Final stats: Raymond Rams

Hitters

Name                AB     R     H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Bassler                14      4     3     1       0    0      0      2       0      .214
Blue                     16      3     6     2       1    1      0      0       0      .375
Chance              237   44    64   26     11    4      1    24       9      .270
Combs               261   53    91   31       9  10      2    33       5      .349
Flick                   248   39    81   44       8    3      5    20       6      .327
Fothergill               9      2     3     8       0    1      0      0       0      .333
Fox                    229   27    71   38       9    3      3      6       2      .310
Haney                    4     1      2     1       0    0      0     0       0      .500
Pratt                     10     2      2     0      0    0      0      1       0      .200
Rizzuto              228    38    78   40     11    3      4    25       2      .342
Schalk               216    23    57   24       9    0      1    21       1      .263
Sewell               254    40    78   33     18    1      2    30       2      .307
Wilson               253    51    86   59     11    3    20    25       1      .340
Wingo                  20     0      5     2       1     1     0      2       0      .250
Woodall                 1     0      0     0       0     0     0      1       0      .000

Pitchers

Name              G    GS       IP      H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Collins            10   10     62.6     64    36    33    28    22        0      4     5       4.74
Dauss            15     0      16        14      6      6      0      7      10      2     2       3.38
Holloway          9     9      57.3     80     45    41    18  19         0      5     2       6.43
Leonard           9      0     12        28    17    17      4       8       0      0      0     12.75
S Johnson     17      0     19        27    19    17      5       9        1      1     0        8.05
G Perry          15   15    122.3   131    60    55    37    73        0      8     5        4.05

Ruffing           15    15   126.6   142    69    68    55    70        0      5     7        4.83

Stoner            16      0    34        40    23    23     22      7        0      2     2        6.08
Wells              10      0    15.6     27    11     11      9      4         0     1      0       6.32

Whitehill         10    10    73.6     85    37     32    22     25        0      2     6       3.91

Series 20: Rams sweep two from Orioles

Rams 31-29; Orioles 24-36

Game One: Rams 11, Orioles 6
WP: Collins (4-5)
LP: Phoebus (2-6)
HR: Belanger (2), Wilson (20)

Game Two: Rams 6, Orioles 4 (11 innings)
WP: Wells (1-0)
LP: Leonhard (1-4)
Save: Dauss (10)
HR: Fox (4), Sewell (2)

Raymond scored eight runs in the first four innings of the opener, with Hack Wilson hitting a three-run homer off Tom Phoebus in the second inning. Wilson drove in two more runs during the Rams three-run eighth. Mark Belanger hit a grand slam for Baltimore in the ninth inning as the Orioles scored six runs in the final two innings. Rip Collins allowed three hits in 7.2 innings for the Rams.

The two teams extended their season a couple of innings in the finale. Joe Sewell hit a two-run homer in the top of the 11th to give the Rams the winning margin. Earle Combs and Elmer Flick each went 3-for-5 with two runs. Nellie Fox drove in three runs, two of them on a homer in the seventh.

Series 19: Quakers take two of three from Rams

Quakers 35-21; Rams 29-29

Game One: Quakers 4, Rams 3
WP: Faber (10-4)
LP: Whitehill (2-6)
Save: Keen (9)
HR: Carey (5)

Game Two: Rams 11, Quakers 1
WP: Perry (9-5)
LP: Aldridge (3-2)
HR: Schalk (1)

Game Three; Quakers 6, Rams 5
WP: Jacobs (3-1)
LP: Ruffing (5-7)
HR: Perez (13)

The Rams are eliminated from pennant contention.

A second-inning triple by Phil Rizzuto was in the middle of a two-run rally that gave Raymond a 3-1 lead going into the eighth inning behind Earl Whitehill. But Rabbit Maranville led off the top of the eighth with a walk, and Jigger Statz, pinch-hitting for Red Faber, doubled, Max Carey (who had homered in the sixth) singled in Maranville, and that chased Whitehill. Dutch Leonard gave up a run-scoring single to Johnny Evers before striking out Hank Greenberg and getting Larry Doby to ground out on a play in which Carey was thrown out at the plate, But with two outs, Tony Perez singled to score Evers. Rip Wheeler and Vic Keen protected the lead in the final two innings.

The Rams routed the Quakers in the next game, ripping Vic Aldridge for six runs in the opening frame. Ray Schalk hit a grand slam, his first home run of the season, to cap the uprising, which featured four walks. Aldridge surrendered nine runs, seven earned, in four innings. Meanwhile, Gaylord Perry took a shutout into the ninth and ended with a complete-game eight hitter. Hack Wilson scored three runs for the Rams.

Guilford won another close game in the series finale. Elmer Jacobs went the distance for the Quakers, allowing nine hits, Rick Ferrell had a three-run double in the first inning, and Greenberg was 4-for-4 (all singles) with a walk.

Pitcher availability: Guy Bush (four innings of relief in the second game) should sit at least one more for the Quakers, The rest of their bullpen is fully rested. The Rams got complete games in each of the last two games and their bullpen is fully rested.

Projected rotations: Rams -- will finish the season with Collina and Holloway, although I might sub in Lil Stoner for one of those two. Quakers -- finish with Lyons-Faber-Kaufmann-Aldridge.

Stat break: Raymond Rams

Hitters

Name                AB     R     H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Bassler                14      4     3     1       0    0      0      2       0      .214
Blue                     16      3     6     2       1    1      0      0       0      .375
Chance              215   40    54   25     11    3      1    22       8      .251
Combs               240   47    83   31       9  10      2    28       5      .346
Flick                   226   33    71   38       7    3      5    18       6      .314
Fothergill               9      2     3     8       0    1      0      0       0      .333
Fox                    210   25    64   30       9    3      3      5       2      .305
Haney                    4     1      2     1       0    0      0     0       0      .500
Pratt                       9     2      2     0      0    0      0      1       0      .222
Rizzuto              208    33    71   36     11    1      4    23       2      .341
Schalk               196    21    50   18       8    0      0    20       1      .255
Sewell               232    36    75   31     18    1      1    26       2      .323
Wilson               230    46    79   54     11    3    19    23       1      .343
Wingo                  20     0      5     2       1     1     0      2       0      .250
Woodall                 1     0      0     0       0     0     0      1       0      .000

Pitchers

Name              G    GS       IP      H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Collins              9      9     55.6     61    34    31    24    18        0      3     5       5.01
Dauss            14     0      15        14      6      6      0      7        9      2     2       3.60
Holloway          9     9      57.3     80     45    41    18     19        0      5     2       6.43
Leonard           8      0     10        26    17    17      4       6        0      0      0     15.30
S Johnson     16      0     17.3     25    15    13      3       9        1      1     0        6.75
G Perry          14   14    113.3   123    59    54    35    67        0      8     5        4.29

Ruffing           14    14   118.6   130    63    62    48    66        0      5     6        4.70

Stoner            15      0     27        34   20    20    18       5        0      2     2        6.67
Wells               9      0     12.6    24     10     10      6      3         0      0      0      7.10

Whitehill          9      9     66.6    79     33     29    20     22        0      2     5       3.91

Series 18: Rams sweep four from Orioles

Rams 28-27, Orioles 22-33.

Game One: Rams 3, Orioles 2
WP: Collins (3-5)
LP: Cuellar (4-6)
Save: Dauss (8)
HR: Flick (5)

Game Two: Rams 8, Orioles 5
WP: Perry (8-5)
LP: McNally (4-6)
Save: S Johnson (1)

Game Three: Rams 6, Orioles 5
WP: Ruffing (4-6)
LP: Lopez (0-3)
Save: Dauss (9)
HR: Belanger (1)

Game Four: Rams 8, Orioles 7
WP: Stoner (2-2)
LP: Leonhard (1-4)
HR: Powell 2 (10), Wilson (19), Rizzuto (4)

The games were close but the series one-sided, and the last place Orioles have been mathematically eliminated from the pennant.

The opener featured the series one pitching duel. Rip Collins allowed two runs in seven innings, both unearned. Mike Cuellar went six innings and was burned by a two-out rally in the fourth that culminated in a three-run homer by Elmer Flick. Collins loaded the bases with no outs in the eighth, but Hooks Dauss popped up Brooks Robinson and got a double-play grounder from Davy Johnson to escape that jam.

The Rams pummeled Dave McNally for six runs in three innings in the second game, then tacked on two more in the fourth. Phil Rizzuto drove in five runs with a double and triple, and Joe Sewell, Frank Chance and Flick scored twice each.

Mark Belanger's sixth-inning grand slam gave the Orioles a 5-2 lead in the third game, but the Rams rallied for four runs in the bottom of the eighth off Marcelino Lopez and Pete Richert. Flick had a one-out triple, and Rizzuto walked. Nellie Fox singled home Flick, and Lopez walked Johnny Bassler (in for the injured Ray Schalk) to load the bases. Rickert entered, and pinch-hitter Fats Fothergill singled in two runs, and Earle Combs followed with another RBI single before Sewell grounded into a double play.

The Rams got another pinch-hit RBI single, this one by Al Wingo, to win the finale. Boog Powell hit a pair of homers for the Orioles, one a three-run shot, and scored three times. Hack Wilson clubbed his league-leading 19th homer, and Rizzuto had a solo shot. Lil Stoner went four innings in relief, allowing one run on two hits, to get the win. The final run came in the bottom of the ninth when Rizzuto walked to lead off, took second on a Dave Leonhard wild pitch, advanced to third on Fox's bunt and scored on Wingo's single.

Pitcher availability: For the Rams, Stoner should sit at least two games. All other relievers are fully available. For the Orioles, Leonhard should sit a pair of games and Lopez one.

Projected rotations: Rams -- Whitehill-Perry-Ruffing-Collins-Holloway. Orioles -- Cuellar-McNally-Hardin (or Phoebus)-Phoebus (or Leonhard/Hardin/Lopez)-Cuellar.

Series 17: Quakers take two of three from Rams

Quakers 31-19, Rams 24-26

Game One: Quakers 11, Rams 8
WP: Wheeler (2-2)
LP: Stoner (1-2)
Save: Keen (8)
HR: Fox (3)

Game Two: Rams 11, Quakers 7
WP: Ruffing (4-6)
LP: Lyons (8-5)
HR: Perez 2 (14), Wilson (18), Flick (4)

Game Three: Quakers 7, Rams 3
WP: Faber (9-4)
LP: Whitehill (2-5)
HR: Ferrell (3)


The Quakers continued their push for the pennant by winning their third straight series, scoring 25 runs in the three games against the Rams.

There was hitting aplenty from the beginning. Both the visiting Rams and the homestanding Quakers scored four runs in the first inning. The Quakers added another four run outburst in the fifth. Joe Tinker (3-for-4) had five RBIs for Guilford, and Rick Ferrell (3-for-4) scored three times and had a pair of doubles. Nellie Fox hit a three-run homer in the seventh for the Rams; he had four RBIs and scored twice. For Guilford, Max Carey, Larry Doby and Tony Perez each scored two runs.

The Rams battered Ted Lyons for six runs in the second inning of the second game and were never seriously threatened after that. Perez hit a pair of solo homers off Red Ruffing. Hack Wilson drove in three for Raymond, including his league-leading 18th homer of the season. Earle Combs also had three RBIs for the Rams.

The Quakers took the rubber game, with Red Faber contributing the only quality start for either squad. Faber went eight innings, allowing three runs on nine hits. Earl Whitehill was just as sound for seven innings,but Guilford erupted for four runs with two outs in the eighth to break the tie. Rabbit Maranville knocked a two-run triple to highlight the inning.

Pitcher availability: Sheriff Blake worked one inning in the finale for the Quakers; the rest of the bullpen is rested. Syl Johnson will sit a game for the Rams.The rest of their bullpen is rested.

Projected rotations: Quakers -- Jacobs-Kaufmann-Lyons-Faber-Aldridge-Jacobs. Rams -- Collins-Perry-Ruffing-Holloway-Whitehill.

Stat break: Raymond Rams

Hitters

Name                AB     R     H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Bassler                  8      3     3     1       0    0      0      1       0      .375
Blue                     16      3     6     2       1    1      0      0       0      .375
Chance              190   35    46   24       9    3      1    16       8      .242
Combs               209   43    69   25       7    9      2    26       4      .330
Flick                   198   26    62   30       6    2      3     14      6      .313
Fothergill               8      2     2     6       0    1      0      0       0      .250
Fox                    187   20    55   23       9    3      2      5       2      .294
Haney                    4     1      2     1       0    0      0     0       0      .500
Pratt                       9     2      2     0      0    0      0      1       0      .222
Rizzuto             184    27    59  27       9    0      3    18       2      .321
Schalk               176    18   46   16       7    0      0    15       1      .261
Sewell               203    29   66   28     16    1      1    22       2      .325
Wilson               201   41   71   47     11    2     17    20       1      .353
Wingo                  19     0      4     1       1     1     0      1       0      .211
Woodall                 1     0      0     0       0     0     0      1       0      .000

Pitchers

Name              G    GS       IP      H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Collins              8      8      48.6   58    32    31    19      17       0      2     5       5.73
Dauss            12     0      12       12      6      6      0        7       7      2     2       4.50
Holloway          8     8      51.3   72    39    35    16     15        0      5     2       6.14
Leonard           8      0     10       26   17    17      4       6        0      0      0     15.30
S Johnson     13      0     14.6    21   13    11      3       7        0      1     0        6.75
G Perry          12   12    100.3   107   46    43    28     62        0      7     5       3.86

Ruffing           12    12   103.6   111   54    53    42     55        0      3     6        4.60

Stoner            12      0     19.3    25   16    16    15       5        0      1     1        7.45
Wells               9      0     12.6    24   10     10      6      3         0      0      0      7.10

Whitehill          8      8     59       67   27     24    19     20        0      2     4       3.66

Series 16: Black Caps take two of three from Rams

Black Caps 23-23, Rams 23-25

Game One: Black Caps 5, Rams 3
WP: Streeter (5-1)
LP: Stoner (1-1)
HR: Palm (7)

Game Two: Black Caps 5, Rams 2
WP: Holland (6-3)
LP: Collins (2-5)
Save: McDonald (2)

Game Three: Rams 6, Black Caps 5
WP: Holloway (5-2)
LP: Currie (2-3)
Save: Dauss (7)
HR: Blackwell (3)

Spoony Palm's two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth gave gave Sam Streeter a vultured win in relief in the opener. Phil Cockrell went eight innings, allowing two runs, but Hilton Smith and Streeter combined to allow Raymond to tie it in the top of the ninth. Lil Stoner, relieving Red Ruffing in the ninth, got the first batter, but then Art Pennington singled and Palm hit the game-winning homer.

Bill Holland came out of the bullpen to throw three innings of shutout ball to collect the win in the second game. Vic Harris went 4-for-5 with a run and two RBIs, and Jerry Benajmin scored twice.

The Rams jumped on Rube Currie in the finale for five runs in the first and another in the second. Phil Rizzuto had a three-run double in the big inning, which turned on a Dick Seay error on a likely double-play grounder. After Currie was hit for in the bottom of the second, the Black Caps got four shutout innings from Webster McDonald and three more from Streeter as they chipped away at the lead. Charles Blackwell hit a two-run homer, and Red Parnell had a pinch hit RBI double. Ken Holloway wriggled out of a first-and-third, one-out jam in the sixth, but the biggest escaped came in the ninth. The Black Caps, down a run, loaded the bases with no outs. But Hooks Dauss got Alec Radcliff and Pennington to pop up, and then got Bill Perkins on a grounder to third for the final out.

Pitcher availability: For the Orators, Ed Wells and Dauss each pitched one inning in the finale. All other relievers are fully rested. For the Black Caps: McDonald sits for five games. Williams, Holland, Cockrell and Streeter need two games to start, one to relieve. Currie should sit a game for either purpose.

Projected starters: Rams -- Perry-Ruffing-Whitehill-Collins-Perry-Ruffing. Black Caps -- Mathis-Drake-???

Series 15: Quakers take two of three from Rams

Quakers 27-17, Rams 22-23

Game One: Quakers 10, Rams 2
WP: Faber (7-4)
LP: Holloway (4-2)
HR: Doby (7)

Game Two: Rams 4, Quakers 3 (11 innings)
WP: Stoner (1-0)
LP: Blake (1-2)
Save: Dauss (6)
HR: Wilson (16), Greenberg (11)

Game Three: Quakers 7, Rams 5
WP: Bush (1-0)
LP: Perry (7-5)
HR: Wilson (17), Perez (10)

Red Faber went the distance for Guilford in the opener, scattering 10 hits and four walks. The spitballer induced three double plays. Larry Doby hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Ken Holloway. Rabbit Maranville bopped a pair of triples and added a single for the Quakers.

The Rams even the series in extra innings in the second game. Hack Wilson hit a two-run homer in the third to give Raymond a 3-0 lead, but the Quakers tied it in the bottom of the eighth. The 3-3 tie held into the 11th, when Nellie Fox doubled and went to third on Hank Greenberg's error in left field. Ray Schalk then bunted Fox home. Hooks Dauss pitched around a double (Rick Ferrell) and a single (Maranville) to nail it down.

The Quakers took the rubber game behind a six-run eighth inning against Gaylord Perry. Perry had retired two of the first three men he faced in the eighth, but Ferrell walked, Joe Tinker doubled, Maranville singled, pinch-hitter Cliff Heathcote walked, Max Carey doubled and Johnny Evers singled. That was enough to make a winner of Guy Bush, even though Vic Keen yielded a three-run homer to Wilson in the ninth.

Pitcher availability: For the Quakers, Keen and Bush each pitched one inning in the finale; everybody else in the bullpen is fully rested. The Rams' entire bullpen is fully rested for their next game.

Projected rotations: Quakers -- Lyons-Faber-Kaufmann-Aldridge-Lyons-Faber-Jacobs. Rams -- Ruffing-Collins-Holloway-Perry-Ruffing-Whitehill.

Stat break: Raymond Rams

Hitters

Name                AB     R     H   RBI   2B  3B   HR   BB   SB   Avg,
Bassler                  5      2     1     1       0    0      0      1       0      .200
Blue                     16      3     6     2       1    1      0      0       0      .375
Chance              167   32    42   24       8    3      1    12       7      .251
Combs               184   38    59   25       6    8      2    22       4      .321
Flick                   175   25    53   27       5    2      3     12      5      .303
Fothergill               8      2     2     6       0    1      0      0       0      .250
Fox                    164   19    48   21       8    3      2      3       2      .292
Haney                    4     1      2     1       0    0      0     0       0      .500
Pratt                       8     2      2     0      0    0      0      1       0      .250
Rizzuto              163    24   53   21       7    0      3    16       1      .325
Schalk               154    18   42   14       7    0      0    13       1      .273
Sewell               175    27   60   26     16    1      1    22       2      .343
Wilson               175    36   60   41     10    1    15    17       1      .343
Wingo                  17     0      4     1       1     1     0      1       0      .235
Woodall                 1     0      0     0       0     0     0      0       0      .000

Pitchers

Name              G    GS     IP      H    R    ER   BB    K     Sv.     W    L     ERA

Collins              7      7    41      49    27    27    12      14       0      2     4       5.93
Dauss            10      0    10      10      6      6      0        7       5      2     2        5.40
Holloway          6     6     38.3    57    29   26    10        8        0      4     1       6.10
Leonard           8      0    10       26   17    17      4       6        0      0      0     15.30
S Johnson     10      0    11.6    16     8      6      2       6        0      1     0        4.63
G Perry          11   11     92.3    95   39    36    24     57        0      7     4       3.51

Ruffing           11    11    95.6  102   51    50    36     49        0      3     6        4.70

Stoner            10      0   17       22   14    14    15       5        0      0     0        7.41
Wells               8      0    11.6    20   10     10      6        3       0      0      0      7.71

Whitehill          7      7    51.6    61   24     21    15      18        0     2     4       3.66

Series 14: Rams take two of three from Flashes

Flashes 23-19, Rams 21-21

Game One: Flashes 15, Rams 7
WP: Nehf (3-1)
LP: Collins (2-4)
Save: Watson (1)
HR: Lindstrom (4), Wilson 2 (13), Combs (2)

Game Two: Rams 4, Flashes 1
WP: Perry (7-4)
LP: Grimes (4-6)
HR: Bancroft (2)

Game Three: Rams 3, Flashes 2 (12 innings)
WP: Dauss (2-2)
LP: Bentley (2-1)
HR: Wilson 2 (15)

Fordham scored in six consecutive innings in the opener and got triples in four straight innings (art Nehf, Ross Youngs, Chick Hafey and Youngs again). Hack Wilson homered twice off Nehf for the host Rams. Mule Watson worked three scoreless innings to earn the save in the one-sided game.

Gaylord Perry outdueled Burleigh Grimes in the second game. Perry went the distance, allowing a homer to Dave Bancroft among seven hits. Frank Chance drove in Joe Sewell twice.

Wilson homered two more times in the finale, the second a walk-off shot off Jack Bentley. His first homer, off Jesse Haines in the third inning, gave the Rams a 2-0 lead they held until Andy High pinch-hit a two-run triple in the seventh. Red Ruffing went 11 innings for the Rams, allowing six hits.

Pitcher availability: Rosy Ryan went three innings in the finale for the Flashes, Bentley 2.1. They should each sit out the next two games. Watson is available. Dauss went one inning for the Rams; all other relievers are fully available.

Projected starters: Flashes -- McQuillan-Barnes-Grimes-Haines-Nehf-McQuillan. Rams: Holloway-Whitehill-Perry-Ruffing-Collins-Holloway.

Series 13: Rams take two of three from Flashes

Flashes 22-17, Rams 19-20

Game One: Rams 8, Flashes 3
WP: Perry (6-4)
LP: Grimes (4-5)
HR: Wilson (11)

Game Two: Flashes 8, Rams 6 (11 innings)
WP: Jonnard (2-0)
LP: Ruffing (3-6)
HR: High (1), Hafey (9)

Game Three: Rams 7, Flashes 2
WP: Whitehill (2-4)
LP: V Barnes (3-3)
HR: Fox (2)

Gaylord Perry's complete game was backed by a three-run homer from Hack Wilson in the opener. Perry didn't allow a run until the eighth, when Chick Hafey had a bases-loaded triple, For the Rams, Earle Combs and Wilson scored twice, and Frank Chance and Elmer Flick had a pair of RBIs apiece.

Andy High's pinch-hit three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th won the see-saw second game. Fordham took an early 4-0 lead, with Hafey homering in the second and adding the last of four straight hits in the third off Red Ruffing. But Raymond got three back in the fourth and took a 5-4 lead in the seventh off Jesse Haines, only to see that lead slip away on an error by Del Pratt, playing second base for the injured Nellie Fox. Claude Jonnard threw four innings of one-run relief as the game went into the 11th inning. Ruffing, seeking to wrap up a marathon complete game, retired the first batter of the bottom of the inning holding a 6-5 lead. But then he walked Hank Gowdy and Dave Bancroft. High pinch-hit, and the Rams brought in lefty Ed Wells to face the left-handed High. The Flashes did not replace High with a right-handed hitter, and High rewarded the non-moved with a game-winning homer.

There was no such drama in the finale, although Earl Whitehill and Virgil Barnes had dueling shutouts going through five innings. The Rams broke through for a run in the sixth when Joe Medwick dropped a flyball in left field, and added another in the seventh on Fox's triple. Fox hit a two run homer in the eighth. Fordham chased Whitehill in the bottom of the inning, scoring a pair of runs on doubles by Medwick and Jim Bottomley, but the Rams scored two more in the top of the ninth and Syl  Johnson tossed a scoreless frame to end it.

Pitching availability: Jonnard should sit at least two more games for the Flashes. Ryan worked one inning in the finale. For the Rams, Johnson worked one inning in the finale and Lil Stoner a fraction of an inning.

Projected rotations: Flashes -- Nehf-Grimes-Haines-McQuillan-Barnes-Grimes. Rams: Collins-Perry-Ruffing-Holoway-Whitehill-Perry.