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Washington Wild Things (A) 10-25-1958
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| Breaking News | | Tuesday, August 19th, 1958: Washington Wins Appalachian Championship Series!
There is great joy in Washington today after the Wild Things thumped Punxsutawney 5-2 to cop the 1958 Appalachian League Appalachian Championship Series. They defeated the Groundhogs 5-1 to take the series.
This was the 2nd time Washington has garnered the league title. During the regular season the Wild Things chalked up a 61-59 mark and finished in second place in the .
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 | Friday, August 1st, 1958: July's Best Batter Announced
Paul Lowry has a lot going for him. The Washington first baseman just broke into the majors this year and now the Appalachian League has just picked him as its top hitter for July.
In 29 games last month, this outstanding rookie batted .400 with 3 home runs, 15 RBIs and 28 runs scored.
Lowry is hitting .333 in 1958 with 13 home runs, 57 RBIs and 74 runs scored. He has 141 hits in 424 at-bats and played in 106 games.
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 | Wednesday, July 30th, 1958: Campbell Records Shutout Against Punxsutawney
In a very sharp performance at Field of the Wild Things Tim Campbell of the Washington Wild Things blanked the Punxsutawney Groundhogs 1-0. He permitted 3 hits, struck out 6 strikeouts and had 4 walks in the Wild Things victory.
This season in 29 starts Tim Campbell has a record of 13-10 with 53 strikeouts in 191.2 innings and a 4.60 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 61-59, .508 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 29.0 GB | | Record at home | 32-28, .533 PCT | | Record on the road | 29-31, .483 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-2, .818 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 18-13, .581 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 27-21, .562 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 34-38, .472 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Record in May | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in June | 14-11, .560 PCT | | Record in July | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in August | 5-4, .556 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .283 - 2nd in ALA | | On-Base Percentage | .337 - 3rd in ALA | | Slugging Percentage | .385 - 2nd in ALA | | On-Base + Slugging | .723 - 2nd in ALA | | Runs Scored | 538 - 3rd in ALA | | Hits | 1200 - 2nd in ALA | | Extra-Base Hits | 275 - 3rd in ALA | | Home Runs | 60 - 3rd in ALA | | Bases-On-Balls | 294 - 3rd in ALA | | Strikeouts | 481 - 5th in ALA | | Stolen Bases | 27 - 4th in ALA |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.65 - 2nd in ALA | | Starters' ERA | 3.71 - 3rd in ALA | | Bullpen ERA | 3.14 - 2nd in ALA | | Runs allowed | 547 - 4th in ALA | | Hits allowed | 1107 - 4th in ALA | | Opponents AVG | .264 - 3rd in ALA | | BABIP | .288 - 3rd in ALA | | Home Runs allowed | 57 - 2nd in ALA | | Bases-On-Balls | 349 - 3rd in ALA | | Strikeouts | 497 - 4th in ALA |
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