Hank Aaron's Team (NLWest) Year 4 80-82 (.494) *-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 4 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 Campanella 578 48 126 55 13 6 20 0 0 46 12 7 0 *7 5 11 3 6 2.67 87 218 365 299 412 162* First Base Terry 419 43 120 28 12 7 7 0 1 35 6 5 0 0 1 3 4 2 1 41 286 399 349 443 123 G. Davis 167 19 44 23 11 2 9 0 1 13 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 2.5 40 265 *515 320 544 57 Hodges 36 2 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.25 4 167 389 231 421 20 McInnis 28 2 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 179 250 281 438 18 Second Base Frisch(+SS) 588 58 139 30 31 1 2 84 26 36 7 4 16 0 1 4 8 8 5.03 61 236 303 296 436 152 Shortstop Reese 516 27 96 24 18 5 1 23 14 *61 10 3 16 5 3 4 5 2 1.78 88 186 246 283 341 149 Third Base Cox (+SS) 458 34 84 28 13 3 5 2 1 41 5 5 9 3 4 9 7 3 3.33 49 183 258 275 321 130 J.Robinson 176 17 37 13 11 0 5 15 7 9 3 2 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 13 210 358 259 432 49 E.Mathews 77 4 10 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 130 273 141 282 36 Ott (+LF) 77 4 15 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 195 273 225 300 31 Outfielders Mays (CF) 508 64 126 58 19 10 20 60 19 45 2 3 0 3 4 9 12 8 6.95 60 248 443 330 562 133 Aaron (RF) 441 54 117 63 15 6 27 2 1 20 2 2 0 5 2 2 9 *13 7.75 69 265 510 305 534 121 Snider 371 30 91 52 13 7 16 0 0 28 8 0 0 *7 0 3 7 11 2.1 75 245 447 306 486 111 Roush 243 25 60 12 8 6 1 28 12 13 3 0 2 0 1 1 6 3 1.33 38 247 342 292 438 82 Cepeda (-CF)121 14 23 17 3 0 7 0 0 10 7 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 2 22 190 388 265 435 40 Wheat (-CF) 81 5 18 6 3 2 0 0 0 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 13 222 309 250 333 28 Pitchers Mathewson 47 3 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 0 0 1 2 0 7.33 5 149 213 184 249 25 Koufax 66 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8.08 18 076 076 153 153 30 Marichal 78 5 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 6 16 103 103 157 157 30 Drysdale 54 4 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 4 13 130 278 145 291 25 McGinnity 38 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 132 158 195 220 24 Spahn 51 4 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 5.75 8 137 157 228 246 27 Hubbell 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 2.83 0 045 045 087 045 91 Nichols 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.33 4 097 097 097 097 73 Jackie Robinson also played 2B, LF Eddie Mathews also played 1B, LF Orlando Cepeda also played 1B Flew/popped into double plays: Roush, Snider 2, Campanella, Mays, Aaron, Cepeda, Cox 2 Opp. SB% vs. PB: Campanella 73.5 (161-219) 15 SB%: Frisch 76.4 Mays 75.9 Roush 70 JRobinsn68.2 Reese 62.6 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 5272 473 1160 439 187 56 127 218 83 72.4 393 106 41 59 35 25 57 80 68 745 220 349 277 418 Avg/G 32.5 2.9 8.2 2.7 1.2 .4 .8 1.35.5 2.4 .65 .25.4 .2 .15.35 4.6 Number of times cut before game McInnis 1B 28 E.Mathews 3B 24 F.Robinson OF 21 Hodges 1B 20 Ott 3B/LF 18 J.Robinson UT 18 Wheat OF 17 Cepeda LF 15 Cox 3B/SS 4 Roush OF 3 Aaron RF 3 G.Davis 1B 1 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 Starters Mathewsn159.3 129 54 51 71 19 25 2.88 11-9 0 2 2 0 1 44 8 25 8 .214 .366 .246 .406 Koufax 214 159 55 51 178 42 30 *2.02 14-6 0 *7 3 1 1 35 12 30 12 .204 .279* .272 *.327 Marichal240.6 182 62 60 145 37 30 2.24 14-9 0 5 4 1 *9 60 12 30 12 .210 .335 .256 .371 McGinity133.3 152 74 72 31 43 24 4.86 6-13 0 1 1 1 3 54 3 24 3 .287 .442 .354 .511 Drysdale168.3 155 75 69 111 38 25 3.69 8-14 0 3 2 1 4 55 6 25 6 .242 .392 .297 .440 Spahn 172 178 64 53 57 35 27 2.77 10-11 0 3 2 0 2 36 8 27 8 .260 .397 .322 .451 Relievers Hubbell 209 181 72 64 91 35 *91 2.76 8-13 15 0 4 1 6 57 0 0 57*.234 .366 .280 .397 Nichols 168.6 139 55 51 55 34 73 2.72 9-5 6 0 3 1 3 41 0 0 56 .213 .334 .269 .378 Opp. SB vs. individual pitchers: Mathewson 18-23 78.3% Hubbell 9-15 60.0% Nichols 18-29 62.1% Koufax 20-31 64.5% Marichal 30-45 66.7% McGinnity 21-26 80.8% Drysdale 15-20 75.0% Spahn 24-30 80.0% Approx team Totals IP H R ER SO BB RA ERA W-L SV Sho HB BK WP EBH CG Avg Slg OBP EBA 1465.3 1275 511 471 739 283 3.14 2.89 80-80 21 21 21 6 29 382 49 230 360 285 406 Avg/Game 9.0 7.9 4.6 1.7 .1 .1 .1 0 .2 2.4 .3 Times started in each spot of the lineup: 1st-Terry 80 times, Frisch 24, J.Robinson 24, Roush 7, Cox 7, Wheat 6, Reese 5, Cepeda 2, G.Davis 2, McInnis 2, Campanella, Mays, Aaron 2nd-Frisch 110, Cox 23, J.Robinson 8, Terry 5, Mays 4, Rousch 3, Reese 3, G.Davis 2, McInnis 2, Cepeda, Hodges 3rd-Snider 70, Mays 60, Roush 16, Cepeda 5, Terry 2, Wheat 2, F.Robinson 2, Frisch, Ott, Reese, Aaron 4th- Aaron 79, Campanella 50, J.Robinson 6, Ott 5, Terry 4, Wheat 4, Rousch 2, Frisch 2, Mays, Snider, F.Robinson, McInnis 5th- Mays 63, Cepeda 16, G.Davis 15, Snider 11, Ott 8, Campanella 8, F.Robinson 8, Terry 6, J.Robinson 5, Mathews 4, Hodges 3, Cox 2, Roush 2, Frisch, Reese 6th- Reese 91, G. Davis 12, Cox 12, Roush 11, Snider 6, Frisch 4, Cepeda 4, Mathews 3, Campanella 2, Mays, J.Robinson, Hodges 7th- Cox 68, Reese 41, G. Davis 14, Roush 13, Cepeda 10, Frisch 6, Campanella 3, F.Robinson 3, Snider 2, Ott, Terry, J.Robinson, Hodges 8th- Campanella 96, Aaron 34, Cox 13, F.Robinson 7, Mathews 3, Frisch 2, Terry, Wheat, Cepeda 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 (3)36 26(1) 3.6-2.6 (3).239 11(T1) 36 26 11 8 20 (3)82 63(1) 4.1-3.1 (3).227 21(T1) 46 37 10 6 30 (3)112 80(1) 3.7-2.7 (1).249 29(1) 30 17 8 5 40 (3)139 112(1) 3.5-2.8 (1).243 35(1) 27 32 6 4 50 (3)171 144(1) 3.4-2.8 (3).234 40(1) 32 32 5 6 60 (3)197 180(1) 3.3-3.0 (3).227 46(3) 26 36 6 5 70 (3)215 213(1) 3.1-3.0 (3).225 49(3) 18 33 3 4 80 (3)239 235(1) 3.0-2.9(T3).222 54(3) 24 22 5 6 90 (3)271 275(1) 3.0-3.1 (3).223 60(3) 32 40 6 3 100 (3)292 306(1) 2.9-3.1 (4).219 66(3) 21 31 6 3 110 (3)336 335(1) 3.1-3.0(T3).223 73(3) 44 29 7 7 120 (3)364 383(1) 3.0-3.2 (4).221 86(3) 28 48 13 3 130 (3)392 409(1) 3.0-3.1 (4).219 95(3) 28 26 9 5 140 (3)416 444(1) 3.0-3.1 (4).218 104(3) 24 35 9 3 150 (3)445 471(1) 3.0-3.1 (4).218 115(3) 29 27 11 7 Final(3)473 511(1) 2.9-3.2 (4).220 127(3) 38 in 12 40 in 12 12 in 12 5 in 12 Other info: The bullpen once surrendered just 6 runs in 33.3 innings, giving up only 9 hits during that time. Mel Ott ended the year on a 10 for 37 roll with 2 of his 3 doubles and his sole homer. Sandy Koufax had hits in his last 2 at-bats after starting 3 for 64. In the last 5 games between the NLE and NLW teams, there were a combined 9 wild pitches. Eddie Mathews began the year 7 for 64. Game 99 was the first time the team fell under .500. Christy Mathewson started the year 7-1 then went 2-7. He began 5 for 21 at the plate and then went 2 for his final 26. Mathewson's pitching slump began when he entered a game 7-1 with a 1.68 ERA and allowed, to the backups for an opponent, a single to Kaline, a triple to Brooks Robinson, a double to Ruth and a homer to Ken Williams, jacking his ERA up to 2.29. In the next game, it would rise to 2.79. The team once had 34 consecutive scoreless innings. Kid Nichols pitched 23 innings (and walked seven) in the first eight games of the second half. Games 127-129 belonged to Aaron and Mays: GWR GWRBI POTG 127 Aaron Mays Aaron/Mays 128 Mays Mays Mays 129 Aaron Aaron Aaron Bill Terry had a span of streaks and slumps: 23-65 then 4-28 then 13-27 then 7-38 then 5-12 and then 0-14. His EBA was at .500 as late as plate appearance number 197. He was hitting .300 as late as at bat 333 then went into a 12 for 74 slide. Koufax once pitched a 16-inning shutout. The team went 44-37 in the first half but began the second half 5-13 and 22-35 before 6 straight wins. Pee Wee Reese scored 19 runs in the team's 1st 62 games then had only 8 in the last 100. He walked 5 times in 32 games then 14 times in 22. He was slugging under .250 and hitting under .180 then went 14 for 32 before a 7-64 slump, which in turn was followed by a 12 for 58 stretch with 13 walks. 5 of the first 7 extra-base hits off Juan Marichal were triples. Marichal didn't allow an unearned run till his 193rd inning. Hank Aaron succesfully stole home TWICE but was caught in his only attempt for second. Roy Campanella didn't score a game-winning run till his 32rd run, in the 106th game of the year. Drysdale started the year 0-2 - the rest of the staff, to that point, was 8-1. Iron Man McGinnitty gave up 3 homers in 14 hames then 2 in his next outing, 5 in his next 3. He allowed only 5 homers in the 30 extra-base hits he surrended in the first half. Willie Mays's EBA was .781 after game 29 and .600 as late as plate appearance 249 - and was down to .531 27 appearances later. In one 9-game stretch, he went 13 for 32 with 9 RBIs, 3 doubles, 8 runs, 2 homers, 2 walks and 5 steals. He had one sac fly in 125 games then had sac flies in his next 2 games. He was batting .300 as late as PA 170 and was down to .236 by at-bat number 254. Aaron once hit 11 homers in a 20 game span. His EBA was over .600 as late as plate appearance number 84. Of his first twelve extra base hits, one was a double, 3 were triples and eight were homers. He started the season 32 for 100 with 7 homers then went 0 for 25 - a 26-84 roll with 3 homers followed, then an 0-11 slump and finally a 17-56 stretch with 4 homers, 5 doubles, 10 RBIs and 9 runs. Warren Spahn had a 1.37 WHIP after 78.6 innings (13 games) but had a 5-3 record. Frank Robinson started 8 for 46 with 1 RBI then went 9 for 16 with 5 RBIs, with 3 3-hit games Carl Hubbell had a 1.60 ERA, 4-1 record and 3 saves in 55.3 innings and had allowed just 40 hits. He then gave up 5 runs and 10 hits in 11 innings followed by an even worse period of 15 runs and 23 hits in 12.6, raising his ERA to 2.89. Opponent stats went from .201/.307/.256/.319 (AVG/SLG/OBP/EBA) to .245/.402/.291/.417 to end the first half. To begin the second half, he had 14.3 scoreless innings, allowing just 8 hits, and picking up 3 saves. The staff was 11-2 with a 2.36 ERA to begin the year, except for Drysdale and McGinnitty, who were 0-3 with a 5.72 ERA. The staff was 14-7 with a 1.85 ERA to start off, except Drysdale, McGinnity and Spahn, who were 4-5 with a 3.58 ERA. The staff was 19-8 with a 2.05 ERA except for Drysdale and McGinnity, who were ?11-8? with a 4.12 ERA. Glenn Davis's first 3 hits were 2 doubles and a home run. He started off 18 for 61 then went 4 for 26 (the start of a 7-45 run). After those 106 AB, he had another hot stretch, hitting 12 for 31 with 3 homers, 4 doubles, a triple and 7 RBIs. He then went just 2 for 16 but recovered to go 5 for 8 with 2 homers. He then finished the season 0 for 6. Drysdale started the second half with 10.6 innings, 10 hits, 2 runs (both earned), 9 K's and one walk then gave up a single, another single, an intentional walk to Johnny Mize, a bases loaded walk to Mike Cuellar (his first time on base all season), and two more bases-loaded walks to Wagner and Vaughan before leaving. In the first half, 2 of his 3 wins were shutouts. He was 3-7 with a 2.96 ERA. He didn't allow his second home run till his 46th inning then gave up 5 in 3 innings - followed by 15 straight without a homer and then another 3 in 6 innings. Cox once had a 17-113 slump. He didn't have a game-winning RBI till the 69th game. The Bullpen gave up 1 run ion the first 33 innings not vs. Ruth's team, with the following line: 32.6 17 1 1 11 6 Hubbell 13.6 8 0 0 3 1 3 Sv Nichols 19 9 1 1 8 5 3-0