Babe Ruth's Team (ALEast) Year 4 84-78 (.519) *-led league %SB-Steal Percentage GIDP-Grounded into Double Play ROE-Reached base on Error POTG-Player of the Game Awards won(split up to 5?6? ways) (When a + is listed in parantheses, the player played all positions in the heading as well as the position(s) listed after the +. When there is no room to mention this I listed it after the hitters' stats are done. When a - is listed, the player was used in all positions listed in the heading except that listed after the -) |AB| R| H |RBI|2B|3B|HR|SB | CS| BB|E|GIDP|SH|SF|HBPROE|GwR|GwRBI|POTG| K |Avg|Slg|OBP|EBA| G Catcher Berra (+LF) 549 62 127 67 22 3 25 5 0 32 16 4 0 1 4 13 6 10 1.25 54 231 419 301 460 149 Dickey 67 6 15 10 5 1 2 0 1 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 7 224 418 301 452 23 First Base Gehrig 363 48 98 56 22 3 18 0 1 23 11 5 0 1 3 2 6 8 6.17 48 270 496 324 523 114 Grnberg(+LF)184 22 38 22 14 2 7 1 0 11 6 3 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 41 207 418 260 456 69 Sisler 39 3 7 0 0 1 0 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 179 231 256 357 23 Second Base Gehringer 431 36 97 37 19 2 9 1 2 29 1 5 13 2 2 13 5 5 4.33 38 225 341 305 380 134 Gordon 145 11 23 6 9 0 3 0 1 9 1 2 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 22 186 310 240 344 55 Shortstop Bodreau(+3B)578 52 131 36 25 3 6 0 3 37 5 2 *26 1 4 11 7 7 3.36 72 227 311 296 348 158 Rizutto 94 7 19 3 2 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 202 245 273 283 30 Third Base Boggs(+1B) 507 76 164 47 35 10 4 0 1 33 11 3 21 0 4 13 5 7 3.25 38 323* 456 394* 487 134 B.Robinson 128 8 20 7 5 1 1 0 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 156 234 209 269 39 Outfield (RF - all except Cobb, Speaker CF - Speaker, Mantle, Cobb and Kaline only LF - all except Kaline, Speaker Mantle and Heilmann also played 1st) Speaker 613 70 160 42 46* 6 8 78 37* 40 0 7 9 4 3 12 11 8 5.5 42 261 395 328 492 152 Mantle 474 60 113 67 15 4 24 12 10 37 5 4 0 4 2 9 6 8 5.09 *109 238 439 314 479 131 Kaline 249 31 63 25 10 3 9 0 1 16 0 2 0 1 4 2 8 2 2.67 21 253 426 318 467 78 K. Williams 207 25 43 32 10 1 11 0 0 7 6 1 0 2 1 1 4 5 2.33 34 208 425 242 448 77 Cobb 177 16 46 12 7 3 0 21 6 6 5 1 2 1 6* 1 5 3 0.83 22 260 333 312 437 60 Ruth 130 12 30 18 6 3 7 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 4 2.7 23 231 485 271 504 45 Heilmann 103 9 24 10 4 1 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0.5 11 233 320 312 358 45 T. Williams 86 7 19 8 2 1 3 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 221 372 272 413 41 Pitchers Young 85 9 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 4 0 1 0 3 0 9.83 16 153 153 191 182 33 Ford 66 4 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 14 136 152 203 188 32 Feller 85 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 9.83 32 047 047 122 100 32 Lemon 72 7 16 6 1 0 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 5.16 13 222 319 299 355 31 Newhouser 76 4 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 7 0 0 2 0 1 7.5 10 132 132 220 195 31 Griffith 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.33 0 150 150 227 227 75 Wilhelm 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.33 6 000 000 000 200 63 Flew into/popped into double plays: Speaker 4, Boudreau 2, Berra, Boggs, Rizutto, Gehrig, Newhouser Opp. SB% vs.: PB: Berra 82.1(211-257) 24* Dickey 82.6 (19-23) 0 SB%: Cobb 77.8 Speaker 67.8 Mantle 54.5 Approx Team Totals AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB CS %SB BB E GIDP SH SF HBP ROE GwR GwRBI K Avg Slg OBP EBA 5528 590 1295 523 260 49 140 125 66 65.4 342 87 53 100 22 37 100 76 76 708 234 375 304 421 Avg/G 34.1 3.6 8.0 3.2 1.6 .4 .9 .8 .4 2.1 .5 .3 .6 .15 .2 .6 4.4 Approximate number of times cut from roster before games (I seem to missed quite a number of games for this stat, hence my use of the term approximate - none of the other stats may be 100% accurate, but they generally fall *much* closer to the correct totals): B. Robinson 3B 25 Rizutto SS 18 Sisler 1B 17 T. Williams LF 15 Dickey C 11 Gordon 2B 11 Heilmann 1B/OF 11 Greenberg 1B 9 Ruth OF 8 Kaline RF 5 K. Williams OF 5 Cobb LF 4 Mantle OF 2 Berra C 1 Gehringer 2B 1 Gehrig 1B 0 Boudreau SS/3B 0 Boggs 3B 0 Speaker CF 0 Pitchers: GF=Games Finished EBH=Extra Base hits allowed Opponent's hitting stats IP H R ER SO BB GP ERA W-L SV Sho HB BK WP EBH CG St GF Avg Slg OBP EBA Young 249 199 76 66 85 30 33 2.39 *16-11 0 3 3 0 3 63 16 33 16 .210 .318 .257 .357 Ford 213.3 197 94 92 90 50 32 3.88 7-16 0 0 5 0 4 72 8 32 8 .246 .404 .310 .469 Feller *262.6 170 63 62 212* 98* 32 2.12 *16-7 0 *7 6 0 4 69 17*32 17 .181* .293 .274 .380 Lemon 204 197 98 81 70 69 31 3.57 14-11 0 1 7 3 9 68 11 31 11 .244 .387 .317 .467 Newhouer228 162 78 73 125 63 31 2.88 15-9 0 4 5 0 2 58 15 31 15 .196 .338 .256 .407 Griffith196 203* 96 84 53 47 75 3.86 8-18* 4 0 7 1 6 64 1 1 33 .272 .432 .322 .495 Wilhelm 125 104 38 37 72 27 63 2.66 5-7 15 0 4 1 4 36 0 0*57 .218 .342 .273 .407 Opp. SB vs. individual pitchers: Young 34-50* 68.0% Ford *38-50* 76.0% Feller 29-38 76.3% Lemon 36-44 81.8% Newhouser 29-38 76.3% Griffith 32-41 78.0% Wilhelm 22-29 75.9% Approx team Totals IP H R ER SO BB RA ERA W-L SV Sho HB BK WP EBH CG Avg Slg OBP EBA 1478 1232 543 495 707 384 3.31 3.01 81-79 19 15 37 5 32 430 67 222 357 286 424 Avg/Game 9.1 7.6 4.4 2.4 .1 .1 .2 0 .2 2.7 .4 Times started in each spot of the lineup: 1st-Speaker 86 times, Boudreau 25, Kaline 21, Heilmann 11, Cobb 7, KWilliams 2, BRobinson, Rizutto 2nd-Boggs 104, Boudreau 38, Speaker 13, BRobinson 6, Gehringer, Gordon, Rizutto, Kaline, Ruth 3rd-Mantle 76, Speaker 32, Kaline 21, Ruth 6, TWilliams 5, Berra 4, Boggs 2, Heilmann 4th-KWilliams 60, Greenberg 47, Cobb 26, Ruth 9, Boggs 8, Heilmann 7, TWilliams 5, Mantle 3, Boudreau 2, Gehrig, Sisler, Kaline 5th-Gehrig 89, Mantle 26, BRobinson 17, Rizutto 13, Sisler 3, Kaline 3, Dickey 2, Boudreau, Boggs, KWilliams, Cobb, TWilliams, Speaker 6th-Boudreau 84, Speaker 19, Mantle 16, Kaline 8, Boggs 6, Gehringer 6, Rizutto 5, TWilliams 4, Gordon 3, Ruth 3, Berra 2, Cobb 2, Gehrig, BRobinson, Heilmann 7th-Berra 108, Gordon 39, Gehringer 8, Dickey 4, Rizutto 3, Lemon 2, Kaline 2, Boudreau, BRobinson 8th-Gehringer 92, Berra 35, Dickey 12, Ruth 7, Gordon 6, Boudreau 5, Gehrig 2, Boggs, BRobinson, Heilmann 9th-Young 33, Ford 32, Feller 32, Newhouser 31, Lemon 29, Gordon 2, Griffith Number in parantheses is league standing After R RA Avg BAvg HR R in past 10 RA past 10 HR past 10 W past 10 10 (1)55 35(2) 5.5-3.5 (1).266 10(3) 55 35 10 7 20 (1)99 86(T3)5.0-4.3 (1).259 17(3) 44 51 7 5 30 (1)131 127(4)4.4-4.2 (3).236 22(3) 32 41 5 4 40 (1)155 156(4)3.9-3.9 (2).242 29(3) 24 29 7 5 50 (2)184 200(4)3.7-4.0 (1).241 37(2) 39 44 8 5 60 (2)224 237(4)3.7-3.9 (2).233 48(2) 40 37 11 4 70 (1)274 256(3)3.9-3.7 (1).242 54(2) 50 19 6 6 80 (1)298 282(3)3.7-3.5 (2).239 61(2) 24 26 7 4 90 (2)329 304(3)3.7-3.4 (2).237 65(2) 31 22 4 6 100 (1)373 332(3)3.7-3.3 (2).236 87(1) 44 28 22 8 110 (1)406 382(3)3.7-3.5 (2).235 92(T1) 33 50 5 3 120 (1)461 411(3)3.8-3.4 (1).243 103(1) 55 29 11 7 130 (1)489 434(3)3.8-3.3 (1).236 117(1) 28 23 14 6 140 (1)540 468(3)3.9-3.3 (1).239 121(T1) 51 34 4 6 150 (1)560 485(2)3.7-3.2 (2).236 128(2) 20 17 7 5 Final(2)590 543(3)3.6-3.4 (2).234 140(2) 30 in last 12 58 in 12 12 in 12 3 in 12 Other info: Wagner's Team had scored 267 to Ruth's 257 after 69 games, but in game 70 Ruth's team beat Wagner 17-2. After 56 games, only 2 infielders were under a run produced per 6 plate appearances. 7 outfielders were under that mark. After a 45-44 start, they won 9 of 10, then lost 8 of 11, before winning 4 in a row In the 1st 17 games of the second half, the team's sluggers went on a power explosion: 1st 1 1/2 1st 17 of 2nd 1/2 Rest of season Berra 15 4 6 Mantle 7 6 11 Gehrig 6 6 6 Berra was only cut from the roster in game 155. He finished the season 7 for 57 with 3 RBIs. Bill Dickey started 5 of the team's 1st 148 games then 13 of the last 14. He went 13 for 48 in that span, despite an 0 for 5 finish, with 5 doubles, 2 homers and 8 RBIs. Lou Gehrig homered 3 times in his 1st 157 AB, then twice in his next 5 and 9 times in his next 71. Other than Feller (4-0) the rest of the team began 9-12. Other than Griffith (0-4) the team was 13-8 Lemon hit the first home run by a pitcher - and then later gave up the second to Early Wynn. Gehrig started 6 of 8 on the year, then had stretches of 6-18, 5-44, 10-21, 0-9, 11-31, 4-20, 8-14 to .300 then 4-29, 5-15, 14-29 (4 HR, 5 2B) to a peak of 307/555/348/578. After avoiding such peaks and valleys for a while, he only had 7 hits in his last 42 AB. The bench finished the year well - Sisler went 3 for 4 with 3 steals in his last game. Cobb finished 3 for 3. Ted Williams had 2 of his 3 home runs in the last game of the season and went 8 for 25 to end the season, after a 1-21 slump previously. Charlie Gehringer once went 15 for 37. After hitting 3 1st 1/2 home runs, he hit 3 in the 1st 13 of the 2nd half and 5 in the first 30 games of the half. Joe Gordon drew just walk 4 walks in his first 130 plate appearances. The first game Lou Boudreau did not play in was #151. Phil Rizutto had a year of streaks: 2-15, 3-3, 1-10, 4-10, 2-30, 7-26 (all 3 EBH here). Similarly, Wade Boggs ran hot and cold: 27-62 (.435) followed by 5-35 (.135), 10-40, 19-53, 0-14, 19-50, 13-55, 32-63, 7-38, 13-19 (including a span of 9 straight hits), 0-6,4-6, 4-26,5-8,6-32 So did Babe Ruth: 6-26, 4-18 (2 HR, 2B), 5-20, 5-18 (2 2B, 2 3B, HR), 1-13 (278/583/315/550 to 221/453/250/458), 9-21 (3 2B, 3B, 2 HR to 259/543/294/563) before an 0-14 finish And Harry Heilmann: 7-19, 3-31,4-8, 4-39,2-6 And Ty Cobb: 1-12,3-3 (the start of a 15-36), 21-85, 6-41, 3-3 Al Kaline once had a run of 22 for 56 with 6 RBIs, 9 runs, 2 doubles, 3 triples and 2 homers. Kaline's OBP was over .400 as late as plate appearance 85. Ken Williams started 9 for 20 with 3 homers and 10 runs driven in. In the next 97 AB, he only had another 3 HR, 9 RBIs and 15 hits. Ty Cobb started 4 for 7 against lefties, but just 4 for 21 against righties. Mickey Mantle didn't ground into a double play until at-bat number 273. He didn't score a game-winning run till game 78, his 30th run of the season. The heart of the lineup (Mantle, Ken Williams, Gehrig) went 0 for 19 after a 30 for 81 start. Mantle's slugging percentage fell from .493 to .439 in the team's last 32 games. Tris Speaker had 2 game-winning RBI's in the team's first 41 wins, then had the game-winning RBI in 4 of the next 5 wins. Hal Newhouser started 7 of 19 at the plate then went 0 for his next 30. Cy Young allowed just 4 runs in one 41-inning stretch, down to a low ERA of 1.84 and a 10-6 record. He then allowed 14 runs in his next 23 and 2/3 innings, lifting his ERA to 2.22, but adding 2 wins and no losses (with 2 no-decisions). Young lost 3 starts in a row to lift his ERA from 2.07 to 2.38 before giving up 2 in 7 in his last start, a no-decision. Whitey Ford went 2-0 with a no-decision in his last 3 after a 5-16 start. His ERA dropped from 4.10 to 3.88 in that span. Bob Feller did not allow an unearned run till his last start of the season. He began the year 5-0 with a 2.37 ERA then allowed 13 runs in 27.3, going 0-3, before a 3-hit shutout started a streak of 3 shutouts in a row. From start 2 through start 9, Bob Lemon yielded 26 runs in 34 innings. He had one complete game in his first 9, then 3 straight. He had a 4.63 ERA at one point, then allowed 3 earned runs in 19, 8 in 9, 11 in 58 and then 13 in his last 22. Hal Newhouser had two fine stretches - 7 runs and 22 hits in 44 innings once. In the other, he gave up only 6 runs, 13 walks and 28 hits while fanning 19 in 51.3 innings. He followed that streak with 7 runs allowed in his last 10 innings, on 13 hits. Hoyt Wilhelm gave up 3 homers in 68 innings then 2 in 6, then 1 in 38 The pitchers gave up 5 runs in the first 45 innings of the year (5 starts) and then 15 in their next 29 and 2/3 (5 starts). From G49 to G54, the team had a 1.73 ERA, giving up just 12 earned runs (and 12 runs total) in 62.3 innings - without one bad inning by Ford, the ERA was 1.17. Yet the team in this time went just 3-3. The games: IP H R ER K BB Lemon 9 9 3 3 2 0 W - came in 1-4 with an ERA over 4.5 Newhousr9 3 0 0 7 0 W/POTG Young 15 10 1 1 4 3 W/.5 POTG-beat Walter Johnson Ford 8 7 1 1 3 1 start then 4 R, 4 H, BB, in 9th for a loss Feller 8 6 1 1 5 3 loss to Koufax shutout Lemon10.3 5 2 2 5 2 loss The pitchers began the season 7 for 21 at the plate with 3 runs and 3 RBIs. " " " " " 11 for 40 (275/350/357) " " " " " 20 for 108, 19 for 81 discarding Feller They were over .200 as a group as late as game 42 Cy Young started 5 for 16 as a hitter then went 0 for 23 G65-67 featured a stretch of 3 straight shutouts: Feller shutout Koufax 3-0, all the runs scoring in the 9th. Feller took over the strikeout lead for good in this game Griffith, in his first start, coming in with a 4.76 ERA, allowed just 1 run on 5 hits in 8 but lost to Christy Mathewson 1-0 Newhouser then shut out Marichal 4-0 The team only played 5 road games in their first 51