W E S T   D I V I S I O N

E A S T   D I V I S I O N

  Louisville Colonels
    Mark Allen

Al Kaline, who earlier this year became the first player in five years to get six hits in a game, had 4 hits on June 30 and July 8.  In the latter game, he drove in four runs, leading the Colonels to a 6-2 win over Washington.
Hank Aaron hit two home runs against St. Louis July 12 in an 8-7 win.  Aaron is 3rd in home runs and OPS, and 6th in RBI.
Jackie Jensen is putting a slumpy 1956 (.248-8-34, .749 OPS) )behind him.  The former All-Star center fielder hit .440 (11-25) in his last 8 games, raising his season average to .317.
Herm Wehmeier has struggled of late.  The 1955 ERA champ is 0-2 with a 7.25 ERA in his last 3 starts.
  

   Washington Monuments
     Jay Kaplan

How hot was Washington in the first half?  Check out this stat: the Monuments went 55 games without back-to-back losses from April 27 to July 5.  In that span, they were 13-0 in games after a loss.  Their current skid is the first time since May 29-June 2, 1954 that the Mons have lost five consecutive games.
Carl Erskine, Stu Miller, Dave Kolso, and Warren Hacker are a combined 0-7, 4.37 in 10 starts in July.  Closer Ted Abernathy has the only two July wins
Joe Adcock hit game-winning singles against Louisville on July 7 (in the 10th inning) and July 9 (in the 9th), giving Washington their only two wins so far this month.
 

   Chicago Colts
    Lance Mueller

Gus Zernial is once again threatening the UL single-season home run record.  Last year, Zernial had 24 home runs in his first 64 games, but cooled off (just 15 in the last 90), and ended the year with 39, two shy of Ralph Kiner's 1953 record.  Gus has 27 home runs this year, a 47-HR pace.
Chicago started the second half with sweeps of Louisville and Los Angeles to climb within 1.5 games of first place, but were swept at home by San Francisco and lost the first two of a four-game set at Fenway Park.
Robin Roberts (10-6, 4.48) was fortunate to get no-decisions after he was shelled in his last two starts (5.63, 16.0, 24 H).
 

   Brooklyn Superbas
    Glen Reed

Bobby Brown had eight hits in two days July 14 and 15.  The third baseman and leadoff man (vs. R) played 66 games without a four-hit game, then had two back-to-back.  Brown's .418 OBP vs. R is fourth in the league.
Richie Ashburn had four hits on July 5, a 9-6 extra-inning loss at Detroit.
Dick Gernert hit two home runs against Boston on July 7.
Brooklyn has five regulars batting .330 or better: Granny Hamner (.374), Bobby Brown (.361), Minnie Minoso (.358), Richie Ashburn (.357), and Sandy Amoros (.330).
 

   St. Louis Maroons
    Tim Smith

Yogi Berra hit .519 (14-27) in his first 10 games with St. Louis, including four hits at Louisville July 12 in an 8-7 loss. . .  Late home runs have been killing the team.  Four times in 10 days, the Maroons allowed winning runs to score in the eighth inning or later.  On July 5, Frank Robinson homered off Spec Shea for a 3-2 win.  On July 9, Joe Cunningham's homer off Jim Brosnan in the eighth led to a 2-1 Detroit win.  On July 12 at Louisville, Ray Moore blew a save by giving up back-to-back dingers to Ed Bailey and Andy Carey in an 8-7 loss.  And on July 15 at San Francisco, Ken Boyer and Rocky Colavito homered in the 9th (off Moore) and 10th (off Ned Garver) for a 6-5 win.
  

   Detroit Sound
    Sean Holloway

Ralph Kiner had two home runs against Brooklyn in the first game of the second half, July 5, including a game-winning three-run shot off Hoyt Wilhelm in the 10th inning.  Detroit won 9-6.
Joe Cunningham had five straight two-hit games from June 30 to July 8, but fractured his hand on July 14 when he was hit by a Bob Friend fastball in a 3-1 loss to New York.
Pedro Ramos pitched 8.2 three-hit innings for his sixth straight win (13th overall) in a 2-1 win over St. Louis July 9.
Detroit was destroyed by Boston 17-2 on July 12, but won the series 2-1 with 6-5 (12 inn.) and 5-3 wins.
 

   San Francisco Spiders
    John Nellis

Sam Mele drove in a career high 5 runs in an 8-1 win at Boston July 5, then fractured his ankle two days later in New York after sliding hard into third base with a triple.
Red Schoendienst is red hot since his June 4 call-up from Atlanta.  Red has 35 hits in 27 games (.376, .933 OPS), including 11-for-26 (.423) in his last six.
Bobby "Give Peace A" Shantz, who spent 1955 in the minors and was 1-11 last year, is finally piecing together a decent season.  Through 12 starts, the 30-year-old southpaw is 6-5, 4.65, and 2-1, 2.52 in his last 3 starts.
 

   New York Gothams
    Shawn Martin

Jim Busby tops the league with 19 hits in July (.500).  The 30-year old centerfielder had five straight multi-hit games from July 7-12 against S.F. and L.A.  He was 9-for-15 in the three-game series with the Outlaws, including two home runs in the finale, and won Player of the Week for 7/14.
Bubba Church was named Player of the Week 7/7 after going 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA in 16 innings.  Church is 11-8 and won four straight starts from June 22 to July 6.
 

    Los Angeles Outlaws
     Chris McCreight

Roy Campanella started the second half on fire.  The former MVP catcher hit .375-4-10 with a 1.220 OPS in 9 games.  On July 10 against New York, Campy hit 4-for-5 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.  He had 5 hits against San Francisco on 6/22.
Bill Mazeroski, a top-rated defensive second baseman, made his major league debut July 5, and hit .333 (9-27) in his first 10 games.  He was 3-for-4 at Louisville on July 15, a game the Outlaws won 7-2 on Ray Herbert's 4-hitter.
 

   Boston Beacons
    Charlie Qualls

Roger Maris hit two home runs against Detroit on July 12.  Maris hit just one HR in his first 47 games, but has belted 9 in his last 25.  The rookie outfielder is hitting .407 in July with a 1.263 OPS.
Hank Aguirre's 1.56 ERA is the league's best in July.  Aguirre allowed just one earned run (and one unearned) in a 2-1 loss at Brooklyn July 8, then beat Detroit 17-2 with a five-hit CG on the 12th.