Entirety of Baseball History Replayed

22nd Replay in EOBHR Project: 2009

Project Began July 11, 2006 and Has Been Running Continuously Since Then

Other Completed Replays: 1911-12-14-17-18-33-49-54-58-59-60-64-69-76-77-93/2005-06-07-08

16 Game Regular Seasons

Top Half of Teams in Organizational Unit (League, Division) Make Single Elimination Tourney

Tourney Wins & Losses Count in Player Stats and in Determing the League and Division W-L Pct. Champions

The Tourney Champion is Considered Co-Equal with the League W-L Leaders in Status

16-Game Schedule Means Stats Can Roughly Be Translated into Full-Season Equivalents by Adding a Zero; e.g. 3 HR = 30 HR, 10 RBI = 10 RBI, 2 W = 20 W

Of Course, Tourney Teams Have Extra Chance(s) to "Pad" Their Stats

All Seasons Summarized in Detail on Delphi Forum's "Entirety of Baseball History Replayed"

Likely Upcoming Seasons Beyond 2009 Replay: 1995, 1966, 1955, 1941, 1923

Incidentally, EOBHR is pronounced "EEE-YO (WHAT A) BOHR"!!)

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1 A.L.:  BECKETT DOMINATES JAYS, WITH 14 K'S AND HIS BAT TOO

*  Beckett Tires of Waiting for Help (Godot?)

*  Pedroia Pedals Around Bases

*  Jays at Sox' Beck(ett) and Call

*  Halladay Wishes He Had Taken Holiday

*  Singles Becoming Obsolete?  Only Three in 4-2 Game

A dream matchup (Halladay vs. Beckett), but a game that made many EOBHR fans wish that the project had stayed with another old-time season...  The Red Sox (1-0) and Blue Jays delivered a unusually brutal dose of one-dimensional modern "either strike out or blast a homer" baseball that still may require fans to watch for 3+ hours (fortunately the simulated games don't take that long!).   The Jays took the lead T2nd on Jose Bautista's 2-out solo homer off Josh Beckett (7-6/4.78 in EOHBR '05-'08).  But Boston's Jason Bay retaliated with a drive over the Green Monster off Roy Halladay (6-4/2.53 in EOBHR '05-'08) with 2-out B4th to tie the game 1-1.  Then with two out B5th, pitcher Beckett himself cranked a homer over the Monster against Halladay to put the Bosox ahead for good (no DH in EOBHR Replays).  Alex Gonzalez added Boston's 3rd 2-out solo HR of the game B7th to make it 3-1.  And in the B8th, Dustin Pedroia proved there still may be other ways to score in modern baseball -- by walking, stealing second and taking 3rd on a bad throw by C Barajas, and finally trotting home on a Kevin Youkilis sac fly to deep RF.  The Jays' Edwin Encarnacion hit the game's 5th and final solo homer T9th, as Toronto cut Boston's final advantage to 4-2.  Beckett fired a remarkable 3-hitter, fanning 14 and walking one.  Kind of like a backyard wiffleball game -- either you hit it up onto the roof of the house (or over the fence onto the neighbor's lawn) for a homer, or fan trying to do so...

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1:  CANO CAN

* M.Cabreras Battle Fiercely for Win

*  Hinske in the Pinch-kee

In a far more interesting game than the Toronto-Boston yawner, the Yankees and Tigers had a seesaw battle in Yankee Stadium that had no homers, just six doubles, 11 singles, and a refreshingly low two walks.  Robby Cano and Nick Swisher lashed back to back doubles B4th off Justin Verlander as N.Y. took a 2-0 lead.  But a Miguel Cabrera two-run double (must have been a night game) and Placido Polanco single off C.C Sabathia reversed the lead T6th.  Reliable Derek Jeter lined a two-out game-tying single into LF with two out B7th, as Melky Cabrera had moved into scoring position on a Verlander balk.  And with two out B8th, Cano singled and scored on PH Eric Hinske's double down the RF line.  Phil Hughes (win) and Mariano Rivera (save) retired the last eight Tigers in order.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1:  Prince Prances Around Bases After Big HR

*  Thornton Thorn in Manager Guillen's Side Due to Loss

*  Matt Mad About Being Fielder's Doormat

*  Cameron Comes Around with Go-Ahead Run

In the EOBHR, the Brewers always have to play in the A.L. West rather than the N.L. Central for schedule-balancing reasons (and after all, they were originally an A.L. team).  Perhaps as a consequence,  Milwaukee has a 24-41 record in the four EOBHR replays 2005-08, putting them in 29th place of all MLB teams, one game ahead of the 30th place Cubs (23-42) of their real NLC division.  In this contest against the White Sox (37-31, 8th out of 30 teams 2005-08), the Brew Crew seemed to be up to their old tricks -- taking the lead, losing the lead, tying the game, falling behind again.  But against tough 6-6/235lb Sox reliever, lefty Matt Thornton, EOBHR perennial star Felipe Lopez lined a leadoff double T8th, and Mike Cameron lined his 3rd hit of the game -- then Prince Fielder launched a titanic shot high and far over the RF fence.  Brewers 5, Chisox 3.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1:  Tea For Two, Twice (or Four Times, if a HR = 2D?)

* Royals Have Double Vision

* Fausto Plagued by Devilish Royals

Already ahead of Fausto Carmona and the Tribe 1-0, David Dejesus and Mark Teahen laced back to back doubles to open the B3rd, then Alberto Callaspo singled home Teahen with 2 outs to make it 3-0.  With Royals thus feeling that doubles might be the way to go, and the more the better, good-hitting Royal P Zack Greinke, Dejesus, and Teahen opened the next inning (B4th) with back-to-back-to-back doubles off poor Fausto, who probably felt he made a deal with the devil by pitching this game.  And, still not satisfied, Teahen poured even more abuse on the mediocre Indians B8th (this time with Rafael Perez on the mound, who had just replaced Chris Perez to keep the "double" motif going) with a long homer to RF, giving him 8 total bases in the game.  Dejesus might have added his third extra base hit, but he ran into the CF wall catching a Jhonny Peralta drive T7th and had to leave the game with a (3 day) injury.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1: In-Crede-able: King Goes For Ride During Game

*  But Branyan Burns Blackburn Three Times as Bad a Few Minutes Later

This Mariners-Twins game had a very simple plot.  Joe Crede took "King" Felix Hernandez for a ride B5th...  But, after singles by Ichiro and Endy Chavez, the Mariners' Branyan launched a 3-run HR into the RF seats off Nick Blackburn T6th.  Felix fanned nine and walked none in his CG win.  Mariners 3, Twins 1.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1: WEAVER WEAVES WIN

*  Jered Aided by Strike-Throwing, "Daring" Darren Oliver

*  Run of the Mill Performance by Millwood

*  Hunter Crushes Rangers' Early Hopes

*  Erick Aybar Raises Bar Higher (or "Ayer") for Texas by Stretching Lead to 4

* Only Ian's Kin Can Appreciate Kinsler's 2 Homers, Ranger Fans too Upset

Texas 2B Ian Kinsler homered T1st, also T6th, but the Angels' Jered Weaver allowed only two other hits in his 6 innings of work.  Decisive Angel blows against Kevin Millwood were the two-out two-run lead-reversing homer that Torii Hunter crushed B1st, and Erick Aybar's two-out bases loaded single B5th that put the Halos up 5-1 after five.  Darren Oliver faced only 9 Ranger batters in his 2 2/3 IP save.  Angels 5, Rangers 3.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1:  RAYS OF HOPE

* Aybar Gives Bailey the Willies

* Pen a 3 RBI HR for Pena on Your Scoresheet

Talk about a team that hasn't hit well in EOBHR 2005-08 replays!  2005-08 (69 Rays games): Crawford (,227), Bartlett (.276, but most of the time with the Twins), Zobrist (.235), Pena (.219), Longoria & Upton (both .244), Gross (.206), Navarro (.211).  Yet they are fairly close to .500 over that period: 32-37, with a nice 3-2 record in Tourney games '07-'08...  Plus, the Rays may be changing their weak hitting habits in EOBHR.  Their Opening Day contest with the A's was tied until the T7th, when PH Willy Aybar led off with a go-ahead HR off the very tough Andrew Bailey.  Then the Rays scored four more in the T9th, three on a Carlos Pena blast.  James Shields picked up the win, with excellent relief help from Cormier, Wheeler, and Springer.  Rays 7, A's 2.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1 N.L.:  GIVE CARLOS HIGH FIVE (RBI)

*  W-Rod Gets W, Allowing 3 Hits in 6 IP

*  Feliciano's Fire Lit

Carlos Lee destroyed the Mets with a 2-out 2-run go-ahead triple down the RF line B3rd, his 1st triple in 265 EOBHR at bats... Plus Carlos crushed a three run homer to deep CF off workhorse Pedro Feliciano (88 appearances in actual 2009) B6th that broke the game wide open.  There was no more scoring after that blow, an 8-1 win for Wandy Rodriguez (6IP/3H/1BB) and the Astros.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1: WILD MAN ROUGHS UP C.LEE

*  Bigger May Be Better as Far as Sugar Cains

*  5 DP's Speed Up Game

Hulking 6'/230lb 2B Juan "Wild Man" Uribe roughed up the Phillies' Cliff Lee with a two-out go-ahead single T1st and a lead-off go-ahead HR T6th as 6'-3"/245lb Matt "Big Sugar" Cain and the Giants defeated the Phillies 3-1.  As far as EOBHR knows, Matt is not related to A's #1 starting pitcher Merritt "Sugar" Cain (1-2/5.61 in replay) from the recently completed 1933 replay.  Merritt was from Georgia, Matt is from Alabama... hmm...  There were 19 hits but just four runs in this low-scoring game, and five of those rally-killing double plays to help explain why.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1: IN THE BEGINNING, ADAM CRANKED TWO HOMERS 

*  Lannan Off-Key Performance as Nat Radio Listeners Hold Their Ears

To start off the brand new 2009 replay season, Adam LaRoche continued to perform surprisingly well in EOHBR, blasting 2-out homers T1st and T3rd against John "Lester" (my nickname) Lannan.  Chipper Jones also stung Lannan with a 2-out 2-run HR T2nd.  After his two homers in a row, Adam LaRoche had 17HR/57RBI in his 67 games to date in the replay project.  A rain delay that affected both starters probably helped the Nats to score a run B6th off "Cookie" (my nickname) Jair Jurrjens, who was as a rookie  the N.L. Cy Young Award Winner (4-1/1.19) in the 2008 EOBHR Replay.  And Garret Anderson, who went an over-the-top 15 for 29 with 4HR/12RBI in last year's replay for the Angels, started off hot again in this replay by going 3 for 4.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1: Scott Rollin'!

*  Brandon Phillips (S,D,D,HR) Brands Loss on Cubs (according to Chicago Tribune archives, the team did have a live young black bear, named Joa, as mascot during the 1916 season)

In the four EOBHR Replays 2005-08, the Cubs have for some reason (maybe just bad luck) been the least successful team.  The Cubbies' 23-42 composite record puts them in dead last (30th) in MLB, and they have played in only one Tourney game, which they lost (the Nationals have have never even made the Tourney, but their overall record is a slightly better 25-39).  Anyhow, hopes are always high in a new season, but Scott Rolen's wind-blown 3-run HR to left T3rd put the Reds up 4-1.  The Cubs. apparently on the "one run an inning plan", had scored a run B2nd and scored one each in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th, finally tying the game on this gradual "run appreciation" program.  But there were two problems: a) the Cubs didn't score any more runs after that and b) the Reds' Brandon Phillips led off the T7th with his 4th hit of the game, and 3rd extra base hit, a go-ahead HR.  Reds 5, Cubs 4.  Speaking of bad luck, Rolen's big homer in the T3rd was only his 3rd dinger in 54 EOBHR games played.  Still, I always think of him as a player who has (or had) definite HOF tools....

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1:  ADAM'S APPLE KNOCKED OVER RF FENCE (DOCTORS AMAZED)!

*  In the Beginning, Trouble in Eden... and with Tony LaRusso

*  A Speedy Liner Gathers No Moss... Gathers Moss as He Watches It Disappear Over Eden's RF Fence

*  Cardinals Duked Out of the Air by "Evil" Pirates

The beginning of the Cardinal season...  And what a game Adam Wainwright pitched against the hopeless Pirates...  He worked seven innings, allowed 2 hits, 2 walks, fanned 13 -- and lost.  The first hit he allowed was a Brandon Moss liner over the RF fence.  And unfortunately for Adam, Zack Duke effortlessly shut the Cardinals out on five hits.

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1:  Criss Cross?  No, Chris Crush!

*  Hawpe Gives Rockies Fans Hope For Good Season B10th

*  ... as Helton Slowly Rumbles Across Home Plate to Terminate Contest

Rockies' C Chris Iannetta has been an explosive power hitter in EOBHR replays.  In 72 2006-08 at bats, he had 5 doubles, 6 homers, 15 runs, and 15 RBI.  Not bad for a #2 catcher...  And, after the Rockies fell behind 3-0 to the Marlins, Chris started doing his thing again, with a two-out two-run HR B5th and a two-out RBI double B7th*, cutting the Florida lead to 4-3 (the Fish had scored a run T7th on an Uggla homer).  Still trailing B9th, Clint Barmes scored lumbering Todd Helton with a sac fly to tie it up.  Then in the B10th, exciting Carlos Gonzalez singled, stole 2nd, and scored on a Brad Hawpe walk-off single.  Rockies 5 over Marlins 4 in comeback victory.

* Slow-moving Iannetta was removed for a pinch runner at this point, so no more heroics possible for him beyond 7th, other than some potent rooting from the bench or clubhouse...

2009 EOBHR Replay Day 1:  Wolf Leaves Outcome Hanging

*  Justin One-Up(ton)s Kemp

*  Villain Twirls Mustache Then Beans Little Pierre

*  Ramirez Manny-Factures Comeback

*  Manny Guns Down Upton to Decide Contest

In one of the more memorable games in recent EOBHR action, the D-Backs sent Doug Davis out against Randy Wolf at Dodger Stadium Opening Day.  The Dodgers' Matt Kemp hit a two run HR B4th to put L.A. ahead, but the D-Backs' Justin Upton touched off a two-out Randy Wolf hanger T6th for a three-run lead-reversing HR: AZ 3, LD 2.  Wolf had to leave the following inning when his shoulder tightened up (out 7 days) and was replaced by Guillermo Mota.  In the B7th, 8-hole batter Russell Martin led off with a base hit RF, then Manny Ramirez batted for Mota -- and went way deep to CF off Davis, sending him to the showers: Dodgers 4, D-Backs 3.  Mustachioed reliever Clay Zavada entered and immediately beaned the next batter, poor little Juan Pierre (injured 3 days).  In the T9th, T6th 3RHR-hero Justin Upton slapped a leadoff single and stole second.  Then with one out, PH Eric "Captain America" Byrnes stroked a solid single LF -- but LF Manny charged in and fired a strike to the plate: speedy Upton OUT!!! on a very close play.  PH Chris Snyder tapped out to 3rd to end the exciting game.

EOBHR 2009 REPLAY DAY 2

1933 REPLAY TOURNEY DAY 1

1933 Replay Tourney Day: A.L.: Ex-Yank Hank Yanks Big One

 *  Big Motor City Collision

*  Gee... Walker Runs into Jurges

Perhaps the main reason the actual '33 Red Sox finished 7th out of 8 A.L. teams and only won 63 games was a pitching staff where the best ERA was Lefty Weiland's 3.88.  The Bosox' Hank Johnson (8-6/4.12 actual)  started this game against the clearly superior Detroit star hurler, Fred "Firpo" Marberry (16-11/3.29 actual).  To further complicate matters, there was a rain delay before the Tourney game that reduced the effectiveness of both pitchers.  Then disaster struck Detroit T1st.  With one out, Boston's Roy Johnson looped a double into short LF, and 1933 Replay super-stars LF Gee Walker (MLB-leading 19 RBIs) and SS Billy Jurges (.429, 16 runs, 8 extra base hits) slid on the wet grass and collided into each other trying to catch the looper.  Both needed to be removed from the key contest.  The Sox went on to score two in this frame, but the Tigers had evened the score 2-2 by the T4th.   Then good-hitting Boston winning pitcher Hank Johnson stepped up with two on and two out -- and crushed a three run HR into the seats in Briggs Stadium!  Final: Boston 5, Detroit 3, as the latter is eliminated from the Tourney.  Hank Johnson in fact was a good hitter for a pitcher.  He had five extra base hits in 52 real-world at bats in 1933.  Hank also hit .266 for the Yankees in 1930, collecting 2 doubles, 3 triples, a HR, 9 RBI, and 14 runs in 64 at bats while batting .266 and winning 14 games for the Bronx Bombers.

1933 Replay Tourney Day 1:  Bumbling, Bungling, Soporific Performance by A's

*  Merritt's Pitching and Fielding Has Little Merit

*  Nats Raise Cain with Cain & Colleagues' Pitching & Fielding

*  Joe Kuhel Stays and Plays Cool with RBI Extra Base Hits in 1st & 5th

First of all, the pitching matchup of the Nats' Alvin "General" Crowder (actual 24-15 '33 record; actual K/BB ratio in '33: 110K/81BB) versus the A's Merritt "Sugar" Cain (13-12 '33 record; actual K/BB ratio in '33: 43K/137BB/yikes!) was not auspicious for the A's.  Secondly, the A's made four errors in the game, plus C Cochrane provided a run-producing passed ball, leading to six unearned runs given to Washington.  Thirdly, Joe Kuhel had the go-ahead triple T1st after a P Cain error, and added an RBI double T5th after Cochrane's PB had just let in a run.  So, after winning eight games in a row, the A's (10-7) ran out of steam and lost their last two: 7-1 to the Tigers and 8-1 to the real-world 1933 A.L. Champion Nationals (10-7).  Four A.L. teams now have a 10-7 record, so the winner of the final A.L. Tourney game between the 10-7 Red Sox and 10-7 Washington will be the 1933 Replay A.L. Win-Loss Champion, a title co-equal to winning the 1933 Tourney...

1933 Replay Tourney Day 1 N.L.:  Gus Suhr Sore After Encounter with Grace

*  Bucs Worried about Playing Without Grace

*  Woody Goes to Woodpile and Drives in Lead Run

*  Waite a Minute, Hoyt Now has MLB Saves Lead!

In the B1st, 1B Gus Suhr (10HR/75RBI in actual '33) and C Earl Grace (.356 with 7 runs scored in replay) collided and both had to leave the game.  C Grace, who had been a star for the Bucs in the replay, was injured for ten days, so he won't be seen again in the '33 Tourney.  Seemingly, a bad omen for the Pirates, who had to bring in two bench warmers.  But one of them, Woody Jensen, delivered a two-out RBI single T4th to give him a remarkable 9 RBI in just 24 replay at bats.  Paul Waner (.308/3 for 4) had another two out single in the T6th for what proved to be the winning margin.  Steve Swetonic was the winner, and Waite Hoyt picked up his MLB-leading 3rd save.  Bucs 2, Dodgers 1.  Woody set the MLB record for at bats, later broken thanks to the 162 game seasons, in 1936 with 696.  He picked up 197 hits that year, including 34 doubles, 10 triples, and 10 homers. 

1933 Replay Tourney Day 1:  WARNED THAT WARNEKE KEY TO GAME, PHILS STILL LOSE

*  To Fans' Dismay, Warneke's (5-0) ERA Rises 50% from 0.25 to 0.38

* "And away we goooooooooooo....to offseason" Says Reggie After Yielding Walk-Off HR

* Lon Approaching Cliff; Ferdie Watches in Horror

Twice in this game Phillie sluggers Chuck Klein and Wes Schulmerich made the almost unhittable (up to now) Lon Warneke look vulnerable.  With two out in T1st, Klein doubled and Schulmerich singled down the RF line to put the Phillies (7-10) ahead 1-0.  Then, with the Cubs ahead 3-1 two out T6th, Klein tripled scoring Dick Bartell, then Schulmerich doubled off the RCF wall to tie the game 3-3.  Phils ace reliever Reggie Grabowski (2-3-2/1.77) entered the game T7th and held the Cubs scoreless -- until Warneke took the game in his own hands and blasted a walk-off homer way out to LF with two out B11th...  Cubs (13-4) 4, Phillies (7-10) 3.  Warneke is now 5-0/0.38, with the 3rd most earned runs prevented (15.0) in the EOBHR project to date, trailing only Cliff Lee '08 (18.4) and Ferdie Schupp '17 (15.1).

1933 Replay Tourney Day 2

1933 Replay Tourney Day 2: A.L.:  Doubting re Thomas Unfounded

* American League Dream Dusty Rhodes' Nightmare

*  Kuhel Barrels into Ferrell for Winning Run  

When they lost their first three regular season games, it didn't look like the actual 1933 A.L. Champion Washington Nationals (11-7)  had much chance of repeating that success in the EOBHR project.  But a 2-0 win over the Boston Red Sox (10-8) has brought them to the brink of that accomplishment.  A win against the N.L. Tourney victor in their next game will make the Nats consensus 1933 Replay Champions, due to owning both the A.L. Win-Loss Title and the Tourney Championship.  A loss... and they will have neither distinction.  The Detroit Tigers (10-7) will become the 1933 A.L. Replay Champions on a tiebreaker, as they defeated the A's (also 10-7) in two of their three encounters (8-1, 4-6, 7-1).  In this surprising pitchers' duel, the highly suspect Tommy Thomas (7-7/4.80 in real-world 1933) started for the Nats, having pitched only one prior inning in the replay.  He went up against the Bosox' 4-0 Dusty Rhodes, "The American (League) Dream" (my nickname), and won due to two errors -- by 2B Johnny Hodapp and HOF C Rick Ferrell, the latter dropping the ball when Nat go-ahead run Joe Kuhel barrelled into him at the plate (Ferrell's 4th error in the replay) on a Joe Cronin double.  Both Thomas and Rhodes faced just 33 batters, as Thomas shut out the Bosox despite walking five Sox and fanning none.

1933 Replay Tourney Day 2: N.L.:  What a Guy (5-0)!

*  Cubs ride Old Hoss to Win

*  Babe Homers into RCF Seats Scoring "Brother" Billy

*  C Finney Finicky About Throws Home

*  "Can't catch Pie" Says Diet-Conscious Hal

*  Comorosky Can't Come-Around-Ski to Score Tying Run

In this thrilling battle between the Pirates (11-7) and the Cubs (14-4), a 2-out double by Riggs "Old Hoss" Stephenson put the Cubs ahead B1st, but Pittsburgh's Freddy Lindstrom tied the game with a solo homer 2-out T3rd.  In the B3rd, the Cubs'  (unrelated) Herman boys retaliated: Billy singled, then Babe hit a long HR to RCF put Cubs back ahead, 3-1.  Babe is batting only .188 but his 9 hits include 3 triples and 3 homers, yielding him a healthy 10 RBI.  Still in the B3rd, a one-out error by SS Arky Vaughan helped load the bases, but HOF 3B Pie Traynor backhanded a Jurges grounder and threw home -- and C Hal Finney dropped the throw: 4-1 Cubs.  Charlie "Reaper" Grimm (my nickname) hit another bases loaded grounder to 3B Traynor who, burnt the last time by C Finney, just tagged 3rd for the force, allowing the Cubs' 5th and ultimately decisive run to score.  But in the T6th, Cubs' undefeated 4-0 starter Guy Bush suddenly had big trouble: five straight inning-opening hits by the Pirates.  Guy managed to contained the rally to three runs, making it 5-4 Cubs.  With tying run Alex Comorosky on 3rd base T9th, Cub reliever Lynn Nelson retired Lindstrom on a pop up to save Guy Bush's (5-0/2.45) fifth victory.  Chicago now moves on to play the Washington Nationals for the Tourney Championship.

1933 TOURNEY DAY 3

1933 Tourney Day 3: Tourney Final: National Defeat Leaves Washington Somber and Detroit in Celebration

Whitehill Puts Up White Flag

Charlie Root of Excellent Cubs Performance

Things started out ominously for the Cubs, as 1B Harvey "Gink" Hendrick and RF Frank Demaree both made errors T1st and the Washington Nationals (11-8) took a 1-0 lead.  But these ominous clouds were quickly blown away when the Cubs scored four runs in the B1st on a Hendrick game-tying double, a Riggs Stephenson sac fly, a Frank Demaree 2-out RBI single (note that both T1st error-men immediately atoned in the B1st with RBI), and a Billy Herman RBI single.  The Tourney Final proved to be one-sided as Nat P Earl Whitehill was not effective, but the Cubs' Charlie Root allowed only three hits in his 8 innings of work.  Thus, the Cubs became 1933 Replay Consensus Champions by taking both the N.L. W-L Pct. Crown (which includes Tourney Games) and the Tourney crown.  If the Nats had won, they would have been consensus champions.  But instead they end up with nothing but a good season and the Tigers (10-7) were heralded as 1933 Replay A.L. Champions!

NEXT UP: GET READY FOR 2009 REPLAYED AS THIS PROJECT NEVER ENDS BUT JUST KEEPS ON ROLLING 24/7!!

1933 TEAM SEASON SUMMARIES

1933 A.L. Replay

1933 A.L.: Detroit Tigers (10-7), 1933 Replay A.L. Champions

DOES ANYONE WANT TO WIN THIS THING?

The 1933 Detroit Tigers had the dubious distinction of becoming the first team in the 21 EOBHR replays to date to win their league with such a mediocre win-loss record (10-7/.588).  Actually, Detroit finished tied with the Philadelphia A's (10-7), as both teams were knocked out in the first round of the Tourney.  But the Tigers were awarded first because of their 2-1 regular season record against Philadelphia (8-1, 4-6, 7-1).  Amazingly, with four games left in the regular season, five of the eight A.L. teams were in a deadlock for first place with 7-5 records.

INCREDIBLE G-FORCE FLATTENS BIG-NAME OPPONENTS

The most remarkable phenomenon in the Tigers' season was Gerry Walker's incredible bursts of slugging.  On Opening Day, Walker had a 3-run homer T1st and another 3-run homer T5th in an 8-1 win over the actual '33 3rd place team Philadelphia A's.  Then, in Game 12 against the actual '33 2nd place Yankees, Gerry belted a grand slam T1st, added a solo shot B7th, then an RBI single B8th. This gave him twin 2HR/6RBI performances in a single replay, both against quality opponents!  Gee managed to drive in an additional seven runs in his other games, and finished in a tie with the A's Doc Cramer for the MLB Replay RBI lead with 19. 

CHICAGO FINDS ROCKS IN SOX

The Tigers (10-6) had to win their last two regular season games to end up in a tie for first in the A.L.  In the next to last game, RF John "Rocky" Stone went 5 for 5 and scored the go-ahead run T9th as the Tigers squeaked by the White Sox 4-3. 

GAWKERS OGLE AT AUKER'S UNCONVENTIONAL DELIVERY

Then 22-year-old submarine-ball pitcher Eldon Auker defeated the A's and the great Lefty Grove 7-1 in the season finale, as Hank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer, Billy Rogell, and Pete Fox delivered big hits. 

CRASH!

After a rain delay, the Tiger's Tourney game against the Red Sox started disastrously, with stars LF Gerry Walker and SS Billy Rogell colliding as they pursued a looping Roy Johnson double.  Both were hurt badly enough that they needed to be removed from the game, and Detroit fell 5-3 to Boston.

FEROCIOUS TIGERS

Across their 17 games, the Tigers outscored their opponents 85-60, easily leading both leagues in team homers (17).  Aside from aforementioned speedy/powerful LF Gee Walker, top contributors were 1B Hank Greenberg (.304/9RBI/9BB), 2B Gehringer (.299, 5 doubles, a triple, 3 homers, 11 walks, 13 runs, 10 RBI and just one error), RF Stone (.288, 9 extra base hits, 12 runs, 8 walks, 8 RBI), CF Pete Fox ( 4 doubles, 2 triples, 3 homers, 12 RBI), and SS Billy Rogell (.261, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers, 6 walks, 16 runs, 9 ribbies).

TIGER TWIRLING TRIO

The starting threesome of Carl Fischer, Fred Marberry, and Tommy Bridges was a terrific core to their rotation, each winning 2 and losing one with ERAs ranging from 1.78 to 2.52.  Overall the team ERA was 2.94.

WHAT THE KELL?

While the Tigers' overall record in the 21 EOBHR replays is almost .500 (175-176), they have had the distinction on winning a championship only twice: this rather unconvincing 1933 A.L. win-loss championship, and also their more impressive 13-5 best A.L. record in the 1949 replay.  This team is probably most memorable for 3B George Kell (34 for 68) who became the only player to hit as high as .500 in any of the replays, and to a lesser extent for the pitching of Hal Newhouser, who compiled an awesome 5-0/1.94 slate in the '49 replay. 

1933 A.L.: Philadelphia A's, 2nd Place (10-7)

HUMP-BACKED SEASON, BAD AT EITHER END, GREAT OTHERWISE

The A's lost their first three regular season games, scoring just 3 runs in total, then won 10 of their next 12, averaging 7 runs a game -- before losing their regular season finale to Detroit 7-1 (which also became the tiebreaker that gave Detroit the A.L. Championship) and getting destroyed in their Tourney game with the Nationals, 8-1.

A'S VERY OFFENSIVE  

Despite their lame start and finish, the A's still led MLB in scoring with 88 runs, were 2nd in batting (.284), first in walks drawn (81), and third in homers (11).

A'S PITCHING/DEFENSE ALSO OFFENSIVE

The catch is that they only scored 5 more runs than their opponents, since they were 12th in ERA (3.86) in MLB plus allowed a whopping 18 unearned runs. 

CROWDER PUTS SUGAR IN HIS CHOWDER

In contrast, the Washington Nationals,whom they played in their Tourney game, allowed no unearned runs (0) in the replay.  The A's blew away themselves in that game by committing four errors (plus a Mickey Cochrane passed ball with a runner on third) that led to six unearned runs in their 8-1 loss.  Beyond that, it's hard to win when you have the wild/erratic Merritt "Sugar" Cain (1-2/5.61) up against the disciplined/dominating Alvin "General" Crowder (3-1/2.84).

EXXTREME POWER

When they won, it was like this:  In Game 7 the A's fell behind the Tigers 2-0, but Jimmie Foxx cranked a lead-reversing HR B3rd.  Then they fell behind again, 4-3, and Foxx hit a 3-run blast up, up, and away into the upper deck in LF as their only really viable reliever, Johnny "Footsie" Marcum picked up the 6-4 win.

A'S USE FLIT ON OPPONENTS

Next game, versus the Indians, Roger "Doc" (or "Flit") Cramer did his thing -- a 2-out bases loaded triple T4th and a 2-out RBI single T6th.  This gave Doc the MLB RBI lead with 12 as of the 9 game mark.

WILLIAMS HAS DIBS ON STAR OF THE GAME TROPHY VS. N.Y.

Or there was the next game versus the Yankees, where the A's were cruising along 6-1 in the B7th -- but the Bombers came back to tie it 6-6 against Rube Walberg.  In came Marcum as usual (technically he actually blew the save by allowing the last Yank run B7th), and SS Dib Williams touched off a three run dinger T9th as the A's prevailed 9-6 for Marcum's 2nd win.

CRAMER M.V.P.

While every starter contributed nicely to the offense, the story is really about CF Doc "Flit" Cramer (.422 to lead the A.L.) and Jimmie Foxx.  Cramer led MLB in this replay in the Sabremetric runs created measure (20.4 runs created) and thereby is made A.L. MVP.  This measure is validated by his actual 19 RBI, tied for the MLB lead with Gee Walker, who batted in the middle of the order, not 7th or 2nd like the fleet, good-fielding Cramer. 

FLIT, FOXX, & FOOTSIE SHOW

And of course equally important was Jimmie Foxx (.380/5HR/16RBI/9BB: 19.6 runs created) with his MLB-leading 19 runs scored. 

GROVE OUT OF GROOVE

Lefty Grove "led" the unreliable rotation with a very disappointing 3.82 ERA which led to his 1-3 record; the rest of the starters were worse ERA-wise.  But reliever Marcum offset Lefty's under-performance with a 2-0-2/1.59 in his 7 appearances amounting to 17 innings pitched.

1933 A.L.: Washington Nationals, 3rd Place (11-8)

NATIONALS ON TOURNEY ROLL

In the first two rounds of the Tourney, the Nats allowed only one run while scoring ten.  They clobbered the A's 8-1 as Joe Kuhel had a big triple and double, then shut out the Red Sox 2-0 behind spot starter Tommy Thomas. 

(MISPLAYED?) FLY IN THE OINTMENT

But most of their Tourney scoring -- 9 of their 13 Tourney runs -- was the direct result of opponent errors.  The Cubs (15-4) soundly thrashed the Nats 8-3 in the Tourney Final, as Earl Whitehill was pounded by the Cub offense. And two of the three Washington runs were the result of three Chicago errors and the Cubs' use of third string pitching once the game was decided.

LET'S NOT OVER-REACT THOUGH

All that being said, the Nat regular season offense was sound once they got past their first three games, all losses, when they scored just 4 runs in total. 

GOOSE GOLDEN, BUDDY A BUDDY

Goose Goslin was the star of a 10-1 blowout win of the Red Sox, then Heinie Manush took the starring role in three of their next seven games (five of which were wins).  When Heinie took a rest from the spotlight, 2B Buddy Myer stepped up to be the hero in the next two games, wins against the Browns and the Yankees.  Buddy had a two-run go-ahead B8th triple in a 6-3 victory over the Browns, then went 3 for 3 with a double and a walk in a 6-4 defeat of New York.

JUST A COUPLE OF JOES LEAD MLB, WITH THEIR HEINIE(S) CLOSE BEHIND

SS Joe Cronin (.373) and 1B Joe Kuhel (.337) each had 28 hits to tie for the MLB lead, while LF Heinie Manush (.307) had 23.  These players also combined for an impressive 23 extra base hits (11D/9T/3HR), 33 runs, and 35 RBI. 

IF IT AIN'T BOKEN, DON'T...

Plus four exceptional bench-warmers -- C Cliff Bolton, IF Bob Boken ("If it ain't Boken, don't...), Dave Harris, and an elderly Sam Rice -- were a combined 21 for 52, with 5 doubles, a HR, 9 runs, 7 RBI, and 6 walks. 

WEAVER, WHITEHILL WORRIESOME

While the Nationals remarkably did not allow an unearned run in their 19 games, their ERA (3.47) was definitely not of championship calibre.  Starters Monte Weaver and Earl Whitehill both had ERAs above 5.00 in their combined nine starts. 

IN GENERAL, JACK, PITCHING GOOOOOOD... DUDE

Starter Alvin "General" Crowder (3-1/2.84) and long reliever Jack Russell (3-2/2.74) accounted for the majority of the Washington wins.

1933 A.L.: New York Yankees, 4th Place (9-7)

SQUEEZE PLAY

Amazingly, in the final 1933 A.L. Replay standings, one half of a game separates 1st from 5th place.  The 1st and 2nd place Tigers and A's both had 10-7 records, while the 3rd place Nats were 11-8, .009 behind those two teams, but zero games out of 1st.  Next are the Yankees (9-7), who failed to make the Tourney on a tiebreaker, and the Red Sox (10-8).

BRONX BUMBLERS

Opening Day was an odd game, as N.Y. lost 1-0 in 10 innings to the lowly Browns...  The Browns would win three of their next 15 games and finish in dead last in MLB.  Lefty Gomez allowed only two hits in 10 IP, both to 1B Jack "Slug" Burns.  The second was an infield hit that helped to load the bases for anemic-hitting 3B Art Scharein's go-ahead squeeze bunt T10th.  Meanwhile, the Browns' "ace", Bump Hadley, held the Bronx Bumblers to two hits in ten innings.  Yankee PH Tony Rensa popped up with two on B10th to end the game.

HOME RUN FAMINE

Part of the Yankee problem in this replay was a surprising lack of home run power from Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, and just bad all-around play (amazingly, given his true greatness) by Gehrig.  Part way through  the Yankees' 14th game of the season, Gehrig and Ruth had come to the plate 118 times without a single HR!  In reality, they finished #2 and #3 in MLB in real-world homers in 1933, behind only Jimmie Foxx.

MR. WINNING PCT.

But Ruth crushed a grand slam B5th for only the Yankees' fourth homer of the replay, then Bill Dickey hit a back-to-back homer, and the Yankees trounced the White Sox 13-0 in Game 14.  Wildman Johnny Allen, who later (1937) would have a record-setting 15-1 season in real baseball (although he already had a 17-4 one for the '32 Yankees as a rookie!!) no hit the Sox until the 8th, but had to settle for a shutout. 

LOU BLUE

Ruth finished .308/2HR/12RBI/13BB, but Gehrig ended up batting .197 with no homers and 7 RBI and even made two errors of the Yankees' six errors.

JUMBO HAS BIG PROBLEM

The turning point in the Yankees' season was Game 15.  Fresh off their 13-0 win over lowly St. Louis, they jumped ahead of the hated Red Sox 4-0 by the B5th, with Bill Dickey delivering a big two-out two-run double T1st.  But N.Y. starting pitcher 6-4/295lb Walter "Jumbo" Brown was lit up for seven runs in B5th & B6th, and the Yanks lost 8-4, a defeat that ultimately kept them out of the Tourney.

ITALIAN STALLIONS

Even though Gehrig underperformed, the Yankees were still potent.  2B Tony Lazzeri hit .344 with 1-2-2-8 power stats.  Leadoff man CF Ben Chapman batted .323 with 7 runs and 8 RBI.  1.000-fielding shortstop Frankie Crosetti was marvelous out of the 8-hole, hitting .314 with 5 extra base hits and 10 runs scored.  C Bill Dickey batted 5th and help pick up Gehrig by hitting .310 with 13 RBI. 

JOE CONTACT

In an oddity of the replay, 3B Joe Sewell (.195), who actually struck out just four times in his real-world 606 plate appearances in 1933, fanned four times in just his 47 PA in this replay.

PROBLEM IDENTIFIED

The Yankees fielded .990 and gave up only four unearned runs as a consequence, but starters Russ Van Atta (1-1/7.36) and above-mentioned Jumbo Brown (0-2/15.43) helped inflate their team ERA to 3.68.

1933 A.L.: Boston Red Sox, 5th Place (10-8)

TEAM COMPRESSION TO THE MAX

Far back in distant fifth place, half a game out of first (!!!), were the Boston Red Sox.  Unlike the 1933 A.L. Replay Champion Tigers (10-7), the Bosox actually won a Tourney game. 

SPANKIN' HANK

In that Tourney victory, Hank Johnson (1-1/4.64), their #5 starter, not only pitched six innings of 5-hit, 2-run ball, but -- with the game tied 2-2 -- clubbed a long three run homer with two out T4th.  Then, after pitching a couple of more innings, Hank retired to the showers to let his bullpen take care of the lead, which they did.

REAL OVER-PERFORMERS

Things also looked promising in the 2nd Tourney round against Washington, as they started undefeated Dusty Rhodes (4-0).  Dusty only allowed two unearned runs in his eight innings of work, but the Sox were shut out by unheralded National hurler Tommy Thomas -- and so ended their season.  They did quite well, figuring they actually won 63 games and finished next to last in real-world 1933.

NO HELP FOR THE WEARY, SHELL-SHOCKED

The fundamental problem with these Sox is that they had only a so-so starting rotation of average-at-best hurlers and a below-average bullpen.  No Boston pitcher had an actual 1933 ERA of less than 3.88; there was no one remotely resembling an ace or stopper on the staff...

PIPGRAS A PIP, DUSTY, AN AMERICAN DREAM

So, while they had to resort to relievers twenty different times, the bullpen men provided them a composite ERA of 6.89 in the replay.  On the other hand, George Pipgras (2-1/1.44), of the famed 1927 Yankee staff, and Rhodes (4-1/1.98) pitched over their heads to take the Red Sox deep into the post-season -- one win away from the Tourney Final.

AN INDIAN NOT ON CLEVELAND

Part-Cherokee Bob Johnson's older brother Roy was perhaps the most productive Sox hitter, hitting .282 with 10 runs scored and 2-1-2-14 power stats.  But OF Dusty Cooke (.329/4D/8BB/8R) and young shortstop Billy Werber (.276/10RBI/7BB) also were quite helpful, with Werber tying for the MLB lead in doubles (6) even though he batted 8th in the order. 

HOW DAPP?

In Game 5, Boston blew a 9-4 lead over the A's, but they won 12-11 on a 2B Johnny Hodapp (.271/HR/8RBI/11R) bases loaded walk-off single B12th. 

FERRELL'S FERRET-KILLERS

In another odd game (Game 8), Rick Ferrell grounded into three DP's as the Bosox lost 5-2 to the White Sox -- who grounded into five DP's themselves!  Rick (.281 but only 3 RBI) ended up tying Joe Sewell for the most GDPs (6) in the replay, one off the EOBHR all-time record of 7 by Don Kolloway set in the 1949 EOBHR replay.

5 FOR 5 MEL ALWAYS MADE A (OR "ALMADA" AS HE SAYS) STEAL WHEN HE TRIED

This game was followed by another odd one, as speedy Mel Almada stole 3 bases in a tight 2-1 Boston win over Detroit.  Mel ended up swiping an MLB-leading five bases in the four games he played, amounting to 9 plate appearances.

1933 A.L.: Cleveland Indians, 6th Place (7-9)

HOT START

Now we finally reach the three A.L. '33 teams that did not finish in a virtual tie for 1st place in this replay.  The Indians certainly started out like they were going to be in the picture.  They won their 1st three games and stood in 1st place all by themselves in the A.L. at that point.

WE TRY HARDER

Their strong rotation was what started them off this way.  Mel Harder (2-2/1.59), Oral Hildebrand (3-0, an MLB-best 0.31 ERA), and Wes Ferrell (1-1/3.91) allowed a total of three runs in the first three Indian games, while the Indians scored 22 -- 15 coming in Game 3 versus the eventual A.L. Replay Champ Tigers. 

ORAL GRATIFICATION

Thanks to Harder and Hildebrand, the Tribe also picked up back to back wins in Games 7 & 8 -- but from then on, they were 2-6 and gradually drifted out of the pack of top teams.  Yet even at Game 12, the three-quarter mark of the regular season, they were 6-6 and in 6th place -- one game out of 1st!

POT LUCK PYTLAK SAVES DAY

Their last proud moment definitely shaped the Red Sox' season.  In Game 14, the Indians trailed 4-2 with two out in the 9th -- but young, athletic C Frankie "Pot Luck" (my nickname) Pytlak (.360) lined a last gasp pinch-hit game-tying single into CF.  An Eddie Morgan 2-run single in the 12th was the Tribes' 19th hit and provided the go-ahead score.  This was an inefficient (19 hits for just 6 runs, as they left 14 runners on base!) but satisfying win -- which may have taken a possible championship away from Boston (10-8).

AVERILL FAR ABOVE AVERAGE, HALE TRULY BAD NEWS

LF Earl Averill was an absolute monster batting in the #3 slot.  He batted .412, tied for most hits in MLB with 28, led MLB with 5 triples, and also had 4 doubles.  Power-hitting 2B Odell "Bad News" Hale batted after Averill and took advantage of that, hitting .306 with a double, 4 triples, 3 homers, and 13 RBI.

Losing only Game 2 to Brooklyn by 2-0, the Pirates won 7 of their first 8 games.  During this period, they held opponents to a paltry (and perhaps unprecedented, but the team of EOBHR statisticians haven't yet confirmed that) total of ten runs in the first half of the season. 

PIRATE BATTERS THRIVE

Yet twice they scored 12 runs themselves in a game during that first-half stretch. And until a Game 15 7-6 loss to the Cardinals, the Pirates did not allow more than four runs in any game.  The consequence of leading the league in scoring (87 runs, one less than the MLB-leading A.L. A's) while allowing the fewest runs (46, same as MLB-leading A.L. Indians) is usually a good one. 

PIRATES STOPPED BY A MERE BABE

In the Tourney, they continued their stifling pitching, beating the Dodgers 2-1 behind Steve "Sweet Tonic" Swetonic (my nickname). But a Babe Herman three run HR spelled their demise in a 5-4 loss to the Cubs in the Semifinal Tourney Round.

WAIT(E), THIS JUST IN, HOYT TOPS IN N.L. EARNED RUNS PREVENTED IN RELIEF

With only one pitcher (a guy who pitched one inning at that) with an ERA above 3.20, they led MLB with a 2.18 team ERA.  Their biggest pitching stars were Larry French (4-1/2.09) and reliever Waite Hoyt (0-1 with 3 saves, 0.56 ERA in 16 IP).

WANER SINGLE-MINDED ABOUT RBIS

HOFer LF Paul Waner batted cleanup and hit .304, leading the team with 14 RBI even though 19 of his 21 hits were singles.  A lot of his RBIs were due to 3-hole batter SS Arky Vaughan (.279/10BB) scoring on his blows.  Arky easily led the N.L. with 16 runs scored.  Vaughan also had 2 doubles, 3 triples, and 2 homers, and drove in 9. 

WOODY COULD WITH MEN ON BASE

C Earl Grace batted .356 and #2 batter HOFer Fred Lindstrom hit .333 with 11 runs.  Super-sub OF Woody Jensen drove in 9 runs in just 27 at bats.

1933 N.L.: New York Giants (7-9), 4th Place Tie

WHITEHILL TOUGH TO CLIMB

In reality, the N.Y. Giants won the World Series in 1933, with the A.L. Champ Washington Nationals (that's confusing... how can the Nationals be in the American League?) managing only a single W.S. victory, a 4-0 Game 3 shutout by Earl Whitehill.

WHERE'S MCGRAW?

In this replay, Manager Bill Terry's boys scored a meager 49 runs in their 16 games.  They lost 3 of their first 4 games, scoring one run in each of the losses.  After winning Games 5-7 -- one of them a 1-0 shutout where Jo-Jo Moore finally singled home a run in the B13th -- they lost three more games in a row.

PITCHERS THREATEN STRIKE

In that mid-season three game slide, the last two losses were games where the Giants hurlers (Roy Parmelee, Freddie Fitzsimmons were the starters) pitched consecutive two-hitters... and lost both!! 

MEAL TICKET PUNCHES IN

Then Carl Hubbell shut out the Braves, a 5-0 win...  But they were crushed 9-1 by the Phillies in the next game... And so on.

EOBHR CHAMPS TO DATE

Yet, with a 214-150 record in the 21 EOBHR seasons, they have been arguably the consistently greatest team in this project so far. Benefiting from the selection of years played, the Giants hold a nine game EOBHR lead over the 2nd place Red Sox (205-159) and a 14 1/2 game lead over the 3rd place Braves (200-165).  In the 1911 replay, they were 15-4, in 1912 13-6, in 1917 16-3, in 1918 15-3, in 1949 13-5, in 1964 13-4...

CLOSE CALLS DON'T GO GIANT WAY

Other than the Indians (0-5), the Giants had the worst record (2-5) in MLB in one-run decisions.  Evidence of this is that their team had a 2.79 ERA but their bullpen a 4.39. 

LEADERS FAIL TO DELIVER

Five-hole hitter, HOF 1B and Mgr. Bill Terry, led the team with a .327 BA, but had only 3 extra base hits and 5 RBI -- which was still 4th best on the team. 

IT'S NOT OTT OF HERE!

The RBI leaders on Giants were a most unlikely trio: #8 hitter shortstop Blondy Ryan (.273, one double, 8 RBI), #2 hitter CF Kiddo Davis (.264/2HR/8RBI), and #7 hitter, 147-pound 2B Hughie Critz (.271, 2 extra base hits, one run scored, 7 RBI).  The great HOF #3 hitter, Mel Ott of 511 real-world homers, hit .254 with a homer and 4 RBI in his 63 at bats. 

NEED MICROSCOPE, NOT HUBBLE TELESCOPE, TO SEE HUBBELL'S TINY ERA

The saving grace, if there was one, was Carl Hubbell, who was 3-1/0.95 with just 14 hits allowed in 38 innings pitched!!  Despite their 7-9 record, most of the Giants' pitchers had ERAs of 2.70 or lower.

1933 N.L.: St. Louis Cardinals (7-9), 4th Place Tie

MOST CARD GAMES DECIDED BY SLIMMEST OF MARGINS

To say the Cardinal season could have gone either way is no exaggeration: almost 60% of their games (10 of 16) were determined by a single run!  Therefore, it is not surprising that the Cards scored a nice 78 runs but allowed a slightly higher and unsightly 82.  They lost their first four one-run tighties, leading to a 2-6 start, then began belatedly to come through when it mattered in the second half of the season...

ERNIE EARNS EARNEST PRAISE

Exhibit A (Game 9): They blow a 6-1 lead but win on a CF Ernie Orsatti (.270, 2 doubles, 2 triples, 7 RBI) walk-off single B10th: Cards 8, Reds 7.

JIMMIE HITS LIKE HACK

Exhibit B (Game 10): Tex Carlton and Burleigh Grimes are hog-wild, walking ten Braves, but they hold on to win 6-5 because of great hitting by C Jimmie Wilson (.447/11RBI). 

PAT SOLUTION

Exhibit C (Game 14... after losing back to back one-run games to the Dodgers, 6-5, 5-4): 1B Ripper Collins (.311/3-2-2-15RBI) double, pinch hitter Pat Crawford two-out go-ahead single B8th as 42-year-old Cuban great Dolph Luque blows save for Giants: Cards 7, Giants 6.

LIP SERVICE

Exhibit D (Game 15): Cardinals, wild Carlton, blow 3-0, 6-5 leads, but shortstop Leo Durocher (.229/6RBI) drives go-ahead 7th inning double into the LCF gap. 

PEPPERY LEADOFF MAN

The Cardinals had an exciting offense, as shown above.  Two other big contributors besides those already named were catalysts 3B Pepper Martin (.377, 26 hits, 9 extra base hits, 10 runs, 7 walks, 2 steals) and HOF 2B Frankie Frisch (.344, 11 runs, 4 SB to lead N.L.). 

DIZAPPOINTMENT

Dizzy Dean (1-3/2.36, 30 strikeouts) was a victim of the Cards' tendency to lose close games and also his tendency to attract the other team's best pitcher as his opponent.  Despite his N.L.-leading 20 walks, plus allowing more hits than innings pitched, Tex Carlton (3-1/3.31) was the most successful St. Louis pitcher...  But the overall team ERA of 4.47 was only topped in the N.L. by the Phillies' 4.60.

1933 N.L.: Philadelphia Phillies (7-10), 6th Place

Three-Way Street

The Phillies finished in a three-way tie for 4th place during the regular season, but their winning record versus the teams with whom they were tied (Giants, Cardinals) allowed them to make the Tourney.  In the postseason they faced, and lost to, the Cubs, who would end up with easily the best record in MLB (15-4) and become Tourney Champions.  But the Cubs had to struggle mightily to defeat the Philadelphians...

WARNEKE WORRIES

The Phillies surprised super-ace and Replay CYA-winning Lon Warneke (5-0/0.38) with two out T1st -- Chuck Klein doubled and Wes Schulmerich singled for only the 2nd run scored off Lon all season. 

CUBS WADE INTO SNIPE

But the Cubs collected three runs off Phillie "ace" Snipe Hansen (2-0/3.81)  and led 3-1 after 5. 

MORE WORRIES FOR WARNEKE

With two out and nobody on T6th, Philadelphia collected two more runs off the previously invincible Warneke -- a Klein triple into the RF corner, a D*ck Bartell single, and a Schulmerich double off the RCF wall. 

GRABO LOSES GRIP

After six innings were complete, Phillie ace reliever Reggie Grabowski (2-3-2/1.77) entered and shut down Chicago -- but the Phils couldn't tally against Warneke either.  Finally, a tiring Grabowski accidentally grooved an offering to good-hitting P Warneke with two out B11th, who knocked it out of the park LF, ending the classic game.

PHILS THROW SPUD(S) AT GIANTS

The Phils were good for some offensive thrills -- like scoring six runs with no one out T1st in a key late-season Game 12 with the Giants, or C Spud Davis' walkoff B10th homer against the same Giants in their last regular season Game 16.  This was Spud's 5th hit of the contest, and it sent the Phillies into the Tourney, knocking the Giants out of the postseason at the same time.

OPPONENTS CAN'T ELIMINATE MIDDLEMEN

The middle of the Phillies order could be overwhelming for opposing pitchers: RF Klein (.370/5HR/15RBI/13R), C Davis (MLB-leading .463, 6 extra base hits, 10 runs, 11 RBI), 210-pound (huge for this era) CF Wes Schulmerich (.375, MLB-best .500 OBP, 8 extra base hits, 13 runs, 8RBI), and 1B Don Hurst (.344/5D/4HR/15RBI). 

HURST WORST, BEST

To show how the Phillies runners piled up on the bases against hurlers, Hurst tied for the N.L. lead in RBI -- and led MLB in men left on base!!  Yet, due to weak pitching (4.60) and mediocre fielding, the Phils were still outscored 91-74...

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