Week 11 Summary (06/23/1941 - 06/29/1941)

1941 Boston Braves
Week Eleven of the 1941 BBW replay is in the books, and it was another exciting and interesting week. Detroit outfielder Barney McCosky hit for the second cycle of the season, the first having come just last week, but the big news of the week was that Cincinnati hurler Elmer Riddle threw a perfect game versus Philadelphia in the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday. Monte Pearson followed up in Game Two with a one-hitter … a long day for the Phillies hitters.

Week Twelve is the halfway point of the season and is followed by a three-day All-Star break, but for now, this past week was a bit of a topsy-turvy one. The Yankees got swept in a three-game series at home by St. Louis, the second-place White Sox ended their week by losing three games in Cleveland, the Indians had fallen into fourth place behind Boston but are now tied for second, and the Red Sox couldn’t hold on to third place and are now seeing St. Louis in their rearview mirror, the Browns are currently working on a seven-game winning streak and are 2.0 games behind Boston, the Nationals cooled off a bit this past week but are still within striking distance of St. Louis, the A's lost five in a row but are still well ahead of Detroit, and the Tigers had gone on a bit of a roll only recently only to end the week with three losses to the Big Brown Machine from St. Louis.

 

Boston (NL) Manager
Casey Stengel
In the NL, the Cardinals got Johnny Mize back in the lineup and were hoping to extend their lead, only to lose both ends of a doubleheader on Sunday to Cincinnati, but second-place Brooklyn was unable to capitalize on the St. Louis losses because they were getting swept in a doubleheader by last lace Boston. Cincinnati had quite the week with a perfect game and a one-hitter in a doubleheader against Philadelphia in mid-week and their wins versus St. Louis on Sunday, but they needed all those wins to hold off the charging Giants who are now in fourth place. New York has won eight of their last ten games and was able to pass Pittsburgh and are sitting 1.0 games behind the Reds, the Pirates are moving down towards the Cubs but should be able to rebound, while Chicago still has trouble scoring runs, but they are well ahead of Philadelphia, who opens this new week by being only 0.5 games ahead of eighth-place Boston.

Through Sunday's games, Joe DiMaggio's 1941 hitting streak had reached 42 games. In the replay, his on-base streak had reached 68 games, no small feat in itself. DiMaggio is still second in the AL in hitting at .399, still well behind Ted Williams (.488). These two are both having quite a season, but the Red Sox are sitting a full 12.0 games behind the first-place Yankees.

Braves Field 1935 Digital Art by Gary Grigsby | Pixels

 




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