Strat-O-Matic News http://www.strat-o-matic.com © 2012 Strat-O-Matic Media, LLC Winter 2012 The Fun Starts with 2011 Baseball If you call yourself a baseball fan, you’ve average were at 20-year lows, walks were at been waiting since at least Sept. 28 to replay a 43-year low and strikeouts were at an all- Strat-O-Matic: what many have called the most amazing time high. pennant race conclusions in baseball history. In a year when Derek Jeter reached 3,000 The Movie St. Louis reached the postseason after hits and Jim Thome hit his 600th home run, trailing by eight games in September and by pitchers stole The Show. Coming Soon WKUHHJDPHVZLWKRQO\¿YHOHIWWRSOD\,WUH- 9HUODQGHUZDV WKH ¿UVW JDPH ZLQQHU quired a historic collapse by Atlanta. since 2002. Verlander (24-8, 2.40, 250 Ks) Watch for It! 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Yogi Berra’s 22 round-trippers OHGVHYHQRWKHUBob Turley (21-7, 2.98), the league’s top winner, ERA champ Whitey Ford (14-7, 2.01) and top closer Ryne Duren (20 saves, in ERA and were seventh in the standings. Mick, The Rock Go Deep 2.01). With his team facing elimination in the The Giants, temporarily at home in San Series, Turley shut out the Braves in Game 5, Francisco’s minor-league Seals Stadium, VHFXUHG WKH ¿QDO RXW IRU D th-inning save The AL had a spirited home run derby, with a 22,900 seating capacity, nonetheless won by Mantle’s 42, one better than Cleve- in Game 6 and claimed the Game 7 win in drew nearly 1.3 million fans, twice the 1957 relief by limiting the slugging Braves to two land’s 24-year-old Rocky Colavito. Wash- attendance in the Polo Grounds. 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Second-place Chicago was breed- Bill Mazeroski (.275, 19 HR), Bob Skinner ing the 1959 AL champs, boasting lefty Billy 30-95) and Eddie Mathews (31 HR) led the (.321) and 22-game winner Bob Friend. offense, with ample support from LF Wes Pierce (17-11, 2.68) and a lineup that fea- Luis Aparicio (who led Covington (.330-24-72 in only 294 AB), 1B NL. In Chicago, 27-year-old Ernie Banks Joe Adcock (.275-19-54 in only 320 AB) and the league with 29 stolen bases) and CF Jim ZRQ WKH ¿UVW RI WZR VWUDLJKW 093 DZDUGV Landis (.277, 15 HR, 19 SB) as well as 2B C Del Crandall (.272-18-63). after leading the league with 47 HR, 129 Nellie Fox (.300) and C Sherm Lollar (,273- RBI and .614 slugging, while batting .314. 20-84). All four offered defensive strength Go West, Old Teams Fourth-place Cincinnati showed off 22-year- up the middle. old Frank Robinson, who hit 31 HR. 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