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Garland Knighthawks (AAA) 05-01-1941
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| Breaking News |  | Friday, September 6th, 1940: Double-A Pitcher Award Presented to Garland Star
The Garland clubhouse staff referred to him as "the kid" this season. Next year Orval Grove will have to have a new nickname. He earned it after winning the 1940 American Association Double-A Pitcher Award.
Grove made 26 starts this year, winning 17 and losing 4. He threw 211.1 innings, fanned 157, allowed 166 hits and 46 walks, while holding opposing teams to a .216 average as he logged an impressive 2.13 ERA.
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 | Friday, August 23rd, 1940: Riggs's 23-Game Hit Streak Ends
The Findlay Vision won the game 7-3 over the Garland Knighthawks. At the same time the Knighthawks mound corps did what no other team could do. They stopped the 23-game hitting streak of Vision third baseman Lew Riggs. But that was still not enough to win the game.
"Our pitchers may have focused a bit too much on stopping Riggs," the Garland manager commented afterward. "He had a nice hitting streak going, but the Vision have other hitters and they did their job today."
This season Riggs is swinging the bat at a .348 rate with 190 hits in 546 at-bats. To date he has hit 12 home runs, scored 91 runs and driven in 62.
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 | Monday, August 12th, 1940: Edwards Week's Best Player
21-year-old Hank Edwards sent shock waves through Triple-A Baseball last week with an eye-popping performance that brought him the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week Award.
A newcomer to the league, Edwards made the establishment sit up and take notice, punishing opposing pitchers with a .571 average, 8 hits in 14 at-bats, 2 home runs and 3 RBI.
Where the Garland Knighthawks right fielder goes from here, only the baseball gods know for sure, but Edwards certainly made his mark last week.
Edwards is presently hitting at a .318 pace with 5 home runs and 41 RBIs. He has played in 89 games and scored 50 times.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 13-6, .684 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 5-2, .714 PCT | | Record on the road | 8-4, .667 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 0-3, .000 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 4-3, .571 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 2-1, .667 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 11-5, .688 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 10-0, 1.000 PCT | | Record in April | 13-6, .684 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .290 - 1st in PCL | | On-Base Percentage | .368 - 1st in PCL | | Slugging Percentage | .402 - 2nd in PCL | | On-Base + Slugging | .769 - 1st in PCL | | Runs Scored | 114 - 1st in PCL | | Hits | 202 - 1st in PCL | | Extra-Base Hits | 55 - 2nd in PCL | | Home Runs | 9 - 3rd in PCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 89 - 1st in PCL | | Strikeouts | 48 - 1st in PCL | | Stolen Bases | 2 - tied for 7th in PCL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.52 - 6th in PCL | | Starters' ERA | 3.39 - 4th in PCL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.92 - 6th in PCL | | Runs allowed | 78 - 4th in PCL | | Hits allowed | 169 - 7th in PCL | | Opponents AVG | .250 - 7th in PCL | | BABIP | .268 - 5th in PCL | | Home Runs allowed | 9 - tied for 3rd in PCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 69 - tied for 3rd in PCL | | Strikeouts | 69 - tied for 5th in PCL |
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