LEAGUE NEWS Wednesday, 7/16/1950

Friday 1/31/1950 :

Zeke Seneca retires ... Manny Immacolata retires ... Pep Farmer retires ... Rex Wallace retires ... Buford Pusser retires ... Willard Kirkley retires ... Salvatore Salvaggio retires ... Joe Strickland retires ... Walker Littlejohn retires ... Donald Darko retires ... Archie Kilroy retires ... NYA: Jack Bumford retires ... NYA: Scrippo Hazmaty retires ... NYA: Norman Roebling retires ... NYA: Gerald McIlhaney retires ... NYA: Rico Cusamano retires ... NYA: Bob Totter retires ... NYA: Clark Fears retires ... NYA: Leland Pound retires ... BOS: Joseph Knuckshall retires ... CHA: Joe Napolitano retires ... CHA: Fred Bing retires ... CHA: Jack Merrill retires ... CHA: Kip Winger retires ... CHA: Corky Cumberland retires ... CHA: Doug Whalley retires ... CHA: Yankee Earle retires ... CHA: Cliff Healy retires ... CLE: Artie Bullocks retires ... CLE: Dan Beretta retires ... CLE: Bob Cobb retires ... CLE: Roman Blackburn retires ... CLE: Alexander Keith retires ... CLE: Edward Monahan retires ... CLE: John T. Smith retires ... CLE: Al Cirigliano retires ... DET: Dean Green retires ... DET: Freddie Acuņa retires ... DET: Bobby Franco retires ... DET: Roger Strauss retires ... DET: Bob Rayburn retires ... SLA: Johnny DeArcangelis retires ... SLA: Dick Jones retires ... PHA: Fenton Firestone retires ... PHA: Kid Muehlenberger retires ... PHA: Wilson Pippy retires ... PHA: Grover Fairley retires ... PHA: Joseph Grandi retires ... PHA: Stanley Standridge retires ... WSH: Grant Yoakum retires ... WSH: Alexander Barclay retires ... BSN: Marshall Frobisher retires ... BSN: Ted Thompson retires ... BSN: Micheal O'Flanneran retires ... BSN: Albert Hickey retires ... BSN: Barnabas Wheeler retires ... BSN: Wally Stauffer retires ... BSN: Edmund Drumright retires ... BSN: John Huff retires ... BSN: Oliver Newkirk retires ... BRO: Ted McGrath retires ... CHN: Hobie Neidenbach retires ... CHN: Ray McKigney retires ... CHN: A.T. Brander retires ... CHN: Jack Stack retires ... CHN: Asa Tibbs retires ... CIN: Butch Dempsey retires ... CIN: Conrad Viggers retires ... NY1: Herman Croak retires ... NY1: Herm Koenig retires ... NY1: Judd Mingo retires ... NY1: Robert Scalzo retires ... NY1: Gunner McGrew retires ... NY1: Jimmy McNulty retires ... PIT: Cleveland Craddock retires ... PIT: Ozzie Bishop retires ... PIT: Jimmy Keenan retires ... PIT: Don Goldson retires ... PIT: Ralph Shackleford retires ... PIT: Mike Tramp retires ... PIT: Granville Hicks retires ... SLN: Jim Lusty retires ... SLN: Seymour Butts retires ...

Saturday 4/19/1950 :

BOS: Hank Hagar pitches a 3-hit shutout against Philadelphia (A)!! Roy McCoy hits a 488-foot homerun!! PIT: Walter Kowalski sets a new single game NL-Record for Doubles with 4!

Monday 4/21/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 1B Ray Evangelides (DET)! He batted .313 in 16 AB, with 1 HR and 3 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 1B Vince Palermo (PHI)! He batted .500 in 18 AB, with 2 HR and 11 RBI.

Tuesday 4/22/1950 :

CIN: Harry Keogh pitches a 1-hit shutout against Pittsburgh!!

Wednesday 4/23/1950 :

CHA: Bill McNeal pitches a 2-hit shutout against Philadelphia (A)!!

Sunday 4/27/1950 :

CHA: Bill McNeal pitches a 2-hit shutout against Cleveland!! BOS: Hank Hagar pitches a 3-hit shutout against Philadelphia (A)!! BRO: Charles Holley pitches a 2-hit shutout against New York (N)!!

Monday 4/28/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: P Bill McNeal (CHA)! He won 2 games, with 2 shutouts, pitched 18 innings with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 6. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: P Charles Holley (BRO)! He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 17 innings with an ERA of 2.12, fanning 3. Harry Tasker hits a 491-foot homerun!!

Wednesday 4/30/1950 :

Al Grimaldi hits a 495-foot homerun!!

Thursday 5/1/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Pitcher of the Month: Deacon Daggett (PHA)! He had a record of 4-0 in 4 games started, with an ERA of 1.39. AMERICAN LEAGUE-Batter of the Month: Ray McCrory (DET)! He batted .439 in 57 AB, with 1 homers and 10 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Pitcher of the Month: Chip Cockburn (BRO)! He had a record of 4-0 in 4 games started, with an ERA of 1.54. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Batter of the Month: Vince Palermo (PHI)! He batted .277 in 65 AB, with 5 homers and 17 RBI.

Monday 5/5/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: LF Richard Concannon (WSH)! He batted .500 in 24 AB, with 3 HR and 7 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 3B Izzy Mandelbaum (CHN)! He batted .542 in 24 AB, with 6 RBI. Al Grimaldi hits a 518-foot homerun!! PIT: Joachim Braun pitches a 3-hit shutout against New York (N)!!

Wednesday 5/7/1950 :

CHA: Rhett Wilchy pitches a 3-hit shutout against Washington!! CIN: Mike Medeiros slams 3 homers against Philadelphia (N).

Saturday 5/10/1950 :

CHA: Lex Carpathian pitches a NO-HITTER against St. Louis (A)!!

Monday 5/12/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 1B Chet Farnsworth (CHA)! He batted .423 in 26 AB, with 4 HR and 12 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: P Joachim Braun (PIT)! He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 18 innings with an ERA of 0.50, fanning 3. DET: Karl Doomer pitches a NO-HITTER against St. Louis (A)!!

Monday 5/19/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: P Don Covington (NYA)! He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 17 innings with an ERA of 0.53, fanning 10. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: LF Joe Hallenbeck (NY1)! He batted .545 in 22 AB, with 3 HR and 7 RBI.

Wednesday 5/21/1950 :

CHA: Chet Farnsworth hits 3 homers against Detroit. PHA: Deacon Daggett pitches a 1-hit shutout against St. Louis (A)!! BSN: Lelton Hazel pitches a 3-hit shutout against Cincinnati!!

Sunday 5/25/1950 :

Rollie Cayne hits a 489-foot homerun!! SLN: James Conway has 8 RBI against New York (N).

Monday 5/26/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 1B Chet Farnsworth (CHA)! He batted .385 in 26 AB, with 5 HR and 13 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 3B James Conway (SLN)! He batted .381 in 21 AB, with 4 HR and 17 RBI.

Tuesday 5/27/1950 :

Samuel Adams hits a 484-foot homerun!!

Wednesday 5/28/1950 :

CHA: Herb Woodburn pitches a 3-hit shutout against Boston (A)!!

Sunday 6/1/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Pitcher of the Month: Rick Blaine (NYA)! He had a record of 5-2 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.68 and 3 shutouts. AMERICAN LEAGUE-Batter of the Month: Chet Farnsworth (CHA)! He batted .333 in 105 AB, with 12 homers and 39 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Pitcher of the Month: Lane Speed (BRO)! He had a record of 2-0 in 3 games started, with an ERA of 1.07 and 1 shutouts. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Batter of the Month: James McInerney (PIT)! He batted .336 in 107 AB, with 9 homers and 29 RBI.

Monday 6/2/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 1B Luke Fender (BOS)! He batted .393 in 28 AB, with 5 HR and 13 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: CF James McInerney (PIT)! He batted .375 in 24 AB, with 4 HR and 10 RBI.

Monday 6/9/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: P Frank Sampson (DET)! He won 2 games, with 2 shutouts, pitched 18 innings with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 7. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 3B Montana Custer (CIN)! He batted .400 in 30 AB, with 2 HR and 10 RBI. WSH: Victor Starffin pitches a 1-hit shutout against Chicago (A)!!

Wednesday 6/11/1950 :

SLN: James Conway has 9 RBI against New York (N).

Saturday 6/14/1950 :

Noble Swingwood hits a 491-foot homerun!!

Monday 6/16/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 2B Hieronymous Styles (DET)! He batted .400 in 25 AB, with 6 HR and 10 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 3B James Conway (SLN)! He batted .481 in 27 AB, with 5 HR and 20 RBI. Rollie Cayne hits a 493-foot homerun!! Elder Scofield hits a 488-foot homerun!!

Tuesday 6/17/1950 :

DET: Karl Doomer pitches a 3-hit shutout against Philadelphia (A)!!

Wednesday 6/18/1950 :

PIT: Mickey Sheehan pitches a 2-hit shutout against Brooklyn!! Bevan Griggs hits a 493-foot homerun!! CHN: Bevan Griggs slams 3 homers against New York (N). NY1: Roy McCoy drives in 8 runs against Chicago (N).

Sunday 6/22/1950 :

CIN: Harry Keogh pitches a 3-hit shutout against Boston (N)!! Donnie Bragger hits a 487-foot homerun!!

Monday 6/23/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 1B Ray Evangelides (DET)! He batted .406 in 32 AB, with 2 HR and 10 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: P Harry Keogh (CIN)! He won 2 games, with 2 shutouts, pitched 18 innings with an ERA of 0.00, fanning 18.

Tuesday 6/24/1950 :

Dusty Feinberg hits a 489-foot homerun!!

Friday 6/27/1950 :

BOS: Wink Oosterhouse pitches a 3-hit shutout against Cleveland!! CIN: Harry Keogh pitches a 3-hit shutout against Pittsburgh!!

Monday 6/30/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: 1B Al Grimaldi (NYA)! He batted .440 in 25 AB, with 3 HR and 13 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: C Joe Loomis (BRO)! He batted .500 in 18 AB, with 1 HR and 8 RBI.

Tuesday 7/1/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Pitcher of the Month: Rick Blaine (NYA)! He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.72. AMERICAN LEAGUE-Batter of the Month: Carl Switzer (NYA)! He batted .361 in 108 AB, with 7 homers and 26 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Pitcher of the Month: Harry Keogh (CIN)! He had a record of 4-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.53 and 3 shutouts. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Batter of the Month: James Conway (SLN)! He batted .320 in 103 AB, with 12 homers and 38 RBI.

Wednesday 7/2/1950 :

Charles Ruffin hits a 486-foot homerun!!

Friday 7/4/1950 :

CHA: Bill McNeal pitches a 2-hit shutout against Philadelphia (A)!! Roy McCoy hits a 491-foot homerun!!

Saturday 7/5/1950 :

Bob Tcherkezian hits a 498-foot homerun!!

Sunday 7/6/1950 :

SLN: Eddie Sherlock pitches a 3-hit shutout against Cincinnati!!

Monday 7/7/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: RF John Harnden (CHA)! He batted .419 in 31 AB, with 6 HR and 13 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: RF Roy McCoy (NY1)! He batted .342 in 38 AB, with 4 HR and 14 RBI. NYA: Sam Siciliano pitches a 3-hit shutout against Detroit!!

Tuesday 7/8/1950 :

CIN: Mike Medeiros has 9 RBI against Chicago (N).

Friday 7/11/1950 :

These players were selected for the AL OOTP-Allstar Team : P Bill McNeal from Chicago (A) P Rick Blaine from New York (A) P Lex Carpathian from Chicago (A) P Herb Woodburn from Chicago (A) P Rhett Wilchy from Chicago (A) P Frank Sampson from Detroit P Bernard Cooper from Detroit P Mike Langella from Boston (A) P Adam Vargas from Detroit P Red Fergusson from Washington C Hamilton Porter from Boston (A) C Big Bob Hurley from St. Louis (A) 1B Chet Farnsworth from Chicago (A) 2B Thomas Martini from Chicago (A) 3B Carl Switzer from New York (A) SS Willie Grumbacher from Detroit LF Rocky Elefante from New York (A) CF Frank Bellisimo from New York (A) RF John Harnden from Chicago (A) 1B Luke Fender from Boston (A) RF Ray McCrory from Detroit RF Joe Mudd from Washington LF Billy Costigan, Jr. from Chicago (A) SS Chuck Orzechowski from Chicago (A) 3B Maurice Salisbury from Chicago (A) These players were selected for the NL OOTP-Allstar Team : P Harry Keogh from Cincinnati P Ty Galen from Pittsburgh P Herb Philipp from Brooklyn P Mickey Sheehan from Pittsburgh P Chip Cockburn from Brooklyn P Sam Kreitenberg from Chicago (N) P R.A. Caspian from Chicago (N) P Bill Bock from Brooklyn P Mack Burris from Pittsburgh P A.W. Herring from Cincinnati C Elder Scofield from New York (N) C Lois Hazel from Boston (N) 1B Dale Goates from Chicago (N) 2B Johnny Casey from Philadelphia (N) 3B Montana Custer from Cincinnati SS Billy Childress from Pittsburgh LF Mike Medeiros from Cincinnati CF Tommy Jeffords from St. Louis (N) RF Wilhelm Krumenhacker from Pittsburgh 1B Leo Gorsky from Boston (N) LF Charles Ruffin from Brooklyn CF Bevan Griggs from Chicago (N) RF Roy McCoy from New York (N) 3B James Conway from St. Louis (N) 2B Cicero Jarvey from Boston (N)

Monday 7/14/1950 :

AMERICAN LEAGUE-Player of the Week: RF John Harnden (CHA)! He batted .471 in 17 AB, with 3 HR and 9 RBI. NATIONAL LEAGUE-Player of the Week: P Harry Keogh (CIN)! He won 2 games, with one shutout, pitched 17 innings with an ERA of 1.59, fanning 12.

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