History of Modern Baseball, 1901-??? --- OOTP12

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My newest try at the history of modern baseball will use actual transactions as they occurred in real life with actual lineups. Free agency will show up when it occurred in real life along with other things such as franchise changes/movements.

If anyone would like to have a player followed, please let me know.

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http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_110284.jpgCap Anson, first base -- Inducted 1900
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.333 2523 10277 1996 3518 97 2076 276 .445
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_110776_0.jpgJake Beckley, 1st baseman -- Inducted 1907
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.306 2432 9611 1629 2938 88 1562 356 .433
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_111524_0.jpgDan Brouthers, first base -- Inducted 1900
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.342 1671 6706 1523 2296 106 1296 256 .520
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_111733_0.jpgJesse Burkett - left fielder -- Inducted 1905
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.331 2078 8464 1653 2804 68 1007 442 .437
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_112369_0.jpgJohn Clarkson, pitcher -- Inducted 1900
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.81 328 178 .648 531 4536.1 1978 1191 5
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_112589_0.jpgRoger Connor, First baseman -- Inducted 1900
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.317 1997 7794 1620 2467 138 1322 244 .486
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_113106_0.jpgGeorge Davis, shortstop -- Inducted 1909
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.302 2334 8322 1446 2512 68 1325 573 .414
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_113218_0.jpgEd Delahanty, right fielder -- inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.338 1941 7854 1620 2652 100 1456 452 .492
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_113598_0.jpgHugh Duffy, center fielder -- Inducted 1906
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.322 1925 7389 1591 2376 125 1330 597 .445
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_114552.jpgJim Galvin, pitcher -- Inducted 1900
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.86 364 310 .540 705 6003.1 1806 745 2
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_115386.jpgBilly Hamilton, center fielder -- Inducted 1901
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.344 1627 6421 1693 2209 40 740 931 .432
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_116888.jpgTim Keefe, pitcher -- Inducted 1900
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.62 342 225 .603 600 5047.2 2562 1220 2
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_116891.jpgWillie Keeler, right fielder -- Inducted 1910
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.329 2278 9361 1524 3077 32 937 594 .400
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_116926_0.jpgJoe Kelley, left fielder -- Inducted 1908
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.312 2039 7238 1354 2260 68 1243 478 .444
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_118713_0.jpgJoe McGinnity, pitcher -- Inducted 1908
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.76 233 128 .645 402 3286.1 1077 820 4
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_119761.jpgKid Nichols, pitcher -- Inducted 1906
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.89 370 225 .622 657 5295.1 1963 1395 17
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_120054.jpgJim O'Rourke, left fielder -- Inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.311 1998 8501 1728 2642 62 1203 224 .423
Al Orth*, pitcher -- Inducted 1909
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.88 208 184 .531 440 3525.2 1029 773 6
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_120867.jpgCharley Radbourn, pitcher -- Inducted 1900
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.67 309 195 .613 528 4535.1 1830 875 2
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_121559.jpgAmos Rusie, pitcher -- Inducted 1901
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
3.03 246 174 .586 477 3794.0 1939 1715 8
*Jimmy Ryan, center fielder -- inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.304 2051 8361 1648 2544 119 1170 412 .438
*George Van Haltren, center fielder -- inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.314 1998 7940 1621 2495 68 1017 570 .418
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_124062.jpgMickey Welsh, pitcher -- Inducted 1900
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.71 307 210 .594 565 4802.0 1850 1297 4
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_124364.jpgVic Willis, pitcher -- Inducted 1910
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.62 230 227 .503 506 4108.0 1852 1410 4

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Career Batting Average Career Hits
(min 3000 PA)
No Player AVG No Player HITS
1 B.Hamilton .3440 1 C.Anson 3418
2 D.Brouthers .3424 2 W.Keeler 3077
3 D.Orr .3420 3 J.Beckley 2938
4 P.Browning .3415 4 F.CLARKE 2819
5 J.Stenzel .3386 5 J.Burkett 2804
6 E.Delahanty .3377 6 L.Cross 2683
7 C.Anson .3326 7 E.Delahanty 2652
8 J.Burkett .3313 8 J.O'Rourke 2642
8 S.Thompson .3313 9 N.LAJOIE 2600
10 M.DONLIN .3306 10 H.WAGNER 2550
11 B.Lange .3302 11 J.Ryan 2544
12 W.Keeler .3287 12 G.Davis 2512
13 H.WAGNER .3286 13 G.Van Haltren 2495
14 J.McGraw .3279 14 R.Connor 2467
15 N.LAJOIE .3269 15 H.Duffy 2376
16 T.O'Neill .3257 16 P.Donovan 2370
17 H.Duffy .3216 17 D.Brouthers 2296
17 B.Everitt .3216 18 H.Long 2272
19 T.COBB .3197 19 J.Kelley 2260
20 R.Connor .3165 20 B.DAHLEN 2250
21 G.Van Haltren .3142 20 B.McPhee 2250
22 M.Smith .3125 22 B.Hamilton 2209
23 J.Kelley .3122 23 J.Collins 2206
24 D.White .3119 24 B.WALLACE 2185
25 B.Holliday .3109 25 F.TENNEY 2149

Career Homeruns Career RBIs
No Player HR No Player RBI
1 R.Connor 138 1 C.Anson 2076
2 S.Thompson 127 2 J.Beckley 1562
3 H.Stovey 122 3 E.Delahanty 1456
4 J.Ryan 119 4 H.Duffy 1330
5 H.Duffy 109 5 G.Davis 1325
5 D.Brouthers 106 6 R.Connor 1322
7 M.Tiernan 106 7 D.Brouthers 1296
8 E.Delahanty 100 7 S.Thompson 1296
9 C.Anson 97 9 J.Kelley 1243
10 H.Long 94 10 L.Cross 1234
10 B.Pfeffer 94 11 J.O'Rourke 1203
12 J.Beckley 88 12 J.Ryan 1170
13 B.Freeman 85 13 N.LAJOIE 1164
13 N.LAJOIE 85 14 F.CLARKE 1156
15 J.Clements 77 15 E.McKean 1124
15 B.DAHLEN 77 16 H.Long 1101
17 J.Denny 74 17 H.WAGNER 1088
18 F.CLARKE 73 18 B.DAHLEN 1080
19 B.Ewing 71 19 J.Collins 1071
20 B.Joyce 70 20 B.McPhee 1067
20 H.Richardson 70 21 T.Corcoran 1022
20 S.Seybold 70 22 F.Pfeffer 1019
23 K.Kelly 69 23 G.Van Haltren 1017
23 B.Lowe 69 24 J.Burkett 1007
23 J.Reilly 69 25 B.Nash 977

Career Stolen Bases
No Player SB
1 B.Hamilton 931
2 A.Latham 738
3 T.Brown 657
4 F.CLARKE 613
5 D.Hoy 601
6 H.Duffy 597
7 W.Keeler 594
8 G.Davis 573
9 G. Van Haltren 570
10 B.McPhee 568
11 H.Long 553
12 J.Ward 540
13 H.WAGNER 520
14 H.Stovey 509
15 P.Donovan 502
16 J.Doyle 497
17 B.DAHLEN 488
18 J.Kelley 478
19 J.McGraw 477
20 M.Griffin 473
21 T.McCarthy 468
22 C.Welch 453
23 E.Delahanty 452
24 J.Burkett 442
25 F.JONES 437


Career Wins Career Saves
No Player WINS No Player SAVES
1 C.YOUNG 477 1 R.AMES 25
2 K.Nichols 370 2 C.YOUNG 22
3 P.Galvin 364 3 C.GRIFFITH 20
4 T.Keefe 342 4 A.Joss 17
5 J.Clarkson 328 4 K.Nichols 17
6 C.Radbourn 309 6 C.BENDER 16
7 M.Welsh 307 7 T.Mullane 15
8 B.Mathews 297 8 B.EWING 14
9 T.Mullane 284 8 D.PHILLIPPE 14
10 J.McCormick 265 10 C.BRANDOM 13
11 G.Weyhing 264 10 B.DONOVAN 13
12 A.Spalding 253 10 J.Manning 13
13 C.MATHEWSON 249 10 J.PFIESTER 13
14 A.Rusie 246 10 J.Raleigh 13
15 J.POWELL 241 10 E.Siever 13
16 T.Bond 234 16 R.COLLINS 12
17 C.Buffinton 233 16 E.PLANK 12
17 J.McGinnity 233 16 J.WOOD 12
19 V.Willis 230 19 J.Chesbro 11
20 W.White 229 19 T.HUGHES 11
21 B.Caruthers 218 19 B.Kennedy 11
22 C.GRIFFITH 217 19 W.Mercer 11
23 A.Orth 208 19 A.Spalding 11
24 S.King 203 19 E.STEELE 11
24 J.Stivetts 203 19 R.Waddell 11



Career Strikeouts Career ERA (min. 1000 IP)
No Player SO No Player ERA
1 C.YOUNG 2813 1 H.CAMNITZ 1.729
2 R.Waddell 2578 2 E.REULBACH 1.764
3 T.Keefe 2562 3 A.Joss 1.795
4 C.MATHEWSON 2087 4 M.BROWN 1.801
5 J.Clarkson 1978 5 G.MCQUILLAN 1.885
6 K.Nichols 1963 6 C.MATHEWSON 1.891
7 A.Rusie 1939 7 E.WALSH 1.939
8 V.Willis 1852 8 R.AMES 1.950
9 M.Welsh 1850 9 J.PFIESTER 1.968
10 C.Radbourn 1830 10 D.WHITE 1.987
11 P.Galvin 1806 11 F.Glade 2.002
12 T.Mullane 1803 12 O.OVERALL 2.025
13 J.McCormick 1704 13 J.Devlin 2.050
14 C.Buffinton 1700 14 J.Ward 2.102
15 E.PLANK 1682 15 C.FALKENBERG 2.112
16 G.Weyhing 1667 16 L.LEIFIELD 2.127
17 J.Whitney 1571 17 R.Waddell 2.135
18 A.Terry 1553 18 A.Spalding 2.136
19 J.POWELL 1541 19 F.SMITH 2.150
20 T.Ramsey 1515 20 C.BENDER 2.156
21 B.DONOVAN 1482 21 D.PHILLIPPE 2.168
22 B.Mathews 1366 22 W.JOHNSON 2.185
23 J.Chesbro 1355 23 E.MOORE 2.192
24 M.Baldwin 1354 24 E.KILLIAN 2.226
25 D.WHITE 1296 25 F.Owen 2.234


Major League Single Season Records (post 1900)

Hitting
Batting Average: .372 W.Keeler, Brooklyn 1901
Hits: 225 M.Donlin, New York (N) 1908
Doubles: 43 J.Kling, Chicago (N) 1903
Triples: 31 S.Mertes, New York (N) 1905
Homeruns: 18 S.Seybold, Philadelphia (A) 1901
RBI: 125 S.Seybold, Philadelphia (A) 1902
Runs: 114 C.Stahl, Boston (A) 1901; M.Donlin, New York (N) 1905
Walks: 125 J.McGraw, Baltimore 1902
Strikeouts: 129 T.Easterly, Cleveland 1910
Stolen Bases: 78 B.Bescher, Cincinnati 1910; E.Collins, Philadelphia (A) 1910
Hitting Streak: 32 D.Hoffman, Philadelphia (A) 1905


Pitching
Earned Run Average: 0.95 A.Joss, Cleveland 1906
Wins: 30 C.Mathewson, New York (N) 1904+1908
Losses: 30 T.Pittinger, Boston (N) 1904
Saves: 10 R.Collins, Boston (A) 1909
Bases on Balls: 176 O.Overall, Cincinnati 1905
Strikeouts: 388 R.Waddell, Philadelphia (A) 1904





American League Single Season Records

Hitting
Batting Average: .364 L.Cross, Philadelphia (A) 1902
Hits: 222 T.Cobb, Detroit 1910
Doubles: 42 N.Lajoie, Cleveland 1905
Triples: 28 S.Crawford, Detroit 1904
Homeruns: 18 S.Seybold, Philadelphia (A) 1901
RBI: 125 S.Seybold, Philadelphia (A) 1902
Runs: 114 C.Stahl, Boston (A) 1901
Walks: 111 T.Hartsel, Philadelphia (A) 1908
Strikeouts: 129 T.Easterly, Cleveland 1910
Stolen Bases: 78 E.Collins, Philadelphia (A) 1910
Hitting Streak: 32 D.Hoffman, Philadelphia (A) 1905


Pitching
Earned Run Average: 0.95 A.Joss, Cleveland 1906
Wins: 29 R.Waddell, Philadelphia (A) 1904
Losses: 29 J.Chesbro, New York (A) 1906
Saves: 10 R.Collins, Boston (A) 1909
Bases on Balls: 138 G.Mullin, Detroit 1905
Strikeouts: 388 R.Waddell, Philadelphia (A) 1904



National League Single Season Records

Hitting
Batting Average: .372 W.Keeler, Brooklyn 1901
Hits: 225 M.Donlin, New York (N) 1908
Doubles: 43 J.Kling, Chicago (N) 1903
Triples: 31 S.Mertes, New York (N) 1905
Homeruns: 12 H.Lumley, Brooklyn 1906
RBI: 111 J.Kling, Chicago (N) 1903; S.Mertes, New York (N) 1905
Runs: 114 M.Donlin, New York (N) 1905
Walks: 123 J.Evers, Chicago (N) 1910
Strikeouts: 118 J.Kling, Chicago (N) 1908
Stolen Bases: 78 B.Bescher, Cincinnati 1910
Hitting Streak: 30 K.Selbach, New York (N) 1901



Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.02 R.Ames, New York (N) 1908
Wins: 30 C.Mathewson, New York (N) 1904+1908
Losses: 30 T.Pittinger, Boston (N) 1904
Saves: 9 C.Brandom, Pittsburgh 1909
Bases on Balls: 176 O.Overall, Cincinnati 1905
Strikeouts: 256 C.Mathewson, New York (N) 1904

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YEARLY PENNANT WINNERS

AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
TEAM (WORLD SERIES WINS) WON LOST PCT GA TEAM (WORLD SERIES WINS) WON LOST PCT GA
Boston 90 46 .662 14.5 1901 Pittsburgh 81 58 .583 4.5
Boston 83 54 .606 4.5 1902 Pittsburgh 94 45 .676 12
Cleveland (5) 92 48 .657 11 1903 Pittsburgh (4) 87 53 .621 3
Cleveland 92 59 .609 4 1904 New York 108 45 .706 16
Cleveland (1) 93 61 .604 4 1905 New York (4) 103 50 .673 10
Cleveland (4) 112 41 .732 24 1906 Chicago (1) 105 47 .691 9
Cleveland (1) 94 58 .618 11.5 1907 Chicago (4) 100 52 .658 1.5
Cleveland (0) 90 64 .584 5 1908 New York (4) 107 47 .695 6
Detroit (4) 96 56 .632 5.5 1909 Chicago (3) 97 56 .634 2
Philadelphia (0) 99 51 .660 1.5 1910 Chicago (4) 104 50 .675 6

YEARLY BATTING LEADERS

BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE | AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
Lajoie-Phi .372 1901 Keeler-Bro .372 | Seybold-Phi 18 1901 Hartsel-Chi 9
Cross-Phi .364 1902 Crawford-Cin .342 | Lajoie-Cle 16 1902 Sheckard-Bro 7
Lajoie-Cle .355 1903 Donlin-Cin .344 | Freeman-Bos 13 1903 Sheckard-Bro 6
Lajoie-Cle .346 1904 Syemour-Cin .339 | Hickman-Det 11 1904 Cooley-Bos 10
Lajoie-Cle .330 1905 Wagner-Pit .342 | Davis-Phi 13 1905 Seymour-Cin 10
Hartsel-Phi .312 1906 Wagner-Pit .333 | Hickman-Was 7 1906 Lumley-Bro 12
Cobb-Det .328 1907 Magee-Phi .315 | Davis-Phi 8 1907 Lumley-Bro 9
Collins-Phi .326 1908 Donlin-NY .342 | Crawford-Det 5 1908 Wagner-Pit 9
Cobb-Det .328 1909 Wagner-Pit .321 | Hartsel-Phi 5
Jackson-Phi+Cle .363 1910 Hofman-Chi .309 | Speaker-Bos 8 1909 Lobert-Cin 8
Snodgrass-NY .309 | Stahl-Bos 9 1910 Schulte-Chi 11



RUNS BATTED IN STOLEN BASES
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE | AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
Seybold-Phi 114 1901 Flick-Phi 92 | Stahl-Bos 59 1901 Clarke-Pit 46
Seybold-Phi 125 1902 Clarke-Pit 96 | Davis-Chi 52 1902 Wagner-Pit 48
Freeman-Bos 106 1903 J.Kling-Chi 111 | Bay-Cle 61 1903 Chance-Chi 53
Hickman-Det 96 1904 Clarke-Pit 105 | Hartsel-Phi 42 1904 Chance-Chi 54
Bradley-Cle 92 1905 Mertes-NY 111 | Bay-Cle 50 1905 Maloney-Chi 63
Hickman-Was 87 1906 Schulte-Chi 103 | Hahn-Chi 56 1906 Leach-Pit 58
Davis-Phi 101 1907 Bransfield-Phi 101 | Hahn-Chi 55 1907 Leach-Pit/Slagle-Chi 50
Crawford-Det 101 1908 Seymour-NY 92 | McConnell-Bos 56 1908 Wagner-Pit 48
Baker-Phi 80 1909 Bransfield-Phi 93 | Collins-Phi 45 1909 Bescher-Cin 65
Stahl-Bos 103 1910 Schulte-Chi 99 | Collins-Phi 78 1910 Bescher-Cin 78



YEARLY PITCHING LEADERS

WINS SAVES
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE | AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
Young-Bos 28 1901 Hahn-Cin 28 | Griffith-Chi/Plank-Phi 4 1901 Case-Cin/Hughes-Bro 4
Dinneen-Bos 26 1902 Phillippe-Pit 24 | Morrissey-Bos/Siever-Det 4
Plank-Phi 23 1903 Leever-Pit 28 | Smith-Cle 5 1902 Lundgren-Chi 5
Mathewson-NY 28 | Kisinger-Det 5 1903 Pfiester-Pit 6
Waddell-Phi 29 1904 Mathewson-NY 30 | Donovan-Det/Griffith-NY 4 1904 Ames-NY 6
Plank-Phi 24 1905 Mathewson-NY 29 | Griffith-NY 7 1905 Harper-Cin 6
Joss-Cle 27 1906 Brown-Chi 26 | Smith-Was 4 1906 Rhodes-StL/Thielman-StL 4
Joss-Cle 24 1907 Sparks-Phi 26 | Johnson-Was/Steele-Bos 7 1907 Campbell-Cin 5
Joss-Cle 24 1908 Mathewson-NY 30 | Siever-Det/Steele-Bos 3 1908 Young-Bos 6
Bender-Phi 27 1909 Brown-Chi 25 | Collins-Bos 10 1909 Brandom-Pit 9
Bender-Phi 26 1910 Mathewson-NY 26 | Joss-Cle 10 1910 Raleigh-StL 11



EARNED RUN AVERAGE STRIKEOUTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE | AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
Young-Bos 1.80 1901 Phillippe-Pit 1.71 | Young-Bos 170 1901 Waddell-Pit+Chi 251
Moore-Cle 1.58 1902 Tannehill-Pit 1.60 | Waddell-Phi 171 1902 Willis-Bos 252
Bernhard-Cle 1.39 1903 Mathewson-NY 1.65 | Waddell-Phi 324 1903 Mathewson-NY 256
Dinneen-Bos 1.68 1904 Mathewson-NY 1.28 | Waddell-Phi 388 1904 Mathewson-NY 251
Gibson-Bos 1.82 1905 Mathewson-NY 1.56 | Waddell-Phi 269 1905 Ames-NY 207
Joss-Cle 0.95 1906 Reulbach-Chi 1.50 | Waddell-Phi 268 1906 Weimer-Cin 179
White-Chi 1.47 1907 Brown-Chi 1.26 | Walsh-Chi 242 1907 Mathewson-NY 193
Bender-Phi 1.37 1908 Ames-NY 1.02 | Waddell-StL 278 1908 Mathewson-NY 224
Bender-Phi 1.08 1909 Willis-Pit 1.31 | Johnson-Was 248 1909 Moore-Phi 229
Bender-Phi 1.33 1910 Mathewson-NY 1.62 | Johnson-Was 289 1910 Moore-Phi 200

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A new league was first conceived and nurtured in the minds of Western League President Ban Johnson and White Sox owner Charlie Comiskey. Johnson turned the league into the strongest of the minor leagues within 2 years after taking the helm. Thanks to arranging for solid ownership for each franchise and strongly backing his umpires in all disputes, the fans started coming to this firmly controlled League's games. In 1900, the NL reduced its franchises from 12 to 8 and the newly christened American League moved a franchise into the just abandoned Cleveland area and a franchise was placed in Chicago, after the reluctant consent by the Cubs after Johnson agreed to keep the league as a minor league. In 1901, Johnson made his move. The AL withdrew from the National Agreement and declared its intention to now become a second major league. The AL also erased its midwest region character and placed franchises in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia now had franchises in both the AL & NL. To obtain players, the AL raided the senior loop for stars as well as everyday players with large salaries offered by those financially sound owners in the AL.

When the AL's first season opened, each team found itself infused with talent from the older league. Possibly the brightest star that first year was Socks Seybold, outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics, who copped the league's first Outstanding Hitter Award after jumping over from the Cincinnati Reds. In addition to hitting .345, Seybold also drove in 114 runs and hit 18 home runs.

The Boston Americans took the first AL title by a whopping 14.5 games over a Detroit club which suffered a late summer pitching collapse. The Orioles were led by Jimmy Collins (.310-3-96) and Cy Young (28-9, 1.80 ERA), the AL's Outstanding Pitcher. Detroit finished in 2nd place, being led by the bats of Al Shaw (.324-4-79) and Ducky Holmes (.301-8-90) along with the arms of Jack Cronin (19-10, 2.60 ERA) and Ed Siever (18-15, 3.22 ERA). Despite pending litigation in the courts and a declared state of war with the NL, the American League was off and running.

While the upstart AL was playing its first major league schedule, the established NL had finished its 25th campaign. The entry of the AL onto the major league stage also opened an escape value for the players. The bidding war between the leagues allowed about thirty 1900 regulars to jump from the NL to the AL. The new league occupied three of the abandoned NL cities of the 1890's and new teams were placed in direct competition with clubs in Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. Brooklyn and Pittsburgh, along with Philadelphia, provided a closely ran contest that was finally won by the Pirates on the next to last day of the season. As Cincinnati proudly displayed the NL's biggest winner, Noodles Hahn (28-13, 2.33 ERA), the New York Giants unveiled the arm of Christy Mathewson, a 20-game winner in his first full season.

After the 1901 season, the NL owners broke into two factions and the deadlock resulted in the formation of a 3-man directorate of John T. Brush, A.H. Soden and James A. Hart to assume the direction of this shaken league.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Boston 90 46 .662 -- Pittsburgh 81 58 .583 --
Detroit 75 60 .556 14.5 Brooklyn 75 61 .551 4.5
Chicago 69 67 .507 21 Philadelphia 76 64 .543 5.5
Philadelphia 68 68 .500 22 Cincinnati 74 65 .532 7
Washington 66 67 .496 22.5 St.Louis 68 72 .486 13.5
Baltimore 66 67 .496 22.5 Chicago 62 77 .446 19
Milwaukee 55 82 .401 35.5 New York 60 77 .438 20
Cleveland 52 84 .382 38 Boston 58 80 .420 22.5



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
N.Lajoie, PHI .358 W.Keeler, BRO .372
S.Seybold, PHI .345 C.Hickman, NY .356
M.Donlin, BAL .338 J.Burkett, STL .332

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
S.Seybold, PHI 18 T.Hartsel, CHI 9
M.Donlin, BAL 13 E.Flick, PHI 8
B.Sullivan, CHI 12 C.Hickman, NY 8

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
S.Seybold, PHI 114 E.Flick, PHI 92
M.Donlin, BAL 102 E.Heidrick, STL 92
J.Williams, BAL 101 C.Hickman, NY 92

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
C.Stahl, BOS 59 F.Clarke, PIT 46
H.McFarland, CHI 47 T.Leach, PIT 44
M.Donlin, BAL 41 T.Hartsel, CHI 43

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
C.Young, BOS 1.80 D.Phillippe, PIT 1.71
G.Winter, BOS 2.42 J.Tannehill, PIT 1.80
E.Scott, CLE 2.48 J.Menefee, CHI 1.95


Wins W Wins W
C.Young, BOS 28 N.Hahn, CIN 28
J.McGinnity, BAL 23 D.Phillippe, PIT 23
R.Patterson, CHI 22 B.Donovan, BRO 22

Saves SV Saves SV
C.Griffith, CHI 4 C.Case, CIN 4
F.Morrissey, BOS 4 J.Hughes, BRO 4
E.Plank, PHI 4 B.Wicker, STL 3

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
C.Young, BOS 170 R.Waddell, PIT/CHI 251
R.Patterson, CHI 142 C.Mathewson, NY 236
N.Garvin, MIL 129 B.Donovan, BRO 230

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AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Socks Seybold, Philadelphia (A)
136 g, 545 ab, 106 r, 188 h, 28 2b, 16 3b, 18 hr, 114 rbi, 51 bb, 41 k, 13 sb, 20 cs, .345 avg, .403 obp, .554 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
139 g, 558 ab, 89 r, 181 h, 35 2b, 19 3b, 2 hr, 84 rbi, 47 bb, 56 k, 32 sb, 19 cs, .324 avg, .376 obp, .466 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Cy Young, Boston (A)
28-9, 0 sv, 1.80 era, 44 g, 41 gs, 369.1 ip, 285 ha, 74 er, 5 hr, 49 bb, 170 k, 0.90 whip, .211 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Noodles Hahn, Cincinnati
28-13, 0 sv, 2.33 era, 43 g, 41 gs, 362.1 ip, 337 ha, 94 er, 9 hr, 66 bb, 229 k, 1.11 whip, .247 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Socks Seybold, Philadelphia (A)
136 g, 545 ab, 106 r, 188 h, 28 2b, 16 3b, 18 hr, 114 rbi, 51 bb, 41 k, 13 sb, 20 cs, .345 avg, .403 obp, .554 slg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Doc White, Philadelphia (N)
16-11, 1 sv, 2.24 era, 35 g, 27 gs, 253.0 ip, 238 ha, 63 er, 2 hr, 58 bb, 168 k, 1.17 whip, .242 oavg



Milestones & Achievements
04/26 - Hobe Ferris hits for cycle. This is the first time this season for the cycle to be struck and the first time in this history.

4/26 - Jake Beckley reaches 2000th hit
6/15 - 15-k game by Rube Waddell
7/19 - Cy Young wins number 300
7/23 - Nig Cuppy hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and in this history.


Trades
No trades were held during the season.

[captainlou]

1901-02 Off Season

Announcements

Cincinnati - Announced that they are moving into a new ball park. The ball park will be named Palace of the Fans.
Cleveland - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Cleveland Bronchos.
Milwaukee - Announced that the franchise was being relocated to Saint Louis. The club will now be known as the St.Louis Browns. Saint Louis becomes the fourth city where there will be direct competition between the leagues.



Major Retirements

CF Billy Hamilton, age 35 - 14 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .404 with 4 home runs, 87 RBIs and 98 stolen bases in 129 games.
.344 avg, 1627 g, 6421 ab, 1693 r, 2209 h, 40 hr, 740 rbi, 931 sb, .432 slg

SP Amos Rusie, age 30 - 10 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1891 when he compiled a 33-20 record with 1 save, an ERA of 2.55 and 337 strikeouts in 500.1 innings.
3.03 era, 246-174, 479 g, 3794.0 ip, 1939 k, 1715 bb, 8 sv

[SHaynes23]

You know I'll be reading this. I'm really excited to see how a historical league plays out on 12. I've been really tempted to buy it with the addition of real transactions this year, that feature sounds really amazing.

Oh, and go Cardinals!

[captainlou]

You know I'll be reading this. I'm really excited to see how a historical league plays out on 12. I've been really tempted to buy it with the addition of real transactions this year, that feature sounds really amazing.

Oh, and go Cardinals!Not only are the real transactions & lineups a great feature, but with using these you also play the schedule "as played" and not as printed, as you can see from '01's standings.

Most of the historical transactions in 1901 were mainly releases, signings and players being obtained (purchased, not traded for). I saw one trade made during the offseason but forgot to write down what it was and couldn't go back to find it.

There's also one really great feature: IN GAME SAVES!

[captainlou]

Hall of Fame Class of 1901

http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_115386.jpgBilly Hamilton, center fielder -- Inducted 1901
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.344 1627 6421 1693 2209 40 740 931 .432

http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_121559.jpgAmos Rusie, pitcher -- Inducted 1901
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
3.03 246 174 .586 477 3794.0 1939 1715 8

[captainlou]

Midway through its second season, the American League found its Baltimore outpost in the hands of the enemy, making the completion of the league schedule a muddy issue. Baltimore manager John McGraw got fed up with AL president Ban Johnson that he started negotiations and that resulted in the Orioles being bought by John T.Brush, the Chairman of the NL Executive Committee. The new owner released McGraw, Joe McGinnity, Roger Bresnahan, Dan McGann, Cy Seymour, Joe Kelley and Jack Cronin to sign with the NL clubs, leaving Baltimore with a skeleton crew. On July 17, Ban Johnson used a league regulation to revoke the franchise. The team then became operated by the AL the rest of the season using league funds and Wilbert Robinson was named manager. The Orioles, who had been in a fight with the Browns, Americans and Senators, were 10 games behind and in 4th place and ended up in 6th place, 24.5 games behind. Ban Johnson had more problems in 1902 than just the Orioles and the mess caused by John McGraw. The Pensylvania Supreme Court presented the AL with a court setback by ordering the league to Nap Lajoie, Bill Bernhard and Chick Fraser to leave the Athletics and rejoin the Phillies. Fraser returned to the Phillies, but Johnson found a loophole in the Quaker state law and transferred the contracts to the Cleveland club, who at the time was in fifth place the AL. All the other states involved in this fight ruled against the reserve clause and the other jumpers were allowed to remain where their new clubs. St.Louis replaced Milwaukee in 1902 and raided their NL crosstown team and lured Jesse Burkett, Bobby Wallace, Dick Padden, Snags Heidrick, Jack Harper and Jack Powell to the Browns. Besides the St.Louis jumpers, Ed Delahanty, Elmer Flick and Red Donahue were other top names that left their NL clubs for their new clubs in the AL. Boston went on to win the league title for the second straight season with only three games remaining in the schedule. Jimmy Collins (.345-6-72), the AL's Outstanding Batter, and Buck Freeman (.295-15-104) led the team at the plate and the mound staff was led by the AL Outstanding Pitcher, Cy Young (23-19, 2.27 ERA, 168 k) and Bill Dinneen (26-16, .294 ERA, 159 k). Washington ended up in second place, 4.5 games behind, led by "Big Ed" Delahanty (.315-12-88) and Al Orth (23-13, 2.65 ERA, 93 K). The Cleveland Bronchos, thanks to the new players, finished in third place, 5.5 games behind, thanks to the power hitting of Nap Lajoie (.324-16-78) and the arms of Earl Moore (21-11, 2.03 ERA) and the league's Oustanding Newcomer, Addie Joss (16-12, 2.42 ERA).

In the National League, the Pittsburgh Pirates managed to avoid any losses to the AL's raiding tactics for the second consecutive season and romped to an 12-game pennant winning margin over the distant runner-up, Chicago. The NL's Outstanding Hitter, Honus Wagner (.336-2-74) led the way of the Bucs squad, which also included Ginger Beaumont (.336-0-88) and Fred Clarke (.326-4-96). Jack Chesbro (23-10, 2.15 ERA)and Deacon Phillippe (24-8, 1.79 ERA, 3 saves) gave the Pirates a pair of 20-win aces. Chicago's second-place finish was due in part to Johnny Kling (.288-1-83) and Frank Chance (.268-2-50) at the plate and the pitching of Jack Taylor (19-12, 2.35 ERA) and Pop Williams (17-11, 2.09 ERA), the senior circuit's Outstanding Newcomer. After practically losing all of its offense and top pitchers to the AL, Philadelphia dropped to 6th place. The New York Giants, who started the season slowly, could not stop from finishing 21.5 games behind even with the infusion of Baltimore talent.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Boston 83 54 .606 -- Pittsburgh 94 45 .676 --
Washington 78 58 .574 4.5 Chicago 81 56 .591 12
Cleveland 77 59 .566 5.5 Cincinnati 75 65 .536 19.5
St.Louis 73 63 .537 9.5 New York 71 65 .522 21.5
Philadelphia 66 70 .484 16.5 Brooklyn 69 69 .500 24.5
Baltimore 59 79 .428 24.5 Philadelphia 59 78 .431 34
Detroit 57 78 .422 25 Boston 54 83 .394 39
Chicago 51 83 .381 30.5 St.Louis 46 88 .343 45.5



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
L.Cross, PHI .364 S.Crawford, CIN .342
Collins, BOS .345 H.Wagner, PIT .336
J.Williams, BAL .334 G.Beaumont, PIT .336

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
N.Lajoie, CLE 16 J.Sheckard, BRO 7
Freeman, BOS 15 S.Crawford, CIN 6
S.Seybold, PHI 15 F.Clarke, PIT 4

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
S.Seybold, PHI 125 F.Clarke, PIT 96
B.Freeman, BOS 104 G.Beaumont, PIT 88
J.Anderson, STL 96 J.Kling,CHI

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
G.Davis, CHI 52 H.Wagner, PIT 48
T.Hartsel, PHIL 41 D.Cooley, BOS 47
C.Stahl, BOS 37 F.Chance, CHI 44

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
E.Moore, CLE 1.58 J.Tannehill, PIT 1.60
R.Donahue, STL 2.25 J.Menefee, CHI 1.68
C.Young, BOS 2.27 D.Phillippe, PIT 1.79


Wins W Wins W
B.Dinneen, BOS 26 D.Phillippe, PIT 24
J.Powell, STL 24 J.Chesbro, PIT 23
A.Orth, WAS 23 N.Hahn, CIN 23

Saves SV Saves SV
C.Smith, CLE 5 C.Lundgren, CHI 5
C.Vorhees, WAS 4 B.Dresser, BOS 4
J.Katoll, BAL 3 B.Ewing, CIN 4

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
R.Waddell, PHI 171 V.Willis, BOS 252
C.Young, BOS 168 C.Mathewson, NY 202
B.Dinneen, BOS 159 N.Hahn, CIN 184

[captainlou]

AL Outstanding Batter Award
Jimmy Collins, Boston (A)
137 g, 537 ab, 81 r, 185 h, 36 2b, 20 3b, 6 hr, 72 rbi, 40 bb, 38 k, 23 sb, 27 cs, .345 avg, .390 obp, .520 slg

NL Outstanding Batter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
139 g, 574 ab, 85 r, 193 h, 27 2b, 20 3b, 2 hr, 74 rbi, 44 bb, 50 k, 48 sb, 34 cs, .336 avg, .388 obp, .463 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Cy Young, Boston (A)
23-19, 0 sv, 2.27 era, 45 g, 44 gs, 381.1 ip, 332 ha, 96 er, 8 hr, 48 bb, 168 k, 1.00 whip, .233 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh
24-8, 3 sv, 1.79 era, 36 g, 31 gs, 287.1 ip, 236 ha, 57 er, 1 hr, 37 bb, 117 k, 0.95 whip, .223 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Addie Joss, Cleveland
16-12, 1 sv, 2.42 era, 38 g, 29 gs, 267.2 ip, 272 ha, 72 er, 2 hr, 63 bb, 132 k, 1.25 whip, .259 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Pop Williams, Chicago (N)
17-11, 0 sv, 2.09 era, 31 g, 29 gs, 246.0 ip, 209 ha, 57 er, 0 hr, 55 bb, 86 k, 1.07 whip, .224 oavg



Milestones & Achievements
5/07 - Honus Wagner swats 6 hits
5/30 - Ed Delahanty hits for cycle. This is the first time this season for the cycle to be hit and the second time in modern history.
6/14 - Herman Long gets 2000th hit
6/24 - Dummy Hoy collects 2000th hit
8/05 - Jesse Burkett hits for cycle. This is the second time this season for the cycle to be struck and the third time in history.
8/19 - Danny Murphy goes 6-6
8/19 - 2000th hit for Lave Cross
8/20 - George Davis collects hit number 2000
9/06 - Hit #2000 for Patsy Donovan
9/07 - Ed Delahanty reaches 2500 hits plateau



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Hits: 215 - L.Cross, Philadelphia (A)
Doubles: 39 - B.Wallace, St.Louis (A)
Triples: 22 - J.Williams, Baltimore
RBI: 125 - S.Seybold, Philadelphia (A)
Walks: 125 - J.McGraw, Baltimore/New York (N)

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.58 - E.Moore, Cleveland
Losses: 27 - S.Yerkes, St.Louis (N)
Saves: 5 - C.Lundgren, Chicago (N); C.Smith, Cleveland
Strikeouts: 252 - V.Willis, Boston (N)


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Batting Average: .364 - L.Cross, Philadelphia (A)
Hits: 215 - L.Cross, Philadelphia (A)
Doubles: 39 - B.Wallace, St.Louis (A)
Triples: 22 - J.Williams, Baltimore
RBI: 125 - S.Seybold, Philadelphia (A)
Hitting Streak: 24 - H.Bay, Cleveland

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.58 - E.Moore, Cleveland
Losses: 26 - R.Patterson, Chicago
Saves: 5 - C.Smith, Cleveland


NL Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Losses: 27 - S.Yerkes, St.Louis (N)
Saves: 5 - C.Lundgren, Chicago (N)
Strikeouts: 252 - V.Willis, Boston (N)

[captainlou]

1902-03 Off Season

Announcements

BALTIMORE - Announced that the AL has transferred the franchise to New York. They will now be known as the New York Highlanders and will play their home games at Hilltop Park. New York City now joins St.Louis, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia as cities with competing franchises from both leagues.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL - Announced that the American League and National League have agreed to a new National Agreement after the American League refused a merger offer by the National League and more raiding by the AL had taken place. Both leagues will recognize each other as equals and both agreed to respect the contracts and reserve clauses of all teams. The American League was also given the okay to place the former Baltimore franchise in New York City providing that they would not place a franchise in Pittsburgh.



Trades
01/01 - St.Louis (N) gets 3b Jimmy Burke (28 yrs old, .500-0-0-1 in 1902), Pittsburgh gets 3b Otto Krueger (26 yrs old, .244-1-46-18 in 1902)

03/07 - New York (N) gets 2b Kid Gleason (36 yrs old, .220-2-68-17 in 1902), Detroit gets 2b Heinie Smith (31 yrs old, .228-1-47-12 in 1902)

04/01 - St.Louis (N) gets P Bob Rhoads (24 yrs old, 6-7, 0 sv, 3.01 ERA, 37 k in 1902), Chicago (N) gets P Bob Wicker (24 yrs old, 10-7, 1 sv, 3.89 ERA, 68 k in 1902)

Major Retirements

CF Dummy Hoy, age 40. 14 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .325 with 1 home run, 60 RBIs and 22 stolen bases in 131 games.
.287 avg, 1858 games, 7271 ab, 1415 r, 2088 h, 41 hr, 757 rbi, 601 sb

C Wilbert Robinson, age 39. 17 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .353 with 1 home run, 98 RBIs and 12 stolen bases in 109 games.
.270 avg, 1322 g, 4825 ab, 600 r, 1303 h, 17 hr, 666 rbi, 200 sb

[BHK1978]

You know I'll be reading this. I'm really excited to see how a historical league plays out on 12. I've been really tempted to buy it with the addition of real transactions this year, that feature sounds really amazing.

Oh, and go Cardinals!

I am back as well.

As for 12, well I have some problems with it. I always play as a fictional league and it seems that all of my teams lose millions of dollars every year. At the end of every season I have to edit the money the team has.

Also, I find it annoying that the manager of the year always has to go to the team that wins the championship and the team that loses in the championship game. I mean what is the point of the feature if they are just going to do that. Okay end of rant.:D

This looks to be very good and I am glad you brought it back.

[SHaynes23]

Ouch, 45 games back for my Cardinals. Stupid Browns stealing all their players. They'll get their comeuppance. :)

In regards to that, this is the reason I'm probably gonna get OOTP 12 soon and refire up the history of the Cardinals dynasty with it. In 11 the Cardinals dominated early on because they kept all their star players. On here they are just a bunch of schlubs like they were in real life.

[captainlou]

Ouch, 45 games back for my Cardinals. Stupid Browns stealing all their players. They'll get their comeuppance. :)

In regards to that, this is the reason I'm probably gonna get OOTP 12 soon and refire up the history of the Cardinals dynasty with it. In 11 the Cardinals dominated early on because they kept all their star players. On here they are just a bunch of schlubs like they were in real life.Thanks to the new features of having the real life transactions & lineups, including schedules "as played" when using those features, we can get a look at what the managers & teams were thinking throughout history.

Also at ootp I am playing with the 1972 Red Sox. If I knew that I would also have gotten the schedule "as played" I could have done it with the transactions/lineups feature.

[captainlou]

1903-Year In Review

In the National League, the Pittsburgh Pirates fought all season long with the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs and held only a 2.5 game lead with only ten games remaining. The Pirates finally were able to eliminate the Cubs with just under a week remaining and then there was two. Pittsburgh and New York battled until the Pirates were able to clinch their third straight title with 3 games remaining. The Pirates were led on the mound by a pair of 20-game winners, Deacon Phillippe (22-13, 2.44 ERA) and Sam Leever (28-7, 2.45 ERA) and the bats of both Fred Clarke (.335-5-96)and Honus Wagner (.339-4-93). The Chicago Cubs ended up in second place, only 3 games behind Pittsburgh, in part due to the hitting of the NL's Outstanding Hitter, Frank Chance (.335-5-89) and the pitching of 20-game winner Jake Weimer (21-9, 2.48 ERA). The New York Giants stayed close throughout the season and finished in third place, 3.5 games back, thanks to the bats of Roger Bresnahan (.333-5-79) and Sam Mertes (.303-5-95) and the arms of both Joe McGinnity (27-17, 3.44 ERA) and Christy Mathewson (28-9, 1.65 ERA), the senior circuit's Outstanding Pitcher.

The pennant race in the American League was another story as the Cleveland Naps caught fire and never looked back, eventually clinching their first AL title with a week and a half to go. The AL's Outstanding Hitter Award winner Nap Lajoie (.355-10-91) led the attack with Bill Bradley (.301-9-65) and Elmer Flick (.300-4-66) providing added support. The mound staff was led by the AL's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner, Earl Moore (19-6, 1.48 ERA), and also featured 18-game winner Addie Joss (18-13, 1.70 ERA). The Boston Americans, winners of the first two AL pennants, finished a distant second place, 11 games behind. Patsy Dougherty (.298-3-73), Buck Freeman (.289-13-106) and Tom Hughes (21-10, 2.15 ERA) were the major stars of the team. The Detroit Tigers ended up in third place, 16 games back, thanks to the bat of "Wahoo" Sam Crawford (.302-3-65) and the arms of George Mullin (22-16, 2.02 ERA) and Bill Donovan (19-15, 1.84 ERA).

The two pennant winners became teams of destiny when their owners made a handshake agreement to face each other in a best of nine series to determine the world's champion. A crowd of over 8,000 were on hand for the first World Series game, a match up between aces Addie Joss and Deacon Phillippe. Joss outpitched Phillippe, winning 6-3, then also hurled a 2-1, gem in game #5 to give the Naps a 4-games-to-1 lead. The Pirates came back to win the next three games to tie the series then Joss outdueled Phillippe for a third time, 4-1, to lead Cleveland to a 5-games-to-4 win for the first "world's championship".

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Cleveland 92 48 .657 -- Pittsburgh 87 53 .621 --
Boston 80 58 .580 11 Chicago 83 55 .601 3
Detroit 74 62 .544 16 New York 83 56 .597 3.5
Philadelphia 67 68 .496 22.5 Cincinnati 69 70 .496 17.5
Washington 65 72 .474 25.5 Philadelphia 67 68 .496 17.5
Chicago 59 78 .431 31.5 Brooklyn 65 71 .478 20
New York 57 77 .425 32 Boston 49 89 .355 37
St.Louis 54 85 .388 37.5 St.Louis 48 89 .350 37.5



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
N.Callahan, CHI .317 M.Donlin, CIN .344
Keeler, NY .306 H.Wagner, PIT .339
H.Davis, PHI .304 F.Chance, CHI .335

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
Freeman, BOS 13 J.Sheckard, BRO 6
Lajoie, CLE 10 G.Beaumont, PIT 5
S.Seybold, PHI 10 J.Beckley, CIN 5

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
B.Freeman, BOS 106 J.Kling, CHI 111
N.Lajoie, CLE 91 J.Tinker, CHI 102
C.Hickman, CLE 79 H.Steinfeldt, CIN 99

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
H.Bay, CLE 61 F.Chance, CHI 53
P.Dougherty, BOS 43 E.Gremminger, BOS 42
E.Flick, CLE 43 F.Clarke, PIT 38

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
B.Bernhard, CLE 1.39 C.Mathewson, NY 1.65
E.Moore, CLE 1.48 N.Garvin, BRO 2.17
A.Joss, CLE 1.70 E.Poole, CIN 2.29


Wins W Wins W
E.Plank, PHI 23 S.Leever, PIT 28
G.Mullin, DET 22 C.Mathewson, NY 28
T.Hughes, BOS 21 N.Hahn, CIN 23

Saves SV Saves SV
R.Kisinger, DET 5 J.Pfiester, PIT 6
A.Puttmann, NY 4 R.Ames, NY 5
N.Altrock, CHI 2 S.Leever, PIT 4

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
R.Waddell, PHI 324 C.Mathewson, NY 256
E.Plank, PHI 188 V.Willis, BOS 171
B.Donovan, DET 181 J.Weimer, CHI 166

Postseason

1903 World Series

Game #1
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3
Cleveland 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 x - 6
WP - A.Joss (1-0)
LP - D.Phillippe (0-1)


Game #2
Pittsburgh 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4
WP - S.Leever (1-0)
LP - M.Glendon (0-1)
SV - J.Pfiester (1)


Game #3
Cleveland 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 6
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2
WP - B.Bernhard (1-0)
LP - E.Doheny (0-1)


Game #4
Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 - 8
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 4
WP - R.Donahue (1-0)
LP - K.Wilhelm (0-1)


Game #5
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 2
WP - A.Joss (2-0)
LP - D.Phillippe (0-2)


Game #6
Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 5
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 - 4
WP - S.Leever (2-0)
LP - E.Moore (0-1)


Game #7
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 - 4
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 - 5
WP - E.Doheny (1-1)
LP - B.Bernhard (1-1)


Game #8
Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2
Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 0 4
WP - K.Wilhelm (1-1)
LP - R.Donahue (1-1)


Game #9
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
Cleveland 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 x - 4
WP - A.Joss (3-0)
LP - D.Phillippe (0-3)

[captainlou]

AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Nap Lajoie, Cleveland
140 g, 561 ab, 75 r, 199 h, 35 2b, 7 3b, 10 hr, 91 rbi, 40 bb, 60 k, 0 sb, 2 cs, .355 avg, .404 obp, .496 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Frank Chance, Chicago (N)
138 g, 534 ab, 108 r, 179 h, 26 2b, 24 3b, 5 hr, 89 rbi, 87 bb, 49 k, 53 sb, 38 cs, .335 avg, .435 obp, .502 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Earl Moore, Cleveland
19-6, 1 sv, 1.48 era, 33 g, 27 gs, 248.2 ip, 201 ha, 41 er, 1 hr, 58 bb, 150 k, 1.04 whip, .217 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
28-9, 1 sv, 1.65 era, 42 g, 41 gs, 366.0 ip, 316 ha, 67 er, 8 hr, 87 bb, 256 k, 1.10 whip, .229 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Chief Bender, Philadelphia (A)
13-18, 0 sv, 3.51 era, 34 g, 32 gs, 282.1 ip, 291 ha, 110 er, 6 hr, 81 bb, 171 k, 1.32 whip, .267 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Jake Weimer, Chicago (N)
21-9, 0 sv, 2.48 era, 33 g, 32 gs, 279.0 ip, 280 ha, 77 er, 3 hr, 70 bb, 166 k, 1.25 whip, .253 oavg


Milestones & Achievements
5/19 - Jimmy Collins goes cycling. This is the first time for the cycle to be hit this season and the fourth time in history.
5/23 - Willie Keeler reaches 2000 hits
8/08 - Ed Phelps collects cycle. This is the second time this season for the cycle and the fifth time in history.
9/03 - Cy Young gets win #350
9/15 - Vic Willis twirls no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the second one in history.


In-season Trades
6/09 - Chicago (A) gets 2b George Magoon (28 yrs old, .221-0-49-6), Cincinnati gets 1b Cozy Dolan (30 yrs old, .280-1-42-17) and 2b Tom Daly (37 yrs old, .291-0-53-15)

6/10 - New York (A) gets ss Kid Elberfeld (28 yrs old, .265-2-55-24), Detroit gets ss Ernie Courtney (29 yrs old, .232-3-51-19) and 2b Herman Long (37 yrs old, .235-1-25-12)

6/13 - Chicago (A) gets rf Ducky Holmes (34 yrs old, .256-5-58-37). Washington got p Davey Dunkle (30 yrs old, 0-4, 1 sv, 3.16 era, 9 k) on 7/20 to complete the deal

7/16 - St.Louis (A) gets rf Joe Martin (28 yrs old, .213-1-17-0), Washington gets 2b Barry McCormick (28 yrs old, .254-1-17-4)

7/16 - Detroit gets 3b Paddy Greene (29 yrs old, .313-0-10-4), New York (A) gets p John Deering (26 yrs old, 8-6, 0 sv, 3.04 era, 22 k)

8/01 - Cleveland gets p Red Donahue (30 yrs old, 17-13, 0 sv, 2.69 era, 86 k), St.Louis (A) gets p Gene Wright (24 yrs old, 8-9, 0 sv, 3.33 era, 83 k)


MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Doubles: 43 - J.Kling, Chicago (N)
Triples: 24 - F.Chance, Chicago (N)
Stolen Bases: 61 - H.Bay, Cleveland

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.39 - B.Bernhard, Cleveland
Wins: 28 - S.Leever, Pittsburgh & C.Mathewson, New York (N)
Saves: 6 - J.Pfiester, Pittsburgh
Bases on Balls: 159 - T.Pittinger, Boston (N)
Strikeouts: 324 - R.Waddell, Philadelphia (A)

AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Doubles: 39 - B.Freeman, Boston (A)
Stolen Bases: 61 - H.Bay, Cleveland

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.39 - B.Bernhard, Cleveland
Saves: 5 - R.Kisinger, Detroit
Strikeouts: 324 - R.Waddell, Philadelphia

[b]NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Doubles: 43 - J.Kling, Chicago (N)
Triples: 24 - F.Chance, Chicago (N)
Runs Batted In: 111 - J.Kling, Chicago (N)
Runs - 108 - F.Chance, Chicago (N)
Walks: 109 - R.Thomas, Philadelphia (N)
Stolen Bases: 53 - F.Chance, Chicago (N)

Pitching
Wins: 28 - S.Leever, Pittsburgh & C.Mathewson, New York (N)
Saves: 6 - J.Pfiester, Pittsburgh
Bases on Balls: 159 - T.Pittinger, Boston (N)
Strikeouts: 256 - C.Mathewson, New York (N)

[captainlou]

1903-04 Off Season

Announcements

MLB - Announced that the number of games during the regular season has been increased from 140 to 154.



Trades

10/06 - St.Louis (A) gets c Jack O'Connor (37 yrs old, .042-0-0-0), New York (A) gets 1b John Anderson (29 yrs old, .257-5-72-10)

12/12 - Brooklyn gets ss Charlie Babb (32 yrs old, .247-0-69-22) and p Jack Cronin (29 yrs old, 9-3, 0 sv, 2.58 era, 39 k), New York (N) gets ss Bill Dahlen (34 yrs old, .283-3-63-34)

12/12 - Chicago (N) gets p Mordecai Brown (28 yrs old, 10-13, 0 sv, 2.75 era, 91 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Larry McLean (22 yrs old, .500-0-1-0) and p Jack Taylor (30 yrs old, 19-14, 0 sv, 3.15 era, 43 k)

12/20 - New York (A) gets p Tom Hughes (25 yrs old, 21-10, 0 sv, 2.15 era, 127 k), Boston (A) gets p Jesse Tannehill (29 yrs old, 14-13, 0 sv, 3.06 era, 133 k)

01/01 - Cleveland gets lf Billy Lush (30 yrs old, .240-2-33-27), Detroit gets p Ed Killian (28 yrs old, 5-0, 0 sv, 1.32 era, 22 k) and p Jesse Stovall (29 yrs old, 2-4, 0 sv, 3.31 era, 6 k)

03/06 - St.Louis (A) gets p Harry Howell (27 yrs old, 4-8, 0 sv, 3.00 era, 50 k), New York (A) gets Jack Powell (29 yrs old, 17-14, 0 sv, 2.32 era, 155 k)



Major Retirements

2B Tom Daly, age 37 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .341 with 8 home runs, 82 RBIs and 51 stolen bases in 123 games.
.277 avg, 1577 g, 5783 ab, 1013 r, 1601 h, 49 hr, 779 rbi, 412 sb

LF Ed Delahanty, age 35 - 16 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .404 with 11 home runs, 106 RBIs and 46 stolen bases in 116 games.
.338 avg, 1941 g, 7854 ab, 1620 r, 2652 h, 100 hr, 1456 rbi, 452 sb

LF Jim O'Rourke, age 53 - 21 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1890 when he batted .360 with 9 home runs, 115 RBIs and 23 stolen bases in 111 games.
.311 avg, 1998 g, 8501 ab, 1728 r, 2642 h, 62 hr, 1203 rbi, 224 sb

LF George Van Haltren, age 37 - 17 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .340 with 8 home runs, 103 RBIs and 32 stolen bases in 131 games.
.314 avg, 1998 g, 7940 ab, 1621 r, 2495 h, 68 hr, 1017 rbi, 570 sb

C Chief Zimmer, age 42 - 19 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .340 with 5 home runs, 56 RBIs and 14 stolen bases in 88 games.
.266 avg, 1443 g, 5000 ab, 678 r, 1330 h, 26 hr, 676 rbi, 178 sb

[captainlou]

Hall of Fame - Class of 1903


http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_113218_0.jpgEd Delahanty, right fielder -- inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.338 1941 7854 1620 2652 100 1456 452 .492

http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_120054.jpgJim O'Rourke, left fielder -- Inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.311 1998 8501 1728 2642 62 1203 224 .423

*Jimmy Ryan, center fielder -- inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.304 2051 8361 1648 2544 119 1170 412 .438

*George Van Haltren, center fielder -- inducted 1903
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.314 1998 7940 1621 2495 68 1017 570 .418

[captainlou]

1904 - Year In Review

In the American League, the Cleveland Naps took the lead at the beginning of the season before giving way to the Philadelphia Athletics at the beginning of July. The Naps came back to take the lead during September and held a 4-game lead with a week and a half remaining. Cleveland was able to hold on and clinch their first AL title with a half a week to go. Led by a lineup that included the AL's Outstanding hitter, Nap Lajoie (.346-5-69) and Bill Bradley (.282-4-76), the strength of the team was it's pitching, which was led by the arms of 20-game winners Bill Bernhard (20-15, 2.43 ERA) and Red Donahue (20-12, 1.69 ERA). Philadelphia ended the season in second place, 4 games behind, were led at the plate by Socks Seybold (.323-8-77) and Harry Davis (.287-8-78) and on the mound by Eddie Plank (26-16, 2.45 ERA) and Rube Waddell (29-14, 1.76 ERA), the junior circuit's Outstanding Pitcher. The Boston Americans finished in third place, 5.5 games behind Cleveland, thanks to the hitting of Buck Freeman (.289-6-75) and the pitching of Cy Young (27-15, 2.02 ERA) and a couple of 18-game winners, Bill Dinneen (18-15, 1.68 ERA) and Jesse Tannehill (18-13, 2.11 ERA).

In the senior circuit, the New York Giants took the lead at the beginning of July then took off and coasted to win their first pennant in the modern era as they clinched the NL pennant with slightly over two weeks remaining. Dan McGann (.284-7-89), Sam Mertes (.283-4-98) and Roger Bresnahan (.279-4-90) led the way at the plate and the mound crew was led by 20-game winners Dummy Taylor (26-10, 2.00 ERA), Joe McGinnity (23-17, 2.45 ERA) and Christy Mathewson (30-13, 1.28 ERA), who won the pitching triple crown and was the NL's Outstanding Pitcher. The Cincinnati Reds ended up in second place, a distant 16 games behind, thanks to a pitching staff led by Jack Harper (20-12, 2.19 ERA), Buck Ewing (18-9, 2.25 ERA) and Noodles Hahn (18-17, 2.02 ERA) and at the plate by Cy Seymour (.339-6-88). Pittsburgh finished the season in third place, a whopping 26 games behind the winning Giants, thanks to the bats of the senior circuit's Outstanding Hitter, Honus Wagner (.332-2-68), Fred Clarke (.324-4-105) and Ginger Beaumont (.302-7-58) and the arms of Sam Leever (14-15, 2.27 ERA) and Deacon Phillippe (14-10, 1.62 ERA).

The American and National Leagues coexisted without incident during the season, but the fall was a different matter. The Naps offered to meet the Giants but the President of the Giants considered the NL to be the premier league so they declined the offer so there was no World Series played at the end of the 1904 season. NL President Harry Pulliam supported John T. Brush by stating that the series was a voluntary arrangement. Brush, however, decided to propose that the World Series be made annual and a compulsory affair. His "rules" of governing the series in playing and financial matters were adopted and were used to set the autumn classic to firm standards for the annual event.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Cleveland 92 59 .609 -- New York 108 45 .706 --
Philadelphia 88 63 .583 4 Cincinnati 92 61 .601 16
Boston 88 66 .571 5.5 Pittsburgh 82 71 .536 26
Detroit 83 69 .546 9.5 Chicago 81 72 .529 27
Chicago 72 82 .468 21.5 St.Louis 75 79 .487 33.5
St.Louis 69 83 .454 23.5 Philadelphia 68 84 .447 39.5
New York 66 85 .437 26 Brooklyn 65 88 .425 43
Washington 50 101 .331 42 Boston 41 112 .268 67



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
N.Lajoie, CLE .346 C.Seymour, CIN .339
S.Seybold, PHI .323 H.Wagner, PIT .332
W.Keeler, NY .307 F.Chance, CHI .325

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
C.Hickman, DET 11 D.Cooley, BOS 10
H.Davis, PHI 8 M.Grady, STL 8
D.Murphy, PHI 8 H.Lumley, BRO 8

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
C.Hickman, DET 96 F.Clarke, PIT 105
C.Stahl, BOS 79 J.Evers, CHI 99
H.Davis, PHI 78 S.Mertes, NY 98

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
T.Hartsel, PHI 42 F.Chance, CHI 54
E.Heidrick, STL 41 S.Magee, PHI 50
F.Jones, CHI 40 F.Odwell, CIN 48

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
B.Dinneen, BOS 1.68 C.Mathewson, NY 1.28
R.Donahue, DET 1.71 W.Kellum, CIN 1.46
B.Donovan, DET 1/82 D.Phillippe, PIT 1.62


Wins W Wins W
R.Waddell, PHI 29 C.Mathewson, NY 30
C.Young, BOS 27 D.Taylor, NY 26
G.Mullin, DET 26 McGinnity, NY 23

Saves SV Saves SV
B.Donovan, DET 4 R.Ames, NY 6
C.Griffith, NY 4 B.Ewing, CIN 5
C.Bender, PHI 3 R.Caldwell, PHI 4

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
R.Waddell, PHI 388 C.Mathewson, NY 251
C.Young, BOS 239 V.Willis, BOS 208
J.Chesbro, NY 230 J.Weimer, CHI 171

[captainlou]

AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Nap Lajoie, Cleveland Naps
151 games, 592 ab, 83 r, 205 h, 34 2b, 17 3b, 5 hr, 69 rbi, 42 bb, 47 k, 24 sb, 15 cs, .346 avg, .392 obp, .486 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
153 g, 600 ab, 95 r, 199 h, 34 2b, 18 3b, 2 hr, 68 rbi, 89 bb, 56 k, 46 sb, 31 cs, .332 avg, .423 obp, .458 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)
29-14, 0 sv, 1.76 era, 46 g, 46 gs, 408.1 ip, 310 ha, 80 er, 6 hr, 97 bb, 388 k, 1.00 whip, .210 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
30-13, 1 sv, 1.28 era, 47 g, 45 gs, 406.1 ip, 315 ha, 58 er, 6 hr, 84 bb, 251 k, 0.98 whip, .212 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Frank Smith, Chicago (A)
9-16, 0 sv, 2.15 era, 28 g, 23 gs, 213.1 ip, 182 ha, 51 er, 1 hr, 62 bb, 133 k, 1.14 whip, .228 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Hooks Wiltse, New York (N)
15-1, 2 sv, 2.52 era, 20 g, 16 gs, 150.0 ip, 134 ha, 42 er, 4 hr, 49 bb, 110 k, 1.22 whip, .238 oavg



Trades

6/17 - New York (A) gets LF Patsy Dougherty (29 yrs old, .265-3-37-16), Boston (A) gets 3B Bob Unglaub (24 yrs old, .250-0-1-1)

7/04 - Boston (A) gets LF Kip Selbach (.250-1-44-17), Washington gets CF Bill O'Neill (.197-0-29-14)

7/14 - St.Louis (A) gets SS Charles Moran (26 yrs old, .251-1-27-6), Washington gets 3B Hunter Hill (26 yrs old, .214-1-14-1) and LF Frank Huelsman (30 yrs old, .204-0-44-8)

7/20 - Chicago (N) gets LF Shad Barry (26 yrs old, .159-0-7-2), Philadelphia (N) gets P Frank Corridon (24 yrs old, 15-8, 0 sv, 2.85 era, 88 k)

7/20 - New York (A) gets P Al Orth (32 yrs old, 9-16, 1 sv, 2.27 era, 84 k), Washington gets P Tom Hughes (16-18, 0 s, 2.22 era, 156 k) and P Barney Wolfe (29 yrs old, 6-12, 0 sv, 2.76 era, 52 k)

8/07 - Cleveland gets 1B Charlie Carr (27 yrs old, .264-0-50-8), Detroit gets 2B Charlie Hickman (28 yrs old, .287-11-97-26)

8/07 - Pittsburgh gets CF Moose McCormick (24 yrs old, .262-0-32-14), New York (N) gets RF Mike Donlin (26 yrs old, .319-6-92-44), Cincinnati gets RF Jimmy Sebring (23 yrs old, .251-3-51-18)



Milestones & Achievements
4/19 - Jesse Burkett reaches 2500 hits
4/29 - Jake Berkley gets 2500th hit
6/10 - Cy Young hurls no-hitter. This was the first no-no thrown this season and the third in modern history



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Triples: 28 - Sam Crawford, Detroit
Strikeouts: 110 - Harry Bay, Cleveland

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.28 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
Wins: 30 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
Losses: 30 - Togie Pittinger, Boston (N)
Saves: 6 - Red Ames, New York (N)
Strikeouts: 388 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Triples: 28 - Sam Crawford, Detroit
Strikeouts: 110 - Harry Bay, Cleveland

Pitching
Wins: 29 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)
Losses: 28 - Jack Chesbro, New York (A)
Strikeouts: 388 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)


NL Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.28 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
Wins: 30 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
Losses: 30 - Togie Pittinger, Boston (N)
Saves: 6 - Red Ames, New York (N)

[captainlou]

1904-05 Off Season

Announcements

MLB - Announced that it was agreed by both leagues to have their champions meet at the conclusion of the regular season in a best of seven series to determine a "world's" champion.

CLEVELAND - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Cleveland Naps, in honor of their star hitter, Nap Lajoie.



Trades

12/20 - Boston (N) gets P Chick Fraser (31 yrs old, 17-20, 0 sv, 3.53 era, 147 k), and 3B Harry Wolverton (31 yrs old, .235-1-48-19), Philadelphia (N) gets P Togie Pittinger (33 yrs old, 8-30, 2 sv, 2.72 era, 159 k)

12/26 - Boston (A) gets LF Jesse Burkett (36 yrs old, .279-4-59-37), St.Louis (A) gets LF George Stone (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

02/01 - Pittsburgh gets C Heinie Peitz (34 yrs old, .235-0-2-0), Cincinnati gets C Ed Phelps (27 yrs old, .256-0-40-9)



Major Retirements

SS Herman Long, age 38 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .324 with 12 home runs, 79 RBIs and 24 stolen bases.
.276 avg, 2034 g, 8232 ab, 1511 r, 2272 h, 94 hr, 1101 rbi, 553 sb

[captainlou]

In a pitchers year which saw only four regulars .300 hitters in the American League, the Cleveland team batting average of .262 was good enough to score a league leading 609 runs and bring the Naps their third straight AL championship. The Naps repeat, which they won with 3 games remaining, came about via the AL Outstanding Hitter Nap Lajoie's team-leading .330 batting average and the arms of Addie Joss (23-10, 2.08 ERA) and Otto Hess (18-5, 1.97 ERA). Boston finished in second place thanks to a pitching staff led by Jesse Tannehill (19-12, 2.43 ERA) and 17-game winners Cy Young (17-16, 1.92 ERA) and Bill Dinneen (17-11, 2.11 ERA). The Athletics ended in third place, 6 games behind Cleveland. The Mackmen were led by the arms of 20-game winner Eddie Plank (24-16, 2.46 ERA) and Rube Waddell (19-16, 1.93 ERA) and at the plate by Socks Seybold (.316-7-61) and Harry Davis (.298-13-89).

In the National League, the New York Giants took the lead right from the start and clinched the title with a week and a half to go in the season. The Giants's attack was led by the NL's Outstanding Hitter, Sam Mertes (.333-3-11), Mike "Turkey" Donlin (.319-9-76) and Art Devlin (.294-3-52). The mound staff was led by Joe McGinnity (25-9, 2.12 ERA) and the senior circuit's Outstanding Pitcher, Christy Mathewson (29-8, 1.56 ERA). The improving Chicago Cubs finished the season in second place, 10 games behind, thanks to the bat of Frank Chance (.331-0-56) and the arms of Jake Weimer (20-10, 1.72 ERA) and Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown (15-9, 1.66 ERA). The Cincinnati Reds finished in third place, a distant 18 games behind the Giants, featuring the hitting duo of Cy Seymour (.323-10-97) and Harry Steinfeldt (.313-4-90) and the arms of Orval Overall (21-17, 2.59 ERA) and Bob Ewing (19-11, 2.27 ERA).

After a one year interruption, the World Series resumed with a dazzling pitching performance by the Giants' staff, led by Christy Mathewson (2-0, 0.43 ERA), holding the Naps to only 8 runs in taking the series 4 games to 1 to win their first world's championship.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Cleveland 93 61 .604 -- New York 103 50 .673 --
Boston 88 64 .579 4 Chicago 93 60 .608 10
Philadelphia 84 64 .568 6 Cincinnati 85 68 .556 18
New York 78 71 .523 12.5 St.Louis 83 71 .539 20.5
Detroit 73 80 .477 19.5 Pittsburgh 76 77 .497 27
Chicago 69 83 .454 23 Philadelphia 69 83 .454 33.5
St.Louis 63 90 .412 29.5 Brooklyn 54 98 .355 48.5
Washington 58 93 .384 33.5 Boston 49 105 .318 54.5



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
N.Lajoie, CLE .330 H.Wagner, PIT .342
G.Stone, STL .319 S.Mertes, NY .333
S.Seybold, PHI .316 F.Chance, CHI .331

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
H.Davis, PHI 13 C.Seymour, CIN 10
G.Stone, STL 9 M.Donlin, NY 9
S.Seybold, PHI 7 F.Odwell, CIN 9

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
B.Bradley, CLE 92 S.Mertes, NY 111
H.Davis, PHI 89 S.Magee, PHI 108
E.Flick, CLE 82 C.Seymour, CIN 97

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
H.Bay, CLE 50 B.Maloney, CHI 63
D.Hoffman, PHI 47 S.Magee, PHI 49
N.Callahan, CHI 46 F.Chance, CHI 48

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
N.Gibson, BOS 1.82 C.Mathewson, NY 1.56
F.Smith, CHI 1.84 R.Ames, NY 1.58
C.Young, BOS 1.92 M.Brown, CHI 1.66


Wins W Wins W
E.Plank, PHI 24 C.Mathewson, NY 29
A.Joss, CLE 23 J.McGinnity, NY 25
A.Orth, NY 23 J.Taylor, STL 23

Saves SV Saves SV
C.Griffith, NY 7 J.Harper, CIN 6
J.Chesbro, NY 6 W.Kellum, STL 5
J.Buchanan, STL 5 J.Weimer, CHI 3

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
R.Waddell, PHI 269 R.Ames, NY 207
E.Plank, PHI 218 O.Overall, CIN 199
H.Howell, STL 209 C.Mathewson, NY 197

Postseason

1905 World Series

Game #1
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
New York (N) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 x - 5
WP - C.Mathewson (1-0)
LP - A.Joss (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Cleveland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3
New York (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 4
WP - R.Ames (1-0)
LP - E.Moore (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
New York 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2
WP - R.Donahue (1-0)
LP - J.McGinnity (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
New York (N) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1
WP - C.Mathewson (2-0)
LP - B.Bernhard (0-1)
HR - none


Game #5
New York (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3
Cleveland 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2
WP - R.Ames (2-0)
LP - E.Moore (0-2)
HR - NY: G.Davis (1) CLE: B.Bradley (1)

[captainlou]

AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Nap Lajoie, Cleveland
154 g, 634 ab, 86 r, 209 h, 42 2b, 13 3b, 3 hr, 71 rbi, 32 bb, 72 k, 11 sb, 12 cs, .330 avg, .367 obp, .451 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Sam Mertes, New York (N)
153 g, 630 ab, 98 r, 210 h, 35 2b, 31 3b, 3 hr, 111 rbi, 48 bb, 62 k, 40 sb, 38 cs, .333 avg, .380 obp, .502 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Al Orth, New York (A)
23-13, 0 sv, 1.95 era, 38 g, 37 gs, 336.2 ip, 302 ha, 73 er, 8 hr, 77 bb, 145 k, 1.13 whip, .239 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
29-8, 2 sv, 1.56 era, 42 g, 37 gs, 341.1 ip, 261 ha, 59 er, 6 hr, 76 bb, 197 k, 0.99 whip, .210 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Moose Grimshaw, Boston (A)
152 g, 647 ab, 65 r, 186 h, 28 2b, 8 3b, 5 hr, 77 rbi, 33 bb, 66 k, 16 sb, 10 cs, .287 avg, .323 obp, .379 slg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Orval Overall, Cincinnati
21-17, 0 sv, 2.59 era, 40 g, 39 gs, 323.2 ip, 283 ha, 93 er, 3 hr, 176 bb, 199 k, 1.42 whip, .239 oavg



Milestones & Achievements
4/15 - Christy Mathewson gets no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the fourth in history.
5/19 - Tommy Corcoran gets hit #2000
5/26 - Dummy Taylor fires no-hitter. This is the second no-no thrown this season and the fifth in history.
7/04 - Joe Kelley reaches 2000 hits
7/05 - Charlie Case throws no-hitter. This is the third no-hitter thrown this season and the sixth in history.
7/21 - Jack Harper hurls no-hitter. This is the fourth no-hitter thrown this season and the seventh in history.
7/26 - Kid Nichols gets 350th win
8/02 - Rube Waddell whiffs 15
8/17 - Lave Cross gets 2500th hit
9/07 - Fred Clarke reaches 2000 hits



Trades
7/04 - Pittsburgh gets 2B Dave Brain (26 yrs old, .254-2-32-13), St.Louis (N) gets SS George McBride (24 yrs old, .190-2-22-9)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Triples: 31 - Sam Mertes, New York (N)
Runs: 114 - Mike Donlin, New York (N)
Stolen Bases: 63 - Bill Maloney, Chicago (N)
Hitting Streak: 32 - Danny Hoffman, Philadelphia (A)

Pitching
Saves: 7 - Clark Griffith, New York (A)
Bases on Balls: 176 - Orval Overall, Cincinnati


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Doubles: 42 - Nap Lajoie, Cleveland
Hitting Streak: 32 - Danny Hoffman, Philadelphia (A)

Pitching
Saves: 7 - Clark Griffith, New York (A)
Bases on Balls: 138 - George Mullin, Detroit


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Hits: 210 - Sam Mertes, New York (N)
Triples: 31 - Sam Mertes, New York (N)
Home Runs: 10 - Cy Seymour, Cincinnati
Runs Batted In: 111 - Sam Mertes, New York (N)
Runs: 114 - Mike Donlin, New York (N)
Strikeouts: 106 - Roger Bresnahan, New York (N)

Pitching
Saves: 6 - Jack Harper, Cincinnati
Bases on Balls: 176 - Orval Overall, Cincinnati

[captainlou]

Followed Players

Ty Cobb
Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
1905 Detroit 119 198 24 57 6 2 4 33 14 29 3 2 .288 .343 .399
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1 season 119 198 24 57 6 2 4 33 14 29 3 2 .288 .343 .399

[SHaynes23]

Holy cow, Christy Mathewson is on a serious run the past three seasons, the Giants are just unstoppable.

[captainlou]

Holy cow, Christy Mathewson is on a serious run the past three seasons, the Giants are just unstoppable.In RL, from 1903-05 Mathewson was 30-13 (2.26 ERA), 33-12 (2.03 ERA) and 32-8 (1.27 ERA) with the Giants. The Giants here and in RL have mirrored each other almost identically w/l wise with only a win or two difference each year. A great feat so far with ootp12.

[captainlou]

1905-06 Off Season


Announcements

There were no new announcements at this time.



Trades

10/24 - Cincinnati gets P Jake Weimer (33 yrs old, 20-10, 0 sv, 1.72 era, 163 k), Chicago (N) gets RF Jimmy Sebring (24 yrs old, .228-0-4-2) and 3B Harry Steinfeldt (28 yrs old, .313-4-90-26)

12/05 - Washington gets P Frank Kitson (36 yrs old, 9-15, 0 sv, 2.98 era, 77 k), Detroit gets P Happy Townsend (27 yrs old, 7-15, 0 sv, 2.94 era, 82 k)

12/08 - Washington gets P Willie Sudhoff (31 yrs old, 9-19, 0 sv, 3.10 era, 57 k), St.Louis (A) gets P Beany Jacobson (25 yrs old, 7-10, 0 sv, 3.41 era, 39 k)

12/13 - Boston (N) gets C Jack O'Neill (34 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and P Big Jeff Pfeffer (25 yrs old, 8-2, 0 sv, 1.62 era, 58 k), Chicago (N) gets C Pat Moran (30 yrs old, .209-2-46-14)

12/15 - Brooklyn gets P Buttons Briggs (29 yrs old, 10-11, 0 sv, 2.25 era, 43 k), LF Bill Maloney (27 yrs old, .243-0-50-63), LF Jack McCarthy (37 yrs old, .300-0-1-0) and 3b Doc Casey (36 yrs old, .196-0-46-16), Chicago (N) gets LF Jimmy Sheckard (27 yrs old, .233-1-44-30)

12/15 - Boston (N) gets 3b Dave Brain (27 yrs old, .256-2-32-13) and 1b Del Howard (29 yrs old, .295-1-75-27), Pittsburgh gets P Vic Willis (30 yrs old, 14-28, 1 sv, 3.50 era, 163 k)

12/24 - Cleveland gets P Happy Townsend (27 yrs old, 7-15, 0 sv, 2.94 era, 82 k), Detroit gets P Red Donahue (33 yrs old, 11-14, 1 sv, 2.25 era, 71 k)

01/01 - Boston (N) gets 3b Al Bridwell (23 yrs old, .128-0-41-1), Cincinnati gets 3b Jim Delahanty (26 yrs old, .266-2-74-32)


Major Retirements

LF Jesse Burkett, age 36 - 16 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .409 with 5 home runs, 83 RBIs and 41 stolen bases in 131 games.
.331 avg, 2078 g, 8464 ab, 1653 r, 2804 h, 68 hr, 1007 rbi, 442 sb

1B Jack Doyle, age 35 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .367 with 3 home runs, 100 RBIs and 42 stolen bases in 105 games.
.301 avg, 1558 g, 5656 ab, 917 r, 1702 h, 27 hr, 935 rbi, 497 sb

C Duke Farrell, age 39 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1891 when he batted .302 with 12 home runs, 110 RBIs and 21 stolen bases in 122 games.
.277 avg, 1412 g, 4945 ab, 770 r, 1370 h, 50 hr, 847 rbi, 138 sb

[captainlou]

Hall of Fame Class of 1905


http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_111733_0.jpgJesse Burkett - left fielder -- Inducted 1905
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.331 2078 8464 1653 2804 68 1007 442 .437

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1906 - Year In Review

After 19 years of pennant drought in the National League stronghold of Chicago, the fans finally saw victory in sight. The fans of the Cubs haven't had a happy winter since 1896. The New York Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates stayed with the Cubs until July, but they both fell back when the Bruins kicked it into high gear and pulled away to stay as they clinched the title with almost two weeks remaining. The hitting attack was bolstered by the preseason acquisition of third sacker Harry Steinfeldt (.297-2-79). Player-manager Frank Chance (.303-4-65) batted over .300 for the fourth straight year and Jimmy Sheckard (.270-2-68) provided additional support. Three Finger Brown, in winning 26 games, provided the big reason why the Cubs stayed away from any slumps and was named the NL's Outstanding Pitcher. Rookie southpaw Jack Pfiester contributed with 19 victories. The New York Giants finished in second place, 9 games behind, thanks to the hitting of George Davis (.286-1-51) and Sammy Strang (.280-4-62) and the pitching of 20-game winners Joe McGinnity (25-10, 1.90 ERA) and Christy Mathewson (21-15, 2.55 ERA). The Pirates ended up in third place, 14 1/2 games behind, led by the hitting of the NL's Outstanding Hitter, Honus Wagner (.333-3-65) and the pitching of Vic Willis (22-12, 2.13 ERA).

While the fans of the Cubs were watching their club take the pennant, the American League was dominated again by the Cleveland Naps, who won an unprecedented 112 games, and ended with an amazing 24 game winning margin. Bunk Congalton (.309-4-84) and Nap Lajoie (.300-1-67) led the hitting attack and the mound staff was led by the four 20-game winners: Bill Bernhard (24-6, 2.05 ERA), Otto Hess (24-10, 2.49 ERA), Bob Rhoads (20-11, 1.90 ERA) and the AL's Outstanding Pitcher, Addie Joss (27-4, 0.95 ERA). The St.Louis Browns ended up in second place, led by the hitting of George Stone (.303-3-62) and the arms of Fred Glade (20-11, 1.89 ERA), Harry Howell (19-12, 1.90 ERA) and Jack Powell (19-8, 2.16 ERA). The Philadelphia Athletics finished in third place, 26 games behind, thanks to the bat of Topsy Hartsel (.312-1-61), the AL's Outstanding Hitter, and the arm of Rube Waddell (21-12, 2.11 ERA, MLB leading 268 whiffs).

The World Series saw the continuing dominance of Cleveland as they outscored the Cubs, 25-12, and won their second world's championship, 4 games to 1. Otto Hess (2-0) was the pitching star of the series.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Cleveland 112 41 .732 -- Chicago 105 47 .691 --
St.Louis 86 63 .577 24 New York 96 56 .632 9
Philadelphia 82 63 .566 26 Pittsburgh 91 62 .595 14.5
Chicago 77 74 .510 34 Cincinnati 74 77 .490 30.5
Boston 72 82 .468 40.5 Philadelphia 71 82 .464 34.5
Washington 61 89 .407 49.5 St.Louis 61 89 .407 43
Detroit 57 92 .383 53 Brooklyn 59 93 .388 46
New York 54 97 .358 57 Boston 50 101 .331 54.5



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
T.Hartsel, PHI .312 H.Wagner, PIT .333
B.Congalton, CLE .309 F.Chance, CHI .303
G.Stone, STL .303 H.Steinfeldt, CHI .297

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
C.Hickman, WAS 7 H.Lumley, BRO 12
H.Davis, PHI 6 T.Jordan, BRO 9
B.Freeman, BOS 5 J.Bates, BOS 8

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
C.Hickman, WAS 87 F.Schulte, CHI 103
T.Turner, CLE 85 C.Seymour, NY 97
B.Congalton, CLE 84 J.Titus, PHI 92

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
E.Hahn, CHI 56 T.Leach, PIT 58
L.Schlafly, WAS 51 H.Wagner, PIT 50
T.Turner, CLE 46 H.Lobert, CIN 46

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
A.Joss, CLE 0.95 E.Reulbach, CHI 1.50
D.White, CHI 1.56 M.Brown, CHI 1.52
J.Coombs, PHI 1.56 J.Pfiester, CHI 1.69


Wins W Wins W
A.Joss, CLE 27 M.Brown, CHI 26
B.Bernhard, CLE 24 J.McGinnity, NY 25
O.Hess, CLE 24 V.Willis, PIT 22

Saves SV Saves SV
C.Smith, WAS 4 C.Rhodes, STL 4
R.Donahue, DET 3 J.Thielman, STL 4
L.Swormstedt, BOS 3 K.Brady, PIT 3

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
R.Waddell, PHI 268 J.Weimer, CIN 179
C.Falkenberg, WAS 204 R.Ames, NY 176
E.Walsh, CHI 198 C.Mathewson, NY 176

Postseason

1906 World Series

Game #1
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 x - 6
WP - O.Hess (1-0)
LP - M.Brown (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Chicago (N) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
WP - J.Pfiester (1-0)
LP - A.Joss (0-1)
HR - CHI: J.Kling (1)


Game #3
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 - 5
Chicago (N) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2
WP - B.Bernhard (1-0)
LP - E.Reulbach (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Cleveland 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 - 7
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 - 3
WP - O.Hess (2-0)
LP - M.Brown (0-2)
HR - none


Game #5
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 - 7
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 5
WP - A.Joss (1-1)
LP - C.Lundgren (0-1)
HR - none

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AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Topsy Hartsel, Philadelphia (A)
145 g, 554 ab, 65 r, 173 h, 30 2b, 10 3b, 1 hr, 61 rbi, 80 bb, 47 k, 44 sb, 31 cs, .312 avg, .397 obp, .408 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
153 g, 598 ab, 89 r, 199 h, 30 2b, 21 3b, 3 hr, 65 rbi, 70 bb, 67 k, 50 sb, 30 cs, .333 avg, .408 obp, .468 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Addie Joss, Cleveland
27-4, 2 sv, 0.95 era, 35 g, 30 gs, 284.2 ip, 208 ha, 30 er, 4 hr, 26 bb, 106 k, 0.82 whip, .205 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Mordecai Brown, Chicago (N)
26-5, 3 sv, 1.52 era, 37 g, 32 gs, 295.1 ip, 212 ha, 50 er, 1 hr, 70 bb, 151 k, 0.95 whip, .198 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Jack Coombs, Philadelphia (A)
11-6, 0 sv, 1.56 era, 20 g, 18 gs, 172.2 ip, 135 ha, 30 er, 1 hr, 53 bb, 105 k, 1.09 whip, .214 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Johnny Bates, Boston (N)
151 g, 573 ab, 65 r, 141 h, 23 2b, 15 3b, 8 hr, 66 rbi, 48 bb, 71 k, 20 sb, 17 cs, .246 avg, .308 obp, .380 slg



Milestones & Achievements
4/19 - Cy Young notches win number 400
4/26 - 2500th hit for Willie Keeler
5/14 - Harry Howell throws no-hitter. This was the first no-no thrown this season and the 8th in history.
6/25 - Johnny Lush fires no-hitter. This is the second no-no hurled this season and the 9th in history.



Trades
4/28 - Brooklyn gets P Hub Knolls (23 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 1.08 era, 0 k), Chicago (N) gets 1b Doc Gessler (26 yrs old, .344-1-14-0)

4/29 - Philadelphia (A) gets cf Dave Fultz (31 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets cf Danny Hoffman (27 yrs old, .216-2-42-40)

5/04 - Cincinnati gets p Chick Fraser (33 yrs old, 12-13, 0 sv, 3.07 era, 89 k), Boston (N) gets p Gus Dorner (31 yrs old, 6-27, 0 sv, 3.42 era, 116 k)

5/07 - St.Louis (N) gets p Carl Druhot (25 yrs old, 7-7, 0 sv, 3.03 era, 50 k), Cincinnati gets c Oscar Stanage (24 yrs old, .500-0-0-0)

6/02 - Chicago (N) gets p Orval Overall (26 yrds old, 16-6, 0 sv, 1.99 era, 112 k), Cincinnati gets p Bob Wicker (28 yrs old, 18-13, 3 sv, 2.14 era, 106 k)

6/03 - Pittsburgh gets p Chappie McFarland (32 yrs old, 7-6, 1 sv, 1.93 era, 31 k), St.Louis (N) gets p Ed Karger (24 yrs old, 10-14, 1 sv, 2.45 era, 106 k)

7/01 - St.Louis (N) gets p Fred Beebe (27 yrs old, 11-16, 0 sv, 3.25 era, 168 k) and c Pete Noonan (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Chicago (N) gets p Jack Taylor (32 yrs old, 10-22, 0 sv, 2.48 era, 28 k)

7/13 - St.Louis (N) gets c Doc Marshall (32 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and lf Sam Mertes (34 yrs old, .250-1-70-31), New York (N) gets lf Spike Shannon (29 yrs old, .233-0-68-13)

7/25 - Cincinnati gets cf Doc Smoot (29 yrs old, .280-1-74-21), St.Louis (N) gets rf Shad Barry (27 yrs old, .278-1-48-32)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 117 - Jack Warner, Washington

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 0.95 - Addie Joss, Cleveland


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 117 - Jack Warner, Washington

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 0.95 - Addie Joss, Cleveland
Losses: 29 - Jack Chesbro, New York (A)


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Home Runs: 12 - Harry Lumley, Brooklyn
Strikeouts: 106 - Johnny Kling, Chicago (N)

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Followed Players

Ty Cobb
Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
1905 Detroit 119 198 24 57 6 2 4 33 14 29 3 2 .288 .343 .399
1906 Detroit 149 613 71 184 31 13 1 63 24 64 22 22 .300 .326 .398
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2 seasons 268 811 95 241 37 15 5 96 38 93 25 24 .297 .330 .398

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1906-07 Offseason


Announcements
There were no new announcements made.



Trades
12/11 - Boston (N) gets 2b Claude Ritchey (33 yrs old, .234-1-60-13), p Patsy Flaherty (30 yrs old, 10-7, 0 sv, 2.64 era, 31 k) and cf Ginger Beaumont (30 yrs old, .295-4-86-37), Pittsburgh gets 2b Ed Abbaticchio (29 yrs old, .242-6-60-20)

01/16 - Chicago (N) gets p Chick Fraser (33 yrs old, 12-13, 0 sv, 3.06 era, 87 k), Cincinnati gets rf Doc Gessler (27 yrs old, .349-1-14-0)

02/26 - Cleveland gets 2b Pete O'Brien (29 yrs old, .226-2-48-9), St.Louis (A) gets c Fritz Buelow (31 yrs old, .667-0-3-0)

02/28 - St.Louis (A) gets 3b Joe Yeager (31 yrs old, .257-0-6-1), New York (A) gets c Branch Rickey (26 yrs old, .224-3-62-23)



Major Retirements

rf Hugh Duffy, age 39 - 19 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .440 with 18 homers, 145 RBI and 48 stolen bases in 125 games.
.322 avg, 1925 g, 7389 ab, 1591 r, 2376 h, 125 hr, 1330 rbi, 597 sb, .445 slg

c Malachi Kittridge, age 37 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .315 with 0 homers, 23 RBI and 2 stolen bases in 51 games.
.218 avg, 912 g, 3019 ab, 323 r, 658 h, 15 hr, 306 rbi, 55 sb, .279 slg

3b John McGraw, age 33 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .391 with 1 homer, 33 RBI and 73 stolen bases in 117 games.
.328 avg, 1290 g, 4489 ab, 1121 r, 1472 h, 16 hr, 552 rbi, 477 sb, .402 slg

sp Kid Nichols, age 37 - 17 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1898 when he compiled a 31-12 record with 4 saves, a 2.13 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 388.0 innings.
2.89 era, 370-225, 657 g, 5295.1 ip, 1963 k, 1395 bb, 17 sv

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Hall of Fame Class of 1906

http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_113598_0.jpgHugh Duffy, center fielder -- Inducted 1906
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.322 1925 7389 1591 2376 125 1330 597 .445

http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_119761.jpgKid Nichols, pitcher -- Inducted 1906
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.89 370 225 .622 657 5295.1 1963 1395 17

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1907 - Year In Review

The city of Cleveland continues to see the Naps have a stranglehold on the top spot of the American League. The Naps took control around the beginning of June then expand their lead to where they were able to clinch their fifth straight title with about a week remaining. The hitting stars for Cleveland were Nig Clarke (.282-3-67), Nap Lajoie (.281-1-61) and Elmer Flick (.267-3-66) while leading the arms corp was the AL's Outstanding Pitcher, Addie Joss (24-11, 1.69 ERA). The Philadelphia Athletics finished in second place, 11.5 games back, with Harry Davis (.284-8-101) leading the way at the plate while Rube Waddell (21-11, 1.65 ERA) led the pitching staff. The St.Louis Browns ended the season in third place, 16 games behind. They were led at the plate by George Stone (.293-3-56) and Joe Yeager (.292-2-38) and on the mound by Jack Powell (17-16, 2.33 ERA) and a pair of 16-game winners, Harry Howell (16-16, 2.38 ERA) and Barney Pelty (16-14, 2.14 ERA).

The National League witnessed their third team to repeat as champions but wasn't easy as the Chicago Cubs made it two straight by outlasting the Phillies by .005 and 1.5 games. The heart of the Cubs could be found in Harry Steinfeldt (.287-2-68), Frank Chance (.280-1-66) and Joe Tinker (.229-5-71). The pitching department was headed by Mordecai Brown (22-6, 1.26 ERA), along with starters Orval Overall (18-12, 1.75), Jack Pfiester (16-8, 2.01 ERA) and Carl Lundgren (15-9, 1.51 ERA). The Philadelphia Phillies were led at the plate by Sherry Magee (.315-3-71) John Titus (.297-2-87) and Kitty Bransfield (.273-2-101) and on the mound by 20-game winners George McQuillan (20-12, 1.73) and Tully Sparks (26-12, 1.98 ERA), the NL's Outstanding Pitcher. The New York Giants finished in third place, 6.5 games behind, thanks to the bat of Cy Seymour (.276-4-72) and the arms of 20-game winners Joe McGinnity (22-12, 2.16 ERA) and Christy Mathewson (22-13, 2.30 ERA).

The Cubs, the major's winningest team, was favored to win the Series. They pulled through with flying colors, defeating the Naps 4 games to 1, to win their first world's championship.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Cleveland 94 58 .618 -- Chicago 100 52 .658 --
Philadelphia 79 66 .545 11.5 Philadelphia 96 51 .653 1.5
St.Louis 78 74 .513 16 New York 94 59 .614 6.5
Detroit 75 75 .500 18 Pittsburgh 87 67 .565 14
Boston 74 75 .497 18.5 Cincinnati 73 80 .477 27.5
Chicago 72 79 .477 21.5 St.Louis 62 91 .405 38.5
Washington 71 80 .470 22.5 Brooklyn 47 101 .318 51
New York 56 92 .378 36 Boston 45 103 .304 53



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
T.Cobb, DET .328 S.Magee, PHI .315
H.Ferris, BOS .297 H.Wagner, PIT .310
G.Stone, STL .293 F.Clarke, PIT .300

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
H.Davis, PHI 8 H.Lumley, BRO 9
S.Seybold, PHI 6 T.Jordan, BRO 7
B.Congalton, BOS 5 T.Leach, PIT 7

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
H.Davis, PHI 101 K.Bransfield, PHI 101
S.Crawford, DET 86 H.Wagner, PIT 93
F.Parent, BOS 79 J.Titus, PHI 87

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
E.Hahn, CHI 55 T.Leach, PIT 50
E.Flick, CLE 49 J.Slagle, CHI 50
G.Stone, STL 44 F.Clarke, PIT 46

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
D.White, CHI 1.47 M.Brown, CHI 1.26
R.Waddell, PHI 1.65 C.Lundgren, CHI 1.51
A.Joss, CLE 1.69 E.REulbach, CHI 1.57


Wins W Wins W
A.Joss, CLE 24 T.Sparks, PHI 26
G.Mullin, DET 22 M.Brown, CHI 22
E.Walsh, CHI 22 C.Mathewson, NY 22

Saves SV Saves SV
W.Johnson, WAS 7 B.Campbell, CIN 5
E.Steele, BOS 7 K.Brady, PIT 3
B.McGill, STL 3 A.Coakley, CIN 3

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
E.Walsh, CHI 242 C.Mathewson, NY 193
R.Waddell, PHI 229 B.Ewing, CIN 172
E.Plank, PHI 221 R.Ames, NY 165

Postseason

1907 World Series

Game #1
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 5
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
WP - G.Liebhardt (1-0)
LP - J.Pfiester (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Cleveland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
Chicago (N) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 x - 3
WP - J.Taylor (1-0)
LP - B.Bernhard (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Chicago (N) 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 - 6
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
WP - M.Brown (1-0)
LP - A.Joss (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Chicago (N) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
WP - J.Pfiester (1-1)
LP - G.Liebhardt (1-1)
HR - none


Game #5
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 - 5
Cleveland 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2
WP - O.Overall (1-0)
LP - J.Thielman (0-1)
HR - CHI: J.Slagle (1)

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AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Ty Cobb, Detroit
150 g, 637 ab, 74 r, 209 h, 25 2b, 8 3b, 3 hr, 69 rbi, 27 bb, 63 k, 42 sb, 28 cs, .328 avg, .356 obp, .407 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
154 g, 591 ab, 77 r, 183 h, 31 2b, 14 3b, 6 hr, 93 rbi, 83 bb, 54 k, 38 sb, 27 cs, .310 avg, .399 obp, .440 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Addie Joss, Cleveland
24-11, 1 sv, 1.69 era, 40 g, 37 gs, 346.1 ip, 292 ha, 65 er, 3 hr, 51 bb, 128 k, 0.99 whip, .227 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Tully Sparks, Philadelphia (N)
26-12, 0 sv, 1.98 era, 40 g, 40 gs, 355.0 ip, 290 ha, 78 er, 2 hr, 71 bb, 135 k, 1.02 whip, .220 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Walter Johnson, Washington
8-9, 7 sv, 2.80 era, 34 g, 12 gs, 151.1 ip, 163 ha, 47 er, 1 hr, 30 bb, 112 k, 1.28 whip, .274 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
George McQuillan, Philadelphia (N)
20-12, 0 sv, 1.73 era, 35 g, 28 gs, 254.1 ip, 239 ha, 49 er, 0 hr, 78 bb, 113 k, 1.25 whip, .247 oavg



Milestones & Achievements
4/30 - Orval Overall spins no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 10th in history.

5/01 - Joe McGinnity wins 200th game
5/30 - Buster Brown throws no-hitter. This it the second no-hitter tossed this season and the 11th in history.
6/10 - Hit #2000 for Jimmy Collins
6/29 - Deacon McGuire gets 2000th hit
8/08 - 200 victories for Jack Powell
8/10 - 2000th hit for Nap Lajoie
8/18 - Bill Donovan twirls no-hitter. This is the third no-no tossed this season and the 12th in history.



Trades
05/16 - New York (A) gets p Earl Moore (30 yrs old, 3-7, 0 sv, 3.09 era, 50 k), Cleveland gets lf Frank Delahanty (25 yrs old, .333-0-0-0) and p Walter Clarkson (29 yrs old, 5-7, 0 sv, 2.80 era, 43 k)

06/07 - Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Jimmy Collins (37 yrs old, .224-1-46-1), Boston (A) gets 3b John Knight (23 yrs old, .193-3-31-3)

06/10 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Buster Brown (27 yrs old, 15-8, 0 sv, 2.32 era, 74 k), St.Louis (N) gets p Johnny Lush (22 yrs old, 10-16, 1 sv, 2.89 era, 81 k)

06/22 - St.Louis (A) gets p Bill Dinneen (31 yrs old, 9-10, 0 sv, 3.02 era, 46 k), Boston (A) gets p Beany Jacobson (27 yrs old, 4-1, 0 sv, 2.28 era, 17 k)

06/24 - Boston (N) gets lf Newt Randall (28 yrs old, .204-1-26-16) and 3b Bill Sweeney (22 yrs old, .212-0-3-1), Chicago (N) gets Del Howard (30 yrs old, .249-1-14-14)

08/11 - Washington gets 2b Pete O'Brien (30 yrs old, .083-0-0-1) and c Howard Wakefield (24 yrs old, .500-0-0-0), Cleveland gets 3b Rabbit Nill (27 yrs old, .239-0-29-9)

10/05 - Washington gets rf Ollie Pickering (37 yrs old, .266-0-41-22), St.Louis (A) gets cf Charlie Jones (.31 yrs old, .268-2-57-44)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Saves: 7 - Walter Johnson, Washington


AL Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Saves: 7 - Walter Johnson, Washington


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Walks: 113 - Sammy Strang, New York (N)

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.26 - Mordecai Brown, Chicago (N)

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1907-08 Off Season


Announcements

Boston (A) - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Red Sox.

Boston (N) - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Doves.



Trades

10/13 - New York (A) gets 1b Jake Stahl (30 yrs old, .281-2-58-35), Chicago (A) gets ss Freddy Parent (32 yrs old, .254-0-79-18), Boston (A) gets rf Frank LaPorte (29 yrs old, .251-1-47-28)

11/05 - New York (A) gets p Fred Glade (33 yrs old, 9-12, 1 sv, 2.23 era, 73 k), Charlie Hemphill (31 yrs old, .241-2-56-28) and 2b Harry Niles (28 yrs old, .252-1-68-25); St.Louis (A) gets 2b Jimmy Williams (31 yrs old, .218-1-46-21), cf Danny Hoffman (29 yrs old, .263-1-41-24) and 2b Hobe Ferris (33 yrs old, .297-1-64-5)

12/13 - New York (N) gets ss Al Bridwell (25 yrs old, .222-0-51-13), 1b Fred Tenney (36 yrs old, .250-1-35-23) and c Tom Needham (29 yrs old, .226-2-52-4); Boston (N) gets 1b Dan McGann (36 yrs old, .234-2-66-16), c Frank Bowerman (39 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), rf George Browne (32 yrs old, .190-0-1-2) and ss Bill Dahlen (38 yrs old, .292-0-2-0)

01/02 - Chicago (A) gets c Al Snow (34 yrs old, .179-0-8-4), Boston (A) gets c Ed McFarland (33 yrs old, .247-0-77-13)



Major Retirements

1b Jake Beckley, age 40 - 20 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .343 with 7 home runs, 120 RBIs and 21 stolen bases in 131 games.
.306 avg, 2432 g, 9611 ab, 1629 r, 2938 h, 88 hr, 1562 rbi, 356 sb

2b Tommy Corcoran, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .300 with 5 home runs, 92 RBIs and 33 stolen bases in 129 games.
.256 avg, 2260 g, 8247 ab, 1143 r, 2111 h, 32 hr, 1022 rbi, 346 sb

3b Lave Cross, age 41 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .386 with 7 home runs, 125 RBIs and 21 stolen bases in 119 games.
.290 avg, 2285 g, 9250 ab, 1334 r, 2683 h, 49 hr, 1234 rbi, 320 sb

ss Monte Cross, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .286 with 4 home runs, 55 RBIs and 38 stolen bases in 131 games.
.239 avg, 1765 g, 5890 ab, 740 r, 1409 h, 31 hr, 664 rbi, 286 sb

rf Patsy Donovan, age 42 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .319 with 3 home runs, 59 RBIs and 48 stolen bases in 131 games.
.298 avg, 1949 g, 7942 ab, 1356 r, 2370 h, 18 hr, 780 rbi, 502 sb

3b Bobby Lowe, age 42 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .346 with 17 home runs, 115 RBIs and 23 stolen bases in 133 games.
.279 avg, 1844 g, 6258 ab, 1051 r, 1747 h, 69 hr, 918 rbi, 274 sb

rf Jim McAleer, age 43 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .289 with 2 home runs, 40 RBIs and 14 stolen bases in 64 games.
.253 avg, 1051 g, 3989 ab, 620 r, 1008 h, 12 hr, 470 rbi, 262 sb

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Followed Players

Ty Cobb
Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
1905 Detroit 119 198 24 57 6 2 4 33 14 29 3 2 .288 .343 .399
1906 Detroit 149 613 71 184 31 13 1 63 24 64 22 22 .300 .326 .398
1907 Detroit 150 637 74 209 25 8 3 69 27 63 42 28 .328 .356 .407
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2 seasons 418 1448 169 450 62 23 8 165 65 156 67 52 .311 .341 .402


Walter Johnson
Pitching
Year Team W L SV ERA G GS IP HA ER BB K WHIP OAVG
1907 Washington 8 9 7 2.80 34 12 151.1 163 47 30 112 1.28 .274
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1 season 8 9 7 2.80 34 12 151.1 163 47 30 112 1.28 .274

[captainlou]

Hall of Fame Class of 1907


http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_110776_0.jpgJake Beckley, 1st baseman -- Inducted 1907
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.306 2432 9611 1629 2938 88 1562 356 .433

[BHK1978]

Are you manually selecting who goes into the Hall of Fame?

Or is the AI doing it? If the AI is doing it what is the criteria you have for entrance into your HOF?

The reason why I am asking is I find the default settings to be a bit harsh and I always end up changing them.

[captainlou]

Are you manually selecting who goes into the Hall of Fame?

Or is the AI doing it? If the AI is doing it what is the criteria you have for entrance into your HOF?

The reason why I am asking is I find the default settings to be a bit harsh and I always end up changing them.The AI is selecting them based on the default except for a few of things. I raised the minimum for saves to 500 (may lower them), I raised the minimum number of wins for automatic selection from 250 to 300 and I lowered the ERA for those with 200-299 wins from 4.00 to 3.80.

Also, just in case you couldn't tell, those that don't have a picture are not in the actual HOF.

[captainlou]

In the National League, the New York Giants were fighting it out with the Chicago Cubs and held a slight lead until the beginning of August when the Cubs took a 1.5 game lead. The Giants came back to retake the lead by 3 games by Labor Day. After a couple of weeks, the Cubs faded and New York was able to claim the NL title with a week remaining. Mike "Turkey" Donlin (.342-8-82) led the way for the Giants at the plate with added support from Cy Seymour (.266-4-92). The pitching staff was once again led by the NL's Outstanding Pitcher, Christy Mathewson (30-11, 1.22 ERA) as well as Hooks Wiltse (24-14, 2.24 ERA). The Chicago Cubs finished in 2nd place, 6 games behind, with their pitching and defense leading the way. 20-game winners Ed Reulbach (28-5, 1.25 ERA) and Mordecai Brown (21-11, 1.41 ERA) were the major arms that was backed by an infield in which all four, Frank Chance, Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Harry Steinfeldt, won Gold Gloves. The Pittsburgh Pirates, led by the NL's Outstanding Hitter, Honus Wagner (.332-9-80) and the arm of 20-game winner Nick Maddox (22-8, 1.50 ERA), finished a distant 3rd, 15 games behind the winning Giants.

The National League held no monopoly on tight races as Cleveland, Detroit and Boston fought throughout the season. The Tigers took the early lead and held onto it throughout the summer before Cleveland rallied and took a 4.5 game lead over Detroit and 6.5 game lead over Boston. Both the Tigers and Red Sox were unable to make up any ground during September and Cleveland was able to clinch their sixth straight AL title with only 4 games remaining. The Naps' star Nap Lajoie (.266-1-49) fought through a slump throughout the season but the hitters were backed up by the pitching combination of Heinie Berger (19-11, 1.62 ERA) and Addie Joss (24-12, 1.71 ERA). The Boston Red Sox slipped past Detroit to finish in 2nd place, 5 games behind. Doc Gessler (.287-0-63) and Harry Lord (.256-2-46) were the hitting stars and ace Cy Young (21-14, 1.50 ERA) bounced back from a poor 1907 season to lead the mound staff. The Detroit Tigers ended up in 3rd place, 5.5 games behind the Naps, thanks to the hitting of Ty Cobb (.300-4-74) and Sam Crawford (.272-5-101) while the mound staff was led by the arm of George Mullin (17-12, 1.89 ERA).

The World Series was a showcase of tremendous pitching as Hooks Wiltse (2-0) bested Cleveland's Addie Joss in two starts at the New York Giants swept the Naps to capture their second world's championship.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Cleveland 90 64 .584 -- New York 107 47 .695 --
Boston 85 69 .552 5 Chicago 101 53 .656 6
Detroit 84 69 .549 5.5 Pittsburgh 92 62 .597 15
Chicago 75 77 .493 14 Philadelphia 75 79 .487 32
Philadelphia 75 78 .490 14.5 Cincinnati 72 82 .468 35
St.Louis 73 79 .480 16 Boston 63 91 .409 44
Washington 72 80 .474 17 Brooklyn 54 100 .351 53
New York 58 96 .377 32 St.Louis 52 102 .338 55



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
E.Collins, PHI .326 S.Magee, PHI .315
T.Cobb, DET .300 H.Wagner, PIT .310
J.Delahanty, WAS .290 F.Clarke, PIT .300

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
S.Crawford, DET 5 H.Lumley, BRO 9
T.Hartsel, PHI 5 T.Jordan, BRO 7
H.Niles, BOS 5 T.Leach, PIT 7

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
S.Crawford, DET 101 K.Bransfield, PHI 101
C.Rossman, DET 88 H.Wagner, PIT 93
B.Unglaub, WAS 77 J.Titus, PHI 87

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
A.McConnell, BOS 56 T.Leach, PIT 50
P.Doiugherty, CHI 52 J.Slagle, CHI 50
E.Hahn, CHI 51 F.Clarke, PIT 46

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
C.Bender, PHI 1.37 M.Brown, CHI 1.26
D.White, CHI 1.39 C.Lundgren, CHI 1.51
J.Lake, NY 1.46 E.REulbach, CHI 1.57


Wins W Wins W
A.Joss, CLE 24 T.Sparks, PHI 26
R.Waddell, STL 22 M.Brown, CHI 22
D.White, CHI 22 C.Mathewson, NY 22

Saves SV Saves SV
E.Steele, BOS 3 B.Campbell, CIN 5
C.Bender, PHI 2 K.Brady, PIT 3
Berger, CLE 2 A.Coakley, CIN 3

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
R.Waddell, STL 278 C.Mathewson, NY 193
E.Walsh, CHI 239 B.Ewing, CIN 172
T.Hughes, WAS 207 R.Ames, NY 165

Postseason

1908 World Series

Game #1
Cleveland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
New York (N) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 2
WP - H.Wiltse (1-0)
LP - A.Joss (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
New York (N) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 1
WP - R.Ames (1-0)
LP - H.Berger (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
New York (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
WP - C.Mathewson (1-0)
LP - G.Liebhardt (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
New York (N) 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 4
Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2
WP - H.Wiltse (2-0)
LP - A.Joss (0-2)
HR - none

[captainlou]

AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Eddie Collins, Philadelphia (A)
153 g, 585 ab, 66 r, 191 h, 32 2b, 10 3b, 1 hr, 54 rbi, 40 bb, 62 k, 25 sb, 25 cs, .326 avg, .371 obp, .421 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
154 g, 609 ab, 75 r, 202 h, 32 2b, 16 3b, 9 hr, 80 rbi, 71 bb, 60 k, 48 sb, 30 cs, .332 avg, .403 obp, .481 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Doc White, Chicago (A)
22-14, 2 sv, 1.39 era, 41 g, 36 gs, 344.1 ip, 265 ha, 53 er, 1 hr, 63 bb, 160 k, 0.95 whip, .208 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
30-11, 0 sv, 1.22 era, 44 g, 43 gs, 384.2 ip, 300 ha, 52 er, 5 hr, 62 bb, 224 k, 0.94 whip, .212 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Joe Lake, New York (A)
14-12, 0 sv, 1.46 era, 28 g, 27 gs, 239.2 ip, 180 ha, 39 er, 3 hr, 66 bb, 105 k, 1.03 whip, .210 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Doc Crandall, New York (N)
15-8, 0 sv, 2.50 era, 26 g, 23 gs, 198.1 ip, 182 ha, 55 er, 3 hr, 57 bb, 83 k, 1.21 whip, .242 oavg



Milestones and Achievements
4/17 - Hit #2000 for Honus Wagner
5/23 - Joe McGinnity hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 13th in modern history.
6/06 - Cy Seymour smacks 6 hits
7/18 - Nap Rucker gets 17 Ks
8/17 - Cy Young captures 450th win
8/27 - Tully Sparks twirls no-hitter. This is the second no-no thrown this season and the 14th in modern history.



Trades
5/31 - Washington gets p Jesse Tannehill (34 yrs old, 2-8, 0 sv, 2.83 era, 17 k), Boston (A) gets p Casey Patten (34 yrs old, 1-3, 0 sv, 2.70 era, 7 k)

6/18 - Boston (N) gets p Harley Young (26 yrs old, 6-8, 6 sv, 2.24 era, 36 k) and p Tom McCarthy (25 yrs old, 4-6, 0 sv, 2.87 era, 11 k), Pittsburgh gets p Irv Young (32 yrs old, 6-11, 0 sv, 2.28 era, 70 k)

7/10 - New York (N) gets 3b Dave Brain (29 yrs old, .167-0-0-0) and p Jake Weimer (35 yrs old, 7-5, 0 sv, 3.26 era, 42 k), Cincinnati gets p Bob Spade (32 yrs old, 11-14, 0 sv, 3.50 era, 66 k)

7/20 - Boston (A) gets p Jake Thielman (30 yrs old, 5-1, 0 sv, 1.66 era, 21 k), Cleveland gets p Tex Pruiett (26 yrs old, 2-1, 0 sv, 2.68 era, 22 k)

8/02 - Philadelphia (A) gets c Bert Blue (31 yrs old, .188-0-11-0), St.Louis (A) gets c Syd Smith (26 yrs old, .333-0-1-0)

8/17 - New York (A) gets 3b Frank LaPorte (29 yrs old, .215-1-20-16), Boston (A) gets 2b Harry Niles (29 yrs old, .282-5-54-31)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Hits: 225 - Mike Donlin, New York (N)
Strikeouts: 118 - Johnny Kling, Chicago (N)

Pitching
Wins: 30 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Walks: 111 - Topsy Hartsel, Philadelphia (A)


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Hits: 225 - Mike Donlin, New York (N)
Strikeouts: 118 - Johnny Kling, Chicago (N)

Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.02 - Red Ames, New York (N)
Wins: 30 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
Saves: 6 - Harley Young, Boston (N)

[captainlou]

1908-09 Offseason

Announcements
Philadelphia (A) - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Shibe Park.
Pittsburgh - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Forbes Field.



Trades
12/12 - St.Louis (A) gets c Lou Criger (37 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (A) gets c Tubby Spencer (26 yrs old, .204-0-39-0)

12/12 - Cincinnati gets p Art Fromme (26 yrs old, 4-10, 0 sv, 1.95 era, 65 k) and p Ed Karger (26 yrs old, 3-12, 1 sv, 3.32 era, 31 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Admiral Schlei (32 yrs old, .219-1-38-7)

12/12 - New York (N) gets c Admiral Schlei (32 yrs old, .219-1-38-7) and p Bugs Raymond (28 yrs old, 17-20, 0 sv, 2.57 era, 157 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Roger Bresnahan (29 yrs old, .225-2-43-12)

01/08 - Chicago (N) gets cf John Kane (27 yrs old, .203-5-37-38), Cincinnati gets cf Kid Durbin (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and ss Tom Downey (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

02/16 - Cleveland gets p Cy Young (42 yrs old, 21-14, 2 sv, 1.50 era, 157 k), Boston (A) gets p Jack Ryan (25 yrs old, 1-0, 0 sv, 1.59 era, 1 k) and p Charlie Chech (31 yrs old, 9-10, 0 sv, 2.26 era, 31 k)



Major Retirements

lf Joe Kelley, age 36 - 18 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .365 with 10 homers, 134 rbi and 54 stolen bases in 131 games.
.312 avg, 2039 g, 7238 ab, 1354 r, 2260 h, 68 hr, 1243 rbi, 478 sb, .444 slg

sp Joe McGinnity, age 38 - 10 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1900 when he compiled a 28-6 record with 0 saves, a 2.94 era and 93 strikeouts in 343.0 innings.
2.76 era, 233-128, 402 g, 3286.1 ip, 1077 k, 820 bb, 4 sv

[captainlou]

Hall of Fame Class of 1908


http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_116926_0.jpgJoe Kelley, left fielder -- Inducted 1908
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.312 20397 7238 1354 2260 68 1243 478 .444
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_118713_0.jpgJoe McGinnity, pitcher -- Inducted 1908
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.76 233 128 .645 402 3286.1 1077 820 4

[captainlou]

Followed Players

Ty Cobb
Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
1905 Detroit 119 198 24 57 6 2 4 33 14 29 3 2 .288 .343 .399
1906 Detroit 149 613 71 184 31 13 1 63 24 64 22 22 .300 .326 .398
1907 Detroit 150 637 74 209 25 8 3 69 27 63 42 28 .328 .356 .407
1908 Detroit 153 614 73 184 30 11 4 74 51 77 31 37 .300 .353 .404
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4 seasons 571 2062 242 634 92 34 12 239 116 233 98 89 .307 .345 .403


Walter Johnson
Pitching
Year Team W L SV ERA G GS IP HA ER BB K WHIP OAVG
1907 Washington 8 9 7 2.80 34 12 151.1 163 47 30 112 1.28 .274
1908 Washington 20 14 0 1.89 44 29 281.1 218 59 47 187 0.94 .211
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2 seasons 28 23 7 2.20 78 41 432.2 381 106 77 299 1.06 .234


Joe Jackson
Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
1908 Philadelphia (A) 14 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .571 .500
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1 season 14 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .571 .500

[captainlou]

After winning two of the last three National League pennants, the Chicago Cubs entered the season looking for their third title. The Cubs got off to a slow start out of the gate, falling to 5 games behind on July 1st, they stayed close to the New York Giants then got red hot as Labor Day rolled around and caught the Giants with 10 games to go. Chicago took a 1/2 game lead then managed to stretch it to 1.5 games before clinching the title on the last day of the season. Three Finger Brown (25-12, 2.01), the NL's Outstanding Pitcher, and Orval Overall (20-9, 1.61) formed the heart of the hill staff that led to Cubs back to the NL title. Helping out on the offensive end were Johnny Evers (.295-2-74) and Wildfire Schulte (.264-5-70). While Chicago played great ball the last month plus to come from behind, the New York Giants were consistent winners all year, starting fast and building a 5 game lead then leading by 6 games heading into September, but faded down the stretch to end up in second place, 2 games behind. Moose McCormick (.271-4-78) and Larry Doyle (.283-1-66) were the leaders at the plate with Christy Mathewson (23-10, 1.60) and Bugs Raymond (22-8, 1.82) were the leaders on the mound staff, which included the NL's Outstanding Newcomer, Rube Marquard (11-7, 1 sv, 1.97). The Pittsburgh Pirates, led at the plate by the NL's Outstanding Hitter, Honus Wagner (.321-1-57) and on the mound by Howie Camnitz (19-12, 1.63) and Vic Willis (17-14, 1.31), finished the season in third place, 5.5 games behind.

As the Cubs came back to halt the Giants from winning an unprecedented fourth NL title, the Detroit Tigers took the lead by 3.5 games after April and never looked back as they halted the Naps pennant streak and won their first American League pennant by 5.5 games. Flashing the strong claws and teeth of the hitting attack was the AL's Outstanding Hitter, Ty Cobb (.328-2-69) and Sam Crawford (.273-3-75) with help from Marty McIntyre (.270-1-59). George Mullin (23-10, 1.77) and Ed Willett (20-11, 1.64) were the stars on the hill. The Boston Red Sox fell as far back as 14.5 games on September 1st then came on strong to end the season in second place, 5.5 games behind the Tigers. Tris Speaker (.283-8-70) and Harry Wolter (.270-6-68) were the stars at the plate and the Red Sox mound staff was led by the junior circuit's Outstanding Newcomer, Smokey Joe Wood (20-14, 5 sv, 1.41) and Frank Arellanes (15-9, 1.65). The AL's Outstanding Pitcher, Chief Bender (27-7, 2 sv, 1.08) led the Philadelphia Athletics to a third place finish, .001 behind the Red Sox. Leading the Mackmen's attack was "Home Run" Baker (.307-3-80) and Danny Murphy (.257-4-67).

The Series went the distance with six of the seven games being decided by 2 runs or less. The Cubs jumped out to a 2-0 game lead before heading to Detroit where the Tigers swept the next three games. Back home at West Side Park, the Cubs tied the Series at 3 games apiece as Ed Reulbach hurled a 2-0 shutout. In the deciding final game, George Mullin out dueled Three Finger Brown as Detroit won, 4-3, in 12 innings to win their first world's championship.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Detroit 96 56 .632 -- Chicago 97 56 .634 --
Boston 90 61 .596 5.5 New York 95 58 .621 2
Philadelphia 91 62 .595 5.5 Pittsburgh 91 61 .599 5.5
Cleveland 82 71 .536 14.5 Philadelphia 84 69 .549 13
Washington 76 76 .500 20 Cincinnati 71 82 .464 26
St.Louis 61 89 .407 34 Boston 61 92 .399 36
Chicago 60 92 .395 36 St.Louis 59 93 .388 37.5
New York 51 100 .338 44.5 Brooklyn 53 100 .346 44



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
T.Cobb, DET .328 H.Wagner, PIT .321
F.Baker, PHI .307 A.Bridwell, NY .307
N.Lajoie, CLE .303 M.Mitchell, CIN .300

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
T.Speaker, BOS 8 H.Lobert, CIN 8
H.Wolter, BOS 6 R.Murray, NY 7
N.Lajoie, CLE 5 M.Mitchell, CIN 6

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
F.Baker, PHI 80 K.Bransfield, PHI 93
C.Rossman, DET 78 J.Tinker, CHI 88
S.Crawford, DET 75 T.Leach, PIT 81

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
E.Collins, PHI 45 B.Bescher, CIN 65
T.Hartsel, PHI 44 H.Lobert, CIN 50
T.Speaker, BOS 44 A.Burch, BRO 47

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
C.Bender, PHI 1.08 V.Willis, PIT 1.31
J.Wood, BOS 1.41 C.Mathewson, NY 1.60
J.Coombs, PHI 1.47 O.Overall, CHI 1.61


Wins W Wins W
C.Bender, PHI 27 M.Brown, CHI 25
G.Mullin, DET 23 C.Mathewson, NY 23
C.Young, CLE 21 E.Moore, PHI 23

Saves SV Saves SV
R.Collins, BOS 10 C.Brandom, PIT 9
R.Ford, NY 9 T.Tuckey, BOS 6
B.Lelivelt, DET 6 J.Boultes, BOS 5

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
W.Johnson, WAS 248 E.Moore, PHI 229
C.Bender, PHI 231 N.Rucker, BRO 228
R.Waddell, STL 195 O.Overall, CHI 213

Postseason

1909 World Series

Game #1
Detroit 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
Chicago (N) 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 3
WP - M.Brown (1-0)
LP - G.Mullin (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Detroit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3
WP - O.Overall (1-0)
LP - E.Summers (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
Detroit 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 3 x -11
WP - E.Willett (1-0)
LP - E.Reulbach (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2
Detroit 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3
WP - G.Mullin (1-1)
LP - M.Brown (1-1)
HR - none


Game #5
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Detroit 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2
WP - E.Summers (1-1)
LP - O.Overall (1-1)
HR - none


Game #6
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Chicago (N) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 x - 2
WP - E.Reulbach (1-1)
LP - E.Willitt (1-1)
HR - CHI: J.Tinker (1)


Game #7
Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 4
Chicago (N) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3
WP - G.Mullin (2-1)
LP - M.Brown (1-2)
HR - DET: T.Cobb (1)

[captainlou]

AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Ty Cobb, Detroit
152 g, 588 ab, 99 r, 193 h, 39 2b, 22 3b, 2 hr, 69 rbi, 74 bb, 60 k, 40 sb, 31 cs, .328 avg, .404 obp, .480 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
152 g, 591 ab, 73 r, 190 h, 35 2b, 30 3b, 1 hr, 57 rbi, 83 bb, 66 k, 28 sb, 26 cs, .321 avg, .403 obp, .453 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Chief Bender, Philadelphia (A)
27-7, 2 sv, 1.08 era, 38 g, 33 gs, 316.1 ip, 209 ha, 38 er, 1 hr, 50 bb, 231 k, 0.82 whip, .186 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Mordecai Brown, Chicago (N)
25-12, 1 sv, 2.01 era, 41 g, 37 gs, 340.2 ip, 268 ha, 76 er, 5 hr, 68 bb, 164 k, 0.99 whip, .219 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Joe Wood, Boston (A)
20-14, 5 sv, 1.41 era, 48 g, 22 gs, 261.2 ip, 219 ha, 41 er, 1 hr, 61 bb, 171 k, 1.07 whip, .230 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Rube Marquard, New York (N)
11-7, 1 sv, 1.97 era, 24 g, 21 gs, 201.0 ip, 157 ha, 44 er, 1 hr, 79 bb, 135 k, 1.17 whip, .220 oavg



Milestones & Achievements
5/31 - Chief Bender Ks 17
6/30 - Rube Waddell hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 16th in history.
7/05 - Willie Keeler gets 3000th hit
8/05 - Bobby Wallace gets hit number 2000



Trades

5/16 - Chicago (A) gets P Bill Burns (30 yrs old, 9-13, 0 sv, 3.08 era, 77 k); Washington gets P Nick Altrock (33 yrs old, 2-5, 0 sv, 2.50 era, 3 k), rf Gavvy Cravath (29 yrs old, .202-0-11-3) and 1b Jiggs Donahue (30 yrs old, .306-0-3-2)

5/28 - Cincinnati gets cf Ward Miller (26 yrs old, .143-0-1-0); Pittsburgh gets cf Kid Durbin (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

7/16 - Boston (N) gets 2b Dave Shean (27 yrs old, .240-4-23-20), P Buster Brown (29 yrs old, 7-10, 3.22 era, 53 k) and P Lew Richie (27 yrs old, 9-12, 1 sv, 2.89 era, 45 k); Philadelphia (N) gets cf Johnny Bates (28 yrs old, .295-1-68-28) and 2b Charlie Starr (32 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

8/13 - Detroit gets 2b Jim Delahanty (30 yrs old, .265-0-69-11); Washington gets 2b Red Killefer (25 yrs old, .235-0-4-0) and 2b Germany Schaefer (33 yrs old, .301-1-51-32)

8/19 - Pittsburgh gets 3b Bobby Byrne (25 yrs old, .246-1-59-24); St.Louis (N) gets 3b Jap Barbeau (28 yrs old, .234-0-53-23) and 1b Alan Storke (26 yrs old, .284-1-19-3)

8/20 - St.Louis (A) gets 1b Claude Rossman (29 yrs old, .278-3-78-5); Detroit gets 2b Tom Jones (33 yrs old, .227-0-39-25)

8/22 - St.Louis (N) gets 3b Mike Mowrey (26 yrs old, .286-0-7-2); Cincinnati gets 2b Chappy Charles (29 yrs old, .222-0-3-1)

9/09 - Boston (A) gets p Charlie Smith (30 yrs old, 14-4, 1.74 era, 83 k); Washington gets rf Doc Gessler (29 yrs old, .261-2-53-17)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 123 - Ted Easterly, Cleveland
Stolen Bases: 65 - Bob Bescher, Cincinnati

Pitchng
Saves: 10 - Ray Collins, Boston (A)


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 123 - Ted Easterly, Cleveland

Pitching
Saves: 10 - Ray Collins, Boston (A)


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Bases on Balls: 113 - Roger Bresnahan, St.Louis (N)
Stolen Bases: 65 - Bob Bescher, Cincinnati

Pitching
Saves: 9 - Chick Brandom, Pittsburgh

[captainlou]

1909-10 Offseason & Preseason

Announcements

Philadelphia (A) - Announced that they will be moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Shibe Park.



Trades

12/01 - Cleveland gets ss Simon Nicholls (28 yrs old, .296-0-10-1 in 1908); Philadelphia (A) gets cf Wilbur Good (24 yrs old, .238-1-35-39)

12/16 - St.Louis (A) gets p Joe Lake (30 yrs old, 7-18, 1.96, 111 k) and rf Ray Demmitt (27 yrs old, .254-2-40-27); New York (A) gets c Lou Criger (38 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

01/20 - Cincinnati gets p Frank Corridon (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00, 0 k) and p Harry Coveleski (24 yrs old, 1-0, 2.45, 1 k); Philadelphia (N) gets p Ad Brennan (23 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00, 0 k) and p Bob Ewing (37 yrs old, 13-16, 2 sv, 2.92, 117 k)

02/01 - Boston (N) gets 1b Fred Liese (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0); Chicago (N) gets cf Ginger Beaumont (33 yrs old, .232-0-26-7)

02/03 - Cincinnati gets p Fred Beebe (31 yrs old, 10-21, 2.96, 93 k) and 3b Alan Storke (26 yrs old, .284-1-19-3); St.Louis (N) gets 2b Miller Huggins (33 yrs old, .250-0-2-1), p Frank Corridon (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00, 0 k) and cf Rebel Oakes (27 yrs old, .249-1-53-27)

04/04 - Boston (N) gets 3b Buck Herzog (25 yrs old, .176-0-3-0) and lf Bill Collins (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0); New York (N) gets rf Beals Becker (24 yrs old, .260-2-58-19)

04/13 - Chicago (N) gets p Harry McIntyre (32 yrs old, 8-15, 2.77, 115 k); Brooklyn gets rf Happy Smith (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), cf Bill Davidson (23 yrs old, .500-0-0-1) and ss Tony Smith (26 yrs old, .211-0-3-0 in 1907)



Major Retirements (15+yrs or HOF)

1b George Davis, age 39 - 20 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .352 with 8 homers, 91 RBIs and 40 stolen bases in 122 games.
.302 avg, 2334 g, 8322 ab, 1446 r, 2512 h, 68 hr, 1325 rbi, 573 sb, .414 slg

p Al Orth, age 37 - 15 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 23-13 record with a 1.95 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 336.2 innings.
2.88 era, 208-184, 440 g, 3525.2 ip, 1029 k, 773 bb, 6 sv

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Hall of Fame Class of 1909

http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_113106_0.jpgGeorge Davis, shortstop -- Inducted 1909
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.302 2334 8322 1446 2512 68 1325 573 .414

Al Orth*, pitcher -- Inducted 1909
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.88 208 184 .531 440 3525.2 1029 773 6

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1910 - Year In Review

U.S. President William H. Taft opened the 1910 baseball season by throwing out the first ball. His actions served to mark baseball as the "official" national pastime and started the trend of this political art into the 20th century. The people at the game, including Vice President James Sherman, highly approved of this unprecedented event. Washington's pitcher, Walter Johnson, responded to the turnout by shutting out the Philadelphia Athletics, 2-0. Taft's presence, unfortunately, didn't change the fortunes of the Senators as this was only an aberration as the Senators finished in 6th place.

The Philadelphia Athletics recovered from this opening day whitewash by playing championship ball the rest of the season and clinched the AL pennant, their first, with just under half a week remaining. The Mackmen were led by the hitting of Eddie Collins (.346-3-71), Frank Baker (.304-3-70) and Danny Murphy (.270-7-96). The mound staff was led by the AL's Outstanding pitcher, Chief Bender (26-6, 1.33), Cy Morgan (22-8, 1.70) and Eddie Plank (19-14, 1.77). Two-time AL champion Boston Red Sox stayed in the running until the end and finished in 2nd place. Boston's offense was led by Tris Speaker (.334-6-86) and Jake Stahl (.280-9-103) with Smokey Joe Wood (18-8, 2.14) leading the arms along with Eddie Cicotte (17-11, 2.44) and Ray Collins (17-10, 1.48). The defending world champion Detroit Tigers dropped to 3rd place and was led at the plate by the AL's Outstanding Hitter, Ty Cobb (.352-6-96) and the arms of 16-game winners Wild Bill Donovan (16-14, 2.33) and Ed Summers (16-8, 1.94).

The Chicago Cubs continued their reign over the National League as the kingpins of the senior loop. Finishing 6 games ahead of the field, the Cubs easily won their fourth pennant in five years, never leaving first after July. Frank Chance (.289-1-78), Solly Hofman (.309-2-84) and Wildfire Schulte (.247-11-99) supplied much of the drive while Three Finger Brown (23-8, 1.69) lodged his usual 20+ victories but the key development turned out to be King Cole (16-11, 2.52), who became an unexpected Outstanding Newcomer Award winner in the NL. The Giants came in second; Christy Mathewson (26-7, 1.62), the NL's Outstanding Pitcher, leading the mound staff and the senior circuit's Outstanding Hitter, Fred Snodgrass (.309-2-48), leading the offensive attack. Pittsburgh finished in 3rd place after a collapse saw them drop out of first by the end of June to third and 13 games behind by the beginning of September. Although Babe Adams (24-12, 1.80) registered 24 wins, he couldn't stop the bleeding. Tommy Leach (.299-5-61) and Fred Clarke (.276-5-59) led the Bucs' hitting attack.

Frank Chance led his Cubs into the World Series again with great confidence in his pitching staff. This confidence was rewarded as the pitchers, led by Three Finger Brown's two wins and 0.50 ERA, held the AL's Athletics to 8 runs as the Cubs swept the Series to claim their second world's championship.

American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB
Philadelphia 99 51 .660 -- Chicago 104 50 .675 --
Boston 99 54 .647 1.5 New York 98 56 .636 6
Detroit 82 72 .532 19 Pittsburgh 88 65 .575 15.5
Chicago 72 81 .471 28.5 Philadelphia 82 71 .536 21.5
Cleveland 71 81 .467 29 St.Louis 74 79 .484 29.5
Washington 68 83 .450 31.5 Cincinnati 70 84 .455 34
New York 64 87 .424 35.5 Brooklyn 53 101 .344 51
St.Louis 54 100 .351 47 Boston 45 108 .294 58.5



Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG
J.Jackson,PHI+CLE .363 S.Hofman, CHI .309
T.Cobb, DET .352 F.Snodgrass, NY .309
E.Collins,PHI .346 D.Paskert, CIN .307

Homeruns HR Homeruns HR
J.Stahl, BOS 9 F.Schulte, CHI 11
D.Lewis, BOS 8 J.Tinker, CHI 10
D.Murphy, PHI 7 J.Daubert, BRO 9

Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI
J.Stahl, BOS 103 F.Schulte, CHI 99
S.Crawford, DET 96 J.Bates, PHI 85
D.Murphy, PHI 96 M.Doolan, PHI 84

Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB
E.Collins, PHI 78 B.Bescher, CIN 78
J.Jackson, PHI+CLE 58 J.Devore, NY 54
B.Daniels, NY 56 B.Collins, BOS 53

Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA
C.Bender, PHI 1.33 C.Mathewson, NY 1.62
R.Collins, BOS 1.48 G.McQuillan, PHI 1.64
E.Walsh, CHI 1.59 M.Brown, CHI 1.69


Wins W Wins W
C.Bender, PHI 26 C.Mathewson, NY 26
C.Morgan, PHI 22 B.Adams, PIT 24
W.Johnson, WAS 21 M.Brown, CHI 23

Saves SV Saves SV
A.Joss, CLE 10 J.Raleigh, STL 11
J.Wood, BOS 7 D.Rudolph, NY 8
A.Malloy, STL 6 N.Maddox, PIT 5

Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO
W.Johnson, WAS 289 E.Moore, PHI 200
E.Walsh, CHI 260 N.Rucker, BRO 197
J.Coombs, PHI 219 S.Frock, BOS 164

Postseason

1910 World Series

Game #1
Philadelphia (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 2
WP - M.Brown (1-0)
LP - J.Coombs (0-1)
HR - CHI: S.Hofman (1)


Game #2
Philadelphia (A) 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4
Chicago (N) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5
WP - E.Reulbach (1-0)
LP - C.Bender (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Chicago (N) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3
Philadelphia (A) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2
WP - O.Overall (1-0)
LP - E.Plank (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Chicago (N) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3
Philadelphia (A) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
WP - M.Brown (2-0)
LP - J.Coombs (0-2)
HR - none

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AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Ty Cobb, Detroit
154 g, 631 ab, 99 r, 222 h, 31 2b, 18 3b, 6 hr, 88 rbi, 63 bb, 60 k, 54 sb, 30 cs, .352 avg, .415 obp, .487 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Fred Snodgrass, New York (N)
154 g, 579 ab, 94 r, 179 h, 28 2b, 9 3b, 2 hr, 48 rbi, 87 bb, 77 k, 38 sb, 13 cs, .309 avg, .417 obp, .399 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Chief Bender, Philadelphia (A)
26-6, 5 sv, 1.33 era, 42 g, 27 gs, 271.2 ip, 221 ha, 40 er, 1 hr, 57 bb, 175 k, 1.02 whip, .223 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
26-7, 2 sv, 1.62 era, 40 g, 35 gs, 316.2 ip, 275 ha, 57 er, 5 hr, 54 bb, 158 k, 1.04 whip, .227 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Duffy Lewis, Boston (A)
153 g, 603 ab, 74 r, 160 h, 25 2b, 13 3b, 8 hr, 82 rbi, 27 bb, 77 k, 11 sb, 8 cs, .265 avg, .301 obp, .390 slg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
King Cole, Chicago (N)
16-11, 0 sv, 2.52 era, 31 g, 29 gs, 257.1 ip, 209 ha, 72 er, 5 hr, 149 bb, 132 k, 1.39 whip, .225 oavg



Milestones and Achievements
05/26 - George Suggs hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no this season and the 17th in history.
07/22 - Nap Lajoie gets 2500th hit
08/16 - Honus Wagner reaches 2500 hits
09/05 - Charley Hall throws no-hitter. This is the second no-hitter thrown this season and the 18th in history
09/29 - Harry McIntire fires no-hitter. This is the third no-hitter thrown this season and the 19th in history
10/01 - Fred Merkle hits for cycle. This is the first time that the cycle has been hit this season and the 6th time in history
10/06 - Tris Speaker gets 6 hits



Trades
4/28 - Boston (N) gets p Sam Frock (28 yrs old, 10-16, 2 sv, 2.78 era, 165 k) and 1b Bud Sharpe (30 yrs old, .320-0-0-0); Pittsburgh gets p Kirby White (27 yrs old, 9-11, 0 sv, 2.50 era, 41 k)

5/13 - Boston (N) gets rf Doc Miller (28 yrs old, .270-6-47-36); Chicago (N) gets p Lew Richie (28 yrs old, 8-7, 0 sv, 2.64 era, 47 k)

7/23 - Cleveland gets 3b Morrie Rath (24 yrs old, .333-0-0-0); Philadelphia (A) gets lf Bris Lord (28 yrs old, .254-4-77-30)

7/29 - Chicago (N) p Bill Foxen (32 yrs old, 5-2, 1 sv, 3.07 era, 37 k); Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Fred Luderus (26 yrs old, .258-0-11-0)

7/30 - Cleveland gets lf Joe Jackson (22 yrs old, .364-5-57-59); Philadelphia (A) gets ???

8/09 - Chicago (A) gets 3b Harry Lord (29 yrs old, .294-1-49-51) and 2b Amby McConnell (28 yrs old, .232-0-15-18); Boston (A) gets 3b Billy Purtell (25 yrs old, .249-1-31-24) and p Frank Smith (32 yrs old, 8-11, 1 sv, 1.67 era, 69 k)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 129 - T.Easterly, Cleveland
Stolen Bases: 78 - B.Bescher, Cincinnati & E.Collins, Philadelphia (A)


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 129 - T.Easterly, Cleveland
Stolen Bases: 78 - E.Collins, Philadelphia (A)


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Walks: 123 - J.Evers, Chicago (N)
Stolen Bases: 78 - B.Bescher, Cincinnati

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1910-11 Offseason

Announcements

Boston (N) - Announced that their nickname has changed. They will now be known as the Boston Rustlers.

Brooklyn - Announced that they have changed their nickname. They will now be known as the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Chicago (A) - Announced that they have moved to a new ballpark. The ballpark is named Commiskey Park.

Washington - Announced that they have moved to a new ballpark. The ballpark is named Griffith Stadium.



Trades
(There were trades made prior to January 1, 1911 but stupid me forgot to jot them down. Brain fart!)

2/11 - New York (A) gets 3b Roy Hartsell (30 yrs old, .218-0-44-37); St.Louis (A) gets 3b Jimmie Austin (32 yrs old, .213-0-50-23) and 2b Frank LaPorte (31 yrs old, .272-1-54-31)

2/25 - Chicago (N) gets 1b Dave Shean (28 yrs old, .209-3-33-27); Boston (N) gets 3b Scotty Ingerton (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and p Big Jeff Pfeffer (29 yrs old, 2-0, 0 sv, 2.08 era, 0 k)


Major Retirements

RF Willie Keeler, age 38 - 19 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .424 with 0 homers, 74 RBIs and 64 stolen bases in 129 games.
.329 avg, 2278 g, 9361 ab, 1524 r, 3077 h, 32 hr, 937 rbi, 594 sb, .400 slg

C Jack O'Connor, age 41 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1890 when he batted .324 with 2 homers, 66 RBIs and 29 stolen bases in 121 games.
.272 avg, 1224 g, 4517 ab, 657 r, 1230 h, 18 hr, 660 rbi, 207 sb, .352 slg

P Rube Waddell, age 33 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 29-14 record with a 1.76 ERA and 388 strikeouts in 408.1 innings.
2.14 era, 191-145, 408 g, 3093.2 ip, 2578 k, 789 bb, 11 sv

P Vic Willis, age 34 - 13 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1899 when he compiled a 27-8 record with 2 saves, a 2.50 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 342.2 ip.
2.62 era, 230-227, 506 g, 4108.0 ip, 1852 k, 1410 bb, 4 sv

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Followed Players

Ty Cobb
Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
1905 Detroit 119 198 24 57 6 2 4 33 14 29 3 2 .288 .343 .399
1906 Detroit 149 613 71 184 31 13 1 63 24 64 22 22 .300 .326 .398
1907 Detroit 150 637 74 209 25 8 3 69 27 63 42 28 .328 .356 .407
1908 Detroit 153 614 73 184 30 11 4 74 51 77 31 37 .300 .353 .404
1909 Detroit 152 588 99 193 39 22 2 69 74 60 40 31 .328 .404 .480
1910 Detroit 154 631 99 222 31 18 6 88 63 60 54 30 .352 .415 .487
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6 seasons 877 3281 440 1049 162 74 20 396 253 353 192 150 .320 .370 .432


Walter Johnson
Pitching
Year Team W L SV ERA G GS IP HA ER BB K WHIP OAVG
1907 Washington 8 9 7 2.80 34 12 151.1 163 47 30 112 1.28 .274
1908 Washington 20 14 0 1.89 44 29 281.1 218 59 47 187 0.94 .211
1909 Washington 14 19 2 1.78 42 35 338.2 291 67 84 248 1.11 .234
1910 Washington 21 16 0 2.53 43 41 373.2 333 105 81 289 1.11 .241
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4 seasons 63 58 9 2.19 163 117 1145.0 1005 278 242 836 1.09 .236


Joe Jackson
Batting
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
1908 Philadelphia (A) 14 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .500 .571 .500
1909 Philadelphia (A) 28 87 2 27 2 0 0 6 7 9 4 5 .310 .362 .333
1910 Philadelphia (A) 86 300 48 102 21 8 3 34 34 42 26 19 .340 .405 .493
1910 Cleveland 69 264 47 103 17 4 2 22 36 32 32 20 .390 .469 .508
1910 2 teams 155 564 95 205 38 12 5 56 70 74 58 39 .363 .435 .500
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3 seasons 197 657 97 235 40 12 5 61 78 84 62 44 .358 .427 .478

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Hall of Fame Class of 1910



http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_116891.jpgWillie Keeler, right fielder -- Inducted 1910
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG
.329 2278 9361 1524 3077 32 937 594 .400
http://baseballhall.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/hof_headshot_sm/hof/photos/headshot_124364.jpgVic Willis, pitcher -- Inducted 1910
ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV
2.62 230 227 .503 506 4108.0 1852 1410 4