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Deal is Done, McAuliffe Buys Memphis Red Sox
Monday, October 29th , 2001
Today Nate Booth, owner of the Memphis Red Sox, announced the sale of his team to Erik McAuliffe. McAuliffe is said to be a demanding character, with a fiscal personality of controlling. The Red Sox finished the regular season with a 73-89 record, last place in the American League Bill James Division.
BNN Stats: Batting Split Stats Leaders
Monday, October 29th , 2001
Here is a peek at the top 5 hitters leading the Whirled Baseball in home runs with one out.

Babe Ruth, NYY, 25
Mickey Mantle, NYY, 24
Larry Walker, OTT, 24
Lance Berkman, CLE, 22
José Canseco, MCG, 21
Breaking WBL News: Development Facilities Open
Monday, October 29th , 2001
With the season over and the final out recorded, teams are already looking towards the next year. Coaches, trainers, and staff are up the next day at the crack of dawn, moving pitching mounds into place, setting up equipment, loosening their arms, and prepping plans for the players they will be working with. With the doors of their development complexes open, organizations can now send players to their facility for personalized offseason work, in order to improve specific aspects of their game.

You can find the screen for the development facility on the team's development tab, all the rules are properly explained there.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Josh Gibson - HOM
.400
2 Ty Cobb DET .386
3 Turkey Stearnes SFS .357
4 Joe Jackson CAG .355
5 Tony Gwynn HOU .341
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Babe Ruth - NYY
73
2 José Canseco MCG 68
3 Lou Gehrig NYY 63
3 Aaron Judge PHI 63
5 3 tied with   59
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Babe Ruth - NYY
167
2 Josh Gibson HOM 145
3 Lance Berkman CLE 143
3 Ron Blomberg CLE 143
5 Ty Cobb DET 140
LEAGUE LEADERS W
Luis Padrón - IND
23
2 Eddie Plank SFS 20
3 Orel Hershiser BRK 19
4 Bump Hadley SFS 18
4 2 more tied with   18
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Luis Padrón - IND
3.22
2 Toad Ramsey HOU 3.23
3 A. Rube Foster KAN 3.30
4 Orel Hershiser BRK 3.69
4 Fernando Valenzuela BRK 3.69
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Toad Ramsey - HOU
282
2 Ron Guidry NYY 251
3 Lefty Grove SFS 230
4 Luis Padrón IND 220
5 2 tied with   207
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AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS
Bill James Division W L PCT GB
New York Black Yankees 90 72 .556 -
Cleveland Spiders 89 73 .549 1.0
Detroit Wolverines 81 82 .497 9.5
Baltimore Black Sox 77 85 .475 13.0
Memphis Red Sox 73 89 .451 17.0
Cumberland Posey Division W L PCT GB
San Francisco Sea Lions 103 59 .636 -
Miami Cuban Giants 80 83 .491 23.5
Los Angeles Angels 74 88 .457 29.0
Chicago American Giants 73 89 .451 30.0
Portland Sea Dogs 71 91 .438 32.0
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS
Effa Manley Division W L PCT GB
Brooklyn Royal Giants 99 63 .611 -
Philadelphia Stars 87 75 .537 12.0
Homestead Grays 77 85 .475 22.0
Ottawa Mounties 76 86 .469 23.0
New York Gothams 75 87 .463 24.0
Marvin Miller Division W L PCT GB
Houston Colt 45s 85 77 .525 -
Indianapolis ABCs 80 83 .491 5.5
Kansas City Monarchs 79 84 .485 6.5
Wandering House of David 78 84 .481 7.0
Birmingham Black Barons 75 87 .463 10.0
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