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THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 1951

VOL. 1, No.179

Zernials Prodigious Production

Earns Him MVP Over Ex-Mates
For Gus Zernial, the first two weeks of the
1951 season were so forgettable as to be memorable.
First, he managed just two hits in his first
four games, earning him a spot on the bench of
White Sox pilot Paul Richards. After watching
his teammates win five of six games without
him, Zernial was dealt to the Athletics on April
30 as part of a colossal three-team trade.
The next five months were memorable for
all the right reasons. Zernial walloped 41 home
runs and amassed 158 RBI both major
league-leading figures for an Athletics team
that improved by 25 wins over 1950.
On Wednesday, those efforts were rewarded
when Zernial was named the American
Leagues Most Valuable Player by a 24-man
panel of baseball writers.
It is a vote sure to stir debate over the merits
of awarding the MVP to a conspicuous producer on a second-division club at the expense of
more subtle contributors White Sox players,
for instance performed in the pressure cooker of a pennant race
In the end, the booming bat of the man
known as Ozark Ike swayed the voters. In addition to his aforementioned heroics, he tied for
the major league lead with three grand slams.
Almost every top 10 MVP finisher had some
kind of link to the winner.
Zernials former White Sox teammates, first
baseman Eddie Robinson (30 homers, 128
RBI) and second baseman Nelson Fox (.339
average) finished second and third in the balloting. Outfielder Ray Coleman (.317, 104 RBI),
acquired by Chicago from the Browns in July,
placed fourth. And rookie Orestes Minoso
(.326, 93 RBI), who came to Chicago in the
same deal that sent Zernial to Philly, was fifth.
Batting champ Ferris Fain, Zernials Athletics teammate, was voted sixth. Another ex-

Chicago teammate of Zernials, pitcher Billy

Pierce (17-6, A.L.-best 2.70 ERA), was seventh.
Rounding out the Top 10 were Washington
first baseman Mickey Vernon (.307, 113 RBI) in
eighth, White Sox rookie outfielder Jim Busby
(.311) in ninth and Boston left fielder Ted Williams who, despite an uncharacteristically
low .294 average, finished tenth.

Brooks OMalley
Claims Six-Figure
Losses For 1950
NEW YORK (UP) President Walter
OMalley of the Brooklyn Dodgers, calling organized baseball not big business, but bad business, said Wednesday that his club lost
$129,318 in 1950.
That sum was a deficit incurred for operation
of the entire Dodger system from the parent club
down to and including the lowest farm team,
OMalley said.
Aroused by congressional talk that baseball is
a big business monopoly, OMalley quoted figures on the losses of the Brooklyn farm system.
He used 1950 figures because 51 returns still
are incomplete.
The Dodger president said that the following
farm teams lost these amounts in 1950 Cambridge $8,000, Danville $30,000, Elmira
$60,000, Greenwood $45,000, Newport News
$80,000, Ponea City $25,000, Santa Barbara
$70,000, Three Rivers $34,000, and Valdosta
$23,000.
He said Saint Paul had a $128,000 profit and
paid $50,000 in taxes. Montreal profited $21,000
and paid $18,500 of that in taxes. Nashua had a
$542 profit, of which none went in taxes.
OMalley said the Dodger payroll for 1950

Notes on the Scorecard

Army Docs Poke, Prod

NL MVP Newcombe
NEW YORK (AP) Army doctors will take
a longer look at Don Newcombe, Brooklyn
pitching ace named as the National Leagues
Most Valuable Player a week ago, to determine
if he is acceptable for military service.
Newcombe, who won 22 games during the
regular season and two more in the World Series this year, underwent a pre-induction physical Wednesday at the Newark, N.J., induction
station. He was ordered to report to Fort Jay,
Governors Island, N.Y., today for further
tests.
Such procedure was taken to mean that the
doctors discovered something in Newcombes
condition which they wished to examine more
closely before issuing their final verdict on his
fitness for military duty.
New York Giants outfielder Monte Irvin
struck out in his first political venture. Irvin,
running on the Democratic ticket, was soundly
trounced by his Republican opponent in a race
for a state assembly seat in Essex County, New
Jersey.
Charley Dressen said he would return to
New York from Los Angeles right after
Thanksgiving and sign the contract reappointing him as manager of the Dodgers for 1952.

Including final
results of all ball
games
FIVE CENTS

Final 1951 Major League Standings

AMERICAN

PCT.

GB

NATIONAL

PCT.

GB

Chicago

98

56

.636

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Brooklyn

98

56

.636

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Boston

88

66

.571

10

New York

90

64

.584

Cleveland

85

69

.552

13

St. Louis

83

71

.539

15

New York

83

71

.539

15

Philadelphia

81

73

.526

17

Philadelphia

77

77

.500

21

Boston

72

82

.468

26

Detroit

72

82

.468

26

Chicago

69

85

.448

29

Washington

63

91

.409

35

Pittsburgh

67

87

.435

31

St. Louis

50

104

.325

48

Cincinnati

56

98

.364

42

was $357,000 and the operation of Ebbets Field,

including pay of workers, $440,000. In spring
training, the club spent $380,000 and took in
$120,000.
The Dodger president made the disclosure in
contending that baseball is not an evil monopoly. Actually this club and others are subsidizing
baseball to keep it a national game.
OMalley said, in defense of the farm system
methods of operation, that the Dodgers would
prefer to have working agreements with minor
league teams instead of owning them.
If we could find local citizens willing to absorb losses, said OMalley, we would be only
too happy to have them take over the clubs. All
the clubs we own were taken over from people
who no longer wanted to go on losing money.
The problematic economics of baseball also
was a topic of discussion in Detroit, where the
possibility of only one major baseball league by
1960 was raised by H.G. Salinger, sports editor
of the Detroit News.
Salinger referred to predictions that there
might eventually be four or even six major
leagues.
The reason the majors are a better bet to contract instead of expanding, he said, is that fewer
and fewer players of big league caliber are being
developed, and the number has rapidly decreased in the last 15 years, and most minor
league clubs lost money this last year, and might
lose even more as a major, due to higher salaries.

Final 1951 Major League Leaders

AMERICAN

AB

AVG.

NATIONAL

AB

AVG.

Fain, Phi.

117

443

93

153

.345

Musial, St.L

152

593

133

210

.354

Fox, Chi.

150

625

108

212

.339

Ashburn, Phi.

154

667

121

227

.340

Minoso, Chi.

140

556

118

181

.326

Hemus, St.L

130

466

86

154

.330

DiMaggio, Bos. 147

652

124

209

.321

Wyrostek, Cin.

138

561

73

184

.328

Kell, Det.

150

622

84

199

.320

Snider, Bro.

146

585

109

191

.326

Avila, Cle.

144

563

85

180

.320

Schoendienst, St.L

143

576

100

188

.326

Groth, Det.

125

462

52

147

.318

Gordon, Bos.

150

574

91

186

.324

Coleman, Chi.

135

555

88

176

.317

Jethroe, Bos.

145

581

127

185

.318

Doby, Cle.

136

470

98

149

.317

Sisler, Phi.

116

441

67

140

.317

Pesky, Bos.

133

494

95

155

.314

Furillo, Bro.

153

666

109

207

.311

HR: Zernial (Phi.) 41; Robinson (Chi.) 30;

Vollmer (Bos.) 28; Williams (Bos.) 26; Easter
(Cle.) 25; Wertz (Det.) 25.
RBI: Zernial (Phi.) 158; Robinson (Chi.) 128;
Williams (Bos.) 126; Vernon (Was.) 113; Rosen
(Cle.) 103.
Wins: Wynn (Cle.) 18-12; Pierce (Chi.) 17-6;
Lopat (N.Y.) 17-10; Lemon (Cle.) 17-13; Raschi
(N.Y.) 16-9.
Strikeouts: Raschi (N.Y.) 180; McDermott
(Bos.) 144; Reynolds (N.Y.) 140; Gray (Det.)
139; Wynn (Cle.) 125 .
ERA: Pierce (Chi.) 2.70; Lopat (N.Y.) 2.74;
Hutchinson (Det.) 2.77; McDermott (Bos.) 2.77;
Marrero (Was.) 2.87.

HR: Musial (St.L) 38; Snider (Bro.) 37; Hodges (Bro.) 37; Kiner (Pit.) 34; Sauer (Chi.) 34.
RBI: Musial (St.L) 146; Snider (Bro.) 126; Sauer (Chi.) 122; Gordon (Bos.) 121; Hodges
(Bro.) 120.
Wins: Newcombe (Bro.) 22-6; Jansen (N.Y.)
18-9; Roberts (Phi.) 18-14; Roe (Bro.) 17-9;
Hearn (N.Y.) 17-10.
Strikeouts: Newcombe (Bro.) 186; Rush
(Chi.) 144; Queen (Pit.) 140; Maglie (N.Y.) 135;
Roberts (Phi.) 127.
ERA: Newcombe (Bro.) 1.93; Jansen (N.Y.)
2.41; Rush (Chi.) 2.85; Wehmeier (Cin.) 2.99;
Roe (Bro.) 3.24.

Williams? Yes
For Carrasquel?
No Deal, Say Sox
CHICAGO (UP) Lou Boudreau, new manager of the gold-plated Boston Red Sox, was
willing to shed his top salaried employee, Ted
Williams, for Chicagos Chico Carrasquel on
Wednesday, but the American League champion White Sox werent ready to deal.
Im afraid that (Paul) Richards is going to
have to worry along with Carrasquel for a
while longer, Chisox general manager Frank
Lane said.
No, Carrasquel is one of the fellows were
going to keep, Lane added. Well deal a lot
of fellows, but Carrasquel, Orestes Minoso,
Nelson Fox, Eddie Robinson, Billy Pierce and
Saul Rogovin, were going to keep those.
Carrasquel, the American League starting
shortstop in last seasons All-Star game, batted .264 in his second big league campaign,
with four home runs and 62 RBI. He batted .421 against the Dodgers in the World Series, poling a circuit clout in Game 5.
I was thinking today that in the winter of
1948 when I came here we asked waivers on
our whole ball club and got them, Lane said.
Theres some now we wouldnt ask waivers
on, and we couldnt get them if we did.
Boudreau disclosed that the Red Sox already
have discussed a Williams-Carrasquel dicker
with the White Sox, but Lane said the negotiations were indirect.
Lane turned us down, Boudreau said, adding the discussion occurred before the White
Sox acquired Guillermo Miranda, a 23-year-old
Cuban shortstop, from the Washington Senators two weeks ago for 32-year-old third baseman Floyd Baker and cash.
Now that theyve got Miranda, it might be
different, Boudreau said. Were not going to
do anything until the winter meetings, but well
be interested in talking about it some more. At
least well find out if theyre interested.
Lane agreed that hed talked to the Red Sox
about getting Williams, but not at the price of
Carrasquel
Who wouldnt want Williams? he asked.
Theres a lot of ball players around wed like,
and Williams is one of them. But we wont
give up Carrasquel to get him. But we might
give up other players or money or something
for him.
Well be glad to talk about getting Williams.
In Carrasquel and Miranda we think weve
got the two finest fielding shortstops in baseball, he added. Miranda hasnt hit, but hes
mighty good in the field and he can run like
hell. Richards wanted him for insurance, and
we figure he might be able to fill in at second,
short or third.