The NL Dodgers and the AL Yankees have established three game leads in their respective divisions. The Dodgers and Yankees actually influenced both divisions as they tripped up the Indians and Giants respectively who were involved in division ties with the Dodgers and Yankees. The Dodgers won three of four at Cleveland and coupled with the Yankees four game sweep of the Giants the Dodgers and Yankees easily vaulted past their divisional competitors. There is still a long way to go this season with only 40 games played thus far. The NL seems more competitive not only due to Brooklyn's three game lead over the Giants but the Braves are only 5 games out and the Cardinals a not too distant 8 games. In the AL it's a different story. Three games separate the Yankees and Indians but then the White Sox are 12 games out and the Red Sox 13 games out. You might say both Sox are fading fast. Will they turn it around... we'll wait and see.
INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS
Eddie Robinson of the White Sox is making this section his own stomping grounds. He improved his BA from .358 to .361 while last week's runner-up Duke Snider of the Dodgers slipped from .354 to .337 and was supplanted by the Braves Ted Kluszewski at .344.
No change on the pitching side as Mel Parnell of the Red Sox still leads in ERA at 1.54 to the Braves Robin Roberts at 2.12. One item of note, this past week, no fewer than five pitchers, Drews (Dodgers), Raschi (Yankees), Pierce (White Sox), Porterfield (Dodgers), and Rush (Yankees) picked up their 5th win.
Larry Doby of the Indians still leads Yogi Berra of the Yankees in the home run lead by one 13 to 12 as each player hit one out in their team's series. Hemus (Cardinals), Robinson (White Sox), Easter (Cardinals) are holding at 10 apiece.
Eddie Robinson of the White Sox is making an early move for the triple crown as he is first in batting average at .361, second in RBIs at 34, and tied for third in home runs with 10.
Now nine pitchers are tied with five wins and I'm not going to name any of them here. We'll see who grabs that elusive 6th win.
THIS WEEK IN THE BIBL
Week 9 games (all 4 game series):
Indians @ Giants
Yankees @ Cardinals
Braves @ Red Sox
Dodgers @ White Sox
1952 STANDINGS
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