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Week 7 Summary

Week 7 is done and all teams have passed the 40-games-played mark now, Cleveland is the last. There hasn't been much change in the standings as the two teams on top were able to expand their leads a little and right behind them is where the action is. Both leagues feature a gaggle of teams all vying to move up in the standings but as they all keep playing each other it results in no real changes. Someone is likely going to get hot soon and go on a winning streak. There are several trades and other layer movements in the queue for this coming week, so maybe that will be a catalyst for someone.

Tommy Henrich
St. Louis lost their last two games of the week but maintain a comfortable 4.0 game lead. The Cardinals lead the NL in hitting and in ERA and by a pretty good margin in both. Boston has 1.0 game lead over Philadelphia, with New York 0.5 games behind Philadelphia. These three have formed a wall to separate themselves from the teams below them, but they are also preventing each other from gaining an advantage. Pittsburgh did not have a good week as their offense (i.e., Ralph Kiner) had a quiet week and holes in their pitching have started to become exposed. Brooklyn continues to show signs they are ready to get hot, but they have done this before and they haven’t been able to maintain. Cincinnati and Chicago are both fighting to stay out of the cellar and both of these teams have significant roster changes coming up in the next week.

Boston simply refuses to go on a losing streak and has opened a 6.5 game lead over second-place New York. Like their first place counterparts in the NL the Red Sox lead in both hitting and pitching. Will their pitching hold up? So far it has been excellent. New York maintains a potent offense and their pitching continues to show improvement. No Joe DiMaggio in the lineup yet. There is a three-game gap between #3 and #6 as Cleveland fell back a little this past week. Detroit and Chicago have remained tied the whole week, and the two have toggled in and out of fourth place with Philadelphia. Detroit is third in hitting and third in pitching and have been showing improvement. Chicago is fading but is still dangerous when you least expect it. St. Louis and Washington are fighting each other to stay out of last place, but continue to occasionally bedevil their AL opponents.

Dick Fowler
Stan Musial (.380) leads the NL in hitting over Harry Walker (.368) and Eddie Waitkus (.363). Despite having a rather quiet week Ralph Kiner still leads in runs (45) and RBI's (45). Following Kiner are Pee Wee Reese (41) and Musial (38) in runs, and Del Ennis (40) and Jackie Robinson (40) in RBI's. Four players are tied for the lead in hits (62): Musial, Robinson, Waitkus, and Richie Ashburn. Ennis and Waitkus share the lead in doubles (15) over Reese and Roy Campanella (13 each).  Kiner (14) has the lead in homeruns, just ahead of Hank Sauer (13) and Andy Pafko (13). Eddie Stanky leads both leagues with 50 walks. The same three pitchers lead in the NL: Harry Brecheen (9-0), Warren Spahn (8-1), and Sheldon Jones (8-2), with Ralph Branca (7-2) trying to join the party with two wins this past week.

George Kell is still hitting over .400 (.409), ahead of Ted Williams (.381) and Luke Appling (.374). Williams leads in runs (49) over Eddie Joost (43) and Dom DiMaggio (40). Vern Stephens has the lead in RBI's (50), ahead of Williams (46), Tommy Henrich (45) and Sam Chapman (44). Kell (72) leads in hits, well ahead of Bob Dillinger (62) and Vic Wertz (61). Hank Majeski still leads in doubles (15), over Joost (14) and Kell (13). Stephens has the homerun lead (16), on top of Henrich (14) and Williams (12). Mel Parnell (8-1), Ellis Kinder (7-1) and Eddie Lopat (6-1) are the leaders in wins.


Ralpha Branca
Stat-wise the league batting average and ERA continues to come around. The NL ERA was down as well, although Sunday's results undid some of that. Sacrifice hits are in line in both leagues but bear watching. The stolen base attempts in the NL are the next area to require a little TLC going forward. A little math shows me I am 37 attempts short from being right on the projection, and while being right on the projection isn't my goal, I do want to be relatively close. The saves and complete games are within the margin, AL walks are down, NL walks are up, and strikeouts continue to be well up in both leagues. All in all, I am satisfied with what has transpired so far and am looking to what is coming up. There are several significant player transactions coming up in the next two weeks as teams try to shuffle their lineups to stay in contention.


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