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CIRCUIT
CLOUTS
Home of
the United League ·
25th
Season
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June 16, 1975
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STANDINGS (by
division)
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WEST
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W
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L
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GB
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Last
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Detroit
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44
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27
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+2
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6-8
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2
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St. Louis
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43
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28
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+1
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9-5
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3
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Manhattan
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42
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29
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-
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8-6
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4
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•
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Montréal
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42
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29
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-
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7-7
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5
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Washington
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40
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31
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2
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10-4
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6
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San Francisco
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37
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34
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5
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7-7
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7
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Los Angeles
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36
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35
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6
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5-9
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8t
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Atlanta
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35
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36
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7
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5-9
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8t
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Chicago
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35
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36
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7
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9-5
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10
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Dallas
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32
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39
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10
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9-5
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11
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Cleveland
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30
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41
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12 |
6-8
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12
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Brooklyn
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28
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43
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14
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6-8
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13
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Denver
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27
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44
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15
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4-10
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14
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Boston
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26
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45
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16
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7-7
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TOP STORIES |
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Detroit stumbled,
losing 6 of 9, and lost starter Jerry
Reuss for the season with a torn labrum,
but hold onto first place by one game.
Mike Hedlund of San Francisco and
Vida Blue of Washington each pitched
back-to-back shutouts.
Atlanta's
Tom Grieve, last year's MVP, had a
two-homer and five-hit games and won
Player of the Week June 16.
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ON THE MEND |
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ATL
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BOS
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C Manny Sanguillen (7-8 mo)
CF Bobby Tolan
(3 wk)
RF Johnny Callison (2 wk) |
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BRO
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CHI
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3B Bernie Allen (4 wk) |
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CLE
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DAL
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LF Bob Bailey (5-6 mo)
MR Sparky Lyle
(2-3 wk) |
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DEN
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3B Steve Ontiveros (4-5 mo) |
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DET
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SP Jerry Reuss (4-5 mo) |
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LA
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RF Ken Henderson (career) |
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MAN
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MON
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STL
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MR Dave LaRoche
(2-3 mo)
LF Don Baylor
(3-4 wk) |
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SF
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RF Richie Zisk
(2 mo)
C Thurmon Munson
(3-4 wk) |
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WAS
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min 2 weeks
new injury |
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 A
Kind of Blue
Monuments Enter Chase
WASHINGTON (June 16)
-- The
Washington Monuments surged to fifth place, just two
games out of the playoff picture, with a 13-4 run.
Vida Blue pitched back-to-back shutouts in wins over
Detroit and Chicago and has won four of his last five
starts. The 25-year-old southpaw is 5-2, 1.75 in
eight starts since joining the Mons on May 1. Ace
Don Wilson is unbeaten in his last four starts, with
thee wins and a 1.42 ERA. The Mons pitching staff
ranks fourth overall in ERA, but has produced three
shutout wins in the last eight games, by Blue, Clay
Kirby and Don Wilson/Milt Wilcox. Ron Blomberg, meanwhile,
has led the offense with a .388-5-10 batting line in
June, including homers in three straight games.
Washington won three straight East Division flags in
1970-72 but finished second in the East in '73 and a
disappointing seventh overall last year.
Texans Future in Doubt
 DALLAS
(May 16) -- It has been a rough decade for the Dallas
Texans. The most successful first-year expansion team in
UL history--with 97 wins in its inaugural 1962
campaign--had has just three winning seasons in its next
12 years since and has finished in the bottom three of
the league in seven of the last nine. Attendance is
falling at a startling pace, revenues are in a four-year
decline, the balance sheets are splashed with red ink,
and the stadium is slowly crumbling.
Then comes
news this week that due to the high turnover rate in the
disorganized front office, the club has lost its stadium
lease renewal amidst a pile of paperwork. The club’s
lease with Tarrant County expires after this season and
the Texans face a June 30 deadline to keep playing at
Turnpike Stadium. Six Flags Over Texas has designs to
annex the property for an expansion of one of the Lone
Star State’s largest theme parks.
If the stadium
lease lapses, the Texans almost certainly face
relocation. Its options are limited and given the chaos
in the front office, the club is only now beginning to
make contingency plans. The issue has come to the
attention of the UL, and league officials are working
with the club to help resolve the issue.
The
easiest and cheapest option would be to move the club to
Memphis, home of the Texans’ Triple-A affiliate. But
American Legion field, with a seating capacity of just
9,841, is inadequate for major league play,. Memphis
officials claim they could raise the capacity by about
8,000 within a matter of months, but the limited
facilities and the small fan base would make this only a
temporary solution. The club could move to Colt Stadium
in Houston, current home of the Triple-A Generals, an
affiliate of the Atlanta Hilltoppers. Further afield,
there are the handful of cities that made the short list
for last year’s expansion, including Havana, St. Paul,
Seattle, and Portland. Of these options, the most
move-in ready is probably Seattle, where the King County
Multipurpose Domed Stadium is slated for completion in
early 1976.
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Jim Barr has a league-leading five
saves in June. The Maroons beat Cleveland 10-2 on
May 13, improving their league-best road record to
23-19.
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Won 1-0, 1-0, and 2-0 wins in last two weeks in games
started by Bruce Kison (2) and
Ross Grimsley. 5-4 win over Cleveland May
24 was 8th consecutive extra-inning win without a loss.
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Mike Hedlund (8-0,
2.18 overall) is unbeaten in 13 starts and has a 0.34
ERA in his last three, including shutout wins over
Manhattan and Cleveland. Fergie Jenkins'
13 QSs lead the league.
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Bill Gogolewski
was 3-2, 3.09 in his first five starts with the Sox.
Ken Tatum has a 0.70 ERA in 23 of his 24 games -- he
allowed 6 runs in 0.2 innings vs. Dallas on Apr. 6.
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Jerry Martin is the first Outlaw CF in
the post-Ken Henderson era. A 4th round pick in
1974, Martin is batting .270-4-13 and has fielded well.
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Dock Ellis, Ernie McAnally,
Mike Nagy, and Jim Rooker
are the first foursome with 10 quality starts
each. . . Max Leon leads the
league with 6 blown saves, and his done it in
back-to-back outings twice.
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Ed Figueroa (9-4,
1.98) leads all rookie pitchers in wins and VORP.
He was 6-0 through May 6 and is 3-4 since. . .
Robin Yount's sophomore slump continues
(.214-1-24, .586 OPS).
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Vida Blue edged
Ed Figueroa 1-0 in a June 8 battle
between two of the league's best young hurlers.
Figueroa allowed just five hits, but one was a
Ron Blomberg homer that proved to be the
game-winner.
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Steve Carlton produced the league's
second one-hitter of the year on June 14, a 3-0 win over
Cleveland. Tom Grieve had a
2-homer game June 3, a 5-hit game eight days later, and
was named Player of the Week.
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Barons pitchers have a league-leading 28 CGs and 11
shutouts. Rennie Stennett is the
league's hottest hitter (.522 in last 6 games).
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Texans offense has turned out 78 runs in last 11 games.
They crushed Brooklyn 18-12 on June 6, but were shut out
12-0 the next day. Benny Ayala had 4 hits and 6
RBI in the slugfest. Dallas is 12-2 vs. BOS and
CLE, but 20-37 vs. the rest of the league.
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Mike Schmidt has 4 homers in his last 8
games, and is emerging as a potential MVP candidate
(.346-16-51, 1.016 OPS); he led the league in RBIs and
total bases in May.
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John Wockenfuss
(.305-13-36) leads all rookie batters in hits, home runs,
RBIs, and total bases.
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The Feds were 12-6 from May 20 to
June 8, but have lost six of their last 7.
Rich Folkers is 0.87 with a 0.77 WHIP in his
last seven games.
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FIELDING LEADERS |
May 1 (342)
BROOKLYN gets
SP Rick Wise
2B Dave Cash
WAS '76 1st round pick
WAS '76 2nd
round pick
WAS '76 4th round pick
WASHINGTON gets
SP
Vida Blue
LF Joe Rudi
2B Dave
Rosello
May 1 (343)
DENVER gets
SP Dean
Chance
WAS '76 3rd round pick
WASHINGTON gets
2B
Art Howe |
May 16 (344)
CHICAGO gets
3B
Bill Melton
MAN '76 2nd round pick
MANHATTAN gets
SP
Bill Gogolewski
CHI '77 3rd round pick
June 1 (345)
BROOKLYN gets
SP Wilbur Wood
CHICAGO gets
WAS '76
2nd round pick
June 1 (346)
BOSTON gets
WAS '76 1st round pick
BRO '76 2nd round pick
BROOKLYN gets
SP Tom
Seaver
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June 1 (347)
DENVER gets
1B Frank Robinson
MANHATTAN gets
$1
cash
June 1 (348)
BOSTON gets
SP Doug Rau
MAN '76 3rd round pick
MAN '77 1st
round pick
MAN '77 2nd round pick
MAN '77 3rd
round pick
CHI '77 3rd round pick
MANHATTAN gets
SS
Rico Petrocelli
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ZONE RATING |
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Mickey Rivers, DEN
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+12.4
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Gene Clines, CHI
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+11.9
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Bobby Grich, MON
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+11.6
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Rich Burleson, MON
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+9.6
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Rich Coggins, MON
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+9.4
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Vada Pinson, CLE
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+8.5
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Elliott, Maddux, CLE
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+8.5
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Tim Foli, CLE
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+8.3
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Mike Schmidt, BRO
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+8.1
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Amos Otis, CHI
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+7.7
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George Foster, SF
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+7.3
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*Rich Auerbach, DEN
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+6.8
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*Greg Gross, MON
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+5.9
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*Eric Soderholm, WAS
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+5.5
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*Rennie Stennett, CLE
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+5.2
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BATTING
LEADERS |
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BATTING AVERAGE
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HOME RUNS
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RBI
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VORP
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RUNS/GAME
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*Dave Cash, BRO
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.359
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Thurmon Munson, SF
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.358
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Rod Carew, DAL
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.352
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Brian Downing, DET
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.350
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Steve Garvey, MAN
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.348
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Mike Schmidt, BRO
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.346
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Craig Robinson, MAN
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.326
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Joe Torre, ATL
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.319
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Juan Beniquez, ATL
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.319
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*Bobby Grich, MON
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.314
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*Tom Grieve, MAN
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.313
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Tom Grieve, DEN
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20
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Dave Kingman, DAL
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19
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*George Foster, SF
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18
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Fred Lynn, BRO
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17
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Ron Cey, BOS
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16
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*Mike Schmidt, BRO
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16
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Dave Kingman, DAL
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57
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Tom Grieve, MAN
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55
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Fred Lynn, BRO
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52
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George Foster, SF
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51
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Mike Schmidt, BRO
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51
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Steve Garvey, MAN
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49
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Bill Freehan, ATL
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48
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Bobby Grich, MON
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47
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*Graig Nettles, STL
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43
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*Otto Velez, DET
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43
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Mike Schmidt, BRO
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35.3
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*Tom Grieve, MAN
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33.5
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Steve Garvey, MAN
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32.7
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Brian Downing, DET
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28.7
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George Foster, SF
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27.6
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*Rod Carew, DAL
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27.5
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Bobby Grich, MON
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27.3
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*Ron Blomberg, WAS
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27.0
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Ken Singleton, LA
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26.6
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Thurmon Munson, SF
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25.6
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DALLAS
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4.9
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DETROIT
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4.9
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ATLANTA
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4.8
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MANHATTAN
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4.6
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ST. LOUIS
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4.5
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SAN FRANCISCO
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4.5
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BROOKLYN
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4.4
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MONTRÉAL
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4.4
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LOS ANGELES
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4.1
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WASHINGTON
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4.0
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CHICAGO
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3.6
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DENVER
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3.6
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BOSTON
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3.3
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CLEVELAND
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3.2
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PITCHING LEADERS |
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EARNED RUN AVERAGE
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WINS
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STRIKEOUTS
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VORP
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RUNS ALLOWED/GAME
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Jon Matlack, STL
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1.44
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Burt Hooton, CLE
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1.70
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Ed Figueroa, CHI
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1.98
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Rick Reuschel, CLE
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2.14
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*Mike Hedlund, SF
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2.18
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Dennis Leonard, LA
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2.25
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*Joe Niekro, STL
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2.26
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Bill Parsons, CHI
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2.30
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*Steve Carlton, MAN
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2.41
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*Fritz Peterson, LA
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2.52
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Ed Figueroa, MON
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9
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Fergie Jenkins, SF
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9
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Bruce Kison, DET
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9
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*Vida Blue, WAS
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8
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*Steve Carlton, MAN
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8
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Dock Ellis, MON
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8
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*Mike Hedlund, SF
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8
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Burt Hooton, CLE
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8
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Dennis Leonard, LA
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8
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*Mike Nagy, MON
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8
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Jim Rooker, MON
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8
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*Don Wilson, WAS
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8
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Don Wilson, WAS
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116
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Bert Blyleven, BOS
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113
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Vida Blue, BRO
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107
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Rick Reuschel, CLE
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105
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Fergie Jenkins, SF
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103
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J.R. Richard, CLE
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99
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Nolan Ryan, STL
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98
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Steve Carlton, MAN
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96
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Dennis Leonard, LA
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86
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*Burt Hooton, CLE
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84
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Burt Hooton, CLE
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39.0
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Rick Reuschel, CLE
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35.7
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Ed Figueroa, CHI
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32.4
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Dennis Leonard, LA
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30.0
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Jon Matlack, STL
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29.8
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Fergie Jenkins, SF
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28.9
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Fritz Peterson, LA
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26.8
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*Steve Carlton, MON
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26.7
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Bill Singer, CHI
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26.5
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*Mike Hedlund, SF
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25.7
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CLEVELAND
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3.2
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CHICAGO
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3.4
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WASHINGTON
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3.6
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MONTRÉAL
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3.6
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ST. LOUIS
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3.8
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LOS ANGELES
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3.8
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MANHATTAN
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3.9
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SAN FRANCISCO
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4.3
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DETROIT
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4.3
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ATLANTA
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4.6
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BOSTON
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4.9
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BROOKLYN
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4.9
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DALLAS
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5.2
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DENVER
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5.2
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double arrows
indicate
moves of 3+ places
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AWARDS & MILESTONES |
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BATTER of the MONTH
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PITCHER of the MONTH
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ROOKIE of the MONTH
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MILESTONES
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APR
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Steve Garvey, MAN
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MAY
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Dave Kingman, DAL
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JUN
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JUL
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AUG
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SEP
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APR
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Ron Reed, ATL
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MAY
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Dennis Leonard, LA
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JUN
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JUL
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AUG
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SEP
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APR
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Steve Ontiveros, DEN
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MAY
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John Wockenfuss, DEN
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JUN
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JUL
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AUG
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SEP
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Orlando
Cepeda,
BOS
10,000 at bats (May 16)
#3 all-time
Fritz
Peterson, LA
150 wins (May 31)
#21 all-time
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PLAYER of the WEEK
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4/7
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Steve Garvey, MAN
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4/14
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Steve Garvey, MAN
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4/21
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Tom Grieve, MAN
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4/28
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Dave Parker, ATL
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5/5
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Joe Torre, ATL
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5/12
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Dave Kingman, DAL
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5/19
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Craig Robinson, MAN
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5/26
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Rich Coggins, MON
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6/2
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Dave Rader, DEN
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6/9
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Bill Madlock, MON
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6/16
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Tom Grieve, MAN
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6/23
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6/30
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7/7
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7/14
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7/21
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7/28
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8/4
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8/11
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8/18
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8/25
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9/1
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