Week 22 Summary (09/08/1941 - 09/14/1941)

Week Twenty-Two of the 1941 BBW Replay is in the books and New York has wrapped up the AL pennant, and St. Louis has a magic number of one in the NL. All the AL teams are well past the 140-games-played mark and in the NL, there are still a few teams yet to make that mark, but the regular season only extends for two more weeks, so some teams still have comparatively quite a few games remaining to play.

In the AL, New York is setting their roster up for the World Series (they have some experience in this area). Joe DiMaggio and Red Ruffing just returned from two weeks on the injured list and Charlie Keller and Red Rolfe are due to miss most of the next two weeks but will be available when the time comes. However, the real story of the AL is what is going on in the turmoil immediately below the Yankees. Boston still sits in second place, but they have only won four of their previous ten. Directly behind Boston sits St. Louis. That's right - the Browns are in third place. They are only 0.5 games ahead of Chicago so this may not last, but needless to say, the St. Louis fans are pretty giddy right now.

 

While Chicago sits in fourth place, they maintain a 2.5 games lead over the fifth-place team, but the other surprise is that the fifth-place team is Washington. The Nationals had spent most of the second half of the season chasing the .500 mark and as of today, they are two games over the .500 mark. And if Washington is in fifth, that can only mean that Cleveland has slipped down into sixth place with only two weeks remaining in the season. The Indians may rally in these final two weeks, but for now, their 1941 season has cratered.

In the NL, St. Louis decided to get hot at just the right time and ran their magic number down to one. Outfielders Enos Slaughter and Terry Moore have just returned from injury, and while they might be limited just yet, the team expects them to be ready to go when the World Series rolls around. Brooklyn has also decided to get hot again, although it’s too late as far as first place is concerned, as of now they have a 2.0 games lead over third-place Cincinnati. Those two will have to fight it out for second place as the season winds down.

 

New York remains in fourth place, but they are taking the opportunity to look at a large crop of young players, so they will surely finish at .500 or above they are apparently willing to stay out of the dogfight for second place. Pittsburgh is 5.0 games behind New York. The Pirates stumbled after the All-Star break and is another team that has spent the second half of the season struggling to get back to .500, which, after yesterday, they finally reached the .500 mark.

Ted Williams is hitting .476, has 144 RBI's, and has hit 42 homeruns, so the triple crown is in the bag for the Splendid Splinter. While it is doubtful that Charlie Keller could have passed Williams in homeruns (30) or RBI's 121) anyway, Keller is on the injured list for most of the next two weeks, so that question is moot at this point.

 

Pete Reiser (.366) moved past Johnny Mize (.351) for the NL batting race about ten days ago, although it would be more accurate to say that due to a recent cold streak Mize slid down past Reiser over these past few weeks. Dolph Camilli (122) has a slight lead in RBI's over Mize (121), while Babe Young (31) leads Camilli (26) for the homerun title.

 

The World Series opponents may be settled but there is still a lot to be decided yet, so let's go play.





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