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BNN Stats: Honestly, It's Just Muscles
Monday, September 23rd , 1963
Here is a list of the heaviest players in the Western Baseball League...

Howie Carnell, OMA, 235 lbs
Ed Rice, TUL, 225 lbs
Homer Taylor, -, 215 lbs
Johnny Buchanan, LIN, 210 lbs
Bob Eads, TUL, 210 lbs
Ray Ruth Fired as Lincoln GM
Thursday, September 19th , 1963
Lincoln terminated Ray Ruth, the club's GM, and decided to take their organization down a different road today.

Neither party had much to say, though insiders suggest Ruth and upper management parted on good terms despite the current state of the club.
Breaking WBL News: Development Facilities Open
Thursday, September 19th , 1963
With the season over and the final out recorded, teams are already looking towards the next year. Coaches, trainers, and staff are up the next day at the crack of dawn, moving pitching mounds into place, setting up equipment, loosening their arms, and prepping plans for the players they will be working with. With the doors of their development complexes open, organizations can now send players to their facility for personalized offseason work, in order to improve specific aspects of their game.

You can find the screen for the development facility on the team's development tab, all the rules are properly explained there.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Dick Bishop - OMA
.315
2 Ed Collier WIC .311
3 George Lyon OMA .300
4 Tom Auker TUL .278
5 Bill Garten TOP .277
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Jim Roberts - DMD
30
2 George Lyon OMA 28
2 Fred Wilcox DMD 28
4 Bill Garten TOP 22
4 Don Osborn TOP 22
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Bill Garten - TOP
92
2 George Lyon OMA 91
3 Dick Bishop OMA 87
4 Jim Roberts DMD 85
5 2 tied with   81
LEAGUE LEADERS W
4 tied with
13
1 Pete Jackson WIC 13
1 Rube Meisch WIC 13
1 Pep Miller TOP 13
1 Eddie Scarbrough TOP 13
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Eddie Scarbrough - TOP
2.74
2 Clem Pranger TOP 2.77
3 Curt Sargent TUL 2.78
4 Eddie Bohannon LIN 2.95
5 Bill Sanders TUL 3.03
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Rube Meisch - WIC
135
2 Pep Miller TOP 132
3 Cy Strom TUL 129
4 Billy Mullen DMD 123
5 Larry McFadden OMA 121
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WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Omaha Cowboys 84 56 .600 -
Topeka Jayhawks 82 58 .586 2.0
Tulsa Roughnecks 75 65 .536 9.0
Wichita Rustlers 64 76 .457 20.0
Des Moines Bears 59 81 .421 25.0
Lincoln Legislators 56 84 .400 28.0
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