Usually I get sent to do the injury reports. Actually, I was
supposed to do an injury report this time also, but there just ain't
that many injuries. Sure, there's Carl Hubbell, Gaylord Perry and Jesse
Barnes all from the Saint Louis Cardinals who were injured in
pre-season. Then there's Roger Clemens, now of the Toronto Blue Jays,
and finally, Luis Tiant Jr of the Boston Red Caps -- both also injured
from the pre-season.
See? Not much to tell. Oh, there's Sam Rice of the Yankees -- he
got
hurt in an on-field collision, but he's only out for another day. The
main story, injury-wise, are all those premier pitchers sitting in hot
tubs sipping suds -- they'll all be back before I get a chance to do
another article. What those injuries mean isn't quite clear yet as the
opening day
basepath dust hasn't even settled. But it can't be good for the
Cardinals to
have those three pitchers down at the same time. Luckily, none of those
injuries were serious. The Cardinals put Urban Shocker, Bob Lemon, Paul
Derringer & Dave McNally up on the mound and came out 2-2 against
Detroit (2-1) & Cleveland (0-1). What may have been more important
than the injuries was the anemic bat of Hank Aaron (.125, 1 HR, 3 RBI).
So, now that the injuries are out of the way I can talk about something
else! Like how about that Saint Louis Stars player, Ted Williams, eh?
He's got 5 home runs, and he has hit a home run in all four games to
start the year. Can he make it five consecutive? Six? Well, he's
visiting Fenway Park for three games against the Red Sox, and then
travelling to Oakland and their Coliseum. Chances are good he can put
another one out in Fenway . . . but can he keep his consecutive streak
alive?
Not as impressive, but Hideki Matsui of Tokyo, and Don Mattingly of the
Yankees, have each started the season by hitting at least one double in
each game. Over in the "walk's as good as a hit" department, Barry
Bonds of Houston, Carl Yastrzemski of Kansas City and Larry Walker of
Mudville have each finagled a free pass in all four games. Counting
scores, in the RBI department three players have knocked in a run in
all four games to start the season. Ted Williams, of course, and also
Kaoru Betto of Tokyo and Hank Greenberg of the Chicago White Stockings.
Eleven guys have scored a run in all four games, and 37 players
have started the season with 4-game hitting streaks, but I won't list
all of them.
Here's a stat or three for you: 17 wild pitches have been thrown by 17
different pitchers so far. 19 batters have been hit by pitches, by 18
pitchers -- Hoyt Wilhelm of the Saint Louis Stars has hit 2 in 2 games.
Dan Brouthers of the Chicago Cubs started the season off by stealing a
base in the first 3 games. Not bad for a first baseman.
Forty-one players have Game Winning RBIs so far, but only three of them
have 2 GWRBI: Charlie Keller of Washington, Rogers Hornsby of
Pittsburgh and Tim Raines of Detroit. Both of Raines' GWRBIs were of
the walk-off variety: a sayonara homer and a bases loaded walk to end
the game.
But what's really neat is that Enos Slaughter of the Oakland A's hit
for the cycle in the second game of the season. I'll leave you some
more interesting stats at the bottom of the article. I gotta get outa
here before they find out I'm not covering the hospital wards . . .
So that's the scoop, and this is
Scoops signing off until next time.
Batting Average of Both Teams in Each Park ( Season Totals )
Park Avg Games
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49) .327 3
Fenway Park (1934-01) .317 3
American League Park 1901-03 .287 4
League Park (1891-09) .276 3
Riverfront Stadium (1970-01) .271 1
Wrigley Field (1928-37) .265 3
Polo Grounds (1923-57) .261 3
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88) .245 4
Briggs Stadium (1938-60) .243 2
Sportsman's Park (1920-66) .236 4
Forbes Field (1932-46) .229 2
Comiskey Park (1971-75) .217 1
Yankee Stadium (1937-66) .216 3
Braves Field (1928-41) .209 4
Ebbets Field (1934-47) .209 4
Camden Yards (1992-01) .202 4
Home Runs by Both Teams in Each Park ( Season Totals )
Park HRs G HRs/G
American League Park 1901-03 16 4 4.0
Polo Grounds (1923-57) 14 3 4.7
Camden Yards (1992-01) 12 4 3.0
Fenway Park (1934-01) 11 3 3.7
Wrigley Field (1928-37) 11 3 3.7
Sportsman's Park (1920-66) 10 4 2.5
Ruppert Stadium (1932-49) 9 3 3.0
Riverfront Stadium (1970-01) 7 1 7.0
Exhibition Stadium (1977-88) 7 4 1.8
Briggs Stadium (1938-60) 5 2 2.5
League Park (1891-09) 5 3 1.7
Ebbets Field (1934-47) 4 4 1.0
Braves Field (1928-41) 2 4 0.5
Forbes Field (1932-46) 2 2 1.0
Yankee Stadium (1937-66) 1 3 0.3
Comiskey Park (1971-75) 0 1 0.0
Shutouts by Both Teams in Each Park ( Season Totals )
Park SO Games
Braves Field (1928-41) 2 4
Camden Yards (1992-01) 1 4
Ebbets Field (1934-47) 1 4
Forbes Field (1932-46) 1 2
Teams That Came From At Least 1 Run Behind to Win ( 19 )
Red Sox 3
Monarchs 3
Nationals 2
Cubs 2
Tigers 2
Colt .45's 1
Yankees 1
Seals 1
Red Caps 1
Spiders 1
Blue Wave 1
Stars 1
Nine 1
Giants* 1
White Stockings 1
A's 1
Cardinals 1
Pirates 1
Dodgers 1
Number of Runs Scored in Each Inning
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
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A's 2 3 3 8 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
Blue Jays 2 1 0 0 1 2 5 0 0
Blue Wave 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 3
Cardinals 5 0 0 3 2 3 1 0 0
Colt .45's 1 1 2 7 3 1 3 10 1 0 0 0
Cubs 3 0 1 4 3 3 4 1 0
Dodgers 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 1
Eagles 1 0 1 1 1 13 0 1 0 1
Giants 3 1 5 0 0 4 2 3 2 0 0 0
Giants* 3 0 5 3 2 4 4 2 0
Monarchs 1 5 3 1 2 1 3 5 4
Nationals 6 0 0 1 2 5 6 2 1 0
Nine 2 4 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Orioles 1 4 3 5 1 0 1 3 0
Pirates 6 0 6 2 8 1 0 1 0
Red Caps 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Red Sox 0 3 0 8 1 6 7 0 2 0 0 0 2
Reds 4 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0
Seals 3 0 1 0 3 6 1 1 3 2 0 0 0
Spiders 2 2 5 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 1
Stars 2 0 0 2 5 4 6 2 0
Tigers 2 2 2 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 1
White Stockings 0 2 2 7 0 0 2 2 4 0 0
Yankees 2 2 4 1 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1
