TCBA Yearbook |
1938 |
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INDEX Seasons 1911 1912 1913 1921 1922 1923 1930 1931 1932 1940 1941 1942 1950 1951 1952 1960 1961 1962 1970 1971 1972 1980 1981 1982 1990 1991 1992 2000 2001 2002 2010 2011 2012 2020 2021 2022 Miscellaneous |
Comments - Bob Wood - The
results are in, and here is the recap of our award winners. Baltimore's Charlie Gehringer hit
.411, earning the Orioles a bonus of 1.0 points Jimmie Foxx (Sacramento) and Hank Greenberg
(Long Island) shared the home run title with 45 apiece, each earning their
club 1.0 points The Big Cat, Johnny Mize of Bergen earned the
Barflies 1.0 points with his league leading 165 rbi. Kilkenny's Lou Fette won 24
games, more than any other pitcher in the league, giving
the Gaelics 1.0 points. Another Division winner, Siouxland,
relied upon a pitcher to earn bonus points. In this case, it was
Lefty Gomez who not only led the league with an ERA of 1.56 but fanned a
total of 271 hitters, giving the Explorers 2.0 bonus points. Long Island's pitchers had a league best 3.58
ERA, earning the Islanders 0.5 points Led by Gomez, the Explorer pitching staff
struck out 805 opponents to lead all teams and add 0.5 points to
the Siouxland total. Bradenton hitters hit at a .315 clip, giving
the Buckeyes 0.5 points, but it was the sluggers of
South Starrucca that led the league in both homeruns (145) and in
runs scored (1,070) to earn 1.0 points for the Ainspans. Newton and Baltimore fielders each finished
with a percentage of .976 which earned their clubs 0.5 points apiece. For the 2nd year in a row, it was Bergen's
defense that led the league in double plays, turning 185 this year to give
the Barflies another 0.5 points. Three pitchers won 8 straight
starts. Two were Gaelics (Eldon Auker and
Lou Fette) and the third was Bill Lee of Mimosa. Each pitcher
earned 0.5 points for his team (so the Gaelics collect twice). Lee also matched the longest scoreless streak
of 32.0 innings, along with Dizzy Dean of Bradenton. Both
the Mirthmakers and the Buckeyes receive .05 points apiece for
those efforts. Long Island's Heinie Manush hit
in 29 straight games. Lou Gehrig of Newton reached base in 53
consecutive contests. Bill Dickey of Hyde Park and Hank Greenberg
of Long Island both hit homers in 5 games in a row. Earl Averill
of Kilkenny played 141 games without an error. Each of
those achievements earned 0.5 points for their respective teams. Gold Gloves win 0.5 points for each player
winning, or sharing, the award. The winners were: 2B - Burgess Whitehead, Newton, 19 points 3B - Red Rolfe (Sacramento) and Odell Hale
(Annapolis), 17 points apiece SS - Dick Bartell (Wilderness, 19 points LF - Vince DiMaggio (Mexicali, 18 points) CF - Ben Chapman (Bergen, 19 points) RF - Earl Averill (Kilkenny - our only
unanimous winner with 20 points) 1B - Hank Greenberg (LI) and Jimmie Foxx (SM)
with .995 averages each C - Bill Dickey (Hyde Park, 17 points) P - Bucky Walters (Newton with 70 successful
chances 1.000 pct) To summarize: 3.0 points - Kilkenny and Long
Island 2.5 points - Siouxland 2.0 points - Bergen, Newton and Sacramento 1.5 points - Baltimore 1.0 points - Bradenton, Hyde Park, Mimosa and
South Starrucca 0.5 points - Annapolis, Mexicali and
Wilderness 0.0 points - Chesapeake and Waukesha |