Week 9 Summary (06/07/1920 - 06/13/1920)

Week Nine on the 1920 BBW Replay is in the books and another week of 1920 baseball has been completed. Several teams have reached the 50-games-played plateau, and more will join them shortly, although Pittsburgh and Boston (NL) have a way to go yet. The big news of the week was that after three no-hitters already this season St. Louis first baseman Jack Fournier hit for the cycle in a game on Friday in Brooklyn. The Robins got the win, but a cycle is a rare thing to see.

New York has continued to dominate the early going in the AL. They are sixth in team hitting but have almost a half-run lead in the team ERA category and have thrown thirteen shutouts to date. Chicago is leading in hitting, and is second in ERA, but is four full games behind New York in the standings. They do maintain a 4.0 games lead over third-place Cleveland, and while the Indians continue to play well following their poor start to the season, the backend of their pitching rotation continues to bedevil them. Washington is fourth and Detroit is fifth, as both teams are currently struggling with injuries and are hoping to get healthy again shortly.

Philadelphia (NL) Manager
Gavvy Cravath

New York is leading in the NL as well, but they are no longer in the throes of their May hot streak. Second-place Cincinnati ended their week with three losses in Brooklyn or the standings might look quite a bit closer. Third-place Pittsburgh is currently on a four-game winning streak and fourth-place Brooklyn is currently on a three-game winning streak, so it remains to be seen what will happen with Pittsburgh's current 1.0-game lead over Brooklyn.

Note: I completed my Week Eight write-up over a week ago, but somehow neglected to actually post it to the blog. A Week Eight and a Week Nine replay update is now published.

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