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GEHRIG'S TWO-RUN HOMER CLINCHES WORLD
SERIES TITLE FOR SEAVIEW
The Iron Horse hit a two-run shot off Trevor Hoffman in the
bottom of the ninth of game six to beat Fremont 5-4. Seaview won the
series four game to two.
World Series stats:
Seaview |
Fremont |
|
| BA | .226 |
.241 |
| OBP | .335 |
.338 |
| SLG | .402 |
.412 |
| HR | 8 |
8 |
| RUNS | 28 |
21 |
| 2B | 9 |
8 |
| 3B | 1 |
1 |
| SB | 2 |
4 |
| ERA | 3.00 |
4.53 |
SEAVIEW SWEEPS TRI-CITIES IN PLAYOFF FOR ACL PENNANT
Seaview defeated Tri-Cities
in both games of the American Century League playoff, and will take
on NCL champ Fremont in the Century League World Series. Special coverage
of the best-of-three series for the pennant can be found on our playoff
page.
Tri-Cities and Seaview came into the final series of the season deadlocked, a game ahead of Bainbridge Island and four ahead of Snoqualmie.
The top three clubs all lost October 3, while Snoqualmie beat Port Angeles 5-4 to keep its slim hopes alive.
Seaview grabbed a one-game lead on Oct. 4, winning at Yakima 8-5 behind three home runs from Lou Gehrig, while Tri-Cities fell again at home, 4-3 to Portland. Bainbridge lost to Tacoma 8-5 to fall two games back. The Seaview win eliminated Snoqualmie.
On Oct. 5 Seaview kept its lead, topping Yakima 10-2 while Tri-Cities beat Portland 8-5. Bainbridge Island was eliminated.
Finally, on the sixth, Seaview lost at Yakima 8-5. Meanwhile Tri-Cities made a thrilling, come-from-behind win, scoring three in the eighth to tie, and one in the eleventh to beat Portland 7-6 and force the best-of-three playoff for the pennant.
NCL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Stan Musial of Olympia was voted MVP in the National
Century League. Musial batted .329 with 39 home runs and 111 RBI. He led
the league in runs (126), hits (204) and doubles (52). Musial narrowly
edged Hank Aaron of Wentachee in the voting.
Aaron batted .319, hit 48 home runs, and led the NCL with 132 RBI. Woodinville's
Honus Wagner (.326-31-107) was third. Barry Bonds of Fremont
finished a distant fourth. Bonds batted .304 with 44 homers, 113 runs,
and 118 RBI for the pennant winners, but the voters have doubts about
his training methods. Willie Mays, Bill Terry, and Jim Bottomley also
received MVP votes.
NCL CY YOUNG AWARD
Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown of Woodinville
was voted the Cy Young Award in the National Century League, just edging
Warren Spahn of Everett in the balloting.
Both Brown and Spahn won 22 games. Brown had the better ERA, 3.39 to Spahn's
4.07. Spahn pitched 20 more innings, Brown had slightly higher K/IP and
also saved four games. Other Cy contenders included Christy Matthewson,
Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Bob Gibson, and Bucky Walters.
ACL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Babe Ruth of Seaview was named the most valuable
player in the American Century League, and his Artisans teammate Lou Gehrig
finished second in the voting. Gehrig, the MVP in the first Century League
season, got a lot of support for playing every day, and hit for a higher
average than the Babe, .311 to .306. But Gehrig finished second to Ruth
in homers, RBI, R, slugging, walks, and runs created. Gehrig made quite
a drive for a repeat award: he was named player of the week seven times,
including the last two weeks of the season when he had 10 homers and 22
RBI as Seaview fought for the pennant. Ruth took two POTW awards, but
his season of 74 homers, 161 RBI, and 151 runs was hard to top. Batting
champ Ty Cobb of Portland, who hit .377, finished
a distant third. Ted Williams and Tris Speaker also got a few votes.
ACL CY YOUNG AWARD
Walter Johnson of Portland was named the Cy Young
Award winner in the American Century League by unanimous vote. Johnson
took the Cy in the first Century League season as well. If the Century
League has determined anything, it's that the Big Train is the best hurler
in baseball history. Johnson led the ACL with a 21-6 mark, and also led
the league in ERA (2.53), innings (295) and strikeouts (257). Whitey Ford
(19-9, 2.66) of Tacoma had a great year and
was a distant second in the voting. Bob Feller, Lefty Grove, Stan Coveleski,
and award namesake Cy Young also got a few votes.
Season 1
Portland won the championship in the first Century League season. Read
all about the World Series and stats from our first go-round.
Amazin' Feats
Sept. 21
Al Rosen of Tacoma hit for the cycle in a game at Portland. Box
score.
Sept. 14
Catcher Ivy Wingo hit for the cycle in Kent's 13-3 win over Fremont.
Box score.
Sept. 9
Juan Marichal pitched a ten-inning one-hitter and Wenatchee beat
Fremont 1-0. Box score.
July 29
Honus Wagner had three homers and nine RBI in a game at Hoodsport. Box
score.
July 24
Pete Alexander struck out 15 for the second time in a month, and lost!
Box score.
July 22
Babe Ruth slugged four home runs at Seaview. Box
score.
July 13
Elmer Flick had six hits against Tacoma. Box
score.
Alexander fanned 15 Titans. Box score.
July
7
Rickey Henderson scored five runs against Tri-Cities. Box
score.
Andy Messersmith had one of the worst starts ever against Wenatchee. Box score.
June 24
Paul Molitor went 5-for-6 against Snoqualmie. Box
score.
June 20
Tacoma batters whiffed 23 times, and still won an 18-inning marathon against
Yakima. Box score.
June 17
Arky Vaughan had a five-hit game against Hoodsport.
Box score.
June 3
Flick hit for the cycle against Port Angeles. Box
score.
June 2
George Brett had five hits against Bainbridge Island. Box
score.
May 25
Gary Sheffield of Fremont drove in eight runs against Vancouver. Box
score.
Luis Aparicio of Seattle had five hits against Renton.
May 18
Sheffield hit four homers against Olympia. Box
score.
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