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...American League pennant on Sept. 4 (earliest date on record for a 154-game season) and have been coasting ever since. They go into the series with three of the league's top four home-run hitters: Outfielders Charley Keller (33), Tommy Henrich (31) and Joe Di Maggio (30)-a trio who can also outfield and outthrow Brooklyn's Outfielders Pete Reiser, Joe Medwick, Dixie Walker...
Although interleague comparisons mean little, Brooklyn's Bums have as good a team batting average (.272) as the Yankees (.269). First Baseman Dolph Camilli (like Di Maggio, a product of San Francisco's Fishermen's Wharf) has batted in more runs (120) than any National League player this season and socked more homers (34) than any player in either league, except Ted Williams of the Boston...
Last week, against Cleveland's slick Southpaw Al Smith and Righthandy Jim Bagby (who relieved Smith in the eighth), Di Maggio failed to get a ball past the infield. Off Smith, he grounded out twice and drew a walk. Off Bagby, he hit smack into a double play...
...must to all streaks, an end came at last to Joe Di Maggio's batting spree. In a night game in Cleveland's vast Municipal Stadium, just two months and two days after starting the longest batting streak in the history of major-league baseball, Joe went hitless...
...During his streak, Di Maggio used three bats. The first was stolen after he broke George Sisler's modern record of hitting safely in 41 games. The second, with which he cracked Wee Willie Keeler's alltime record of 44, was raffled off in Di Mag's native San Francisco for the benefit of U.S.O. It brought...