  N.Garver  DET 2.59
                    N.Garver  DET   18  M.Burtsch PHI   10  B.Turley  BAL 2.62
 
                    CUR HIT STREAK      STOLEN BASES        STRIKEOUTS
                    S.Dente   CLE   18  J.Rivera  CHI   42  B.Turley  BAL  208
                    C.Michael CHI    8  N.Fox     CHI   26  V.Trucks  CHI  154
                    R.Sievers WAS    8  M.Minoso  CHI   24  E.Wynn    CLE  153
                    B.Goodman BOS    7  J.Jensen  BOS   16  J.Harshma CHI  131
                    F.Hatfiel DET    7  OTHERS TIED W   14  M.Garcia  CLE  131
 
YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
BAL  5  at  CHI  2  BAL-Larsen(7-16, 5.58) at CHI-Pierce(9-8, 4.59)
BOS  4  at  WAS  5  CLE-Wynn(20-10, 2.68) at DET-Gromek(13-14, 3.33)
CLE  0  at  DET  1  BOS-Nixon(12-11, 3.86) at WAS-McDermo(12-8, 3.51)
NYY  4  at  PHI  3  NYY-Lopat(5-13, 3.98) at PHI-Portoca(8-17, 3.83)
 
YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
BATTER         TM OPP AB  R  H RB BB Ks HR SB
Y.Berra       NYY PHI  4  2  2  4  0  0  2  0
S.Souchock    DET CLE  1  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
E.Yost        WAS BOS  1  2  0  0  3  1  0  0
B.Young       BAL CHI  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  0
M.Bolling     BOS WAS  4  1  2  2  0  0  0  0
 
PITCHER        TM OPP  INN  H  R ER BB Ks HR WLS
N.Garver      DET CLE 11.0  4  0  0  1  5  0 W  
B.Stewart     WAS BOS  3.1  0  0  0  2  1  0 W  
B.Lemon       CLE DET 10.0  4  1  1  2  2  1  L 
T.Byrne       NYY PHI  9.0  6  3  2  5  4  0 W  
H.Dorish      CHI BAL  2.0  0  0  0  1  1  0    
 
WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
R.Sievers     WAS .379 29 11  7  2  3  M.Garcia      CLE 16  9  1  6 10  0 200
B.Avila       CLE .419 31 13  9  7  1  T.Morgan      NYY 14  8  0  4  3  0 100
G.Hatton      BOS .273 22  6  5  8  1  M.McDermott   WAS  9  1  0  5  4  0 100
T.Williams    BOS .343 35 12  5  6  3  G.Zuverink    DET 18 13  3  6  7  0 200
Y.Berra       NYY .317 41 13 12  0  2  E.Wynn        CLE 17 11  4  5 13  0 200
 
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS
BATTER         TM  AVG AB  H RB BB HR  PITCHER        TM IP  H ER BB Ks HR WLS
C.Courtney    BAL .097 31  3  1  3  0  C.Pascual     WAS  6 13  9  3  1  3 000
C.Diering     BAL .152 33  5  2  1  0  J.Coleman     BAL 11  9 11  7  5  1 020
J.Finigan     PHI .182 33  6  1  1  0  S.Dixon       PHI  5  8  7  2  3  2 000
G.McDougald   NYY .083 36  3  0  6  0  J.Harshman    CHI  9 12  7  7  5  0 020
D.Philley     CLE .200 25  5  1  1  0  B.Chakales    BAL  9 13  9  4  2  0 001
 
INJURY REPORT
No injuries to report

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Over-achieving Tigers beat under-achieving Yankees in '54 replay game

2006-03-29T06:34:00.000-08:00

The Yankees - Tigers game of Thursday September 16, 1954 was interesting for a couple of reasons. First, the game was typical of the way the two teams have played in this replay. Second, my use of Len Durrant's 1954 pitcher-as -hitter cards instead of the generic pitcher-hitting cards had an effect on the outcome of the game.

The Yankees came into the game in third place with a record of 79-65, well below their 96-48 real life record at this point of the season. The Tigers, meanwhile, came into the game with a replay record of 73-71, well above their real life record of 64-80.

The Tigers won the game 4-3. The way they won, and the way the Yankees lost, was typical for the two teams in this replay. The first six Yanks' batters in the game all reached base. Three runs were in and the bases were loaded with none out. It looked like the Yanks were on their way to a blowout. But, in typical Yankee fashion, the next three batters made outs without being able to advance any runners, and the Yanks never threatened for the rest of the game.

Meanwhile the pesky Tigers scrapped back with three runs in the fifth and one in the eight to pull out the 4-3 win. George Zuverink went the distance for the win for the Tigers, pitching terrific ball after the rocky first.

The game might have had a different outcome had I not been using Len Durrant's 1954 AL pitcher-as -hitting cards.

The game company’s generic pitcher hitting cards are not precise in distinguishing hitting pitchers as to whether they have "N"(normal) vs. "W"(weak) power versus left handed pitchers, but not vs. righties, or vice versa. Len Durrant’s PAH cards are more precise. In certain instances where a pitcher hit one or two home runs in real life, he has created a different power rating than the game company did. For example, if a pitcher hit one home run in real life off a left handed pitcher , the game company would rate him an “N” across the board, but Len, being more precise in designing the PAH card, would give him a "N" rating against lefties but a "W" vs. righties.

Wouldn’t you know it, it made a difference in this game. Bob Grim of the Yankees was at bat leading off the top of the fourth inning against the right-hander Zuverink. Grim hit one home run in r/l in the ’54 season, apparently against a left handed pitcher (I may try to track this down later). Grim is rated by Strat-O-Matic as a “2N” hitter. Len D’s PAH card, by contrast, rates Grim a “N” vs. left handed pitchers only, and “W” against righties. Grim, batting against the right hander, rolled a 4/12. On Zuverink's card, this is a "N-HR 1-14 flyball(lf) B 15-20" result if you are using ballpark effects (as I was). I rolled a "3" on the twenty-sided die. Because Grim has a "W" power rating vs. righties on his custom-made PAH card, he got only a single instead of a home run, and the Yanks failed to score in the inning.

Who knows what the outcome of the game would have been if I'd been using the 2N rating assigned to Grim by the game company ?

Sox drop key September contest in '54 Strat-O-Matic replay

2006-03-10T17:06:00.000-08:00

On 9/14/54 the White Sox shot a big hole in their collective foot in a Strat-O-Matic ’54 replay game I just played. The Sox lost to the Philadelphia A's 4-3 even though their ace, Virgil Trucks, was on the mound. They are now 5 ½ out. HAL managed the Sox, while I managed the usually-sorry A's.

In real life that day Paul Richards had held a press conference and announced his resignation as manager of the Sox, accepting an offer to become both GM and field manager of the Orioles. This confirmed rumors that had been circulating in the press in the previous two weeks.

Just as in the real-life 9/14/54 game, which they lost 1-0, the Strat-O-Matic Sox played in a funk after hearing the news and could not even muster enough energy to beat the cellar dwelling A's, who had lost nine of their previous ten.

The Indians’ magic number is down to four after they edged the Senators 3-2 (see below). The Sox have eight games remaining, the Indians nine. They have three against each other but I’m afraid the series may be anticlimactic.

I have been using the ’54 Pitcher-as Hitter cards that L. Durrant recently created, and they are actually fun to use even though you have to switch to Manual Entry when the pitcher comes to bat, roll the dice, read the result off the cards, enter the result into the computer, then switch back to Pre-Swing Play by Play after the pitcher bats. You of course only have to do this a few times each game, and it's actually fun to roll the dice and momentarily bring back the old-fashioned way of playing Strat.

By the way an interesting little problem can develop when using these PAH cards in a "human vs. HAL" computer game. When you switch to manual entry, HAL's decision-making capacity is temporarily neutered. Let's say HAL is in a situation where pinch hitting for his pitcher is a reasonable option. You refrain from switching to Manual Entry so he can decide whether to pinch hit. He chooses to let the pitcher hit for himself. It is too late then to switch back to Manual Entry and roll the dice. This happened today when I thought HAL would choose a pinch hitter for Virgil Trucks, so I didn't switch to Manual Entry mode. But HAL let Trucks hit for himself and the computer "rolled" the dice using Truck's generic "2" pitcher-hitting "card", instead of me being able to roll dice and read the result off the PAH card. Wouldn't you know it .. he got a hit. Should I temporarily have taken over as my opponent's manager, just so I could continue using the unique PAH card if I'd decided to let his pitcher hit ? I don't think so.

Indians win 100th game of season

2006-03-08T21:10:00.000-08:00

Just got finished playing the Indians - Senators game of Tuesday night 9/14/54. The Indians won 3-2. It was their ninth win in a row, 34th of their last 41, and 100th game overall. They've lost just 45. Mike Garcia and Bobby Avila were the stars tonight. Garcia won his 21st game of the year and Avila's double with the bases loaded in the second provided all three of the Indians' runs. The Nats threatened in the eighth and ninth, scoring a run in each inning, but fell just short. Don Mossi came in the game in the eighth after Garcia got fatigued. Mossi was not sharp but was able to finish the game and put it in the win column for the Tribe.

Avila has been torrid of late. His average is up to .316 in the replay. For much of the season he was below the .300 mark. In real life he hit .341 and led the AL in batting. In this replay he is now sixth in the batting race. Harvey Kuenn leads with a .350 mark.

The White Sox are now five back pending the outcome of their game with the Philadelphia A's. I will play that game tomorrow or Friday night. In real life the White Sox, having learned earlier in the day that Paul Richards had left them to go to Baltimore, lost 1-0 to the hapless A's. Virgil Trucks lost his fourth bid to win 20 when in the very first inning Minnie Minoso misjudged a fly ball in left field, allowing the only run of the game to score from second.

Daily report at close of play Sunday, September 12, 1954

2006-03-05T20:42:00.000-08:00

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1954 American League

TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Cleveland 99 45 H.Kuenn DET .352 L.Doby CLE 34 L.Doby CLE 116 Chicago 95 50 T.William BOS .341 R.Sievers WAS 31 M.Vernon WAS 107 New York 78 65 N.Fox CHI .327 J.Jensen BOS 29 J.Jensen BOS 103 Detroit 73 70 I.Noren NY .323 R.Boone DET 29 R.Sievers WAS 101 Washingtn 67 76 R.Boone DET .320 OTHERS TIED W 27 R.Boone DET 97 Boston 59 83 Baltimore 57 87 WINS SAVES ERA Phila. 46 98 M.Garcia CLE 20 J.Sain NY 18 M.Garcia CLE 1.74 E.Wynn CLE 20 H.Dorish CHI 15 V.Trucks CHI 2.31 V.Trucks CHI 18 E.Kinder BOS 13 B.Lemon CLE 2.36 B.Lemon CLE 18 D.Marlowe DET 12 B.Turley BAL 2.64 N.Garver DET 17 M.Burtsch PHI 10 E.Wynn CLE 2.68 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS S.Dente CLE 18 J.Rivera CHI 42 B.Turley BAL 204 H.Kuenn DET 12 N.Fox CHI 25 E.Wynn CLE 153 C.Michael CHI 8 M.Minoso CHI 23 V.Trucks CHI 150 R.Sievers WAS 6 J.Jensen BOS 16 J.Harshma CHI 131 OTHERS TIED W 5 OTHERS TIED W 14 M.Garcia CLE 125

YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS Boston 5-3, Chicago 2-7 No games scheduled Cleveland 6-4, New York 3-3 Baltimore 1-3, Philadelphia 0-1 Detroit 15-2, Washington 6-3

YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES BATTER TM OPP AB R H RB BB Ks HR SB H.Majeski CLE NY 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 N.Fox CHI BOS 4 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 H.Kuenn DET WAS 6 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 R.Wilson DET WAS 6 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 T.Williams BOS CHI 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 PITCHER TM OPP INN H R ER BB Ks HR WLS B.Turley BAL PHI 9.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 W E.Wynn CLE NY 8.0 3 3 3 4 8 0 W D.Pillette BAL PHI 9.0 5 1 1 4 4 0 W T.Brewer BOS CHI 9.0 5 2 1 6 4 0 W B.Lemon CLE NY 9.0 4 3 1 2 4 1

WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS T.Williams BOS .419 43 18 10 11 7 E.Wynn CLE 26 22 7 6 17 0 300 A.Rosen CLE .300 30 9 15 5 4 T.Brewer BOS 18 9 1 9 10 0 200 R.Sievers WAS .375 24 9 7 2 3 G.Zuverink DET 18 13 1 5 6 0 200 B.Skowron NY .370 27 10 14 4 1 B.Lemon CLE 18 11 2 2 9 1 100 S.Mele BOS .355 31 11 7 1 4 D.Mossi CLE 5 3 0 0 4 0 003
WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS B.Young BAL .097 31 3 0 3 0 T.Hurd BOS 6 9 6 9 2 2 130 J.Taylor PHI .200 25 5 0 0 0 B.Chakales BAL 5 13 10 3 3 0 000 C.Diering BAL .116 43 5 3 2 0 C.Pascual WAS 10 19 15 7 2 3 110 G.Kell CHI .167 24 4 1 1 0 C.Bishop PHI 14 18 13 6 5 4 030 A.Kaline DET .194 36 7 2 0 0 J.Schmitz WAS 9 14 10 6 5 0 020

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1954 American League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT Cleveland 99 45 .688 ---- 6 111 43 .721 Chicago 95 50 .655 4.5 94 60 .610 New York 78 65 .545 20.5 103 51 .669 Detroit 73 70 .510 25.5 68 86 .442 Washington 67 76 .469 31.5 66 88 .429 Boston 59 83 .415 39.0 69 85 .448 Baltimore 57 87 .396 42.0 54 100 .351 Philadelphia 46 98 .319 53.0 51 103 .331
OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BAL 57 87 .396 22-48 35-39 17-32 40-55 15- 8 25-25 3-7 Won 2 BOS 59 83 .415 28-42 31-41 10-17 49-66 4-11 13-31 4-6 Lost 1 CHI 95 50 .655 48-25 47-25 31-17 64-33 10- 8 34-17 4-6 Won 1 CLE 99 45 .688 50-20 49-25 36-19 63-26 9- 2 30-12 9-1 Won 8 DET 73 70 .510 37-35 36-35 15-17 58-53 3-10 23-22 7-3 Lost 1 NYY 78 65 .545 41-30 37-35 33-20 45-45 7-14 20-30 7-3 Lost 2 PHI 46 98 .319 23-50 23-48 9-19 37-79 12- 6 21-23 1-9 Lost 8 WAS 67 76 .469 33-42 34-34 26-21 41-55 9-10 19-25 6-4 Won 1 TOTAL 574 574 .500
TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BAL 5- 8 6-21 14-17 15-15 13-19 4- 7 BOS 6- 6 10-12 10-23 13-18 15-15 5- 9 CHI 9- 5 19-10 23- 6 19-12 20- 9 5- 8 CLE 8- 4 22- 7 16-13 19-10 23- 9 11- 2 DET 6- 5 13-13 17-14 18-14 11-19 8- 5 NYY 6- 7 17-12 13-17 16-14 17-11 9- 4 PHI 1-10 11-19 12-16 9-21 10-22 3-10 WAS 8- 4 12-16 15-14 11-16 14-19 7- 7
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BAL BOS CHI CLE DET NYY PHI WAS BAL - 12 5 4 5 10 14 7 BOS 8 - 7 6 12 7 11 8 CHI 12 15 - 10 10 15 17 16 CLE 18 16 9 - 11 14 18 13 DET 14 10 12 5 - 7 15 10 NYY 12 15 7 8 13 - 12 11 PHI 8 8 4 4 7 4 - 11 WAS 15 7 6 8 12 8 11 -

NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1954 American League Date: 9/12/1954
NEW YORK AT CLEVELAND (Game 1) Yankees......... 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 4 2 Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 - 6 6 1 Win:Narleski(9-2) Loss:Byrd(9-8) Homeruns- J.Collins(12th), A.Rosen(27th), H.Majeski(2nd) Bob Lemon came through with a solid 9 innings at Municipal Stadium where the red-hot Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees in 10 innings by the score of 6 to 3. The score was knotted at 3 after nine innings. Cleveland came out on top in the 10th inning. After two outs Dave Pope kicked off the action when he slapped a single. Hal Naragon stepped into the batter's box and he stroked a one-base hit. Hank Majeski then lost the ball over the fence for three runs (his 2nd of the season) resulting in a mighty exciting win for Cleveland. Cleveland had just 6 hits for the afternoon. Ray Narleski(9-2) got the win allowing no runs in 1 inning. Harry Byrd(9-8) was tagged with the loss in relief.

NEW YORK AT CLEVELAND (Game 2) Yankees......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 4 2 Indians......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 - 4 7 0 Win:Wynn(20-10) Loss:Byrne(1-1) Save:Mossi(6th) Bobby Avila had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the streaking Cleveland Indians defeated the New York Yankees by the score of 4 to 3 at Municipal Stadium. Cleveland took the lead for good in the 4th inning scoring 2 runners on 2 hits. New York had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short. Early Wynn(20-10) allowed 3 runs in 8 innings, and picked up the victory. Don Mossi earned the save, his 6th. Tommy Byrne(1-1) was the losing pitcher. Cleveland continued their winnings ways, improving their record to a league leading 99-45. They are 9-1 in their last ten games. Even with the loss, New York still has a nice 7-3 record in recent weeks. They are 78-65 on the season.
BOSTON AT CHICAGO (Game 1) Red Sox......... 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 8 2 White Sox....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Win:Brewer(11-9) Loss:Keegan(12-9) Homeruns- T.Williams(27th), J.Piersall(8th) Tom Brewer went the distance and left fielder Ted Williams left the yard and had 2 RBI as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox by a score of 5 to 2 at Comiskey Park. Brewer(11-9) looked very much in control throughout the day. He allowed only 5 hits and 6 walks in 9 innings. Boston managed 8 in their victory. Bob Keegan(12-9) was charged with the loss. He allowed 5 hits and 5 walks in 6 innings. BOSTON AT CHICAGO (Game 2) Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 5 0 White Sox....... 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 - 7 11 0 Win:Pierce(9-8) Loss:Sullivan(5-9) Homeruns- N.Fox(3rd) Billy Pierce allowed Paul Richards to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game at Comiskey Park where the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 7 to 3. Chicago took the lead for keeps in the bottom of the 3rd inning when they tallied 3 runs on 4 hits. The key offensive moment was provided by Carl Sawatski who came through for the home fans when he tripled bringing in two baserunners. Chicago totaled 11 on the afternoon. Pierce(9-8) allowed 3 runs on the game. Frank Sullivan(5-9) was the loser. By giving up 7 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings his ERA increased from 3.07 to 3.35. WASHINGTON AT DETROIT (Game 1) Senators........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 - 6 12 1 Tigers.......... 5 2 4 0 2 0 0 2 - 15 17 2 Win:Gromek(13-14) Loss:Schmitz(9-8) Homeruns- E.Yost(10th), H.Kuenn(9th), R.Wilson(5th), R.Boone(29th) Shortstop Harvey Kuenn connected with a 'big fly' and had 3 RBI as the Detroit Tigers beat the Washington Senators by a score of 15 to 6. Kuenn provided much of the offense. He doubled in the 1st inning, smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 9th of the season) in the 2nd inning and stroked a base-hit bringing in a run in the 3rd inning. Detroit provided plenty of action in the 1st inning with 5 runs on 5 hits and the 3rd inning which saw them plate 4 runs on 4 hits. Detroit ended up with 17 hits for the game while Washington had 12. Steve Gromek(13-14) went 8 and 1/3 innings allowing 6 runs for the win. Johnny Schmitz(9-8) was the losing pitcher. He allowed 5 hits and 2 walks in 1 inning. The Detroit ballclub's record now stands at 73-69. With the loss, the Washington ballclub's record is 66-76. WASHINGTON AT DETROIT (Game 2) Senators........ 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 2 Tigers.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 1 Win:Porterfield(11-15) Loss:Gray(0-9) Bob Porterfield allowed Bucky Harris to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game at Briggs Stadium as the Washington Senators beat the Detroit Tigers 3 to 2. The deciding run was scored by Washington in the 9th. Eddie Yost was hit by a pitch. A balk was called. After an out was recorded, Jim Busby stepped up to the plate and he doubled scoring the run. Washington and Detroit each finished the afternoon with 5 hits. The victory went to Porterfield(11-15) who went the distance allowing 2 runs. Ted Gray(0-9) was the losing pitcher. He allowed 5 hits and 9 walks in 9 innings. With this win, Washington has a 67-76 record. They have been 6-4 lately. With the loss, the Detroit ballclub's record is 73-70.
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE (Game 1) Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 Bob Turley allowed only 2 hits resulting in a big goose egg on the scoreboard for Philadelphia as the Baltimore Orioles beat the ice-cold Philadelphia Athletics by a score of 1 to 0. Turley(13-13) dominated Philadelphia hitters. He allowed just 2 hits and 3 walks in 9 innings. Baltimore had only 3 hits for the afternoon. Johnny Gray(0-12) took the loss. He pitched 7 innings allowing only 3 hits and 2 walks. Jimmy Dykes was very impressed with his pitcher, Turley, 'He had unusually good pitch placement this afternoon. It was almost unfair - but a beautiful game to watch from where I sat'
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE (Game 2) Athletics....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 5 2 Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 6 2 Win:Pillette(6-10) Loss:Sima(5-8) Homeruns- J.Durham(1st) Duane Pillette completed the game without help from the bullpen at Memorial Stadium where the Baltimore Orioles beat the struggling Philadelphia Athletics 3 to 1. In the bottom of the 5th inning Baltimore scored 2 runs. Baltimore managed only 6 on the afternoon. The win was credited to Pillette(6-10) who went the whole way allowing 1 run. Al Sima(5-8) was the loser. He was pinned with the loss despite not allowing an earned run in his 6 innings of work.

1954 AL replay

2006-02-20T20:32:00.000-08:00

I've been doing a 1954 AL replay for years. As-played all the way. Much help from fellow Strat replayers Jon Grauer and Buck Jones. Just played my first game with V11: Red Sox at White Sox, game 1 of Sunday 9/12/54 double header. Red Sox won 5-2. A big blow to the White Sox as they drop to 4 games behind the first place Indians, pending the outcome of the Indians' double header with the Yankees. Jimmy Piersall hit one out in the top of the 8th to give the BoSox a 4-2 lead.

Then bad base running cost the White Sox any chance they may have had to come back in this game. With his team trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the 8th, Jim Rivera was caught stealing second. One out later, Ron Jackson was picked off first base by Tom Brewer.

In the top of the 9th Ted Williams hit one way out of the park to put a little icing on the cake. The box score:

BOXSCORE: 1954 Boston Red Sox At 1954 Chicago White Sox             9/12/1954
(Game 1)Brewer with the complete game victory; Williams, Piersall go deep

  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Goodman 2B        5  1  2  1 .272     C.Carrasquel SS     4  0  0  0 .242  
  T.Williams LF       5  1  3  2 .344     N.Fox 2B            4  0  0  0 .326  
C-K.Olson LF          0  0  0  0 .274     M.Minoso LF         3  1  2  0 .292  
  J.Jensen CF,RF      4  0  0  0 .289     J.Rivera RF         2  1  0  0 .274  
  H.Agganis 1B        4  0  2  1 .235     R.Jackson 1B        3  0  0  0 .216  
  G.Hatton 3B         2  0  0  0 .242     D.Johnson P         0  0  0  0 .171  
  J.Piersall RF,CF    4  1  1  1 .281     S.Lollar C          4  0  1  1 .253  
  S.White C           2  1  0  0 .282     J.Kirrene 3B        3  0  1  0 .143  
  B.Consolo SS        2  1  0  0 .223     E.McGhee CF         4  0  0  0 .278  
  T.Brewer P          4  0  0  0 .180     B.Keegan P          2  0  1  0 .082  
                                        A-W.Marshall PH       1  0  0  0 .333  
                                          S.Consuegra P       0  0  0  0 .128  
                                        B-P.Cavarretta 1B     1  0  0  0 .357  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  5  8  5                 Totals      31  2  5  1

A-Pinch Hit For Keegan In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Consuegra In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Williams In 9th Inning

Red Sox......... 1 2 0  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  5  8  2
White Sox....... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  5  0

Red Sox (59-82)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Brewer WIN(11-9)        9       5   2   1   6   4   0 143   3.67
Totals                    9       5   2   1   6   4   0

White Sox (94-50)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Keegan LOSS(12-9)       6       5   3   3   5   2   0 102   3.19
S.Consuegra               2       2   1   1   0   0   1  23   2.71
D.Johnson                 1       1   1   1   0   0   1   9   3.44
Totals                    9       8   5   5   5   2   2

ATTENDANCE- 46,088 DATE- Sunday, September 12th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Frank Umont, Bill Grieve, Charlie Berry, Ed Hurley
T- 2:03
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7  White Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  White Sox: 2
ERRORS- B.Goodman, S.White
DOUBLES- B.Goodman(20th), T.Williams(19th), M.Minoso(27th)
HOME RUNS- T.Williams(27th), J.Piersall(8th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Minoso(23rd), J.Rivera(42nd), J.Kirrene(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rivera
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Consolo
WALKS- J.Jensen, G.Hatton-2, S.White-2, C.Carrasquel, N.Fox, M.Minoso, J.Rivera,
       R.Jackson, J.Kirrene
HIT BY PITCH- B.Consolo, J.Rivera
STRIKE OUTS- G.Hatton, T.Brewer, C.Carrasquel, E.McGhee-2, B.Keegan
GIDP- J.Jensen, S.White

Ted Williams went deep and had 2 RBI and Tom Brewer completed the game without
help from the bullpen as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox by a
score of 5 to 2.

Brewer(11-9) contributed a very nicely pitched game.  He surrendered only 5
hits and 6 walks in 9 innings.  Boston had a total of 8 hits for the game.

Bob Keegan(12-9) was the losing pitcher.  He pitched 6 innings allowing 5 hits
and 5 walks.