Word: midseason
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...midseason, with most of Durocher's younger throwers faltering, Maglie got his chance to start. He won his game in eleven innings and has been a mainstay ever since. Last week he made his eleventh start, pitched his eleventh complete game, won his eleventh straight. (His tenth-TIME, Sept. 18-was his fourth shutout in a row, tying a National League record.) Sal's eleventh straight was a bit of a disappointment...
...reach of the 1950 pennant was the wonder of the season. Injuries had kept Old Reliable Tommy Henrich (.287 last year) out of the regular line-up most of the season. Joe DiMaggio (hitting .285) was winning games when they counted, but he had been off form all through midseason. Relief Pitcher Joe Page (3 won, 5 lost) was far behind his 1949 performance...
...ease of a practiced pickpocket. Ordinarily no slugger, switch-hitter Jethroe has several times managed to knock the ball out of the park when a home run was what the Braves needed most, and his early-season average as a .300 hitter brought him a salary raise. At midseason, the fleet 28-year-old Negro is the almost unchallenged base-stealer of the major leagues: 24 bases, 15 more than his nearest competitor...
Wrapping up the major leagues at the midseason mark, and taking a hefty clout at the rabbit-ball fanciers, New York Herald Tribune Columnist Red Smith had a ready explanation for the 1950 rash of home runs and high-scoring ball games: ". . . The real fault is not the lively ball but the deadly pitching...
Steadily improving his hard-hitting game this spring, Bramhall moved from alternate number six man on the spring trip squad to a secure number three berth by midseason. Meanwhile, his powerful cannonball and twisting egg ball service were the mainstays of the second doubles...