| Breaking News |  | Thursday, September 21st, 1967: Howard Fires Shutout in Boston Victory
A masterful pitching performance carried the Boston Federals to a 4-0 victory over Cleveland. Bruce Howard held them scoreless in a complete game effort. He permitted 1 hit, had 5 strikeouts and allowed 1 walk.
The skipper of the Barons said, "Howard was sharp. We never did figure him out."
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 | Monday, September 18th, 1967: Big Stick Wins UL Trophy
Orlando Cepeda must have thought he died and went to heaven this week. First he went on a remarkable batting rampage, hammering the ball at a .565 clip, then the Boston first baseman finds outs he has been voted the league's top performer and gets the UL Player of the Week Award.
For the week Cepeda batted .565 (13-23) with 1 home run and 7 RBIs.
This year Cepeda has socked 171 hits in 584 at-bats for a .293 average with 39 home runs. He is getting on base at a .333 pace and his totals also include 132 RBIs and 93 runs scored.
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| Friday, September 1st, 1967: Cepeda Launches Number 300
Swinging his way into the record books, Orlando Cepeda reached the 300- homer mark today at Fenway Park against the Detroit Griffins. He went 2-4 with 2 runs batted in and 1 run on the day, although Boston would go down to defeat 12-6.
"It was a distraction," Cepeda said of his 300th home run, "the press has been hounding me for quite some time and I'm happy that's over. I just wish I'd been able to make a difference in the outcome today."
Cepeda has a career .279 average with 1629 hits, 311 doubles, 48 triples, 300 home runs, 963 RBIs and scored 922 runs to date.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 75-85, .469 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 16.0 GB | | Record at home | 38-42, .475 PCT | | Record on the road | 37-43, .463 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 10-5, .667 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 27-22, .551 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 26-28, .481 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 49-57, .462 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in May | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in June | 8-14, .364 PCT | | Record in July | 12-12, .500 PCT | | Record in August | 12-15, .444 PCT | | Record in September | 12-17, .414 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .264 - 7th in UL | | On-Base Percentage | .325 - 10th in UL | | Slugging Percentage | .393 - 5th in UL | | On-Base + Slugging | .718 - 6th in UL | | Runs Scored | 710 - 6th in UL | | Hits | 1465 - 7th in UL | | Extra-Base Hits | 409 - 6th in UL | | Home Runs | 139 - 7th in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 486 - 12th in UL | | Strikeouts | 933 - 9th in UL | | Stolen Bases | 59 - 9th in UL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.56 - 11th in UL | | Starters' ERA | 4.37 - 9th in UL | | Bullpen ERA | 5.14 - 11th in UL | | Runs allowed | 810 - 10th in UL | | Hits allowed | 1540 - 9th in UL | | Opponents AVG | .275 - 10th in UL | | BABIP | .307 - 11th in UL | | Home Runs allowed | 145 - 6th in UL | | Bases-On-Balls | 607 - 9th in UL | | Strikeouts | 918 - 6th in UL |
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