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06-25-2002, 09:34 PM
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JimServo League-1902
I apologize in advance for the fact that I am not nearly as good as a writer as Tigerfan…and special thanks to Wallman and his fabulous HTML utility which makes data easy to view…
1902 League AVG: .269 League ERA: 3.58 The American League had a significantly higher batting average then the NL. A good show of this was the fact that the top NL batting team, the Pirates, would rank 5th in the AL, while the top AL pitching team, Cleveland, would fall 7th in the NL. National League The story of the regular season was the dominance of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who went 105-49 over the year (.682 Winning Percentage), including an incredible road record of 59-18 (.753%). The Pirates’ Pythagorean record was ever better, up at an incredible 116-38. Of course, the Pythagorean record doesn’t actually count J . The Pirates’ staff was featured three 20-game winners, and 1 19-game winner: OHR Award Winner Jesse Tannehill (30-8, 1.58 ERA; Easily the best pitcher in the majors for the year of 1902), Jack Chesbro (26-13, 2.12), Sam Leever (21-13, 2.19), and Deacon Phillippe (19-11, 2.05). Not only was the Pirates’ staff the best in the majors, but also the lineup ranked as the best in the National League, featuring 5 All-stars. Chief among the stars was Ginger Beaumont (.372, 1, 86), who led the NL in Batting Average, runs scored and hits. Honus Wagner (.343, 3, 60), chipped in by leading the league in slugging percentage and doubles despite batting only 495 times. The other all-stars were catcher Jack O’Connor, 2B Jimmy Burke, and player-manager RF Fred Clarke. The rest of the National League struggled to keep pace with the Pirates, and in the end, simply could not succeed. There was a log jam of teams ranging from 2-5 (Chicago, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, Beaneaters). The Orphans were headed up by the second-best pitcher in the NL, Jack Taylor (26-11, 2.01), and SB leader Davy Jones (.309, 44 SB). The Reds over achieved at 85-69 (Pythagorean: 77-77), and were helped there by Deacon White Award Winner Sam Crawford (.358, 26 2B, 22 3B). The Superbas of Brooklyn had a solid staff with all four starters fielding ERAs of under 3, topped by Doc Newton (22-16, 2.43). Fred Tenney of the Boston Beaneaters has a good argument for the NL DW Award (.370 AVG, 103 Walks), but was done in by a less then impressive (for this era) 3 triples). The Phillies has Doc White (23-14, 2.15) and little else, and the Giants and Christy Mathewson (18-20, 2.90), and even less. In fact, they were the only team in either league not to have a all-star selected. Homer Smoot of the St. Louis Cardinals was an All-Star, but that didn’t prevent them from losing 112 times. It just isn’t good when your top pitcher is 13-29 (Bob Wicker). Standings and other stats and stuff:
Brickyard Kennedy says: "I may have only gone 7-32 for the '02 Giants but even I will stick around for the AL Review."
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06-26-2002, 11:36 AM
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The American League was a 3 team rate race, with Boston, St. Louis, and (until the very end of the season) Cleveland). On that Cleveland squad was a definition of the American League’s apparent superior offensive power (although it was probably just weaker pitching), as their entire infield, with the exception of shortstop, had the top OPS marks in the majors. The tops of them of all was by DW Award Winner Charlie Hickman (.373, 16, 148), who led the league in Home Runs, Runs Batted In, and Total Bases (each by a fairly large margin). Although Ed Delahanty had a strong argument for the award to, as we will see: In the end, it was the St. Louis Browns who came up on top, clinching the pennant in the final few days of the season. The offensive star of the Browns was 34-year old CF Jesse Burkett, who whacked 181 hits, and walked 82 times on way to a .444 OBP. John Anderson (.347, 5, 88), and Emmet Hendrick (.330, 1, 103) supported. Pitching wise, the Browns featured 3 strong starters: Willie Sudhoff (25-11, 3.50), Red Donahue (24-15, 3.22), and Jack Powell (22-17, 3.22). Jack Harper (15-18, 4.43) was the one weak point, but the Browns hoped that the other three would make it unnecessary for him to make a postseason appearance. The Boston Americans had a better lineup, and pitching staff, and this added up to a better Pythagorean W-L at 92-62 (compared to 85-69), but again, that doesn’t count towards anything. The real Boston squad finished 1 game out at 90-64 and featured the best outfield seen since the mid-1890s Phillies; It consisted of Patsy Dougherty (.374, 3, 67, AL best 226 H, AL best 155 R), Chick Stahl (.363, 4, 84), and Sluggin’ Buck Freeman (.359, 12, 135). The Sox pitching had two real stars: Cy Young (22-14, 2.88), and George Winter (26-12, 3.43). The Broncos of Cleveland featured two 29-game winners, AL OHR AW Bill Bernhard (29-13, 2.33), and AL ROTY Addie Joss (29-14, 3.01). In addition to the for mentioned Hickman, their lineup featured Nap Lajoie (.353, 8, 73), and Bill Bradley (.353, 7, 107). The White Sox featured the best pitching in the American League (Ned Garvin went 27-11, with a 2.38 ERA), but the 6th best hitting. Lave Cross got more then 200 hits on a very average Athletics club, on which Rube Waddell struck out a lot of hitters (251), which Rube Waddell will do for you. Joe Kelley (.320), Cy Seymour (.338), and Joe McGinnity (24-17) played well on a 6th place Baltimore club that decided to scoot up to the big apple once the year was done. Detroit had Jimmy Barrett (.438 OBP, .403 SLG?!?), and Ed Siever, a good pitcher on a bad team. The Senators were just bad. Their offense outwardly seems good, with a .273 Average, but this is in a good hitting league, and their run production is second worse in the American league. They have a 5.06 ERA, and average a much worse 6.38 runs given up a game. But they do have…Ed Delahanty (.375, 10, 93). Eddy boy led the league in…AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS, 2B, Runs Created, and Extra Base Hits. Which isn’t a ton on things, but sure isn’t bad on a team which loses more then 100 games. Now stats and stuff:
Boileryard Clarke says: "I may play for the worst team in the American League, but I will stick around for the next report!" Which will feature the all-star game and league notes (no-hitters and those type of things). After that will be the World Series, both will be up tonight.
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06-26-2002, 12:55 PM
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All-Star Game
The first All-Star game would prove to be a close contest, with the American League jumping on top early with a run in the first. The AL would add runs in the 3rd and the 4th (the 4th, on a double by Chick Stahl). The NL cut it to two in the 6th, and made things interesting in the 8th. With 1 out, Duff Cooley walked. Sam Crawford followed with a single, sending Cooley to third. Another single, this one by Ed Gremminger, made it a one run game and send Crawford to third. The NL send in Pirates’ catch Jack O’Connor to try to bring Crawford home, and he succeeded, hitting the ball far enough into the outfield for a Sacrifice Fly. Rudy Hutswitt followed with a single, but that was finally it. The AL went down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 8th. To open the NL 9th, P Ed Poole surprised everyone with a single. Now it was the position player’s turn to bunt him along, and Fred Clarke, and Fred Tenney did. But Honus Wagner grounded out and the threat was gone. The bottom of the ninth proved short and sweet for the junior circuit. Buck Freeman doubled down the left field line off Bill Phillips, was sacrificed to third, and reached on an error by Right fielder Sam Crawford. Final Score: AL 4. NL 3. Line Score:
News and Notes Major Trades None, the closest thing to a major deal was when Ollie Pickering was sent from Boston to Cleveland for some no-name pitcher. Philly 1B Klondike Douglas batted .283 and was traded for Detroit RF Jim Jones, but I doubt Douglas will last long. No-Hitters and Close Calls Two no hitters were thrown in 1902. The first was by Noodles Hahn (CIN) on July 23 against Philadelphia, and the second was by Ed Siever (DET) against the White Sox on August 6. Hahn was the closer of the two to a perfect game, walking just 2 (his team made no errors). 1 Hitters 05/12/02-Jesse Tannehill (PIT) vs. BSN 06/03/02-Jack Chesbro (PIT) vs. BRO 09/08/02-Jack McGinnity (BAL) vs. BOS 09/24/02-Jack Malarkey (BSN) vs. CIN Home Run Heaven Buck Freeman (BOS, who finished 2nd in the AL with 12) hit 3 Home Runs on June 8, 1902. All 3 were off Baltimore Starter Frank Foreman, who would be victimized again the very next year by another slugger (see “Socks Seybold Goes Home Run Crazy” on this message board”). Foreman gave up by far the most dingers in the majors, 38. 17 more then Al Orth, who himself had 8 more then the next runner up. Thank You Sir, Can I Have Another? Happy Townsend and Brickyard Kennedy lost 30 and 32 games, respectively. Brickyard should get used to it. Frank Foreman (7-23, 7.36 ERA) might have if he had pitched a few more games. This Doesn’t Fit into a particular topic but… The American League hit .280 and hit 274 Home Runs. The National League hit .258 and hit 156 Home Runs. The leader in HR in the AL hit 16; the leader(s) in the NL hit 6. Later this evening, the World Series....
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06-26-2002, 05:33 PM
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World Series
Predictions for the series picked a clear winner: Pirates, easy. Nobody in Pittsburgh, and no National League fans (this author included) anywhere felt the American League upstarts stood much of a chance. Game 1 in Pittsburgh 11,000 fans jam packed into Exposition Park for the first game, and but seemed only mildly interested as the two pitchers (dependable Jesse Tannehill for the Pirates, and Red Donahue for the Browns) set the batters down in inning after inning. The fans seem quite assured of the Pirates ultimate success. Tannehill and Donahue keep going as the innings go by…6…7…8…John Anderson leads off the Browns side of the 9th, grounding out. 1 down. Mike Kahoe, one of St. Louis’s platooning set of catcher’s, singles to right center. Hemphill grounds to short, and it appears to be a inning ending double play, but Honus Wagner bobbles the ball, and the Browns have two on with just one out. Dick Padden steps up to the plate and slaps a single to right, scoring Brian Maloney, who came in as a pinch runner after Kahoe’s single. 1 to nothing Browns, and Hemphill is at third, with 1 out. Barry McCormick flies out the center, deep enough to get him home. 2-nothing. Donahue sets the Pirates down in order in the bottom of the ninth of the Pirates are down 1 game to none. FINAL SCORE: BROWNS 2, PIRATES 0 Game 2 in Pittsburgh Which, of course, means that the Browns are going into the second game up 1 game to none. They leave it up 2 games to none after pounding the Pirates into the ground 9 to zip. The Pirates started Jack Chesbro, and it became clear of the way things were going when he gave up 4 runs in the 1st inning. To be fair to Chesbro, that’s just how many of the runs were earned as the Pirates were hit particularly hard by 4 errors. Bobby Wallace went 3 for 5, and Charlie Hemphill scored 3 times, but the real star of the game was another Jack, this one named Powell, who shutout out the Pirates on 6 hits and a couple of walks. FINAL SCORE: BROWNS 9, PIRATES 0 Game 3 in St. Louis The series shifts to Sportsman’s Park as the Browns seek to take complete domination of the series. The Pirates finally score a run in the second inning, and the Browns get that back in the 4th. The Pirates jumped back on top of this apparent pitching duel in the 7th, but the Browns took over with a 4-run 8th inning rally capped by a 2-run Emmet Hendrick triple. The Pirates go down quickly in the 9th and the Browns are now in complete control of the series. Willie Sudhoff gets the win. Sam Leever took the loss FINAL SCORE: BROWNS 5, PIRATES 2 Game 4 in St. Louis A World Series Classic in what seemed to be a pointless series. It is a rematch of game 1, and either figures to be another pitchers duel assuming that Pittsburgh bothers to show it. It soon becomes apparent that Jesse Tannehill did not. After getting a run of support from his squad in the first, he gives up 4 runs in the 3rd through 5th innings, and the Browns appear ready to finish the sweep. But in the 8th inning the Pirates come alive, and score 2 times (on back-to-back singles by Kitty Bransfield and Ginger Beaumont). Tannehill has since settled down, and has not given up any more runs. We move to the top on the 9th, 3 outs and the Browns are the World Champs. They get two quick outs and it seems that they will soon be champs as pitcher Jesse Tannehill struts to the plate. No pinch hitter for him, this is his game. He sends a shot down the line in right which bounces around in the corner enough for him to speed around to third. Honus Wagner comes up and singles him home, and the Pirates are still alive. Wagner steals second, but Bransfield flies out. Tannehill sets the Browns down in the 10th and the Browns again quickly get the first two outs. Only then, Tommy Leach singles, steals second, and gets to third on a single. Then Jimmy Burke singles him home. The Pirates are still alive… FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 5, BROWNS 4 (10) Game 5 in St. Louis …but they are down 4 games to 1. Jack Chesbro looks like he may be trouble again when he gives up runs in the 1st and 3rd innings, but then he settles down. The Pirates still need to come back, and they do. They score 2 in the 5th, 1 in the 6th, and 2 in the 7th. They give up a run in a brief scare in the ninth but have survived long enough to bring to series back home to Pittsburgh. FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 5, BROWNS 3 Game 6 in Pittsburgh Both Willie Sudhoff and Sam Leever keep men off base for most of the game. Ginger Beaumont’s first inning solo home run looked like it would be enough, but the Pirates added a couple of runs in the 7th on a 2-run single. This proved vital as the Browns staged a 8th inning rally which appeared on the way to possibly tying to game, but Leever stopped it at one run. The Pirates had fought back to tie the series. FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 3, BROWNS 1 Game 7 in Pittsburgh The final game of the series was a disappointment and it seemed clear that the St. Louis Browns were drained, both physically, and emotionally. The Pirates scored 7 runs by the 6th inning before getting sloppy and making 6 errors and allowing the Browns to get 4 runs. Still, this game was decided before either team took the field. FINAL SCORE: PIRATES 7, BROWNS 4 The first series turns into a comeback of proportions that will haven’t seen to this day in the real life Majors. As I had guessed, the Pirates had won, but not in the way I had guessed. Series MVP: Jesse Tannehill (3 GS, 2-1, 28 IP, 24 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K)
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