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TOP STORIES
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Orlando Cepeda set the single season home run
record with his 51st homer on Sept. 3 in
Cleveland.
St. Louis climbed into first
place in the West and leads Chicago by one game
with 16 left to play. Boog Powell was
Player of the Week twice in a row.
Cleveland surged from 5th to 2nd place in the
East, but Washington cut its magic number to 9
with an comfortable 8-game lead with 16 games to
go.
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ON THE MEND |
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ATL |
-- |
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BOS |
-- |
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BRO |
MR Clyde Wright
(4 mo)
RF Pat Kelly (3 wk) |
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CHI |
MR Harry Parker (7 wk) |
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CLE |
-- |
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DAL |
SP Rich Nye (9
mo)
CF Cesar Cedeno
(4 mo)
MR Sparky Lyle (2
mo)
SP Spaceman Lee (2 mo)
RF Willie Crawford (3 wk) |
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DET |
3B Dick Allen
(4 mo)
SP Bill Hands (8
wk) |
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LA |
SS Charley Smith (3 mo)
SP Joe
Gibbon (7 wk) |
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MAN |
RF Jim Holt
(6 mo)
LF Dusty Baker (4
wk) |
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STL |
-- |
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SF |
MR Barry Lersch
(12 mo)
SS Mark Belanger (3
wk) |
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WAS |
1B Ron Blomberg
(4 mo)
RF Bernie
Carbo (3 mo)
1B Nate Colbert
(2 wk) |
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min 2 weeks
new injury |
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| TRADES |
August 1
(264)
CHICAGO gets
3B Pete Ward
MR Joe Decker
MANHATTAN
gets
CHI '73 3rd round pick
CHI '74 2nd
round pick
CHI '74 3rd round pick
August 1
(265)
ST. LOUIS gets
MAN '73 3rd
round pick
WASHINGTON gets
1B Jim Gentile
August 1
(266)
BOSTON gets
SP Chuck Dobson
MR Don Gross
C George Mitterwald
LOS ANGELES gets
C Johnny Romano
CL Ray Crone
BOS
'73 1st round pick
$700k cash |
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 UL's
New Home Run King
Cepeda Cranks #51, Eclipses Aaron/Banks
CLEVELAND (Sept. 3) --
Boston's Orlando Cepeda shattered the UL single-season
home run record today with his 51st dinger of the year,
a solo shot off Frank Reberger in the second inning of a
4-2 loss at Cleveland.
Cepeda was well on his way
to the record at the All-Star Break, with 37 home runs, but slumped in July and
August, when hit hit just 13 homers combined. He
had 48 home runs on Aug. 11, but took eight games to get
to #49 and another nine games to get to #50 on Aug. 30,
but then only three games to break the record today.
The previous record of 50 home runs was jointly held
by Hank Aaron and Ernie Banks, who reached the 50 mark
in back-to-back seasons in 1964 and 1965 -- Aaron with
Los Angeles and Banks with Chicago. Before '64 the
record belonged to Gus Zernial, who hit 46 in 1957.
 Boog
Powers St. Louis to First
Colts-Maroons Headed for Epic Finish
ST. LOUIS (Sept. 14) --
Boog Powell had his hottest
fortnight at the plate since joining the Maroons early
last season, hitting eight home runs and driving in 18
runs to lift St. Louis to first place. Powell hit
.391 with a 1.376 OPS in his last 12 games, including
five home runs in the first four days of the month.
St. Louis moved into a first-place tie on Sept. 8
with a 3-0 win at San Francisco, when Dave Roberts
anchored a three-hit shutout. Chicago and St.
Louis both won on Sept. 11 and lost on the 12th, but the
Maroons claimed first place on the 13th with a 5-2 win
against Atlanta while Chicago lost in Los Angeles.
Roberts (16-9) was again the winner, while Roy White
doubled twice, Reggie Smith hit his 32nd home run, and
Dave LaRoche notched his league-leading 37th save.
The two teams now enter the final 16 games of the
season with a one-game margin between them and with
every indication that the West Division race will come
down to the last two games of the year, when St. Louis
travels to Chicago to close out the regular season.
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Dave Roberts is 10-1 in the second
half, 3-0, 2.42 in his last 3 starts, and won the games
that moved STL into a first place tie (Sept. 8) and into
first place all alone (Sept. 13)
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The Mons lost their leading hitting
Ron Blomberg (.288-18-64) for the season with a broken
hand on Sept. 9 . . . John Strohmayer's magic has
returned (1.29 ERA in last 5 games) after two dismal
months.
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Felix Mantilla is slumping hard
(.185-0-0 in last 8 games) and Wilbur Wood is just 1-2
despite a 2.05 ERA in his last 3 games (2-1 and 3-2
losses).
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Rookie starters Burt Hooton and
J.R. Richard are a combined 4-0 in September, and
Richard is now tied for the league lead with 17 wins.
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Joe Torre (.375-43-119) and Sal
Bando (.344-41-120) are neck-and-neck for the team lead
in HRs and RBIs and are top 3 in batting, HR, and RBI.
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Chuck "Hard Luck" Dobson is 10-17
despite a 2.96 ERA, wile Bert Blyleven leads the club
with 13 wins with the worst ERA (3.80).
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Paul Lindblad has pitched 14 games
without an earned run, but Buddy Bradford is hitless in
his last 21 at bats.
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Reggie Jackson (.249-25-86) kept
alive his hopes for a 4th straight 30-HR season with 3
HR in his last 12 games.
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John Hiller is 1-1, 0.81 in his
last 11 games . . . Ken Henderson needs just 8 RBI
for a 30 HR/100 RBI season.
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Ken Brett was 3-0, 1.96 in his last
3 starts, and jumped to 6th in the league in VORP . . .
Steve Garvey hit .394 in his last 11 games.
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Rich Nye tore his labrum Sept. 4,
adding his name to the longest DL in the league.
The Texans are playing .500 ball so far in September.
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Dan McGinn anchored a four-hit
shutout of Cleveland Sept. 7, the Bas sixth win in eight
games. . . Bill Stoneman beat STL 4-1 on Sept. 6
then gave up 10 runs in 1.1 innings in his next start.
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LEADERBOARDS |
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BATTING AVERAGE
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HOME RUNS
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RBI
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VORP
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RUNS/GAME
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Joe Torre, ATL
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.375
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Sal Bando, ATL
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.344
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Rod Carew, DAL
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.342
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Dick McAuliffe, BOS
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.326
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Ken Singleton, LA
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.323
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS
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.321
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Thurmon Munson, SF
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.315
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Manny Sanguillen, BOS
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.303
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*Oscar Gamble, ATL
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.302
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Bill Russell, ATL
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.298
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS
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51
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Joe Torre, ATL
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43
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Sal Bando, ATL
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41
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Larry Hisle, SF
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33
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Reggie Smith, STL
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32
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Ken Henderson, LA
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31
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Rico Petrocelli, BOS
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30
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Willie Stargell, MAN
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30
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Joe Morgan, ATL
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29
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*Mike Epstein, LA
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27
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*Boog Powell, STL
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27
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS
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136
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Sal Bando, ATL
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120
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Joe Torre, ATL
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119
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Reggie Smith, STL
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106
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Roy Foster, ATL
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100
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Johnny Bench, DAL
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98
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*Ken Henderson, LA
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92
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Rico Petrocelli, BOS
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92
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Al Oliver, WAS
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91
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Willie Stargell, MAN
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88
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Joe Torre, ATL
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97.1
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Sal Bando, ATL
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80.0
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS
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67.7
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Bernie Carbo, WAS
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62.5
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Dick McAuliffe, BOS
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58.0
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Ken Singleton, LA
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56.6
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Rod Carew, DAL
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56.3
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*Al Oliver, WAS
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42.5
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Vada Pinson, MAN
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41.9
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*Roger Maris, CHI
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39.5
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ATLANTA
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5.4
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ST. LOUIS
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5.0
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DETROIT
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4.7
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BOSTON
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4.6
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MANHATTAN
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4.4
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WASHINGTON
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4.4
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BROOKLYN
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4.1
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LOS ANGELES
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4.0
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CHICAGO
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4.0
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DALLAS
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4.0
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SAN FRANCISCO
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4.0
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CLEVELAND
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3.6
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EARNED RUN AVERAGE
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WINS
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STRIKEOUTS
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VORP
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RUNS ALLOWED/GAME
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Bill Singer, CHI
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1.99
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Bob Moose, SF
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2.20
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Jim Palmer, CLE
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2.53
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Fritz Peterson, LA
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2.57
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Dave Boswell, CHI
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2.70
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Rick Wise, WAS
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2.75
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Jon Matlack, STL
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2.78
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*Chuck Dobson, BOS
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2.96
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*Don Wilson, WAS
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3.05
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Bob Friend, CHI
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3.07
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Andy Messersmith, WAS
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17
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Fritz Peterson, LA
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17
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J.R. Richard, CLE
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17
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Bill Singer, CHI
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17
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Larry Dierker, LA
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16
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*Dave Roberts, STL
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16
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Mike Hedlund, SF
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15
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Fergie Jenkins, SF
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15
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Bill Singer, CHI
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210
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Johnny Podres, WAS
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200
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J.R. Richard, CLE
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196
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Steve Carlton, ATL
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194
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Tom Seaver, MAN
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188
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Bert Blyleven, BOS
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187
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Andy Messersmith, WAS
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184
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Bob Friend, CHI
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179
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Jim Palmer, CLE
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177
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Fergie Jenkins, SF
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175
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Bill Singer, CHI
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69.3
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Jim Palmer, CLE
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58.7
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Fritz Peterson, LA
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55.7
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Dock Ellis, DET
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45.8
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Bob Moose, SF
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42.9
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*Ken Brett, MAN
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40.9
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Fergie Jenkins, SF
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40.9
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*Chuck Dobson, BOS
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40.8
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Larry Dierker, LA
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40.2
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Rick Wise, WAS
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39.4
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Jon Matlack, STL
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39.4
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CHICAGO
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3.6
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CLEVELAND
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3.7
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SAN FRANCISCO
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3.9
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WASHINGTON
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3.9
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LOS ANGELES
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4.0
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ST. LOUIS
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4.4
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BOSTON
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4.4
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DETROIT
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4.5
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ATLANTA
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4.5
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MANHATTAN
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4.8
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DALLAS
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5.1
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BROOKLYN
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5.3
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AWARDS & MILESTONES |
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BATTER of the MONTH
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PITCHER of the MONTH
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ROOKIE of the MONTH
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MILESTONES
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APR
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Joe Torre, ATL |
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MAY
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS |
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JUN
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS |
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JUL
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Joe Torre, ATL |
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AUG
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Sal Bando, ATL |
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SEP
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APR
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Bob Moose, SF |
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MAY
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Ken Holtzman, DET |
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JUN
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Stan Bahnsen, CHI |
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JUL
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Jon Matlack, STL |
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AUG
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Ken Tatum, MAN |
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SEP
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APR
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Juan Beniquez, ATL |
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MAY
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Tony Horton, BRO |
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JUN
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Gary Matthews, DAL |
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JUL
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Jon Matlack, STL |
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AUG
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Rick Miller, BRO |
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SEP
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Lou Brock,
SF
1,000 runs (Sept. 4)
#19 all-time
Pedro Ramos, DET
3,000 strikeouts (Sept. 7)
#7 all-time
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PLAYER of the WEEK
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4/10
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Felix Mantilla, CHI |
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4/17
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Mickey Mantle, STL |
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4/24
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Sal Bando, ATL |
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5/1
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Joe Torre, ATL |
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5/8
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Johnny Bench, DAL |
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5/15
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS |
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5/22
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Willie Stargell, MAN |
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5/29
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Darrell Porter, LA |
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6/5
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS (2) |
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6/12
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS (3) |
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6/19
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Roy Foster, ATL |
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6/26
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Joe Torre, ATL (2) |
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7/3
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Orlando Cepeda, BOS (4) |
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7/10
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Bernie Carbo, WAS |
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7/17
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Joe Torre, ATL (3) |
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7/24
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Rico Petrocelli, BOS |
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7/31
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Roger Maris, CHI |
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8/7
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Ken Singleton, LA |
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8/14
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Joe Torre, ATL (4) |
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8/21
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Rocky Colavito, BOS |
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8/28
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Elliott Maddux, CLE |
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9/4
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Boog Powell, STL |
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9/11
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Boog Powell, STL (2) |
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9/18
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