Trapped in the Basement: The Philadelphia Phillies (1942 - )

[RedsoxRockies]

This is like when they go to commercials in the most exciting part of something lol

[Coach Owens]

Lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, lose...

[PotatoOfCouch13]

Redsox: You caught me! Guilty as charged!

Coach Owens: You can say it all you want, but with Charlie Ripple on the bump, well, why don't you find out for yourselves...

SEPTEMBER 18

It has been 28 years, 11 months, and 21 days since the Phillies clinched their first (and only) pennant on September 29, 1915. On that day, it was Grover Cleveland Alexander who shut out the Dodgers. Today, it would be 23-year-old Charlie Ripple squaring off against Warren Spahn, with the pennant at stake.

Both pitchers were perfect through 2 innings. Ripple allowed a single to Spahn in the third, but allowed no further damage.

In the bottom of the 3rd, Danny Murtaugh led off with a double. 2 batters later, Ray Hamrick singled him home for the first run of the game. Phillies 1, Braves 0.

The Braves went quietly in their 4th.

With one out, Gil Hodges strode to the plate, and blasted a 2-1 fastball into the left-field bleachers for a solo home run. Phillies 2, Braves 0. Andy Seminick’s RBI single would plate Vern Stephens later in the inning. Phillies 3, Braves 0.

Both teams were retired without incident in the 5th.

Charlie Ripple was touched for a run in the top of the 6th, thanks to a Dom Dallessandro single. Phillies 3, Braves 1.

With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 6th, Larry Doby stepped up to face Spahn. Larry is notoriously bad against lefties, but laced a double down the line for 2 RBIs. Phillies 5, Braves 1. Charlie Ripple himself greeted reliever George Woodward with a base hit, scoring 2 more runs. Phillies 7, Braves 1.

Ripple shut down the Braves through 8 innings. The Phillies would add 3 more runs in the bottom of the 8th. Phillies 10, Braves 1.

Emil Kush came on for the 9th inning. It was really elementary. The crowd was on it’s feet, cheering and screaming.

Sam Gentile swung at the first pitch, and lifted an easy fly ball to Johnny Blatnik in right. 1 out.

The crowd began to get a little louder. Fans were pounding chairs, using whatever they had to make noise. The city police was in position to maintain order.

Phil Masi fell behind 0-2, then feebly lifted a foul pop fly toward the home dugout. Gil Hodges drifted over and squeezed the ball. 2 out.

The crowd could sense the end was near. The noise continued to grow, as the players took their positions with big smiles on their faces.

Jim Gleeson was the last chance for the Braves. A journeyman outfielder, he had spent some time in the indy leagues after being released by the Giants earlier this year. Well, I’ll let Phillies’ radio announcer Byrum Saam tell you:


“Alright, 2 outs in the top of the 9th. Gleeson coming to the bat against Kush. Emil winds and delivers…swing and a miss! Strike one! Gleeson couldn’t catch up to that fastball, and the Phillies are 2 strikes away! Kush gets the sign from Andy [Seminick], into the motion and delivers…strike two! The curveball catches the corner, and the Phillies are 1 pitch away from playing in the World Series! The crowd is deafening, right now, as Kush takes the sign from Andy, into the windup, and delivers…

…STRIKE THREE SWINGING! FASTBALL! I THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME! THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES HAVE WON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANT!”

The crowd erupted, and stormed onto the field. The police officers could do nothing but stand and watch, as the players were rushed into the dugout for protection from the mob. I was ushered to the clubhouse, where I was met by Ford Frick as well as several members of the press.

“On behalf of the National League”, Frick read a prepared speech, “I would like to congratulate you, Mr. Walsh, and your organization on winning the National League pennant. Hopefully, you will carry on your success to the World Series!”

*
I managed to catch up with the head of the City Council.

“Councilor! Last chance to back out of our deal!”

“Mr. Walsh, I am a man of my word. Win the Series, and you’ve got yourself a new stadium.”
*

THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!

Phillies 10, Braves 1
W: Charlie Ripple (21-9) L: Warren Spahn (14-12)
2B: Larry Doby (30), Danny Murtaugh (26)
HR: Gil Hodges (23)

*
The Yankees beat the Tigers, 6-4, for their 8th straight victory. Meanwhile, the Indians pounced all over the Red Sox, 10-1. This means, that with 4 games to play, the American League is tied!
*

[Coach Owens]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[3RunHomer]

Pennants fly forever!

[PotatoOfCouch13]

Coach: The Phillies have won the pennant, and the sky hasn't crumbled! It's a miracle!!!

3Run: Hopefully they can fly over a brand new riverside stadium. But first, we have to finish off the season, and the Sox and Yanks are going right down to the wire...

AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 1944
PART VI CONTINUED

August 19: Day Off

*
Perfectly timed by the schedule makers. We got an extra day to savor our victory, and plan for both the Red Sox and Yankees in the World Series.

Speaking of…

The Yankees beat the Tigers handily, 7-1. The Red Sox lost a heartbreaker to the Indians, 6-5. Thus…

The New York Yankees lead the American League by 1 game.

With 3 games remaining for each team, it will come down to the final series. With the Red Sox on the verge of a monumental collapse, they host the Senators (75-76) at Fenway. The Yankees, meanwhile, have to travel to Comiskey to face off against the White Sox (73-78).
*

September 20-22: Philadelphia Phillies (96-55, NL Champions) at Brooklyn Dodgers (86-65, 3rd)

20 – The backups almost pulled it out, but the Dodgers won in extra-innings.
Dodgers 4, Phillies 3 (10)
W: Jim Hughes (4-4) L: Dick Mauney (5-3)
2B: Johnny Blatnik (26), Ray Hamrick (7)
SB: Harry Marnie (3)

*
The Yankees beat the White Sox, 5-3, to win their 10th straight game.

The Red Sox finally won a game, beating the Senators 7-0.

With 2 games remaining, the AL Pennant is still undecided.

YANKEES: Any combination of Yankee wins and Red Sox losses that equal 2 clinches the pennant.
RED SOX: Need to do 1 game better than the Yankees (2-0 vs. 1-1, 1-1 vs. 0-2)
*

21 – 1944 #1 draft pick Robin Roberts makes his Major League debut today, and while he did get the loss, he struck out 6 over 7 innings, so the future looks bright.
Dodgers 3, Phillies 2
W: Kirby Higbe (8-3) L: Robin Roberts (0-1)
2B: Ed Sanicki (3)
SB: Ray Hamrick (12)

*
Well, the Yankees streak ends at 10 games, as Chicago’s Schoolboy Rowe shuts out the Bombers, 4-0.

The Red Sox, needing the win badly, get a clutch (4-4, 2 R) performance from Dom DiMaggio in a 5-4 win over the Senators.

So, with 1 game left in the season,

The American League pennant will be decided on the final day of the season.

At 1:05pm, the Red Sox send Sid Hudson (14-8) against Dutch Leonard (16-10) of Washington. 1 hour later, the Yankees send ace Tiny Bonham (21-8) against the #3 pick in the 1943 Draft, Bob Rush. This will be Rush’s 2nd career start. Enough pressure for an 18-year-old?
*

22 – Harvey Haddix gets the start today, his first in the Major Leagues. He doesn’t fare as well as Roberts, though, getting touched for 6 earned runs in 6 innings.
Dodgers 8, Phillies 3
W: Ed Head (10-1) L: Harvey Haddix (0-1) SV: Paul Erickson (5)
2B: Johnny Blatnik (27), Ed Sanicki (4), Leon Culberson (2), Harvey Haddix (1)

*
The Red Sox were on the verge of a monumental collapse, but rallied in the final week to force a tie. After 8 innings, they were tied with the Senators at 3. But a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th lifted the Sox to a 4-3 victory, and put the Yankees in the hot seat.

With the Yankees now in need of a win, they took a 5-3 lead, and turned it into an 11-3 win. Rush was just dominated by the Bronx Bombers, as Bonham wins his 22nd game of the year, best in the big leagues.

Now, there is a 1 game playoff, tomorrow night at Yankee Stadium: the Boston Red Sox (Bill Butland (15-7)) vs. the New York Yankees (Spud Chandler (21-6)) for the American League Pennant!
*

[gosensgo101]

I'm not a Boston fan but I have to say, go Sox!

(I just want the Yanks to lose)

[RedsoxRockies]

Go Sox World Champions Baby!!!!

[PotatoOfCouch13]

Gosens & Redsox: somehow, I don't think you're the only ones. If the Sox win the playoff, I'll face a huge moral dillemma on whether to let my team in the game win (Philadelphia) or to let my hometown real-life team win (Red Sox). Of course, there is the small matter of the playoff game against the Yankees...

BY THE WAY...

I'm going to bump the sister thread, but you have until the end of the World Series to get your votes in for the 2 expasion NL teams. If you're interested in voting, but don't want Coach to kill you for not voting for Seattle, then you can PM me or whatever. Just giving you a little advance notice.

SEPTEMBER 23

Yankees-Red Sox. A 1-game playoff to decide the American League pennant. Spud Chandler vs. Bill Butland. Ted Williams vs. Joe DiMaggio. The subplots are many, but there will only be one winner.

The only 2 teams in baseball with over 100 wins, these 2 cities, located only 200 miles apart, have long been rivals. The Red Sox were the first truly great dynasty, winning 5 of the first 15 World Series. However, after the 1919 season, the Red Sox sold their star player Babe Ruth to the Yankees, and baseball would never be the same. In the 24 complete seasons since that deal, the Yankees have been to 14 World Series’, winning 10 times. The Red Sox, meanwhile, have not returned to the Fall Classic.

Today, one game will determine the fate of 2 franchises: one looking to continue its dominance, and one looking to return to the throne.

*

Despite a 2 out rally, the Sox can’t score a run off Chandler in the 1st. The Yankees, however, strike with their own 2 out rally, thanks to back-to-back doubles by Harlond Clift and Joe DiMaggio. Yankees 1, Red Sox 0.

Both teams manage a single in the 2nd, but are unable to inflict further damage.

Bobby Doerr’s 2-out 3rd inning double goes for naught, as he’s stranded there.

Pee Wee Reese leads off the third with a sinking liner, but it’s grabbed by Dom DiMaggio in center on a dead run. It would not be the last time Dominic would be heard from. The Yankees don’t score.

The Sox manage a single in the fourth, but are unable to score.

With 2 outs in the bottom half, C Frankie Hayes lifts a fly ball to deep centerfield. Dom has to go all the way back to the wall to reel it in.

The Red Sox can’t do anything in the top of the 5th, and Dom DiMaggio takes away 2 sure doubles with outstanding running catches in the bottom half.

The Sox get a real chance in the top of the 6th. With 2 outs, Joe Cronin walked. Wally Moses yanked a single into right field, and Cronin scampered to third. Gee Walker was called up to pinch hit after Moses stole second base. Walker hit the ball hard, but right at Chet Ross in left field to retire the side.

The Yankees had a chance of their own in the bottom half. After a walk to lead off the inning, Dom DiMaggio had to make another outstanding catch to prevent a first and third with 1 out. Instead, Chet Ross sets up the first and third with 2 outs, and it takes a miraculous diving catch by Dom to keep the Yankees off the board.

Both teams go down in order in the 7th.

The top of the 8th will go down as one of the most memorable innings in Red Sox history. Bobby Doerr leads off with a single to center, and hustles into second when Joe DiMaggio can’t field the ball cleanly. Ted Williams lined a single back through the box, but a great throw by Joe D. keeps Doerr at third base. Why the coach didn’t send him home would be left up for debate by the Red Sox faithful. The next batter, Jimmie Foxx, drew a walk, so the bases were loaded with no outs. Joe Cronin worked a full count, but got fooled by a Chandler curveball for strike three. And as luck would have it, Wally Moses grounded to Clift at 3rd base, who started the rare 5-2-3 double play to end the inning. The Red Sox had blown a terrific chance to put the game away.

Naturally, when the Sox blew their opportunity to get runs in the top half, the Yankees responded with runs in their half. Tommy Henrich doubled to lead off the inning, and scored on a Joe DiMaggio single. Yankees 2, Red Sox 0. Reliever Mace Brown would retire the side without further damage.

Jim Hickey came on to close the game out for the Yankees. He got the first batter, pinch hitter Paul Campbell to pop to third. But perhaps fortune was about to smile on the Red Sox, as Clift dropped the pop up! Former Phillies 3B Pinky May pinch hit for the pitcher, and dropped a single down the right field line, sending Campbell to third base. The Sox now had the go-ahead run at the plate, and nobody out! Hickey settled down and got Dom DiMaggio to pop to short. Bob Dillinger flied out to left field, but it was deep enough for Campbell to score. Yankees 2, Red Sox 1. Now, the tying run was on first, the go-ahead run was at the plate in the person of Bobby Doerr, and the batter on deck was Ted Williams. However, Terrible Ted would never get to see a pitch, as Doerr saw a 94 MPH fastball go by him for strike 3. Game over. Season over.

THE NEW YORK YANKEES ARE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!

For the Red Sox, it was a very bitter pill to swallow. They had a 6 game lead with 18 to play, and they let it slip away. Perhaps starting Butland, their #4 starter, was a poor decision by player-manager Joe Cronin.

For the Yankees, it was a message sent to the rest of baseball. It proved to all the critics that the dynasty was not dead, and that the Bombers still had a little life in them. They can celebrate for now, but looming on the horizon are the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Game 1 is Thursday, September 27 back at Yankee Stadium!

END OF REGULAR SEASON

[RedsoxRockies]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[petrel]

The fact that the Phils beat the Braves to secure their NL Championship - suckage.

The fact that Ted Williams didn't even get that last at-bat as the Yankees beat the Red Sox for the pennat - double suckage.

--Pet

[gosensgo101]

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What he said.

[PotatoOfCouch13]

Pet: Called 3rd strikes are never the way to end a winner-take-all game. Just ask Carlos Beltran (zing!). Sorry Mets fans!

RedSox & GoSens: I think that pretty much sums up the feeling in all of baseball right about now.

END OF SEASON REVIEW

FINAL STANDINGS

NATIONAL LEAGUE		
Philadelphia	96-58	---
St. Louis	94-60	2.0
Brooklyn	89-65	7.0
New York	78-76	18.0
Chicago		74-80	22.0
Pittsburgh	66-88	30.0
Boston		62-92	34.0
Cincinnati	57-97	39.0
			
AMERICAN LEAGUE		
New York	102-53	---
Boston		101-54	1.0
Cleveland	96-58	5.5
Washington	75-79	26.5
Chicago		74-80	27.5
Philadelphia	66-88	35.5
Detroit		55-99	46.5
St. Louis	48-106	53.5
			
1945 DRAFT ORDER (TOP 5)
St. L. Browns	48-106	
Detroit Tigers	55-99	
Cincinnati Reds	57-97	
Boston Braves	62-92	
Phila. A's	66-88		

BATTLE FOR THE LIBERTY BELL TROPHY
WINNER: Philadelphia Phillies
First time since 1937

SEASON STATISTICS
Red denotes League Leader

BATTING

1944 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Stephens, Vern            PHI  149  .273   542  148  35   4  19   56   68    2   1   80  106  .458  .347
Rizzuto, Phil             PHI  142  .283   537  152  28   9   1   73   60   12   8   92   44  .374  .372
Doby, Larry               PHI  149  .235   524  123  30   4  14   52   74    3   4   55   76  .387  .308
Northey, Ron              PHI  148  .291   508  148  30   3  15   56   64    1   1   68   74  .451  .366
Hodges, Gil               PHI  146  .277   501  139  27   6  23   75   60    0   2   79   86  .493  .365
Seminick, Andy            PHI  145  .261   499  130  20   2  13   53   53    0   2   67   73  .387  .337
Murtaugh, Danny           PHI  130  .277   397  110  26   2   0   39   46    5   2   59   28  .353  .339
Goulish, Nick             PHI   95  .287   355  102  30   4   8   40   37    4   0   56   58  .462  .360
Blatnik, Johnny           PHI   94  .296   297   88  27   2   6   24   28    5   2   44   37  .461  .348
Hamrick, Ray              PHI  110  .230   213   49   7   2   0   28   26   12   0   25   18  .282  .325
Murphy, Ed                PHI   80  .226   133   30   9   0   3   15   12    2   0   17   16  .361  .303
Marnie, Harry             PHI   68  .226   106   24   3   0   0    4   14    3   1   12    5  .255  .255
Ruffing, Red              PHI   35  .160   100   16   2   0   0   10   18    0   0    8    7  .180  .236
Ripple, Charlie           PHI   38  .202    94   19   4   0   0    6   24    0   0    8   12  .245  .248
Hughes, Tommy             PHI   33  .154    78   12   1   0   0    2   21    0   0    6    3  .167  .173
Kraus, Jack               PHI   27  .174    69   12   0   0   0    2   23    0   0    6    3  .174  .197
Sanicki, Ed               PHI   27  .313    64   20   4   0   1    9   13    1   3   10    8  .422  .413
Livingston, Mickey        PHI   28  .190    63   12   2   0   1    6    9    1   0    5    7  .270  .257
Culberson, Leon           PHI   37  .267    60   16   2   1   0   10   10    1   2    7    7  .333  .366
Lambert, Gene             PHI   15  .139    36    5   2   0   0    2    9    0   0    4    1  .194  .184
Mauney, Dick              PHI   11  .192    26    5   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    3    2  .192  .207
Peterman, Bill            PHI    5  .250    16    4   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    0    2  .250  .294
Casey, Hugh               PHI   51  .000     7    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Hanyzewski, Ed            PHI   31  .000     6    0   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Page, Joe                 PHI   18  .400     5    2   1   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .600  .400
Hodge, Bert               PHI    3  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Gerheauser, Al            PHI    1  .500     2    1   0   0   0    1    0    0   0    0    0  .500  .667
Mullen, Moon              PHI    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Haddix, Harvey            PHI    2 1.000     1    1   1   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    1 2.000 1.000
Kush, Emil                PHI   24  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Roberts, Robin            PHI    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

PITCHING

1944 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Ruffing, Red              PHI  289.1  3.17   35  35  18  10   0  154   98 10.54
Ripple, Charlie           PHI  273.2  2.89   38  38  21   9   0  194   87 11.84
Hughes, Tommy             PHI  239.1  3.87   33  33  12  13   0  100   92 12.15
Kraus, Jack               PHI  203.2  3.62   27  27  14   7   0   87   78 12.46
Lambert, Gene             PHI  104.1  2.93   15  13   7   3   0   80   44 11.56
Mauney, Dick              PHI   78.2  4.00   11  11   5   3   0   29   27 13.27
Casey, Hugh               PHI   73.0  1.85   51   0   4   7   4   23   26 10.48
Hanyzewski, Ed            PHI   63.1  3.27   31   0  10   5   2   29   26 10.52
Pearson, Ike              PHI   32.1  2.51   31   0   6   2  18   11    7  9.19
Page, Joe                 PHI   27.1  6.59   18   0   0   0   0   15   24 17.45
Kush, Emil                PHI   27.0  5.67   24   0   0   0   0   12    6 13.67
Gerheauser, Al            PHI    9.0  1.00    1   1   1   0   0    4    2 11.00
Haddix, Harvey            PHI    7.0  7.71    2   1   0   1   0    3    7 19.29
Roberts, Robin            PHI    7.0  3.86    1   1   0   1   0    6    2 11.57
Masterson, Paul           PHI    3.2  7.36    2   0   0   0   1    1    2 17.18

LEAGUE LEADERS

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS		
AVG - Stan Musial (STL)		.330
HR - Stan Musial (STL)		31
RBI - Johnny Mize (NYG)		119
SB - Sam Jethroe (BSN)		26
				
W - Charlie Ripple (PHI)	21
ERA - Charlie Ripple (PHI)	2.89
K - Charlie Ripple (PHI)	194
SV - Gordon Maltzberger (STL)	25*
				
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS		
AVG - Roy Weatherly (CLE)	.356
HR - Ted Williams (BOS)		38
RBI - Joe DiMaggio (NYY)	120
SB - George Case (CHW)		40
				
W - Tiny Bonham (NYY)		22
    Spud Chandler (NYY)		
ERA - Allie Reynolds (CLE)	2.95
      Spud Chandler (NYY)	
K - Allie Reynolds (CLE)	158
SV - James Atkins (BOS)		25*

*New single season record

COMING UP NEXT: 1944 World Series Preview

[gosensgo101]

How many complete games and shutouts did Ruffing end up pitching?

Also, Ripple seems to be a decent hitter.

[Coach Owens]

Goooooooooooooooooooooo Yankees!