SoM NNL Replay - standings after one week (July 1st-8th)

National Negro League

Pos.	Team	Record	Win %	GB	Triple slash	ERAy
1	Chicago American Giants	4-4	.500	-	256/290/347	4.20
2	St. Louis Stars	4-5	.444	0.5	319/371/511	5.35
3	Kansas City Monarchs	3-5	.375	1	259/314/343	3.08

Eastern Colored League

Pos.	Team	Record	Win %	GB	Triple slash	ERA
1	New York Lincoln Giants	6-2	.750	-	311/356/553	3.62
2	Homestead Grays	5-4	.556	1.5	336/399/519	6.61
3	Hilldale Daisies	3-5	.375	3	204/277/288	4.06

Batting Leaders so far (AVG/OBP/SLG), min. 20 PA, AVG 350

The one weak spot of iScore is that stats are only available on team and player level, so figuring out league leaders is manual and error prone.

HRs only mentioned if 3+, RBIs only at 10+

1. Chino Smith (HOM) 548/568/951, 4 HR, 14 RBI
2. Jud Wilson (KC) 483/583/793
3. Cool Papa Bell (STL) 439/465/732, 3 HR, 12 RBI
4. Mule Suttles (LIN) 438/486/969, 5 HR
5. Homerun Johnson (STL) 423/444/577
6. John Beckwith (LIN) 412/474/735, 10 RBI
7. Turkey Stearnes (CHI) 400/364/600, 3 HR
8. Alec Radcliff (HOM) 375/444/583
9. Vic Harris (HOM) 368/400/474
10. Oscar Charleston (LIN) 361/410/778, 3 HR
11. Rap Dixon (LIN) 353/371/441
12. Willard Brown (STL) 350/350/625, 3HR

Yes. there is no Hilldale player with an average of .350 or higher (not surprising given the team avg of .204...). 

Notable mention: Josh Gibson (Homestead catcher) with 4 HR, 12 RBI but "only" 324/419/730. Maybe I shouldn't cut the list off at a certain AVG but at an OPS of 1.000 or so?

Let's see how things look when we get closer to a hundred plate appearances for the everyday players, certainly many players listed above will see their numbers regress towards the mean (which is high enough for most of these career All Stars - when I build lineups I usually shove the one or two players with an average of .300 or lsess printed on their Stratomatic card to the very end of the batting order...).

It is remarkable that in both leagues the team with the best triple slash line is in second place, probably because these are also the teams with the worst ERA. I guess that proves the old adage that good offense beats good pitching (but really bad pitching drags you down no matter what).

SoM NNL Replay: KC@STL game 2 - more solos

The Monarchs have slipped to 2-5 and need to start doing some winning, while the 4-4 Stars would like to move to a winning record again.

Once again, the Monarchs score first on a double from Jud wilson and an RBI single from Dobie Moore. And once again the Stars hit back immediately, nearly hitting around with two outs in the bottom of the first so Monarchs starter Matlock is lucky to escape with only two runs on the board for the home team.

In the third, Oms hits a solo homer to right to tie the game, but in the bottom of the inning the Stars again counter with a solo homer (also to right) from Leonard. In the fifth, it's Monarchs lead off hitter Benjamin who hits a solo over the same right field fence in hitter friendly Stars Park. The second HR given up by McDonald in a single game is about than you'd expect from this pitcher in a whole 33 game season... [and both HRs were scored off the same 6-9 result on the pitcher card...].

This time the Stars don't hit back immediately, and the Monarchs use the opportunity to take the lead on another solo homer to right, this time from #3 batter Wilson. With one out in the seventh, the Monarchs send Oscar Heavy Johnson in as pinch hitter, and he duely delivers - another solo homer, this time to center right. In the ninth, Salmon lays down a beautiful bunt to bring home Malarcher, but lead off hitter Benjamin has to leave the game after taking a breaking ball to his left ankle. He looks to be out for a few days...

The Monarchs manage to split the series and get to a 3-5 record entering the second weekend of games. The Stars are half a game below .500 at 4-5.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Monarchs	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	6	10	1
St. Louis Stars	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	1

W:	L Matlock
L:	W McDonald
SV:	H Salmon

Kansas City Monarchs

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
J Benjamin	4	1	1	1	0	1
A Oms	5	1	1	1	0	0
J Wilson	5	2	3	1	0	0
D Moore	4	0	1	1	0	0
F Redus	4	0	1	0	0	1
R Cannady	4	0	0	0	0	0
D Malarcher	4	1	1	0	0	0
L Santop	4	0	1	0	0	1
L Matlock	2	0	0	0	0	0
H Salmon	0	0	0	1	0	0
O Johnson	1	1	1	1	0	0
Totals	37	6	10	6	0	3

E- D Moore (1)
2B- J Wilson (2)
HR- J Benjamin (1), A Oms (1), J Wilson (1), O Johnson (1)
HBP- J Benjamin (1)
Sac- H Salmon (1)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
L Matlock	6.0	5	3	3	2	3	1
H Salmon	3.0	4	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Stars

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
C Bell	5	1	1	0	0	0
B Rogan	4	1	1	0	0	1
W Brown	4	0	1	0	0	1
B Leonard	4	1	1	1	0	0
Q Trouppe	4	0	2	1	0	1
D Creacy	3	0	1	0	1	0
N Allen	4	0	1	1	0	0
J Johnson	3	0	0	0	1	1
W McDonald	2	0	1	0	0	0
S Poles	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	3	9	3	2	4

E- B Rogan (1)
2B- Q Trouppe (1)
HR- B Leonard (1)
Sac- W McDonald (1)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
W McDonald	9.0	10	6	6	0	3	4

SoM NNL Replay: KC@STL Game 1 - Solo stars

Dobie Moore opens the scoring with a two RBI triple to right with two outs in the top of the third. He goes on to score himself on a single from Cannady. Trent then walks two more batters to load the bases and just barely gets out of the inning without further damage by striking out the Monarchs pitcher Foster.

However, the home team come right back at the Monarchs, loading the bases to start the bottom of the third and scoring all three runners on a sequence of hits, two walks and some hard hit grounders.

Willard Brown breaks the tie with a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth. Dewey Creacy, who is absolutely on fire since he got his first starts for St. Louis, adds another solo shot in the sixth. In the eighth, stars catcher Trouppe joins the solo homer party with two outs, advancing the score to the final result of 6-3 for the home team.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City Monarchs	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	0
St. Louis Stars	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	x	6	8	0

W:	T Trent
L:	B Foster

Kansas City Monarchs

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
J Benjamin	5	0	1	0	1	0
A Oms	3	0	0	0	2	1
F Redus	1	0	0	0	0	0
J Wilson	3	1	2	0	2	1
D Moore	5	1	2	2	0	0
R Cannady	5	0	2	1	0	1
L Santop	4	0	0	0	1	1
D Malarcher	3	0	1	0	2	1
B Foster	4	0	2	0	0	1
O Johnson	2	1	0	0	1	0
D Lundy	1	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	36	3	11	3	9	6

2B- J Wilson (1)
3B- D Moore (1)
HBP- F Redus (1)
SB- J Benjamin (1), J Wilson (2)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
B Foster	8.0	8	6	6	6	3	3

St. Louis Stars

Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
C Bell	4	0	1	2	0	0
B Rogan	3	0	1	0	1	0
W Brown	4	1	2	1	0	0
B Leonard	3	0	0	1	1	1
J Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Q Trouppe	4	1	1	1	0	1
D Creacy	2	2	2	1	2	0
N Allen	3	1	1	0	1	0
T Trent	2	1	0	0	1	0
Totals	29	6	8	6	6	3

2B- C Bell (1)
HR- W Brown (1), Q Trouppe (1), D Creacy (1)
SB- N Allen (1)

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
T Trent	9.0	11	3	3	9	6	0

SoM NNL Replay: CHI@LIN Game 2 and 3 - more homers, more errors, more runs

CHI@LIN Game 2 - more homers, more errors

With the game tied 3-3, the Chicago Giants take the lead and force the Lincolns to go to their "bullpen" (which consists of the four other NY starters) after starter John Donaldson gives up two homers and a walk to start the seventh.

The NY relievers Byrd and Holland do manage to stop the bleeding, and their offense makes it close by scoring their fifth run in the eighth, but Rube Foster hangs on and avoids more chaos for the injury riddled Chicago bullpen by closing out the game himself.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago American Giants	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	6	14	3
New York Lincoln Giants	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	9	1

W:	R Foster
L:	J Donaldson

Chicago American Giants Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO T Stearnes  5 2 2 1 0 2 W Wright  5 2 2 1 0 1 H McNair  4 0 3 2 1 0 R Dandridge  5 0 1 0 0 0 S Hughes  5 0 3 1 0 0 B Perkins  5 0 1 0 0 1 B Petway  3 1 0 0 2 0 J Mendez  4 0 1 0 0 0 R Foster  3 1 1 1 0 1 Totals 39 6 14 6 3 5 E- H McNair (1), B Petway (1), J Mendez (1) 2B- H McNair (1), S Hughes (2), B Perkins (1) HR- T Stearnes (1), W Wright (1) Sac- R Foster (1) Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR R Foster  9.0 9 5 5 2 4 1 New York Lincoln Giants Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO O Charleston  5 1 2 1 0 2 J Beckwith  3 1 1 0 1 1 T Scales  3 0 1 1 0 0 M Suttles  4 1 1 1 0 0 R Dixon  4 1 1 1 0 1 S Bankhead  4 0 1 1 0 0 F Duncan  3 0 1 0 1 0 R Parnell  4 1 0 0 0 0 J Donaldson  2 0 1 0 0 0 S Palm  1 0 0 0 0 0 N Joseph  1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 9 5 2 4 E- T Scales (1) 2B- O Charleston (2) 3B- R Dixon (1) HR- M Suttles (1) Sac- T Scales (1) Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR J Donaldson  6.0 11 5 5 2 4 2 B Byrd  1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 B Holland  2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 CHI@LIN Game 3 - high scoring walk off antics With Dihigo back in the lineup (and Dick Redding returning to the starting rotation in time for the weekend double header) the Chicago roster is gettin back to normal, let's see whether Dihigo can give them the edge. He'll play short stop today so Mendez can pitch. Unfortunately the newly returned Dihigo has not even come up to bat for the first time before the Lincoln Giants give Mendez a really unpleasant welcome, batting around and scoring five runs on four hits, a sac fly and three walks. However, Dihigo does manage to draw a walk and start a counter rally in the second as the Chicago Giants send eight men to the plate and score three runs on three hits, two walks and a sac fly. Despite the good weather it seems not to be a pitchers' day... After these initial fireworks, things settle down a bit until the fifth when the visitors load the bases with no outs. Byrd seems to be completely off track, he is lifted in favor of Manning after six runs and no outs. For some time it looks like Mendez can take the game to a successful conclusion, but with solo homers in the eighth and ninth (the latter from from pinch hitting catcher Spoony Palms!) the Lincolns inch their way back into the game, and manage to tie it with two more runs off three singles in the bottom of the ninth. Mendez is lifted in favor of Mathis to limp into extra innings. The reliever then loads the bases with two outs in the bottom of the tenth, setting the table for a walk-off hit to the right field corner for Tubby Scales. An unexpectedly spectacular end to an exciting extra innings game, and the Lincoln Giants clearly underline their championship ambitions by advancing to 6-2 and taking two out of three from the NNL league leader. Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Chicago American Giants 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 1 New York Lincoln Giants 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 10 14 0 W: W Bell L: V Mathis Chicago American Giants Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO T Stearnes  4 1 3 1 1 0 W Wright  4 1 1 0 0 0 H McNair  4 1 0 1 1 0 M Dihigo  4 2 1 2 1 0 B Serrell  5 1 2 1 0 1 B Petway  4 1 1 1 1 0 B Perkins  5 1 2 2 0 0 J Mendez  3 0 0 0 1 0 R Dandridge  4 1 1 1 0 1 V Mathis  1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 9 11 9 5 2 E- J Mendez (1) Sac- W Wright (1), R Dandridge (1) Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR J Mendez  8.2 11 9 9 3 5 2 V Mathis  1.0 3 1 1 2 0 0 New York Lincoln Giants Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO O Charleston  6 2 3 0 0 0 J Beckwith  5 2 2 2 1 1 T Scales  5 1 1 1 1 1 M Suttles  5 2 2 2 0 0 R Dixon  4 0 1 1 1 2 S Bankhead  5 1 0 1 0 0 F Duncan  4 0 3 1 1 0 R Parnell  4 0 0 0 1 0 B Byrd  1 0 0 1 0 0 M Manning  1 0 0 0 0 1 S Palm  1 1 1 1 0 0 W Bell  1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 42 10 14 10 5 5 2B- J Beckwith (1), F Duncan (2) HR- M Suttles (1), S Palm (1) Sac- B Byrd (1) SB- O Charleston (2), R Dixon (1) Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR B Byrd  4.0 10 9 9 4 0 0 M Manning  5.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 W Bell  1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0