1916 BBW Replay Week 13 Summary - July 03-July 09, 1916

Cleveland Indians Manager
Lee Fohl
Week Thirteen of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was another week packed with close games- an exciting week of close games- and the pitching continues to dominate. Each league has 10+ starters with ERA's below two, so when all games are close, anything can happen. A key hit, an untimely error, a wild pitch or a passed ball at exactly the wrong time, and a team's fortunes can change on a dime, and then, when you least expect it, someone stages a ninth-inning rally to turn things completely around.

Week 13 of a 25-week season is now completed, yet no team has reached the 77-games-played mark, the halfway point for games played, meaning the second half of the season will be a busy one. Most teams are in the 70's, so it's not like we are terribly behind, but for those teams still in the 60's (one in the AL, four in the NL), they have a slight amount of digging yet to do. This coming week will be another busy one, especially in the AL. The league recently completed its Fourth of July doubleheaders for all holiday, so every little bit helps get the games in.

 

1916 Cleveland Indians Team
n the AL, Boston remains ahead of Detroit by 5.5 games, but these two teams are starting to pull away from the rest of the league. Boston will host Chicago for three doubleheaders to start their upcoming week, an event that will tax both teams. The White Sox would love to inflict a little pain on the league leaders, but the Red Sox have proven to be quite resilient and have managed to avoid any extended losing streak this season. Detroit remains strong in second place, but it helps that Chicago and Cleveland, who should be fighting with Detroit for the top spot in the AL, just haven't been able to climb out of the bottom half of the AL standings.

1916 Cleveland Indians Players
In the NL, Brooklyn still sits atop the standings, but second-place Cincinnati ended this past week by taking 3-of-4 from the Robins, and these two have one more game at the start of this upcoming week. Cincinnati actually finished in seventh place in the 1916 NL, but so far they have relied on just enough pitching and timely hitting to carry them towards the top of the pile. Behind them, neither Boston nor New York has been able to make a push, but Philadelphia is definitely charging up the standings. The Phillies started the week in fifth place, but they were able to roar past Boston and New York, and now sit in third place, 4.0 games behind Cincinnati.

Here is a snapshot of the statistical leaders at the halfway point of the season. Expect to see a lot of the usual suspects as the names you expect to see appear quite often:

 

American League

 

Batting Average: Ty Cobb, DET (.395), Tris Speaker, CLE (.352), Larry Gardner, BOS (.339), George Sisler, STB (.327)

 

Runs: Ossie Vitt, DET (47), Harry Hooper, BOS (45), Donie Bush, DET (42), Dick Hoblitzell, BOS (41), Eddie Foster, WAS (41)

 

RBI's: Bobby Veach, DET (45), Joe Jackson, CWS (43), Ty Cobb, DET (43), Tris Speaker, CLE (43), George Sisler, STB (41)

 

Hits: Ty Cobb, DET (98), Tris Speaker, CLE (95), George Sisler, STB (84), Harry Hooper, BOS (83), Burt Shotton, STB (83)

 

Doubles: Jack Graney, CLE (21), Harry Heilmann, DET (20), Tris Speaker, CLE (19), Stuffy McInnis, PHA (18), Del Pratt, STB (16)

 

Triples: Del Pratt, STB (10), Henri Rondeau, Was (7), Whitey Witt, PHA (7), Joe Jackson, CWS (7)

 

Homeruns: Home Run Baker, NYY (8), George H. Burns, DET (7), Wally Pipp, NYY (7)

 

Walks: Eddie Collins, CWS (42), Burt Shotton, STB (36), Ty Cobb, DET (34), Harry Hooper, BOS (34)

 

Stolen Bases: Ty Cobb, DET (27), Armando Marsans, STB (22), Eddie Collins, CWS (18)

 

Pitching: Babe Ruth, BOS (14-4, 1.82), Dutch Leonard, BOS (13-1, 1.31), Harry Coveleski, DET (13-5, x)

 

National League

 

Batting Average: Hal Chase, CIN (.360), Milt Stock, PHI (.333), Zack Wheat, BRO (.333), Casey Stengel, BRO (.317), Rogers Hornsby, STC (.316)

 

Runs: Heinie Groh, CIN (46), Zack Wheat, BRO (44), Jake Daubert, BRO (44), Max Carey, PIT (39)

 

RBI's: Zack Wheat, BRO (50), Hal Chase, CIN (38), George Cutshaw, BRO (37), Vic Saier, CHC (36)

 

Hits: Milt Stock, PHI (89), Zack Wheat, BRO (84), Rogers Hornsby, STC (81), Honus Wagner, PIT (81)

 

Doubles: Bert Niehoff, PHI (21), Milt Stock, PHI (18), Zack Wheat, BRO (17), Larry Doyle, NYG (16)

 

Triples: Bill Hinchman, PIT (9), Ed Konetchy, BSB (7), Larry Doyle, NYG (7), Rogers Hornsby, STC (7), Heinie Groh, CIN (7)

 

Homeruns: Cy Williams, CHC (7), Vic Saier, CHC (6)

 

Walks: Dave Bancroft, PHI (41), Bill Rariden, NYG (31), Heinie Groh CIN (30), Benny Kauff, NYG (29)

 

Stolen Bases: Max Carey, PIT (28), Bob Bescher, STC (19), Bruno Betzel, STC (15), Dode Paskert, PHI (15), Benny Kauff, NYG (15), George J. Burns, NYG (15)

 

Pitching: Fred Toney, CIN (15-3, 1.29), Grover Alexander, PHI (15-4, 0.75), Jeff Pfeffer, BRO (13-4, 1.15)

 

It's July, it's hot, but it is hot on both sides of the field. Lots of games are remaining to be squeezed in. Both teams are wearing flannel uniforms, so you know what that means - let's go play!



 



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