PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Player of the week for (May 31st - June 6th) is Mel (Master Melvin) Ott of the North Dallas Forty. Mel is the first two-time winner of the award this season, but it was not without stiff competition from Jimmy Foxx and Carl Hubbell. Mel batted .400 (10-25) on the week with a slugging percentage of .920, leading the league in home runs with four and RBI with ten. Mel also added a double and six runs scored to his totals. Mel accumulated two game winning RBI, was walked twice and did not record a strike out.Other Player of the Week Candidates:
1B - Jimmy (The Beast) Foxx of St. Louis who batted .450 (9-20) with three home runs, three doubles, knocked in six runs and scored seven times himself.
SS _ Billy Urbanski of St; Louis who batted .500 (12-24) with one home run, one double, three RBI, five runs scored and a stolen base.
SP Carl (The Meal Ticket) Hubbell who was 2-0 on the week with two complete games and an ERA of 2.00 allowing four earned runs in 18 innings pitched.
SP - Johnny Allen of St. Louis who was 2-0 on the week with an ERA of 3.14 allowing 5 earned runs in 14 1/3 innings with one compete game shutout.
LOOKING BACK AT THE FIRST FIVE SEASONS, PART 1
The DBS has now completed five seasons, so this series will take a look at the top 5 of certain categories and stories.Top 5 Performers
1. Al SimmonsSimmons was originally drafted by Sahara, but was sent to St Louis shortly before play began in 1928. All he has done there batted .312 with 167 home runs, including a DBS record 54 in 1929. He has won two home run titles, an RBI title, and was MVP in 1929.
2. Chuck Klein
After two fine season, Klein came into his own in 1930, when he began the season on an amazingly torrid pace, and held on to lead the Knights to their first pennant. Klein lead the DBS in homers the last two seasons, and has two RBI crowns to go with it. He is the only player to be named to the All-Star team in all five DBS seasons.
3. Pat Malone
Pat Malone's 81 wins are tops in the history of the DBS. In 1929, he lead Montgomery to their frist of 3 pennants with a 19-5 record, and a league-best 2.07 ERA. He is a model of consistency, winning 16 games the past 3 seasons, and his the main reason the Burns have been as successful as they have been.
4-5. Jimmy Foxx / Babe Ruth
Double-X comes in at number 4, and his stock will rise after this season. Foxx shows nothing but brute force at the plate, as he has 146 career home runs. The Babe has very similar numbers, even though Ruth has been traded twice: once from St Louis to Harlem, and then to North Dallas, where he continues to prosper. He has lead the league in runs scored twice, and enjoyed his best season in 1930 with Harlem, hitting .317 with 39 home runs.
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