Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Allen, Conigliaro win Rookie honors
October 24, 1964
Richie Allen and Tony Conigliaro, two young sluggers who combined for 66 homers, have won Rookie of the Year honors in the PWBL for 1964.
Allen hit .309 with 31 homers and 94 rbi's for the Dallas Colt .45s. The 22-year-old outfielder and third baseman from Wampum, Pa., was the unanimous choice for best first-year player in the Federal League.
Conigliaro, a teenager from Revere, Mass., hit .302 with 35 roundtrippers and 108 runs batted in. The Washington Senators' rightfielder outpolled two Detroit Tigers--righthander Wally Bunker and outfielder Rico Carty--to win the Players League Rookie of the Year trophy.
Ron Herbel, a 10-game winning swingman for the Mulcahy Cup-winning Houston Buffs, finished second to Allen in the Federal voting, while San Francisco second baseman Dick Green came in third.
PWBL Rookies of the Year since 1946:
1946 Ralph Kiner, St. Louis
1947 Larry Jansen, St. Louis
1948 Hank Sauer, Milwaukee
1949 Billy Pierce, Houston
1950 Al Rosen, Milwaukee
1951 Minnie Minoso, Pittsburgh
1952 Eddie Mathews, Pittsburgh
1953 Jim Gilliam, Houston
1954 Frank Sullivan, Detroit
1955 Wally Post, Chicago
1956 Frank Robinson, Philadelphia
1957 Jim Bunning, St. Louis
1958 Orlando Cepeda, Houston
1959 Vada Pinson, Houston
1960 Ron Hansen, Pittsburgh
1961 Carl Yastrzemski, Chicago (Federal League)
Billy Williams, Washington (Players League)
1962 Rich Rollins, Chicago (Federal League)
Tom Tresh, New York (Players League)
1963 Gary Peters, New York (Federal League)
Al Downing, Chicago (Players League)
1964 Richie Allen, Dallas (Federal League)
Tony Conigliaro, Washington (Players League)
Richie Allen and Tony Conigliaro, two young sluggers who combined for 66 homers, have won Rookie of the Year honors in the PWBL for 1964.
Allen hit .309 with 31 homers and 94 rbi's for the Dallas Colt .45s. The 22-year-old outfielder and third baseman from Wampum, Pa., was the unanimous choice for best first-year player in the Federal League.
Conigliaro, a teenager from Revere, Mass., hit .302 with 35 roundtrippers and 108 runs batted in. The Washington Senators' rightfielder outpolled two Detroit Tigers--righthander Wally Bunker and outfielder Rico Carty--to win the Players League Rookie of the Year trophy.
Ron Herbel, a 10-game winning swingman for the Mulcahy Cup-winning Houston Buffs, finished second to Allen in the Federal voting, while San Francisco second baseman Dick Green came in third.
PWBL Rookies of the Year since 1946:
1946 Ralph Kiner, St. Louis
1947 Larry Jansen, St. Louis
1948 Hank Sauer, Milwaukee
1949 Billy Pierce, Houston
1950 Al Rosen, Milwaukee
1951 Minnie Minoso, Pittsburgh
1952 Eddie Mathews, Pittsburgh
1953 Jim Gilliam, Houston
1954 Frank Sullivan, Detroit
1955 Wally Post, Chicago
1956 Frank Robinson, Philadelphia
1957 Jim Bunning, St. Louis
1958 Orlando Cepeda, Houston
1959 Vada Pinson, Houston
1960 Ron Hansen, Pittsburgh
1961 Carl Yastrzemski, Chicago (Federal League)
Billy Williams, Washington (Players League)
1962 Rich Rollins, Chicago (Federal League)
Tom Tresh, New York (Players League)
1963 Gary Peters, New York (Federal League)
Al Downing, Chicago (Players League)
1964 Richie Allen, Dallas (Federal League)
Tony Conigliaro, Washington (Players League)
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Chance named best pitcher in PL
October 14, 1963
Dean Chance was awarded the Cy Young trophy for the best pitcher in the Players League, outpolling Sandy Koufax and preventing the southpaw from winning the award for an unprecedented third time.
Chance, a 20-game winner with the Cleveland Indians, found some consolation from the Tribe's elimination from the PWBL playoffs yesterday at the hands of Koufax's Tigers. The two best pitchers in the Players League had dueled for 14 scoreless innings just a week ago.
This time around Chance came up the winner, receiving 67 votes to Koufax's 54. Cleveland teammate Whitey Ford was a close third, getting 41 votes.
The 23-year-old Ohioan won his 20th game in shutting out the second-place San Diego Padres by 3 to 0 on September 17th, putting the Indians up by four games in the Williams Division and effectively ending the Padres' hopes. The win was Chance's PWBL-leading sixth shutout of the season.
Koufax won the Federal League award for best pitcher in consecutive 1961–1962 seasons. In 1964 the Brooklyn-born lefty won 16 and lost 6 with a PWBL-best 2.04 ERA.
Ford, a 35-year-old New Yorker who broke into the PWBL in 1950 with the New York Gems, won 20 games for the first time in his career. Despite 174 lifetime wins, the southpaw has never captured a Cy Young Award.
The voting results:
Winners of the Cy Young Award since the PWBL was founded:
1946 Bob Feller, Milwaukee
1947 Hal Newhouser, Houston
1948 Bob Lemon, Brooklyn
1949 Howie Pollet, N.Y. Mets
1950 Ewell Blackwell, N.Y. Gems
1951 Don Newcombe, Detroit
1952 Bob Lemon, Cleveland
1953 Robin Roberts, N.Y. Mets
1954 Curt Simmons, Chicago
1955 Billy Pierce, Houston
1956 Johnny Antonelli, Philadelphia
1957 Curt Simmons, Chicago
1958 Billy Pierce, Houston
1959 Camilo Pascual, Houston
1960 Bob Friend, Pittsburgh
1961 Sandy Koufax, Detroit (Federal League)
Jim O’Toole, Houston (Players League)
1962 Sandy Koufax, Detroit (Federal League)
Bob Purkey, Houston (Players League)
1963 Camilo Pascual, Houston (Federal League)
Larry Jackson, Pittsburgh (Players League)
1964 Larry Jackson, Pittsburgh (Federal League)
Dean Chance, Cleveland (Players League)
Dean Chance was awarded the Cy Young trophy for the best pitcher in the Players League, outpolling Sandy Koufax and preventing the southpaw from winning the award for an unprecedented third time.
Chance, a 20-game winner with the Cleveland Indians, found some consolation from the Tribe's elimination from the PWBL playoffs yesterday at the hands of Koufax's Tigers. The two best pitchers in the Players League had dueled for 14 scoreless innings just a week ago.
This time around Chance came up the winner, receiving 67 votes to Koufax's 54. Cleveland teammate Whitey Ford was a close third, getting 41 votes.
The 23-year-old Ohioan won his 20th game in shutting out the second-place San Diego Padres by 3 to 0 on September 17th, putting the Indians up by four games in the Williams Division and effectively ending the Padres' hopes. The win was Chance's PWBL-leading sixth shutout of the season.
Koufax won the Federal League award for best pitcher in consecutive 1961–1962 seasons. In 1964 the Brooklyn-born lefty won 16 and lost 6 with a PWBL-best 2.04 ERA.
Ford, a 35-year-old New Yorker who broke into the PWBL in 1950 with the New York Gems, won 20 games for the first time in his career. Despite 174 lifetime wins, the southpaw has never captured a Cy Young Award.
The voting results:
D.Chance, Cle 67
S.Koufax, Det 54
W.Ford, Cle 41
D.Drysdale, Was 21
W.Bunker, Det 18
L.McDaniel, SD 2
J.Marichal, Was 2
B.Gibson, SD 1
H.Haddix, Det 1
C.Simmons, SD 1
Winners of the Cy Young Award since the PWBL was founded:
1946 Bob Feller, Milwaukee
1947 Hal Newhouser, Houston
1948 Bob Lemon, Brooklyn
1949 Howie Pollet, N.Y. Mets
1950 Ewell Blackwell, N.Y. Gems
1951 Don Newcombe, Detroit
1952 Bob Lemon, Cleveland
1953 Robin Roberts, N.Y. Mets
1954 Curt Simmons, Chicago
1955 Billy Pierce, Houston
1956 Johnny Antonelli, Philadelphia
1957 Curt Simmons, Chicago
1958 Billy Pierce, Houston
1959 Camilo Pascual, Houston
1960 Bob Friend, Pittsburgh
1961 Sandy Koufax, Detroit (Federal League)
Jim O’Toole, Houston (Players League)
1962 Sandy Koufax, Detroit (Federal League)
Bob Purkey, Houston (Players League)
1963 Camilo Pascual, Houston (Federal League)
Larry Jackson, Pittsburgh (Players League)
1964 Larry Jackson, Pittsburgh (Federal League)
Dean Chance, Cleveland (Players League)
Jackson wins second straight Cy Young
October 14, 1964
Larry Jackson, winner of 56 games over the past two seasons, won his second straight Cy Young Award, being selected by sportswriters who cover the PWBL as the best Federal League pitcher of 1964.
Jackson received 64 votes easily to outdistance second-place finisher Camilo Pascual, who polled 49. The 33-year-old native of Idaho led the Federals with 26 wins and lost 10 while putting together an ERA of 2.27 for the Kiner Division-winning Pittsburgh Panthers.
Since August 1962 (when he went 7 and 3 down the stretch for the pennant-pursuing Panthers), Jackson has won 63 games and lost only 17 with an earned-run average of 2.38 in 714 innings. No pitcher in PWBL has been more dominating over a similar length of time.
Hal Newhouser by comparison won 62 and lost 19 with a 2.45 ERA in 692 innings from August 1947 through the end of 1949. Newhouser is the only PWBL pitcher to have won 20 games over three straight seasons, a feat that Jackson will be aiming for in 1965.
Pascual went 21-8 with an ERA of 2.34 for the Federal League pennant-winning Houston Buffs, falling 15 votes short of winning his second straight Cy Young Award. The 30-year-old Cuban righthander won the Federal prize in 1963, while Jackson rang the bell in the Players League.
Bob Bruce of the Chicago White Sox finished third in the voting with 32, while the New York Mets' Gary Peters came in third with 19. Pepto Bismol Award winner Hoyt Wilhelm was fourth with 17 votes.
The voting results:
Larry Jackson, winner of 56 games over the past two seasons, won his second straight Cy Young Award, being selected by sportswriters who cover the PWBL as the best Federal League pitcher of 1964.
Jackson received 64 votes easily to outdistance second-place finisher Camilo Pascual, who polled 49. The 33-year-old native of Idaho led the Federals with 26 wins and lost 10 while putting together an ERA of 2.27 for the Kiner Division-winning Pittsburgh Panthers.
Since August 1962 (when he went 7 and 3 down the stretch for the pennant-pursuing Panthers), Jackson has won 63 games and lost only 17 with an earned-run average of 2.38 in 714 innings. No pitcher in PWBL has been more dominating over a similar length of time.
Hal Newhouser by comparison won 62 and lost 19 with a 2.45 ERA in 692 innings from August 1947 through the end of 1949. Newhouser is the only PWBL pitcher to have won 20 games over three straight seasons, a feat that Jackson will be aiming for in 1965.
Pascual went 21-8 with an ERA of 2.34 for the Federal League pennant-winning Houston Buffs, falling 15 votes short of winning his second straight Cy Young Award. The 30-year-old Cuban righthander won the Federal prize in 1963, while Jackson rang the bell in the Players League.
Bob Bruce of the Chicago White Sox finished third in the voting with 32, while the New York Mets' Gary Peters came in third with 19. Pepto Bismol Award winner Hoyt Wilhelm was fourth with 17 votes.
The voting results:
L.Jackson, Pit 64
C.Pascual, Hou 49
B.Bruce, Chi 32
G.Peters, NYM 19
H.Wilhelm, Pit 17
J.O'Toole, Hou 7
J.Horlen, StL 3
D.Hall, Hou 1
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Giants Announce Hirings of Howsam, Franks
October 1964
Robert L. "Bob" Howsam is the new General Manager of the San Francisco Giants. The team issued a press release immediately following the press conference in which previous General Manager Larry MacPhail and bench coach Charlie Dressen announced their retirements. The press release also identified Herman Franks as the Giants' new bench coach.
Bob Howsam, age 46, a Denver native, comes to the team with a varied sports management background. The Howsam family (including Bob Howsam's father and brother) own the Pacific Coast League's Denver Bears franchise, where Bob had been serving as General Manager. They also founded and owned the AFL Denver Broncos, but sold the team earlier this year.
Herman Franks, the new bench coach, has been serving the team for years as an advance scout, and many thought he was in line to become the Giants' Scouting Director. But he reportedly expressed a strong interest in returning to the playing field (Franks broke into the game as a catcher and had a modest playing career before moving into the scouting department). The team obliged his request by offering him the bench coach position upon the retirement of his predecessor, Charlie Dressen.
Bert Cane
San Francisco Chronicle
Robert L. "Bob" Howsam is the new General Manager of the San Francisco Giants. The team issued a press release immediately following the press conference in which previous General Manager Larry MacPhail and bench coach Charlie Dressen announced their retirements. The press release also identified Herman Franks as the Giants' new bench coach.
Bob Howsam, age 46, a Denver native, comes to the team with a varied sports management background. The Howsam family (including Bob Howsam's father and brother) own the Pacific Coast League's Denver Bears franchise, where Bob had been serving as General Manager. They also founded and owned the AFL Denver Broncos, but sold the team earlier this year.
Herman Franks, the new bench coach, has been serving the team for years as an advance scout, and many thought he was in line to become the Giants' Scouting Director. But he reportedly expressed a strong interest in returning to the playing field (Franks broke into the game as a catcher and had a modest playing career before moving into the scouting department). The team obliged his request by offering him the bench coach position upon the retirement of his predecessor, Charlie Dressen.
Bert Cane
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Giants Announce Retirements
October 1964
In the wake of their bittersweet 1964 season, the San Francisco Giants have announced the retirements of General Manager Larry MacPhail and bench coach Charlie Dressen. Both MacPhail and Dressen cited the success of the team on the field in 1964 as a major factor in their decisions to retire.
MacPhail, in his resignation speech, said, "The Boss [team owner David Atkinson] brought me here to revamp the baseball operations side of the club from top to bottom. I told him at the time it would take five years to do it right and be able to see the results on the field. Fortunately for my reputation, that's exactly how it turned out. Now that the purpose for which I was hired has been accomplished, it is time for me to hand over the reins to a deserving successor and begin enjoying my retirement."
Dressen expressed similar sentiments in his portion of the press conference. When MacPhail cleaned house prior to the 1960 season, he hired an almost all-rookie field management staff, with Dressen being the sole exception. He had been out of baseball for one year after being let go by the Detroit Tigers, the team he managed from 1948-1958, when MacPhail contacted him about the Giants coaching position. "MacPhail asked me to serve as a mentor to Al [Dark] and his coaching staff, guide them through the rough spots, and help them concentrate on the job of putting a winning team on the field. Obviously, after this past season, there's nothing left for me to teach them in that regard. I expect you'll be seeing the Giants at or near the top of the standings for many years to come, and I want to get out of the way and let Al enjoy the success and credit that he richly deserves." Dressen also cited health concerns as a factor in his decision.
Inside sources report that both MacPhail and Dressen notified ownership of their intentions during the season, but agreed not to say anything to the team or the press until the season was concluded. Sources also report a rumor--unconfirmed--that MacPhail had a falling out with Atkinson over the issue of hiring MacPhail's son Lee as Director of Player Personnel. Larry MacPhail reportedly hoped to groom his son to become his successor in the GM position, but was rebuffed by ownership.
The Giants front office quietly spent the final months of the season identifying candidates to replace MacPhail and Dressen, and an announcement of their replacements is expected to be imminent.
Bert Cane
San Francisco Chronicle
In the wake of their bittersweet 1964 season, the San Francisco Giants have announced the retirements of General Manager Larry MacPhail and bench coach Charlie Dressen. Both MacPhail and Dressen cited the success of the team on the field in 1964 as a major factor in their decisions to retire.
MacPhail, in his resignation speech, said, "The Boss [team owner David Atkinson] brought me here to revamp the baseball operations side of the club from top to bottom. I told him at the time it would take five years to do it right and be able to see the results on the field. Fortunately for my reputation, that's exactly how it turned out. Now that the purpose for which I was hired has been accomplished, it is time for me to hand over the reins to a deserving successor and begin enjoying my retirement."
Dressen expressed similar sentiments in his portion of the press conference. When MacPhail cleaned house prior to the 1960 season, he hired an almost all-rookie field management staff, with Dressen being the sole exception. He had been out of baseball for one year after being let go by the Detroit Tigers, the team he managed from 1948-1958, when MacPhail contacted him about the Giants coaching position. "MacPhail asked me to serve as a mentor to Al [Dark] and his coaching staff, guide them through the rough spots, and help them concentrate on the job of putting a winning team on the field. Obviously, after this past season, there's nothing left for me to teach them in that regard. I expect you'll be seeing the Giants at or near the top of the standings for many years to come, and I want to get out of the way and let Al enjoy the success and credit that he richly deserves." Dressen also cited health concerns as a factor in his decision.
Inside sources report that both MacPhail and Dressen notified ownership of their intentions during the season, but agreed not to say anything to the team or the press until the season was concluded. Sources also report a rumor--unconfirmed--that MacPhail had a falling out with Atkinson over the issue of hiring MacPhail's son Lee as Director of Player Personnel. Larry MacPhail reportedly hoped to groom his son to become his successor in the GM position, but was rebuffed by ownership.
The Giants front office quietly spent the final months of the season identifying candidates to replace MacPhail and Dressen, and an announcement of their replacements is expected to be imminent.
Bert Cane
San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Final Standings for 1964
Federal League
Kiner WON LOST PCT
1964 Pittsburgh 93 69 .574 ----
1964 New York 87 75 .537 6.0
1964 St. Louis 86 76 .531 7.0
1964 Boston 71 91 .438 22.0
Gordon WON LOST PCT GB
1964 Houston 101 61 .623 ----
1964 San Francisco 99 63 .611 2.0
1964 Chicago 97 65 .599 4.0
1964 Dallas 60 102 .370 41.0
Players League
Lemon WON LOST PCT GB
1964 Detroit 87 75 .537 ----
1964 Seattle 77 85 .475 10.0
1964 Los Angeles 73 89 .451 14.0
1964 Philadelphia 60 102 .370 27.0
Williams WON LOST PCT GB
1964 Cleveland 87 75 .537 ----
1964 San Diego 84 78 .519 3.0
1964 Washington 72 90 .444 15.0
1964 Cincinnati 62 100 .383 25.0
