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metsgeek · 10-29-2006, 01:38 PM

1904 MAJOR EVENTS

January 4 - The Highlanders announce plans to play on Sundays at Ridgewood Park on Long Island‚ but the Brooklyn club objects. Sunday games are legal in Detroit‚ St. Louis‚ Chicago‚ and Cincinnati.
January 15 - New York Giants' manager Champ Cale is hauled in for gambling and resisting arrest. He spends the weekend in jail.
January 22 - William H. Yawkey‚ the 28-year-old heir to a lumber and mining fortune‚ buys the Detroit Tigers from S. F. Angus for $50‚000.
February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours
February 8 - Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts Russo-Japanese War
February 23 - For $10 million the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.
March 4 - Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops
March 10 - New York Giants players leave Mobile, Alabama ahead of the law after a local judge issues a warrant for the arrest of Charley McDermott, Blue Hughes, Darby Hoffman and starter Norm Farley for beating a local umpire unconscious during an exhibition game. The players were reportedly goaded into action by manager Champ Cale.
April 8 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
April 17 - Brooklyn management figures a way around the ban against Sunday baseball. Fans are admitted free to Washington Park, but are then charged for a program.
April 30 - Facing Detroit, Browns' ace Caroll Edwards pitches the 2nd ever no-hitter of the modern era. Tiger Lionel Ragland spoils the bid for a perfect game when he walks with no outs in the 6th inning. "They took some ugly cuts at my breaking stuff, so I kept throwing it. Fortunately they were not able to adjust in time," stated Edwards after the game.
May 9 - Phillies catcher Clancy Yarborough suffers a season ending injury when he is bowled over by the Giants' Blue Hughes in a collision at home plate, breaking his wrist in two places. Yarborough laid unconscious on the field for several minutes and had to be carried off the field. Hughes is later accused of making threats to Yarborough before the game, though it is never verified.
May 21 - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris, France.
May 22 - Giants' centerfielder Norman Mooney suffers a season ending injury when he hurts himself diving for a ball. He collapses in pain and is helped off the field. After x-rays are taken in a nearby hospital, it revealed that he has broken his hip.
June 15 - A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000.
June 30 - St. Louis Cardinals' manager Lou Campion scoffs at the American League, calling them a minor league who can't compete with the teams in the National League, ignoring the Boston Pilgrims win over the Chicago Cubs in the 1903 World Series.
Summer - The Summer Olympics takes place in St. Louis, Missouri. The United States wins the most medals (236), and the most gold medals (77).
July 23 - In St. Louis, Missouri, Charles E. Menches invents the ice cream cone during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
July 29 - Boston Beaneaters leftfielder Michael Hoover knocks in 7 on 4 hits against the New York Giants.
July 30 - The Chicago Tribune blares the headline "Coquillou and Jacoby go to Yankees for Grey", detailing a trade between the Cubs and Highlanders sending pitchers Pierre Coquillou and Beau Jacoby for centerfielder Walter Grey. This is reportedly the first time the team from the Big Apple has been given the Yankees moniker.
August 3 - A British expedition under colonel Francis Younghusband takes Lhasa in Tibet.
September 17 - Detroit's Landon Lowery has a historical performance against Washington on Sunday, pitching the first ever perfect game of the modern era for his 7th shutout of the season. The crowd of 30,107 give him a standing ovation when teammates carry him off the field on their shoulders.
September 1 - Lou Campion announces that his Cardinals will not play the American League winners if they maintain their lead. "My mind is made up, and that's that."
October 12 - Despite the previous agreement between the two leagues, the St. Louis Cardinals organization confirms that they will not meet the Washington Nationals in the World Series. Lou Campion issues a statement saying that he‚ not president John Morpeth‚ was responsible for refusing to play the AL winner in a post season series. The Sporting News declare the Washington Nationals champions by default.
October 21 - Russian Baltic Fleet fires on British trawlers it mistakes for Japanese torpedo boats in the North Sea, in what would be known as the Dogger Bank incident.
October 27 - The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens (IRT); the system is now the largest in the United States, and one of the largest in the world.
November 8 - Theodore Roosevelt defeats Alton B. Parker in the U.S. presidential election
December 31 - The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square

1904 FINAL STANDINGS

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB  
  
Washington       88 66 .571    -   
St. Louis (A)    85 69 .552  3.0   
Cleveland        83 71 .539  5.0   
Detroit          79 75 .513  9.0   
Boston (A)       78 76 .506 10.0   
Philadelphia (A) 72 82 .468 16.0   
New York (A)     69 85 .448 19.0   
Chicago (A)      62 92 .403 26.0   
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W   L  PCT   GB   
 
St. Louis (N)    90  64 .584    -   
Brooklyn         87  67 .565  3.0   
Chicago (N)      86  68 .558  4.0   
Boston (N)       84  70 .545  6.0   
Cincinnati       79  75 .513 11.0   
Pittsburgh       75  79 .487 15.0   
New York (N)     61  93 .396 29.0   
Philadelphia (N) 54 100 .351 36.0

AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Billy Bacon (SLA) .355
2 Fibber Paine (PHA) .310
3 Broadway Williams (DET) .309
4 Wooly White (WS1) .302
5 Jacques Pierre (PHA) .300

TOP 5 Homers
1 Alford Bachelor (WS1) 15
2 Mick Rooker (CLE) 12
3 Duffy Smalls (BOS) 8
4 Big Jim Creighton (BOS) 7
5 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 6

TOP 10 RBI
1 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 86
2 Travis Roby (CLE) 85
3 Broadway Williams (DET) 79
4 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 77
5 Jim Galbraith (BOS) 70

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Emory Casey (BOS) 73
2 Dash Bailey (NYA) 66
3 Wooly White (WS1) 61
4 John Cotchery (CHA) 47
5 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 46

TOP 10 Wins
1 Rodger Roby (CLE) 26
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 26
3 A.A. Nolan (CLE) 23
3 Dick Rickey (DET) 23
5 John Makepeace (WS1) 21

TOP 10 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.43
2 Landon Lowery (DET) 1.77
3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 2.05
4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 2.11
5 Deiter Vogel (WS1) 2.18

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 310
2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 266
3 Joe Smucker (SLA) 194
4 Robert Crouch (CHA) 191
5 Alf Mackey (WS1) 165

NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Caesar Geist (BRO) .351
2 Alfred Reed (PIT) .341
3 John Hill (CIN) .319
4 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) .307
5 Carl Gallagher (CHN) .300

TOP 5 Homers
1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 14
2 Ox Roberts (NY1) 9
3 Ronan Keough (CIN) 8
3 Eddie Finn (SLN) 8
5 Bob Rooney (CHN) 7

TOP 10 RBI
1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 88
2 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 79
3 Ed Scully (BRO) 78
4 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) 75
5 Patrick O'Hara (CIN) 71

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 64
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 56
3 Colt Barrish (SLN) 53
4 Alain Champignon (NY1) 52
4 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 52

TOP 10 Wins
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 29
2 Red Huffer (SLN) 27
3 Jim Joy (BRO) 26
3 Ronald Wheelock (PIT) 26
5 Avery Luck (CHN) 22

TOP 10 ERA
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 1.52
2 Jim Joy (BRO) 1.74
3 Avery Luck (CHN) 1.79
4 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 1.95
5 Red Huffer (SLN) 2.21

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Jim Joy (BRO) 267
2 Gerald Rodgers (SLN) 248
3 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 239
4 Arch Murtaugh (BRO) 206
5 Jim Brush (BRO) 203

******************
Edwards (SLA) and Hartung (BSN) win PITCHER OF THE YEAR
The 1904 AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner is from St. Louis (A) this year. Caroll Edwards put together impressive numbers on the mound this season. Caroll has a record of 26-9 this season, with an ERA of 1.43. In 377 Innings he was able to strike out 310 batters. Caroll has pitched 12 shutouts and 33 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

The 1904 NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner is from Boston (N) this year. Handsome Jack Hartung put together impressive numbers on the mound this season as well. His ERA of 1.52 helped him to a 29-10 record this year. He struck out 239 and walked 63 in 379.1 innings. Handsome Jack has pitched 10 shutouts and 35 complete games. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Bacon and Geist earn BATTER OF THE YEAR honors
St. Louis (A)'s leftfielder Billy Bacon will never forget this day. A great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. Billy is hitting .355 this year, with 192 hits in 541 at bats. He has driven in 60 runs, slugging .412. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting!

Brooklyn's leftfielder Caesar Geist wins the award yet again. Another great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. While compiling an on base percentage of .480, Caesar hit .351 and slugged .464. He has collected 53 runs batted in this year. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting! Geist wins the award for the 3rd time in his 4-year career.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR honors go to Bachelor and Barrish
Alford Bachelor was named the AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner today. Washington's first baseman put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 22 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Alford has gone 149 for 596 (.250) this season, hitting 15 taters and driving in 57 runs. He has scored 72 runs on his own.

Getting an award is a nice way to start a career. St. Louis (N)'s Colt Barrish smiled as he was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner. This year Barrish drove in 46 and scored 97 runs while batting .300 with 2 longballs. He's 6th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!

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metsgeek Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Norwood, MA Posts: 5,450 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	1904 MAJOR EVENTS January 4 - The Highlanders announce plans to play on Sundays at Ridgewood Park on Long Island‚ but the Brooklyn club objects. Sunday games are legal in Detroit‚ St. Louis‚ Chicago‚ and Cincinnati. January 15 - New York Giants' manager Champ Cale is hauled in for gambling and resisting arrest. He spends the weekend in jail. January 22 - William H. Yawkey‚ the 28-year-old heir to a lumber and mining fortune‚ buys the Detroit Tigers from S. F. Angus for $50‚000. February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours February 8 - Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts Russo-Japanese War February 23 - For $10 million the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone. March 4 - Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops March 10 - New York Giants players leave Mobile, Alabama ahead of the law after a local judge issues a warrant for the arrest of Charley McDermott, Blue Hughes, Darby Hoffman and starter Norm Farley for beating a local umpire unconscious during an exhibition game. The players were reportedly goaded into action by manager Champ Cale. April 8 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times. April 17 - Brooklyn management figures a way around the ban against Sunday baseball. Fans are admitted free to Washington Park, but are then charged for a program. April 30 - Facing Detroit, Browns' ace Caroll Edwards pitches the 2nd ever no-hitter of the modern era. Tiger Lionel Ragland spoils the bid for a perfect game when he walks with no outs in the 6th inning. "They took some ugly cuts at my breaking stuff, so I kept throwing it. Fortunately they were not able to adjust in time," stated Edwards after the game. May 9 - Phillies catcher Clancy Yarborough suffers a season ending injury when he is bowled over by the Giants' Blue Hughes in a collision at home plate, breaking his wrist in two places. Yarborough laid unconscious on the field for several minutes and had to be carried off the field. Hughes is later accused of making threats to Yarborough before the game, though it is never verified. May 21 - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris, France. May 22 - Giants' centerfielder Norman Mooney suffers a season ending injury when he hurts himself diving for a ball. He collapses in pain and is helped off the field. After x-rays are taken in a nearby hospital, it revealed that he has broken his hip. June 15 - A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000. June 30 - St. Louis Cardinals' manager Lou Campion scoffs at the American League, calling them a minor league who can't compete with the teams in the National League, ignoring the Boston Pilgrims win over the Chicago Cubs in the 1903 World Series. Summer - The Summer Olympics takes place in St. Louis, Missouri. The United States wins the most medals (236), and the most gold medals (77). July 23 - In St. Louis, Missouri, Charles E. Menches invents the ice cream cone during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. July 29 - Boston Beaneaters leftfielder Michael Hoover knocks in 7 on 4 hits against the New York Giants. July 30 - The Chicago Tribune blares the headline "Coquillou and Jacoby go to Yankees for Grey", detailing a trade between the Cubs and Highlanders sending pitchers Pierre Coquillou and Beau Jacoby for centerfielder Walter Grey. This is reportedly the first time the team from the Big Apple has been given the Yankees moniker. August 3 - A British expedition under colonel Francis Younghusband takes Lhasa in Tibet. September 17 - Detroit's Landon Lowery has a historical performance against Washington on Sunday, pitching the first ever perfect game of the modern era for his 7th shutout of the season. The crowd of 30,107 give him a standing ovation when teammates carry him off the field on their shoulders. September 1 - Lou Campion announces that his Cardinals will not play the American League winners if they maintain their lead. "My mind is made up, and that's that." October 12 - Despite the previous agreement between the two leagues, the St. Louis Cardinals organization confirms that they will not meet the Washington Nationals in the World Series. Lou Campion issues a statement saying that he‚ not president John Morpeth‚ was responsible for refusing to play the AL winner in a post season series. The Sporting News declare the Washington Nationals champions by default. October 21 - Russian Baltic Fleet fires on British trawlers it mistakes for Japanese torpedo boats in the North Sea, in what would be known as the Dogger Bank incident. October 27 - The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens (IRT); the system is now the largest in the United States, and one of the largest in the world. November 8 - Theodore Roosevelt defeats Alton B. Parker in the U.S. presidential election December 31 - The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square 1904 FINAL STANDINGS Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings Team W L PCT GB Washington 88 66 .571 - St. Louis (A) 85 69 .552 3.0 Cleveland 83 71 .539 5.0 Detroit 79 75 .513 9.0 Boston (A) 78 76 .506 10.0 Philadelphia (A) 72 82 .468 16.0 New York (A) 69 85 .448 19.0 Chicago (A) 62 92 .403 26.0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings Team W L PCT GB St. Louis (N) 90 64 .584 - Brooklyn 87 67 .565 3.0 Chicago (N) 86 68 .558 4.0 Boston (N) 84 70 .545 6.0 Cincinnati 79 75 .513 11.0 Pittsburgh 75 79 .487 15.0 New York (N) 61 93 .396 29.0 Philadelphia (N) 54 100 .351 36.0 AL LEADERS TOP 5 Batting Average 1 Billy Bacon (SLA) .355 2 Fibber Paine (PHA) .310 3 Broadway Williams (DET) .309 4 Wooly White (WS1) .302 5 Jacques Pierre (PHA) .300 TOP 5 Homers 1 Alford Bachelor (WS1) 15 2 Mick Rooker (CLE) 12 3 Duffy Smalls (BOS) 8 4 Big Jim Creighton (BOS) 7 5 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 6 TOP 10 RBI 1 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 86 2 Travis Roby (CLE) 85 3 Broadway Williams (DET) 79 4 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 77 5 Jim Galbraith (BOS) 70 TOP 10 Stolen Bases 1 Emory Casey (BOS) 73 2 Dash Bailey (NYA) 66 3 Wooly White (WS1) 61 4 John Cotchery (CHA) 47 5 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 46 TOP 10 Wins 1 Rodger Roby (CLE) 26 1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 26 3 A.A. Nolan (CLE) 23 3 Dick Rickey (DET) 23 5 John Makepeace (WS1) 21 TOP 10 ERA 1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.43 2 Landon Lowery (DET) 1.77 3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 2.05 4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 2.11 5 Deiter Vogel (WS1) 2.18 TOP 10 Strikeouts 1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 310 2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 266 3 Joe Smucker (SLA) 194 4 Robert Crouch (CHA) 191 5 Alf Mackey (WS1) 165 NL LEADERS TOP 5 Batting Average 1 Caesar Geist (BRO) .351 2 Alfred Reed (PIT) .341 3 John Hill (CIN) .319 4 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) .307 5 Carl Gallagher (CHN) .300 TOP 5 Homers 1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 14 2 Ox Roberts (NY1) 9 3 Ronan Keough (CIN) 8 3 Eddie Finn (SLN) 8 5 Bob Rooney (CHN) 7 TOP 10 RBI 1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 88 2 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 79 3 Ed Scully (BRO) 78 4 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) 75 5 Patrick O'Hara (CIN) 71 TOP 10 Stolen Bases 1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 64 2 Morton McGee (CHN) 56 3 Colt Barrish (SLN) 53 4 Alain Champignon (NY1) 52 4 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 52 TOP 10 Wins 1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 29 2 Red Huffer (SLN) 27 3 Jim Joy (BRO) 26 3 Ronald Wheelock (PIT) 26 5 Avery Luck (CHN) 22 TOP 10 ERA 1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 1.52 2 Jim Joy (BRO) 1.74 3 Avery Luck (CHN) 1.79 4 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 1.95 5 Red Huffer (SLN) 2.21 TOP 10 Strikeouts 1 Jim Joy (BRO) 267 2 Gerald Rodgers (SLN) 248 3 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 239 4 Arch Murtaugh (BRO) 206 5 Jim Brush (BRO) 203 **************** Edwards (SLA) and Hartung (BSN) win PITCHER OF THE YEAR The 1904 AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner is from St. Louis (A) this year. Caroll Edwards put together impressive numbers on the mound this season. Caroll has a record of 26-9 this season, with an ERA of 1.43. In 377 Innings he was able to strike out 310 batters. Caroll has pitched 12 shutouts and 33 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! The 1904 NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner is from Boston (N) this year. Handsome Jack Hartung put together impressive numbers on the mound this season as well. His ERA of 1.52 helped him to a 29-10 record this year. He struck out 239 and walked 63 in 379.1 innings. Handsome Jack has pitched 10 shutouts and 35 complete games. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Bacon and Geist earn BATTER OF THE YEAR honors St. Louis (A)'s leftfielder Billy Bacon will never forget this day. A great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. Billy is hitting .355 this year, with 192 hits in 541 at bats. He has driven in 60 runs, slugging .412. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting! Brooklyn's leftfielder Caesar Geist wins the award yet again. Another great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. While compiling an on base percentage of .480, Caesar hit .351 and slugged .464. He has collected 53 runs batted in this year. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting! Geist wins the award for the 3rd time in his 4-year career. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR honors go to Bachelor and Barrish Alford Bachelor was named the AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner today. Washington's first baseman put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 22 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Alford has gone 149 for 596 (.250) this season, hitting 15 taters and driving in 57 runs. He has scored 72 runs on his own. Getting an award is a nice way to start a career. St. Louis (N)'s Colt Barrish** smiled as he was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner. This year Barrish drove in 46 and scored 97 runs while batting .300 with 2 longballs. He's 6th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting! __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!