April 24th

Series VI saw the Kansas City Monarchs slow down the runaway steam train of the New York Black Yankees (they split a four game series) and the Portland Sea Dogs streak into first place of the Marvin Miller Division by taking 4 straight from the San Francisco Sea Lions.

League Standings | League Stats

Leading SP: Walter Johnson (POR), 4-0, 2.23 ERA, 1.13 WHIP; Don Drysedale (BRK), 4-0, 1.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP; Ron Guidry (NYY), 4-1, 2.32 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 51 K.

Leading RP: Johan Santana (POR), 0-1, 4.00 ERA, 11 Sv; Tom Henke (OTT), 0.90 ERA, 7 Sv; Bob Howry (PHI) 7 Sv; Ron Reed (PHI) 0-0, 2 Sv, 6 H.

Leading Batters: Babe Ruth (NYY), 449/534/867, 11 HR, 34 R, 32 RBI, 44 H; Jake Stenzel (IND), 261/330/420, 11 2B; Eric Davis (NYY), 290/309/542, 34 RBI; Rickey Henderson 244/421/337, 25 BB, 16 SB.

Boldface indicates league leading mark.

Streaks

Babe Ruth’s hitting streak ended at 23 games, leaving the Wandering House of David‘s Ernie Banks (19 games) and Ruth’s teammate Albert Belle (14 games) as the longest active streaks. Belle has also driven in a run in his last 8 games.

Four players (Bob Bailey of the Detroit Wolverines, Banks, Willie Mays of the New York Gothams, and Frank McCormick of the Birmingham Black Barons) have active streaks of 10 games of reaching base safely.

The Miami Cuban GiantsCamilo Pascual hasn’t allowed a run in his last 15 innings.

Series VI Results

Three Game Series

Cleveland Spiders over House of David

Series Sweeps

Portland over San Francisco

Taking 3 out of 4 in Series VI

Birmingham over Indianapolis ABC’s
Chicago American Giants over Philadelphia Stars
Memphis Red Sox over Homestead Grays

Series Splits

Baltimore Black Sox @ Houston Colt 45’s
Brooklyn Royal Giants @ Miami
Detroit v New York Gothams
Kansas City v New York Black Yankees
Ottawa Mounties v Los Angeles Angels