Days 141-150: 1993 charges to the top of the Briggs! Kell's hitting streak finally snapped

We have a new leader in the Briggs as Chuck's 1993 team has clawed to the top of the division with an 8-2 record this set.  1935 has moved ahead of 1950 by 2 games in the Ilitch.  1961 has opened up a 6 game lead in the Fetzer, and 2013 has a solid 4 game lead in the Navin.  Only 23 more days left in the season!

Cecil Fielder and Mickey Tettleton lead a powerful 1993 offense

1950 George Kell's hitting streak was finally broken after 38 games.  That would tie him for 8th best ever in real life! Here are the (real life) top hitting streaks of all-time!

Joe DiMaggio, Yankees, 1941, 56 games 
Willie Keeler, Orioles, 1896-97, 45 games
Pete Rose, Reds, 1978, 44 games 
Bill Dahlen, Cubs, 1894, 42 games
George Sisler, Browns, 1922, 41 games
Ty Cobb, Tigers, 1911, 40 games
Paul Molitor, Brewers, 1987, 39 games 
Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, 2005-06, 38 games



Well done, George!




The batting average race is 1911 Ty Cobb's to lose, hitting  .420 and ahead of 1961 Norm Cash .who is at .391.  The Home Run race looks like this:  2012 Miggy 52, 2013 Miggy 48.  1968 Willie Horton has 44 dingers, most for a player-not-nicknamed-Miggy.  2012 Miggy leads all with 145 RBIs, and 1924 Harry Heilmann is next with 137.  1961 Jim Bunning now has 27 wins, and has a real chance at 30 wins.  1915 Ty Cobb adds to his record with a total now of 146 steals.  1946 Hal Newhouser leads all with 273 K's.

1935 Hank Greenberg edged out 1961 Norm Cash for Player of The Block.   Greenberg (.432, 6 HRs, 11 RBIs) had just a little more power than Stormin' Norman (.464, 3 HRs, 10 RBIs).  1973 Dick McAuliffe batted .435.  1907 Ed Killian picked up three wins.

Greenberg's powerful swing

Day 141   1915 Bernie Boland recorded his 21st win.  1984 Lance Parrish's 9th inning homer pushed 1984 over 1944 2-1.  1907 Charlie O'Leary had a walk-off squeeze play.  1961 Norm Cash had 4 hits and 4 RBIs.  2012 Miguel Cabrera belted his 50th homer!  1940 Birdie Tebbetts hit a grand slam.

Day 142   1908 Wild Bill Donavan moved to 18-12 with a 4-1 win over 1961.  1973 Joe Coleman staved off a potential 20th loss and beat 1935 in a 5-3 game.  1987 Jack Morris blanked 1934.  1924 Heinie Manush drove home 4 in an 8-7 win over Rick Porcello and the 2014 team.

Day 143   2011 Carlos Guillen smashed 3 HRs against the 2013 team.  Guillen joins Jhonny Peralta and Miguel Cabrera as the only players to accomplish that feat.  1915 Bobby Veach had two triples in an 8-5 win over 1909.  1944 Rufe Gentry amazingly got his 5th win of the season with a shutout fo the 1984 team.  1961 Jim Bunning got win #26, going all 11 innings and striking out 13 in a 5-4 win over 1908.  A Bill Bruton ground-out brought home the winning run in that contest.  1935 Eldon Auker shut out 1973, and handed Jim Perry his 21st loss.  Don Wert crashed a three-run shot in the ninth to life 1968 over 1950 8-6.  2014 Ian Kinsler went yard twice.

Day 144   1946 George Kell had 4 hits in a win against 1907.  1984 rallied for 3 runs in the top of the 10th on hits by the likes of Johnny Grubb and Rusty Kuntz, and topped 1944 7-4.  1908 Sam Crawford blasted 2 homers.  1993 Travis Fryman's walk-off single led to a 6-5 victory over 1911.  2012 Justin Verlander threw a 2 hit shutout at the 1945 team.  That gave Dizzy Trout a league-high 24 losses (against just 4 wins).

Day 145   1935 Tommy Bridges held 1950 George Kell hitless in 5 at bats to break George's epic hitting streak.  1993 wins their sixth in a row with Chad Kreuter homering and driving in 4.  1945 Al Benton tossed a 3 hit shutout of the 1984 team.

Day 146   1935 Hank Greenberg hit 3 homers to join the Three Homer Club (members Jhonny Peralta, Miguel Cabrera (twice), and recently Carlos Guillen.  1911 win in 10 innings when Joe Casey drove home Davy Jones.  1945 was tied with 1984 at 6 apiece in the 12th inning, but banged out 4 runs against Aurelio "Senior Smoke" Lopez to win that game.  

Day 147   1950 Joe Ginsberg drove home the winning run in the bottom of the 10th to defeat 1915 9-8.  2011 Justin Verlander struck out 10 and held 1911 to just 1 run.  1940 Bobo Newsom held 1944 to just 4 hits and 1 run.  2012 Austin Jackson had 4 hits in a wild 10-9 win against 1907.  1946 Hank Greenberg stroked a walk-off single.  2006 Kenny Rogers (aka The Gambler) moved to 17-5 with a 4 hit shutout of 1909.  2014 David Price tied 1935 Tommy Bridges with a 14 K effort, and Rajai Davis had 3 hits against 1984 Juan Berenguer.

Day 148   Fred Haney blasted a two-run shot to put 1924 over 2013 by a 3-2 score.  1946 Dizzy Trout won his 19th with a 4 hit shutout of 1968.  1961 Frank Lary blanked 1945 on just two hits.

Day 149   2014 Miguel Cabrera tied a league record with 4 walks.  1934 Hank Greenberg had 3 hits and Schoolboy Rowe won his 21st.  1950 Hoot Evers brought home 4 runs to help defeated 1915 7-5.  1940 Schoolboy Rowe threw a 4 hit shoutout and Earl Averill got the RBI in a 1-0 win over 1944.  2013 Prince Fielder had 4 hits in a 10-9 win over 10-9 win over 1924 (the teams combined for 40 hits!).  2011 lost in the bottom of the 11th when a Jose Valverde wild pitch brought home Charley O'Leary with the game-winning run! 1961 Jim Bunning got another win, and is now 15-1 in his last 17 starts!

Day 150    1940 won their 8th in a row, no small accomplishment for a team that was 49-83 before this streak started!  1940 Dick Bartell shocked Saul Rogovin and the1940 team with a 2 run walk-off homer.  1945 Paul Richards had 2 homers and Stubby Overmire tossed a complete game.  1984 Alan Trammell doubled home Lou Whitaker to top 1908 8-7.  More walkoff drama as 1986 used six players to get on base in the bottom of the 9th to score 3 runs and defeat 1944 5-4.  2006 Marcus Thames belted his 27th HR of the year in a 12-3 laugher over General Crowder and the 1935 team.  1961 trounced 1946 16-8, Dick McAuliffe had two home runs.