1960 Replay May AL League Leaders

When the month began, Roger Maris, the ultimate league MVP in 1960 had a decent batting average but zero homeruns. When the month ended, he was leading the league in HRs. Jimmy Piersall, Earl Battey, Pete Runnels and Tito Francona had very strong hitting months. Here is where we stand at this point...

Player	Team	Avg		Player	Team	Steals
P.Runnels	BOA	0.413		M.Minoso	CHA	10
T.Francona	CLA	0.370		L.Aparicio	CHA	10
J.Piersall	CLA	0.369
B.Skowron	NYA	0.358
E.Battey	WAA	0.353
Player	Team	Hits		Player	Team	OBP
B.Skowron	NYA	53		P.Runnels	BOA	0.517
L.Aparicio	CHI	56		A.Smith	CHA	0.441
N.Fox	CHI	51		E.Battey	WAA	0.433
A.Smith	CHI	51		R.Maris	NYA	0.423
V.Power	CHI	46		G.Woodling	BAA	0.422
Player	Team	HRs		Player	Team	Slugging
W.Held	CLA	14		R.Maris	NYA	0.824
R.Maris	NYA	14		J.Piersall	CLA	0.658
M.Mantle	NYA	12		E.Battey	WAA	0.629
J.Piersall	CLA	9		W.Held	CLA	0.605
J.Lemon	WAA	9		M.Mantle	NYA	0.604
Player	Team	Walks		Player	Team	OPS
D.Buddin	BOS	11		R.Maris	NYA	1.247
M.Mantle	NYA	11		E.Battey	WAA	1.062
B.Thomson	BOS	9		H. Killebrew	WAA	1.052
G.Woodling	BAA	8		P.Runnels	BOA	1.021
P.Runnels	BOS	8		J.Piersall	CLA	1.049
B.Gardner	WAS	8
Player	Team	Wins		Player	Team	ERA
E.Wynn	CHA	6		D.Stigman	CLA	1.23
G.Bell	CLA	6		P.Foytack	DEA	2.04
S.Barber	BAA	5		B.Monbouquette	BOA	2.36
B.Monbouquette	BOA	5		F.Lary	DEA	2.41
B.Pierce	CHA	5
F.Lary	DEA	5
W.Ford	NYA	5
				Player	Team	Saves
				J.Klippstein	CLA	8
				G.Staley	CHA	6
				R.Moore	CHA	5

1960 Replay May AL Team results

May was an interesting month in this replay. For the teams, the Yankees and the White Sox (the two teams I am actively managing in this otherwise Computer replay) are 5 or 6 games better than their actual performance while the Orioles are the team lagging the most. I will switch to actively managing the Orioles in June to see why this is so.

The top pitching performance was a 1 hitter by Bob Turley of the Yankees. The Yankees scored one run on a double followed by 3 walks. The lone hit was a fielding chance by the pitcher that was ruled a single. I have posted the box score as a separate blog entry.

1960 Replay				May	Standings					Actual		1960		Season		Results
Team		W		L		winning %		games behind		W		L		winning %		W		L		winning %
New York		25		11		0.694				19		17		0.528		97		57		0.630
Chicago		26		13		0.667		0.5		21		18		0.538		87		67		0.565
Cleveland		22		14		0.611		3		21		15		0.583		76		78		0.494
Detroit		19		16		0.543		5.5		17		18		0.486		71		83		0.461
Baltimore		20		20		0.500		7		25		15		0.625		89		65		0.578
Boston		14		21		0.400		10.5		14		21		0.400		65		89		0.422
Washington		13		24		0.351		12.5		14		23		0.378		73		81		0.474
Kansas City		10		30		0.250		17		18		22		0.450		58		96		0.377