Monday, July 11, 1949
My first and second choices for my first half of the season replay results:
American League Replay All-Star Team
Catcher - Birdie Tebbetts (Boston)
Tebbetts is hitting .328 and proving Boston with some offensive punch at the bottom of their lineup. His defense has been a plus as well. Yogi Berra got off to a slow start, but stepped up and provided New York some much-needed punch while Joe DiMaggio was out.
First Base - Eddie Robinson (Washington)
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| Jack Graham |
Robinson is hitting .311 and providing Washington with experienced leadership to its young players. Jack Graham has hit sixteen homeruns for beleaguered St. Louis.
Second Base - Joe Gordon (Cleveland)
This was a close one - Bobby Doerr is hitting .264, Gordon .246, both play solid defense, but despite a hot start Doerr only has five homeruns while Gordon has fourteen.
Third Base - George Kell (Detroit)
Kell has led the league in hitting almost from the beginning of the season and has recently added doubles to his score. Johnny Pesky is hitting .321 in setting the table for Ted Williams.
Shortstop - Vern Stephens (Boston)
Stephens' homeruns (27), RBI's (81), and steady defense have been crucial to Boston's hot start. Luke Appling is hitting .363 and leading a surprising Chicago team.
Left Field - Ted Williams
Who else? Hitting .359 with 27 homeruns and 90 RBI's, Williams was an obvious choice. Roy Sievers is hitting .310 and enjoying a fine rookie year for St. Louis.
Center Field - Larry Doby (Cleveland)
Doby is hitting .310 with fifteen homeruns, along with his defense and speed has helped to keep Cleveland in contention all season. Sam Chapman has fifteen homeruns and 64 RBI's for Philadelphia.
Right Field - Tommy Henrich (New York)
Henrich carried New York through their early season struggles with his 21 homeruns and 62 RBI's. Vic Wertz is hitting .350 and has hit twelve homeruns with 61 RBI's and provided Detroit with solid punch all season
Pitcher - Vic Raschi (RHSP, New York) and Mel Parnell (LHSP, Boston)
Parnell (12-5) helped get Boston off to their fast start, but Raschi (13-5) has helped the Yankees mid-season resurgence.
National League Replay All-Star Team
Catcher - Roy Campanella (Brooklyn)
Brooklyn's struggled in the first half are well known, but Campanella has been a steadying presence in turning around the Dodgers pitching staff. Walker Cooper, now with Cincinnati, has provided some pop in the middle of the lineup all season.
First Base - Eddie Waitkus (Philadelphia)
Waitkus obviously won’t be playing in an All-Star game this year, but his .370 batting average and good defense helped Philadelphia get off to a fast start, and now that he is out the Phillies have definitely struggled. Johnny Mize got off to a fast start, then struggled for a while, but is hitting .326 with sixteen homeruns and 51 RBI's.
Second Base - Red Schoendienst (St. Louis)
Schoendienst or Jackie Robinson - I couldn’t go wrong with either one. Robinson has often carried Brooklyn this season, while Schoendienst has been at the top of the lineup for the Redbird Express.
Third Base - Bob Elliott (Boston)
Elliott is hitting .320 with twelve homeruns and 64 RBI's in leading Boston in their race for second place. Eddie Kazak has been a pleasant surprise as a rookie third baseman for St. Louis.
Shortstop - Marty Marion (St. Louis)
Marion has provided steady defense for St. Louis and has hit .308 and contributed a surprising 55 RBI's. Pee Wee Reese has been a steady force at the top of the Brooklyn lineup.
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| Carl Furillo |
Left Field - Ralph Kiner (Pittsburgh)
Kiner has been an offensive force for Pittsburgh with 23 homeruns and 77 RBI's so far this season, and when he had his slow spell the Pirates really suffered. Enos Slaughter is hitting .393 for St. Louis and has been on a real hitting streak recently.
Center Field - Bobby Thomson (New York)
Thomson has eighteen homeruns and 67 RBI's in leading a sometimes sporadic New York offense. Andy Pafko has nineteen doubles and twenty homeruns for Chicago.
Right Field - Stan Musial (St. Louis)
Musial is hitting .361 and has driven in 56 runs and has provided a spark to St. Louis all season. Carl Furillo leads Brooklyn with eleven homeruns and has driven in 48.
Pitcher - Warren Spahn (LHSP, Boston) and Ralph Branca (RHSP, Brooklyn)
It helps that Spahn (14-2) is getting 6+ runs of support every outing, but Spahn has been relentless all season. Brooklyn's comeback has been tied its pitching and Branca (11-4) has been at the forefront of this resurgence.
Tuesday, July 12, 1949
Other than naming my replay All-Start squad I am not planning to do anything more than that. The link above takes you to the box score for the 1949 All-Star game, and as usual, Baseball-Reference.com does a nice job. Both rosters are listed, plenty of pictures, as well as the box score itself.
Wednesday, July 13, 1949
Now that the All-Star game is over it is time to get back to the business of the second half of the season. But first - a travel day. The easternmost team of the AL will be playing in the Midwest and as usual, vice versa for the NL.
Thursday, July 14, 1949
Note: Washington acquired reliever Al Gettel from Chicago (AL) for cash. Chicago (AL) acquired catcher Eddie Malone from Chicago (NL) to replace Gettel on the roster.
Chicago (AL) (H) 10 Washington 6
Washington scored four times in the third and looked strong early, but then the Chicago offense kicked in and ran away with it. Four different White Sox players had three hits on the day and Max Surkont (6-1) picked up the win in relief.
Cleveland (H) 6 Philadelphia (AL) 0
Cleveland starter Bob Lemon (8-7) threw a two-hitter in shutting out Philadelphia to start their second half of the season. Alex Kellner (7-4) struggled, allowing eleven hits and five walks.
Detroit (H) 4 Boston (AL) 3
George Kell put the Tigers ahead with a two-out three-run double in the second inning and Art Houtteman (8-2) made that lead stand up. Houtteman has been an important part of Detroit's mid-season resurgence.
St. Louis (AL) (H) 6 New York (AL) 5
New York starter Allie Reynolds (6-7) just didn’t have it today as St. Louis scored two in the first, two in the second and then two more in the fourth. Karl Drews (6-6) and the Browns bullpen held off a furious Yankees rally to complete the win.
Chicago (NL) 8 Boston (NL) (H) 4
Chicago was leading 2-1 at the completion of the sixth inning but then the Cubs offense scored three times in the seventh and then added another three in the ninth to win going away. Andy Pafko went 3-for-4 with four RBI's in support of Dutch Leonard (3-12).
Brooklyn (H) 2 Cincinnati 0
Brooklyn starter Joe Hatten (4-8) had a pretty miserable first half but he got his second half off to a good start with a three-hit shutout. Duke Snider tripled home a run in the sixth and was then singled home by Gil Hodges, spoiling an otherwise good outing by Howie Fox (7-8)
New York (NL) (H) 4 Pittsburgh 0
New York starter Larry Jansen (8-7) handcuffed the Pittsburgh batters today with a complete game shutout. Bobby Thomson (#19, 68) got the scoring started with a homerun in the fourth and then Johnny Mize (#17, 53) ended it with a two run homerun in the eighth.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 8 St. Louis (NL) 4
Philadelphia shortstop Granny Hamner, batting second in the lineup, hit a two run homerun in the first and the Phillies were off and running. Catcher Andy Seminick added a three run homerun in the second and Ken Heintzelman (7-6) did the rest.
Friday, July 15, 1949
Chicago (AL) (H) 7 Washington 4
Washington scored two in the top of the first, but by the end of the fifth Chicago was ahead 3-2. The Senators tied in the seventh and the game eventually went into extra innings. Both teams scored once in the tenth and then in the bottom of the eleventh George Metkovich hit a three run homerun for a White Sox winner.
Cleveland (H) Philadelphia (AL) 0
Bob Feller followed up his Sunday no-hitter with a shutout over Philadelphia, Cleveland's second shutout over Philadelphia in two days. Feller also went 3-for-4 (.356) with two runs scored and two RBI's, a double, and his first homerun of the season.
Boston (AL) 4 Detroit (H) 2
Vern Stephens (#28, 83) hit a two run homerun in the top of the first but Pat Mullin did likewise in the bottom of the first, and then the pitching duel started. Ellis Kinder (13-2) eventually prevailed over Hal Newhouser (10-7) as the Red Sox eventually pushed across two runs to win a tight one.
New York (AL) 6 St. Louis (AL) (H) 0
Eddie Lopat (12-2) threw a three-hitter and shutout St. Louis in his first start of the second half. Lopat also went 2-for-4 (.327) with a double and two RBI's in a four-run second inning that put the Yankees ahead to stay.
Boston (NL) (H) 15 Chicago (NL) 5
Boston led 10-0 after the fourth as the Braves hitters collected eighteen hits and seven walks on the day. Pete Reiser made his first start in a couple of weeks and went 4-for-5 with five RBIs and Tommy Holmes had a 3-for-5 day with four RBI's. Warren Spahn (15-2) got the win although he did relax a little and let the Cubs have a few runs late.
Note: Jeff Heath made his first appearance for Boston in the field today (he had made a pinch-hit appearance in May). Heath had broken his leg late last season, causing him to miss the 1948 World Series, and had just now been given clearance to fully resume play.
Cincinnati 3 Brooklyn (H) 0
Cincinnati start Ken Raffensberger (6-12) had the good stuff today as he held Brooklyn to only two hits and threw a complete game shutout. Raffensberger also went 2-for-4 at the plate with two doubles and drove in the first run of the game in the third.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 9 t. Louis (NL) 4
Robin Roberts (7-7) gave up a homerun to Stan Musial in the first and that was all the runs he gave up until Ron Northey hit a three run homerun in the ninth. In between the Phillies hit six doubles and walked away with an easy win.
Saturday, July 16, 1949
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| Augie Galan |
Note: Philadelphia (AL) acquired pinch-hitter/utility player Augie Galan from New York (NL) for cash.
Washington 14 Chicago (AL) (H) 3
Washington pounded Chicago pitching for eighteen hits and six walks, although they managed to combine those hits and walks to efficiently score their fourteen runs in only four different innings. Eddie Robinson hit a grand slam in the sixth to really put the game out of reach.
Cleveland (H) 7 Philadelphia (AL) 2
After two consecutive shutouts, Philadelphia finally scored their first run of the second half of the season in the third inning, but this followed a six-run second inning by Cleveland, so they were already in a hole. Steve Gromek (6-5) continued the Indians run of good pitching outings. Athletics catcher Buddy Rosar made his first appearance on over five weeks when he pinch-hit in the ninth.
Boston (AL) 2 Detroit (H) 0
Both Mel Parnell (13-5) and Virgil Trucks threw three hitters today, but Boston managed to use their hits to score some runs and claimed the win. Birdie Tebbetts drove in a run in the fifth and Bobby Doerr picked up an insurance RBI in the eighth.
New York (AL) 8 St. Louis (AL) (H) 3
St. Louis scored three times in the first and really missed their opportunity to blow the game wide open with an inning-ending double play. New York immediately began their comeback and by the end of the fourth led 4-3 and then went on to win going away from there. Tommy Byrne (7-5) got through his first inning jitters and went on to pick up the complete game victory.
Boston (NL) (H) 4 Chicago (NL) 0
First baseman Elbie Fletcher, batting second for Boston, hit a two run homerun in the first and for a while, it looked like that might be the only runs in the game. The Braves finally scored two more in the eighth thanks to some shaky Chicago defense. Johnny Sain (8-9) got the shutout and Bob Chipman (4-5) took the loss despite actually allowing fewer hits than Sain (4-5).
Brooklyn (H) 4 Cincinnati 1
Cincinnati scored first with one in the third but Duke Snider homered (#7, 54) to tie the score in the bottom of the third. The Brooklyn offense then kept up the pressure by eventually taking the lead and adding some insurance late. Preacher Roe (8-6) got the win and Rex Barney closed out the game for the save.
Pittsburgh 8 New York (NL) (H) 5 (GM 1)
Pittsburgh scored four in the first and then two more in the fourth to take a quick 6-0 lead. New York got to back with one after the seventh, but the Pirates scored two more in the ninth for a little cushion. Ralph Kiner drove in three runs to give him 80 RBI's on the season and Bob Chesnes (5-7) took the game one win.
Pittsburgh 11 New York (NL) (H) 2 (GM 2)
Pittsburgh has been going through a rough few weeks and a convincing doubleheader sweep over the second place team will likely allow them to puff their chest for a while. Third baseman Pete Castiglione went 4-for-6 with four RBI's in the leadoff spot, center fielder Dino Restelli went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored, and Tiny Bonham (4-2) was glad to get the run support.
St. Louis (NL) 13 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 7
St. Louis jumped off to a 6-0 lead after the top of the first and then held on for a not-so-easy victory. Philadelphia hung around and eventually got to win one with the score 8-7 after the eighth. The Cardinals then exploded for a five-run ninth to give themselves some cushion. Stan Musial went 3-for-5 (.362) and scored four runs and Enos Slaughter went 5-for-5 to get his average back up to .404.
Sunday, July 17, 1949
It's a short week because of the All-Star break but it's a doubleheader Sunday, this time with five doubleheaders on the docket, including four in the American League. The schedule also shows that several teams jumped on trains after their Saturday games to play somewhere else on Sunday.
New York (AL) 7 Chicago (AL) (H) 6 (GM 1)
They didn't score a run until the fifth inning but New York soon led 4-0 as Vic Raschi was mastering Chicago early. All of a sudden the White Sox bats awoke and they scored five runs in the seventh and took the lead, and then added to the lead with one more in the eighth. In the top of the ninth the Yankees got one back and then Joe DiMaggio hit a two run homerun and suddenly the Yankees had the lead again. In the bottom of the ninth Joe Page (3-4) got two outs and then walked the bases loaded, but finally got the final out with no more damage being done.
Note: This happened:
Chicago (AL) (H) 7 New York (AL) 0 (GM 2)
Chicago starter Billy Pierce (4-9) limited New York to four hits and shutout the visitors in game two. George Metkovich went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs to lead the White Sox offense. Bobby Brown made his first appearance for the Yankees after having missed the past two weeks.
Cleveland (H) 6 Boston (AL) 1 (GM 1)
Cleveland starter Early Wynn allowed only one unearned run and went all the way for the game one win. Mickey Vernon (#11, 38) hit a late two run homerun to put the game out of reach for the Indians. Boston committed three errors in the game, allowing three unearned runs to cross the plate.
Cleveland (H) 3 Boston (AL) 0 (GM 2)
Cleveland starter Al Benton limited Boston to only four hits and led the Indians to a doubleheader sweep over Boston with a complete game shutout. Chuck Stobbs (6-3) allowed three runs in the second inning, but the damage was done and Benton took it from there. After having missed the last two weeks Ken Keltner was back at third base for Cleveland.
Philadelphia (AL) 3 Detroit (H) 2 (12) (GM 1)
Philadelphia started the second half of the season in seventh place and would love nothing more than to start a hot streak and climb the standings, but was lucky to get this game one win. The Athletics 2-0 early but Detroit scored two in the fifth to tie the score, and that was all the scoring until Eddie Joost hit his second homerun (#14, 37) of the game to give the visitors the lead and eventual victory. Sam Chapman, Philadelphia's RBI leader, missed several opportunities as he hit into four double plays in the game.
Philadelphia (AL) 17 Detroit (H) 5 (GM 2)
Philadelphia walked fourteen times on the day and picked up nineteen hits, adding up to seventeen runs scored and fifteen runners left on base. Joe Coleman (7-8) went all the way for the win, plus he went 3-for-6 on the day with three runs scored. Eddie Joost hit his third homerun (#15, 41) of the day, a grand slam, in the fifth inning.
St. Louis (AL) (H) 2 Washington 1 (GM 1)
St. Louis second baseman Jerry Priddy drove in both runs for St. Louis and Bill Kennedy (3-4) didn’t allow a run until the eighth inning to pick up the game one win. Kennedy also had a single and scored what would eventually be the game-winning run in the fifth inning.
St. Louis (AL) (H) 15 Washington 8 (GM 2)
It was a back and forth game until Washington committed three errors in the eighth opening the door for St. Louis to score nine runs in the inning and go on to sweep the doubleheader. Bob Dillinger went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and three RBI's to leads the Browns offense.
Boston (NL) (H) 6 Cincinnati 0 (GM 1)
Boston starter Bill Voiselle (5-4) threw a shutout to get the Braves a game one victory. Al Dark hit a pinch-hit two-run single in the sixth that blew the game open for Boston.
Boston (NL) (H) 12 Cincinnati 4 (GM 2)
Boston scored five runs off two different pitchers in a ten run first and cruised to an easy win and a doubleheader sweep. Elbie Fletcher hit a grand slam as the big hit in the big first inning. Johnny Antonelli (3-3) got the win.
Chicago (NL) 11 Brooklyn (H) 7
This game went back and forth several times early but then the Cubs scored four times in the fifth and ran away with it from there. Phil Cavarretta went 5-for-6 with two doubles and scored four runs to spark the Cubs offense. Johnny Schmitz (8-7) got the win and Carl Erskine, just recalled from a two-month stint in San Antonio, got the loss in relief.
New York (NL) (H) 7 St. Louis (NL) 1
St. Louis scored first with one in the second, but New York answered with two in the second, and then in the third Wes Westrum hit a two-out three run homerun and the Giants were off and running. Westrum added a second homerun later, and Dave Koslo (6-2) went all the way for the win. Enos Slaughter hit two triples, giving him twelve for the season.
Philadelphia (NL) (H) 10 Pittsburgh 1
With a win, Pittsburgh could have moved into a sixth-place tie with Philadelphia, but the Phillies weren't having anything to do with that. Philadelphia led 4-1 after the fifth and then exploded for a five-run sixth, a Del Ennis three run homerun being the big hit. Russ Meyer (6-4) made his first start in almost two weeks a good one by allowing only two hits on the day.
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