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[metsgeek]

1908 Draft Log

Round 1:

Pittsburgh pick: CF Gordon Cullen
New York (A) pick: RF Clayton Bradley
New York (N) pick: P Deacon Wagner
Washington pick: P Charlie Searing
Philadelphia (N) pick: 1B Chuck Bellamy
Chicago (A) pick: C Dan Curtin
Boston (N) pick: P Gabriel Poe
Detroit pick: 2B Gene Cockburn
Cincinnati pick: RF Wayne Piercy
St. Louis (A) pick: P Emmanuel Pittinger
Brooklyn pick: P Jean-Pierre Roublet
Boston (A) pick: 3B Jack Griffin
St. Louis (N) pick: C D.J. Hoegersteyer
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Albert Rhymer
Chicago (N) pick: CF Kevin Brennan
Cleveland pick: RF Steve Cameron

Round 2 :

Pittsburgh pick: P Charlie Porter
New York (A) pick: 3B Joaquin Dejauregui
New York (N) pick: LF Cleveland Hutchins
Washington pick: P Kelvin Foley
Philadelphia (N) pick: 3B Henry Boomer
Chicago (A) pick: P Herbert Kyle
Boston (N) pick: 1B Burt Dudley
Detroit pick: CF Jim Wilson
Cincinnati pick: 3B Douglas Presley
St. Louis (A) pick: RF Pete Preuss
Brooklyn pick: P Kurt Phillips
Boston (A) pick: P Chad Hillman
St. Louis (N) pick: 3B Ned Gable
Philadelphia (A) pick: RF Matt Warden
Chicago (N) pick: 1B Dan Murphy
Cleveland pick: CF Connor Lloyd

Round 3 :

Pittsburgh pick: C Calvin Grove
New York (A) pick: P Morty McDonald
New York (N) pick: P Hector Woodward
Washington pick: CF Ernest Whittier
Philadelphia (N) pick: SS Tom Weeks
Chicago (A) pick: CF Dan Dechammes
Boston (N) pick: LF Jim Dean
Detroit pick: P Brentt Wade
Cincinnati pick: RF Dave Moseley
St. Louis (A) pick: LF James Klaus
Brooklyn pick: P Chris Ferrero
Boston (A) pick: RF Orson Brown
St. Louis (N) pick: CF Bill Crawford
Philadelphia (A) pick: C Leland Kraft
Chicago (N) pick: P Reese Jones
Cleveland pick: P Dennie Isaac

Round 4 :

Pittsburgh pick: 2B Jacob Green
New York (A) pick: P Nick Duchak
New York (N) pick: P Scott Bass
Washington pick: P Ira Applesheimer
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Carl Nesta
Chicago (A) pick: 2B Ernie Voley
Boston (N) pick: 3B Elliott Laurent
Detroit pick: C Donal Kilroy
Cincinnati pick: C Fenton Harris
St. Louis (A) pick: P Hubert Miller
Brooklyn pick: 3B Mike Mauch
Boston (A) pick: P Harry Maker
St. Louis (N) pick: P Rob Mattson
Philadelphia (A) pick: 2B Josh Walton
Chicago (N) pick: C Milt Booth
Cleveland pick: C Bob Winkler

[metsgeek]

1908 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 1 - A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time
• January 8 - A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
• January 11 - Grand Canyon National Monument is created
• January 21 - New York City passes a law, the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for aliens to smoke in public. It is vetoed by the mayor.
• January 24 - Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement
• February 1 - King Carlos I of Portugal and Crown Prince Luis shot in Lisbon
• February 18 - Japanese immigration to USA is forbidden by the federal government.
  
• February 27 - The sacrifice rule is adopted. No at bat is charged if a run scores after the catch of a ball. The rule will be repealed in 1931‚ then reinstated or changed several times before permanent acceptance in 1954.
• March 7 - Near Lexington‚ Kentucky‚ the train carrying the Cleveland Naps is struck by two bricks shattering windows. Mick Rooker‚ Dooley Hickerson‚ and Alexander Grover are hit by the flying glass while playing cards‚ but no injuries occur. The team arrives safely in Macon‚ Georgia‚ for spring training.
• March 21 - Royal Chesterfield signs for $4‚000 and an $800 bonus if he hits over .300. He will eventually collect the bonus with a league-leading .332‚ one of only 4 AL regulars to top .300 (the NL has 5) in 1908.
• April 2 - After a 2-year investigation‚ the Mills Committee‚ formed on the recommendation of Al Spalding and headed by the former NL president A. G. Mills‚ declares that baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown‚ NY in 1839. Overwhelming evidence to the contrary is ignored‚ but the designation makes James Fenimore Cooper's town the most likely site for a Hall of Fame and museum when these establishments are conceived some 30 years later.
• April 14 - Boston plays their first game under their new nickname "Red Sox" defeating Washington‚ 3-1.
• April 30 - The Pirates game in Pittsburgh against the Reds is cancelled because of snow.
• May 8 - Joe Smucker of the St. Louis Browns pitches a perfect game against the New York Highlanders. He requires only 75 pitches to complete the feat.
• May 10 - Mother's Day is observed for the first time, originating at Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia.
  
• May 17 - St. Louis (A)'s Caroll Edwards fires a near-perfect game‚ allowing just a 5th inning single to Washington's Dick Toby. Toby, one of the worst hitting regulars of all-time‚ will finish the year at .143.
• May 21 - Pitching for Kansas City in the Western Association, Croak Madison hurls a 15 inning 1-0 no-hitter against Milwaukee. This performance brings him to the attention of Dutch Baldwin, manager of the Brooklyn Superbas.
• May 26 - At Masjid-al-Salaman in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the United Kingdom.
  
• June 14 - Chicago beats the Yankees‚ 5-4‚ with a late rally that puts Bill Pritchard in the record books. Pritchard‚ pitching in relief‚ is lifted in the 8th inning and his Sox score to go ahead. Commissioner Ban Johnson will rule that Pritchard is the winner‚ not the pitcher who succeeds him‚ this establishing a precedent about awarding victories.
• June 24 - At Detroit‚ the Browns' Caroll Edwards refuses to heel and whips the Tigers‚ 7-1. Edwards, known as an animal lover‚ ignores the two dogs that the Tigers have in the dugout and is not distracted when Tiger manager Willard Farnsworth brings one out to the third base coach's box.
• June 25 - In a 15-0 win over Los Angeles (PCL)‚ Portland's Jack Cuddy has 3 doubles and 2 triples.
• June 30 - The Tunguska impact event, also known as the "Russian explosion" occurs in Siberia.
• July 6 - Robert Peary sets sail for the Arctic North Pole.
• July 13 - Women compete in modern Olympic Games for the first time.
  
• July 16 - At Chicago‚ manager Henry Shaver figures to rattle Giants rookie Benton Jackson and elects to bat the Cubs first (this option rule for the home team will be changed in 1950). Jackson is a rock, however, and nurses a 4-1 lead into the last of the 9th. After one out‚ Lazarus Wolf‚ warming in the bullpen‚ decides the game is well in hand and goes into the clubhouse to shower. Jackson promptly walks three straight‚ wherein Shaver looks in vain for Wolf. The Giants ace quickly dries off‚ throws on a uniform‚ and puts his street shoes on. By the time he arrives on the mound‚ reliever Harry Funderburke has walked in a run. Wolf gets a ground out‚ then a strikeout‚ and the Giants win‚ 4-3. Avery Luck takes the loss for Chicago.
• July 21 -According to a Chicago newspaper contest, the Cubs' Bob Rooney, the National League's leading hitter through today, is baseball's most popular player. Rooney tops Milton Shifman by a wide margin and will be awarded a trophy cup. Rooney was involved in a car accident on the 18th when the car he was riding in on Michigan Avenue, collided with another vehicle driven by Chicago Mayor Busse.
• July 25 - Future Red Sox pitcher Sly Archambault, pitching for a semi-pro Falconer, NY team, strikes out 42 batters in what is heralded as a world's record. He does it 23 innings against Corry, PA, finally winning, 3–1. When the wire services pick up the story, Archambault will receive 19 pro offers.
• July 26 - United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
  
• August 21 - Browns catcher Nat Jameson stands at the base of the Washington Monument and catches the 13th ball dropped from the top, 555 feet up, duplicating the feat performed by Bob Dalton of the Chicago White Stockings on August 24, 1894. Jameson gets a $500 prize for his morning's efforts, then spends the afternoon behind the plate catching Caroll Edwards' 3-1 win over Detroit.
• September 23 - Redeker's Boner: The Giants' Byron Pomeroy and the Cubs' Shep Sanders battle in what will be called the most controversial game ever played. The score is 1-1, with two outs in the last of the 9th. The Giants' Hiram Webber is on 3B, and Amos Redeker (19, and making his first start of the year, is subbing for the sore-legged veteran Johnnie Butters), on 1B. Blue Hughes singles, scoring Webber. Halfway to 2B, Redeker turns and heads for the clubhouse in CF. Morton McGee secures a ball (Champ Cale swears he picked up the ball that was in play and threw it into the stands) and touches 2B as the crowd overruns the field. What Redeker had done was actually common practice at the time for players in games ending in that fashion. In previous similar situations, there had been other appeals to umpires from the losing side to apply the rules strictly against the winning team, declare the negligent baserunner out, and thus nullify the would-be winning run. Those previous appeals were denied, including, ironically, an occasion earlier in that same season between McGee and umpire Hank O'Day. On that previous occasion, O'Day called the runner safe. But this time, perhaps being more prepared after the previous incident and with the magnitude of the situation, O'Day enforced the letter of the law upon Redeker and the Giants. For his part, Redeker maintains that he had only started to walk off the field without touching second base, but that he had realized his error, turned around, and touched the base after all. O'Day did not see it that way, however, and ruled him out.
  
• September 27 - Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.
• September 27 -The Reds' Guy Tait steals 2B, 3B, and home against St. Louis.
• September 28 - Phils Catcher Clancy Yarborough is offered-and rejects-a bribe to lose the final series with the Braves.
• October 16 - Browns ace Caroll Edwards outduels the Cubs Shep Sanders in a 1-0 nailbiter to win the World Series 4 games to 1.
• November 3 - William Howard Taft defeats William Jennings Bryan in the U.S. presidential election
• November 3 - An all-star team leaves San Francisco for a tour of Japan, China, Hawaii, and the Philippines. It will play 40 games before returning on February 15, 1909.
• November 6 - Western bandits Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid are supposedly killed in Bolivia, after being surrounded by a large group of Mexican soldiers. There are many rumours to the contrary however, and the grave sites are unmarked.
• December 26 - Jack Johnson becomes the first African American heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia

1908 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB    

St. Louis (A)    90 65 .581    -   
Chicago (A)      89 66 .574  1.0   
Boston (A)       81 73 .526  8.5   
New York (A)     76 78 .494 13.5   
Philadelphia (A) 73 81 .474 16.5   
Detroit          71 83 .461 18.5   
Cleveland        70 84 .455 19.5   
Washington       67 87 .435 22.5   
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB   

Chicago (N)      88 66 .571    -  
Boston (N)       85 69 .552  3.0   
Philadelphia (N) 84 70 .545  4.0   
St. Louis (N)    84 70 .545  4.0   
New York (N)     70 84 .455 18.0   
Cincinnati       69 85 .448 19.0   
Brooklyn         68 86 .442 20.0  
Pittsburgh       68 86 .442 20.0

WORLD SERIES:

ST. LOUIS BROWNS defeat the CHICAGO CUBS, 4 GAMES TO 1


AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Royal Chesterfield (CHA) .332
2 Sully McTeague (BOS) .325
3 John Boss (CHA) .309
4 Dinky Smith (CLE) .308
5 Ron Gauss (SLA) .296

TOP 5 Homers
1 Mick Rooker (CLE) 8
2 Barry Wilder (SLA) 7
3 Henry York (NYA) 5
3 Matthew Christianson (CLE) 5
3 Gus Kovacs (PHA) 5

TOP 5 RBI
1 Matthew Christianson (CLE) 81
2 Tom Ireland (CHA) 76
3 Mick Rooker (CLE) 75
3 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 75
5 Tommy Boyle (BOS) 72

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Barry Wilder (SLA) 64
2 Gus Kovacs (PHA) 51
3 Arden Ferris (NYA) 42
4 Sully McTeague (BOS) 40
4 Preston North (DET) 40

TOP 5 Wins
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 29
2 Rodger Roby (CLE) 23
3 Rhys Conroy (BOS) 22
3 Pierre Coquillou (NYA) 22
3 Joe Smucker (SLA) 22

TOP 5 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.28
2 Will Drum (CHA) 1.88
3 Stuart Carmody (PHA) 1.94
4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 1.98
5 John Makepeace (WS1) 2.16

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 260
2 Ed Jarlsen (BOS) 244
3 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 188
4 Elmer Jackson (CHA) 179
5 Joe Smucker (SLA) 178


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Arnold Kellogg (CHN) .323
2 Ira Flick (PHI) .310
3 Joel Praetorius (PHI) .310
4 H.R. Brotherton (SLN) .308
5 Bob Rooney (CHN) .293

TOP 5 Homers
1 Jack Brodsky (BRO) 8
2 Tater McDonald (SLN) 7
3 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 6
3 Bob Potter (BSN) 6
3 Ed Scully (BRO) 6

TOP 5 RBI
1 Arnold Kellogg (CHN) 74
2 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) 71
3 Bob Potter (BSN) 70
4 Ox Roberts (NY1) 67
4 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 67

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Morton McGee (CHN) 60
2 Dash Bailey (BRO) 57
3 Alain Champignon (NY1) 48
3 Joel Praetorius (PHI) 48
5 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 45

TOP 5 Wins
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 26
2 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 25
2 Herman Iburg (CHN) 25
4 Red Huffer (SLN) 24
4 Shep Sanders (CHN) 24

TOP 5 ERA
1 Gerald Rodgers (SLN) 1.64
2 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 1.70
3 Jim Joy (BRO) 2.03
4 William Barclay (SLN) 2.03
5 Lazarus Wolf (NY1) 2.04

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 228
2 Herman Iburg (CHN) 227
3 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 214
4 Jim Joy (BRO) 209
5 Red Huffer (SLN) 208

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PITCHER OF THE YEAR awards go to Edwards and Hartung again.
The AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner was announced today, with St. Louis (A)'s lefty Caroll Edwards taking home the desired trophy. He certainly earned it, he struck fear into hitters all year long. Caroll has a record of 29-10 this season, with an ERA of 1.28. In 379 Innings he was able to strike out 260 batters. Caroll has pitched 11 shutouts and 35 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Edwards wins the award for the 5th time in his 6-year career.

All the hard work finally paid off for Boston (N)'s Handsome Jack Hartung as well. The right-hander was named the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner in the NATIONAL LEAGUE today. Handsome Jack has a record of 26-14 this season, with an ERA of 1.70. In 381.1 Innings he was able to strike out 214 batters. Handsome Jack has pitched 9 shutouts and 39 complete games. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Hartung wins the award for the 3rd time in his 7-year career.

Chesterfield and Kellogg notch their first BATTER OF THE YEAR awards
A season for the ages earned Chicago (A)'s first baseman Royal Chesterfield the AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR this year. Royal is hitting .332 this year, with 188 hits in 566 at bats. He has driven in 71 runs, slugging .477. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting, 3rd in homeruns and 6th in RBI!

It was also a day to remember for Chicago (N)'s Arnold Kellogg, who won the NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR today. It put the finishing touches on what has been a tremendous season for the slugger. His season numbers are: .323 AVG, 177 hits, 21 doubles, 10 triples and 3 longballs, along with 74 RBI and 73 runs scored. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting and 1st in RBI! Kellogg wins the award for the 3rd time in his 7-year career.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winners announced as Barnaby and Piercy
The 1908 AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner is from St. Louis (A) this season. Lou Barnaby 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 22 year old ballplayer. Barnaby has hit 4 longballs this year while batting .284. He adds 10 doubles, along with 73 runs scored.

The 1908 NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner is from Cincinnati this season. Wayne Piercy 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 21 year old ballplayer. Piercy has walked 48 times this year and posts a .316 OBP. While batting .255, 130 for 509, he has driven in 56 runs.

[DamnYankees]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

[*]May 17 - St. Louis (A)'s Caroll Edwards fires a near-perfect game‚ allowing just a 5th inning single to Washington's Dick Toby. Toby, one of the worst hitting regulars of all-time‚ will finish the year at .143.

Wow, cool. How did you even notice this happened?

[canadiancreed]

September 28 - Phils Catcher Clancy Yarborough is offered-and rejects-a bribe to lose the final series with the Braves.

That's why he's a legend

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by DamnYankees

Wow, cool. How did you even notice this happened?

I didn't notice it. I went looking for it.

It actually happened IRL in 1908, so I just looked through all the 1 hitters that occurred for us and chose an appropriate game with an appropriately sucky player breaking it up. If I hadn't found one, I wouldn't have listed the story. Call it reverse engineering

All the events actually happened IRL, but the game-related ones usually have their dates changed in our reality.

[metsgeek]

Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1909

Enos Snell, 3b/SS/CF - 7/4/5: 8/8/7/8/5
Fred "Cowboy" Landry, LF/CF - 6/6: 8/7/5/8/7
Pavel Zabienko, 1b/LF/CF/RF - 4/2/2/3: 7/10/5/4/3
Jason Gilland, C/3b - 6/5: 7/6/6/9/9
William Sumner, 1b - 7: 7/5/4/9/7


Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1909

Croak Madison, SP: 10/7/9
Oscar Bluth, SP: 8/8/8
John Titus, SP: 10/7/6
Roone Sweeney, SP: 8/10/9
Vlad Gorky, SP: 6/9/8

[metsgeek]

1909 Draft Log

Round 1:

Washington pick: SS Enos Snell
Pittsburgh pick: P John Titus
Cleveland pick: C Jason Gilland
Brooklyn pick: P Croak Madison
Detroit pick: P Oscar Bluth
Cincinnati pick: CF Fred Landry
Philadelphia (A) pick: 1B Pavel Zabienko
New York (N) pick: 1B William Sumner
New York (A) pick: P Roone Sweeney
St. Louis (N) pick: P Huck Kroeger
Boston (A) pick: CF Wolfgang Mueller
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Vlad Gorky
Chicago (A) pick: C Walter Edwards
Boston (N) pick: RF Rip Sawyer
St. Louis (A) pick: P Gary Jericho
Chicago (N) pick: SS Gunnar Dachs

Round 2 :

Washington pick: P Bill Kreegan
Pittsburgh pick: P George Bunch
Cleveland pick: P Dane Sapp
Brooklyn pick: 2B Glenn Loper
Detroit pick: P Joe Brazil
Cincinnati pick: CF Brand Muster
Philadelphia (A) pick: LF St. John MacMurray
New York (N) pick: 3B Gregory Hookstra
New York (A) pick: 2B Elston Sparks
St. Louis (N) pick: P John Gates
Boston (A) pick: P Roy Bunch
Philadelphia (N) pick: SS Will Riggs
Chicago (A) pick: 1B Vance Suddebaker
Boston (N) pick: RF Edwin Pigeon
St. Louis (A) pick: C Steve Griffiths
Chicago (N) pick: P Stirling Archer

Round 3 :

Washington pick: P Joe Thompson
Pittsburgh pick: 2B Frank Runyan
Cleveland pick: P Dmitri Parker
Brooklyn pick: SS Fredrick Hinnenkamp
Detroit pick: LF Bill Guernsey
Cincinnati pick: P Bobby Madden
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Gary Trippey
New York (N) pick: P Jim Paradiso
New York (A) pick: P John Holmes
St. Louis (N) pick: RF Tobe Goenecker
Boston (A) pick: CF Dominick Davis
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Bill Werner
Chicago (A) pick: LF R.J. Carville
Boston (N) pick: P Haley Freibacher
St. Louis (A) pick: 2B Joe Willis
Chicago (N) pick: LF John Nash

Round 4 :

Washington pick: P Kenny Crenshaw
Pittsburgh pick: 2B Dolf Hisle
Cleveland pick: 2B Russ Harvey
Brooklyn pick: LF Joseph Cook
Detroit pick: P Sawyer Black
Cincinnati pick: P Kirk Williams
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Stone Dillard
New York (N) pick: C Joey Cianciola
New York (A) pick: SS Joseph Billups
St. Louis (N) pick: 3B Moses Nelson
Boston (A) pick: P Flap Milburn
Philadelphia (N) pick: P John Votier
Chicago (A) pick: P John Rittenhauer
Boston (N) pick: P Martin Leighton
St. Louis (A) pick: P George Rice
Chicago (N) pick: CF Owen Hawks

[fhomess]

Good to see the write-ups continuing. One minor comment: in the top 5 prospects list, it'd be cool to note what teams they're on.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by fhomess

Good to see the write-ups continuing. One minor comment: in the top 5 prospects list, it'd be cool to note what teams they're on.

They're not on any teams yet. That's the pre-draft pool. The teams they go to are noted in the next post where I list the draft results.

Maybe I should list them as being in the draft, but I thought it was obvious.

[metsgeek]

1909 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 15 - Minor leaguer Virgil Luck, brother of Cubs' ace Avery Luck, commits suicide by shooting himself at age 22.
• January 16 - Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• January 28 - United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War.
• February 12 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
  
• February 17 - The National League deprives umpires of the power to fine players and decrees that relief pitchers must retire at least one batter before being relieved.
• March 4 - William Howard Taft is inaugurated, succeeding Theodore Roosevelt as the 27th President of the United States.
• March 23 - Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
  
• March 31 - The National Commission rules that players who jump contracts will be suspended for five years. Players joining outlaw organizations will be suspended for three years as punishment for going outside organized baseball.
• April 6 - Robert Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Eskimo explorers allegedly reach the North Pole.
  
• April 8 - While at spring training, Ned Bigelow of the Highlanders contracts smallpox. The entire team is vaccinated and quarantined while traveling north.
• April 18 - The Tigers announce plans to build a new concrete and steel stadium. In the NL, the Pirates name their million-dollar ballpark Forbes Field in honor of the English general who founded Pittsburgh
• April 23 - In the 6th inning of the Reds-Pirates game in Pittsburgh, Jock Headley steps across the plate to the other batter's box as Reds pitcher Patrick Kilpatrick delivers the ball. Umpire Bill Klem refuses to call him out. The Pirates win 2-1, but Reds manager Burgess Johnson protests and acting NL president John Heydler backs Klem. But the league will override Heydler and Klem and order the game replayed September 20th. The Pirates will win again, by a score of 4-3.
• May 5 - Highlanders pitcher Jack Reacher records nine assists in his 2-0 win over the Pilgrims.
• May 9 - The St. Louis Cardinals take out a $50,000 life insurance policy on manager Lou Campion for reasons having to do more with publicity than concerns about his health.
• May 25 - Arnold Kellogg has the game of his career, knocking in 8 with 2 homers and a double to singlehandedly humiliate the Braves and starter Geoffrey Finch.
• June 5 - St. Louis admirers give Lou Campion a diamond ring and the rest of the team silk umbrellas before a game with the Giants. Unfortunately, Cardinal errors give the Giants six runs and the game, 8-7.
• June 9 - Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York to San Francisco, California.
  
• June 9 - Benjamin Shibe, of Bala, Pennsylvania, obtains a patent for a cork-center baseball. Spalding will license the idea and manufacture a ball.
• June 15 - Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lords and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
• June 19 - Monte Attell, won the World Bantamweight Championship joining his brother Abe Attell, who holds the World Featherweight Championship, to become the first pair of brothers to hold world titles simultaneously.
  
• June 19 - Boston Doves co-owner and president George Dovey, 48, dies suddenly while on a scouting trip in Ohio. His brother John takes over the presidency.
• June 22 - Construction begins on the Cape Cod Canal, which would separate Cape Cod from mainland Massachusetts, United States.
  
• June 30 - Chicago's Herman Iburg spoils Pittsburgh's dedication of Forbes Field before 30,338, allowing three hits and beating Landon Lowery, 3-2. A parade of old-time players precedes the game.
• July 16 - A revolution forces Mohammad Ali Shah, Persian Shah of the Qajar dynasty to abdicate in favor of his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. He proceeds in leaving Persia for Imperial Russia, reportedly seeking the assistance of Nicholas II of Russia in regaining the throne.
  
• July 15 - Colton Kendig has two inside-the-park homers to lead the Tigers to a sweep of the Nationals. Detroit wins, 9–5 and 7–0
• July 19 - Cleveland shortstop Clarence Gamblowitz executes the 20th century's first unassisted triple play in the top of the 2nd against the Red Sox. With Silas Corcoran on 2B and Jack Griffin on 1B, Mickey Rawlings hits a line drive to Gamblowitz, who steps on 2B and tags Griffin coming down from 1B. Cleveland wins 6–1 behind starter Rodger Roby.
• July 29 - National League president Harry Pulliam, despondent over his inability to handle the problems and controversies of the league, dies after shooting himself in his room at the New York Athletic Club yesterday. Pulliam had been suffering from a nervous breakdown.
• August 4 - Umpire Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting in the face of Athletics shortstop Odie Yearly, who had questioned a call. Under police guard, Hurst is ushered off the field. This incident eventually leads to Hurst's banishment from baseball two weeks later.
• August 12 - The first event was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  
• August 16 - New York and Pittsburgh play to a 2-2 tie, stopped after eight innings because of a drenching downpour. Outfielder Johnnie Butters prevents a loss for Giants starter Jim Joy with one of the greatest catches ever seen at Forbes Field. With two outs and two on, Boyce Coghill belts a long line drive off Joy into the growing darkness. With everyone straining to follow the ball, a bolt of lightning flashes and Butters is seen making a bare-handed grab on the dead run to end the inning. Umpire Bill Klem then calls the game.
• August 24 - At Detroit, A's catcher Hal Demarest throws out Colton Kendig trying to steal 3rd during an intentional walk to Preston North. Kendig intentional spikes 3B Ike Duncan on his bare hand during the play, prompting howls of protest from the Athletics. The Tigers win, 7-6, and A's manager Ace Lowery will complain to Ban Johnson about Kendig's dirty play. Kendig gets a warning from the AL president.
• August 31 - The A.J. Reach Company is granted a patent for its cork-centered baseball, which will replace the hard rubber-cored one. This change will be particularly apparent in the NL in 1910-11.
• September 9 - Comet Halley first recorded on a photographic plate
  
• September 13 - Mick Rooker clinches the AL home run title with his 9th round-tripper. It is an inside-the-park drive against the Browns. In fact, all his nine home runs this season are inside-the-park, He is the only player in this century to lead in home runs without hitting one out of the park.
• October 17 - The Chicago White Sox defeat the Philadelphia Phillies to win their first World Series on a walkoff pinch-hit RBI single by Heinie Sauerbraun, knocking in pinchrunner Ernie Voley
• October 26 - Ahn Jun Gun, korean nationalist, assassinates Japanese leader, Ito Hirobumi, in protest of Japanese colonization of Korea.
• November 11 - US Navy founds a navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• November 13 - Ballinger-Pinchot scandal begins: Collier's magazine accuses US Secretary of the Interior Richard Ballinger of questionable dealings in Alaskan coal fields.
• November 18 - Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of dictator Jose Santos Zelaya.

1909 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB    

Chicago (A)      94 60 .610    -   
St. Louis (A)    90 64 .584  4.0   
Boston (A)       86 68 .558  8.0  
New York (A)     79 75 .513 15.0   
Philadelphia (A) 72 82 .468 22.0   
Detroit          71 83 .461 23.0   
Cleveland        64 90 .416 30.0   
Washington       60 94 .390 34.0   
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT GB    

Philadelphia (N) 90 64 .584    -   
Chicago (N)      87 67 .565  3.0   
Boston (N)       85 69 .552  5.0  
Cincinnati       76 78 .494 14.0   
St. Louis (N)    75 79 .487 15.0   
New York (N)     70 84 .455 20.0   
Pittsburgh       69 85 .448 21.0   
Brooklyn         64 90 .416 26.0

WORLD SERIES:

CHICAGO WHITE SOX defeat the PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, 4 GAMES TO 1


AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Fibber Paine (PHA) .321
2 Jacques Pierre (PHA) .314
3 John Boss (CHA) .309
4 Alton Garrity (NYA) .306
5 Sully McTeague (BOS) .304

TOP 5 Homers
1 Mick Rooker (CLE) 9
2 Silas Corcoran (BOS) 7
2 Hal Demarest (PHA) 7
2 Lou Barnaby (SLA) 7
5 Jack Armour (WS1) 6

TOP 5 RBI
1 Gus Kovacs (PHA) 83
2 Silas Corcoran (BOS) 74
3 Fibber Paine (PHA) 73
4 Vincent Wexler (CLE) 68
4 Jacques Pierre (PHA) 68

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Aarden Ferris (NYA) 61
2 Barry Wilder (SLA) 53
3 Preston North (DET) 48
4 Everett Gaffney (PHA) 43
4 Tom Ireland (CHA) 43

TOP 5 Wins
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 25
1 Roland Appelbaum (SLA) 25
3 Will Drum (CHA) 24
4 Black Jack Gilmartin (CHA) 23
4 Pierre Coquillou (NYA) 23

TOP 5 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.28
2 Will Drum (CHA) 1.88
3 Stuart Carmody (PHA) 1.94
4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 1.98
5 John Makepeace (WS1) 2.16

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 232
2 Ed Jarlsen (BOS) 203
3 Carl McCluskey (DET) 187
4 Will Drum (CHA) 185
5 Roland Appelbaum (SLA) 171


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Rip Sawyer (BSN) .341
2 Milton Shifman (BSN) .330
3 John Swann (PIT) .302
4 Richard Parrott (BSN) .300
5 Skipper Quincy (CHN) .295

TOP 5 Homers
1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 12
2 D.J. Hoegersteyer (SLN) 6
3 Tater McDonald (SLN) 5
3 Michael Hoover (NY1) 5
3 Ronan Keough (CIN) 5

TOP 5 RBI
1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 92
2 Richard Parrott (BSN) 77
3 Theodore Nelson (CIN) 69
4 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 68
5 Jack Brodsky (BRO) 67

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Dash Bailey (BRO) 61
2 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 52
3 Gavin Coker (PIT) 46
4 H.R. Brotherton (SLN) 44
5 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) 43

TOP 5 Wins
1 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 27
2 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 26
3 Landon Lowery (PIT) 24
3 Avery Luck (CHN) 24
3 Jim Joy (NY1) 24

TOP 5 ERA
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 1.72
2 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 2.02
3 Jim Joy (NY1) 2.04
4 Josh Biddle (PHI) 2.07
5 Herman "Ham" Iburg (CHN) 2.10

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 241
2 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 204
3 Herman "Ham" Iburg (CHN) 188
4 Jim Joy (NY1) 174
5 Red Huffer (SLN) 163

******************
Edwards earns AL PITCHER OF THE YEAR again; Verherrsch wins in the NL
The 1909 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. Opposing players hit .188 against Caroll this season. While posting an ERA of 1.38 he went 25-12 in 42 starts, fanning 232 and walking 48 hitters. He has 36 complete games and 17 shutouts. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Edwards wins the award for the 6th time in his 7-year career.

Awards may not be the most important thing for Jurgen Verherrsch, but Cincinnati's right-hander smiled as he was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner. In 43 starts this year Jurgen struck out 204 batters in 384 innings of work. His ERA is 2.02, his record 27-9. He has 33 complete games and 5 shutouts. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Boss (CHA) and Shifman (BSN) win BATTER OF THE YEAR
The AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR goes to John Boss this year. He had an extraordinary season! His season numbers are: .309 AVG, 163 hits, 11 doubles, 3 triples and 2 homeruns, along with 54 RBI and 66 runs scored. He's 3rd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting!

In the NATIONAL LEAGUE, the BATTER OF THE YEAR was handed to Boston (N)'s centerfielder Milton Shifman! He has hit one homerun while batting .330 this season. His 174 hits and 94 walks add up to a .430 on-base percentage. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!

McFarland and Sawyer earn ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Chicago (A)'s Wallace McFarland was almost in tears when he heard the news. The 29 year old pitcher was named the ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner in the AMERICAN LEAGUE today. What a way to begin a career! In 22 starts this year Wallace struck out 72 batters in 186.2 innings of work. His ERA is 2.60, his record 14-8.

The 1909 NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner is from Boston (N) this season. Rip Sawyer 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 18 year old ballplayer. Rip is hitting .341 this year, with 183 hits in 537 at bats. He has driven in 49 runs, slugging .393. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!

[fhomess]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

They're not on any teams yet. That's the pre-draft pool. The teams they go to are noted in the next post where I list the draft results.

Maybe I should list them as being in the draft, but I thought it was obvious.

I don't know, maybe I'm just slow. I thought you were posting the top guys from the Top 100 Prospects page.

[metsgeek]

Top 5 Batting Prospects - 1910 Draft

Larry Abercrombie, LF/CF/RF - 6/4/5: 10/8/5/6/5
Bob "Moose" Mulcahy, 1b/LF/RF - 6/6/6: 8/10/7/9/6
Rich Gloucester, 2b/3b/SS - 4/3/6: 8/9/6/5/7
Ryan McCauley, 2b/CF - 6/4: 8/7/2/6/8
Hoyt Marshall, LF/CF - 8/8: 7/6/5/7/8

Top 5 Pitching Prospects - 1910 Draft

Fenton Mulligrew, SP: 9/8/8
Ken Lofgren , SP: 8/8/7
Johnny Muenster, SP: 7/6/10
Joshua Ratliff, SP:7/8/6
Otto Dent, SP: 8/6/5

[metsgeek]

1910 Draft Log

Round 1:

Brooklyn pick: 1B Bob Mulcahy
Washington pick: LF Larry Abercrombie
Pittsburgh pick: P Fenton Mulligrew
Cleveland pick: 2B Ryan McCauley
New York (N) pick: SS Rich Gloucester
Detroit pick: CF Hoyt Marshall
St. Louis (N) pick: P Ken Lofgren
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Johnny Muenster
Cincinnati pick: 1B Jack Cuddy
New York (A) pick: 3B Bill Cuddy
Boston (N) pick: 3B Eugene Sherburne
Boston (A) pick: 1B Eli Crutchfield
Chicago (N) pick: CF Phineas Bartram
St. Louis (A) pick: RF Darby Hoffman, Jr.
Philadelphia (N) pick: P Joshua Rattlif
Chicago (A) pick: P Otto Dent


Round 2 :

Brooklyn pick: P Sugar Mobley
Washington pick: P Hollis Dyson
Pittsburgh pick: CF Marcus Cato
Cleveland pick: P Dell Yates
New York (N) pick: P Sean O' Cathasaigh
Detroit pick: P Foxy Goodhew
St. Louis (N) pick: CF Bill Dozier
Philadelphia (A) pick: 3B Leonard Pompadour
Cincinnati pick: P Marty Unger
New York (A) pick: 3B Mickey Hennessey
Boston (N) pick: P Billy Locke
Boston (A) pick: 1B Marvin Wiskeman
Chicago (N) pick: 2B Michael Tottle
St. Louis (A) pick: P Nick Piper
Philadelphia (N) pick: SS Reuben Schurke
Chicago (A) pick: SS Dudley O'Keefe


Round 3 :

Brooklyn pick: C Elias Bretagne
Washington pick: P Manny Hess
Pittsburgh pick: LF Tyrone Hohimer
Cleveland pick: P Elden Rutledge
New York (N) pick: P Fred Roach
Detroit pick: RF Joe Bob Nelson
St. Louis (N) pick: 1B Dirk Kasselweiss
Philadelphia (A) pick: P Marv Craft
Cincinnati pick: C Benson Smiley
New York (A) pick: P Oswald Northcutt
Boston (N) pick: SS Buzz Boyer
Boston (A) pick: 2B Pokie Butler
Chicago (N) pick: P Dan Holzer
St. Louis (A) pick: 3B John Mulvehill
Philadelphia (N) pick: P James Lancaster
Chicago (A) pick: RF Gerard Lodge


Round 4 :

Brooklyn pick: 1B Buck Hartman
Washington pick: RF Asher Kohn
Pittsburgh pick: LF Corliss Williams
Cleveland pick: 1B Rafe Oliver
New York (N) pick: 3B Carl Cox
Detroit pick: P Gordon Tucker
St. Louis (N) pick: P Dip Miller
Philadelphia (A) pick: RF Zeke Dickerson
Cincinnati pick: C Dermot Whorley
New York (A) pick: P Kenny Taggart
Boston (N) pick: 2B Irvin Smith
Boston (A) pick: C Stewart Kerwin
Chicago (N) pick: P Burton Jones
St. Louis (A) pick: P Michael Owens
Philadelphia (N) pick: P J.R. Hudson
Chicago (A) pick: P John Brooks

[metsgeek]

1910 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 16 - Constant rains in Paris, France, cause the Seine to overflow its banks, flooding the city. All but one line of the Paris Métro become filled with water, effectively draining water from the city.
  
• February 15 - Both major leagues adopt resolutions banning syndicate baseball, which allowed owners to have financial interests in more than one team. The National League votes for a 154-game schedule to open on April 12th, which the American League has already adopted. Other rules: umpires must announce all team changes to spectators; batting orders must be delivered to the umpire at home plate before the game; a batter is out if he crosses the plate from one batter's box to the other while the pitcher is in position to pitch; a base runner is out if he passes another runner before the latter has been put out.
• February 20 - Boutros Ghali, first native born prime minister of Egypt, is assassinated.
• March 19 - In America, Republicans reduce the powers of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to influence Committee membership.
  
• March 25 - Chalmers Auto Company of Detroit offers to award a new car to the batting champs of each league. The National Commission accepts.
• April 14 - With the weather perfect, President and Mrs. William Howard Taft, along with Veep Sherman, surprise the Nationals by showing up for the season Opener. Manager Tom Stahl suggests Taft throw out the first ball, and he becomes the first president to do so. Rollie Hamilton catches it, then pitches a complete game win, striking out 9. An easy fly hit by Fibber Paine into the overflow crowd—a ground-rule double—mars his 3–0 pitching gem over rival Stuart Carmody.
• April 27 - Louis Botha and James Hertzog found South Africa Party.
• May 6 - George V becomes King of the United Kingdom upon the death of his father, Edward VII.
• May 11 - The U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
• May 16 - The U.S. Congress authorizes the creation of the United States Bureau of Mines.
• May 18 - Earth passes through the tail of Halley's Comet.
  
• May 26 -The Pirates' Alfred Reed and Cecil Babbager narrowly escape death when their car crashes into the safety gates of a railroad crossing in Carnegie, PA.
• May 31 - The Union of South Africa is formed.
  
• June 17 - When Byron Pomeroy falters against the Pirates in the top of the 9th, Giants manager Richard Rum calls for Murphy Battle to protect the 3–2 lead. Battle has supposedly been warming up behind the stands, but apparently had visited a saloon across the way, and swapped a ball for two shots of whiskey. Battle hits two batters, allows two hits and tosses one wild, and the Pirates win, 6–3. A furious Rum suspends the pitcher indefinitely. Battle will be back on July 5th
• June 23 - Giants 3B Hiram Webber and two teammates are jailed for attacking a Washington Park fan who had been verbally abusing them during an 8–2 triumph over the Superbas.
• June 26 - Landon Lowery becomes the first player in the 20th century to pitch multiple no-hitters when he blanks the St. Louis Cardinals. He also becomes the first to do it without striking out a batter as well as the first to pitch one in both leagues.
• July 4 - African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match sparking race riots across the United States.
• July 24 - James MacGillivray publishes first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News.
  
• August 1 - Jimmy Royale of the Brooklyn Superbas no-hits the New York Giants, missing a perfect game by the slimmest of margins when Blue Hughes leans into a pitch in the 7th inning.
• August 4 - Boston (N)'s Geoffrey Finch nearly throws a perfect game against Pittsburgh, walking only one batter in the first inning.
• August 21 - Browns ace Roland Appelbaum is knocked out for the season with bone chips in his throwing shoulder.
• August 22 - Japan annexes Korea.
  
• September 11 - White Sox backup shortstop Ernie Voley has the game of his career when he goes 4 for 4 with 8 RBI against the A's.
• September 19 - In the Southern Association, a game between Mobile and Atlanta takes just 32 minutes to complete. The game is conducted as an experiment with batters swinging at every good pitch and little time taken between pitches. There are no strikeouts and one walk as Mobile wins 2–1
• October 1 - A bomb explodes on the Los Angeles Times building - 21 dead, several injured. James B. McNamara and Joseph J. McNamara later arrested and sentenced.
• October 11 - Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first president to ride in an airplane.
• October 18 - The Boston Red Sox win Game 7 to take their 2nd championship, yet again over the Chicago Cubs
• October 26 - The St Louis Herald headlines a rumored trade with Caroll Edwards going to Boston (A) for Sully McTeague. Red Sox manager Cap Olsen scoffs at the story, saying he would never trade McTeague, but praising Edwards "as the best pitcher in the country."
• November 7 - First air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight occurs between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio by the Wright Brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
  
• November 27 The touring Boston Red Sox, with Sully McTeague, Jack Griffin and Dolan Miller in the lineup, play an exhibition game in Havana, Cuba. With Miller on the mound, the Tigers beat Almendares, 4–0.
• November 29 - It's the Cuban's turn today as Cuban ace Jose Mendez shuts out the Red Sox, 3–0. On a steal attempt, Sully McTeague is thrown out three times by catcher Bruce Petway. On his last attempt, McTeague argues that the bag is three inches too far. When measured, McTeague is proved correct, but is still out stealing. A frustrated Cap Olsen will cut short the tour and return to the U.S.
• December 12 - New York socialite Dorothy Arnold disappears. Her family does not notify the police until six weeks later, after their own investigations fail to produce any results.
  
• December 13 - Former New York Giant Bill Smitty, 34, who ended his 13-year career in 1909, shoots himself in a Louisville hotel. He leaves no note.

1910 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB 

Boston (A)       96 58 .623    -  
Chicago (A)      92 62 .597  4.0 
St. Louis (A)    85 69 .552 11.0   
New York (A)     74 80 .481 22.0   
Cleveland        71 83 .461 25.0   
Philadelphia (A) 70 84 .455 26.0  
Washington       66 88 .429 30.0   
Detroit          62 92 .403 34.0  
 
NATIONAL LEAGUE Standings  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB  

Chicago (N)      88 66 .571    -   
Philadelphia (N) 87 67 .565  1.0  
Cincinnati       86 68 .558  2.0   
Boston (N)       83 71 .539  5.0  
New York (N)     72 82 .468 16.0  
Pittsburgh       72 82 .468 16.0  
Brooklyn         64 90 .416 24.0   
St. Louis (N)    64 90 .416 24.0

WORLD SERIES:

BOSTON RED SOX defeat the CHICAGO CUBS, 4 GAMES TO 3


AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Sully McTeague (BOS) .336
2 Henry York (NYA) .325
3 Walter Edwards (CHA) .320
4 Pavel Zabienko (PHA) .310
5 Jack Griffin (BOS) .310

TOP 5 Homers
1 Mick Rooker (CLE) 9
2 Eli Crutchfield (BOS) 8
2 Hal Demarest (PHA) 8
4 Reginald Humbleberry (SLA) 7
4 Walter Edwards (CHA) 7

TOP 5 RBI
1 Eli Crutchfield (BOS) 92
2 Walter Edwards (CHA) 91
3 Richard Prince (CHA) 88
4 Pavel Zabienko (PHA) 87
5 Royal Chesterfield (CHA) 85

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Ben Call (SLA) 62
2 Arden Ferris (NYA) 54
3 Gus Kovacs (PHA) 48
4 Mickey Rawlings (BOS) 45
5 Preston North (DET) 44

TOP 5 Wins
1 Will Drum (CHA) 28
2 Dolan Miller (BOS) 25
2 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 25
4 Joe Smucker (SLA) 22
4 Elmer Jackson (CHA) 22

TOP 5 ERA
1 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 1.94
2 Elden Rutledge (CLE) 2.34
3 Rollie Hamilton (WS1) 2.50
4 Frank Calico (BOS) 2.52
5 Stuart Carmody (PHA) 2.56

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Carl McCluskey (DET) 223
2 Elden Rutledge (CLE) 214
3 Rollie Hamilton (WS1) 209
3 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 209
5 Will Drum (CHA) 207


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Joel Praetorius (PHI) .324
2 Milton Shifman (BSN) .318
3 Ira Flick (PHI) .315
4 Rip Sawyer (BSN) .303
5 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) .298

TOP 5 Homers
1 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) 7
1 Don Shoemaker (CHN) 7
1 Dave Morningstar (PHI) 7
1 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 7
5 Bob Potter (BSN) 6

TOP 5 RBI
1 Bob Potter (BSN) 92
2 Joe Ramble (PHI) 82
3 Don Shoemaker (CHN) 75
4 Xavier Arsenault (CHN) 72
4 Ox Roberts (BRO) 72

TOP 5 Stolen Bases
1 Dash Bailey (BRO) 64
2 Ira Flick (PHI) 58
3 Guy Tait (CIN) 48
4 Marcus Cato (PIT) 46
5 Eric "Old Major" Blair (PHI) 45

TOP 5 Wins
1 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 29
2 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 27
3 Jim Joy (NY1) 26
4 Avery Luck (CHN) 23
5 Joshua Biddle (PHI) 22

TOP 5 ERA
1 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 1.72
2 Joshua Biddle (PHI) 1.75
3 Avery Luck (CHN) 1.90
4 Jim Joy (NY1) 2.09
5 Landon Lowery (PIT) 2.21

TOP 5 Strikeouts
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 237
2 Jurgen Verherrsch (CIN) 220
3 Herman Iburg (CHN) 200
4 Cecil Babbager (PIT) 199
5 Red Huffer (SLN) 190

******************
PITCHER OF THE YEAR awarded to Edwards and Verherrsch
St. Louis (A)'s lefty Caroll Edwards was untouchable all year long. His work paid off today as the AMERICAN LEAGUE named him the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner! Opposing players hit .203 against Caroll this season. While posting an ERA of 1.94 he went 25-13 in 42 starts, fanning 209 and walking 47 hitters. Caroll has pitched 8 shutouts and 37 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 2nd in wins! Edwards wins the award for the 7th time in his 8-year career.

Jurgen Verherrsch will never forget this year. His dominating season convinced the NATIONAL LEAGUE to name Cincinnati's right-hander the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner of 1910. His ERA of 1.72 helped him to a 27-11 record this year. He struck out 220 and walked 77 in 381 innings. He has 32 complete games and 5 shutouts. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 2nd in wins! Verherrsch wins the award for the 2nd time in his 7-year career.

McTeague and Shifman garner BATTER OF THE YEAR honors
A season for the ages earned Boston (A)'s centerfielder Sully McTeague the AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR this year. Sully is hitting .336 this year, with 179 hits in 533 at bats. He has driven in 77 runs, slugging .433. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting and 7th in RBI!

Boston (N)'s centerfielder Milton Shifman had a fabulous season as well, no doubt about it. The NATIONAL LEAGUE shared this opinion and names the 31 year old the BATTER OF THE YEAR winner! Shifman has hit no homeruns this year while batting .318. He adds 22 doubles, along with 81 runs scored. He's 2nd in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting and 6th in RBI! Shifman wins the award for the 2nd time in his 9-year career.

Rutledge (CLE) and Cato (PIT) win ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
The AMERICAN LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner was announced today, with Cleveland's pitcher Elden Rutledge earning the trophy for putting up the best numbers among rookies in his league. In 36 starts this year Elden struck out 214 batters in 234.2 innings of work. His ERA is 2.34, his record 17-9.

Marcus Cato was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner today. Pittsburgh's rightfielder put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 22 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Cato has hit one tater this year while batting .280. He adds 21 doubles, along with 67 runs scored.

[Vris]

Sweet. Now how about fixin' that catobase? :wink:

[jeheinz72]

Man, it seems the Giants are always drunk, fighting or both. Good times!

[DamnYankees]

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

Man, it seems the Giants are always drunk, fighting or both. Good times!

Attitude reflects leadership!

[jeheinz72]

Originally Posted by DamnYankees

Attitude reflects leadership!

So you either want to go get a beer or thrown down with me? I'm free...

[canadiancreed]

Originally Posted by DamnYankees

Attitude reflects leadership!

So Philly players are all stark raving mad?

[DamnYankees]

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

So you either want to go get a beer or thrown down with me? I'm free...

The Senators are sober and book smart, unfortunately.