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metsgeek · 11-05-2006, 09:52 PM

1906 MAJOR EVENTS

January 5 - Darby Hoffman and jockey Tod Sloan open a billiard parlor at 34th Street and Broadway, which soon becomes a popular and profitable hangout for New York's sporting life.
January 8 - A landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20

February 8 - Several New York Giant players assault passengers aboard a train from New York City to Troy where the players are to receive an award. Ringleader T.T. Taylor is charges with assaulting a conductor and pulling a pistol on a porter. The New York Times reports that the players were drunk and started throwing baseballs.
February 28 - Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, a novel depicting the life of an immigrant family living in Chicago during the early 1900s.
April 7 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples
April 18 - A massive earthquake on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3000. 225,000-300,000 people are left homeless and an estimated $350 million in damages are reported. The magnitude of the earthquake measures 7.8.

April 22 - A new rule puts the umpire in sole charge of all game balls. The home team manager previously had some say as to when a new ball was introduced.

April 26 - Immediately following the Giants 4-3 win over Philadelphia, Darby Hoffman slugs a fan who had made a derogatory remark about the Giants., then the team captain proceeds on to the clubhouse. When a policeman arrives he refuses to arrest Hoffman on the grounds that he had not witnessed the altercation.

April 27 - Caroll Edwards of the St. Louis Browns throws a perfect game against the Boston Red Sox, striking out 7.

April 28 - In a South Texas League game, Houston starter Albert Rhymer pitches a 1-0 no-hitter over Galveston. Opposing pitcher Bo Wunderlicht gives up just one hit.

May 7 - Umpire Tim Hurst strikes New York Highlander manager Charlie Purcell in the mouth. Hurst is suspended for five days.

May 13 - St. Louis Cardinal Frank Calico no-hits the New York Giants, allowing only one man on base when he walks Hiram Webber on 4 straight pitches in the 7th.

May 15 - Herman "Ham" Iburg of the Cubs becomes the first pitcher of the modern era to fan four batters in a single inning, fanning the side after the first Cincinnati batter, Edmund De Groot, in the 5th inning reaches base on Bob Rooney's 3rd-strike error. Iburg also fanned the side in the 4th inning to total seven batters punched out in just two innings, the first and only time this happens. Ham K's 12 Reds overall enroute to a victory, 4-1.

May 17 - Detroit's Johnnie Butters' bunt single spoils Leland Kane's no-hit bid. The Philadelphia A's win 5-0

May 27 - Five fans are killed and 25 injured by a bolt of lightning that strikes a crowd watching a game near Mobile, Alabama.
June 8 - Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.

June 11 - In Boston, the Beaneaters' Richard Parrott makes a ML record 5 errors at 3B, and his teammates makes another 6 to help the St. Louis Cardinals post an 8–1 win.
June 25 - New York playboy Harry K. Thaw shoots architect Stanford White.

June 26 - In an Iowa State league game at Waterloo, Herbert Whitney, catcher for the Burlington Pathfinders, is beaned by a pitch from future Pittsburgh Pirate George Bunch. Whitney's skull is fractured and he dies from the injury.

July 9 - Black Jack Gilmartin of the White Sox throws the 3rd no-hitter of the season, allowing only 2 walks against the Washington Senators.
July 12 - Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer hastily and wrongly convicted of treason in 1899, is exonerated. He is reinstalled in the French Army July 21, ending the "Dreyfus Affair" that exposed anti-Semitism in French society.

August 6 - In New York, Larry Napoleon and Darby Hoffman are tossed for abusing umpire James Johnstone during a 3-1 loss to the Cubs. The two are suspended for 3 games.
August 22 - The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, is manufactured.
August 23 - Unable to control a rebellion in the newly-formed Cuban republic, Pres. Tomás Estrada Palma requests U.S. intervention.

August 29 - After Pilgrims manager Cap Olsen takes a vacation without permission, he is suspended for 5 games. Rightfielder Big Jim Creighton is named acting manager.

September 1 - With the regular umpires sick from food poisoning, Cub pitcher Bart Black and Cardinal backup catcher Eugene Garber are picked to umpire. The Cubs, behind Avery Luck's 5-hitter, win 8-1 for their 14th win in a row at the West Side Grounds.
September 5 - Brandbury Robinson, quarterback for St. Louis University, throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game against Carroll College.
September 18 - Typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 persons in Hong Kong.
September 22 - Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia. At least 27 people are killed and the black-owned business district is severely damaged.
September 24 - President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument.
October 11 - The San Francisco public school board sparks a United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.

November 1 - Pitcher John Parks, 1-1 with a 9.28 ERA for the Phils this season, has better luck off the field. An investment in the Cripple Creek, Colorado mine pays off with a rich gold strike.
November 3 - SOS becomes an international distress signal.
November 9 - President Theodore Roosevelt leaves for a trip to Panama to inspect the construction progress of the Panama Canal. This is the first time a sitting President of the United States has made an official trip outside of the United States.
December 10 - President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War.

December 26 - National League umpire Hank O'Day suggests that the batter's box be outlined with white rubber strips rather than chalk, making it impossible for hitters to obliterate the lines with their spikes.

1906 FINAL STANDINGS

Code:

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB    

New York (A)     84 70 .545    -   
St. Louis (A)    83 71 .539  1.0   
Detroit          81 73 .526  3.0   
Cleveland        80 74 .519  4.0   
Philadelphia (A) 76 78 .494  8.0   
Chicago (A)      73 81 .474 11.0   
Boston (A)       72 82 .468 12.0   
Washington       67 87 .435 17.0   
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB    

Chicago (N)      90 64 .584    -   
Philadelphia (N) 85 69 .552  5.0 
Cincinnati       81 73 .526  9.0   
New York (N)     81 73 .526  9.0   
St. Louis (N)    79 75 .513 11.0   
Boston (N)       74 80 .481 16.0   
Brooklyn         63 91 .409 27.0   
Pittsburgh       63 91 .409 27.0

WORLD SERIES:

CHICAGO CUBS sweep the NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS, 4 GAMES TO 0

AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 John Boss (PHA) .339
2 Alton Garrity (NYA) .330
3 Billy Bacon (SLA) .327
4 Sully McTeague (BOS) .316
5 Arden Ferris (NYA) .313

TOP 5 Homers
1 Tommy Boyle (WS1) 10
1 Ned Bigelow (NYA) 10
3 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 9
4 Luc Roquelaire (CLE) 7
5 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 6

TOP 5 RBI
1 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 90
2 Ned Bigelow (NYA) 88
2 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 88
2 Sully McTeague (BOS) 88
5 Chet Spurgeon (NYA) 74

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Dash Bailey (NYA) 74
2 Wooly White (WS1) 58
3 Mickey Rawlings (BOS) 57
3 Preston North (DET) 57
5 Arden Ferris (NYA) 55

TOP 5 Wins
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 29
2 Albert Murtha (PHA) 25
3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 23
4 L. Lowery (DET) 22
4 Pierre Coquillou (NYA) 22

TOP 5 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.07
2 Rhys Conroy (BOS) 2.60
3 Dieter Vogel (WS1) 2.63
4 Harvey Hinkel (CLE) 2.65
5 John Makepeace (WS1) 2.68

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 259
2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 219
3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 200
4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 196
5 Carl McCluskey (DET) 170

NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Melville Addison (PHI) .324
2 Milton Shifman (BSN) .322
3 Theodore Lipschitz (PIT) .317
4 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) .312
5 Colt Barrish (SLN) .312

TOP 5 Homers
1 Bob Rooney (CHN) 10
1 Ronan Keough (CIN) 10
3 Blue Hughes (NY1) 9
4 Jock Headley (PIT) 8
5 Ox Roberts (NY1) 7

TOP 5 RBI
1 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 98
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 88
3 Arnold Kellogg (CHN) 87
4 Clancy Yarborough (PHI) 84
5 Blue Hughes (NY1) 81

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 67
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 58
3 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) 55
4 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 54
5 Ira Flick (PHI) 46

TOP 5 Wins
1 Malcolm Twist (PHI) 27
1 Shep Sanders (CHN) 27
3 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 25
4 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 24
5 Bink Marshall (NY1) 23

TOP 5 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.07
2 Rhys Conroy (BOS) 2.60
3 Dieter Vogel (WS1) 2.63
4 Harvey Hinkel (CLE) 2.65
5 John Makepeace (WS1) 2.68

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 C. Edwards (SLA) 259
2 E. Jarlsen (NYA) 219
3 B. Gilmartin (CHA) 200
4 J. Smucker (SLA) 196
5 C. McCluskey (DET) 170

******************
Chicago (N)'s Sanders and St. Louis (A)'s Edwards named PITCHER OF THE YEAR
The 1906 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. His ERA of 1.07 helped him to a 29-8 record this year. He struck out 259 and walked 41 in 337.1 innings. Caroll has pitched 14 shutouts and 34 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Edwards wins the award for the 3rd time in his 4-year career.

Shep Sanders will never forget this year. His dominating season convinced the NATIONAL LEAGUE to name Chicago (N)'s right-hander the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner of 1906. Shep has a record of 27-8 this season, with an ERA of 1.53. In 352 Innings he was able to strike out 165 batters. He has 31 complete games and 9 shutouts. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Garrity and Kellogg earn top honors as BATTER OF THE YEAR
The 1906 AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner has been announced. It's New York (A)'s second baseman Alton Garrity who really had a great offensive year. Garrity has walked 38 times this year and posts a .373 OBP. While batting .330, 189 for 572, he has driven in 73 runs. He's 2nd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting and 6th in RBI!

Chicago (N)'s Arnold Kellogg, who won the NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR today, was all smiles as he accepted the award. It put the finishing touches on what has been a tremendous season for the slugger. Kellogg has hit for a .308 average this season. He has 31 extra base hits along with 209 total bases, resulting in a .379 slugging percentage. He's 7th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting and 3rd in RBI! Kellogg wins the award for the 2nd time in his 5-year career.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winners announced in Boston and New York
Boston (A)'s pitcher Rhys Conroy has worked hard to reach the big leagues. His work paid off today as the AMERICAN LEAGUE named him the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner! Rhys has a record of 13-10 this season, with an ERA of 2.60. In 255.2 Innings he was able to strike out 88 batters. He has 13 complete games and 4 shutouts.

The 1906 NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner is from New York (N) this season. Larry Napoleon put together impressive numbers for a rookie en route to win the first major award of his career. Let's hope more will follow for this 24 year old ballplayer. He has hit 7 taters while batting .267 this season. His 124 hits and 62 walks add up to a .351 on-base percentage.

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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	1906 MAJOR EVENTS January 5 - Darby Hoffman and jockey Tod Sloan open a billiard parlor at 34th Street and Broadway, which soon becomes a popular and profitable hangout for New York's sporting life. January 8 - A landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 February 8 - Several New York Giant players assault passengers aboard a train from New York City to Troy where the players are to receive an award. Ringleader T.T. Taylor is charges with assaulting a conductor and pulling a pistol on a porter. The New York Times reports that the players were drunk and started throwing baseballs. February 28 - Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, a novel depicting the life of an immigrant family living in Chicago during the early 1900s. April 7 - Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples April 18 - A massive earthquake on the San Andreas Fault destroys much of San Francisco, California, killing at least 3000. 225,000-300,000 people are left homeless and an estimated $350 million in damages are reported. The magnitude of the earthquake measures 7.8. April 22 - A new rule puts the umpire in sole charge of all game balls. The home team manager previously had some say as to when a new ball was introduced. April 26 - Immediately following the Giants 4-3 win over Philadelphia, Darby Hoffman slugs a fan who had made a derogatory remark about the Giants., then the team captain proceeds on to the clubhouse. When a policeman arrives he refuses to arrest Hoffman on the grounds that he had not witnessed the altercation. April 27 - Caroll Edwards of the St. Louis Browns throws a perfect game against the Boston Red Sox, striking out 7. April 28 - In a South Texas League game, Houston starter Albert Rhymer pitches a 1-0 no-hitter over Galveston. Opposing pitcher Bo Wunderlicht gives up just one hit. May 7 - Umpire Tim Hurst strikes New York Highlander manager Charlie Purcell in the mouth. Hurst is suspended for five days. May 13 - St. Louis Cardinal Frank Calico no-hits the New York Giants, allowing only one man on base when he walks Hiram Webber on 4 straight pitches in the 7th. May 15 - Herman "Ham" Iburg of the Cubs becomes the first pitcher of the modern era to fan four batters in a single inning, fanning the side after the first Cincinnati batter, Edmund De Groot, in the 5th inning reaches base on Bob Rooney's 3rd-strike error. Iburg also fanned the side in the 4th inning to total seven batters punched out in just two innings, the first and only time this happens. Ham K's 12 Reds overall enroute to a victory, 4-1. May 17 - Detroit's Johnnie Butters' bunt single spoils Leland Kane's no-hit bid. The Philadelphia A's win 5-0 May 27 - Five fans are killed and 25 injured by a bolt of lightning that strikes a crowd watching a game near Mobile, Alabama. June 8 - Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value. June 11 - In Boston, the Beaneaters' Richard Parrott makes a ML record 5 errors at 3B, and his teammates makes another 6 to help the St. Louis Cardinals post an 8–1 win. June 25 - New York playboy Harry K. Thaw shoots architect Stanford White. June 26 - In an Iowa State league game at Waterloo, Herbert Whitney, catcher for the Burlington Pathfinders, is beaned by a pitch from future Pittsburgh Pirate George Bunch. Whitney's skull is fractured and he dies from the injury. July 9 - Black Jack Gilmartin of the White Sox throws the 3rd no-hitter of the season, allowing only 2 walks against the Washington Senators. July 12 - Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer hastily and wrongly convicted of treason in 1899, is exonerated. He is reinstalled in the French Army July 21, ending the "Dreyfus Affair" that exposed anti-Semitism in French society. August 6 - In New York, Larry Napoleon and Darby Hoffman are tossed for abusing umpire James Johnstone during a 3-1 loss to the Cubs. The two are suspended for 3 games. August 22 - The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, is manufactured. August 23 - Unable to control a rebellion in the newly-formed Cuban republic, Pres. Tomás Estrada Palma requests U.S. intervention. August 29 - After Pilgrims manager Cap Olsen takes a vacation without permission, he is suspended for 5 games. Rightfielder Big Jim Creighton is named acting manager. September 1 - With the regular umpires sick from food poisoning, Cub pitcher Bart Black and Cardinal backup catcher Eugene Garber are picked to umpire. The Cubs, behind Avery Luck's 5-hitter, win 8-1 for their 14th win in a row at the West Side Grounds. September 5 - Brandbury Robinson, quarterback for St. Louis University, throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game against Carroll College. September 18 - Typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 persons in Hong Kong. September 22 - Race riots in Atlanta, Georgia. At least 27 people are killed and the black-owned business district is severely damaged. September 24 - President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument. October 11 - The San Francisco public school board sparks a United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools. November 1 - Pitcher John Parks, 1-1 with a 9.28 ERA for the Phils this season, has better luck off the field. An investment in the Cripple Creek, Colorado mine pays off with a rich gold strike. November 3 - SOS becomes an international distress signal. November 9 - President Theodore Roosevelt leaves for a trip to Panama to inspect the construction progress of the Panama Canal. This is the first time a sitting President of the United States has made an official trip outside of the United States. December 10 - President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in negotiating peace in the Russo-Japanese War. December 26 - National League umpire Hank O'Day suggests that the batter's box be outlined with white rubber strips rather than chalk, making it impossible for hitters to obliterate the lines with their spikes. 1906 FINAL STANDINGS Code: AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings Team W L PCT GB New York (A) 84 70 .545 - St. Louis (A) 83 71 .539 1.0 Detroit 81 73 .526 3.0 Cleveland 80 74 .519 4.0 Philadelphia (A) 76 78 .494 8.0 Chicago (A) 73 81 .474 11.0 Boston (A) 72 82 .468 12.0 Washington 67 87 .435 17.0 NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings Team W L PCT GB Chicago (N) 90 64 .584 - Philadelphia (N) 85 69 .552 5.0 Cincinnati 81 73 .526 9.0 New York (N) 81 73 .526 9.0 St. Louis (N) 79 75 .513 11.0 Boston (N) 74 80 .481 16.0 Brooklyn 63 91 .409 27.0 Pittsburgh 63 91 .409 27.0 WORLD SERIES: CHICAGO CUBS sweep the NEW YORK HIGHLANDERS, 4 GAMES TO 0 AL LEADERS TOP 5 Batting Average 1 John Boss (PHA) .339 2 Alton Garrity (NYA) .330 3 Billy Bacon (SLA) .327 4 Sully McTeague (BOS) .316 5 Arden Ferris (NYA) .313 TOP 5 Homers 1 Tommy Boyle (WS1) 10 1 Ned Bigelow (NYA) 10 3 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 9 4 Luc Roquelaire (CLE) 7 5 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 6 TOP 5 RBI 1 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 90 2 Ned Bigelow (NYA) 88 2 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 88 2 Sully McTeague (BOS) 88 5 Chet Spurgeon (NYA) 74 TOP 5 Stolen Bases 1 Dash Bailey (NYA) 74 2 Wooly White (WS1) 58 3 Mickey Rawlings (BOS) 57 3 Preston North (DET) 57 5 Arden Ferris (NYA) 55 TOP 5 Wins 1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 29 2 Albert Murtha (PHA) 25 3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 23 4 L. Lowery (DET) 22 4 Pierre Coquillou (NYA) 22 TOP 5 ERA 1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.07 2 Rhys Conroy (BOS) 2.60 3 Dieter Vogel (WS1) 2.63 4 Harvey Hinkel (CLE) 2.65 5 John Makepeace (WS1) 2.68 TOP 5 Strikeouts 1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 259 2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 219 3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 200 4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 196 5 Carl McCluskey (DET) 170 NL LEADERS TOP 5 Batting Average 1 Melville Addison (PHI) .324 2 Milton Shifman (BSN) .322 3 Theodore Lipschitz (PIT) .317 4 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) .312 5 Colt Barrish (SLN) .312 TOP 5 Homers 1 Bob Rooney (CHN) 10 1 Ronan Keough (CIN) 10 3 Blue Hughes (NY1) 9 4 Jock Headley (PIT) 8 5 Ox Roberts (NY1) 7 TOP 5 RBI 1 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 98 2 Morton McGee (CHN) 88 3 Arnold Kellogg (CHN) 87 4 Clancy Yarborough (PHI) 84 5 Blue Hughes (NY1) 81 TOP 5 Stolen Bases 1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 67 2 Morton McGee (CHN) 58 3 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) 55 4 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 54 5 Ira Flick (PHI) 46 TOP 5 Wins 1 Malcolm Twist (PHI) 27 1 Shep Sanders (CHN) 27 3 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 25 4 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 24 5 Bink Marshall (NY1) 23 TOP 5 ERA 1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.07 2 Rhys Conroy (BOS) 2.60 3 Dieter Vogel (WS1) 2.63 4 Harvey Hinkel (CLE) 2.65 5 John Makepeace (WS1) 2.68 TOP 5 Strikeouts 1 C. Edwards (SLA) 259 2 E. Jarlsen (NYA) 219 3 B. Gilmartin (CHA) 200 4 J. Smucker (SLA) 196 5 C. McCluskey (DET) 170 **************** Chicago (N)'s Sanders and St. Louis (A)'s Edwards named PITCHER OF THE YEAR The 1906 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. His ERA of 1.07 helped him to a 29-8 record this year. He struck out 259 and walked 41 in 337.1 innings. Caroll has pitched 14 shutouts and 34 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Edwards wins the award for the 3rd time in his 4-year career. Shep Sanders will never forget this year. His dominating season convinced the NATIONAL LEAGUE to name Chicago (N)'s right-hander the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner of 1906. Shep has a record of 27-8 this season, with an ERA of 1.53. In 352 Innings he was able to strike out 165 batters. He has 31 complete games and 9 shutouts. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Garrity and Kellogg earn top honors as BATTER OF THE YEAR The 1906 AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner has been announced. It's New York (A)'s second baseman Alton Garrity who really had a great offensive year. Garrity has walked 38 times this year and posts a .373 OBP. While batting .330, 189 for 572, he has driven in 73 runs. He's 2nd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting and 6th in RBI! Chicago (N)'s Arnold Kellogg, who won the NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR today, was all smiles as he accepted the award. It put the finishing touches on what has been a tremendous season for the slugger. Kellogg has hit for a .308 average this season. He has 31 extra base hits along with 209 total bases, resulting in a .379 slugging percentage. He's 7th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting and 3rd in RBI! Kellogg wins the award for the 2nd time in his 5-year career. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winners announced in Boston and New York Boston (A)'s pitcher Rhys Conroy has worked hard to reach the big leagues. His work paid off today as the AMERICAN LEAGUE named him the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner! Rhys has a record of 13-10 this season, with an ERA of 2.60. In 255.2 Innings he was able to strike out 88 batters. He has 13 complete games and 4 shutouts. The 1906 NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner is from New York (N) this season. Larry Napoleon** put together impressive numbers for a rookie en route to win the first major award of his career. Let's hope more will follow for this 24 year old ballplayer. He has hit 7 taters while batting .267 this season. His 124 hits and 62 walks add up to a .351 on-base percentage. __________________ Commissioner - PBRL - Just finished 2009 109 seasons and still running strong!!!