St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-07-17
TAN PLAYERS SET
TORRID PACE IN
BASEBALL RACES

was a good time to appraise the
performances Of tan players, some
Of whom are having banner years.
The player whose records comes
to mind quickly, Of course, is Hank
Aaron, slender slugger of the Mil
waukee Braves. His batting has
been the talk Of baseball, especial
ly during the first two months
when he appeared headed for a
400 season.
Although the wiry outfielder has
tapered off somewhat, he is still
the major league leader with an
average Of .375 after rs games
Furthermore, Hank had a chance
for the triple crown - batting,
runs batted in and home runs. He
was trailing Ernie Banks in RIBS,
rs to r.; and his teammate, Eddie
Matthews in home runs, 1922.
Aaron had collected 115 hits in
BOT at bats and had scored So
runs.
II Aaron continues slipping in
the batting race, however, he may
receive a real challenge from Bill
White, outfielder-first baseman for
| the st. Louis Cardinals. A surprise
indeed, White was trailing Aaron
! by 20 points. He had played in
70 games.
Other leading MI hitters were
Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco
first baseman; four with a .341
mark; Frank Robinson, Cincinnati,
eighth with .319; Tony Taylor,
Chicago, second baseman, ninth
with .315; and Willie Mays, San
Francisco, with 81.
Other tan 300 hitters included
Charley Neal, Los Angeles, $40;
Vada Pinson, Cincinnati, .305, and
Billy Bruton, Milwaukee, 300.
RIB leaders, besides Banks and
Aaron were Robinson, So; Cepeda,
So; Pinson, So; and Mays, So.
Pinson had 81 runs, Mays, go,
and Robinson, Sc; and Cepeda, IS.
In home runs, Banks had %, and
Cepeda and Robinson, II each.
Neal was leader in stolen bases
with 10, trailed by Mays, IL; and
Robinson, Taylor and Pinson, 10
each.
In MI pitching, the best hurler
was Don Newcombe with nine wins
and four losses and 3.05 earned
run mark. Sam Jones, with a go
mark, had a 3.52 ERA. His work
included a near no-hitter when
Gillian got a scratch single in a
game between the Giants and
Dodgers in Los Angeles.
Other mid-season records in the
MI: Willie kirkland, Giants out
fielder, batting .297, IA home runs
and 80 RIBS; Yves Covington, Mil
waukee, .29o, 5, 81; Felipe Alou
Giants, PTS, 8, "a; Roberto Glenn
ente, Pittsburgh, .257, 8, IA; and
Rodgers, Giants, .252, 6, "a; John
ny Roseboro, Dodgers, 239, 4, 10;
Roman Mejais, Pittsburgh, .21s, 4,
10; George Altman, Cubs, PA, 4,
IA; Chicago Fernandez, Philadel-
phia, .211, o, 8; and Felix Man.
tilla, 1855, 1, 8.
Power Leads In AL
Juan Pizzaro, sent down by the
Braves for spell with the Louis
vile club of the American associ-
alton where he pitched a no-hitter,
returned in late June to hurl two
low-hit victories.
Ruben Gomez, traded by the
Giants to the Phillies, had a dis
NAL record of one victory, seven
defeats and an ERA Of $50.
In the American league, leading
batter was Vic Power, Cleveland,
with a 300 mark. Minnie Minoso,
also Indians, was batting .297.
Hector Lopez, New York Yank-
ees, batted .290; Willie Tasby,
Baltimore Orioles rookie outfield-
er, .2S5; Elston Howard. Yankees,
.262; Al Smith. White Sox, .234;
Larry Dolby, White sox. 1872; BODY
Boyd, Orioles, .229; and Julie Bee
quer, Washington, .221.
Among American leaguers who
hit grandslam home runs were
Smith and Harry Simpson Of the
White Sox, and Minoso. In the MI,
this company included Banks and
Leon Wagner, Giants.
In pitching, Jim Grant, Cleve-
land highlander, had a five-four
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