Giants/Yanks in Series! Gotham Rejoices!
NL Award Winners:
Outstanding Hitter - John McGraw BKN
Outstanding Pitcher - Jack Taylor NYG
Rookie of the Year - SP Ham Iberg BKN
NL Stat Leaders:
Avg - John McGraw BKN .326
RBI - Pop Foster PIT 82
HR - 2 with 8
Wins - Jack Taylor NYG 27
ERA - Rube Waddell PIT 1.48
K's - Rube Waddell PIT 250
AL Award Winners:
Outstanding Hitter - Bill Bradley NYY
Outstanding Pitcher - Pete Dowling NYY
Rookie of the Year - SP Gus Dorner BOS
AL Stat Leaders:
Avg - Bill Bradley NYY .361
RBI - Bill Bradley NYY 88
HR - Buck Freeman PHA 18
Wins - Pete Dowling NYY 25
ERA - Kid Nichols BOS 2.09
K's - Christy Mathewson DET 190
As baseball enters its second season under No Pepper's management, Gotham flexes its muscles as the city has not one, but both participants in the World Series. The Yankees, powered by Mike Donlin, Bill Bradley, and Duff Cooley sport the AL's most prolific offense. Crosstown, the Giants are pitching powered. Jack Taylor, Bill Donovan, and Bill Bernhard account for 67 wins on their own. Not bad in a 140 game season.
1902 Draft Highlights
SP Addie Joss 1.1 to Washington
Joe Tinker - Boston (A)
Johnny Evers - Cleveland
Patsy Dougherty - Detroit
7-31-02 -
Bill Donovan hurls No Pepper's first No-hitter for the Giants vs St Louis
7-16-02 -
Sammy Strang collects 6 hits for the White Sox against Detroit
As stated earlier, its an all New York World Series as the Yanks face the pitching strong Giants. Jack Taylor wins 2 games for the Giants as he hurls 3 complete Series games with a 0.67 ERA to power the Giants to an exciting 7 game Series win over the rival Yankees! New York fans are alive with baseball fever and 1903 looks to be another great season for No Pepper!
Minor League Update:
Rochester Red Wings over Milwaukee Brewers in the AAA Series.
Bridgeport's Bears defeat the Lookouts of Chattanooga in the AA Series.