PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Player of the week for (May 3rd - May 9th) is OF Joe (Ducky) Medwick of Pawtucket. For the week Joe batted .440 (11-25) with one home run, four doubles and a triple and had a slugging percentage of .800. He racked up two RBI and scored six times himself. He had a seven game hitting streak which ended on the last day of the week when he failed to get a base hit. He had two or more hits in three of seven games on the week and in four of the seven games he had extra base hitsOther Player of the Week Candidates:
OF - Paul (Big Poison) Waner of Montgomery who for the week batted .444 (12-27) with a double and a triple, knocked in three runs and scored seven times.
OF - Mel (Master Melvin) Ott of North Dallas who for the week batted .393 (11-28) with a slugging percentage of .667, with one home run and three doubles, knocked in nine runs and scored four times.
SP - Huck Betts of Pawtucket who for the week was 2-0 with an ERA of 1.69 allowing three earned runs in sixteen innings pitched.
SP - Guy (The Mississippi Mudcat) Bush of St. Louis who for the week was 2-0 with an ERA of 2.30, allowing four earned runs in 15 2/3 innings pitched while striking out six.
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