* * * Professional Baseball Replay League * * *

[metsgeek]

If you have been an active participant or simply an occasional lurker on the Dynasty Forums, you are surely aware of Time Warp Baseball, a recreation of baseball history from 1901 on using actual teams and schedules, but fictional players. An amazingly simple concept that took on a life of its own when its creator, Matt from TN, invited board members to add their "ancestors" as rookies.

Nearly 5,000 posts and 85,000 views later, it is surely the most successful dynasty on these boards ever. When TWB hit 1946, it went live as a league, which those involved would argue endlessly that it was the most competitive and active league in which they had ever participated. I was around nearly from the beginning and, at its peak, it remains the example to which I compare all my other leagues.

Sadly, TWB is currently on extended hiatus.

Many of the GM's in the league decided that we could not survive without TWB. We needed a methadone equivalent to "take off the edge" of our TWB addiction.

Thus was born the PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL REPLAY LEAGUE, our attempt at an homage to TWB.

As in the original, we would be recreating the history of baseball with real teams yet fictional players. There would be some minor changes, though:

1. We would begin play in 1911, after simming 10 years of history, as opposed to 1946.
2. This would be a Talent Only league, adding a bit of a challenge
3. The first round of the annual draft would be randomized in a weighted lottery to reward competitiveness and add a sembalnce of scouting
4. We would have two commissioners to ensure that simming would rarely be interrupted. I, metsgeek, (aka Pete) would serve as the sim commissioner. My partner in crime, ifspuds (aka Jeff), would be the webmaster.....similar to the Gatekeeper and Keymaster from Ghostbusters.
5. Board members may submit names to be fictional players, but they will be assigned random positions/attributes/etc.... and let the ball roll from there. I will create a separate thread where people may submit their names. They do not need to be actual ancestors. However, any truly ridiculous names will be simply ignored.

Currently we are in the midst of the 1911 draft on the PBRL Forums. Over the next few weeks, I (and various GM's from the league) will recap the first decade of our league, before getting more in-depth with our live seasons. Hopefully we will have spinoff dynasties similar to those inspired by TWB.

Come on by...Join the forums...Get on the waiting list...and watch as the history of the greatest game ever played unfolds......yet again.

[canadiancreed]

It has begun!

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

It has begun!

Why do I hear the Mortal Kombat theme in my head? I call dibs on Rayden!!

[canadiancreed]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

Why do I hear the Mortal Kombat theme in my head? I call dibs on Rayden!!

Oh that started playing as soon as you said we went live

[DamnYankees]

Yay!

[jeheinz72]

In before Lock.

[canadiancreed]

Originally Posted by jeheinz72

In before Lock.

Wrong thread dood.

And within a day of opening, we already have three trades! Ya, we're hummming now

[Vris]

Are you going to recap 1901-1910?

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Vris

Are you going to recap 1901-1910?

Originally Posted by metsgeek

Over the next few weeks, I (and various GM's from the league) will recap the first decade of our league, before getting more in-depth with our live seasons.

I love it when the owners in the league don't even read what I write

[Mucho Macho]

I'll be reading

[canadiancreed]

what did he say again?

[Vris]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

I love it when the owners in the league don't even read what I write

Well since we didn't have much access to that first decade, I thought you might've took notes or something.

I say "we", but I guess I mean "I", since I only downloaded like 1 or 2 of those first files.

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Vris

Well since we didn't have much access to that first decade, I thought you might've took notes or something.

I say "we", but I guess I mean "I", since I only downloaded like 1 or 2 of those first files.

I have every season backed up and I will be recapping them shortly.

[metsgeek]

JOHNSON'S AMERICAN LEAGUE TO
COMPETE WITH SENIOR CIRCUIT
Vows to succeed where other leagues have failed

February 25, 1901

Haphazard. Castoffs. A league full of rejects. In the weeks since the January 28th announcement of the elevation of the American League to professional status, they have been dismissed at every turn. However, each week more players jump ship to the league run by the portly bespectacled rebel and their chances grow by the hour.

The names of the players who have crossed the lines could fill the sports pages for weeks. Tales of their exploits have entertained us over the past decade, and although it will feel strange to see them wearing different colored flannels, we can be certain that these stories will continue.



Ban Johnson, the defiant leader of the newly formed league.

Notable names include fireballer Arch Murtaugh, formerly of the Chicago Orphans, last year's NL batting champ leftfielder Billy Bacon, formerly of Cincinnati and young phenoms Fibber Paine and Mick Rooker, both who had spent two seasons with the Phillies of Philadelphia. Rooker has signed with the Cleveland Blues, while Paine has moved across the City of Brotherly Love to the Athletics.

Murtaugh, now with the White Stockings, said it best, "I know everyone is predicting our demise. They don't think we'll last one season. I aim to prove them wrong and there are two hundred other guys who feel the same way. We're here to stay." We shall see, Mr Murtaugh.

[jeheinz72]

Good start Pete, I dig it.

[metsgeek]

1901-10 will be rather quick recaps, but once we get up to the current season, I'll slow it down. I'll be posting the inaugural season some time tonight.

[metsgeek]

1901 MAJOR EVENTS

• January 1 - World celebrates what is regarded as the start of the new century.
• January 7 - Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism
• January 22 - After reigning for almost 64 years, longer than any other British monarch, Queen Victoria died at the age of 81. Her eldest son, Prince Albert Edward, Prince of Wales becomes King, reigning as King Edward VII
• March 6 - In Bremen an assassin attempts to kill Wilhelm II of Germany.
  
• March 15 - Fuller Johnson, widely regarded as the best 3b in the game, jumps from the Boston Beaneaters of the National League to sign with the Baltimore Orioles of the American League for a guaranteed $4,000
  
• March 20 - AL teams announce their rosters. Of the 185 players, 111 have jumped from NL. Included are such stars as Arch Murtaugh, Bongo Smith, Rodney Chadwick, Champ Keenan, Pierre Coquillou, Ed Gomer, Mick Rooker and Billy Bacon
  
• April - Renowned batmaker J.F. Hillerich makes a bat for Philadelphia Athletic Fibber Paine with two knobs, enabling him to hit for power while keeping his trademark split-hands grip.
• April - Polo Grounds concessionaire Harry Steven introduces franfurters to New York baseball fans. Cartoonist Tad Dorgan provides a newspaper sketch, dubbing them "hot dogs"
• June 12 - Cuba becomes a US protectorate.
  
• August 21 - In a game against Detroit, the Oriole's starter Ed Jarlsen is ejected for spitting in the face of umpire Tommy Connolly. In the ensuing chaos, Detroit's ace Roy Ballantyne tries to play peacemake and is laid out by a right hook from Baltimore's slugger Ned Bigelow. Ballantyne, Bigelow, Jarlsen and an overzealous fan are arrested.
• September 2 - Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
• September 6 - American anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies there eight days later.
  
• September 11 - Milwaukee Brewer shortstop Clarence Snyder has his hitting streak snapped at 32 games.
• September 14 - With the death of William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt succeeds him as President of the United States.
  
• September 21 - Michel Hays of the New York Giants goes 4 for 4, smacking two homers in a game against the Pirates where he knocks in all 6 of their runs.
• October 29 - Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of US President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
• November 28 - The new state constitution of Alabama disenfranchises black voters via literacy tests and the grandfather clause.
• December 3 - US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
• December 12 - Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal in Newfoundland, Canada; it is Morse code for the letter "S."

1901 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE  
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB   

Detroit          78 61 .561    -  
Washington       76 63 .547  2.0  
Chicago (A)      74 65 .532  4.0  
Philadelphia (A) 70 69 .504  8.0  
Boston (A)       66 73 .475 12.0  
Baltimore        65 74 .468 13.0  
Cleveland        65 74 .468 13.0  
Milwaukee        62 77 .446 16.0  
 
NATIONAL LEAGUE   
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB 
  
Brooklyn         90 49 .647    -  
Cincinnati       78 61 .561 12.0 
Boston (N)       70 69 .504 20.0  
Pittsburgh       69 70 .496 21.0  
Chicago (N)      68 71 .489 22.0  
St. Louis        66 73 .475 24.0  
Philadelphia (N) 58 81 .417 32.0  
New York         57 82 .410 33.0

AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Billy Bacon (MLA) .379
2 Ned Bigelow (BLA) .375
3 Fibber Paine (PHA) .370
4 Rodney Chadwick (DET) .359
5 Big Jim Creighton (BOS) .347

TOP 5 Homers
1 Ned Bigelow (BLA) 14
2 Fibber Paine (PHA) 8
2 Mick Rooker (CLE) 8
2 Tate McDonald (PHA) 8
5 Carl Gallagher (CHA) 7

TOP 10 RBI
1 Ned Bigelow (BLA) 90
2 Fibber Paine (PHA) 86
3 David Maxwell (WS1) 77
4 Lucas Milk (WS1) 76
5 Carl Gallagher (CHA) 75

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Emory Casey (BOS) 58
2 John Cotchery (CHA) 54
3 Everett Gaffney (DET) 47
3 Carl Gallagher (CHA) 47
3 Garrett Gray (CLE) 47

TOP 10 Wins
1 Arch Murtaugh (CHA) 23
2 Deiter Vogel (WS1) 22
3 Ed Gomer (PHA) 21
3 Bongo Smith (BOS) 21
5 Dick Rickey (DET) 19

TOP 10 ERA
1 Dick Rickey (DET) 2.20
2 Arch Murtaugh (CHA) 2.23
3 Deiter Vogel (WS1) 2.60
4 Robert Crouch (CHA) 2.69
5 Ed Jarlsen (BLA) 2.69

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Arch Murtaugh (CHA) 262
2 Ed Jarlsen (BLA) 169
3 Ed Gomer (PHA) 152
3 Ridley Yearwood (MLA) 152
5 Bill Pritchard (CHA) 143


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Caesar Geist (BRO) .391
2 Clancy Yarborough (PHI) .372
3 Wilbur Whaley (SLN) .362
4 Patrick O'Hara (CIN) .354
5 Milton Shifman (BSN) .350

TOP 5 Homers
1 Bob Rooney (CHN) 10
1 Caesar Geist (BRO) 10
1 Jeff Packard (CHN) 10
4 Stanley Dodge (CHN) 8
4 Ronan Keough (CIN) 8

TOP 10 RBI
1 Nero Stevens (BRO) 88
2 Gavin Coker (PIT) 85
3 Reginald Magruder (BRO) 81
4 Connie Mahoney (CIN) 80
5 Caesar Geist (BRO) 77

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 70
2 Gavin Coker (PIT) 57
3 James Bostater (CIN) 52
4 Miles Parsons (BSN) 45
5 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 44

TOP 10 Wins
1 Jim Joy (BRO) 30
2 Jim Brush (BRO) 25
3 Champ Keenan (NY1) 22
4 Jarvis Pope (CIN) 21
4 Harris Hungerford (SLN) 21

TOP 10 ERA
1 Jim Joy (BRO) 2.21
2 Jim Brush (BRO) 2.35
3 Zeb Gouliet (BRO) 2.56
4 Michael Van Wyck (PIT) 2.59
5 Champ Keenan (NY1) 2.65

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Jim Joy (BRO) 276
2 Jim Brush (BRO) 251
3 William O'Brien (BSN) 185
4 Jarvis Pope (CIN) 145
5 Avery Luck (CHN) 137

******************
Brooklyn's Joy named PITCHER OF THE YEAR
The 1901 AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner is from Chicago (A) this year. Arch Murtaugh put together impressive numbers on the mound this season. Arch has a record of 23-15 this season, with an ERA of 2.23. In 343 Innings he was able to strike out 262 batters. He has 36 complete games and 9 shutouts. He's 2nd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Brooklyn's right-hander Jim Joy was untouchable all year long. His work paid off today as the NATIONAL LEAGUE named him the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner! In 41 starts this year Jim struck out 276 batters in 361.2 innings of work. His ERA is 2.21, his record 30-9. Jim has pitched 9 shutouts and 35 complete games. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Bigelow (BLA) and Geist (BRO) win BATTER OF THE YEAR
Baltimore's first baseman Ned Bigelow will never forget this day. A great season convinced the voters that he is the worthy AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner. Ned is hitting .375 this year, with 197 hits in 526 at bats. He has driven in 90 runs, slugging .561. He's 2nd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting, 1st in homeruns and 1st in RBI!

The 1901 NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR winner has been announced as well. It's Brooklyn's leftfielder Caesar Geist who really had a great offensive year. This year Geist drove in 77 and scored 96 runs while batting .391 with 10 homeruns. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting, 1st in homeruns and 5th in RBI!

[ctorg]

Originally Posted by metsgeek

[*]January 7 - Alferd Packer is released from prison after serving 18 years for cannibalism

What a spidoinkle day!

[metsgeek]

1902 MAJOR EVENTS

• January - Jell-O is introduced
  
• January 26 - Lulu Ortman, a recently jilted girl friend of Boston's Joe Ramble, is arrested in Fort Wayne, IN, after an unsuccessful attempt to shoot him.
• February 11 - Police physically abuse universal suffrage demonstrators in Brussels
• March 4 - The American Automobile Association (AAA) is founded
• April 2 - "Electric Theatre", the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
  
• April 21 - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, reversing a lower court's decision, grants a permanent injunction (effective only in Pennsylvania) barring jumpers Fibber Paine, John Boss, and Tate McDonald from playing for the A's, or any team but the Phillies. Not mentioned, but covered by the decision, are: Douglas Nolan, Gentleman Jack Shaver, and Patrick Kilpatrick of the A's; Brick Haggerty, Wiley Gault, Dieter Vogel, and Alf Mackey of Washington; Robert Crouch of the White Stockings and Horace Bunch of the Browns.
  
• April 29 - The Oriole's Alton Garrity is hit by pitches from Boston's Ridley Yearwood 5 times today. Each time, umpire Jack Sheridan refuses to award him first base. After the fifth time, in the ninth inning, Garrity sits down in the batter's box and refuses to leave the field. Sheridan is pelted with garbage by the fans. Garrity is later suspended by Ban Johnson for five days.
• May 6 - A circuit court in St. Louis rules that the NL reserve clause is unfairly restrictive on three defectors who jumped to the Browns. Inability to retrieve jumpers gives the NL a strong push to reconcile differences with the AL.
• May 8 - In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroys the town of Saint-Pierre. Out of 28,000 people, there were only two survivors.
• May 20 - Cuba gains independence from the United States
• June 2 - The Anthracite Coal Strike begins in the United States
  
• June 15th - Corsicana (Texas League) shows no mercy in beating Texarkana, 51-3. Due to Sunday laws forbidding baseball, the game is shifted to a smaller park in Ennis, where the RF fence is only about 210'. The team's 53 hits include 21 HRs, mostly over the short RF fence. Melville Addison, later to play in the majors, is perfect going 8-for-8-all home runs, collecting 16 RBIs and 32 total bases, all organized baseball records. Allegedly, at the urging of the crowd, the Texarkana pitchers lay it in for Addison in his last three at bats. He collects $185 from the appreciative fans. Corsicana still strands 15 runners while scoring in every inning. Despite leading 17-1 after three innings, Corsicana steals five bases and "as was the custom of the day, took their last at bats even though they were the home team." They score eight more times in the final inning. The game is eventually detailed in The Man Who Stole First Base by Eric Nadel & Craig R. Wright.
  
• June 25 - A federal court judge rules that Brooklyn has no claim on Dobie Ryder, who jumped to Detroit.
• July 10 - The Rolling Mill Mine disaster in Johnstown, PA, kills 112 miners
  
• July 11 - Another U.S. judge denies jurisdiction to stop Mick Rooker from playing for Cleveland, thus ending the Phillies' chances of regaining him legally.
• August 9 - Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom.
• August 22 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rode in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
• November 30 - American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years hard labor.
  
• December 9 - The American League announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in New York, and the next day the National League declares its readiness to make peace.
• December 31 - Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point thus far by man at 82°17'S

1902 FINAL STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE   
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB   

Detroit          81 59 .579    - 
Chicago (A)      77 63 .550  4.0  
Washington       77 63 .550  4.0  
Boston (A)       74 66 .529  7.0  
Cleveland        72 68 .514  9.0  
Baltimore        64 76 .457 17.0  
Philadelphia (A) 58 82 .414 23.0  
St. Louis (A)    57 83 .407 24.0  
 

NATIONAL LEAGUE   
 
Team              W  L  PCT   GB  
 
Brooklyn         81 59 .579    -  
Chicago (N)      78 62 .557  3.0  
St. Louis (N)    74 66 .529  7.0  
Pittsburgh       73 67 .521  8.0  
Boston (N)       72 68 .514  9.0  
New York         69 71 .493 12.0  
Cincinnati       64 76 .457 17.0  
Philadelphia (N) 49 91 .350 32.0

AL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Fibber Paine (PHA) .381
2 Billy Bacon (SLA) .366
3 Tom Ireland (CHA) .349
4 Lucas Milk (WS1) .344
5 Big Jim Creighton (BOS) .341

TOP 5 Homers
1 Brick Haggerty (WS1) 8
1 Preston North (DET) 8
3 John Boss (PHA) 7
4 Carl Gallagher (CHA) 6
4 Mick Rooker (CLE) 6

TOP 10 RBI
1 Owen Nichols (BOS) 88
2 Preston North (DET) 84
3 Joe Ramble (BOS) 79
4 Travis Roby (CLE) 78
5 Carl Gallagher (CHA) 77

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Emory Casey (BOS) 63
2 Everett Gaffney (DET) 59
3 Garrett Gray (CLE) 56
4 Wooly White (WS1) 52
5 Dash Bailey (BLA) 48

TOP 10 Wins
1 Arch Murtaugh (CHA) 26
1 Deiter Vogel (WS1) 26
3 Bucky Murdock (BOS) 22
4 Roy Ballantyne (DET) 21
4 Piere Coquillou (CLE) 21

TOP 10 ERA
1 Arch Murtaugh (CHA) 2.03
2 Deiter Vogel (WS1) 2.25
3 Alf Mackey (WS1) 2.39
4 Gifford Gaylord (DET) 2.75
5 Roy Ballantyne (DET) 2.77

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Arch Murtaugh (CHA) 181
2 Ed Jarlsen (BLA) 180
3 A.A. Nolan (CLE) 134
3 Robert Crouch (CHA) 134
5 Caroll Edwards (SLA) 125


NL LEADERS

TOP 5 Batting Average
1 Bob Rooney (CHN) .379
2 Milton Shifman (BSN) .363
3 Clancy Yarborough (PHI) .362
4 Caesar Geist (BRO) .360
5 Norman Mooney (NY1) .356

TOP 5 Homers
1 Caesar Geist (BRO) 14
2 Bob Rooney (CHN) 11
3 "Gorgeous George" LeForge (SLN) 10
3 Miles Parsons (BSN) 10
5 Johnnie Butters (PHI) 9

TOP 10 RBI
1 Jock Headley (PIT) 96
2 Herschel Toomey (CIN) 93
3 Jeff Packard (CHN) 89
4 Nero Stevens (BRO) 84
4 Caesar Geist (BRO) 84

TOP 10 Stolen Bases
1 Darby Hoffman (NY1) 66
2 Morton McGee (CHN) 58
3 Skipper Quincy (CHN) 53
4 Gavin Coker (PIT) 51
5 James Bostater (CIN) 46

TOP 10 Wins
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 26
2 Jim Joy (BRO) 23
2 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 23
4 Jim Brush (BRO) 22
4 Ronald Wheelock (PIT) 22

TOP 10 ERA
1 Avery Luck (CHN) 2.14
2 Handsome Jack Hartung (BSN) 2.50
3 Jim Joy (BRO) 2.56
4 Rusty Sands (NY1) 2.61
5 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 2.61

TOP 10 Strikeouts
1 Jim Brush (BRO) 201
2 Jim Joy (BRO) 199
3 Gerald "Jolly" Rodgers (SLN) 192
4 William O'Brien (BSN) 171
5 Avery Luck (CHN) 159

******************
Paine and Geist win BATTER OF THE YEAR
Philadelphia (A)'s first baseman Fibber Paine had a fabulous season, no doubt about it. The AMERICAN LEAGUE shared this opinion and names the 21 year old the BATTER OF THE YEAR winner! This year Paine drove in 76 and scored 67 runs while batting .381 with 2 bombs. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in batting and 6th in RBI!

The NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTER OF THE YEAR goes to Caesar Geist this year. He had an extraordinary season as well! Geist has hit 14 longballs this year while batting .360. He adds 36 doubles, along with 111 runs scored. He's 4th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting, 1st in homeruns and 4th in RBI! Geist wins the award for the 2nd time in his 1-year career

Murtaugh and Luck named PITCHER OF THE YEAR
All the hard work finally paid off for Chicago (A)'s Arch Murtaugh. The right-hander was named the PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner in the AMERICAN LEAGUE today. Arch has a record of 26-7 this season, with an ERA of 2.03. In 337 Innings he was able to strike out 181 batters. Arch has pitched 7 shutouts and 27 complete games. He's 1st in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins! Murtaugh wins the award for the 2nd time in his 2-year career.

Avery Luck was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE YEAR winner today. Chicago (N)'s right-hander put up fabulous numbers this year which earned him the highest award a pitcher can receive. Opposing players hit .246 against Avery this season. While posting an ERA of 2.14 he went 26-9 in 40 starts, fanning 159 and walking 52 hitters. He has 13 complete games and 6 shutouts. He's 1st in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in ERA and 1st in wins!

Beckley (BLA) and Reed (PIT) win ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Baltimore's pitcher Henry Beckley 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 3.16 helped him to a 10-10 record this year. He struck out 52 and walked 37 in 182 innings. He has 14 complete games and one shutout. He's 3rd in the AMERICAN LEAGUE in saves!

Alfred Reed was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner today. Pittsburgh's centerfielder put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 20 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Reed has hit 5 taters this year while batting .354. He adds 23 doubles, along with 79 runs scored. He's 6th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!

[canadiancreed]

June 15th - Corsicana (Texas League) shows no mercy in beating Texarkana, 51-3. Due to Sunday laws forbidding baseball, the game is shifted to a smaller park in Ennis, where the RF fence is only about 210'. The team's 53 hits include 21 HRs, mostly over the short RF fence. Melville Addison, later to play in the majors, is perfect going 8-for-8-all home runs, collecting 16 RBIs and 32 total bases, all organized baseball records. Allegedly, at the urging of the crowd, the Texarkana pitchers lay it in for Nig in his last three at bats. He collects $185 from the appreciative fans. Corsicana still strands 15 runners while scoring in every inning. Despite leading 17-1 after three innings, Corsicana steals five bases and "as was the custom of the day, took their last at bats even though they were the home team." They score eight more times in the final inning. The game is eventually detailed in The Man Who Stole First Base by Eric Nadel & Craig R. Wright.

A fan favourite wherever he goes Even in Philly!

Alfred Reed was named the NATIONAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR winner today. Pittsburgh's centerfielder put up pretty good numbers for a rookie this year. This 20 year old kid will probably have a long and successful career! Reed has hit 5 taters this year while batting .354. He adds 23 doubles, along with 79 runs scored. He's 6th in the NATIONAL LEAGUE in batting!