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Wednesday, August 04, 2021
Toledo News-Bee, August 4, 1921: The report that John Evers, manager of the Chicago National League team, has resigned and that Bill Killefer, veteran catcher, is to take his place, is current in baseball circles [in Chicago]. The report followed a meeting of the club directors.
Evers was not in uniform when the Cubs started a doubleheader with Boston yesterday, and Killefer was in charge of the team.
The report was neither confirmed nor denied by the club officials. President Veeck declared that Evers was ill.
Obviously too many fudge orgies and nicotine sprees. Anyway, Evers had indeed managed his final game with the Cubs at this point. It’s not every day you see a secret, unannounced managerial change that is neither confirmed nor denied.
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: August 04, 2021 at 08:16 AM (#6032739)C: The Other Cliff Lee (2.6 WAR)
1B: Jake Beckley (61.1 WAR)
2B: Don Kolloway (2.5 WAR)
3B: B.J. Surhoff (34.4 WAR)
SS: Orlando Arcia (2.2 WAR)
LF: Cleon Jones (18.0 WAR)
CF: Johnny Grubb (16.6 WAR)
RF: Luke Easter (12.2 WAR)
SP: Roger Clemens (139.2 WAR)
SP: Dolf Luque (48.1 WAR)
SP: Eric Milton (16.5 WAR)
SP: Bill Hallahan (14.2 WAR)
SP: George Caster (8.5 WAR)
RP: Bob Howry (10.7 WAR)
RP: Scott Linebrink (9.3 WAR)
Co-Managers: John Farrell, Dallas Green
Bench bat: Troy O'Leary (7.2 WAR)
Fun name: Ski Melillo, Phonney Martin
Good glove, no bat: Ray Oyler (0.0 WAR)
-5.9 career WAR: Tuck Stainback (-5.9 WAR)
The enormously successful Ray Oyler Fan Club is one of the more endearing aspects of the Seattle Pilots story. The collective delusion that Oyler, who hit .165 for the Pilots and had a .175 lifetime batting average, was going to hit .300 is a leap of faith unparalleled in baseball fandom. The Fan Club card of the SOC IT TO ME .300 Club (signed by President Judy Carne)* actually states "Slugger Oyler Can, In Time, Top Our Manager's Estimate. He WILL hit .300! He will! He will..."
* For those who don't get the cultural reference, Judy Carne was one of the stars of "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", the top-rated TV show in 1969. "Sock it to me!" was one of the show's many catchphrases.
April, 1
May, 2
June, 3
July, 4
any bets on how many he hits in August? :-)
I didn't realize till just now that Smith actually had Stanley start at short for the last week of the regular season, so he wasn't coming to the position totally cold in the World Series. Generally, when that story is told, it's that Stanley switched positions just for the World Series.
August is the hottest month in India.
So who's the best pair with the same name? (Preferably not Jrs but I'm not sure the list is gonna be very long so we'll let them in).
The two Cliff Lees are at a respectable 45. The two Bill Lees are at 54 and both very good. The two Frank Thomases at 93.
Willie Mays Aiken does not count. There may need to be some minimum requirement on the 2nd guy but I suppose the two Randy Johnsons (and there's a third) do count. The second one made it to 550 PA and according to WAR was above-average in that time so that's not nothing. So that's 104 for the Johnsons.
we're getting towards a team:
C: Cliff Lee
1B: Frank Thomas
2B:
SS:
3B: Randy Johnson
OF: Willie Wilson, William "Mookie" Wilson, Frank Thomas
SP: Randy Johnson, Cliff Lee, Bill Lee, Bill Lee ... rotation's looking good and we're probably not done yet.
We'll probably pick up another OF along the way and can move Frank Thomas to 3B (he wasn't very good there).
Huh, the 2nd Bob Gibson played more than I realized, 269 IP so they might qualify. The 2nd Billy Williams didn't play enough but there was a Bill Williams in the NeL who was above-average.
You've obviously got a couple of Bob Millers in the bullpen.
Jose A. Valentin and Jose J. "Javier" Valentin add up to 32.4 WAR and get you a good shortstop or second baseman.
Hal R Smith only gives you 1.9.
Neither played 2B, although you’d think they could.
Their combined cWPA is more impressive.
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