Week 20 Summary (08/25/1941 - 08/31/1941)

Week Twenty of the 1941 BBW Replay is in the books and we have reached the end of August and are heading into September with four weeks remaining to be played. Four teams in the AL have reached or passed the 130 games played mark, but the remainder are close behind. The NL teams are still slightly behind their AL counterparts, but that will be made up over these few remaining weeks.

In the AL, New York has been without Joe DiMaggio for the last ten days or so, but he is scheduled to return to play later this coming week. Regardless, they have maintained their healthy lead over the rest of the division. Their magic number is down to ten, with only twenty-two games left to play. Boston has secured the second spot in the AL standings, although that may have more to do with Chicago and Cleveland's current struggles. Cleveland actually spent a few days in fifth place this last week behind St. Louis, but as this week ended, they are 0.5 games ahead of the Browns. Washington is right at .500 (63-63) and is relishing its role as a spoiler as they refuse to roll over to those teams ahead of them in the standings.

 

In the NL, St. Louis has been in a bit of a lull lately as they have only won two of their last ten, but they maintain a 10.5 games lead over second-place Cincinnati and their magic number is twenty with only 28 games left to play. Brooklyn swept a pair of doubleheaders versus the Cardinals this past week, but they have trouble getting past Cincinnati. New York is in fourth place, having lost 3-of-4 to Brooklyn at the end of the week, but they remain right on Brooklyn's tail, and they are only 2.5 games behind second-place Cincinnati. Pittsburgh had a chance to climb back to .500 this past week but slid back and they will try this coming week again.

As we head into the last month of the season let's take a look at the league leaders:

 

American League

 

Batting Average: Ted Williams (.466), Joe DiMaggio (.352), Mickey Vernon (.347)

 

Runs Scored: Williams (132), DiMaggio (115), Charlie Keller (109), Buddy Lewis (105)

 

RBI’s: Williams (129), Keller (113), Jimmie Foxx (101), Joe Cronin (100)

 

Hits: Williams (183), Cecil Travis (171), Luke Appling (171)

 

Doubles: Williams (39), Lewis (38), Travis (35), Cronin (35)

 

Triples: Travis (16), Bruce Campbell (12), four tied with (11)

 

Homeruns: Williams (39), Keller (29), DiMaggio (24)

 

Walks: Williams (128), Roy Cullenbine (111), Benny McCoy (98)

 

Wins: Eddie Smith (19-9), Bob Feller (19-12), Thornton Lee (18-8)

 

ERA: Lee (1.49), Spud Chandler (2.05), Atley Donald (2.35), Red Ruffing (2.57)

 

National League

Batting Average: Johnny Mize (.371), Pete Reiser (.367), Johnny Cooney (.337), Joe Medwick (.336)

 

Runs Scored: Terry Moore (83), Mize (79), Babe Young (79) Reiser (78), Dolph Camilli (78)

 

RBI’s: Mize (108), Camilli (107), Frank McCormick (103)

 

Hits: Johnny Rucker (159), Reiser (158), McCormick (156)

 

Doubles: Rucker (41), Reiser (33), Dom Dallessandro (33), Billy Herman (32)

 

Triples: Reiser (20), Enos Slaughter (15), Elbie Fletcher (10)

 

Homeruns: Young (28), Camilli (24), Mize (19), Babe Dahlgren (19)

 

Walks: Fletcher (114), Mel Ott (93), Camilli (92)

 

Wins: Whit Wyatt (20-6), Bucky Walters (17-10), Kirby Higbe (17-13)

 

ERA: Harry Gumbert (1.73), Higbe (1.87), Elmer Riddle (1.94), Wyatt (2.04)






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