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September
1975
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- TOLUCA LAKE – A couple of items of interest from September:
- September
free agent signee, Bob Coluccio of Texas, set a new
record with 3 triples in a game.
- Hunnefield’s Pete Rose became the 9th
player to hit for the cycle as he did it on September 29th.
It ends the longest cycle draught as it had not happened since Bobby Grich did it way back in April 1973.
- Sleepytown’s Frank Tanana tied the
record for most k’s
in a game when he notched 16 against St. Louis on September 5th.
Steve Carlton was the 1st to reach that mark in September
1972 and then Nolan Ryan did it twice in 1973. Also during that game, Tanana tied the record for consecutive K’s with 7 tying Tom Bradley and Bob Gibson.
- Frank
Tanana also added a 1-hitter on September 19th to his list of
September accomplishments. This was the 7th 1-hitter of the
season.
- Sleepytown’s Frank Tanana and John Montefusco both ended the season with 11 consecutive
wins. They will start 1976 six wins from the record of 17 straight held
by Burbank’s Steve Carlton and Gaylord Perry.
- A
separate write-up summarizing all the milestones reached in 1975 will
follow shortly.
August
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- TOLUCA LAKE – A couple of items of interest from August:
- NO-HITTER! Wellington’s Dan Warthen
threw the 9th no-hitter in BDWL history on August 9th
against Asbury Park.
He becomes the 2nd pitcher in Wellington franchise history to do it
as Lynn McGlothen was the 1st to do
it in 1974.
- NO-HITTER #2! Atlanta’s
Paul Splittorff threw the 10th
no-no in BDWL history on August 22nd against Florida. He is
also the 2nd pitcher in his franchise history to toss a
no-hitter as Steve Kline did it back in 1972.
- Interestingly
N0-HITTERs seem to arrive in bunches as 7 of the 10 no-hitters occurred
in a month that had another no-hitter. Steve Carlton and Dick Tidrow had their no-hitters in August 1972, Lynn McGlothen, Roger Moret
& Vida Blue had theirs in July 1974 and of course this months
no-hitters.
- Burbank’s Thurman Munson became
the 11th player (4th to do it in 9 innings) to get
6 hits in a game as he accomplished this feat on August 29th.
- Northern’s Pete Falcone
became the 1st player to throw 2 1-hitters in the same month
as throw 1-hitters on August 11th and August 22nd.
- HIT-STREAK! Asbury Park’s Rick Burleson set a new
record for consecutive games with a hit this month as he went 33
consecutive games breaking Bobby Murcer’s 3
year old record of 27. Interestingly, it was Dan Warthen’s
no-hitter than ended Burleson’s streak. In the irony department,
Burleson broke the record on August 3rd with a single to RF
that fell in front of guess who …. Bobby Murcer!
- Long-time
Texas Fire Ant, Sal Bando, became the 7th player to reach 500
RBI in ironic fashion as he did it playing for San
Diego in a game on August 24th against Texas. Dallas’ Roy White become the 8th player
(2nd player in Dallas
franchise history) to reach 500 RBI as he did it with a 3 RBI game
against Pittsburgh
on August 29th. A bunch more players should get there in
September: Cesar Cedeno (497), Billy Williams
(496), Lee May (493), Dick Allen (492), Willie Davis (491) & Joe
Morgan (487).
- The
BDWL now has 2 pitchers with 100 career wins and they are both from Burbank. Gaylord
Perry was the 1st to get there in July 1974 and with his win
on August 20th against Northern, Steve Carlton is the 2nd.
Very close to reaching 100 are Bert Blyleven (99), Catfish Hunter (98)
and Wilbur Wood (97).
- This
month’s version of getting close … starts off with Wellington’s Lynn McGlothen who has now won 14 consecutive decisions
leaving him just 3 short of the record of 17 held by Burbank’s Steve
Carlton and Gaylord Perry.
- Some
more players getting close are Joe Morgan who sits at 999 hits and Tony
Perez who sits at 973 hits. We expect in September they will become the
6th and 7th players to reach 1,000 hits. Willie Stargell is SLOWLY creeping towards being the 1st
player in BDWL history to reach 200 homeruns as he hit 2 more in August
to stand at 198 … just 2 more to go!
July
1975
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- TOLUCA LAKE – A couple of items of interest from July:
- St. Louis’ Bob Forsch
threw his 1st 1-hitter of his career on July 31st
vs. Palm Beach.
- Since
it was a pretty uneventful month as far as records go … we are breaking
out the “Getting Close”! Bobby Murcer’s
hitting streak of 27 games has held up since May 1972, but Asbury Park’s Rick
Burleson has an active streak of 25 straight games as he heads into
August. Interestingly, if Burleson can keep the streak going through his
1st 2 games in August against Northern, Murcer’s
Texas Fire Ants come to town with the hitting streak record on the line.
- Also
under “Getting Close”, Texas slugger Willie Stargell
who was subject to a lot of trade rumors, but ended up remaining in
Texas, is now only 4 homeruns shy of becoming the 1st player
in BDWL history to reach 200 round trippers!
- Burbank’s Hank Aaron became the 6th
player to reach 500 RBI as he got there on July 30th against Pittsburgh.
- The
12th & 13th players reached 500 runs scored in
July; Dallas’ Reggie Jackson got there on
July 10th against Wellington
and Pittsburgh’s Rusty Staub got there on July 30th against Burbank.
- Another
dose of “Getting Close” … this time its career wins. Gaylord Perry is
currently the only pitcher in BDWL history to reach 100 career wins but
others are now getting close. The race to be the 2nd player
is between Texas’ Bert Blyleven who has
97, Burbank’s Steve Carlton has 96 and St. Louis’ Catfish
Hunter has 94. Out of the bunch, it is Catfish who has been pitching the
best as of late as he went 4-2 with a 0.98 ERA in July.
June
1975
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- TOLUCA LAKE – A couple of items of interest from June:
- Hunnefield’s Chris Chambliss tied
Willie Stargell when he hit 4 doubles in a
game on June 13th.
- Burbank’s Gaylord Perry set a new
record by retiring 26 consecutive Pioneers in a game on June 3rd.
It was also the 1st 1-hitter of his career.
- Toronto set a new record with 7
errors in a game on June 4th.
- Oregon tied Fremont
when they scored 12 runs in one inning against Texas.
- Two
more players reached 1,000 hits, as Cooperstown’s Willie Davis as the 4th
player to get there on June 11th against St.
Louis and Fremont’s
Rod Carew was the 5th on June 24th against Dalllas.
- The 9th,
10th & 11th players reached 500 runs scored in
June; Sleepytown’s Tony Perez on June 2nd
against Toronto, Dallas’ Roy White on June 2nd against Texas
and Fremont’s Rod Carew on June 13th against Wisconsin.
- Northern’s Johnny Bench became the 5th
player to reach 500 RBI as he got there on June 4th against Savannah.
May
1975
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- TOLUCA LAKE – A couple of items of interest from May:
- On
May 10th, the Burbank Barnstormers made history by becoming
the 1st team in BDWL history to reach 500 wins. They
accomplished the feat with a 15-6 victory over the Northern Great Whites
who should also reach 500 wins this season as they sit at 464. The 464
wins puts them in 3rd place all-time as the Dallas Hilltoppers have 484 wins and look to be the 2nd
team to reach 500 wins.
- St. Louis’ Lou Brock is now the 3rd
player in BDWL history to reach 1,000 hits as he reached the mark after
a 3 hit game on May 7th against Atlanta.
- Dallas’s Reggie Jackson became
the 4th player in BDWL history to reach 500 RBI as he got
there on May 22nd in a game against Texas.
- Two
more players the 7th and 8th in BDWL history have
reached 500 runs scored. Cincinnati’s
Carl Yastrzemski got there on May 6th against Burbank and the 4th Texas
player, Willie Stargell, got there on May 10th
against Asbury Park.
- The 7th
pitcher has now reached 1,000 K’s as Burbank’s Steve Carlton k’d
his 1,000 batter on May 15th against Cincinnati. Both Texas
and Burbank
now have 2 players to reach this milestone.
- Bobby
Grich of Burbank
tied a record with 14 total bases in a game against Texas. He ties Dick Dietz, Frank
Robinson (also did it with Burbank)
and Bob Watson on a record that was previously last accomplished back in
June 1971 by Watson.
- Lack
of homeruns is becoming a St.
Louis tradition as they have tied the record of
16 consecutive games without hitting a homerun and 11 games of not
allowing a homerun. St. Louis tied their
own record of not hitting a homerun in 16 consecutive games originally
set in 1973 and not allowing a homerun in 11 consecutive days tied by
them in 1974 (originally set in 1974 by Cincinnati). St.
Louis has only hit 9 homeruns through May and seems likely
to set the record for fewest homeruns in a season of 56 set by Chicago in 1974.
They have also only allowed 22 homeruns, so could also set a new record
for fewest homeruns allowed. The current record is 82 set by Burbank in 1972.
April
1975
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- TOLUCA LAKE – A couple of items of interest from April:
- In
1974 we saw the fewest 1-hitters in a season with only 4, but 1975 has
gotten off to a fast start with 2. Wisconsin’s
John Curtis tossed one against the struggling Atlanta Crackers and Wellington’s Dan Warthen followed up with one against the Texas Fire
Ants.
- Hunnefield’s Pete Rose became the 2nd
player in BDWL history to reach 1,000 hits as he passed the mark with a
4-hit game against Pittsburgh
on April 28th. Rose joins Bobby Murcer
as the only players to reach 1,000 hits. Next on the list are St. Louis’ Lou Brock who sits at 989 and Cooperstown’s Willie Davis who sits at 976.
- Texas’ Sal Bando became the 6th
player in BDWL history to reach 500 runs scored as he reached the mark
on April 8th in a game against Cooperstown.
Bando is the 2nd Fire Ant to get there as Bobby Murcer reached the mark back in 1973.
- St. Louis’ Bert Campaneris
became the 3rd player in BDWL history to reach 200 stolen
bases as he reached the mark on April 17th in a game against Oregon. His
teammate Lou Brock reached the mark in 1973 along with Dallas’ Joe Morgan.
- Several
pitchers reached the 1,000 K mark in April. Tom Seaver,
Nolan Ryan and Bert Blyleven all reached the mark in 1974 and now we add
3 more names to the list:
- Burbank’s Gaylord Perry k’d his 1,000 batter on April 11th in a
game against Asbury Park.
Perry who reached 100 wins in 1974 is now the 1st pitcher
to accumulate 100 wins and 1,000 K’s.
- Texas’ now has a 2nd
pitcher reach 1,000 K’s as Fergie Jenkins joins Bert Blyleven as he reached
the mark on April 27th against Asbury Park. The Rockers had the
unique honor of being the 1,000 victim for 2 pitchers in April.
- Altanta’s Don Sutton got his 1,000th
K on April 28th in a game against Sleepytown.