Impossible Dream???

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1970 American League East Team by Team Previews:

Detroit Tigers (projected 96-66)
Offense-The big three for the Tigers remain intact, Norm Cash (.307 35-117), Willie Horton (.307 32-119), and Al Kaline (.304 23-89). Bill Freehan (.246 20-87) provides pop from the C position.

Pitching-Denny McClain rebounded from his 21 loss season of 1968 to go 16-11 last season as the ace. Mickey Lolich (13-12 4.31) and Jim Rooker (7-19 4.24) add depth. Fred Gladding saved 25 games in the closers role.

Baltimore Orioles (projected 93-69)
Offense-Reigning MVP Boog Powell (.286 37-129) spearheads this offense. the Orioles lost SS Luis Aparicio to the Washington Senators, so Paul Blair (.283 16-74 25 steals) moves into the leadoff spot. Frank Robinson (.282 32-90) is 31 homers shy of 500.

Pitching-Jim Palmer (21-6 2.88) is 71-19 over the last 3 years and the no doubt ace. Wally Bunker (16-7 3.64) is the #2, and has won 16 games each of the last 3 years.

Boston Red Sox (projected 90-72)
Offense-Rico Petrocelli (.323 40-117) leads this offense. Reggie Smith (.279 30-87 25 steals) moves into the leadoff spot. Ron Santo (.311 16-53 in 66 games with Boston) bats 5th.

Pitching-Bill Lee (19-1 2.56) becomes the ace after a year behind Jim Lonborg (17-11 2.49) who is now the #2 starter. Sparky Lyle (2-5 2.39 52/55 in save chances) approaches the all time saves record as the dominating closer.

New York Yankees (projected 88-74)
Offense-Frank Howard (.278 19-118) and Joe Pepitone (.272 34-118) lead the offense, with help from 38 year old Mickey Mantle (.260 24-74) and youngster Roy White (.304 18-99)

Pitching-The Yankees have a very formidable top 3 in Mel Stottlemyre (16-8 3.60), Al Downing (11-10 2.98) and reigning Cy Young winner Jim Bouton (20-7 2.24). Jack Aker (4-3 4.47 23/28 in save chances) continues to hold onto the closers role somehow.

Washington Senators (projected 58-104)
Offense-The Senators signed Bobby Tolan (.292 15-79 34 steals) from St. Louis, Luis Aparicio (.278 3041 31 steals) from Baltimore, Tony Horton (.325 11-49) from the Chicago Cubs, and Ken Boyer (.278 20-73) from the Cincinnati Reds to help improve their offense.

Pitching-Joe Coleman (10-10 3.40) and Jerry Reuss (6-13) form a solid young duo that should help the Senators for years to come. They are supported by Carl Morton (10-21 4.80)

Cleveland Indians (projected 50-112)
Offense-Cleveland signed Julian Javier (.329 3-11), Bill Sorrell (.257 5-42) and Jack Hiatt (.298 5-25) to support young slugger George Foster (.285 11-45). They also signed C Jerry May (.300 1-28) from Pittsburgh, but is currently injured.

Pitching-The top three starters Tom Kelley (9-12 3.91), Steve Hargan (10-11 3.73) and Jerry Koosman (1-18 7.86) should provide good innings this year if they make minor jumps.

American League West previews next!

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1970 American League West Previews:

Chicago White Sox (projected 99-63)
Offense-The defending American League champs stayed pretty well pat this offseason, but they have 5 returning players who hit 20 homeruns or more, Jim Northrup (33), Tommy Agee (27), Pete Ward (26), Bill Melton (24), and Ron Hansen (20).

Pitching-Chicago has one of the best rotation in all of baseball, lead by Tommy John (18-10 3.01) and supported by Wilbur Wood (16-11 3.51), Gary Peters (14-8 3.97) and Jim O'Toole (15-10 3.94). Dennis Higgins (2-6 4.25 25/30 in save chances) is supported by newcomer Clay Carroll (6-8 3.10).

California Angels (projected 94-68)
Offense-Rick Reichardt (.270 34-102) leads this offense, and gets help from C Duke Sims (.250 31-78) and Don Mincher (.241 31-85) who rebounded from a .249 18-81 in 1968.

Pitching-Clyde Wright (20-10 3.30) leads this staff, and is supported by Catfish Hunter (15-14 4.10) and Andy Messersmith (16-10 3.41). Steve Blass (13-14 4.10) fills out the 4 man rotation.

Minnesota Twins (projected 91-71)
Offense-Surprising Andy Kosco (.275 33-136) spearheads the offense with big help from the consistant Tony Oliva (.319 25-119) and the top of the order is ruled by Rod Carew (.310 11-68) and Zoilo Versailles (.298 11-80).

Pitching-The Twins have an excellent rotation with Dean Chance (13-13 3.73), Jim McAndrew (7-4 3.87), Jim Perry (14-11 3.79), Dave Boswell (14-13 4.54) and Jim Merritt (14-9 3.73). Tom Hall (5-3 3.51 26/30 in save chances) is the closer.

Oakland Athletics (projected 90-72)
Offense-The A's signed 1B Bill White (.285 26-110) away from the Philadelphia Phillies to help booster the offense run by Reggie Jackson (.248 43-142) and Rick Monday (.275 25-76). Sal Bando (.276 24-89) had a break out year at thirdbase.

Pitching-Jim Nash improved from 5-13 4.75 in 1968 to 14-11 3.35 last year. He gets help from Dennis Ribant (17-8 3.84 in his first year in the AL), Chuck Dobson (10-12 4.61) and strikeout pitcher Jim Maloney (12-10 3.94.) They also signed closer Jack Baldschun (4-6 3.61 18 saves) from the Reds to pitch in a setup role.

Milwaukee Brewers (projected 88-74)
Offense-Carl Yastrzemski (.306 26-124) and Roberto Clemente (.309 17-100) lead this offense and receive help from 1B Wes Parker (.289 13-79) and glod glover Adolpho Phillips (.236 17-64 34 steals).

Pitching-Milt Pappas (10-5 2.11) is the ace of the staff, but gets help from 38 year old Jim Bunning (11-14 3.64), Tug McGraw (15-6 2.43), and the surprising Juan Pizarro (17-10 3.07).

Kansas City Royals (projected 32-130)
Offense-Steve Huntz (.202 9-38) leads a very below average offense with minor help from Scott Reid (.262 3-45), and Tommy McCraw (.233 7-40).

Pitching-Jonah Stickles (6-19 6.73) is the "ace" of the staff. He gets help from new acquistion George Brunet (3-2 5.12), Tim Abbott (4-21 7.91) and closer Joe Hoemer (3-3 3.81 25/30 in save chances) signed from St. Louis.

Up next is the National League East!

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1970 National League East Team by Team Previews

Philadephia Phillies (projected 94-68)
Offense-The Phillie offense is lead by Johnny Briggs (.320 24-91), Dick Allen (.319 22-81) and Deron Johnson (.274 29-90). There isn't much else.

Pitching-3 main pitchers Rick Wise (13-16 3.64), Dick Ellsworth (14-9 2.97) and Larry Jackson (19-10 3.95), get help from Bob Locker (7-2 2.84) signed away from the Chicago White Sox.

St. Louis Cardinals (projected 91-71)
Offense-The Cards will get a full season from Willie Stargell (.270 34-96), as well as support from the "Baby Bull" Orlando Cepeda (.323 26-107), Jim Ray Hart (.301 23-93), and Tim McCarver (.320 14-71).

Pitching-4 Cardinal pitchers, Bob Gibson (20-8 3.86), Mike Torrez (20-7 2.88), Ray Washburn (19-8 2.48) and Al Jackson (15-11 3.81) each threw over 240 innings last year, and they will get help from newly acquired Darold Knowles (3-2 2.48 20/23 in save chances.

New York Mets (projected 90-72)
Offense-Amos Otis (.314 21-82 38 steals) is the star in Flushing Meadows. He gets help from 36 year old Rocky Colavito (.262 27-105), Ed Kranepool (.317 12-55) and new signee Sonny Jackson (.258 0-16 11 steals).

Pitching-A below average pitching staff is lead by Tom Seaver (14-9 3.19) and Bob Shaw (11-16 3.88). They get a little help from Jack Fisher (13-12 3.74) and Hank Fischer (12-10 3.86). Danny Frisella (12-1 2.91 18/23 in save chances) will close out games.

Chicago Cubs (projected 79-83)
Offense-A weak offense is headed by Billy Williams (.279 26-84) and Fred Whitfield (.292 26-76). Jose Cardenal (.258 12-63) is the only other Cub with more than 10 homeruns.

Pitching-This is where the Cubs could make some noise as their top four will rival anyone else in the majors with Ken Holtzman (17-16 3.52), Fergie Jenkins (12-12 2.95) Ray Culp (7-6 3.66) and Luis Tiant (10-1 2.46). Dick Radatz (1-9 7.86 12/13 in save chances) still has the closers job for some reason.

Pittsburgh Pirates (projected 67-95)
Offense-Donn Clendenon (.306 29-106), Richie Hebner (.278 23-93), and Bill Mazeroski (.281 10-77) lead this offense with help from Matty Alou (.313 6-53) and Al Oliver (.313 8-63).

Pitching-A very bad Pirates staff is lead by Dock Ellis (7-15 4.56). He gets a little help from Woodie Fryman (13-13 4.61), and closer Al McBean (2-6 5.28 17/23 in save chances).

Montreal Expos (projected 41-121)
Offense-Youngster Doug Rader (.209 17-63) supplies the power, while Pat Kelly (.298 10-64 34 steals) supplies the speed. They get some help from Dave McDonald (.286 6-63), and OF George Thomas (.248 10-50). Ernie Banks (.229 12-43) supplies power off the bench.

Pitching-19 year old Bert Blyleven (2-1 3.52 in AA ball) will be the longtime ace, and he gets help from improving Derek Pritchard (11-24 6.47), Steve Arlin (6-23 5.23) and Bruce Houston (3-26 8.07). The bullpen has some nice young arms in Reggie Cleveland, Pedro Borbon, Lowell Palmer and Jerry Cram.

Up next is the National League West!

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1970 National League West Team by Team Preview

Los Angeles Dodgers (projected 103-59)
Offense-Willie Davis (.296 24-84 37 steals) is the catalyst for the offense. He hopes to get help from George Scott (.254 34-99), Felipe Alou (.287 27-93), and Jim Lefebvre (.273 20-80).

Pitching-The best pitching staff in baseball is led by Don Drysdale (23-11 3.32), Claude Osteen (17-11 3.19), Don Sutton (18-9 2.29) and Bill Singer (10-13 3.74) all of whom threw over 230 innings. Longtime closer Ron Perranoski (6-6 3.17 19/25 in save chances) remains in that position.

Atlanta Braves (projected 99-63)
Offense-A potent offense lead by Hank Aaron (.287 34-102), Joe Torre (.333 23-106), Rico Carty (.299 28-93),and ROY Darrell Evans (.240 18-81).

Pitching-Knuckleballer Phil Niekro (18-11 3.38 ) is the ace of this staff that also includes Wade Blasingame (15-10 3.89), Pat Jarvis (9-8 3.63), and closer Horatio Pina (6-5 2.81 14/17 in save chances).

San Fransisco Giants (projected 95-67)
Offense-Lead by Triple Crown winner Willie Mays (.337 44-312) the defending World Champs are helped by Willie McCovey (.286 31-113), Bobby Bonds (.275 38-113 33 steals) and Tito Fuentes (.283 6-71).

Pitching-2 time Cy Young winner Gaylord Perry (23-5 2.08) is the best pitcher in baseball. He gets help from Juan Marichal (21-8 3.29), Bobby Bolin (13-6 4.00) and Dick Bosman (13-8 3.49).

Houston Astros (projected 86-76)
Offense-Joe Morgan (.262 19-64 42 steals) powers the offense, and the big bats are Rusty Staub (.347 12-45), Jimmy Wynn (.242 20-73), and Tom Tresh (.251 18-77).

Pitching-Larry Dierker (16-7 2.33) is the ace, but the Opening Day starter will be Mike Cuellar (11-7 3.33). They get help from young Chris Zachary (7-6 5.04), Earl Wilson (13-5 3.05), and Don Wilson (8-11 3.79)

Cincinnati Reds (projected 81-81)
Offense-Pete Rose (.297 4-62) is the sparkplug, but Vada Pinson (.325 23-96) and Tony Perez (.281 20-91) are the power that makes this machine go. They get help from Art Shamsky (.287 18-77) and Floyd Robinson (.259 17-72).

Pitching-Donn Nottebart (17-12 2.99) is the aging ace, who will end up losing that title to young Gary Nolan (10-12 4.51), or Sammy Ellis (11-8 2.94). Gerry Arrigo (7-8 4.56) will be the 4th starter.

San Diego Padres (projected 46-116)
Offense-Willie Crawford (.261 13-54) is the main threat, and he gets a bit of help from Vic Davalillo (.275 8-24 29 steals), Jim King (.204 11-46), and Glen Clark (.252 7-42).

Pitching-Hank Aguirre (9-19 4.73) is the veteran leader of this staff that includes new acquisition Camilo Pascual (6-7 5.59), Marco Margues (5-18 6.60), and Joe Gast (5-21 7.31). If they can get to their closer, Ron Willis (5-1 0.90 18/21 in save chances) is one of the best.

Up next is the Opening Day Roster for the 1970 Boston Red Sox!!

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1970 American League East Champion Boston Red Sox

Starting Lineup:
1B-Reggie Smith (91/95)
LF-Joe Lahoud (76/94)
RF-Tony Conigliaro (84/92)
SS-Rico Petrocelli (94)
3B-Ron Santo (93)
2B-Don Money (86/93)
C-Ted Simmons (79/96)
CF-Allan Lewis (75)

Bench:
3B/LF- Harmon Killebrew (80)
OF- Fred Rico (66)
C- Jim French (76)
IF- Joe Foy (82)
1B- Dick Nen (72)
IF- Ron Hunt (84)

Rotation:
Bill Lee (87/90)
Jim Lonborg (88)
Steve Carlton (82/89)
Joe Moeller (81)

Bullpen:
5th Starter/Mopup- Jerry Stephenson (77/86)
Closer- Sparky Lyle (90/93)
Setup- Rollie Fingers (86/88)
Short- Lindy McDaniel (84)
Short- Jim York (82/84)
Middle- Larry Jaster (81)
Long- Jose Santiago (78)

Leading off the season for the Sox is 3 in Minnesota against the Twins followed by 3 at home against the Oakland Athletics!

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April 1,2,3 at Minnesota Twins (0-0)

April 1-Rico Petrocelli and Ron Santo each drove in 2 runs, and Don Money went 3-4 with a HR in his first game back from his injury last year as Boston won their opener 7-3. (1-0)
W-Bill Lee (1-0) L-Dean Chance (0-1)

April 2-Rico Petrocelli drove in Tony Conigliaro with an RBI single off Jim Kaat in the bottom of the 13th inning, as Boston beat the Twins 6-5. (2-0)
W-Larry Jaster (1-0) L-Jim Kaat (0-1) S-Rollie Fingers (1)

April 3-Jim Perry pitched 8 2/3 innings, allowing just 3 hits and 1 run while striking out 10 as the Twins avoided the sweep, winning 3-1. (2-1)
W-Jim Perry (1-0) L-Steve Carlton (0-1) S-Tom Hall (1)

April 4,5,6 v Oakland A's (1-2)

April 4-Tony Conigliaro drove in Don Baylor with an RBI triple in the bottom of the 16th inning, as Boston outlasted the A's 2-1. The Red Sox bullpen put in a line of 8IP 2H 0R 0BB 5K. (3-1)
W-Lindy McDaniel (1-0) L-Dave Morehead (0-1)

April 5-Jerry Stephenson pitched 6 shutout innings, striking out 9 and Don Baylor had an RBI single as Boston blanked Oakland 3-0. (4-1)
W-Jerry Stephenson (1-0) L-Jim Nash (0-2) S-Sparky Lyle (1)

April 6-Rico Petrocelli had a 2 run single with 2 outs in the 9th off closer Pete Mikkelsen, making a winner of Sparky Lyle, who already has 2 blown saves this year after only blowing 3 all last year, in a 6-5 Red Sox win. (5-1)
W-Sparky Lyle (1-0) L-Pete Mikkelsen (0-1)

Around the MLB:

Once again, Tony Conigliaro is hurt. This time he stretched some knee ligaments and won't be back until mid May. Don Baylor and Joe Lahoud will try to pick up the slack.

Up next for the Sox is a 3 game set against the Milwaukee Brewers followed by 3 games in Oakland against the A's.

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April 7,8,9 v Milwaukee Brewers (4-2)

April 7-Joe Lahoud hit a 2 run HR, his first career HR, and the Sox beat up Jim Bunning for 6 hits and 7 runs in 5 1/3 innings in a 7-4 win. (6-1)
W-Jim Lonborg (1-0) L-Jim Bunning (0-2) S-Sparky Lyle (2)

April 8-Tommy Harper hit a pinch hit 3 run HR off Steve Carlton, helping the Brewers beat the Red Sox 5-2. (7-1)
W-Tug McGraw (2-0) L-Steve Carlton (0-2) S-Don Secrist (3)

April 9-Don Money and Ron Santo each hit 2 run homeruns, and Reggie Smith went 3-5 as Boston took two of three from Milwaukee, winning 5-4. (7-2)
W-Joe Moeller (1-0) L-Juan Pizarro (0-1) S-Sparky Lyle (3)

April 13,14,15 at Oakland A's (2-7)

April 13-Sal Bando hit a 3 run HR, and Fred Newman pitched a complete game, allowing just 4 hits and 1 run as Oakland beat the Sox 3-1. (7-3)
W-Fred Newman (1-0) L-Bill Lee (1-1)

April 14-Bill White hit a 2 run HR in the 8th inning, capping a 3 run inning that gave Oakland a 3-2 win over the Sox. (7-4)
W-Jim Nash (1-2) L-Jim York (0-1) S-Pete Mikkelsen (1)

April 15-Chuck Dobson pitched 8 shutout innings, allowing just 4 hits, striking out 4 and Sal Bando drove in the only run with an RBI single in the 6th inning as the A's swept the Red Sox, winning 1-0. (7-5)
W-Chuck Dobson (1-1) L-Steve Carlton (0-3) S-Pete Mikkelsen (2)

Around the MLB:

Right now, although the Sox are in first place, they have a team BAA of .212, good for 2nd to last in the AL. The biggest culprits are Don Baylor (.111), Ted Simmons (.174), Allan Lewis (.196), Don Money (.196), and Rico Petrocelli (.204).

Up next for the Sox is 3 at home against the Minnesota Twins followed by 3 in Chicago to face the AL Champion White Sox.

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April 17,18,19 v Minnesota Twins (9-6)

April 17-Joe Moeller pitched 7 shutout innings, and Reggie Smith went 1-3 with an RBI double as Boston blanked Minnesota 4-0. (8-5)
W-Joe Moeller (2-0) L-Dave Boswell (2-1)

April 18-Rico Petrocelli hit a pair of solo HR's, including one off Tom Hall in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving Boston an 8-7 win. (9-5)
W-Sparky Lyle (2-0) L-Tom Hall (1-1)

April 19-Boston completed the sweep, as Ron Santo hit a 2 run HR, and Reggie Smith added his first HR of the year in the 4-1 Red Sox win. (10-5)
W-Jim Lonborg (2-0) L-Jim McAndrew (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (4)

April 22,23,24 at Chicago White Sox (13-5)

April 22-Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam in a 5 run 5th and the Red Sox made it hold up, beating the White Sox 7-3. (11-5)
W-Bill Lee (2-1) L-John Buzhardt (2-1)

April 23-Rico Petrocelli hit a 2 run HR and Don Baylor added a solo shot as Boston won their 5th in a row, a 4-1 victory over Chicago. (12-5)
W-Jim Lonborg (3-0) L-Jim O'Toole (2-1) S-Sparky Lyle (5)

April 24-The Red Sox extracted a bit of revenge for last years ALCS, completing the sweep of Chicago, behind Steve Carlton's 7 innings of 1 run ball and Reggie Smith's 2nd HR of the year in a 4-1 Boston win. (13-5)
W-Steve Carlton (1-3) L-Tommy John (1-2) S-Sparky Lyle (6)

Around the MLB:

Kansas City sends OF Scott Reid
Los Angeles sends P Greg Shanahan P Dave Pagan P Mike Cosgrove
I'm not crazy about this deal from KC's end as Reid was their only real leadoff threat. They pick up 3 average minor leaguers. If any of them become anything special, I'll be shocked.

Up next for Boston and ending April is 6 games at home, the first 3 against the California Angels, then the White Sox come to town.

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April 25,26,27 v California Angels (14-7)

April 25-Don Baylor drove in a pair of runs, and Reggie Smith went 4-5 as Boston beat the Angels 3-2. (14-5)
W-Jose Santiago (1-0) L-Marty Pattin (2-2)

April 26-Tom Silverio went with a HR and 3 RBI and Andy Messersmith pitched into the 9th inning as the Angels beat Boston 5-2. (14-6)
W-Andy Messersmith (3-3) L-Jerry Stephenson (1-1) S-Steve Kealey (2)

April 27-Don Baylor went 2-4 with a grand slam, and Bill Lee scattered 9 hits over 7 innings as the Sox beat California 6-4. (15-6)
W-Bill Lee (3-1) L-Steve Blass (2-2) S-Sparky Lyle (7)

April 28,29,30 v Chicago White Sox (15-9)

April 28-Tommy John pitched 8 innings of 2 run ball and 3 different White Sox drove in runs as Chicago beat Boston 3-2. (15-7)
W-Tommy John (2-2) L-Jim York (0-2) S-Dennis Higgins (5)

April 29-Ron Santo homered and drove in 3 and Joe Lahoud drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th with an RBI single as Boston beat Chicago 4-3. (16-7)
W-Lindy McDaniel (2-0) L-Gene Rounsaville (0-2)

April 30-An error by Allan Lewis allowed 2 runs to score, and Wilbur Wood allowed 2 earned runs in 7 innings as the White Sox beat the Red 3-2. (16-8)
W-Wilbur Wood (4-0) L-Steve Carlton (1-4) S-Clay Carroll (2)

Up next are the end of the month stats!!!

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Complete Team Batting Stats Through April 30-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Smith, Reggie             BOS   24  .282   103   29   7   0   2   11   18    6   2   17    6  .408  .350
Santo, Ron                BOS   24  .302    96   29   8   0   5   11   13    0   0   12   15  .542  .370
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS   24  .191    94   18   1   0   5   13   15    0   0   11   17  .362  .287
Baylor, Don               BOS   21  .190    79   15   5   0   3    8   13    0   3    9   13  .367  .304
Simmons, Ted              BOS   21  .167    72   12   2   0   1    7   10    0   0    5    4  .236  .250
Money, Don                BOS   21  .169    71   12   1   0   4    7   10    0   1    7    7  .352  .238
Lewis, Allan              BOS   18  .239    67   16   3   0   0    4   15    3   1    4    3  .284  .282
Killebrew, Harmon         BOS   23  .175    63   11   0   0   1    8   14    0   0    4    6  .222  .268
Lahoud, Joe               BOS   18  .204    54   11   1   0   1    8    8    0   0    9    4  .278  .306
Foy, Joe                  BOS   16  .172    29    5   0   0   1    4    4    3   0    3    3  .276  .273
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS    6  .214    28    6   3   1   0    3    6    0   0    3    4  .393  .281
French, Jim               BOS    8  .318    22    7   0   1   0    2    2    0   0    3    1  .409  .375
Lee, Bill                 BOS    6  .231    13    3   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    2    3  .231  .286
Lonborg, Jim              BOS    6  .100    10    1   0   0   0    1    2    0   0    1    1  .100  .182
Carlton, Steve            BOS    5  .333     9    3   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .333  .333
Hunt, Ron                 BOS    7  .333     6    2   0   0   0    1    1    0   0    1    0  .333  .429
Moeller, Joe              BOS    4  .000     6    0   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Jaster, Larry             BOS    1  .400     5    2   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    1  .400  .400
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS    2  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Fingers, Rollie           BOS    0  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Santiago, Jose            BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through April 30-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Fingers, Rollie           BOS   15.0  0.00   10   0   0   0   1   16    3  8.40
Santiago, Jose            BOS   11.0  0.00    5   0   1   0   0    5    3  7.36
Jaster, Larry             BOS   18.0  1.00    6   1   1   0   0   12   10 10.50
Moeller, Joe              BOS   25.1  1.78    4   4   2   0   0   17    5 10.66
McDaniel, Lindy           BOS   13.2  1.98   11   0   2   0   0   10    4  9.22
Lonborg, Jim              BOS   39.0  2.31    6   6   3   0   0   32   10 10.38
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   11.0  2.45    2   2   1   1   0   12    2  8.18
Lyle, Sparky              BOS   12.0  3.00   11   0   2   0   7   11    3  9.75
Lee, Bill                 BOS   41.1  3.05    6   6   3   1   0   14    8 10.89
Carlton, Steve            BOS   30.0  3.60    5   5   1   4   0   23   10 11.10
York, Jim                 BOS   12.2  9.24   10   0   0   2   0    7    3 16.34

Leading off May for the Sox is 3 games in Milwaukee against the Brewers followed by 3 games at home against the improved Kansas City Royals!

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May 1,2,3 v Milwaukee Brewers (10-13)

May 1-Don Baylor and Rico Petrocelli each hit solo HR's as Boston beat the Brewers 2-1. (17-8)
W-Lindy McDaniel (3-0) L-Rich Folkers (2-1) S-Sparky Lyle (8)

May 2-Harmon Killebrew went 2-5 with 2 HR and 6 RBI, and Reggie Smith hit a 3 run shot as Boston beat up on Milwaukee 14-3. (18-8)
W-Larry Jaster (2-0) L-Juan Pizarro (1-4)

May 3-Milt Pappas pitched a complete game shutout, allowing just 3 hits while striking out 8, and Carl Taylor drove in the only run with an RBI single as Milwaukee avoided the sweep, winning 1-0. (18-9)
W-Milt Pappas (3-4) L-Jim Lonborg (3-1)

May 4,5,6 v Kansas City Royals (10-20)

May 4-Ted Simmons hit a 3 run HR and Joe Lahoud added a solo shot as Boston pounded KC 9-1. (19-9)
W-Joe Moeller (3-0) L-Peter Gardner (1-5)

May 5-Ron Santo went 2-4 with a 2 run HR, and 4 other Sox drove in single runs as Boston beat the Royals 6-2. (20-9)
W-Steve Carlton (2-4) L-Keith Vance (1-4)

May 6-The Sox pounded out 17 hits and 14 runs, lead by Don Money who went 3-5 with 3 RBI as Boston swept the Royals, winning 14-3. (21-9)
W-Jerry Stephenson (2-1) L-Tim Abbott (1-2)

Around the MLB:
The hitting is getting better, we are up to .232 as a team, which is good for 10th in the AL, but we have a major league leading team ERA of 2.43, and that is lead by Rollie Fingers, who has currently pitched 19 scoreless innings to start the season.

Next for Boston is a 3 game set at Fenway against the Baltimore Orioles followed by a 3 game series in Oakland against the Athletics.

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May 7,8,9 v Baltimore Orioles (18-15)

May 7- In a game that took 7 hours and 13 minutes, Bob Johnson hit a 2 run single of reliever Jim Lonborg in the top of the 20th inning. Harmon Killebrew hit a solo HR in the bottom of the inning, but that was all Boston was able to muster as Baltimore won the marathon 8-7. Boxscore below: (21-10)
W-Rafael Oritz (1-0) L-Jim Lonborg (3-2)

Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox
May 7, 1970

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
       Orioles (BAL) 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2  8 20  0
       Red Sox (BOS) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1  7 16  1

BALTIMORE            ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
P. Blair (CF)         8  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .276
M. Sanguillen (C)     8  3  1  1  1  1  0  0    .362
D. Johnson (2B)       9  4  0  2  0  0  2  0    .316
F. Robinson (RF)      4  3  0  2  0  1  0  0    .273
 D. May (P)           5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .227
C. Blefary (LF)       8  2  1  2  1  3  0  0    .265
B. Robinson (3B)      7  1  1  0  0  0  1  0    .274
M. Epstein (1B)       4  1  0  1  1  1  0  0    .162
 B. Johnson (P)       5  1  0  0  0  2  2  0    .333
B. Floyd (SS)         9  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .175
T. Phoebus (P)        2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .500
 M. Rettenmund (P)    1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .380
 J. Robertson (P)     0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 F. Talbot (P)        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 E. Hendricks (P)     1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .310
 B. Landis (P)        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 J. Lumpe (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
 C. Singley (P)       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 R. Brand (P)         1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   1.000
 R. Ortiz (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .000
TOTALS               74 20  4  8  3  8 10  0

   2B:  D. Johnson (5), F. Robinson 2 (7)
   3B:  M. Sanguillen (1)
   HR:  M. Sanguillen (1), M. Epstein (1), C. Blefary (5)
   HBP:  B. Robinson
   GIDP:  M. Epstein, B. Floyd
   CS:  T. Phoebus

       BALTIMORE   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
      T. Phoebus  5.0  5  4  1  3  3  1 111   3.06
    J. Robertson  2.2  4  3  1  2  2  1  67  11.57
       F. Talbot  2.1  0  1  0  0  0  0  35   0.00
       B. Landis  2.0  2  0  0  0  0  1  36   1.13
      C. Singley  3.0  0  1  0  0  0  1  49   0.00
        R. Ortiz  4.0  5  2  1  1  1  1  73   5.40
          TOTALS 19.0 16 11  3  6  6  5 371

BOSTON               ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
R. Smith (CF)         9  2  1  0  0  0  1  1    .291
J. Lahoud (RF)        6  1  2  0  0  0  0  0    .215
R. Santo (3B)         8  1  1  1  1  1  0  0    .271
R. Petrocelli (SS)    9  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .222
H. Killebrew (1B)     8  4  1  3  1  1  0  0    .226
D. Baylor (LF)        4  2  4  1  0  0  0  0    .231
D. Money (2B)         7  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .192
T. Simmons (C)        7  1  2  1  0  0  1  0    .204
B. Lee (P)            2  1  0  0  0  2  0  0    .250
 L. McDaniel (P)      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 J. Foy (P)           1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .139
 L. Jaster (P)        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .286
 A. Lewis (P)         1  1  0  1  1  3  0  0    .253
 S. Lyle (P)          1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 J. York (P)          1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 J. French (P)        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .292
 R. Fingers (P)       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 R. Hunt (P)          1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .250
 J. Lonborg (P)       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .083
 F. Rico (P)          1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0   1.000
TOTALS               67 16 11  7  3  7  5  1

   2B:  R. Petrocelli (4)
   HR:  A. Lewis (1), R. Santo (7), H. Killebrew (4)
   HBP:  D. Baylor
   GIDP:  R. Smith, T. Simmons, R. Santo

          BOSTON   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
          B. Lee  6.0 11  1  3  6  6  0  92   3.48
     L. McDaniel  1.0  2  1  0  0  0  1  17   1.50
       L. Jaster  1.0  0  1  0  0  0  0  16   1.44
         S. Lyle  3.0  1  0  0  0  0  4  42   2.25
         J. York  4.0  2  0  0  0  0  3  53   5.95
      R. Fingers  2.0  1  1  0  0  0  1  31   0.00
      J. Lonborg  2.0  3  0  0  2  2  1  37   2.44
          TOTALS 19.0 20  4  3  8  8 10 288

     WP: R. Ortiz (1-0)
     LP: J. Lonborg (3-2)

     Temperature: 55F
     Wind: 2 MPH (out to left)
     Attendance: 33,375
     Time: 7:13

May 8-Don Baylor and Ron Santo each hit 2 run HR's and Harmon Killebrew added a solo shot as Boston doubled up Baltimore 8-4. (22-10)
W-Joe Moeller (4-0) L-Wally Bunker (3-5) S-Lindy McDaniel (1)

May 9-The Red Sox offense continued to show signs of life as Ron Santo hit a pair of 2 run HR's, and Don Money added 2 RBI as Boston put up 10 against the Orioles in the 10-5 win. (23-10)
W-Jim Lonborg (4-2) L-Jim Hannan (2-5)

May 11,12,13 at Oakland Athletics (21-15)

May 11-The Red Sox hit 5 homeruns, Don Baylor (6,7), Reggie Smith (5), Rico Petrocelli (7), Harmon Killebrew (6), as Boston beat up on the A's 8-1. (24-10)
W-Steve Carlton (3-4) L-Chuck Dobson (4-2)

May 12-Rico Petrocelli hit a grand slam, and Joe Moeller pitched 7 solid innings as Boston beat Oakland 7-3. (25-10)
W-Joe Moeller (5-0) L-Dennis Ribant (3-3)

May 13-Oakland avoided the sweep, as Reggie Jackson drove in Cesar Tovar with a single in the bottom of the 10th inning in the 5-4 win. (25-11)
W-Pete Mikkelsen (2-3) L-Rolllie Fingers (0-1)

Around the MLB:

The Red Sox and Chicago Cubs have come to terms on a deal that sends IF Ron Hunt and minor league pitcher Fred Wenz to the North Side in exchange for a couple of minor league prospects, Billy North and Roger Moret. Hunt was solid for us last year, but he had lost his role with Don Money moving to second. North has blazing speed and was hitting .399 1-27 and was 13/15 in steal chances in A ball. He's still got some time before he'll make an impact. Moret on the other hand will probably step in next season. He was 3-1 1.98 in AA ball and will start in AAA with the Red Sox.

The other deal saw:
Baltimore sends P Dennis Leonard P Jesse Jefferson
Washington sends P Jan Dukes
Right now, this deal favors Baltimore, but if Leonard and Jefferson mature as expected, Washington will have gotten two top end starters for a reliever.


Up next is another homestand that sees Oakland come to town for 3 followed by the Milwaukee Brewers making a trip to Fenway for three games!

[bigpapi]

May 15,16,17 v Oakland Athletics (22-17)

May 15-Dick Deitz hit a 2 run HR and Bill White added a 3 run shot, accounting for all of Oakland runs in a 5-3 Oakland win. (25-12)
W-Cal Koonce (1-0) L-Jim Lonborg (4-3) S-Pete Mikkelsen (6)

May 16-Tony C. homered twice, driving in 5, and Rico Petrocelli added a 2 run shot as Boston blasted the A's 9-3. (26-12)
W-Joe Moeller (6-0) L-Chuck Dobson (4-3)

May 17-Ted Simmons, Tony Conigliaro and Harmon Killebrew each homered as the Boston bats stay red hot in a 13-2 win. (27-12)
W-Steve Carlton (4-4) L-Dennis Ribant (3-4)

May 19,20,21 v Milwaukee Brewers (20-22)

May 19-Don Baylor singled in Tony C. in the bottom of the tenth inning, giving Boston a 7-6 win over the Brewers (28-12)
W-Rollie Fingers (1-1) L-Rich Folkers (2-3)

May 20-Don Money homered twice, once a three run shot and the other a grand slam, for 7 total RBI, and 3 other Sox hit solo HR's as Boston ran all over Milwaukee 12-6. (29-12)
W-Jim Lonborg (5-3) L-Juan Pizarro (1-6)

May 21-Rico Petrocelli hit an infield single in the bottom of the 10th, scoring Ron Santo, allowing the Sox to come from behind after giving up a 5-0 lead, before finally winning 7-6. (30-12)
W-Jim York (1-2) L-Rich Folkers (2-4)

Around the MLB:

While the Red Sox offense has finally come to life, these are the players that have accounted for that improvement the most over the last 10 games:
Don Money .395 (15-38) 4HR 17RBI
Rico Petrocelli .421 (16-38) 4HR 13RBI
Don Baylor .375 (15-40) 5HR 10RBI
Tony Conigliaro .366 (13-30) 5HR 13RBI

Up next for Boston is 3 games at home against the 2nd place Baltimore Orioles followed by a 3 game set in Kansas City against the Royals.

Editors Note: (I can see people are reading this, but if you have any questions, want to know how your favorite player from the era is doing, or anything you would like to see, please let me know!)

[bigpapi]

May 22,23,24 v Baltimore Orioles (25-20)

May 22-Manny Sanguillen drove in 2 with a double, as Baltimore outlasted Boston 8-5. (30-13)
W-Steve Barber (4-0) L-Steve Carlton (4-5)

May 23-Ted Simmons and Reggie Smith each had RBI singles in a 3 run 3rd inning and the Sox made it hold up in a 3-2 Boston win. (31-13)
W-Bill Lee (4-1) L-Jim Palmer (7-4) S-Sparky Lyle (9)

May 24-Manny Sanguillen drove in the only run of the game with an RBI single in the 8th inning off Lindy McDaniel as Baltimore took 2 of 3 from the Sox, winning 1-0. (31-14)
W-Wally Bunker (4-6) L-Lindy McDaniel (3-1) S-Fred Beene (7)

May 25,26,27 at Kansas City Royals (15-33)

May 25-Eddie Mathews hit a grand slam and Tommy McCraw hit a 2 run shot as KC surprised the Red Sox 7-5. (31-15)
W-Tim Abbott (2-3) L-Joe Moeller (6-1) S-Hal Haydel (2)

May 26-Harmon Killebrew hit a 2 run HR and 5 other Sox drove in runs as Boston beat up on the Royals 7-4. (32-15)
W-Steve Carlton (5-5) L-George Brunet (4-5)

May 27-Harmon Killebrew hit his 10th HR of the year, a grand slam, and added an RBI double, and Ton Conigliaro went 3-5 with 2 RBI as Boston hammered KC 12-3. (33-15)
W-Jerry Stephenson (3-1) L-Darek Bronson (0-1)

Around the MLB:

San Diego sends P Steve Mingori
Oakland sends P Doyle Alexander
I like this trade alot for the Padres. Mingori was a solid bullpen arm, but if Alexander develops, then they get a top end starter.

Also, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves picked up his 3000th hit, a bunt single off Jack Fisher of the New York Mets, in a 2-1 Brave win. Boxscore and linescore of the inning below:

Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
May 27, 1970

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 +  R  H  E
        Braves (ATL) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1  2  8  0
          Mets (NYM) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  1  6  0

ATLANTA              ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
F. Millan (2B)        4  1  0  0  0  0  0  1    .219
R. Carty (LF)         4  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .301
H. Aaron (RF)         5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .308
D. Evans (3B)         5  2  0  2  2  2  0  0    .321
J. Torre (C)          4  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .323
 J. Landis (P)        0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .333
 B. Montgomery (P)    1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .207
C. Gaston (CF)        4  2  0  0  0  0  1  0    .372
R. Rollins (1B)       5  1  0  0  0  0  0  0    .214
D. Menke (SS)         4  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .235
W. Blasingame (P)     2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .222
 G. Hopkins (1B)      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .272
 R. Hernandez (P)     0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 T. Cline (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .265
 H. Pina (P)          0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
TOTALS               39  8  1  2  2  2  4  1

   HR:  D. Evans 2 (25)
   HBP:  G. Hopkins, F. Millan
   GIDP:  D. Evans, D. Menke, H. Aaron

         ATLANTA   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
   W. Blasingame  8.0  5  4  0  1  1  5 120   3.89
    R. Hernandez  2.0  0  0  0  0  0  2  25   7.36
         H. Pina  2.0  1  1  0  0  0  1  35   3.57
          TOTALS 12.0  6  5  0  1  1  8 180

NEW YORK             ab  h bb  r hr bi  k sb     avg
S. Alomar (2B)        5  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .236
B. McNulty (LF)       3  2  2  0  0  0  0  0    .265
A. Otis (CF)          5  1  0  0  0  0  2  2    .273
R. Colavito (RF)      4  0  1  0  0  0  1  0    .263
E. Kranepool (1B)     5  2  0  1  0  0  0  0    .275
G. Goossen (C)        5  1  0  0  0  0  1  0    .223
T. Dean (3B)          2  0  2  0  0  1  0  0    .000
D. Maxvill (SS)       3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0    .287
J. Fisher (P)         2  0  0  0  0  0  2  0    .105
 K. Singleton (P)     1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .161
 E. Sprague (P)       0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   1.000
 C. Jones (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .310
 D. Frisella (P)      0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
 R. Nixon (P)         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0    .000
TOTALS               37  6  5  1  0  1  8  2

   GIDP:  R. Colavito
   CS:  B. McNulty

        NEW YORK   ip  h bb hr  r er  k pit    ERA
       J. Fisher  7.0  4  1  1  1  1  2  91   4.26
      E. Sprague  3.0  2  0  0  0  0  1  39   1.67
     D. Frisella  2.0  2  0  1  1  1  1  44   3.72
          TOTALS 12.0  8  1  2  2  2  4 174

     WP: H. Pina (1-2)
     LP: D. Frisella (0-2)

     Temperature: 59F
     Wind: Calm
     Attendance: 49,706
     Time: 3:20

TOP OF THE SEVENTH
Rico Carty walked. <--1>
Hank Aaron bunts for a base hit down the first base line. <-21>
Darrell Evans grounded to third for a double play (5-4-3). <3-->
Joe Torre grounded to the shortstop. <3-->
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, and 1 left on base.
In the middle of the seventh, the game is tied at 1.

Ending May and leading off June for Boston is 3 at home against the Minnesota Twins followed by 3 games on the South Side to face the Chicago White Sox. We'll also have end of the month stats, and the draft recap!!!

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Complete Team Batting Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Santo, Ron                BOS   52  .287   223   64  13   1  16   21   27    0   0   42   34  .570  .355
Smith, Reggie             BOS   50  .285   214   61   8   0   9   32   33   13   4   36   21  .449  .380
Petrocelli, Rico          BOS   51  .279   201   56   6   0  10   36   32    0   0   37   38  .458  .387
Baylor, Don               BOS   49  .265   189   50   8   0  14   30   23    5   6   39   38  .529  .386
Simmons, Ted              BOS   48  .240   171   41   6   2   5   21   21    0   0   18   21  .386  .325
Money, Don                BOS   45  .247   162   40   3   0  11   16   22    1   1   21   32  .469  .310
Killebrew, Harmon         BOS   46  .243   136   33   1   0  12   29   24    0   0   24   34  .515  .376
Lahoud, Joe               BOS   36  .240   125   30   2   0   4   24   16    0   0   21   10  .352  .362
Conigliaro, Tony          BOS   23  .306    98   30  10   1   7   11   19    0   0   17   22  .643  .375
Lewis, Allan              BOS   36  .237    97   23   5   0   1    9   19    3   1    9    8  .320  .306
Foy, Joe                  BOS   30  .203    59   12   1   0   1    8    6    3   2    6    9  .271  .294
French, Jim               BOS   13  .333    30   10   1   2   0    6    3    0   0    8    1  .500  .444
Lee, Bill                 BOS   12  .167    24    4   0   0   0    1    6    0   0    2    5  .167  .200
Lonborg, Jim              BOS   12  .182    22    4   0   0   0    3    9    0   0    2    2  .182  .280
Moeller, Joe              BOS   11  .182    22    4   0   0   0    1    8    0   0    1    2  .182  .217
Carlton, Steve            BOS   11  .250    20    5   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    1    1  .250  .286
Rico, Fred                BOS   10  .286     7    2   0   0   0    2    1    0   0    3    0  .286  .444
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS    4  .286     7    2   0   0   0    3    2    0   0    3    1  .286  .500
Jaster, Larry             BOS    2  .286     7    2   0   0   0    0    2    0   0    0    1  .286  .286
Fingers, Rollie           BOS    0  .333     3    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .333  .333
Santiago, Jose            BOS    0  .333     3    1   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .333  .333
York, Jim                 BOS    0  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Lyle, Sparky              BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
McDaniel, Lindy           BOS    0  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

Complete Team Pitching Stats Through May 31-(team leaders in bold)

1970 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Jaster, Larry             BOS   37.2  1.43   15   2   2   0   0   21   23 12.42
Fingers, Rollie           BOS   30.1  2.37   23   0   1   2   1   27   11 11.87
McDaniel, Lindy           BOS   29.1  2.45   23   0   3   1   1   16   11 10.43
Lyle, Sparky              BOS   21.0  3.00   18   0   3   0  11   21    6  9.43
Stephenson, Jerry         BOS   23.0  3.13    4   4   3   1   0   22    7  9.39
Lonborg, Jim              BOS   78.1  3.22   13  12   5   3   0   59   27 11.60
Santiago, Jose            BOS   25.0  3.60   11   0   1   0   0   14   10 11.52
Lee, Bill                 BOS   81.1  3.65   12  12   5   1   0   30   24 11.18
Carlton, Steve            BOS   60.2  3.71   11  11   5   5   0   44   25 12.46
Moeller, Joe              BOS   69.1  3.89   11  11   6   1   0   39   15 11.55
York, Jim                 BOS   32.1  4.18   22   0   2   2   0   20    7  9.74