The American Association Almanac

The spreadsheet above contains the database for each of the 65 home runs claimed by the 1903 Toledo Mud Hens, as well as for each of the 65 home runs hit against them.  The 1903 season was selected as Toledo's most productive home run season from 1902 to 1920. This work was completed in preparation for a report on home runs during the deadball era in the American Association to be published on paper for the Spring of 2020. Subscriptions are available at $24/yr. or $42/2 yrs. Beginning with the 1902 season when the league was first formed, Toledo played at Armory Park. The field there had an unusually short right field which may have accounted for some of the home runs hit there. However, ground rules stipulated that a ball hit beyond the barrier in right field was to be designated a double, according to an article by John Husman found at https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/30843621 . This negates the claim that the short right field distance had a significant boon to home run hitting a...

The American Association Almanac presents....   The American Association Playoffs, 1947-1952 This 35,000-word volume is the third in a series dedicated to the American Association playoffs, a postseason series which began in 1933 and continued through the 1962 season. Based on newspaper accounts and original research conducted by the author, this issue focuses on detailed game descriptions which help bring to life the spirit of each contest, using newspaper accounts and the data expunged from box scores to enhance the narrative. In all, there are 110 game descriptions which are concerned primarily with how the scoring took place, with special emphasis on who was accountable for each game's deciding run. As in past issues of the Almanac, a smattering of anecdotal information is included as a way of adding a more human element to the otherwise repetitive descriptive elements. In this way the Almanac as a whole can be viewed as a continuous narrative or sampled in parts, dependi...

1952 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFF SERIES LEADERBOARD 1952 Playoff Teams (by pos. in final standings) 1. Milwaukee Brewers 2. Kansas City Blues 3. St. Paul Saints 4. Minneapolis Millers Dates Semifinals: Sept. 9 to Sept. 14 Final Round: Sept. 15 to Sept. 21 PLAYER RECORDS Runs 13 - Don Bollweg, Kansas City 13 - Bill Bruton, Milwaukee Hits 19 - Luis Marquez, Milwaukee Doubles 5 - George Crowe, Milwaukee Triples 2 - Bill Bruton, Milwaukee 2 - Bob Cerv, Kansas City Home Runs 5 - Bill Skowron, Kansas City Runs Batted In 19 - Bill Skowron, Kansas City Batting Average (min. 30 at-bats) .367 - Mickey Owen, Kansas City (11/30) Total Bases 31 - Bill Skowron, Kansas City Slugging Percentage .620 - Bill Skowron, Kansas City Hitting Streak 9 games - Luis Marquez, Milwaukee 9 games - Vic Power, Milwaukee FIELDING Assists 43 - Billy Klaus (ss), Milwaukee Infield Putouts* 28 - Kal Segrist (2b), Kansas City Outfield Putouts 40 - Bill Renna (cf), Kansas City *excluding first basemen 1952 SINGLE-GAME PL...

1951 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFF SERIES LEADERBOARD 1951 Playoff Teams (by pos. in final standings) 1. Milwaukee Brewers 2. St. Paul Saints 3. Kansas City Blues 4. Louisville Colonels Dates Semifinals: Sept. 11 to Sept. 18 Final Round: Sept. 19 to Sept. 24 PLAYER RECORDS Runs 13 - Buzz Clarkson, Milwaukee 13 - George Crowe, Milwaukee Hits 19 - George Crowe, Milwaukee 19 - Jim Pendleton, St. Paul 19 - Bob Thorpe, Milwaukee 19 - Dick Whitman, St. Paul Doubles 4 - Jim Pendleton, St. Paul 4 - Dick Whitman, St. Paul Triples 2 - Frank Marchio, St. Paul 2 - Tim Thompson, St. Paul Home Runs 3 - George Crowe, Milwaukee 3 - Eric Tipton, St. Paul Runs Batted In 15 - George Crowe, Milwaukee Batting Average .463 - George Crowe, Milwaukee Total Bases 30 - George Crowe, Milwaukee Slugging Percentage .732 - George Crowe, Milwaukee Hitting Streak 10 games - Dick Whitman, St. Paul FIELDING Assists 34 - Jim Pendleton (ss), St. Paul Infield Putouts* 35 - Jack Cassini (2b), St. Paul Outfield Putouts 29 -...