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1905 - Year In Review
The American League saw a battle right from the opening bell as Cleveland jotted out to the early lead and held a 2.5-game lead on Memorial Day over St.Louis with the Highlanders 3 games back. As the season wore on though, Cleveland's all around team took control and had built the lead to 11.5 games over the Browns on Labor Day. St.Louis got hot but ran out of time in trying to catch the Bronchos as Cleveland nailed their first title with just under a week to go. The Bronchos were led by Mike Donlin, a last minute free agent acquisition on opening day, as he batted .357 and drove in 95 runs as he was named the league's Outstanding Hitter Award winner. AL Rookie of the Year Award winner Nig Clarke batted .349 with 98 RBI to help the cause while a mound crew was led by the junior circuit's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner, Bob Wicker, who earned 25 wins, one of them a perfect game, and compiled a league-leading 2.19 ERA. St.Louis managed to finish in second place, 6 games behind, as hitters George Stone (.360 avg) and Wid Conroy (8 HR) led the attack with a pair of 20-game winners, Cy Morgan (23) and Jim Buchanan (22) on the hill. While defending AL champs Detroit faultered and limped home in 4th place, 17 games back, an important event took place as a young Ty Cobb took the field for the first time and batted .302.
In the National League, it seemed like business as usual as Pittsburgh, led by probably the league's best hitter Honus Wagner (.344), took the early lead but found themselves 3 games behind the St.Louis Cardinals on Labor Day. The Pirates came back to take a 3-game lead with 10 games remaining and then held off an on charging Cardinals team to pick up the pennant on the next-to-last day of the season. Besides having the league's Outstanding Hitter Award winning Wagner, they also were led by Cy Seymour (7 HR, 100 RBI) and pitching aces Deacon Phillippe (23 wins, 1.97 ERA) and Jack Chesbro (2.41 ERA). St.Louis kept within striking distance and finished in second place, 3 games back, behind the pitching of NL Outstanding Pitcher Award winner Rube Waddell, who collected his second pitching triple crown as he compiled 27 wins, a 1.79 ERA and fanned 341 hitters. The Chicago Cubs, led by the hitting of Bunk Congalton (.333 avg) and the arm of Jake Weimer (24 wins), finished in third place, 13 games behind the winning Bucs. The World Series was a back and forth affair as the teams split the first four games before Pittsburgh took a 3-2 game advantage thanks to the shutout pitching of Willie Sudhoff. Back in Cleveland for game six, the Bronchos pounded Pfiester for 10 runs in the first five innings to force a game seven. The high powered Bronchos, who led the AL with 852 runs, plated 5 in their half of the first inning off of Pirates' starter "Happy Jack" Chesbro to take a 5-2 lead then stretched it to 8-4 before a Pittsburgh comeback fell short as Cleveland wins the world's championship, 4 games to 3. Code:
American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB Cleveland 93 61 .604 -- Pittsburgh 93 61 .604 -- St.Louis 87 67 .565 6 St.Louis 90 64 .584 3 Chicago 80 74 .519 13 Chicago 80 74 .519 13 Detroit 76 78 .494 17 Cincinnati 78 76 .506 15 Philadelphia 73 81 .474 20 Philadelphia 73 81 .474 20 Boston 71 83 .461 22 New York 72 82 .468 21 New York 71 83 .461 22 Boston 69 85 .448 24 Washington 65 89 .422 28 Brooklyn 61 93 .396 32 Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG G.Stone, STL .360 H.Wagner, PIT .344 M.Donlin, CLE .357 B.Congalton, CHI .333 N.Clarke, CLE .349 C.Seymour, PIT .327 Homeruns HR Homeruns HR T.Jordan, WAS 13 D.Murphy, NY 8 H.Davis, PHI 11 B.Dahlen, CIN 7 W.Conroy, STL 8 C.Seymour, PIT 7 Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI J.Titus, CLE 108 C.Seymour, PIT 100 N.Clarke, CLE 98 D.Murphy, NY 92 M.Donlin, CLE 95 H.Smoot, STL 89 Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB D.Hoffman, PHI 64 F.Chance, CHI 51 F.Isbell, CLE 56 A.Devlin, NY 46 J.Stahl, BOS 53 E.Heidrick, NY 46 Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA B.Wicker, CLE 2.19 R.Waddell, STL 1.79 E.Siever, DET 2.35 D.Phillippe, PIT 1.97 G.Winter, BOS 2.35 J.Chesbro, PIT 2.41 Wins W Wins W B.Wicker, CLE 25 R.Waddell, STL 27 C.Morgan, STL 23 J.Weimer, CHI 24 J.Buchanan, STL 22 D.Phillippe, PIT 23 Saves SV Saves SV J.Dygert, PHI 5 B.Durham, BRO 4 L.Leroy, NY 4 N.Hahn, PHI 4 J.Harris, BOS 3 O.Johns, CIN 4 Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO C.Morgan, STL 194 R.Waddell, STL 341 A.Coakley, PHI 190 R.Ames, NY 259 E.Plank, PHI 172 H.Howell, BOS 183 1905 World Series Game #1 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 4 2 Cleveland 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 x - 5 6 3 W.Sudhoff, L.Leifield (5) and H.Bemus. B.Wicker and N.Clarke. WP - B.Wicker (1-0) LP - W.Sudhoff (0-1) HR - none Game #2 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 - 8 15 1 Cleveland 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 J.Pfiester, L.Leifield (6) and H.Bemus, L.Criger (9) C.Smith, H.West (6) and N.Clarke WP - J.Pfiester (1-0) LP - C.Smith (0-1) SV - L.Leifield (1) HR - PITT: J.Burkett (1) Game #3 Cleveland 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 3 1 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 4 3 A.Joss and N.Clarke. J.Chesbro, H.West (6) and H.Bemus. WP - A.Joss (1-0) LP - J.Chesbro (0-1) HR - none Game #4 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 0 - 9 8 5 Pittsburgh 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 x - 10 11 2 E.Moore, H.West (4), G.Dormer (8) and N.Clarke. D.Phillippe, L.Leifield, (7), C.Robitaille (8) and H.Bemus, L.Criger (9). WP - C.Robitaille (1-0) LP - H.West (0-1) HR - none Game #5 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 2 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 x - 6 12 1 B.Wicker, G.Dormer (7) and N.Clarke W.Sudhoff and H.Bemus WP - W.Sudhoff (1-1) LP - B.Wicker (1-1) HR - none Game #6 Pittsburgh 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 - 6 8 5 Cleveland 0 2 3 0 0 5 0 1 x - 11 11 4 J.Pfiester, L.Leifield (5), C.Robitaille (6) and H.Bemus C.Smith, G.Dormer (8) and N.Clarke WP - C.Smith (1-1) LP - J.Pfiester (1-1) HR - CLEV: M.Donlin (1) Game #7 Pittsburgh 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 7 17 2 Cleveland 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 x - 8 10 2 J.Chesbro, L.Leifield (2), C.Robitaille (6) and H.Bemus A.Joss, H.West (7) and N.Clarke WP - A.Joss (2-0) LP - J.Chesbro (0-2) SV - H.West (1) HR - none Last edited by captaincarl; 02-06-2010 at 07:26 PM. |
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1905 Awards & Happenings
AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Mike Donlin, Cleveland 146 g, 600 ab, 119 r, 214 h, 30 2b, 5 3b, 7 hr, 95 rbi, 275 tb, 75 bb, 36 k, 31 sb, 25 cs, .357 avg, .431 obp, .458 slg NL Outstanding Hitter Award Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh 149 g, 614 ab, 113 r, 211 h, 35 2b, 17 3b, 7 hr, 89 rbi, 301 tb, 52 bb, 65 k, 35 sb, 38 cs, .344 avg, .396 obp, .490 slg AL Outstanding Pitcher Award Bob Wicker, Cleveland 25-10, 0 sv, 2.19 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 321.0 ip, 262 ha, 112 r, 78 er, 3 hr, 79 bb, 166 k, 1.06 whip, .221 oavg NL Outstanding Pitcher Award Rube Waddell, St.Louis (N) 27-10, 0 sv, 1.79 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 342.2 ip, 260 ha, 100 r, 68 er, 3 hr, 84 bb, 341 k, 1.00 whip, .206 oavg AL Rookie of the Year Award Nig Clarke, Cleveland 127 g, 498 ab, 77 r, 174 h, 31 2b, 10 3b, 3 hr, 98 rbi, 234 tb, 68 bb, 48 k, 11 sb, 8 cs, .349 avg, .428 obp, .470 slg NL Rookie of the Year Award Orval Overall, Cincinnati 20-19, 0 sv, 2.84 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 319.2 ip, 275 ha, 147 r, 101 er, 7 hr, 143 bb, 182 k, 1.31 whip, .234 oavg Milestones and Achievements 05/06 - Bob Wicker pitches perfect game. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 4th in history. This is also the first perfect game ever thrown (post 1900). 05/06 - Honus Wagner goes 6-for-6 06/06 - 6-6 game for Hal Chase 06/21 - Hugh Duffy collects hit number 2500 07/04 - 2000 hits for Bill Dahlen 07/09 - Elmer Flick hits for cycle. This is the first time this season for the cycle to be struck and the third time in history. 07/11 - Joe Kelley gets hit number 2000 08/03 - Art Devlin hits for cycle. This is the second time for the cycle to be hit and the fourth time in history. 09/25 - Fred Clarke gets 2000th hit 10/06 - Eddie Plank fires no-hitter. This is the second no-hitter hurled this season and the fifth in history. Preseason & Regular Season Trades 6/11 - St.Louis (N) gets ss Tommy Corcoran (36 yrs old, .209-4-37-18), Boston (A) gets cf Jack Himes (26 yrs old, .167-0-6-0) 7/27 - Detroit gets cl Homer Hillebrand (25 yrs old, 6-4, 0 sv, 2.10 era, 35 k), Pittsburgh gets c Harry Bemus (31 yrs old, .257-0-47-15) MLB Records Set or Tied Batting Average: .360 - George Stone, St.Louis (A) Triples: 23 - Sherry Magee, Philadelphia (N) Runs Scored: 136 - Roy Thomas, Cleveland Bases on Balls: 139 - Roy Thomas, Cleveland Pitching Walks: 154 - Red Ames, New York (N) AL Records Set or Tied Batting Average: .360 - George Stone, St.Louis (A) Hits: 214 - Mike Donlin, Cleveland Triples: 21 - Wid Conroy, St.Louis (A) Runs Scored: 136 - Roy Thomas, Cleveland Bases on Balls: 139 - Roy Thomas, Cleveland Hitting Streak: 23 - George Stone, St.Louis (A) Pitching Walks: 153 - Frank Smith, Chicago (A) NL Records Set or Tied Batting Triples: 23 - Sherry Magee, Philadelphia (N) RBI: 100 - Cy Seymour, Pittsburgh Runs Scored: 113 - Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh Pitching Wins: 27 - Rube Waddell, St.Louis (N) Losses: 27 - Harry McIntyre, Brooklyn Walks: 154 - Red Ames, New York (N) Major Free Agents Mike Donlin, cf Frank Chance, 1b Christy Mathewson, sp Fred Clarke, lf Sammy Strang, ss Frank Isbell, 2b Mike Gundy, c Dan McGann, 1b Harry Howell, sp Johnny Kling, c Jack Chesbro, sp Jiggs Donahue, 1b Sam Mertes, lf Emil Frisk, 1b John Warner, c Al Orth, sp |
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There were no new announcements. Free Agency Here is how the major free agents made out: Mike Donlin, cf - Unsigned as of last day of spring training Frank Chance, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $53,160 contract with Cleveland Christy Mathewson, sp - Signed a 3-year, $89,220 contract with Brooklyn Fred Clarke, lf - Signed a 4-year, $166,840 contract with Chicago (A) Sammy Strang, ss - Signed a 5-year, $195,100 contract with New York (N) Frank Isbell, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $30,960 contract with Cincinnati Mike Gundy, c - Signed a 2-year, $69,980 contract with Boston (N) Dan McGann, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $97,260 contract with Philadelphia (N) Harry Howell, sp - Signed a 3-year, $73,329 contract with Boston (A) Johnny Kling, c - Signed a 2-year, $24,520 contract with Pittsburgh Jack Chesbro, sp - Signed a 6-year, $119,640 contract with Washington Jiggs Donahue, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $55,400 contract with Pittsburgh Sam Mertes, lf - Signed a 4-year, $43,230 contract with St.Louis (A) Emil Frisk, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $14,850 contract with Washington John Warner, c - Signed a 1-year, $2,660 contract with New York (N) Al Orth, sp - Signed a 4-year, $41,720 contract with Philadelphia (A) Winter Trades 10/20 - Brooklyn gets cf Emmet Heidrick (29 yrs old, .268-0-43-46), New York (N) gets rf Willie Keeler (33 yrs old, .304-0-27-3) 10/22 - Philadelphia (A) gets 2b Ike Rockenfield (28 yrs old, .234-2-11-0), St.Louis (A) gets rf Jack Hayden (25 yrs old, .258-4-37-31) 10/23 - Boston (N) gets 1b George Stovall (27 yrs old, .310-0-42-6), St.Louis (N) gets sp Sam Leever (33 yrs old, 5-5, 0 sv, 2.56 era, 38 k) 12/06 - Pittsburgh gets sp Frank Owen (25 yrs old, 15-18, 0 sv, 2.89 era, 124 k), Detroit gets rf Bob Ganley (30 yrs old, .296-0-3-4) Major Retirements lf Jesse Burkett, age 36 - 16 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .409 with 5 homers, 83 rbi and 41 stolen bases in 131 games. .340 avg, 2038 g, 7909 ab, 1625 r, 2687 h, 68 hr, 983 rbi, 443 sb, .446 slg 1b Boileryard Clarke, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .297 with 2 homers, 71 rbi and 7 stolen bases in 80 games. .248 avg, 982 g, 3240 ab, 377 r, 803 h, 16 hr, 430 rbi, 63 sb, .313 slg cf Duff Cooley, age 32 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .339 with 7 homers, 75 rbi and 27 stolen bases in 132 games. .289 avg, 1453 g, 5681 ab, 902 r, 1641 h, 25 hr, 581 rbi, 239 sb, .373 slg c Jack Doyle, age 35 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .367 with 3 homers, 100 rbi and 42 stolen bases in 105 games. .293 avg, 1691 g, 6383 ab, 987 r, 1872 h, 28 hr, 963 rbi, 546 sb, .382 slg c Duke Farrell, age 39 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1891 when he batted .302 with 12 homers, 110 rbi and 21 stolen bases in 122 games. .270 avg, 1841 g, 6135 ab, 885 r, 1655 h, 53 hr, 969 rbi, 174 sb, .373 slg lf Ducky Holmes, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .320 with 4 homers, 66 rbi and 50 stolen bases in 138 games. .275 avg, 1094 g, 3945 ab, 566 r, 1084 h, 15 hr, 426 rbi, 279 sb, .358 slg 1b Candy LaChance, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .312 with 8 homers, 108 rbi and 37 stolen bases in 127 games. .285 avg, 1072 g, 3947 ab, 584 r, 1126 h, 35 hr, 573 rbi, 204 sb, .390 slg |
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1906 - Year In Review
After a long drought in the NL city of St.Louis, winning a pennant was clearly within sight, thanks to the signings of free agents. The fans were hungry for a pennant, but it was always a bride's maid, never the bride. When victory finally rained in, it came down in buckets as not only the Cardinals, but also the Browns won the pennant. The Cardinals had grabbed the lead in the early going then fought back the Reds and the defending Pirates to clinch the NL title with 4 games remaining in the season. The bats of Sam Crawford (6 HR) and Jim Delahanty (82 RBI) led the attack but it was Rube Waddell, once again, leading the way as he won his third pitcher's triple crown as he tied for the league lead with 25 wins along with leading the league with a 1.86 ERA and whiffing 270. Sam Leever and Charlie Moran both were 20+ winners and "Three Finger" Brown rounded out the rotation with 18. The Pirates ended in second place, 3 games behind, thanks to the NL's Outstanding Hitter Award winner, Honus Wagner (.316 BA, 7 HR, 58 SB) and pitcher Jeff Pfiester (25 wins, 211 K). Cincinnati finished in third place, 5 games back, thanks to Fred Odwell (6 HR) and the arm of Bill Bernhard (24 wins, 1.90 ERA).
The St.Louis Browns won their league after being involved in a four team race up to midway through the final week and clinched on the next-to-last day. They did it thanks to the bats of George Stone (.321 BA, 41 SB), Branch Rickey (8 HR) and the AL's Outstanding Hitter Award winner John Anderson (.341-5-72) plus the arm of Cy Morgan (25 wins). The Boston Americans finished in a three-way tie for second place, a single game back, with catcher Ossee Schreckengost's .312 average and team leading 82 RBI leading the attack and 20-game winner Frank Kitson leading the mound crew. Defending AL champion Cleveland also finished in the tie for second with John Titus (.297 BA, 83 RBI) and Frank Chance (.299 BA, 52 SB) leading the way on offense and Otto Hess (1.95 ERA) on the mound. The Philadelphia Athletics round out the three-way tie and were led by Harry Davis (AL leading 13 HR and 110 RBI) and the AL's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner, Eddie Plank (26 wins, 1.74 ERA, 195 K) on the hill. The city of Saint Louis settled down to watch both of their teams in the World Series and saw the Cardinals outplay the Browns and swept them in four games. Code:
American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB St.Louis 87 67 .565 -- St.Louis 87 67 .565 -- Boston 86 68 .558 1 Pittsburgh 84 70 .545 3 Cleveland 86 68 .558 1 Cincinnati 82 72 .532 5 Philadelphia 86 68 .558 1 Boston 78 76 .506 9 Detroit 78 76 .506 9 New York 77 77 .500 10 Chicago 67 87 .435 20 Philadelphia 75 79 .487 12 New York 64 90 .416 23 Brooklyn 73 81 .474 14 Washington 62 92 .403 25 Chicago 60 94 .390 27 Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG T.Cobb, DET .322 N.Lajoie, BRO .335 G.Stone, STL .321 J.McCarthy, BOS .324 O.Schreckengost, BOS .312 H.Wagner, PIT .316 Homeruns HR Homeruns HR H.Davis, PHI 13 H.Wagner, PIT 7 T.Jordan, WAS 9 S.Crawford, STL 6 B.Rickey, STL 8 F.Odwell, CIN 6 Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI H.Davis, PHI 110 J.McCarthy, BOS 95 J.Titus, CLE 83 J.Delahanty, STL 82 T.Cobb, DET 81 F.Schulte, CHI 80 Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB F.Chance, CLE 52 H.Wagner, PIT 58 D.Hoffman, PHI 50 L.Schlafly, CHI 43 G.Stone, STL 41 A.Devlin, NY 41 Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA E.Plank, PHI 1.74 R.Waddell, STL 1.86 J.Eubank, DET 1.83 B.Bernhard, CIN 1.90 O.Hess, CLE 1.95 M.Brown, STL 1.93 Wins W Wins W E.Plank, PHI 26 J.Pfiester, PIT 25 C.Morgan, STL 25 R.Waddell, STL 25 A.Orth, CHI 24 B.Bernhard, CIN 24 Saves SV Saves SV B.Jacobson, WAS 3 L.Swormstedt, CIN 6 H.Kane, STL 3 N.Hahn, PHI 5 L.Leroy, NY 3 C.McFarland, STL 4 Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO E.Walsh, CHI 197 R.Waddell, STL 270 E.Plank, PHI 195 J.Pfiester, PIT 211 C.Bender, PHI 187 R.Ames, NY 178 1906 World Series Game #1 St.Louis (A) 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 St.Louis (N) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 1 C.Morgan, H.Kane (16), E.Smith (18) and B.Rickey, J.Butler (9), T.Spencer (11), A.Smith (14). S.Leever, C.McFArland (17) and R.Murray, H.Peltz (9). WP - C.McFarland (1-0) LP - E.Smith (0-1) HR - none Game #2 St.Louis (A) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 6 2 St.Louis (N) 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 10 3 F.Smith, E.Smith (8) and B.Rickey. C.Moran and R.Murray, H.Peltz (9). WP - C.Moran (1-0) LP - F.Smith (0-1) HR - none Game #3 St.Louis (N) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 - 9 13 3 St.Louis (A) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 4 R.Waddell, C.McFarland (13) and R.Murray, H.Peltz (9). B.Pelty, H.Kane (13) and B.Rickey, J.Butler (9), T.Spencer (11). WP - R.Waddell (1-0) LP - B.Pelty (0-1) HR - none Game #4 St.Louis (N) 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 - 9 10 2 ST.Louis (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 4 8 4 M.Brown and R.Murray, H.Peltz (9). H.Ables, E.Smith (7) and B.Rickey. WP - M.Brown (1-0) LP - H.Ables (0-1) HR - none |
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1906 Awards & Happenings
AL Outstanding Hitter
John Anderson, St.Louis (A) 143 g, 416 ab, 59 r, 142 h, 17 2b, 8 3b, 5 hr, 72 rbi, 190 tb, 28 bb, 39 k, 30 sb, 24 cs, .341 avg, .382 obp, .457 slg NL Outstanding Hitter Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh 153 g, 585 ab, 113 r, 185 h, 35 2b, 10 3b, 7 hr, 58 rbi, 261 tb, 60 bb, 57 k, 58 sb, 22 cs, .316 avg, .388 obp, .446 slg AL Outstanding Pitcher Eddie Plank, Philadelphia (A) 26-9, 0 sv, 1.74 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 336.0 ip, 266 ha, 87 r, 65 er, 4 hr, 64 bb, 195 k, 0.98 whip, .215 oavg NL Outstanding Pitcher Rube Waddell, St.Louis (N) 25-13, 0 sv, 1.86 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 328.2 ip, 239 ha, 100 r, 68 er, 5 hr, 93 bb, 270 k, 1.01 whip, .197 oavg AL Rookie of the Year John Eubank, Detroit 21-13, 0 sv, 1.83 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 319.2 ip, 277 ha, 105 r, 65 er, 1 hr, 82 bb, 83 k, 1.12 whip, .235 oavg NL Rookie of the Year Jim Pastorius, Brooklyn 16-12, 0 sv, 2.72 era, 29 g, 29 gs, 241.2 ip, 240 ha, 96 r, 73 er, 1 hr, 82 bb, 69 k, 1.33 whip, .263 oavg Milestones & Achievements 06/20 - Lave Cross gets 2500th hit 07/17 - George Davis collects hit number 2500 07/27 - Charlie Moran hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the sixth in history. 09/21 - 400 wins for Cy Young 10/05 - Kid Gleason gets hit number 2000 Trades 6/20 - Boston (A) gets lf Doc Gessler (25 yrs old, .281-0-59-1), Detroit gets 1b Jake Stahl (27 yrs old, .274-1-51-27) 6/20 - Cleveland gets 3b Frank LaPorte (26 yrs old, .262-0-40-13), New York (A) gets 1b Claude Rossman (25 yrs old, .316-2-48-5) 7/14 - St.Louis (A) gets mr Frank Smith (26 yrs old, 6-7, 1 sv, 2.33 era, 60 k), Chicago (A) gets 2b Roy Hartzell (25 yrs old, .235-0-27-30) 7/15 - Cincinnati gets cl Beany Jacobson (25 yrs old, 6-10, 3 sv, 3.46 era, 47 k), Washington gets 2b Miller Huggins (28 yrs old, .253-1-30-22) MLB Records Set or Tied none AL Records Set or Tied Pitching ERA: 1.74 - Eddie Plank, Philadelphia (A) NL Records Set or Tied Batting Runs Scored: 113 - Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh (ties own record) Pitching Saves: 6 - Len Swornstedt, Cincinnati Major Free Agents Cy Young, sp Mike Donlin, cf Nixey Callahan, 3b Tommy Leach, cf Vic Willis, sp Harry Steinfeldt, 3b Bobby Wallace, ss Ed McFarland, c George Davis, ss Jack Powell, sp |
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1906-07 Winter
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There were no new announcements made. Free Agency Cy Young, sp - Signed a 2-year, $65,200 contract with Boston (N) Mike Donlin, cf - Signed a 2-year, $37,020 contract with St.Louis (N) Nixey Callahan, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $31,170 contract with Washington Tommy Leach, cf - Signed a 6-year, $80,580 contract with Chicago (N) Vic Willis, sp - Signed a 3-year, $50,200 contract with Brooklyn Harry Steinfeldt, 3b - Signed a 5-year, $114,560 contract with Chicago (A) Bobby Wallace, ss - Signed a 2-year, $71,100 contract with Boston (A) Ed McFarland, c - Signed a 2-year, $77,520 contract with Philadelphia (N) George Davis, ss - Signed a 3-year, $71,910 contract with Cincinnati Jack Powell, sp - Signed a 3-year, $33,330 contract with Washington Trades 10/15 - Boston (A) gets 1b Bob Unglaub (25 yrs old, .243-2-30-21), New York (A) gets lf Patsy Dougherty (29 yrs old, .230-0-38-16) 10/16 - New York (N) gets lf Davy Jones (26 yrs old, .2278-0-46-25), St.Louis (A) gets cf Jimmy Slagle (33 yrs old, .259-0-14-14) 10/17 - St.Louis (N) gets 1b John Ganzel (32 yrs old, .245-0-6-6), Boston (N) gets 3b Pete O'Brien (29 yrs old, .250-2-31-11) 10/18 - Chicago (N) gets c Doc Marshall (31 yrs old, .187-0-8-1), Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Larry Schlafly (28 yrs old, .240-2-35-43) 10/24 - Detroit gets lf Charlie Jones (30 yrs old, .232-0-14-30), Boston (A) gets 1b Harry Arndt (27 yrs old, .244-3-53-21) 10/29 - Cleveland gets 2b Rabbit Nill (25 yrs old, .215-0-50-10), Washington gets 3b Frank LaPorte (26 yrs old, .235-0-28-7) Major Retirements sp Red Donahue, age 33 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 27-34 record with 0 saves, a 2.46 era and 240 strikeouts in 556.2 innings. 3.46 era, 181-213, 430 g, 3516.0 ip, 1056 k, 813 bb, 2 sv rf Hugh Duffy, age 39 - 19 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .440 with 18 homers, 145 RBI and 48 stolen bases in 125 games. .318 avg, 2120 g, 8070 ab, 1707 r, 2568 h, 113 hr, 1436 rbi, 660 sb, .441 slg c Mike Grady, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .273 with 4 homers, 69 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 134 games. .278 avg, 1329 g, 4792 ab, 766 r, 1333 h, 47 hr, 648 rbi, 217 sb, .394 slg c Malachi Kittridge, age 37 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .315 with 0 homers, 23 RBI and 2 stolen bases in 51 games. .216 avg, 941 g, 2814 ab, 302 r, 608 h, 15 hr, 286 rbi, 53 sb, .279 slg 3b John McGraw, age 33 - 16 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .391 with 1 homer, 33 RBI and 73 stolen bases in 117 games. .312 avg, 1559 g, 5357 ab, 1242 r, 1669 h, 14 hr, 584 rbi, 503 sb, .382 slg 3b Sam Mertes, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .298 with 9 homers, 81 RBI and 45 stolen bases in 117 games. .264 avg, 1205 g, 4632 ab, 677 r, 1221 h, 40 hr, 529 rbi, 405 sb, .376 slg sp Kid Nichols, age 37 - 17 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1898 when he compiled a 31-12 record with 4 saves, a 2.13 ERA and 138 strikeouts in 388.0 innings. 3.00 era, 345-218, 674 g, 5007.0 ip, 1835 k, 1299 bb, 27 sv 2b Frank Scheibeck, age 41 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .272 with 1 homer, 27 RBI and 18 stolen bases in 80 games. .230 avg, 757 g, 1729 ab, 263 r, 397 h, 3 hr, 165 rbi, 116 sb, .282 slg lf Kip Selbach, age 34 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .304 with 7 homers, 71 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 97 games. .293 avg, 1538 g, 5462 ab, 951 r, 1599 h, 41 hr, 702 rbi, 326 sb, .412 slg cf Chick Stahl, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .351 with 7 homers, 52 RBI and 33 stolen bases in 148 games. .303 avg, 1385 g, 5320 ab, 881 r, 1612 h, 40 hr, 720 rbi, 262 sb, .411 slg mr Willie Sudhoff, age 32 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 22-12 record with 0 saves, a 2.20 ERA and 99 strikeouts in 318.2 innings. 3.39 era, 114-127, 305 g, 2161.0 ip, 578 k, 643 bb, 4 sv Last edited by captaincarl; 02-07-2010 at 08:11 PM. |
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First off, how bout Turkey Donlin, unsigned going into 1905 and what does he do? Only hook up with Cleveland, win the MVP and lead his team to the World Series crown, before again being unceremoniously dumped and left without a team for the entire 1906 season? That's like a Behind The Music episode. 1906 What A Race In the Junior Circuit!!!! 4 teams within 1 game.
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Hall of Fame Class of 1906
Hugh Duffy, right fielder -- Inducted 1906 Code:
AVG G AB R H HR RBI SB SLG .318 2120 8070 1707 2568 113 1436 660 .441 Code:
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1907 - Year In Review
The city of Cleveland got its start in professional baseball in 1879 as tenants of the National League. The franchise lasted until 1884 and was without a team until a new version of the Cleveland Blues entered the American Association in 1887 then it became known as the Cleveland Spiders when the franchise entered the NL in 1889. The illfated Players League created a franchise in Cleveland named the Infants but the team only lasted one season. The Cleveland Spiders lasted until 1899 when the senior circuit abandoned the city when the NL cut back from 12 to 8 teams. Ban Johnson jumped at the chance and a placed a brand new version of the Blues in Cleveland in 1901 when the American League became a major league. The franchise was a perennial first division team and won the pennant back in 1905. After nearly missing repeating as AL champs last season, here they were again looking to contend for the title. After a slow start in which the Bronchos found themselves in last place, 11 games behind the front running Athletics, at the beginning of June then got hot and grabbed the lead by the beginning of August. Cleveland held back threats by the Tigers and the White Sox and won its second AL title with three games remaining in the regular season. The Bronchos were led again by a mound corps that included Charlie Smith (25 wins, 1.80 ERA) and Addie Joss (21 wins, 2.24 ERA). Chicago finished in second place, 2 games behind, thanks to the bat of Dave Brain (8 HRs, 79 RBI) and the arm of spitball master Big Ed Walsh, the AL's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner after a season in which he led the junior circuit in ERA (1.48) and wins (28) while finishing 2nd in the league in strikeouts (209). The Detroit Tigers, led by the league's Outstanding Hitter Award winner, Ty Cobb (.327-6-66, 37 SB) and Bob Ganley (.322 BA), ended the season in third place, 4 games behind Cleveland.
The National League witnessed the continuing domination at the top of the standings by the Pittsburgh Pirates, who won their 4th pennant in five seasons as they survived a tight race all season long with the Phllies and the Cardinals and clinched the title on the next-to-last day of the season. The Bucs were led once again by the bat of the NL's Outstanding Hitter Award winning Honus Wagner (.320-6-61, 41 SB) and Cy Seymour (7 HRs). St.Louis was once again runners up as they finished in second place, 2 games behind, behind the bats of Sam Crawford (NL leading .324 BA and 70 RBI) and Ed Konetchy (7 HRs) and the pitching of Rube Waddell (23 wins, NL leading 1.36 ERA and 257 Ks), who once again was awarded the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award. Philadelphia, with Dan McGann and Fred "Ossie" Osborn each driving in 70 runs, finished in third place, 3 games behind, and were led on the mound by a pair of 18-game winners, Ed Killian and Doc White. Pitching dominated the World Series this year as the teams split the opening two games in Cleveland before the Bronchos took 2 of 3 in Pittsburgh to take a 3 games to 2 lead back to League Park. Unheralded pitcher Gus Dorner won two games, including the world's championship game 6 clincher. Code:
American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB Cleveland 88 66 .571 -- Pittsburgh 86 68 .558 -- Chicago 86 68 .558 2 St.Louis 84 70 .545 2 Detroit 84 70 .545 4 Philadelphia 83 71 .539 3 Philadelphia 78 76 .506 10 Cincinnati 82 72 .532 4 New York 76 78 .494 12 Brooklyn 79 75 .513 7 St.Louis 72 82 .468 16 New York 77 77 .500 9 Boston 68 88 .429 20 Chicago 67 87 .435 19 Washington 68 88 .429 20 Boston 58 96 .377 28 Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG T.Cobb, DET .327 S.Crawford, STL .324 B.Ganley, DET .322 H.Wagner, PIT .320 G.Stone, STL .321 T.Leach, CHI .297 Homeruns HR Homeruns HR H.Davis, PHI 10 H.Lumley, BRO 10 D.Brain, CHI 8 E.Konetchy, STL 7 H.Niles, STL 7 C.Seymour, PIT 7 Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI H.Davis, PHI 87 S.Crawford, STL 70 H.Niles, STL 80 D.McGann, PHI 70 D.Brain, CHI 79 F.Osborn, PHI 70 Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB W.Conroy, STL 49 T.Leach, CHI 54 J.Stahl, DET 47 E.Flick, STL 45 F.Clarke, CHI 46 H.Wagner, PIT 41 Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA E.Walsh, CHI 1.48 R.Waddell, STL 1.36 E.Plank, PHI 1.69 C.Mathewson, BRO 1.45 C.Smith, CLE 1.80 J.Pfiester, PIT 1.79 Wins W Wins W E.Walsh, CHI 28 C.Mathewson, BRO 24 C.Smith, CLE 25 H.Wiltse, NY 24 E.Plank, PHI 23 O.Overall, CIN 23 Saves SV Saves SV J.Dygert, PHI 5 G.McQuillan, PHI 7 W.Johnson, WAS 5 C.Druhot, CIN 5 F.Kitson, STL 5 J.Thielman, STL 5 Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO E.Plank, PHI 223 R.Waddell, STL 257 E.Walsh, CHI 209 R.Ames, NY 219 H.Hillebrand, DET 185 C.Mathewson, BRO 202 1906 World Series Game #1 Pittsburgh 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 5 9 2 Cleveland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 10 4 J.Pfiester and J.Kling C.Smith and N.Clarke WP - J.Pfiester (1-0) LP - C.SMith (0-1) HR - CLEV: C.Smith (1) Game #2 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 7 5 Cleveland 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 x - 8 6 1 C.Falkenberg, H.Camnitz (3) and J.Kling G.Dormer and N.Clarke WP - G.Dormer (1-0) LP - C.Falkenberg (0-1) HR - none Game #3 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 2 5 1 A.Joss and N.Clarke E.Karger and J.Kling WP - E.Karger (1-0) LP - A.Joss (0-1) HR - none Game #4 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 - 6 16 0 Pittsburgh 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 6 3 G.Liebhardt and N.Clarke, P.Livingston (9) D.Phillippe, F.Owen (10) and J.Kling WP - G.Liebhardt (1-0) LP - D.Phillippe (0-1) HR - none Game #5 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 7 1 Pittsburgh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 C.Smith and N.Clarke, P.Livingston (9) J.Pfiester and J.Kling WP - C.Smith (1-1) LP - J.Pfiester (1-1) HR - none Game #6 Pittsburgh 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 4 8 3 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 x - 5 6 3 C.Falkenberg and J.Kling G.Dormer and N.Clarke, P.Livingston (9) WP - G.Dormer (2-0) LP - C.Falkenberg (0-2) HR - none Last edited by captaincarl; 02-13-2010 at 03:05 PM. |
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1907 Awards and Happenings
AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Ty Cobb, Detroit 148 g, 597 ab, 97 r, 195 h, 17 2b, 18 3b, 6 hr, 66 rbi, 266 tb, 40 bb, 47 k, 37 sb, 25 cs, .327 avg, .371 obp, .446 slg NL Outstanding Hitter Award Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh 151 g, 588 ab, 93 r, 188 h, 24 2b, 13 3b, 6 hr, 61 rbi, 256 tb, 50 bb, 44 k, 41 sb, 28 cs, .320 avg, .381 obp, .435 slg AL Outstanding Pitcher Award Ed Walsh, Chicago (A) 28-10, 0 sv, 1.48 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 353.2 ip, 284 ha, 93 r, 58 er, 3 hr, 63 bb, 209 k, 0.98 whip, .218 oavg NL Outstanding Pitcher Award Rube Waddell, St.Louis (N) 23-13, 0 sv, 1.36 era, 40 g, 39 gs, 343.2 ip, 237 ha, 83 r, 52 er, 2 hr, 84 bb, 257 k, 0.93 whip, .193 oavg AL Rookie of the Year Award Ralph Glaze, Boston (A) 19-17, 0 sv, 2.13 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 329.2 ip, 272 ha, 108 r, 78 er, 4 hr, 75 bb, 110 k, 1.05 whip, .223 oavg NL Rookie of the Year Award Nap Rucker, Brooklyn 20-16, 0 sv, 2.25 era, 37 g, 37 gs, 336.1 ip, 270 ha, 109 r, 84 er, 1 hr, 124 bb, 169 k, 1.17 whip, .222 oavg Milestones 6/7 - Nap Lajoie reaches 2000 hits milestone 9/4 - Al Orth reaches 200 wins Trades 6/21 - Brooklyn gets sp Irv Young (29 yrs old, 21-14, 0 sv, 2.08 era, 132 k) and c Bill McCarthy (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets c Frank Bowerman (38 yrs old, .237-0-23-9) 6/26 - St.Louis (A) gets cl Jesse Tannehill (32 yrs old, 12-6, 0 sv, 2.02 era, 34 k), Boston (N) gets c Branch Rickey (25 yrs old, .204-0-26-5) MLB Records Set or Tied Pitching ERA: 1.36 - Rube Waddell, St.Louis (N) AL Records Set or Tied Pitching ERA: 1.48 - Ed Walsh, Chicago (A) NL Records Set or Tied Pitching ERA: 1.36 - Rube Waddell, St.Louis (N) Losses: 27 - Vic Willis, Brooklyn Saves: 7 - George McQuillan, Philadelphia (N) Major Free Agents Sam Crawford, rf Eddie Plank, sp Roger Bresnahan, c Johnny Kling, c Nap Lajoie, 2b Tim Jordan, 1b Matty McIntyre, lf Fred Jacklitsch, c Jim Delahanty, 2b Germany Schaefer, ss Tom Hughes, sp Kid Elberfeld, ss Roy Thomas, cf George McBride, ss Kitty Bransfield, 1b Dave Brain, 2b John Warner,c |
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1907-08 Winter Happenings
Announcements
Boston (A) - Announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Red Sox. Free Agency Sam Crawford, cf - Signed a 3-year, $144,120 contract with New York (N) Eddie Plank, sp - Signed a 4-year, $141,528 contract with Chicago (A) Roger Bresnahan, c - Signed a 5-year, $215,860 contract with Boston (N) Johnny Kling, c - Signed a 4-year, $106,400 contract with Pittsburgh Nap Lajoie, 2b - Signed a 4-year, $106,640 contract with New York (A) Tim Jordan, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $69,600 contract with Washington Matty McIntyre, lf - Signed a 4-year, $57,540 contract with Cincinnati Fred Jacklitsch, c - Signed a 1-year, $3,810 contract with New York (N) Jim Delahanty, 2b - Signed a 4-year, $151,680 contract with Brooklyn Germany Schaefer, ss - Signed a 2-year, $13,700 contract with Boston (A) Long Tom Hughes, sp - Signed a 3-year, $126,100 contract with Boston (N) Kid Elberfeld, ss - Signed a 3-year, $99,510 contract with St.Louis (N) Roy Thomas, cf - Signed a 3-year, $43,830 contract with St.Louis (N) George McBride, ss - Signed a 3-year, $18,720 contract with Washington Kitty Bransfield, 1b - Signed a 2-year, $12,100 contract with Chicago (A) Dave Brain, 2b - Signed a 1-year, $1,470 contract with Chicago (A) John Warner, c - Signed a 1-year, $1,880 contract with St.Louis (A) Winter Trades 10/18 - St.Louis (A) gets cf Charlie Hemphill (31 years old, .238-0-31-0), Boston (A) gets 2b Charlie Starr (29 yrs old, .167-0-4-2) 10/20 - Brooklyn gets sp George Mullin (27 yrs old, 18-18, 0 sv, 2.57 era, 121 k), Detroit gets 2b Whitey Alperman (27 yrs old, .229-0-39-5) 10/25 - Washington gets rf Ed Hahn (32 yrs old, .268-0-52-27), New York (A) gets cf Denny Sullivan (25 yrs old, .259-0-33-5) 10/30 - Philadelphia (N) gets 2b Frank LaPorte (27 yrs old, .245-1-48-17), Washington gets c Red Dooin (28 yrs old, .256-1-17-4) 11/29 - St.Louis (N) gets 2b Jake Atz (28 yrs old, .222-0-1-0), Washington gets cf Al Shaw (26 yrs old, .262-0-13-0) 11/29 - Cincinnati gets sp George Winter (29 yrs old, 16-22, 0 sv, 2.52 era, 96 k), Boston (A) gets lf Dode Paskert (26 yrs old, .250-1-16-5) 12/01 - Boston (A) gets lf Joe Kelley (35 yrs old, .218-0-14-9), St.Louis (A) gets c Larry McLean (26 yrs old, .250-0-32-6) 12/07 - Pittsburgh gets 3b Bob Unglaub (26 yrs old, .273-0-8-3), Boston (A) gets 1b Jiggs Donahue (28 yrs old, .238-0-15-0) 12/27 - New York (A) gets sp Jack Doscher (27 yrs old, 11-21, 0 sv, 2.86 era, 128 k), Chicago (N) gets c Red Kleinow (30 yrs old, .205-2-25-6) Major Retirements 1b Jake Beckley, age 40 - 20 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .343 with 7 homers, 120 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 131 games. .303 avg, 2476 g, 9256 ab, 1545 r, 2807 h, 85 hr, 1484 rbi, 333 sb, .429 slg 3b Doc Casey, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .285 with 10 homers, 50 RBI and 69 stolen bases in 131 games. .267 avg, 1032 g, 3745 ab, 458 r, 1001 h, 11 hr, 373 rbi, 218 sb, .334 slg 2b Tommy Corcoran, age 38 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .300 with 5 homers, 92 RBI and 33 stolen bases in 129 games. .257 avg, 2108 g, 7536 ab, 1066 r, 1938 h, 34 hr, 933 rbi, 352 sb, .341 slg 3b Lave Cross, age 41 - 21 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .386 with 7 homers 125 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 119 games. .285 avg, 2401 g, 9217 ab, 1272 r, 2626 h, 49 hr, 1286 rbi, 324 sb, .372 slg ss Monte Cross, age 38 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1987 when he batted .286 with 4 homers, 55 RBI and 38 stolen bases in 131 games. .232 avg, 1571 g, 5135 ab, 661 r, 1191 h, 29 hr, 517 rbi, 271 sb, .309 slg rf Patsy Donovan, age 42 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .319 with 3 homers, 59 RBI and 48 stolen bases in 131 games. .298 avg, 1958 g, 7450 ab, 1294 r, 2222 h, 16 hr, 733 rbi, 488 sb, .351 slg rf Buck Freeman, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .318 with 25 homers, 122 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 155 games. .288 avg, 1206 g, 4102 ab, 603 r, 1183 h, 71 hr, 603 rbi, 155 sb, .441 slg cl Frank Kitson, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 19-17 record with 0 saves, a 2.87 ERA and 125 strikeouts in 319.1 innings. 2.93 era, 152-136, 327 g, 2515.2 ip, 890 k, 568 bb, 9 sv 3b Bobby Lowe, age 42 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .346 with 17 homers, 115 RBI and 23 stolen bases in 133 games. .268 avg, 1946 g, 6898 ab, 1108 r, 1852 h, 71 hr, 972 rbi, 293 sb, .356 slg rf Jim McAleer, age 43 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .289 with 1 homer, 54 RBI and 24 stolen bases in 116 games. .246 avg, 1254 g, 4521 ab, 704 r, 1113 h, 14 hr, 498 rbi, 291 sb, .303 slg lf Jack McCarthy, age 38 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he batted .324 with 1 homer, 95 RBI and 11 stolen bases in 153 games. .295 avg, 1477 g, 5739 ab, 792 r, 1691 h, 12 hr, 687 rbi, 176 sb, .377 slg sp Jack Taylor, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he compiled a 25-8 record with 0 saves, a 2.25 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 304.0 innings. 2.98 era, 160-143, 323 g, 2690.1 ip, 682 k, 677 bb, 1 sv |
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1908 - Year In Review
In the American League, the Detroit Tigers, who hadn't had a pennant winner since 1904, overcame a mid-season slump to chalk up its third title. The St.Louis Browns held a 2.5 game lead over both the Bengals and the Red Sox at the beginning of July before Detroit overtook them by the end of the month then pulled away and clinched the title with half a week remaining as the Browns continued to nosedive and the Bosox couldn't get any closer than 4 games. The Tigers showed some strong teeth with Ty Cobb leading the way as he won the first hitter's Triple Crown by leading the AL in average (.346), home runs (9) and RBIs (84). Detroit also showed some good claws with a pitching staff aced by 20-game winners Ed Summers and Bugs Raymond. The Boston Red Sox ended the season in second place, 4 games behind, led by the hitting of Doc Gessler (.328 BA) and the arms of 20-game winners Frank Arellanes (24), Harry Howell (23) and Elmer Steele (23), the league's Outstanding Pitcher and Rookie of the Year Awards winner. The Washington Senators emerged from their normal second division finish and ended the season in third place, 12 games behind. They were led by the power bat of Art Shaw (5 HR) and the pitching of up-and-coming ace Walter Johnson (AL leading 191 strikeouts).
The National League finally had another team wrestle the pennant out of the grasps of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Giants ended a 6-year stretch by going from start to finish and clinched the title with less than a week remaining. Sam "Wahoo" Crawford led the way offensively as he led MLB in both home runs (10) and RBIs (88) with the Outstanding Pitcher Award winner Red Ames (27 wins, 1.79 ERA, 250 K) and the NL's Rookie of the Year Award winner Doc Crandall (24 wins, 2.04 ERA) leading the mound corps. The defending champion Pirates, winners of 4 out of last 5 NL titles, finished in second place, 7 games behind, with Cy Seymour (7 HR) and Johnny Kling (76 RBI) leading the way. The Brooklyn Superbas ended up in third place, 15 games behind, thanks to the arm of the "Christian Gentleman", Christy Mathewson, who won 20+ games and led the majors in ERA (1.64). The World Series proved to be a pitcher's haven once again. New York's Red Ames and George Ferguson both shut out Detroit in games 1 and 2 by 3-0 and 7-0 respectively with Ames allowing 4 hits and Ferguson only 2. The Giants scored 4 runs in the 9th inning of game three to pull out a 5-3 win at Bennett Park. The Tigers managed to avoid being swept by scoring a run in the bottom of the 9th to win game four, 5-4 but Red Ames came back in game five and out dueled Detroit starter Eddie Cicotte, 2-1 to win the World Series, 4 games to 1. Code:
American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB Detroit 91 63 .591 -- New York 93 61 .604 -- Boston 87 67 .565 4 Pittsburgh 86 68 .558 7 Washington 79 75 .513 12 Brooklyn 78 76 .506 15 Cleveland 75 79 .487 16 Cincinnati 77 77 .500 16 St.Louis 75 79 .487 16 Chicago 76 78 .494 17 Chicago 72 82 .468 19 Philadelphia 72 82 .468 21 New York 72 82 .468 19 Boston 67 87 .435 26 Philadelphia 65 89 .422 26 St.Louis 67 87 .435 26 Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG T.Cobb, DET .346 M.Donlin, STL .342 D.Gessler, BOS .328 S.Magee, PHI .324 C.Hemphill, STL .308 V.Campbell, CHI .319 Homeruns HR Homeruns HR T.Cobb, DET 9 S.Crawford, NY 10 D.Brain, CHI 5 S.Magee, PHI 8 A.Shaw, WAS 5 C.Seymour, PIT 7 Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI T.Cobb, DET 84 S.Crawford, NY 88 G.Stone, STL 83 J.Tinker, CHI 82 H.Davis, PHI 74 J.Kling, PIT 76 Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB C.Hemphill, STL 54 S.Magee, PHI 54 T.Cobb, DET 52 H.Lobert, PIT 47 A.McConnell, BOS 48 B.Maloney, BRO 43 Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA E.Summers, DET 1.67 C.Mathewson, BRO 1.64 E.Steele, BOS 1.90 R.Ames, NY 1.79 B.Pelty, STL 2.06 D.Crandall, NY 2.04 Wins W Wins W F.Arellanes, BOS 24 R.Ames, NY 27 H.Howell, BOS 23 O.Overall, CIN 25 B.Raymond, DET 23 D.Crandall, NY 24 Saves SV Saves SV H.Krause, PHI 6 C.Brandom, PIT 5 B.Lattimore, CLE 6 B.Malarkey, NY 5 B.Keeley, WAS 5 R.Witherup, BOS 5 Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO W.Johnson, WAS 191 R.Waddell, STL 273 C.Bender, PHI 190 R.Ames, NY 250 H.Berger, CLE 190 C.Mathewson, BRO 230 1906 World Series Game #1 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 New York (N) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 3 10 1 E.Cicotte and B.Schmidt R.Ames and A.Wilson, F.Jacklitsch (9) WP - R.Ames (1-0) LP - E.Cicotte (0-1) HR - none Game #2 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 4 New York (N) 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 x - 7 12 0 E.Jones, E.Willett (8) and B.Schmidt G.Ferguson, B.Malarkey (9) and A.Wilson WP - G.Ferguson (1-0) LP - E.Jones (0-1) HR - none Game #3 New York (N) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 10 1 Detroit 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 9 3 H.Wiltse, B.Malarkey (9) and A.Wilson, F.Jacklitsch (9) B.Raymond and B.Schmidt WP - H.Wiltse (1-0) LP - B.Raymond (0-1) SV - B.Malarkey (1) HR - none Game #4 New York (N) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - 4 12 1 Detroit 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 5 14 0 D.Crandall, R.Beecher (7) and A.Wilson, F.Jacklitsch (9) E.Summers, E.Willett (9) and B.Schmidt WP - E.Willett (1-0) LP - R.Beecher (0-1) HR - none Game #5 New York (N) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 2 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 2 R.Ames and A.Wilson, F.Jacklitsch (9) E.Cicotte and B.Schmidt WP - R.Ames (2-0) LP - E.Cicotte (0-2) HR - none |
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