1905 News & Notes
1905 All-Star Game
Northern League 10, Southern League 5
After getting pounded for a couple of years, the NL standouts finally turned the tables. Flagstaff's
Sam Crawford, who has played in all five All-Star games, bashed a two-run homer. Flag teammate
Topsy Hartsell had a double and a triple. Sedona's
Fightin' Harry Wolverton helped a six-run sixth inning with a triple...
Tombstone's
Bill "Wagon Tongue" Keister had the SL's lone offensive outburst, a three-run homer in the fifth...
No-Hitters
Good grief, the week of Aug. 15-19 was no-hitter week in the Arizona League. The air was extremely thick with humidity from summer monsoon storms, I guess. Three players tossed no-hitters within a five-day span. Wow!! Hats off to Prescott's
Mike O'Neill, Yuma's
Walter Clarkson and Sedona's
Red Ames.
Sedona and Grand Canyon have both had two no-hitters. Must be something about the scenery in those two picturesque places that distracts hitters.
(Side note: this does seem excessive for no-hitters -- is there a way to tweak that down a bit -- like a no-hitter maybe every few seasons instead of three in one week? Thanks)...
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LEAGUE HISTORY - NO HITTERS
5/5/1901, Jack Chesbro (GCA), 7 K, 2 BB
9/28/1901, Jack Taylor (NOG), 2 K, 0 BB (PERFECT GAME!)
6/11/1902, Roscoe Miller (FLG), 6 K, 1 BB
7/26/1902, Bob Rhoads (SED), 6 K, 5 BB
6/5/1904, Noodles Hahn (PAY), 2 K, 1 BB
7/5/1904, Frank Smith (GCA), 3 K, 0 BB
8/15/1905, Mike O'neill (PRE), 3 K, 1 BB
8/18/1905, Walter Clarkson (YUM), 1 K, 2 BB
8/19/1905, Red Ames (SED), 3 K, 2 BB
Injury Notebook
If August was no-hitter month, April was season-ending injury month. Three players were lost for the year in the season's first few weeks — Tucson's
Terry Turner (torn elbow ligaments, April 5), Flagstaff's
Roger Bresnaham (broken hip, April 7) and Tempe's
Bobby Lowe (broken foot, April 11). Ouch!
Misc.
• One of baseball's greatest pitchers,
Cy Young, was released by the Cottonwood Monsoon during the season. Young was the first-ever Northern League Top Hurler Award winner (1901) and a two-time All-Star during his stay in the Arizona League. He won 25, 25 and 20 games in his first three seasons but the 38-year-old seriously trailed off starting in 1904.
Young's career numbers in the AZL: 74-49 with one save and a 2.82 ERA ... He was 1-3 in the post-season ... Wonder if any other team will pick him up for 1906 or if he'll retire...
• Pitcher
Ned "The Nomad" Garvin was traded twice again this season, going from Payson to Flagstaff to Tucson. He must be a clubhouse cancer or something because teams keep moving him.