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Got to love Melville Addison. I submitted that name.

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In case any of you didn't realize, every one of the baseball-related events happened IRL. "Only the names have changed to protect the innocent"

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It seems I forgot to list the top prospects and the result of the 1902 draft yesterday I'll start it up with this season.

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Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1903

Dave Morningstar, 3b/2b - 6/4: 8/6/6/10/6
Moses Lutske, C - 6: 9/8/3/4/8
John Walters, CF - 10: 8/10/4/8/8
Blue Hughes, 2b/1b - 6/5: 9/8/5/9/6
Jake "Big Shot" Briscoe, LF/RF - 5/5: 8/7/5/7/7


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1903

Jurgen Verherrsch, SP: 9/8/9
Jack Reacher, SP: 10/6/6
Mahon Phelan, SP: 6/10/6
Reuben Casteel, SP: 5/8/7
Elmer Jackson, SP: 7/7/7

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1903 Draft Log

Round 1:

Philadelphia (N) pick: 3B Dave Morningstar
St. Louis (A) pick: CF John Walters
Cincinnati pick: P Jurgen Verherrsch
Philadelphia (A) pick: C Moses Lutske
New York pick: 2B Blue Hughes
New York pick: P Jack Reacher
Boston (N) pick: 3B Jack Brodsky
Cleveland pick: LF Jake Briscoe
Pittsburgh pick: SS Alasdair mac an t-Saoir
Boston (A) pick: P Mahon Phelan
St. Louis (N) pick: 1B Saul Koeppel
Washington pick: P Reuben Casteel
Chicago (N) pick: P Elmer Jackson
Chicago (A) pick: CF Ben Balogh
Brooklyn pick: C Elijah Bailey
Detroit pick: 2B H.R. Brotherton

Round 2 :

Philadelphia (N) pick: P Mickey Weatherby
St. Louis (A) pick: P John Twohorse
Cincinnati pick: P Hooch O'Leary
Philadelphia (A) pick: SS Shag Colsom
New York pick: CF Sylvester Gilliam
New York pick: P Dick Mayo
Boston (N) pick: P Wolfgang Bauer
Cleveland pick: P Jimmy Royale
Pittsburgh pick: RF Arthur Bauer
Boston (A) pick: P Dalton Hershey
St. Louis (N) pick: CF Barry Wilder
Washington pick: P Calvin Mullen
Chicago (N) pick: 3B Spencer White
Chicago (A) pick: C Floyd Rasmussen
Brooklyn pick: P John Brown
Detroit pick: P Billy Rush

Round 3 :

Philadelphia (N) pick: 2B Pete Platt
St. Louis (A) pick: 2B James Hurley
Cincinnati pick: LF Martin Harrison
Philadelphia (A) pick: 1B Jim Hendricks
New York pick: P Chester Grant
New York pick: P Ollie Myers
Boston (N) pick: 1B Freddy Hanson
Cleveland pick: CF William Mason
Pittsburgh pick: SS Oren Jones
Boston (A) pick: RF Woody Doherty
St. Louis (N) pick: RF Bernard Carpenter
Washington pick: RF Lester Peters
Chicago (N) pick: 1B Cecil Howard
Chicago (A) pick: 3B Clifford McCarty
Brooklyn pick: P Wilson Davis
Detroit pick: P Mike Phelps

Round 4 :

Philadelphia (N) pick: P Lawrence Southerland
St. Louis (A) pick: 3B Joe McMillan
Cincinnati pick: C Bill Conway
Philadelphia (A) pick: 3B Alvin Huckaby
New York pick: 2B Alf Shaver
New York pick: C Monty Eason
Boston (N) pick: CF Herb Walker
Cleveland pick: P Chick Porter
Pittsburgh pick: 2B Bill Prescott
Boston (A) pick: P Dicky McDowell
St. Louis (N) pick: P Roy Larson
Washington pick: P Stephen Berry
Chicago (N) pick: P Don Spear
Chicago (A) pick: P Louie Shaw
Brooklyn pick: P Joey Johnson
Detroit pick: P Mickey Green

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1903 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 9 - Gambler Frank Ferrell and former New York City police commissioner Big Bill Devery buy the Baltimore Orioles for $18,000. They announce their intentions to move the team to New York.
• January 10 - At the Cincinnati peace talks‚ the NL proposes a consolidated 12-team league‚ which the AL rejects. An agreement is reached to coexist peacefully if the AL promises to stay out of Pittsburgh. Additionally, the leagues agree to an annual 9 game postseason "World Series" between each league's champion.
• January 19 - First transatlantic radio broadcast between United States and England
  
• February 6 - Former National League pitcher and umpire Hardie Henderson is run over and killed by a trolley in Philadelphia
• February 15 - Morris Michtom and his wife Rose introduce the first teddy bear in America.
  
• February 24 - At a meeting of the joint rules committee in Chicago‚ the NL's foul strike rule is adopted for use throughout the country.
• March 1 - Baseball rules committee chairman Tom Loftus of Washington proclaims that the pitcher's box must not be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate.
• March 22 - the US side of the Niagara Falls runs short of water
  
• June 2 - With Merlin Taggart filling in for ailing manager Warren O'Leary‚ reportedly recuperating from a nervous breakdown‚ the Pirates beat the Giants‚ 7-0. Ronald Wheelock goes all the way‚ striking out 8 batters‚ including the side in the 5th. Taggart is 3-for-5 for the Buccaneers.
  
• June 4 - Chicago Cubs pitcher Shep Sanders throws the first no-hitter of the 20th century, blanking the New York Giants and allowing only one player to reach base, on a walk to shortstop Richard Rum.
• June 10-11 – Assassination of Serbian King Alexander Obrenović and Queen Draga
  
• June 22 - In St. Louis‚ New York Highlander manager Charlie Purcell suspends leftfielder Rip Riley for insubordination. Riley‚ a St. Louis native‚ missed the first game of yesterday's doubleheader and was on hand for the 2nd game but refused to play, saying he wasn't in shape.
• July 1-19 - First Tour de France – Maurice Garin wins
  
• July 17 - A's starter Albert Murtha is arrested for assaulting a fan who had criticized his pitching. Manager Ace Lowery bails him out of jail. Philadelphia wins today‚ 4-1‚ over the visiting Browns.
• July 23 - Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago becomes the first owner of a Ford Model A.
• August 4 - Pope Pius X succeeds Pope Leo XIII as the 255th pope
  
• August 8 - An overhanging gallery atop the LF bleachers at Philadelphia's NL park collapses at 5:40 p.m. during a doubleheader with Boston‚ killing 12 and injuring 282. The second game is canceled and Philadelphia's remaining home games are played at the AL's Columbia Park.
  
• August 17 - Ban Johnson orders betting suppressed at all AL parks‚ a noble but futile gesture.
  
• August 28 - Cleveland and St. Louis (AL) players escape serious injury when their train derails near Napoleon‚ OH.
  
• September 24 - At New York‚ the Highlanders take a pair from the St. Louis Browns‚ winning 6-2 and 8-6. Ed Jarlsen is the victor in the opener with a bit of help from the Browns' John Walters. The Browns make 4 straight hits in the 8th‚ and an error by Natty Swain on Walters' grounder loads the bases. With Billy Bacon hitting‚ Walters inexplicably takes off for 2nd base and is thrown out trying to scramble back to 1B‚ a play that will be referred to in the early part of the century as a "John Walters play." Bacon strikes out on the play. Walters explains that he "got too far off first base and couldn't get back." To which his manager Dan Brawley responds‚ "Tell me‚ you big bum‚ where did you think you were going?"
  
• October 14 - Recovering from an injury incurred in the World Series and suffering from bouts of paranoia, Cubs pitcher Jonathan Humphrey is committed to an insane asylum in Massachusetts after assaulting his nurse with a poker.
• November 17 - The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party splits into two groups; the Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
• November 23 - Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike.
• December 17 - Orville Wright flies aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in first documented successful controlled powered heavier-than-air flight.

1903 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE   
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB   

Boston (A)       78 62 .557    -  
Washington       77 63 .550  1.0  
St. Louis (A)    74 66 .529  4.0  
New York (A)     73 67 .521  5.0  
Detroit          71 69 .507  7.0  
Chicago (A)      66 74 .471 12.0  
Cleveland        63 77 .450 15.0  
Philadelphia (A) 58 82 .414 20.0  

 
NATIONAL LEAGUE   
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB  

Chicago (N)      82 58 .586    -  
Brooklyn         81 59 .579  1.0  
St. Louis (N)    81 59 .579  1.0  
Pittsburgh       68 72 .486 14.0  
New York (N)     66 74 .471 16.0  
Boston (N)       65 75 .464 17.0  
Cincinnati       59 81 .421 23.0  
Philadelphia (N) 58 82 .414 24.0

WORLD SERIES:

BOSTON PILGRIMS over the CHICAGO CUBS, 5 GAMES TO 4

AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Wooly White (WS1) .387
2 Fibber Paine (PHA) .381
3 Ned Bigelow (NYA) .365
4 Billy Bacon (SLA) .365
5 Mick Rooker (CLE) .346

TOP 5 Homers
1 Mick Rooker (CLE) 10
2 Joe Ramble (BOS) 9
3 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 8
4 Duffy Smalls (BOS) 6
5 Axel Arness (CHA) 5

TOP 10 RBI
1 Travis Roby (CLE) 77
2 Duffy Smalls (BOS) 74
3 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 72
3 Ned Bigelow (NYA) 72
3 Broadway Williams (DET) 72

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Emory Casey (BOS) 56
2 Wooly White (WS1) 54
2 John Cotchery (CHA) 54
4 Carl Gallagher (CHA) 53
5 Dash Bailey (NYA) 50

TOP 10 Wins
1 Dieter Vogel (WAS) 23
2 Gunny Fisher (BOS) 21
2 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 21
2 Henry Beckley (NYA) 21
5 Gifford Gaylord (DET) 20

TOP 10 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.59
2 Dieter Vogel (WS1) 1.90
3 Horace Bunch (SLA) 2.48
4 John Makepeace (WS1) 2.73
5 Henry Beckley (NYA) 2.86

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 229
2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 222
3 Arch Murtaugh (CHA) 200
4 Dieter Vogel (WS1) 144
5 Robert Crouch (CHA) 140


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Reginald Magruder (BRO) .371
2 Arnold Kellogg (CHN) .339
3 Bob Rooney (CHN) .336
4 Wilbur Whaley (SLN) .329
5 Caesar Geist (BRO) .323

TOP 5 Homers
1 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) 12
2 Alain Champignon (NY1) 9
3 Eddie Finn (SLN) 7
3 Stanley Dodge (CHN) 7
3 Bob Rooney (CHN) 7

TOP 10 RBI
1 Arnold Kellogg (CHN) 107
2 Reginald Magruder (BRO) 83
3 Merlin Taggart (PIT) 80
4 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) 78
5 Jack Brodsky (BSN) 77

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 74
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 60
3 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 54
4 Gavin Coker (PIT) 46
5 Alain Champignon (NY1) 41

TOP 10 Wins
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 27
2 Jim Joy (BRO) 26
3 Harvey Hinkel (BRO) 22
3 Stoney Lynch (SLN) 22
3 Shep Sanders (CHN) 22

TOP 10 ERA
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 1.71
2 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 2.02
3 Jim Joy (BRO) 2.16
4 Shep Sanders (CHN) 2.19
5 Jim Brush (BRO) 2.21

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Jim Joy (BRO) 227
2 Jim Brush (BRO) 198
3 "Handsome Jack" Hartung (BSN) 169
4 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 157
5 Avery Luck (CHN) 148

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Vogel and Luck receive PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Washington's southpaw Dieter Vogel was untouchable all year long. His work paid off today as the AMERICAN LEAGUE named him the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner! In 39 starts this year Dieter struck out 144 batters in 340.1 innings of work. His ERA is 1.90, his record 23-14. He has 33 complete games and 7 shutouts. He's 2nd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Awards may not be the most important thing for Avery Luck, but Chicago (N)'s right-hander smiled as he was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner. In 40 starts this year Avery struck out 148 batters in 310 innings of work. His ERA is 1.71, his record 27-6. He has 9 complete games and 2 shutouts. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Luck wins the award for the 2nd time in his 2-year career.

White and Kellogg earn BATTER OF THE YEAR honors
Washington's centerfielder Wooly White will never forget this day. A great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. White has hit for a .387 average this season. He has 33 extra base hits along with 246 total bases, resulting in a .469 slugging percentage. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting!

The 1903 NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner has been announced as well. It's Chicago (N)'s first baseman Arnold Kellogg who really had a great offensive year. Kellogg has hit 7 taters this year while batting .339. He adds 20 doubles, along with 79 runs scored. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting, 3rd in homeruns and 1st in RBI!

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winners announced
St. Louis (A)'s pitcher Joe Smucker 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! His ERA of 3.53 helped him to a 12-7 record this year. He struck out 110 and walked 58 in 196.1 innings. He's 7th in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in saves!

The NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner was announced today as well, with Boston (N)'s third baseman Jack Brodsky earning the trophy for putting up the best numbers among rookies in his league. His season numbers are: .274 AVG, 136 hits, 24 doubles, 6 triples and 7 homeruns, along with 77 RBI and 60 runs scored. He's 5th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in RBIs and 3rd in homeruns!

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Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1904

Melville Addison, 1b - 5: 9/8/6/5/5
Mathew Christianson, LF/CF/RF - 7/5/7: 7/10/4/7/7
Joe Lockley, SS/2b - 6/3: 8/6/5/6/8
Gareth Keenan, 2b/SS/RF - 6/4/5: 8/9/3/4/7
Gus Kovacs, LF/RF - 6/5: 6/8/6/10/5


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1904

Lysander Spooner, SP: 7/9/7
David Organ, SP: 7/8/9
Lucky White, SP: 7/9/6
Wallace McFarland, SP: 8/6/10
Fred Fulk, SP: 6/8/7

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1904 Draft Log

Round 1:

Philadelphia (A) pick: LF Gus Kovacs
Philadelphia (N) pick: 1B Melville Addison
Cleveland pick: RF Mathew Christianson
Cincinnati pick: 2B Gareth Keenan
Chicago (A) pick: 3B Richard Prince
Boston (N) pick: P Lysander Spooner
Detroit pick: P David Organ
New York (N) pick: SS Joe Lockley
New York (A) pick: CF Howard Frieberg
Pittsburgh pick: P Wallace McFarland
St. Louis (A) pick: P Lucky White
St. Louis (N) pick: P Fred Fulk
Washington pick: 3B Alford Bachelor
Brooklyn pick: P Joshua Biddle
Boston (A) pick: P Ivan Bendy
Chicago (N) pick: P Beau Jacoby


Round 2 :

Philadelphia (A) pick: P Rollie Hamilton
Philadelphia (N) pick: 2B Josey Eastwood
Cleveland pick: P Murphy Battle
Cincinnati pick: 1B J. Daniel Hextor
Chicago (A) pick: P Potsie Gannon
Boston (N) pick: P Marshall Mahony
Detroit pick: LF Neddy Dean
New York (N) pick: 1B Larry Olberger
New York (A) pick: CF Dan Daly
Pittsburgh pick: 3B Bum Wilcox
St. Louis (A) pick: P Dick Gibson
St. Louis (N) pick: P Shooter Daniels
Washington pick: P Pop Buckley
Brooklyn pick: P John Loyal
Boston (A) pick: SS Barney Kincaid
Chicago (N) pick: P Merrill Gardner


Round 3 :

Philadelphia (A) pick: P Charles Wharton
Philadelphia (N) pick: CF Nash Stone
Cleveland pick: C Christopher Gardner
Cincinnati pick: SS Billy Dugan
Chicago (A) pick: 1B Arthur Offerbach
Boston (N) pick: 1B Will Ellis
Detroit pick: SS Milton Goode
New York (N) pick: P Benton Jackson
New York (A) pick: 1B David Harman
Pittsburgh pick: P Bingo Glynn
St. Louis (A) pick: 1B Ripper Delancey
St. Louis (N) pick: LF Samuel Shaw
Washington pick: P Bear Hulliburton
Brooklyn pick: CF Steve Hall
Boston (A) pick: 3B Steven Williams
Chicago (N) pick: P Gordon Shaver


Round 4 :

Philadelphia (A) pick: CF Harry Schultz
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Jimmy Murphy
Cleveland pick: SS John R. Allen
Cincinnati pick: C Vernon Ring
Chicago (A) pick: P Loy Frost
Boston (N) pick: RF Dave Bartlett
Detroit pick: 1B Wally Young
New York (N) pick: P Hugo Farr
New York (A) pick: P Kid Campbell
Pittsburgh pick: P James White
St. Louis (A) pick: 3B Coy Perkins
St. Louis (N) pick: P Jack Woodward
Washington pick: P Christopher Larson
Brooklyn pick: 2B Mark Melvin
Boston (A) pick: P George Covington
Chicago (N) pick: SS Russell Radford

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1904 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 4 - The Highlanders announce plans to play on Sundays at Ridgewood Park on Long Island‚ but the Brooklyn club objects. Sunday games are legal in Detroit‚ St. Louis‚ Chicago‚ and Cincinnati.
• January 15 - New York Giants' manager Champ Cale is hauled in for gambling and resisting arrest. He spends the weekend in jail.
• January 22 - William H. Yawkey‚ the 28-year-old heir to a lumber and mining fortune‚ buys the Detroit Tigers from S. F. Angus for $50‚000.
• February 7 - The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours
• February 8 - Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts Russo-Japanese War
• February 23 - For $10 million the United States gains control of the Panama Canal Zone.
• March 4 - Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops
• March 10 - New York Giants players leave Mobile, Alabama ahead of the law after a local judge issues a warrant for the arrest of Charley McDermott, Blue Hughes, Darby Hoffman and starter Norm Farley for beating a local umpire unconscious during an exhibition game. The players were reportedly goaded into action by manager Champ Cale.
• April 8 - Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
• April 17 - Brooklyn management figures a way around the ban against Sunday baseball. Fans are admitted free to Washington Park, but are then charged for a program.
• April 30 - Facing Detroit, Browns' ace Caroll Edwards pitches the 2nd ever no-hitter of the modern era. Tiger Lionel Ragland spoils the bid for a perfect game when he walks with no outs in the 6th inning. "They took some ugly cuts at my breaking stuff, so I kept throwing it. Fortunately they were not able to adjust in time," stated Edwards after the game.
• May 9 - Phillies catcher Clancy Yarborough suffers a season ending injury when he is bowled over by the Giants' Blue Hughes in a collision at home plate, breaking his wrist in two places. Yarborough laid unconscious on the field for several minutes and had to be carried off the field. Hughes is later accused of making threats to Yarborough before the game, though it is never verified.
• May 21 - The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris, France.
• May 22 - Giants' centerfielder Norman Mooney suffers a season ending injury when he hurts himself diving for a ball. He collapses in pain and is helped off the field. After x-rays are taken in a nearby hospital, it revealed that he has broken his hip.
• June 15 - A fire aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1000.
• June 30 - St. Louis Cardinals' manager Lou Campion scoffs at the American League, calling them a minor league who can't compete with the teams in the National League, ignoring the Boston Pilgrims win over the Chicago Cubs in the 1903 World Series.
• Summer - The Summer Olympics takes place in St. Louis, Missouri. The United States wins the most medals (236), and the most gold medals (77).
• July 23 - In St. Louis, Missouri, Charles E. Menches invents the ice cream cone during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
• July 29 - Boston Beaneaters leftfielder Michael Hoover knocks in 7 on 4 hits against the New York Giants.
• July 30 - The Chicago Tribune blares the headline "Coquillou and Jacoby go to Yankees for Grey", detailing a trade between the Cubs and Highlanders sending pitchers Pierre Coquillou and Beau Jacoby for centerfielder Walter Grey. This is reportedly the first time the team from the Big Apple has been given the Yankees moniker.
• August 3 - A British expedition under colonel Francis Younghusband takes Lhasa in Tibet.
• September 17 - Detroit's Landon Lowery has a historical performance against Washington on Sunday, pitching the first ever perfect game of the modern era for his 7th shutout of the season. The crowd of 30,107 give him a standing ovation when teammates carry him off the field on their shoulders.
• September 1 - Lou Campion announces that his Cardinals will not play the American League winners if they maintain their lead. "My mind is made up, and that's that."
• October 12 - Despite the previous agreement between the two leagues, the St. Louis Cardinals organization confirms that they will not meet the Washington Nationals in the World Series. Lou Campion issues a statement saying that he‚ not president John Morpeth‚ was responsible for refusing to play the AL winner in a post season series. The Sporting News declare the Washington Nationals champions by default.
• October 21 - Russian Baltic Fleet fires on British trawlers it mistakes for Japanese torpedo boats in the North Sea, in what would be known as the Dogger Bank incident.
• October 27 - The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens (IRT); the system is now the largest in the United States, and one of the largest in the world.
• November 8 - Theodore Roosevelt defeats Alton B. Parker in the U.S. presidential election
• December 31 - The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square
  

1904 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB  
  
Washington       88 66 .571    -   
St. Louis (A)    85 69 .552  3.0   
Cleveland        83 71 .539  5.0   
Detroit          79 75 .513  9.0   
Boston (A)       78 76 .506 10.0   
Philadelphia (A) 72 82 .468 16.0   
New York (A)     69 85 .448 19.0   
Chicago (A)      62 92 .403 26.0   
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W   L  PCT   GB   
 
St. Louis (N)    90  64 .584    -   
Brooklyn         87  67 .565  3.0   
Chicago (N)      86  68 .558  4.0   
Boston (N)       84  70 .545  6.0   
Cincinnati       79  75 .513 11.0   
Pittsburgh       75  79 .487 15.0   
New York (N)     61  93 .396 29.0   
Philadelphia (N) 54 100 .351 36.0

AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Billy Bacon (SLA) .355
2 Fibber Paine (PHA) .310
3 Broadway Williams (DET) .309
4 Wooly White (WS1) .302
5 Jacques Pierre (PHA) .300

TOP 5 Homers
1 Alford Bachelor (WS1) 15
2 Mick Rooker (CLE) 12
3 Duffy Smalls (BOS) 8
4 Big Jim Creighton (BOS) 7
5 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 6

TOP 10 RBI
1 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 86
2 Travis Roby (CLE) 85
3 Broadway Williams (DET) 79
4 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 77
5 Jim Galbraith (BOS) 70

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Emory Casey (BOS) 73
2 Dash Bailey (NYA) 66
3 Wooly White (WS1) 61
4 John Cotchery (CHA) 47
5 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 46

TOP 10 Wins
1 Rodger Roby (CLE) 26
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 26
3 A.A. Nolan (CLE) 23
3 Dick Rickey (DET) 23
5 John Makepeace (WS1) 21

TOP 10 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.43
2 Landon Lowery (DET) 1.77
3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 2.05
4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 2.11
5 Deiter Vogel (WS1) 2.18

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 310
2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 266
3 Joe Smucker (SLA) 194
4 Robert Crouch (CHA) 191
5 Alf Mackey (WS1) 165


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Caesar Geist (BRO) .351
2 Alfred Reed (PIT) .341
3 John Hill (CIN) .319
4 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) .307
5 Carl Gallagher (CHN) .300

TOP 5 Homers
1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 14
2 Ox Roberts (NY1) 9
3 Ronan Keough (CIN) 8
3 Eddie Finn (SLN) 8
5 Bob Rooney (CHN) 7

TOP 10 RBI
1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 88
2 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 79
3 Ed Scully (BRO) 78
4 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) 75
5 Patrick O'Hara (CIN) 71

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 64
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 56
3 Colt Barrish (SLN) 53
4 Alain Champignon (NY1) 52
4 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 52

TOP 10 Wins
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 29
2 Red Huffer (SLN) 27
3 Jim Joy (BRO) 26
3 Ronald Wheelock (PIT) 26
5 Avery Luck (CHN) 22

TOP 10 ERA
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 1.52
2 Jim Joy (BRO) 1.74
3 Avery Luck (CHN) 1.79
4 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 1.95
5 Red Huffer (SLN) 2.21

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Jim Joy (BRO) 267
2 Gerald Rodgers (SLN) 248
3 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 239
4 Arch Murtaugh (BRO) 206
5 Jim Brush (BRO) 203

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Edwards (SLA) and Hartung (BSN) win PITCHER OF THE YEAR
The 1904 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. Caroll has a record of 26-9 this season, with an ERA of 1.43. In 377 Innings he was able to strike out 310 batters. Caroll has pitched 12 shutouts and 33 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

The 1904 NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner is from Boston (N) this year. Handsome Jack Hartung put together impressive numbers on the mound this season as well. His ERA of 1.52 helped him to a 29-10 record this year. He struck out 239 and walked 63 in 379.1 innings. Handsome Jack has pitched 10 shutouts and 35 complete games. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Bacon and Geist earn BATTER OF THE YEAR honors
St. Louis (A)'s leftfielder Billy Bacon will never forget this day. A great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. Billy is hitting .355 this year, with 192 hits in 541 at bats. He has driven in 60 runs, slugging .412. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting!

Brooklyn's leftfielder Caesar Geist wins the award yet again. Another great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. While compiling an on base percentage of .480, Caesar hit .351 and slugged .464. He has collected 53 runs batted in this year. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting! Geist wins the award for the 3rd time in his 4-year career.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR honors go to Bachelor and Barrish
Alford Bachelor was named the AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner today. Washington's first baseman put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 22 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Alford has gone 149 for 596 (.250) this season, hitting 15 taters and driving in 57 runs. He has scored 72 runs on his own.

Getting an award is a nice way to start a career. St. Louis (N)'s Colt Barrish smiled as he was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner. This year Barrish drove in 46 and scored 97 runs while batting .300 with 2 longballs. He's 6th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!

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Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1905

Royal Chesterfield, 1b/3b - 4/5: 9/10/5/6/7
Chet Spurgeon, SS/2b/3b - 9/7/5: 8/9/5/6/6
Eric "Old Major" Blair, LF/CF/RF - 7/7/7: 8/8/6/5/6
Red Grey, 1b/LF/CF/RF - 4/4/4/5: 7/6/6/7/7
Larry Napoleon, C - 7: 6/7/4/10/8


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1905

Rhys Conroy, SP: 6/8/7
Stephen Allen, SP: 6/8/5
Loren Geiser, SP: 4/10/7
Benjamin Lovecraft, SP: 9/6/7
Danny Hawks, MR: 6/7/9

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1905 Draft Log

Round 1:

Chicago (A) pick: 1B Royal Chesterfield
Philadelphia (N) pick: CF Eric Blair
New York (A) pick: SS Chet Spurgeon
New York (N) pick: C Larry Napoleon
Philadelphia (A) pick: RF Red Grey
Pittsburgh pick: 3B Coleman Graves
Boston (A) pick: P Rhys Conroy
Cincinnati pick: 3B Guy Tait
Detroit pick: 1B Tom Kirk
Boston (N) pick: P Stephen Allen
Cleveland pick: P Benjamin Lovecraft
Chicago (N) pick: 2B Francois Boisdefer
St. Louis (A) pick: P Loren Geiser
Brooklyn pick: P Danny Hawks
Washington pick: RF Dirk Barlowe
St. Louis (N) pick: 1B Lyndon Barker

Round 2 :

Chicago (A) pick: P Cully Dunbar
Philadelphia (N) pick: SS Isaac Flick
New York (A) pick: P Mike Tingle
New York (N) pick: P Carson Cooper
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Nathan Eiseman
Pittsburgh pick: P John Folsom
Boston (A) pick: SS Mickey Rawlings. Signing Bonus: $0
Cincinnati pick: P Zedediah Owens
Detroit pick: P Wyatt Moon
Boston (N) pick: P Rainier Gottkold
Cleveland pick: 3B Edward Kasimir
Chicago (N) pick: C Harold Buchanan
St. Louis (A) pick: P Oliver Bird
Brooklyn pick: SS Angelo Santorini
Washington pick: C Jack Howland
St. Louis (N) pick: CF Frank Gower

Round 3 :

Chicago (A) pick: P Aaron Hendrix
Philadelphia (N) pick: SS Albie Rourke
New York (A) pick: 2B Tony Rash
New York (N) pick: P Ira Cohn
Philadelphia (A) pick: CF David Robinson
Pittsburgh pick: CF Paul Griffin
Boston (A) pick: LF Gary Casperley
Cincinnati pick: SS Howie Carlisle
Detroit pick: P George Hull
Boston (N) pick: 1B Michael Holmes
Cleveland pick: LF Sherman Gormley
Chicago (N) pick: P Slim Washington
St. Louis (A) pick: 1B Hal Tanner
Brooklyn pick: P Felix Lauser
Washington pick: CF Waldo Weaver. Signing Bonus: $0
St. Louis (N) pick: RF Lyle Randall

Round 4 :

Chicago (A) pick: C Jimbo White
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Ned Lynch
New York (A) pick: 3B Brian Good
New York (N) pick: P Buck Tucker
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Max Rapier
Pittsburgh pick: RF Edward Dickson
Boston (A) pick: 1B Alfred Moore
Cincinnati pick: P Lawrence Kauffman
Detroit pick: LF Felix Fowles
Boston (N) pick: 3B Scat Henderson
Cleveland pick: 3B John Dundee
Chicago (N) pick: 3B Travis Vinson
St. Louis (A) pick: 3B Craig Ostermueller
Brooklyn pick: P Dilbert Cassell
Washington pick: P James Pangborn
St. Louis (N) pick: 1B Robert Losmansky

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1905 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 2 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China; an event which shocks the world
• January 22 - The Bloody Sunday Massacre of Russian demonstrators takes place at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905.
  
• February 7 - In Lynn‚ MA‚ Joe Smucker prevents a fire by carrying a burning stove out of a store and throwing it into a snow bank.
• February 10 - Joe Smucker flees Peabody, MA, to escape charges of assaulting and injuring his wife's parents after an argument over finances comes to blows. They later make amends.
• February 15 - Accused of throwing games‚ Cardinals righthander Harris Hungerford is acquitted by the NL Board of Directors in New York‚ but he is found guilty of bad conduct and fined $300.
• March 29 - A committee of Washington writers votes for "Nationals" as the AL team nickname‚ but "Senators" continues as the general favorite.
• April 4 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra, kills 20,000
  
• April 9 - In the Pacific Coast League, the San Francisco Seals sweep a pair from visiting Portland‚ 19-3 and 2-0. Seals pitcher Cecil "Babs" Babbager throws his 5th consecutive shutout and his 4th consecutive shutout of the season. He has now thrown a record 47 consecutive shutout innings.
  
• April 30 - At a Southern League game in Shreveport, future Chicago Cub John Kull makes a strikeout-HR against Memphis‚ when the catcher misses the ball and it goes into the grandstand. No ground rules limit the runner's advance
• May 8 - In a 2-1 Pirate win over the Reds at Pittsburgh‚ OF Alfred Reed gets into a fight with Reds 1B Herschel Toomey. The bad feelings started several days ago when Toomey bumped Gavin Coker on the basepaths and Reed tried to retaliate by spiking Toomey at 1B today. Toomey twice punches Reed as both are tossed from the game. The first sacker is pelted with bottles and a thrown knife by fans.
• May 10 - John Cliff of Waco (Texas League) tosses a 15 inning one hitter‚ which ends in a scoreless tie. The only hit comes in the first inning.
• May 13 - Mata Hari debuts in Paris
• May 15 - Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres, in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• May 27-28 - Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima - The Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroys the Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski in this two day battle
  
• June 15 - Gentleman Jack Shaver of the Phillies bats 6 for 6, setting a record for hits in a game and scoring 4 runs in a win over the cross-state Pirates.
• June 19 - The Giants lose to Cincinnati when New York pitcher Bink Marshall accidentally swallows a quid of chewing tobacco that upsets his stomach and his pitching. The Reds roll to a 17-7 win‚ the 8th win in a row for the Reds. In the 3rd inning‚ Giants RF Darby Hoffman chases down an overthrow behind first bases and is greeted by several bottles tossed at him. One hits him on the leg‚ and both managers and a "swarm of coppers" converge. Hoffman will file charges against a fan‚ but when the case appears in court the only testimony is given by Reds President Garry Herrmann and the case is dismissed.
• August 24 - Cubs ace Shep Sanders defeats Phillie starter Malcolm Twist in a 20-inning 2-1 Colts marathon win over the Phils. The game ties the existing ML mark for the most innings played in a game. A high point in the game is when OF Jake Briscoe‚ in the 18th‚ shoves his hand in his back pocket to get a plug of chewing tobacco just as the batter cracks a long line drive. Briscoe starts after the ball and discovers that he can't get his hand out of his pocket. He makes a leaping one-handed catch with his gloved hand‚ then stops‚ pulls the tobacco out‚ bites off a piece and bows to the crowd.
  
• August 29 - Washington's Winford Cochley matchs Shaver's record with a 6 hit, 3 RBI performance of his own against the Boston Red Sox.
• September 1 - The Canadian province of Alberta is established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.
  
• September 1 - Hillerich & Bradsby sign a contract with Brooklyn's Caesar Geist to produce the first autographed model bat.
• September 4 - The Canadian province of Saskatchewan is established.
• September 5 - Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth signed - In New Hampshire, a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt is signed by victor Japan and defeated party Russia. In the agreement, Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan.
• October 3 - The HMS Dreadnought is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
  
• October 8 - A Pacific Coast League game between the Oakland Oaks and Portland Beavers is attended by one fan. According to newspaper reports‚ the home-plate umpire‚ whose job it is to announce lineups‚ addresses the crowd‚ "Dear sir..." Portland wins‚ 3-2.
• October 26 - Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union with Norway.
• October 30 - Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly with limited powers.
• November 28 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin in Dublin as a political party whose goal is the independence for all of Ireland.
  

1905 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB  

Detroit          99 55 .643   -   
St. Louis (A)    84 70 .545 15.0   
Washington       82 72 .532 17.0   
Cleveland        79 75 .513 20.0   
New York (A)     79 75 .513 20.0   
Boston (A)       69 85 .448 30.0   
Chicago (A)      63 91 .409 36.0   
Philadelphia (A) 61 93 .396 38.0  
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB   

Chicago (N)      88 66 .571 -  
St. Louis (N)    87 67 .565 1.0  
Brooklyn         78 76 .506 10.0  
Philadelphia (N) 77 77 .500 11.0  
Cincinnati       75 79 .487 13.0  
New York (N)     75 79 .487 13.0  
Pittsburgh       70 84 .455 18.0  
Boston (N)       66 88 .429 22.0

WORLD SERIES:

CHICAGO CUBS defeat the DETROIT TIGERS, 4 GAMES TO 1


AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Billy Bacon (SLA) .338
2 Armand Jacques (DET) .338
3 Alton Garrity (NYA) .318
4 Mick Rooker (CLE) .309
5 Broadway Williams (DET) .307

TOP 5 Homers
1 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 6
2 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 5
2 Alford Bachelor (WS1) 5
2 Mick Rooker (CLE) 5
2 Ron Gauss (SLA) 5

TOP 10 RBI
1 Colton Kendig (DET) 85
2 Mick Rooker (CLE) 78
3 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 71
4 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 70
4 Billy Bacon (SLA) 70

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Emory Casey (BOS) 76
2 Dash Bailey (NYA) 71
3 Arden Ferris (NYA) 62
4 Tom Ireland (CHA) 51
5 Wooly White (WS1) 50

TOP 10 Wins
1 Rodger Roby (CLE) 28
2 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 27
3 Carl McCluskey (DET) 26
4 Landon Lowery (DET) 24
5 Joe Smucker (SLA) 23

TOP 10 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.86
2 Dieter Vogel (WS1) 1.92
3 Rodger Roby (CLE) 2.16
4 Carl McCluskey (DET) 2.20
5 Landon Lowery (DET) 2.23

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 278
2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 237
3 Joe Smucker (SLA) 226
4 Landon Lowery (DET) 178
5 Carl McCluskey (DET) 170


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Colt Barrish (SLN) .337
2 Milton Shifman (BSN) .315
3 Arnold Kellogg (CHN) .309
4 Alfred Reed (PIT) .308
5 Edmund De Groot (CIN) .302

TOP 5 Homers
1 Tater McDonald (SLN) 12
2 Theodore Lipschitz (PIT) 8
3 Ox Roberts (NY1) 7
3 Ronan Keough (CIN) 7
5 Stanley Dodge (CHN) 6

TOP 10 RBI
1 Ox Roberts (NY1) 86
2 Gareth Keenan (CIN) 79
3 L. Hull (SLN) 77
4 Gavin Coker (PIT) 76
5 Tater McDonald (SLN) 75

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 78
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 60
3 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 59
4 Gavin Coker (PIT) 50
5 Alain Champignon (NY1) 48

TOP 10 Wins
1 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 28
2 Hansome Jack Hartung (BSN) 22
3 Jim Joy (BRO) 21
3 Stoney Lynch (SLN) 21
3 Jonathan Humphrey (BSN) 21

TOP 10 ERA
1 Malcolm Twist (PHI) 1.84
2 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 1.96
3 Jim Joy (BRO) 2.00
4 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 2.12
5 Avery Luck (CHN) 2.17

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Jim Joy (BRO) 234
2 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 229
3 Jim Brush (BRO) 218
4 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 194
5 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 176

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Edwards (SLA) and Rodgers (SLN) win PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Awards may not be the most important thing for Caroll Edwards, but St. Louis (A)'s lefty smiled as he was named the AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner. Opposing players hit .200 against Caroll this season. While posting an ERA of 1.86 he went 27-11 in 42 starts, fanning 278 and walking 62 hitters. He has 36 complete games and 13 shutouts. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 2nd in wins! Edwards wins the award for the 2nd time in his 3-year career.

The NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner was announced today as well, with St. Louis (N)'s right-hander Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers taking home the desired trophy. He certainly earned it, he struck fear into hitters all year long. His ERA of 1.96 helped him to a 28-13 record this year. He struck out 194 and walked 51 in 367.1 innings. He has 39 complete games and 6 shutouts. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Rooker and Barrish win BATTER OF THE YEAR
Cleveland's leftfielder Mick Rooker will never forget this day. A great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. Rooker has hit 5 taters this year while batting .309. He adds 46 doubles, along with 90 runs scored. He's 4th in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting, 2nd in homeruns and 2nd in RBI!

The NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR goes to Colt Barrish this year. He had an extraordinary season as well! He has hit 5 bombs while batting .337 this season. His 175 hits and 48 walks add up to a .405 on-base percentage. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR honors go to Ferris (NYA) and Iburg (CHN)
Arden Ferris is walking on cloud nine. The AMERICAN LEAGUE was convinced that New York (A)'s third baseman, 21 years old, should be the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner of 1905. He has hit one longball while batting .278 this season. His 146 hits and 69 walks add up to a .362 on-base percentage. Chicago (N)'s pitcher Herman "Ham" Iburg has worked hard to reach the big leagues. His work paid off today as the NATIONAL LEAGUE named him the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner! His ERA of 2.33 helped him to a 18-5 record this year. He struck out 126 and walked 72 in 197.1 innings

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Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1906

Henry York, LF/RF - 6/7: 8/7/5/6/5
Ike Duncan, 1b/3b - 7/5: 7/9/5/7/6
Glen Longworth, Sr., 2b - 7: 8/7/6/7/7
Boyce Coghill, LF/CF/RF - 3/3/6: 9/10/6/3/7
Reginald Humbleberry, LF/RF - 4/3: 7/7/5/7/8


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1906

Lee Corsi, SP: 7/8/8
Dan Dewey, SP: 7/9/8
Llywelyn ap Rhys, SP/MR: 10/7/7
John Cliff, SP: 7/4/9
Exell Sacred, SP: 5/7/6

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1906 Draft Log

Round 1:

Boston (N) pick: 2B Glen Longworth, Sr.
Philadelphia (A) pick: 1B Ike Duncan
Pittsburgh pick: RF Boyce Coghill
Chicago (A) pick: P Lee Corsi
Cincinnati pick: P Dan Dewey
Boston (A) pick: LF Henry York
New York (N) pick: P John Cliff
Cleveland pick: LF Reginald Humbleberry
Philadelphia (N) pick: CF Wilt Witherspoon
New York (A) pick: P Llywelyn ap Rhys
Brooklyn pick: 2B Aldo Peake
Washington pick: CF Ginger Smith
St. Louis (N) pick: P Exell Sacred
St. Louis (A) pick: P John Fritz
Chicago (N) pick: P Chap Mitchell
Detroit pick: P Boyd Jasper


Round 2 :

Boston (N) pick: P Joe Booker
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Aaron Plessinger
Pittsburgh pick: 2B Everett Bartley
Chicago (A) pick: P Donovan Gross
Cincinnati pick: SS Preston Vedder
Boston (A) pick: P J.X. Murphy
New York (N) pick: 3B Josh Lavigne
Cleveland pick: P Tully Ewing
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Fatso Hunter
New York (A) pick: P Tony Hooker
Brooklyn pick: 3B Blake Youngblood
Washington pick: 2B Dick Toby
St. Louis (N) pick: P Steve Piltdown
St. Louis (A) pick: CF Jimmy Trask
Chicago (N) pick: P Lou Pierozzi
Detroit pick: SS Cam Gordon


Round 3 :

Boston (N) pick: C Foster Brooks
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Lennell Morrell
Pittsburgh pick: C Mark Lane
Chicago (A) pick: P Gregory Leleux
Cincinnati pick: SS Kurt Greenwood
Boston (A) pick: 3B Bob Billings
New York (N) pick: LF Martyn Weider
Cleveland pick: P Peter Bucklin
Philadelphia (N) pick: P David Condy
New York (A) pick: 1B Theodore Barrett
Brooklyn pick: 3B Billy Phillips
Washington pick: P Danny Martz
St. Louis (N) pick: P Victor Long
St. Louis (A) pick: 3B Deron Crandall
Chicago (N) pick: 2B Doug Wilson
Detroit pick: LF Walter Wright


Round 4 :

Boston (N) pick: P Dennis Uland
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Joey Simpkin
Pittsburgh pick: P Vincent Sears
Chicago (A) pick: RF Robbie Wright
Cincinnati pick: P Charles Jasper
Boston (A) pick: C Jerry Reiter
New York (N) pick: 3B Gerald Downs
Cleveland pick: P Davey Murry
Philadelphia (N) pick: 2B Joey Roller
New York (A) pick: C Micky Camp
Brooklyn pick: P Dave Crane
Washington pick: LF Joe Workman
St. Louis (N) pick: SS Mike Clark
St. Louis (A) pick: C David Martin
Chicago (N) pick: P Nat Zimmer
Detroit pick: P Ken Cluff

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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

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


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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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Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1907

Warren Tumulty, LF/CF/RF - 8/7/8: 8/10/5/4/5
Jocko Grant, 1b/LF - 7/5: 8/8/7/5/8
Heinie Sauerbraun, LF/CF - 6/6: 8/7/5/7/5
Richard Parrott, 3b/SS - 8/3: 7/7/5/8/5
John Kull, 3b/SS - 8/6: 6/6/5/6/5


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1907

Andy Rush, SP: 8/6/8
Early Lawson, SP: 7/10/5
Alden Wolfe, SP: 5/10/7
Timothy Campbell, SP: 8/6/6
Buster Royce, MR: 8/9/7

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1907 Draft Log

Round 1:

Washington pick: P Early Lawson
Pittsburgh pick: 1B Jocko Grant
Boston (A) pick: CF Warren Tumulty
Brooklyn pick: SS Richard Parrott
Chicago (A) pick: CF Heinie Sauerbraun
Boston (N) pick: P Andy Rush
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Timothy Campbell
St. Louis (N) pick: P Alden Wolfe
Cleveland pick: RF Ephraim Eccleston
Cincinnati pick: P Lucien McKittrick
Detroit pick: P Buster Royce
New York (N) pick: 3B Spike Lebovski
St. Louis (A) pick: LF Alexei Torkinov
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Tad Lewis
New York (A) pick: P Eriq Taylor
Chicago (N) pick: 3B John Kull


Round 2 :

Washington pick: P Bo Wunderlicht
Pittsburgh pick: 1B Toby Withrow
Boston (A) pick: P Jim O'Bannon
Brooklyn pick: P Randy Jorgensen
Chicago (A) pick: LF Neno Hammond
Boston (N) pick: P Stephen Cox
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Darell Grant
St. Louis (N) pick: 3B Gordon Harris
Cleveland pick: P Boone Foster
Cincinnati pick: 1B Joe Roberts
Detroit pick: RF Marcus Hindman
New York (N) pick: 2B Todd Eckert
St. Louis (A) pick: P Rian Curtiss
Philadelphia (N) pick: 2B Troy Smith
New York (A) pick: LF Dope Delaney
Chicago (N) pick: P Jess Blake


Round 3 :

Washington pick: LF Joe McKneely
Pittsburgh pick: 1B Carl Maisch
Boston (A) pick: 1B Lex Wilson
Brooklyn pick: P Greg Kimball
Chicago (A) pick: C Howie Hamish
Boston (N) pick: 1B Sam Lindsey
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Jason Turner
St. Louis (N) pick: 1B Eric Koke
Cleveland pick: 3B Mikey Costello
Cincinnati pick: 1B Jack Hall
Detroit pick: P Bill Nowell
New York (N) pick: SS Nelson Warren
St. Louis (A) pick: P Robert Netter
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Kurt Holmes
New York (A) pick: P Derk Coldenham
Chicago (N) pick: LF Albert Mallisey


Round 4 :

Washington pick: P Michael Friend
Pittsburgh pick: P Olaus Barth
Boston (A) pick: P Kelly Knapp
Brooklyn pick: 1B Joel Carson
Chicago (A) pick: P Jeff Batesman
Boston (N) pick: P Tyrus Patterson
Philadelphia (A) pick: 2B Al Markle
St. Louis (N) pick: RF Denny Heinerich
Cleveland pick: P Freddy Larrick
Cincinnati pick: CF Howard Thompson
Detroit pick: P Clifford Forrester
New York (N) pick: 3B Bob Carr
St. Louis (A) pick: P Marcus Langerhorne
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Ron Gardner
New York (A) pick: P Walt Sieboler
Chicago (N) pick: P Judd Gallagher

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1907 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 10 - Darby Hoffman stops a runaway team of horses in Los Angeles‚ saving 2 young women from injury.
• January 14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
• January 23 - Charles Curtis from Kansas becomes the first Native American US Senator.
  
• March 4 - A judgment of $52‚000 is awarded to the Baltimore club from Brooklyn. When Baltimore left the NL in 1903‚ Brooklyn agreed to pay $40‚000 for the franchise but never did. The award includes interest.
• March 5 - The new Duma is opened in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
  March 15-16 - The parliamentary elections in Finland are the first elections in the world with woman candidates as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage was applied.
  
• March 28 - Popular Boston Red Sox catcher Mad Martin Cheney commits suicide in West Baden Springs‚ IN as the team is barnstorming their way back from Little Rock‚ Arkansas. After breakfast he returns to his room‚ which he shared with and drinks 4 oz. of carbolic acid. There are various accounts for the reason he committed the suicide ranging from suggestions of a homosexual relationship‚ Cheney's fragile personality given to depressions‚ and a blackmailing pregnant girlfriend threatening to contact his wife. Manager Cap Olsen had been grooming him as nhis eventual replacement.
• March 29 - Boston Doves outfielder Michael Northrup‚ who played the full schedule of NL games in 1906‚ dies of typhoid fever in Louisville. The Doves cancel the remainder of their spring training schedule.
• April 9 - Wellington Titus receives a patent for the first portable batting cage. The Athletics will be one of the first pro teams to use the Titus cage.
• April 15 - The Cleveland club takes out a $100‚000 policy to insure its players against injury in railroad accidents.
• May 14 - The flagpole at the Cubs ballpark breaks during the pennant-raising ceremonies celebrating the 1906 championship.
• May 28 - Gunny Fisher of the Boston Red Sox no-hits the St. Louis Browns, allowing only 2 walks.
• June 12 - The Highlanders make it easy for the Tigers by committing 11 errors in the 14-6 win by Detroit. Shortstop Natty Swain leads the bobble gang with 4 errors; 1B Ned Bigelow‚ 3B Arden Ferris‚ 2B Alton Garrity‚ LF Dope Delaney‚ and pitchers Henry Beckley and Jack Reacher each add a miscue. Following the game‚ New York manager Charlie Purcell gets into a fracas with a fan and is charged with assault. Purcell later argues self defense and receives a fine.
• June 13 - The Boston Red Sox play an exhibition game at Providence‚ raising $3‚140.50 for Mad Martin Cheney's widow. The clubs and players also contribute.
• June 14 - At Pittsburgh‚ Brooklyn ace Jim Joy is hit in the stomach by a Eugene Oyler pitch in the 9th‚ but the two battle until the 12th when the Pirates push over the winning run. Pittsburgh wins‚ 2-1.
• June 24 - In a Tri-State League at Williamsport‚ a game with Altoona ends in the 4th inning when a bolt of lightning sets fire to the grandstand. Williamsport pitcher Croak Madison is so stunned by the ordeal that he needs medical attention.
• June 28 - Cardinals pitcher Shawn Mack surprises the Boston Braves by no-hitting them, allowing only 1 walk.
  
• July 6 - The guardians of the Irish Crown Jewels notice that they have been stolen.
  
• July 8 - Bombarded by pop bottles in Brooklyn‚ irate Cubs manager Henry Shaver throws one back into the stands where it cuts a boy's leg. Shaver is mobbed and leaves the park in an armored car with a police escort after the Cubs' 5-0 victory. Shep Sanders emerges with the shutout win.
• July 25 - Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.
  
• August 2 - Manager Willard Farnsworth‚ known for his gyrations on the coaching lines and "Eeyah" war cry‚ is suspended for 10 days for insisting on using a tin whistle while coaching at 3B for the Tigers.
• August 3 - Before 17‚000 in Philadelphia‚ A's ace Leland Kane loses to a weakened Cleveland team‚ 5-3. It's his 2nd successive Saturday loss before a big crowd. The newspapers blame his poor performance on his visits to Atlantic City where he‚ "in finishing up his prolonged spree in this city‚ making‚ as usual‚ a sad spectacle of himself."
• August 17 - Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington officially opened for business.
  
• August 19 - Red Sox's LF Duffy Smalls gets caught at 3B in the 12th inning when Detroit 3B Jim Baxter pulls the hidden ball trick on him. Detroit wins‚ 4-3.
• August 28 - UPS was founded by James E. (Jim) Casey in Seattle, Washington.
  
• September 27 - Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers becomes the 3rd St. Louis Cardinals pitcher to throw a no-no in the past two seasons when he blanks the Cincinnati Reds 2-0.
• September 30 - Cardinals 3B "Gorgeous George" Leforge steals home twice in St. Louis' 5-1 win against Boston. St. Louis sets a ML record with 3 steals of home in a game as Colt Barrish also swipes home in the 8th.
• October 15 - The Chicago Cubs win their 3rd straight World Series Championship by defeating the Cleveland Naps 4 games to 1, clinching it on a Game 5 shutout from Herman Iburg.
• October 24 - A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers created a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange leading to the bank panic of 1907.
• November 16 - Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
• December 19 - An explosion in coal mine in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania kills 239
  
• December 30 - The Spalding Commission reports that baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown‚ New York‚ in 1839. The Commission is convinced by the testimony of Abner Graves‚ who claimed to be a childhood companion of Doubleday's. Grave's story is later "verified" when an old‚ rotting ball is found among his personal effects. The Commission ignores the fact that Doubleday did not graduate from West Point until 1842.
  

1907 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB    

Cleveland        89 65 .578    -   
Philadelphia (A) 86 68 .558  3.0   
Boston (A)       85 69 .552  4.0   
St. Louis (A)    81 73 .526  8.0   
Detroit          80 74 .519  9.0   
Chicago (A)      72 82 .468 17.0   
Washington       62 92 .403 27.0   
New York (A)     61 93 .396 28.0   
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB    

Chicago (N)      92 62 .597    -   
St. Louis (N)    81 73 .526 11.0   
Brooklyn         80 74 .519 12.0  
Cincinnati       78 76 .506 14.0   
Boston (N)       77 77 .500 15.0   
Philadelphia (N) 74 80 .481 18.0   
New York (N)     71 83 .461 21.0   
Pittsburgh       63 91 .409 29.0

WORLD SERIES:

CHICAGO CUBS defeat the CLEVELAND NAPS, 4 GAMES TO 1


AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Rip Riley (NYA) .330
2 Jacques Pierre (PHA) .309
3 Mick Rooker (CLE) .308
4 Tom Ireland (CHA) .305
5 Dinky Smith (CLE) .301

TOP 5 Homers
1 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 9
2 Ron Gauss (SLA) 7
2 Fibber Paine (PHA) 7
2 Royal Chesterfield (CHA) 7
2 Clarence Snyder (SLA) 7

TOP 5 RBI
1 Ned Bigelow (NYA) 92
2 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 88
3 Tom Ireland (CHA) 85
4 Big Jim Creighton (BOS) 79
5 Mick Rooker (CLE) 75

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Dash Bailey (NYA) 63
2 Mickey Rawlings (BOS) 58
3 Everett Gaffney (DET) 54
4 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 48
5 Winford Cochley (CHA) 44

TOP 5 Wins
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 28
2 Harvey Hinkel (CLE) 23
3 Elmer Jackson (PHA) 22
3 Landon Lowery (DET) 22
5 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 21

TOP 5 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.50
2 Elmer Jackson (PHA) 2.03
3 Landon Lowery (DET) 2.11
4 Dick Rickey (DET) 2.33
5 Rhys Conroy (BOS) 2.45

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 276
2 Ed Jarlsen (NYA) 261
3 Joe Smucker (SLA) 203
4 Elmer Jackson (PHA) 186
5 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 183



NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Ira Flick (PHI) .332
2 Gavin Coker (PIT) .322
3 Melville Addison (PHI) .320
4 Joel Praetorius (PHI) .311
5 Mike Diggs (PIT) .311

TOP 5 Homers
1 Ox Roberts (NY1) 10
2 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 9
2 Tater McDonald (SLN) 9
4 Jock Headley (PIT) 7
4 Ronan Keough (CIN) 7

TOP 5 RBI
1 Melville Addison (PHI) 103
2 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 93
3 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) 83
3 Schuyler Hamilton (PIT) 83
5 Jock Headley (PIT) 82

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 68
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 63
3 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 61
4 Alain Champignon (NY1) 51
4 Ira Flick (PHI) 51

TOP 5 Wins
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 27
1 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 27
3 Red Huffer (SLN) 26
4 Shep Sanders (CHN) 25
5 Ham Iburg (CHN) 23

TOP 5 ERA
1 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 1.55
2 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 1.72
3 Avery Luck (CHN) 2.01
4 Shep Sanders (CHN) 2.03
5 Jimmy Royale (BRO) 2.09

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 244
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 244
3 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 243
4 Red Huffer (SLN) 201
5 Herman "Ham" Iburg (CHN) 199

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St. Louis (A)'s Edwards earns PITCHER OF THE YEAR for the 4th straight year; Hartung wins for the 2nd time.
Caroll Edwards was named the AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner today. St. Louis (A)'s lefty put up fabulous numbers this year which earned him the highest award a pitcher can receive. In 44 starts this year Caroll struck out 276 batters in 383.2 innings of work. His ERA is 1.50, his record 28-7. He has 34 complete games and 7 shutouts. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Edwards wins the award for the 4th time in his 5-year career.

The NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner was announced today as well, with Boston (N)'s right-hander Handsome Jack Hartung taking home the desired trophy. He certainly earned it, he struck fear into hitters all year long. His ERA of 1.72 helped him to a 27-10 record this year. He struck out 244 and walked 42 in 382 innings. Handsome Jack has pitched 6 shutouts and 34 complete games. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Hartung wins the award for the 2nd time in his 6-year career.

Rooker and Coker are the 1907 BATTERS OF THE YEAR
Cleveland's leftfielder Mick Rooker had a fabulous season, no doubt about it. The AMERICAN LEAGUE shared this opinion and names the 27 year old the BATTER OF THE YEAR winner! His season features a batting average of .308 (155 hits in 503 AB), 54 doubles, 12 triples and 6 taters. Rooker collected 75 RBI and 89 runs as well. He's 3rd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting, 6th in homeruns and 5th in RBI! Rooker wins the award for the 2nd time in his 6-year career.

The 1907 NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner has been announced as well. It's Pittsburgh's second baseman Gavin Coker who really had a great offensive year. Coker has hit one homerun this year while batting .322. He adds 40 doubles, along with 85 runs scored. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting and 6th in RBI!

Two from Philly receive ROOKIE OF THE YEAR nods.
The 1907 AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner is from Philadelphia (A) this season. Elmer Jackson 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 27 year old ballplayer. Opposing players hit .211 against Elmer this season. While posting an ERA of 2.03 he went 22-12 in 36 starts, fanning 186 and walking 112 hitters. Elmer has pitched 5 shutouts and 30 complete games. He's 2nd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 3rd in wins!

Philadelphia (N)'s Joel Praetorius as well was almost in tears when he heard the news. The 20 year old shortstop was named the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner in the NATIONAL LEAGUE today. What a way to begin a career! While compiling an on base percentage of .363, Joel hit .311 and slugged .389. He has collected 39 runs batted in this year. He's 4th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!

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Getting close to catching up!

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Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1908

Gordon Cullen, LF/CF - 8/8: 8/8/6/10/7
Chuck Bellamy, 1b/3b - 4/4: 8/7/5/6/6
Clayton Bradley, LF/CF/RF - 6/8/9: 8/7/7/6/5
Dan Curtin, C/3b - 8/7: 7/6/5/7/5
Jack "Old Dirt" Griffin, C/3b - 5/7: 7/8/3/5/5


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1908

Charlie Searing, SP: 7/10/8
Deacon Wagner, SP: 8/8/5
Gabriel Poe, SP: 7/9/8
Emmanuel Pittinger, SP: 9/6/6
Albert Rhymer, SP: 6/8/7