1960 Baseball Replay - May NL update

This update will bring me current to my replay games completed. I have finished May for the NL and now will begin the AL May games. There was some significant changes and movements in the league during May.

		1960 Replay May Standings
							Actual 1960 season results
Team	W	L	winning %	games behind	W	L	winning %	W	L	winning %
Pittsburgh	28	13	0.683		27	14	0.659	95	59	0.617
Milwaukee	18	14	0.563	5.5	16	16	0.500	88	66	0.571
Cincinnati	23	19	0.548	5.5	23	19	0.548	67	87	0.435
Chicago	18	17	0.514	7	18	17	0.514	60	94	0.390
Los Angeles	19	22	0.463	9	20	21	0.488	82	72	0.532
St. Louis	17	23	0.425	10.5	18	22	0.450	86	68	0.558
Philadelphia	17	24	0.415	11	14	27	0.341	59	95	0.383
San Fran	17	25	0.405	11.5	26	16	0.619	79	75	0.513

You can see Pittsburgh had a great month going 18-9 while Milwaukee went 9-11. Not only do they now have a 5.5 game lead but they also have played 9 more games (approx 25%) which is why the "counting stats" like HRs are not fully balanced yet. It's interesting to see how Pittsburgh is only one game off their actual 1960 pace but the Giants area full 9 games off their 1960 pace and what should be a competitive race between the two teams, is not, yet. I have decided to play the Giants and the Pirates in June to see if that levels the results some. All the other teams are remarkably close to their actuals for 1960.

the League leaders changed a lot as more games were played and Strat's engine worked the statistics to bring in more normal results...

League Leaders for 1960 National League - May 1960
Player	Team	Batting      Avg		Player	Team	Steals
D.Groat	PIN	.402		M.Wills	LAN	16
W.Mays	SFN	.376		T.Taylor	PHN	14
T.Taylor	PHN	.366		V.Pinson	CHN	13
D.Crandall	MLN	.356
F.Robinson	CIN	.350
Player	Team	Hits		Player	Team	OBP
D.Groat	PIN	70		D.Groat	PIN	.545
W.Mays	SFN	62		W.Mays	SFN	.517
F.Robinson	CIN	55		E.Mathews	MLN	.429
E.Kasko	CIN	55		F.Robinson	CIN	.423
Player	Team	HRs		Player	Team	Slugging
W.Mays	SFN	14		W.Mays	CIN	.804
F.Thomas	CHN	11		F.Robinson	MLN	.769
B.White	SLN	11		W.McCovey	SFN	.721
W.McCovey	SFN	11		B.White	SLN	.717
H.Aaron	MLN	10		H.Aaron	MLN	.710
				E.Mathews	MLN	.700
				T.Taylor	PHN	.685
Player	Team	Walks		Player	Team	OPS
J.Gilliam	LAN	29		W. Mays	SFN	1.321
E.Mathews	MLN	26		F.Robinson	CIN	1.233
E.Bouchee	CHN	25		E.Mathews	MLN	1.108
				T.Taylor	PHN	1.103
Pitching Stats
Player	Team	Wins		Player	Team	ERA
V.Law	PIN	8		V.Law	PIN	1.92
D.Drysdale	LAN	6		G.Conley	PHN	2.08
R.Face	PIN	6		M.McCormick	SFN	2.33
M.McCormick	SFN	6
				Player	Team	Saves
				R.Face	PIN	6
				D.Elston	CHN	5
				B.Henry	CIN	4

The amazing performance for the month overall goes to Tony Taylor who is now 3rd in batting and 4th in OPS. Strat's award voting places Willie Mays as the MVP for this first part of the season. Dick Groat is still having great success too.

On the pitching side, Vern Law has been the class of the league with 8 wins and a 1.92 ERA.