Round 5 Season 13


Honus-Wagner featured

The Hitters

All-Time Great Honus Wagner will have his work cut out for him: Will his speed and average be enough to hold off HOF mortal lock Albert Pujols? And what about the other Hall-of-Famers, Yogi Berra and Joe Sewell? What about single-season triples record holder Chief Wilson?
Frankly, Frank Howard, Oyster Burns, and Reggie Sanders are all ready to challenge. Only four are likely to make it through to Round 7.

Learn more about the Round 5 pitchers

Honus Wagner
Round One S5
Round Two
Round 3 S26
Round 4

W – L
101-53
BYE
107-47
BYE
Albert Pujols
Round One S20
Round Two
Round 3 S32
Round 4
W – L
100-54
BYE
94-60
BYE
Oyster Burns
Round One S28
Round Two
Round 3 S42
Round 4
W – L
77-77
BYE
86-68
BYE
Oyster-Burns-Card Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff
Frank Howard
Round One S20
Round Two
Round 3 S37
Round 4
W – L
77-77
BYE
81-73
BYE
Reggie Sanders
Round One S53
Round Two
Round 3 S15
Round 4
W – L
75-79
BYE
77-77
BYE
Reggie-Sanders-Card Baseballs Greatest Player Playoff
Chief Wilson
Round One S4
Round Two S12
Round 3 S58
Round 4 S16
W – L
72-82
79-75
74-79
BYE
Yogi Berra
Round One S20
Round Two
Round 3 S14
Round 4 S15
W – L
82-72
BYE
70-84
89-65
Joe Sewell
Round One S25
Round Two
Round 3 S28
Round 4 S15
W – L
74-80
BYE
65-89
89-65

The Results

Honus Wagner’s average + speed bested Albert Pujols average + power to take the pennant. Yogi Berra hung close but Pujols strong finish relegated him to third place. Oyster Burns took fourth and Frank Howard came back from a slow start to get his record over .500 and claim a bonus spot in Round 7. Chief Wilson, who led the league at the end of April, fell off the table and will join Sewell and Sanders in Round 6.

Season Highlights

  • Wagner2 led individual hitters with a .326 batting average.
  • Howard3 cranked 38 home runs to lead the league.
  • Honus Wagner had a 33-game hitting streak, the longest so far in the tournament.
  • Wilson6 went 6 for 7 in a 16-inning game vs. Joe Sewell.
  • Reggie Sanders2 took the horse collar, striking out 5 times in 5 trips to the plate.
  • To make up for it, Sanders8 had a 3-HR game, including a Grand Slam, for 8 RBIs. 3 different Pujols also had 3-homer games.
  • Pujols9, Pujols99, and Pujols7 each had 7 RBI games.

    No-Hitters

    7/ 1 Chuck Finley7 of the Yogi Berra team no-hit Frank Howard.

Tim Bruno

Tim has been a baseball fan for most of his life and has played a great deal of baseball and softball over the years. Although his playing days are long behind him, he remembers back when he was an extremely fast catcher with an extremely bad arm. He has been playing Strat-o-Matic baseball since he was 14. Tim is currently living in southwest France and writes A LOT about coffee at Procaffeination.com. He has also written Procaffeination: A Coffee Lover's Dictionary, which will be available soon. You can find out more about Tim's writing at TimothyBruno.com and if you want to contact him about the tournament, drop him an email at Tim@BaseballsGreatestPlayerPlayoff.com

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