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1903 Awards
Top Hurlers
The 1903 Northern Top Hurler Award winner is from Payson this year. Noodles Hahn put together impressive numbers on the mound — an ERA of 1.90 and a 23-15 record. He struck out 111 and walked 52 in 360.1 innings. He pitched 33 complete games with 4 shutouts. Noodles ended up first in the Northern in ERA and third in wins...
Deacon Phillippe will never forget this year. His dominating season convinced the Southern League to name the Prescott right-hander the Top Hurler Award winner of 1903. This season Phillippe compiled an ERA of 2.53, going 29-11 in 40 starts. He fanned 108 while giving up 301 hits in 359.1 innings. He has 40 complete games and 4 shutouts. He was 5th in the Southern in ERA and 1st in wins...
Big Stick Awards
The Northern Big Stick Award goes to Flag's Sam Crawford, who also won the honor in 1901. He continued to swing the bat with power, hitting 20 homeruns while batting .354 this season. His 187 hits and 45 walks add up to a .407 on-base percentage. He's 1st in the Northern in batting, 1st in homeruns and 3rd in RBI...
The Southern Big Stick Award goes to Ed Delahanty of Phoenix. He had an extraordinary season as well! He hit 11 taters while batting .291 this season. His 174 hits and 53 walks add up to a .352 on-base percentage. He was 7th in the Southern in batting, 3rd in homeruns and 1st in RBI ...
Rookies of the Year
Flagstaff's Barney Wolfe compiled an ERA of 2.67 in his debut in the Arizona League, going 24-17 in 41 starts for the Lumberjacks. He fanned 99 while giving up 353 hits in 370.1 innings. Barney pitched 5 shutouts and 41 complete games. He's 2nd in the Northern in wins!
The Southern Best Young Player is Tombstone's Oscar Jones. His ERA of 3.10 helped him to a 18-12 record this year. He struck out 70 and walked 64 in 310.1 innings. He has 8 complete games and 3 shutouts.
Field General Award Winners
Northern League
Pitcher: Weldon Henley (SED)
Catcher: Heinie Peitz (KAY)
First Base: Frank Isbell (JER)
Second Base: Johnny Evers (GCA)
Third Base: Bill Coughlin (JER)
Shortstop: Honus Wagner (KAY)
Leftfield: Homer Smoot (KAY)
Centerfield: Roy Thomas (LAK)
Rightfield: Sam Crawford (FLG)
Southern League
Pitcher: Roy Patterson (NOG)
Catcher: Frank Roth (TEM)
First Base: Kitty Bransfield (TEM)
Second Base: Bobby Lowe (TEM)
Third Base: Billy Clingman (PRE)
Shortstop: Joe Tinker (TOM)
Leftfield: Kip Selbach (TOM)
Centerfield: Chick Stahl (YUM)
Rightfield: Fred Ketchum (TUC)
Last edited by AZTarHeel; 08-02-2006 at 12:28 PM.
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