Week 12 Summary (July 4, 1938 - July 10, 1938)

Week Twelve of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and with this, the replay has reached the mid-point of the schedule, at least as far as the calendar goes. Each league has three teams that have passed the 70-games-played mark, but none have reached the 77-games-played mark, which would be the numerical halfway point in a 154-game season. No one is immune - all the teams have a lot to make up a lot of ground in the brutal heat of the late summer months.

The news of the week is not the pennant race, not even the All-Star game, but at the back end of the standings. Both Philadelphia teams went 4-2 for the week, a winning record, even if only for a week's worth of games. Both teams have struggled mightily so far this season, but both have juggled their rosters and their lineups, and they have been somewhat better over the past few weeks. No one is anticipating either team challenging for the pennant this season or in the near future, but opposing teams will at least have to fight for a win when facing either of these two teams.

 

In the AL, the Yankees hit a bit of turbulence as they were intending to fly away with the pennant, and behind them Boston and Detroit were able to take advantage of creeping a little closer to the top. Jimmie Foxx (22, 78) and Hank Greenberg (29, 105) had both been in a quiet spell over the past few weeks, but this past week they both returned with a vengeance. Greenberg has reached 105 RBI's, and the Tigers still have more than half of their games remaining to play. Washington is still batting .330 as a team, and first baseman Zeke Bonura (.421) has been limited to pinch-hitting duties for the past several weeks.

 

In the NL, the Pirates have opened a small 2.0 games lead over Chicago, thanks in part to a surging Cincinnati squad that started of the post-All-Star break by taking three in a row in Chicago. As much as the fourth-place Reds would love to move even higher in the standings, the Giants have won seven games in a row and have found themselves in third place, right on the Cubs' heels and only 3.0 games out of first.

 

It looks like we might have exciting pennant races in both leagues as the season moves into its second half, so let's go play!





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