Round 5 Season 18


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The Hitters

Hall of Famer Goose Goslin has the number one seed in this season and will be taking on an interesting combination of turn-of-the-century standouts and stars of the 1970s and 80s. Oh, and David Wright. Jake Stenzel, George Van Haltren, and Ginger Beaumont make up the former, while Al Oliver, Dale Murphy, and Bake McBride make up the latter. The top four finishers and anyone over .500 get an automatic berth in Round 7.

Learn more about the Round 5 pitchers

Goose Goslin
Round One S34
Round Two
Round 3 S2
Round 4

W – L
95-59
BYE
105-49
BYE
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Jake Stenzel
Round One S19
Round Two
Round 3 S39
Round 4
W – L
98-56
BYE
93-61
BYE
David Wright
Round One S23
Round Two
Round 3 S7
Round 4
W – L
94-60
BYE
85-69
BYE
Al Oliver
Round One S66
Round Two
Round 3 S49
Round 4
W – L
72-82
BYE
81-73
BYE
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George Van Haltren
Round One S28
Round Two
Round 3 S30
Round 4
W – L
91-63
BYE
77-77
BYE
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Ginger Beaumont
Round One S60
Round Two
Round 3 S42
Round 4 S7
W – L
81-73
BYE
74-80
83-71
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Dale Murphy
Round One S47
Round Two S8
Round 3 S18
Round 4 S16
W – L
75-79
81-73
70-84
85-69
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Bake McBride
Round One S74
Round Two S8
Round 3 S3
Round 4 S14
W – L
72-82
81-73
64-90
82-72
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The Results

Goose Gosling powered his way to a first-place finish with an even hundred victories, easily surpassing George Van Haltren and David Wright, who tied for second. Also qualifying for Round 7 is Ginger Beaumont, who led all teams in batting average. Murphy, Stenzle, McBride and Oliver all head to Round 6.

Season Highlights

  • The Jake Stenzel team finished a whisker behind Beaumont in the team batting category with Stenzel6 leading all batters with .330.
  • Two different Goslins had 37 home runs on the season.
  • Beaumont5 had a 30-game hitting streak.
  • Dale Murphy8 had two 5-strikeout games.
  • Van Haltren7 had a 7-RBI game.

    No-Hitters


    5/29 Chuck Finley of the Al Oliver team tossed a perfect game with 6 Ks against Bake McBride, winning 2-0.

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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