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1873
Season Recap
Cincinnati Reds to meet the Cleveland Blues in the World Series.
George Hall (STL) had a dominant offensive season leading the league in AVG, OBP, SLG, and VORP, though, even hitting in the heart of the order it didn't translate into much run production.
Bobby Matthews led the league in wins (30) and K's (41).
World Series
Game 1: Cincinnati 7, Cleveland 5
Game 2: Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 9 (Pony Sager, who came in to play SS for the ninth inning committed an error to allow the winning run to score in the bottom of the 9th. Cleveland scored 3 runs in the walk off win).
Game 3: Cleveland 10, Cincinnati 1
Game 4: Cleveland 6, Cincinnati 2
Game 5: Cincinnati 6, Cleveland 1
Game 6: Cleveland 15, Cincinnati 9 Cleveland Blues win their first World Series!
Offseason
Rookie of the year: NL- Joe McDoolan, RP, BRK; AL- Ed Stratton, RP, BAL
MVP : NL- Cy Bentley, SP, CWS (1873); AL- Bobby Matthews, SP, STL (1873)
MVH : NL- Ross Barnes, 2B, CIN (1873); AL- George Hall, CF, STL (1872, 1873)
Philadelphia Athletics take Tommy Bond with the #1 pick.
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