Garvin/Athletics Claim Title!
1903 Draft Nuggets:
Chief Bender 1.2 Boston Braves
Mordecai Brown 1.3 Cubs
John Titus 1.4 White Sox
NL Award Winners:
Outstanding Hitter - Ginger Beaumont CHN
Outstanding Pitcher - Bill Bernhard NYG
Rookie of the Year - SP Barney Pelty SLC
NL Stat Leaders:
Avg - Ginger Beaumont CHN .353
RBI - Ginger Beaumont CHN 82
HR - 2 Reds with 9
Wins - 2 with 24
ERA - Chick Fraser CHN 1.89
K's - Rube Waddell PIT 315 (121 more than #2)
AL Award Winners:
Outstanding Hitter - Ed Delahunty SLB
Outstanding Pitcher - Ned Garvin PHA
Rookie of the Year - SP Weldon Henley WAS
AL Stat Leaders:
Avg - Ed Delahunty SLB .367
RBI - Buck Freeman PHA 103
HR - Buck Freeman PHA 16
Wins - Ned Garvin PHA 21
ERA - Red Ames CLE 1.77
K's - Red Ames CLE 246
Points of Interest:
7-16-03 -
Rube Waddell strikes out 15 Giants on the bump for the Pirates.
6-23-03 -
Kid Nichols gets his 350th win.
Ed Delahunty has a 20 and 30 game hitting streak during the course of the season for the Browns.
The Athletics' pitching staff is the toughest in the land while Cincinnati's Reds boast the most damaging offensive club, setting up another World Series pitting the best pitching and the best hitting squads in the league. Philadelphia's Ned Garvin proves once again that good pitching beats good hitting, powering the Athletics to the 1903 World Series win 4 games to 2 over the Reds.
1903 marks the third time in as many opportunities that different clubs hoise their respective league pennants.
Minor League Update:
Jersey City's Skeeters win the AAA championship by beating the Redbirds of Columbus in the AAA Series.
The Southern League's Atlanta Crackers defeat the Eastern League's Providence Grays to take the AA title.