PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Player of the week for (June 21st - June 27th) is SP Charlie (Chinski) Root of the Freemont Furtraders. One of the bright spots in the Freemont rotation this season, Charlie just keeps on winning. Charlie now has eleven wins this season one behind league leader Carl Hubbell. For the week Charlie was 2-0 with two complete games, allowing only two earned runs in 18 innings of work with an ERA of 1.00. Charlie was masterful amassing eight strikeouts against one walk and only allowing ten hits between the two games.Other Player of the Week Candidates:
SP - Lefty Stewart of Hattiesburg who was 2-0 on the week with an ERA of 1.69 allowing three earned runs in 16 innings pitched with one complete game and eight strikeouts.
OF - Paul (Big Poison) Waner of Montgomery who batted .469 (15-32) with four doubles and a triple with one RBI and seven runs scored
OF Joe (Ducky) Medwick of Pawtucket who batted .467 (14-30) with one home run, one triple and one double with four RBI and four runs scored.
OF - Mel (Master Melvin) Ott of North Dallas who batted .519 (14-27) with one home run and two doubles, knocked in seven RBI and scored eight times.
LOOKING BACK AT THE FIRST FIVE SEASONS, PART 4
The DBS has now completed five seasons, so this series will take a look at the top 5 of certain categories and stories.5 WORST DRAFT PICKS
1. Hank Gowdy, 1929Come on, Mississippi... he was 39 years old, for crying out loud. Only batted 20 times.
2. Wally Gilbert, 1928
With so many great players still available, why would North Dallas take a poor hitting, poor fielding third baseman in the 5th Round? Yes, it is true that third basemen are hard to find, Gilbert only played one full season, batting a fair .253 in 1929. Perhaps they should have drafted a real hitter or pitcher and thrown a sack of potatoes to play third. They would have benefitted more.
3. Val Picinich, 1928
Drafted in the 7th Round by Pawtucket, he was selected before other catchers like Bill Dickey, Spud Davis or Luke Sewell. Picinich responded with 2 partial seasons and a .277 average and only 51 RBI.
4. Harvey Hendrick, 1928
Taken in the same infamous 5th Round with Wally Gilbert, Hendrick does not even have 700 at bats in 5 seasons. He batted a mediocre .269 in his only full season.
5. Rick Ferrell, 1929
Yes, 1929 was a weak draft, and passing on left-handed pitching like Ed Wells (Rookie of the Year in 1929) or Bill Hallahan (who has pitched very well for bad teams) can be debated. But even in a weak year such as this, a catcher who has hit .226 in 4 partial seasons hardly seems worthy of a 3rd overall pick. Not to mention others taken after Ferrell who have contributed more: Doc Cramer, Heinie Meine, Roy Johnson or Johnny Frederick to name a few. (Although Ferrell is hitting .284 this year)
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