A "Whatif" history of modern baseball, 1901-2000+ (i hope) take #? - Page 4

captaincarl · 02-16-2010, 03:12 PM

AL Outstanding Hitter
Ty Cobb, Detroit
148 g, 589 ab, 79 r, 204 h, 37 2b, 13 3b, 9 hr, 84 rbi, 294 tb, 41 bb, 46 k, 52 sb, 33 cs, .346 avg, .389 obp, .499 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter
Sherry Magee, Philadelphia (N)
150 g, 583 ab, 87 r, 189 h, 30 2b, 22 3b, 8 hr, 73 rbi, 287 tb, 53 bb, 49 k, 54 sb, 30 cs, .324 avg, .385 obp, .492 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher
Elmer Steele, Boston (A)
23-14, 0 sv, 1.90 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 336.0 ip, 256 ha, 102 r, 71 er, 5 hr, 48 bb, 140 k, 0.90 whip, .212 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher
Red Ames, New York (N)
27-10, 0 sv, 1.79 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 322.2 ip, 240 ha, 97 r, 64 er, 1 hr, 86 bb, 250 k, 1.01 whip, .204 oavg

AL Rookie of the Year
Elmer Steele, Boston (A)
23-14, 0 sv, 1.90 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 336.0 ip, 256 ha, 102 r, 71 er, 5 hr, 48 bb, 140 k, 0.90 whip, .212 oavg

NL Rookie of the Year
Doc Crandall, New York (N)
24-8, 0 sv, 2.04 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 304.0 ip, 267 ha, 102 r, 69 er, 5 hr, 66 bb, 123 k, 1.10 whip, .233 oavg

Milestones & Achievements
4/21 - 200 wins for Jesse Tannehill
5/06 - Nig Clarke on fire, goes 6-6
5/29 - Barney Pelty fires no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 7th in history.
6/03 - Cy Morgan hurls no-no. This is the second no-hitter thrown this season and the 8th in history.
6/29 - Honus Wagner gets 2000th hit
8/10 - George Mullin twirls no-hitter. This is the third no-hitter thrown this season, a MLB season record, and the 9th in history.
9/26 - Jack Powell gets 200th win
9/26 - 200 victories for Deacon Phillippe

Trades
7/29 - Philadelphia (N) gets sp Cy Falkenberg (27 yrs old, 11-13, 0 sv, 2.68 era, 93 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Wally Clement (27 yrs old, .123-1-11-2)
7/29 - Washington gets sp Glenn Liebhardt (25 yrs old, 16-13, 0 sv, 2.32 era, 158 k), Cleveland gets 3b Dave Altizer (31 yrs old, .260-0-44-45)

MLB Records Set or Tied
none

AL Records Set or Tied
none

NL Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Wins: 27 -- Red Ames, New York (N)

Major Free Agents
Johnny Evers, 2b
Mike Donlin, lf
Joe Tinker, ss
Nixey Callahan, 3b
Addie Joss, sp
Charlie Hemphill, cf
Topsy Hartsel, lf
Cy Young, sp

captaincarl · 02-20-2010, 03:23 PM

Announcements
Philadelphia (A) - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Shibe Park.
Pittsburgh - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Forbes Field.

Free Agency

Johnny Evers, 2b - Signed a 4-year, $174,000 contract with Boston (A)
Mike Donlin, lf - Signed a 4-year, $184,920 contract with New York (N)
Joe Tinker, ss - Signed a 4-year, $106,388 contract with Chicago (N)
Nixey Callahan, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $49,780 contract with Chicago (A)
Addie Joss, sp - Signed a 5-year, $158,100 contract with New York (A)
Charlie Hemphill, cf - Signed a 4-year, $117,680 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Topsy Hartsel, lf - Signed a 3-year, $121,460 contract with Cincinnati
Cy Young, sp - Signed a 1-year, $17,450 contract with New York (A)

Trades
10/18 - Cleveland gets lf Bill Hinchman (25 yrs old, .246-0-21-3) and rf Tom Daley (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets c Paddy Livingston (28 yrs old, .215-0-5-0)
10/28 - Boston (A) gets 1b Hal Chase (25 yrs old, .259-0-11-6), New York (A) gets 3b Harry Lord (26 yrs old, .309-0-40-11)
12/02 - Cleveland gets sp Harry Ables (25 yrs old, 15-18, 0 sv, 3.12 era, 152 k), St.Louis (A) gets 3b Dave Altizer (31 yrs old, .260-0-44-45)
12/03 - Cleveland gets cf Fred Osborn (25 yrs old, .238-2-41-23), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Bill Shipke (26 yrs old, .216-1-43-40)
12/31 - Boston (N) gets c Peaches Graham (31 yrs old, .184-0-11-2), Cleveland gets sp Sam Frock (26 yrs old, 15-20, 0 sv, 3.09 era, 111 k)

Major Retirements

c Frank Bowerman, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .259 with 3 homers, 53 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 109 games.
.234 avg, 1043 g, 3382 ab, 318 r, 791 h, 10 hr, 355 rbi, 86 sb, .296 slg

1b Dan McGuire, age 45 - 24 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .336 with 10 homers, 97 RBI and 16 stolen bases in 132 games.
.275 avg, 1904 g, 6265 ab, 807 r, 1725 h, 43 hr, 827 rbi, 119 sb, .366 slg

1b John Anderson, age 34 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he batted .305 with 9 homers, 71 RBI and 18 stolen bases in 110 games.
.291 avg, 1749 g, 6691 ab, 941 r, 1944 h, 47 hr, 947 rbi, 328 sb, .403 slg

cf Jimmy Barrett, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he batted .317 with 2 homers, 56 rbi and 44 stolen bases in 132 games.
.291 avg, 1107 g, 3564 ab, 575 r, 1037 h, 12 hr, 377 rbi, 235 sb, .361 slg

lf Shad Barry, age 29 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he batted .260 with 1 homer, 37 rbi and 9 stolen bases in 81 games.
.245 avg, 1059 g, 3465 ab, 418 r, 848 h, 7 hr, 282 rbi, 129 sb, .304 slg

3b Jimmy Collins, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .346 with 6 homers, 132 rbi and 14 stolen bases in 134 games.
.292 avg, 1741 g, 6407 ab, 983 r, 1870 h, 65 hr, 975 rbi, 205 sb, .405 slg

1b John Ganzel, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .339 with 1 homer, 10 rbi and 1 stolen base in 69 games.
.253 avg, 823 g, 2052 ab, 237 r, 520 h, 16 hr, 230 rbi, 68 sb, .342 slg

cf Emmet Heidrick, age 32 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .328 with 2 homers, 82 rbi and 55 stolen bases in 146 games.
.278 avg, 1261 g, 4759 ab, 647 r, 1325 h, 15 hr, 518 rbi, 372 sb, .366 slg

3b Charlie Hickman, age 32 - 12 seasons. His best season was iin 1900 when he batted .313 with 9 homers, 91 rbi and 10 stolen bases in 127 games.
.285 avg, 1316 g, 4964 ab, 623 r, 1414 h, 61 hr, 641 rbi, 119 sb, .409 slg

lf Joe Kelley, age 36 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .365 with 10 homers, 134 rbi and 54 stolen bases in 131 games.
.299 avg, 2003 g, 7065 ab, 1356 r, 2110 h, 62 hr, 1108 rbi, 478 sb, .427 slg

c Ed McFarland, age 34 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .333 with 2 homers, 57 rbi and 9 stolen bases in 96 games.
.277 avg, 1251 g, 4000 ab, 528 r, 1106 h, 15 hr, 500 rbi, 94 sb, .363 slg

1b Dan McGann, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .300 with 7 homers, 90 rbi and 27 stolen bases in 139 games.
.277 avg, 1620 g, 6098 ab, 939 r, 1689 h, 45 hr, 723 rbi, 352 sb, .366 slg

sp Joe McGinnity, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he compiled a 28-6 record with 0 saves, a 2.94 era and 93 strikeouts in 343.0 innings.
2.83 era, 191-171, 392 g, 3090.0 ip, 1033 k, 753 bb, 2 sv

rf Ollie Pickering, age 39 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .323 with 7 homers, 61 rbi and 22 stolen bases in 134 games.
.277 avg, 1233 g, 4040 ab, 556 r, 1119 h, 18 hr, 386 rbi, 232 sb, .346 slg

c Ossee Schreckengost, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .347 with 1 homer, 42 rbi and 14 stolen bases in 117 games.
.304 avg, 692 g, 2545 ab, 343 r, 773 h, 10 hr, 287 rbi, 51 sb, .380 slg

cf Jimmy Slagle, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .295 with 1 homer, 64 rbi and 44 stolen bases in 151 games.
.262 avg, 1295 g, 3889 ab, 510 r, 1019 h, 1 hr, 322 rbi, 206 sb, .309 slg

c John Warner, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .275 with 2 homers, 51 rbi and 8 stolen bases in 110 games.
.239 avg, 1413 g, 4779 ab, 526 r, 1144 h, 7 hr, 432 rbi, 129 sb, .287 slg

3b Joe Yeager, age 33 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .250 with 3 homers, 68 rbi and 21 stolen bases in 154 games.
.232 avg, 966 g, 3238 ab, 326 r, 751 h, 9 hr, 316 rbi, 67 sb, .304 slg

captaincarl · 02-21-2010, 10:23 AM

The year was a year of firsts. In the National League the Cincinnati Reds, one of the oldest franchises still in operation, finally had a team that jumped to a contending status as they vaulted into first place for the first time this century at the beginning of June. The Reds then had to fight off the still mighty Pittsburgh Pirates as Cincinnati clinched their first pennant, post-1900, with a week remaining and in the process became the first team to win more than 100 games, finishing with a 101-53 record. Dick Hoblitzel led the way for the offense as he batted .337 with 5 home runs and driving in a major league leading 101 runs. The mound staff was led by Bob Ewing, the winningest pitcher in the majors (28) and the NL's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner. The Pirates finished in second place, 6 games behind, with the NL's Outstanding Hitter Award winner, Honus Wagner (.335-2-72, 53 SB) leading the lineup and Babe Adams (23-9, 2.41 ERA), the league's Rookie of Year Award winner, leading the pitching staff despite his being traded during the year by the Cardinals to the Pirates mid-season. The other yearly contender, St.Louis, finished in third place, 16 games behind the front-running Reds, thanks to the hitting of Ed Konetchy (.271-2-67) and Red Murray (.262-4-72, 54 SB) and 20-game winners Rube Waddell (21) and Slim Sallee (20).

The American League also saw a first as the Philadelphia Athletics also took the lead at the beginning of June then held off the Boston Red Sox in winning their first AL title. The Athletics were led by the bats of Eddie Collins (.336) and Frank Baker (96 RBI) plus the arms of Harry Krause (211 Ks) and Chief Bender (AL leading 25 wins), the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner. The Boston Red Sox ended up in second place, 6 games behind, were led at the plate by Doc Gessler (.309-1-76) and Tris Speaker (.299-4-81) and on the mound by Smokey Joe Wood (23 wins, 215 Ks). The Chicago White Sox finished in third place, 15 games behind, with the help of Fred Clarke (.273-2-60) and the arms of Big Ed Walsh (2.03 ERA, 19 wins) and Eddie Plank (22 wins, 1.97 ERA). Detroit's Ty Cobb showed that his winning the AL's first Triple Crown was not a fluke as he did it again in 1909 by batting .359 with 11 home runs and driving in 97 runs.

Not to be left behind in firsts, the World Series had a first of its own. The Philadelphia Athletics became the first team to win the series after trailing 3 games to 1 as they won game 7 by a score of 4-2 thanks to a 2-run pinch hit home run by Al Orth, who played the outfield this year after years of pitching. A week after his World Series winning round tripper, Al Orth announced his retirement and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Code:

American League     W   L   PCT  GB     National League     W   L   PCT  GB
Philadelphia       95  59  .617  --     Cincinnati        101  53  .656  --
Boston             89  65  .578   6     Pittsburgh         95  59  .617   6
Chicago            80  74  .519  15     St.Louis           85  69  .552  16
Detroit            79  75  .513  16     Brooklyn           79  75  .513  22
Cleveland          77  77  .500  18     New York           76  78  .494  25
New York           77  77  .500  18     Philadelpha        67  87  .435  34
Washington         72  82  .468  23     Boston             57  97  .370  44
St.Louis           47 107  .305  48     Chicago            56  98  .364  45



Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
T.Cobb, DET          .359               M.Donlin, NY         .343
E.Collins, PHI       .336               D.Hoblitzel, CIN     .337
N.Lajoie, NY         .333               H.Wagner, PIT        .335

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
T.Cobb, DET            11               M.Donlin, NY            7
J.Stahl, DET            8               F.Beck, BOS             5
B.Cree, NY              6               D.Hoblitzel, CIN        5

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
T.Cobb, DET            97               D.Hoblitzel, CIN      101
F.Baker, PHI           96               M.Donlin, NY           90
N.Lajoie, NY           82               S.Crawford, NY         81

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
H.Hooper, BOS          67               R.Murray, STL          54
E.Collins, PHI         51               H.Wagner, PIT          53
T.Cobb, DET            49               F.Jones, CIN           43

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
E.Plank, CHI         1.97               D.Phillippe, PIT     1.63
E.Walsh, CHI         2.03               R.Waddell, STL       2.01
H.Howell, BOS        2.10               C.Mathewson, BRO     2.02

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
C.Bender, PHI          25               B.Ewing, CIN           28
J.Wood, BOS            23               B.Adams, STL+PIT       23
J.Lake, NY             22               C.Mathewson, BRO       23

Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
B.Schlitzer, PHI        5               C.Brandom, PIT          9
G.Suggs, DET            5               J.Boultes, BOS          6
J.Ohl, WAS              4               D.Crandall, NY          6

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
W.Johnson, WAS        222               O.Overall, CIN        246
J.Wood, BOS           215               R.Waddell, STL        235
H.Krause, PHI         211               R.Ames, NY            208



1909 World Series

Game #1
Philadelphia (A)  3 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 - 11 17 1
Cincinnati        0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 -  5  8 2
J.Coombs and J.Lapp
C.Chech, P.Ragan (5) and P.Livingston
WP - J.Coombs (1-0)
LP - C.Chech (0-1)
HR - PHI: J.Knight (1), CIN: M.Mitchell (1)


Game #2
Philadelphia (A)  0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 3 6 2
Cincinnati        0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 x - 4 4 0
J.Dygert and J.Lapp
R.Vickers and P.Livingston
WP - R.Vickers (1-0)
LP - J.Dygert (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Cincinnati        0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 - 8 11 0
Philadelphia (A)  0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 11 0
O.Overall, B.Keeley (9) and P.Livingston
C.Bender, T.Atkins (8) and J.Lapp
WP - O.Overall (1-0)
LP - C.Bender (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Cincinnati        0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 5 10 3
Philadelphia (A)  0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4  9 0
B.Ewing, B.Keeley (12), P.Ragan (14) and P.Livingston
H.Krause, B.Schlitzer (13), T.Atkins (16) and J.Lapp, H.Smith (10)
WP - P.Ragan (1-0)
LP - T.Atkins (0-1)
HR - PHI: H.Davis (1)


Game #5
Cincinnati        1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3  7 1
Philadelphia (A)  2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x - 4 10 0
C.Chech and P.Livingston
J.Coombs and J.Lapp
WP - J.Coombs (2-0)
LP - C.Chech (0-2)
HR - none


Game #6
Philadelphia (A)  0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 - 8 11 2
Cincinnati        0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 5  7 3
J.Dygert, B.Schlitzer (9) and J.Lapp, J.Jackson (9)
R.Vickers, P.Ragan (9) and P.Livingston
WP - J.Dygert (1-1)
LP - R.Vickers (1-1)
SV - B.Schlitzer (1)
HR - none


Game #7
Philadelphia (A)  1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 11 1
Cincinnati        0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2  5 0
C.Bender and J.Lapp, H.Smith (9)
O.Overall and P.Livingston
WP - C.Bender (1-1)
LP - O.Overall (1-1)
HR - PHI: A.Orth (1)

captaincarl · 02-21-2010, 10:46 AM

AL Outstanding Hitter
Ty Cobb, Detroit
147 g, 585 ab, 95 r, 210 h, 34 2b, 17 3b, 11 hr, 97 rbi, 311 tb, 56 bb, 53 k, 49 sb, 30 cs, .359 avg, .417 obp, .532 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
150 g, 600 ab, 95 r, 201 h, 34 2b, 10 3b, 2 hr, 72 rbi, 261 tb, 76 bb, 55 k, 53 sb, 33 cs, .335 avg, .409 obp, .435 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher
Chief Bender, Philadelphia (A)
25-9, 0 sv, 2.26 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 319.0 ip, 262 ha, 97 r, 80 er, 3 hr, 74 bb, 200 k, 1.05 whip, .225 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher
Bob Ewing, Cincinnati
28-9, 0 sv, 2.37 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 326.2 ip, 270 ha, 112 r, 86 er, 2 hr, 79 bb, 111 k, 1.07 whip, .227 oavg

AL Rookie of the Year
Jack Lelivelt, Washington
148 g, 532 ab, 71 r, 175 h, 31 2b, 10 3b, 1 hr, 58 rbi, 229 tb, 60 bb, 49 k, 23 sb, 16 cs, .329 avg, .395 obp, .430 slg

NL Rookie of the Year
Babe Adams, St.Louis (N) + Pittsburgh
23-9, 0 sv, 2.41 era, 36 g, 36 gs, 302.0 ip, 251 ha, 94 r, 81 er, 4 hr, 83 bb, 158 k, 1.11 whip, .227 oavg

Milestones & Achievements
4/28 - Fred Clarke reaches 2500 hits
5/31 - Rube Waddell gets 200th win
6/09 - Jack Coombs strikes out 15
7/05 - Rube Waddell fires no-hitter. This was the first no-hitter of the season and the 10th one in history.
8/04 - Fred Tenney gets 2000th hit
9/23 - 450 wins for Cy Young

MLB Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Walks: 166 - Earl Moore, Chicago (N)

AL Records Set or Tied
none

NL Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Wins: 28 - Bob Ewing, Cincinnati
Losses: 27 - Fred Beebe, Chicago (N)
Saves: 9 - Chick Brandom, Pittsburgh
Walks: 166 - Earl Moore, Chicago (N)

Trades
7/26 - Pittsburgh gets sp Babe Adams (27 yrs old, 23-9, 0 sv, 2.41 era, 158 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Paddy O'Connor (29 yrs old, .264-1-22-4)
7/26 - Cincinnati gets cl Burt Keeley (29 yrs old, 0-7, 3 sv, 2.28 era, 20 k), Washington gets 1b Harry Wolter (25 yrs old, .303-2-51-49) and 1b Doc Johnston (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

Major Free Agents
Sherry Magee, lf
Solly Hofman, 1b
Ed Walsh, sp
Frank Schulte, rf
Jake Stahl, 1b
Chief Bender, sp
Danny Murphy, rf
Doc Gessler, rf
Mordecai Brown, sp
Frank Chance, 1b
Art Devlin, 3b
Miller Huggins, 2b
Fred Clarke, lf
Jimmy Sheckard, lf
Germany Schaefer, 2b
Moose McCormick, lf
Fielder Jones, cf
Cy Young, sp
John Titus, rf
Red Ames, sp

captaincarl · 02-21-2010, 03:12 PM

Announcements
Chicago (A) - Announced that they will be opening up a new ballpark. The name of the ballpark will be Comiskey Park.

Free Agency

Sherry Magee, lf - Signed a 1-year, $20,100 contract with St.Louis (A)
Solly Hofman, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $162,300 contract with St.Louis (A)
Ed Walsh, sp - Signed a 5-year, $191,730 contract with St.Louis (A)
Frank Schulte, rf - Signed a 5-year, $132,050 contract with Brooklyn
Jake Stahl, 1b - Signed a 5-year, $104,260 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Chief Bender, sp - Signed a 3-year, $105,669 contract with Chicago (A)
Danny Murphy, rf - Signed a 4-year, $85,160 contract with Boston (A)
Doc Gessler, rf - Signed a 3-year, $130,440 contract with Brooklyn
Mordecai Brown, sp - Signed a 4-year, $134,960 contract with New York (N)
Frank Chance, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $22,350 contract with Chicago (N)
Art Devlin, 3b - Signed a 4-year, $155,880 contract with New York (N)
Miller Huggins, 2b - Signed a 5-year, $106,850 contract with Philadelphia (N)
Fred Clarke, lf - Signed a 1-year, $11,430 contract with Detroit
Jimmy Sheckard, lf - Signed a 2-year, $41,120 contract with Pittsburgh
Germany Schaefer, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $36,450 contract with Boston (N)
Moose McCormick, lf - Signed a 5-year, $186,350 contract with Detroit
Fielder Jones, cf - Signed a 2-year, $76,180 contract with Chicago (A)
Cy Young, sp - Signed a 1-year, $20,160 contract with Washington
John Titus, rf - Signed a 3-year, $27,660 contract with Washington
Red Ames, sp - Signed a 5-year, $88,100 contract with Chicago (N)

Trades
10/21 - Brooklyn gets c Nig Clarke (26 yrs old, .258-1-48-10), Cleveland gets 2b John Hummel (26 yrs old, .258-2-55-17)
10/29 - Chicago (A) gets c Peaches Graham (32 yrs old, .215-1-67-8), Boston (N) gets 3b Harry Steinfeldt (32 yrs old, .226-1-51-12)
10/29 - Boston (A) gets 3b Jap Barbeau (27 yrs old, .255-1-69-23), Cleveland gets cf Dode Paskert (28 yrs old, .306-0-35-22)
11/02 - Philadelphia (A) gets cl Irv Young (32 yrs old, 2-6, 0 sv, 3.46 era, 20 k), Brooklyn gets c Syd Smith (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/04 - New York (A) gets mr Rube Dessau (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0 k), Boston (N) gets 3b Jimmy Austin (29 yrs old, .241-0-44-16)

Major Retirements
sp Jack Chesbro, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 26-13 record with 0 saves, a 1.88 era and 184 strikeouts in 336.0 innings.
2.82 era, 175-175, 373 g, 2942.2 ip, 1289 k, 797 bb, 1 sv

1b George Davis, age 39 - 20 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .352 with 8 homers, 91 RBI and 40 stolen bases in 122 games.
.298 avg, 2477 g, 9157 ab, 1556 r, 2728 h, 72 hr, 1399 rbi, 599 sb, .408 slg

sp Bill Dinneen, age 33 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 20-14 record with 0 saves, a 2.83 era and 149 strikeouts in 279.2 innings.
3.23 era, 136-177, 364 g, 2781.2 ip, 1080 k, 806 bb, 1 sv

sp Chick Fraser, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 17-15 record with 0 saves, a 1.92 era and 132 strikeouts in 304.2 innings.
3.52 era, 148-193, 395 g, 3072.0 ip, 1004 k, 1245 bb, 1 sv

1b Frank Isbell, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .295 with 1 homer, 70 RBI and 56 stolen bases in 148 games.
.260 avg, 1257 g, 4557 ab, 561 r, 1187 h, 11 hr, 473 rbi, 288 sb, 337 slg

mr Doc Newton, age 31 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 17-13 record with 0 saves, a 2.55 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 275.2 innings.
3.21 era, 58-71, 198 g, 1145.2 ip, 517 k, 435 bb, 8 sv

sp Al Orth, age 37 - 15 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season ws in 1902 when he compiled a 21-11 record with 0 saves, a 2.30 era and 87 strikeouts in 289.1 innings.
3.01 era, 215-167, 428 g, 3356.1 ip, 974 k, 716 bb, 5 sv

2b Claude Ritchey, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .300 with 4 homers, 71 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 147 games.
.272 avg, 1580 g, 5514 ab, 701 r, 1498 h, 19 hr, 575 rbi, 185 sb, .337 slg

2b Jimmy Williams, age 32 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .355 with 9 homers, 116 RBI and 26 stolen bases in 152 games.
.273 avg, 1462 g, 5324 ab, 747 r, 1452 h, 35 hr, 721 rbi, 221 sb, .374 slg

PhillieFever · 02-21-2010, 03:13 PM

This game never fails to amaze me. Al Orth, a pitcher for most of his career, rides out the string as a backup fielder, gets a chance to pinch hit in the 9th inning of the 7th game of the World Series. What does he do? Slam a game and series winning homer, giving the A's their first World Series title. Following that he circles the bases for the final tim in his career, as he retires into the sunset. Good Stuff.

captaincarl · 02-21-2010, 03:13 PM

Hall of Fame Class of 1909

Al Orth*, pitcher

Code:

ERA    W      L       PCT      G         IP       SO       BB      SV
3.01  215    167     .563     428     3356.1      974      716      5

captaincarl · 02-21-2010, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillieFever

This game never fails to amaze me. Al Orth, a pitcher for most of his career, rides out the string as a backup fielder, gets a chance to pinch hit in the 9th inning of the 7th game of the World Series. What does he do? Slam a game and series winning homer, giving the A's their first World Series title. Following that he circles the bases for the final tim in his career, as he retires into the sunset. Good Stuff.

Wasn't that amazing? Talk about a spectacular finish, sort of like Ted Williams, who homered in his final at bat in RL.

Just to let you know, I purchased ootp10 last night for my other pc at work and have restarted playing the 1978 season for the Bosox.

PhillieFever · 02-21-2010, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captaincarl

Wasn't that amazing? Talk about a spectacular finish, sort of like Ted Williams, who homered in his final at bat in RL.

Just to let you know, I purchased ootp10 last night for my other pc at work and have restarted playing the 1978 season for the Bosox.

Definitely a good purchase. You will notice the difference between the games, X is a much better product than 9. BTW, I was away for a few days so I didn't get to start my 1950 Phillies dynasty, it should get rolling tonight.

captaincarl · 02-26-2010, 03:37 AM

U.S.President William H. Taft opened the 1910 baseball season by throwing out the first ball. His actions served to mark baseball as the "official" national pastime. The people in attendence, including Vice President James Sherman, saw Senators' pitcher Walter Johnson beat the defending AL champion Philadelphia Athletics. It was an aberation, however, as the Senators had trouble winning the rest of the way and ended in a tie for fifth place, 17 games behind. Philadelphia recovered from the loss but despite the effort of Triple Crown winning, as well as AL Outstanding Hitter Award winning, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (.377-8-106), the Athletics couldn't get any closer than 4.5 games and wound up in fourth place, 9 games back. Three-time champion Detroit took off from start to finish as they held a 3.5 game lead over the Boston Red Sox on Labor Day and clinched their 4th pennant with a half-week remaining. The Tigers were again led at the plate by Ty Cobb (.350 BA, 94 RBI, 54 SB) and on the mound by Eddie Cicotte (21 wins). The Boston Red Sox finished the season 7 games behind the Tigers thanks to the strong pitching of "Smokey" Joe Wood (AL leading 23 wins & 236 strikeouts), the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner. The New York Yankees ended up in third place thanks to the arm of pitcher Russ Ford (2.59 ERA, 2nd in AL).

After a two-year absence, the Pittsburgh Pirates returned to the top of the National League standings as they completely dominated the league, clinching the pennant with two weeks remaining, as they finished 15 games ahead and won a record 103 games. Pittsburgh was led at the plate by the NL's Outstanding Hitter Award winner, Honus Wagner (.327-6-77) and on the mound by Nick Maddox (2.18 ERA) and Howie Camnitz (NL leading 23 wins). The Chicago Cubs finished in second place, 15 games behind, thanks to the hitting of Vin Campbell (NL leading .332 BA) and the NL Rookie of the Year Award winner, Doc Miller (.300-4-89) plus the pitching of Rip Hagerman (MLB leading 1.89 ERA) and Frank Smith (20-10, 2.51 ERA, 144 strikeouts), who was awarded the senior circuit's Outstanding Pitcher Award. The New York Giants ended in third place, 19 games behind, thanks to the effort at the plate by Larry Doyle (NL leading 9 HR & 105 RBI) and the arm of Louis Drucke (21 wins, 194 strikeouts).

The World Series marked the first meeting of two of the Major League's best hitters, Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner, as it opened at Forbes Field. Detroit won the opening game, 5-1, behind the pitching of Ed Summers, then the Pirates took control as they swept the next four games to win the world's championship, four games to one. During the series, Ty Cobb bested Honus Wagner as he batted .454 to Wagner's .188.

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American League     W   L   PCT  GB     National League     W   L   PCT  GB
Detroit            91  63  .591  --     Pittsburgh        103  51  .669  --
Boston             84  70  .545   7     Chicago            88  66  .571  15
New York           83  71  .539   8     New York           84  70  .545  19
Philadelphia       82  72  .532   9     Cincinnati         77  77  .500  26
Chicago            74  80  .481  17     Philadelphia       74  80  .481  29
Washington         74  80  .481  17     St.Louis           71  83  .461  32
St.Louis           68  86  .442  23     Boston             61  93  .396  42
Cleveland          60  94  .390  31     Brooklyn           58  96  .377  45



Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
J.Jackson, PHI       .377               V.Campbell, CHI      .332
T.Cobb, DET          .350               H.Wagner, PIT        .327
E.Collins, PHI       .342               F.Schulte, BRO       .323

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
J.Jackson, PHI          8               L.Doyle, NY             9
T.Jordan, WAS           7               F.Schulte, BRO          8
S.Magee, STL            7               F.Beck, BOS             7

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
J.Jackson, PHI        106               L.Doyle, NY           105
M.McCormick, DET      102               J.Stahl, PHI           97
T.Cobb, DET            94               M.Mitchell, CIN        94

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
T.Cobb, DET            54               L.Doyle, NY            63
H.Lord, NY             52               H.Lobert, PIT          63
E.Collins, PHI         49               M.Huggins, PHI         57

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
E.Walsh, STL         2.16               R.Hagerman, CHI      1.89
R.Ford, NY           2.59               N.Maddox, PIT        2.18
W.Johnson, WAS       2.62               F.Smith, CHI         2.51

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
J.Wood, BOS            23               H.Camnitz, PIT         23
E.Cicotte, DET         21               L.Drucke, NY           21
W.Johnson, WAS         21               C.Mathewson, BRO       21

Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
E.Steele, BOS          11               G.Lowdermilk, STL      12
C.Young, WAS           10               A.Carson, CHI          11
T.Atkins, PHI           8               D.Phillippe, PIT       11

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
J.Wood, BOS           236               T.Hughes, STL         207
E.Walsh, STL          222               L.Drucke, NY          194
W.Johnson, WAS        190               R.Ames, CHI           190



1910 World Series

Game #1
Detroit           0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 5 8 1
Pittsburgh        0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 8 1
E.Summers and F.Payne
E.Karger, N.Maddox (9) and J.Kling
WP - E.Summers (1-0)
LP - E.Karger (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Detroit           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Pittsburgh        0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 x - 7 9 0
E.Willett, J.Rowan (5) and F.Payne
L.Leifield, C.Brandom (9) and J.Kling
WP - Leifield (1-0)
LP - E.Willett (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Pittsburgh        0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1
Detroit           0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 1
B.Adams and J.Kling, E.Phelps (9)
G.Suggs and T.Erwin
WP - B.Adams (1-0)
LP - G.Suggs (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Pittsburgh        1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6  7 1
Detroit           1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 5 11 1
H.Camnitz, C.Brandom (9) and J.Kling, E.Phelps (11)
E.Cicotte, J.Rowan (6), B.Raymond (10) and T.Erwin
WP - C.Brandom (1-0)
LP - B.Raymond (0-1)
HR - PIT: H.Lobert (1)


Game #5
Pittsburgh        2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 - 8 16 0
Detroit           0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 - 6 13 2
E.Karger, N.Maddox (7) and J.Kling, E.Phelps (9)
E.Summers, F.Corridon (7), J.Rowan (9) and F.Payne
WP - E.Karger (1-1)
LP - E.Summers (1-1)
SV - N.Maddox (1)
HR - none

captaincarl · 02-26-2010, 03:54 AM

AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A)
149 gm 608 ab, 107 r, 229 h, 39 2b, 18 3b, 8 hr, 106 rbi, 328 tb, 77 bb, 51 k, 37 sb, 22 cs, .377 avg, .445 obp, .539 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
150 g, 602 ab, 107 r, 197 h, 34 2b, 10 3b, 6 hr, 77 rbi, 269 tb, 69 bb, 48 k, 24 sb, 9 cs, .327 avg, .397 obp, .447 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Joe Wood, Boston (A)
23-14, 0 sv, 2.63 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 311.1 ip, 263 ha, 130 r, 91 er, 5 hr, 106 bb, 236 k, 1.19 whip, .226 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Frank Smith, Chicago (N)
20-10, 0 sv, 2.51 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 319.0 ip, 265 ha, 124 r, 89 er, 2 hr, 97 bb, 144 k, 1.13 whip, .224 oavg

AL Rookie of the Year Award
Russ Ford, New York (A)
19-17, 0 sv, 2.59 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 309.1 ip, 277 ha, 125 r, 89 er, 6 hr, 104 bb, 189 k, 1.23 whip, .236 oavg

NL Rookie of the Year Award
Doc Miller, Chicago (N)
147 g, 601 ab, 90 r, 180 h, 33 2b, 10 3b, 4 hr, 89 rbi, 245 tb, 42 bb, 46 k, 19 sb, 18 cs, .300 avg, .345 obp, .408 slg

Milestones & Achievements
5/06 - Hit number 2500 for Nap Lajoie
7/26 - Christy Mathewson claims 200th victory

MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Average: .377 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A)
Hits: 229 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A)
Triples: 25 - Frank Baker, Philadelphia (A)

Pitching
Saves: 12 - Grover Lowdermilk, St.Louis (N)

AL Records Set or Tied
Average: .377 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A)
Hits: 229 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A)
Triples: 25 - Frank Baker, Philadelphia (A)

Pitching
Saves: 11 - Elmer Steele, Boston (A)

NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
RBI: 105 - Larry Doyle, New York (N)
Bases on Balls: 137 - Miller Huggins, Philadelphia (N)

Pitching
Saves: 12 - Grover Lowdermilk, St.Louis (N)

Trades
7/26 - Chicago (A) gets ss Heinie Wagner (29 yrs old, .238-1-42-8), Chicago (N) gets rf Danny Hoffman (30 yrs old, .271-1-32-11)

Major Free Agents
Ty Cobb, cf
Sam Crawford, rf
Fred Clarke, lf
Sherry Magee, lf
Orval Overall, sp
Al Bridwell, ss
Harry Woolverton, 3b
Rube Oldring, cf
Kid Elberfeld, 2b
Mike Mowrey, 3b
Frank LaPorte, 2b
John Hummel, 2b
Eddie Grant, 3b

PhillieFever · 02-26-2010, 04:44 AM

Rather than "Home Run", mybe Frank Baker should change his name to "Triple"!

Johnny Canuck · 02-26-2010, 11:16 PM

Huzzah for the Tigers!

Boo for Cobb likely leaving.

captaincarl · 02-27-2010, 11:25 AM

Unfortunately, this file got corrupt and this will not continue. I'll probably try again so thanks for following along and I hope you follow along on my next try.

Johnny Canuck · 02-27-2010, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captaincarl

Unfortunately, this file got corrupt and this will not continue. I'll probably try again so thanks for following along and I hope you follow along on my next try.

Too bad about this one - at least my Tigers go out on top!

Best of luck with the next one.

02-16-2010, 03:12 PM	#61 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	1908 Awards & Happenings AL Outstanding Hitter Ty Cobb, Detroit 148 g, 589 ab, 79 r, 204 h, 37 2b, 13 3b, 9 hr, 84 rbi, 294 tb, 41 bb, 46 k, 52 sb, 33 cs, .346 avg, .389 obp, .499 slg NL Outstanding Hitter Sherry Magee, Philadelphia (N) 150 g, 583 ab, 87 r, 189 h, 30 2b, 22 3b, 8 hr, 73 rbi, 287 tb, 53 bb, 49 k, 54 sb, 30 cs, .324 avg, .385 obp, .492 slg AL Outstanding Pitcher Elmer Steele, Boston (A) 23-14, 0 sv, 1.90 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 336.0 ip, 256 ha, 102 r, 71 er, 5 hr, 48 bb, 140 k, 0.90 whip, .212 oavg NL Outstanding Pitcher Red Ames, New York (N) 27-10, 0 sv, 1.79 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 322.2 ip, 240 ha, 97 r, 64 er, 1 hr, 86 bb, 250 k, 1.01 whip, .204 oavg AL Rookie of the Year Elmer Steele, Boston (A) 23-14, 0 sv, 1.90 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 336.0 ip, 256 ha, 102 r, 71 er, 5 hr, 48 bb, 140 k, 0.90 whip, .212 oavg NL Rookie of the Year Doc Crandall, New York (N) 24-8, 0 sv, 2.04 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 304.0 ip, 267 ha, 102 r, 69 er, 5 hr, 66 bb, 123 k, 1.10 whip, .233 oavg Milestones & Achievements 4/21 - 200 wins for Jesse Tannehill 5/06 - Nig Clarke on fire, goes 6-6 5/29 - Barney Pelty fires no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 7th in history. 6/03 - Cy Morgan hurls no-no. This is the second no-hitter thrown this season and the 8th in history. 6/29 - Honus Wagner gets 2000th hit 8/10 - George Mullin twirls no-hitter. This is the third no-hitter thrown this season, a MLB season record, and the 9th in history. 9/26 - Jack Powell gets 200th win 9/26 - 200 victories for Deacon Phillippe Trades 7/29 - Philadelphia (N) gets sp Cy Falkenberg (27 yrs old, 11-13, 0 sv, 2.68 era, 93 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Wally Clement (27 yrs old, .123-1-11-2) 7/29 - Washington gets sp Glenn Liebhardt (25 yrs old, 16-13, 0 sv, 2.32 era, 158 k), Cleveland gets 3b Dave Altizer (31 yrs old, .260-0-44-45) MLB Records Set or Tied none AL Records Set or Tied none NL Records Set or Tied Pitching Wins: 27 -- Red Ames, New York (N) Major Free Agents Johnny Evers, 2b Mike Donlin, lf Joe Tinker, ss Nixey Callahan, 3b Addie Joss, sp Charlie Hemphill, cf Topsy Hartsel, lf Cy Young, sp Last edited by captaincarl; 02-20-2010 at 03:25 PM.

02-20-2010, 03:23 PM	#62 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	1908-09 Winter Announcements Philadelphia (A) - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Shibe Park. Pittsburgh - Announced that they are moving into a new ballpark. The ballpark will be named Forbes Field. Free Agency Johnny Evers, 2b - Signed a 4-year, $174,000 contract with Boston (A) Mike Donlin, lf - Signed a 4-year, $184,920 contract with New York (N) Joe Tinker, ss - Signed a 4-year, $106,388 contract with Chicago (N) Nixey Callahan, 3b - Signed a 3-year, $49,780 contract with Chicago (A) Addie Joss, sp - Signed a 5-year, $158,100 contract with New York (A) Charlie Hemphill, cf - Signed a 4-year, $117,680 contract with Philadelphia (N) Topsy Hartsel, lf - Signed a 3-year, $121,460 contract with Cincinnati Cy Young, sp - Signed a 1-year, $17,450 contract with New York (A) Trades 10/18 - Cleveland gets lf Bill Hinchman (25 yrs old, .246-0-21-3) and rf Tom Daley (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets c Paddy Livingston (28 yrs old, .215-0-5-0) 10/28 - Boston (A) gets 1b Hal Chase (25 yrs old, .259-0-11-6), New York (A) gets 3b Harry Lord (26 yrs old, .309-0-40-11) 12/02 - Cleveland gets sp Harry Ables (25 yrs old, 15-18, 0 sv, 3.12 era, 152 k), St.Louis (A) gets 3b Dave Altizer (31 yrs old, .260-0-44-45) 12/03 - Cleveland gets cf Fred Osborn (25 yrs old, .238-2-41-23), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b Bill Shipke (26 yrs old, .216-1-43-40) 12/31 - Boston (N) gets c Peaches Graham (31 yrs old, .184-0-11-2), Cleveland gets sp Sam Frock (26 yrs old, 15-20, 0 sv, 3.09 era, 111 k) Major Retirements c Frank Bowerman, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .259 with 3 homers, 53 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 109 games. .234 avg, 1043 g, 3382 ab, 318 r, 791 h, 10 hr, 355 rbi, 86 sb, .296 slg 1b Dan McGuire, age 45 - 24 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .336 with 10 homers, 97 RBI and 16 stolen bases in 132 games. .275 avg, 1904 g, 6265 ab, 807 r, 1725 h, 43 hr, 827 rbi, 119 sb, .366 slg 1b John Anderson, age 34 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he batted .305 with 9 homers, 71 RBI and 18 stolen bases in 110 games. .291 avg, 1749 g, 6691 ab, 941 r, 1944 h, 47 hr, 947 rbi, 328 sb, .403 slg cf Jimmy Barrett, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he batted .317 with 2 homers, 56 rbi and 44 stolen bases in 132 games. .291 avg, 1107 g, 3564 ab, 575 r, 1037 h, 12 hr, 377 rbi, 235 sb, .361 slg lf Shad Barry, age 29 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he batted .260 with 1 homer, 37 rbi and 9 stolen bases in 81 games. .245 avg, 1059 g, 3465 ab, 418 r, 848 h, 7 hr, 282 rbi, 129 sb, .304 slg 3b Jimmy Collins, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .346 with 6 homers, 132 rbi and 14 stolen bases in 134 games. .292 avg, 1741 g, 6407 ab, 983 r, 1870 h, 65 hr, 975 rbi, 205 sb, .405 slg 1b John Ganzel, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1908 when he batted .339 with 1 homer, 10 rbi and 1 stolen base in 69 games. .253 avg, 823 g, 2052 ab, 237 r, 520 h, 16 hr, 230 rbi, 68 sb, .342 slg cf Emmet Heidrick, age 32 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .328 with 2 homers, 82 rbi and 55 stolen bases in 146 games. .278 avg, 1261 g, 4759 ab, 647 r, 1325 h, 15 hr, 518 rbi, 372 sb, .366 slg 3b Charlie Hickman, age 32 - 12 seasons. His best season was iin 1900 when he batted .313 with 9 homers, 91 rbi and 10 stolen bases in 127 games. .285 avg, 1316 g, 4964 ab, 623 r, 1414 h, 61 hr, 641 rbi, 119 sb, .409 slg lf Joe Kelley, age 36 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .365 with 10 homers, 134 rbi and 54 stolen bases in 131 games. .299 avg, 2003 g, 7065 ab, 1356 r, 2110 h, 62 hr, 1108 rbi, 478 sb, .427 slg c Ed McFarland, age 34 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .333 with 2 homers, 57 rbi and 9 stolen bases in 96 games. .277 avg, 1251 g, 4000 ab, 528 r, 1106 h, 15 hr, 500 rbi, 94 sb, .363 slg 1b Dan McGann, age 37 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .300 with 7 homers, 90 rbi and 27 stolen bases in 139 games. .277 avg, 1620 g, 6098 ab, 939 r, 1689 h, 45 hr, 723 rbi, 352 sb, .366 slg sp Joe McGinnity, age 38 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he compiled a 28-6 record with 0 saves, a 2.94 era and 93 strikeouts in 343.0 innings. 2.83 era, 191-171, 392 g, 3090.0 ip, 1033 k, 753 bb, 2 sv rf Ollie Pickering, age 39 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .323 with 7 homers, 61 rbi and 22 stolen bases in 134 games. .277 avg, 1233 g, 4040 ab, 556 r, 1119 h, 18 hr, 386 rbi, 232 sb, .346 slg c Ossee Schreckengost, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .347 with 1 homer, 42 rbi and 14 stolen bases in 117 games. .304 avg, 692 g, 2545 ab, 343 r, 773 h, 10 hr, 287 rbi, 51 sb, .380 slg cf Jimmy Slagle, age 35 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .295 with 1 homer, 64 rbi and 44 stolen bases in 151 games. .262 avg, 1295 g, 3889 ab, 510 r, 1019 h, 1 hr, 322 rbi, 206 sb, .309 slg c John Warner, age 36 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .275 with 2 homers, 51 rbi and 8 stolen bases in 110 games. .239 avg, 1413 g, 4779 ab, 526 r, 1144 h, 7 hr, 432 rbi, 129 sb, .287 slg 3b Joe Yeager, age 33 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .250 with 3 homers, 68 rbi and 21 stolen bases in 154 games. .232 avg, 966 g, 3238 ab, 326 r, 751 h, 9 hr, 316 rbi, 67 sb, .304 slg

02-21-2010, 10:46 AM	#64 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	1909 Awards & Highlights AL Outstanding Hitter Ty Cobb, Detroit 147 g, 585 ab, 95 r, 210 h, 34 2b, 17 3b, 11 hr, 97 rbi, 311 tb, 56 bb, 53 k, 49 sb, 30 cs, .359 avg, .417 obp, .532 slg NL Outstanding Hitter Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh 150 g, 600 ab, 95 r, 201 h, 34 2b, 10 3b, 2 hr, 72 rbi, 261 tb, 76 bb, 55 k, 53 sb, 33 cs, .335 avg, .409 obp, .435 slg AL Outstanding Pitcher Chief Bender, Philadelphia (A) 25-9, 0 sv, 2.26 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 319.0 ip, 262 ha, 97 r, 80 er, 3 hr, 74 bb, 200 k, 1.05 whip, .225 oavg NL Outstanding Pitcher Bob Ewing, Cincinnati 28-9, 0 sv, 2.37 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 326.2 ip, 270 ha, 112 r, 86 er, 2 hr, 79 bb, 111 k, 1.07 whip, .227 oavg AL Rookie of the Year Jack Lelivelt, Washington 148 g, 532 ab, 71 r, 175 h, 31 2b, 10 3b, 1 hr, 58 rbi, 229 tb, 60 bb, 49 k, 23 sb, 16 cs, .329 avg, .395 obp, .430 slg NL Rookie of the Year Babe Adams, St.Louis (N) + Pittsburgh 23-9, 0 sv, 2.41 era, 36 g, 36 gs, 302.0 ip, 251 ha, 94 r, 81 er, 4 hr, 83 bb, 158 k, 1.11 whip, .227 oavg Milestones & Achievements 4/28 - Fred Clarke reaches 2500 hits 5/31 - Rube Waddell gets 200th win 6/09 - Jack Coombs strikes out 15 7/05 - Rube Waddell fires no-hitter. This was the first no-hitter of the season and the 10th one in history. 8/04 - Fred Tenney gets 2000th hit 9/23 - 450 wins for Cy Young MLB Records Set or Tied Pitching Walks: 166 - Earl Moore, Chicago (N) AL Records Set or Tied none NL Records Set or Tied Pitching Wins: 28 - Bob Ewing, Cincinnati Losses: 27 - Fred Beebe, Chicago (N) Saves: 9 - Chick Brandom, Pittsburgh Walks: 166 - Earl Moore, Chicago (N) Trades 7/26 - Pittsburgh gets sp Babe Adams (27 yrs old, 23-9, 0 sv, 2.41 era, 158 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Paddy O'Connor (29 yrs old, .264-1-22-4) 7/26 - Cincinnati gets cl Burt Keeley (29 yrs old, 0-7, 3 sv, 2.28 era, 20 k), Washington gets 1b Harry Wolter (25 yrs old, .303-2-51-49) and 1b Doc Johnston (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) Major Free Agents Sherry Magee, lf Solly Hofman, 1b Ed Walsh, sp Frank Schulte, rf Jake Stahl, 1b Chief Bender, sp Danny Murphy, rf Doc Gessler, rf Mordecai Brown, sp Frank Chance, 1b Art Devlin, 3b Miller Huggins, 2b Fred Clarke, lf Jimmy Sheckard, lf Germany Schaefer, 2b Moose McCormick, lf Fielder Jones, cf Cy Young, sp John Titus, rf Red Ames, sp

02-21-2010, 03:12 PM	#65 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	1909-10 Winter Announcements Chicago (A) - Announced that they will be opening up a new ballpark. The name of the ballpark will be Comiskey Park. Free Agency Sherry Magee, lf - Signed a 1-year, $20,100 contract with St.Louis (A) Solly Hofman, 1b - Signed a 4-year, $162,300 contract with St.Louis (A) Ed Walsh, sp - Signed a 5-year, $191,730 contract with St.Louis (A) Frank Schulte, rf - Signed a 5-year, $132,050 contract with Brooklyn Jake Stahl, 1b - Signed a 5-year, $104,260 contract with Philadelphia (N) Chief Bender, sp - Signed a 3-year, $105,669 contract with Chicago (A) Danny Murphy, rf - Signed a 4-year, $85,160 contract with Boston (A) Doc Gessler, rf - Signed a 3-year, $130,440 contract with Brooklyn Mordecai Brown, sp - Signed a 4-year, $134,960 contract with New York (N) Frank Chance, 1b - Signed a 3-year, $22,350 contract with Chicago (N) Art Devlin, 3b - Signed a 4-year, $155,880 contract with New York (N) Miller Huggins, 2b - Signed a 5-year, $106,850 contract with Philadelphia (N) Fred Clarke, lf - Signed a 1-year, $11,430 contract with Detroit Jimmy Sheckard, lf - Signed a 2-year, $41,120 contract with Pittsburgh Germany Schaefer, 2b - Signed a 3-year, $36,450 contract with Boston (N) Moose McCormick, lf - Signed a 5-year, $186,350 contract with Detroit Fielder Jones, cf - Signed a 2-year, $76,180 contract with Chicago (A) Cy Young, sp - Signed a 1-year, $20,160 contract with Washington John Titus, rf - Signed a 3-year, $27,660 contract with Washington Red Ames, sp - Signed a 5-year, $88,100 contract with Chicago (N) Trades 10/21 - Brooklyn gets c Nig Clarke (26 yrs old, .258-1-48-10), Cleveland gets 2b John Hummel (26 yrs old, .258-2-55-17) 10/29 - Chicago (A) gets c Peaches Graham (32 yrs old, .215-1-67-8), Boston (N) gets 3b Harry Steinfeldt (32 yrs old, .226-1-51-12) 10/29 - Boston (A) gets 3b Jap Barbeau (27 yrs old, .255-1-69-23), Cleveland gets cf Dode Paskert (28 yrs old, .306-0-35-22) 11/02 - Philadelphia (A) gets cl Irv Young (32 yrs old, 2-6, 0 sv, 3.46 era, 20 k), Brooklyn gets c Syd Smith (26 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) 12/04 - New York (A) gets mr Rube Dessau (26 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0 k), Boston (N) gets 3b Jimmy Austin (29 yrs old, .241-0-44-16) Major Retirements sp Jack Chesbro, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 26-13 record with 0 saves, a 1.88 era and 184 strikeouts in 336.0 innings. 2.82 era, 175-175, 373 g, 2942.2 ip, 1289 k, 797 bb, 1 sv 1b George Davis, age 39 - 20 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .352 with 8 homers, 91 RBI and 40 stolen bases in 122 games. .298 avg, 2477 g, 9157 ab, 1556 r, 2728 h, 72 hr, 1399 rbi, 599 sb, .408 slg sp Bill Dinneen, age 33 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 20-14 record with 0 saves, a 2.83 era and 149 strikeouts in 279.2 innings. 3.23 era, 136-177, 364 g, 2781.2 ip, 1080 k, 806 bb, 1 sv sp Chick Fraser, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 17-15 record with 0 saves, a 1.92 era and 132 strikeouts in 304.2 innings. 3.52 era, 148-193, 395 g, 3072.0 ip, 1004 k, 1245 bb, 1 sv 1b Frank Isbell, age 34 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1905 when he batted .295 with 1 homer, 70 RBI and 56 stolen bases in 148 games. .260 avg, 1257 g, 4557 ab, 561 r, 1187 h, 11 hr, 473 rbi, 288 sb, 337 slg mr Doc Newton, age 31 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a 17-13 record with 0 saves, a 2.55 ERA and 137 strikeouts in 275.2 innings. 3.21 era, 58-71, 198 g, 1145.2 ip, 517 k, 435 bb, 8 sv sp Al Orth, age 37 - 15 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season ws in 1902 when he compiled a 21-11 record with 0 saves, a 2.30 era and 87 strikeouts in 289.1 innings. 3.01 era, 215-167, 428 g, 3356.1 ip, 974 k, 716 bb, 5 sv 2b Claude Ritchey, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .300 with 4 homers, 71 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 147 games. .272 avg, 1580 g, 5514 ab, 701 r, 1498 h, 19 hr, 575 rbi, 185 sb, .337 slg 2b Jimmy Williams, age 32 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .355 with 9 homers, 116 RBI and 26 stolen bases in 152 games. .273 avg, 1462 g, 5324 ab, 747 r, 1452 h, 35 hr, 721 rbi, 221 sb, .374 slg

02-21-2010, 03:13 PM	#67 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	Hall of Fame Class of 1909 Al Orth, pitcher Code: ERA W L PCT G IP SO BB SV* 3.01 215 167 .563 428 3356.1 974 716 5

02-21-2010, 03:13 PM	#66 (permalink)
PhillieFever Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Philly Posts: 5,848 Thanks: 356 Thanked 289x in 252 posts	This game never fails to amaze me. Al Orth, a pitcher for most of his career, rides out the string as a backup fielder, gets a chance to pinch hit in the 9th inning of the 7th game of the World Series. What does he do? Slam a game and series winning homer, giving the A's their first World Series title. Following that he circles the bases for the final tim in his career, as he retires into the sunset. Good Stuff.

02-26-2010, 03:37 AM	#70 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	1910 - Year In Review U.S.President William H. Taft opened the 1910 baseball season by throwing out the first ball. His actions served to mark baseball as the "official" national pastime. The people in attendence, including Vice President James Sherman, saw Senators' pitcher Walter Johnson beat the defending AL champion Philadelphia Athletics. It was an aberation, however, as the Senators had trouble winning the rest of the way and ended in a tie for fifth place, 17 games behind. Philadelphia recovered from the loss but despite the effort of Triple Crown winning, as well as AL Outstanding Hitter Award winning, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (.377-8-106), the Athletics couldn't get any closer than 4.5 games and wound up in fourth place, 9 games back. Three-time champion Detroit took off from start to finish as they held a 3.5 game lead over the Boston Red Sox on Labor Day and clinched their 4th pennant with a half-week remaining. The Tigers were again led at the plate by Ty Cobb (.350 BA, 94 RBI, 54 SB) and on the mound by Eddie Cicotte (21 wins). The Boston Red Sox finished the season 7 games behind the Tigers thanks to the strong pitching of "Smokey" Joe Wood (AL leading 23 wins & 236 strikeouts), the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award winner. The New York Yankees ended up in third place thanks to the arm of pitcher Russ Ford (2.59 ERA, 2nd in AL). After a two-year absence, the Pittsburgh Pirates returned to the top of the National League standings as they completely dominated the league, clinching the pennant with two weeks remaining, as they finished 15 games ahead and won a record 103 games. Pittsburgh was led at the plate by the NL's Outstanding Hitter Award winner, Honus Wagner (.327-6-77) and on the mound by Nick Maddox (2.18 ERA) and Howie Camnitz (NL leading 23 wins). The Chicago Cubs finished in second place, 15 games behind, thanks to the hitting of Vin Campbell (NL leading .332 BA) and the NL Rookie of the Year Award winner, Doc Miller (.300-4-89) plus the pitching of Rip Hagerman (MLB leading 1.89 ERA) and Frank Smith (20-10, 2.51 ERA, 144 strikeouts), who was awarded the senior circuit's Outstanding Pitcher Award. The New York Giants ended in third place, 19 games behind, thanks to the effort at the plate by Larry Doyle (NL leading 9 HR & 105 RBI) and the arm of Louis Drucke (21 wins, 194 strikeouts). The World Series marked the first meeting of two of the Major League's best hitters, Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner, as it opened at Forbes Field. Detroit won the opening game, 5-1, behind the pitching of Ed Summers, then the Pirates took control as they swept the next four games to win the world's championship, four games to one. During the series, Ty Cobb bested Honus Wagner as he batted .454 to Wagner's .188. Code: American League W L PCT GB National League W L PCT GB Detroit 91 63 .591 -- Pittsburgh 103 51 .669 -- Boston 84 70 .545 7 Chicago 88 66 .571 15 New York 83 71 .539 8 New York 84 70 .545 19 Philadelphia 82 72 .532 9 Cincinnati 77 77 .500 26 Chicago 74 80 .481 17 Philadelphia 74 80 .481 29 Washington 74 80 .481 17 St.Louis 71 83 .461 32 St.Louis 68 86 .442 23 Boston 61 93 .396 42 Cleveland 60 94 .390 31 Brooklyn 58 96 .377 45 Batting AVG AVG Batting AVG AVG J.Jackson, PHI .377 V.Campbell, CHI .332 T.Cobb, DET .350 H.Wagner, PIT .327 E.Collins, PHI .342 F.Schulte, BRO .323 Homeruns HR Homeruns HR J.Jackson, PHI 8 L.Doyle, NY 9 T.Jordan, WAS 7 F.Schulte, BRO 8 S.Magee, STL 7 F.Beck, BOS 7 Runs Batted In RBI Runs Batted In RBI J.Jackson, PHI 106 L.Doyle, NY 105 M.McCormick, DET 102 J.Stahl, PHI 97 T.Cobb, DET 94 M.Mitchell, CIN 94 Stolen Bases SB Stolen Bases SB T.Cobb, DET 54 L.Doyle, NY 63 H.Lord, NY 52 H.Lobert, PIT 63 E.Collins, PHI 49 M.Huggins, PHI 57 Earned Run Average ERA Earned Run Average ERA E.Walsh, STL 2.16 R.Hagerman, CHI 1.89 R.Ford, NY 2.59 N.Maddox, PIT 2.18 W.Johnson, WAS 2.62 F.Smith, CHI 2.51 Wins W Wins W J.Wood, BOS 23 H.Camnitz, PIT 23 E.Cicotte, DET 21 L.Drucke, NY 21 W.Johnson, WAS 21 C.Mathewson, BRO 21 Saves SV Saves SV E.Steele, BOS 11 G.Lowdermilk, STL 12 C.Young, WAS 10 A.Carson, CHI 11 T.Atkins, PHI 8 D.Phillippe, PIT 11 Strikeouts SO Strikeouts SO J.Wood, BOS 236 T.Hughes, STL 207 E.Walsh, STL 222 L.Drucke, NY 194 W.Johnson, WAS 190 R.Ames, CHI 190 1910 World Series Game #1 Detroit 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 5 8 1 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 8 1 E.Summers and F.Payne E.Karger, N.Maddox (9) and J.Kling WP - E.Summers (1-0) LP - E.Karger (0-1) HR - none Game #2 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 x - 7 9 0 E.Willett, J.Rowan (5) and F.Payne L.Leifield, C.Brandom (9) and J.Kling WP - Leifield (1-0) LP - E.Willett (0-1) HR - none Game #3 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 B.Adams and J.Kling, E.Phelps (9) G.Suggs and T.Erwin WP - B.Adams (1-0) LP - G.Suggs (0-1) HR - none Game #4 Pittsburgh 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 7 1 Detroit 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 5 11 1 H.Camnitz, C.Brandom (9) and J.Kling, E.Phelps (11) E.Cicotte, J.Rowan (6), B.Raymond (10) and T.Erwin WP - C.Brandom (1-0) LP - B.Raymond (0-1) HR - PIT: H.Lobert (1) Game #5 Pittsburgh 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 - 8 16 0 Detroit 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 - 6 13 2 E.Karger, N.Maddox (7) and J.Kling, E.Phelps (9) E.Summers, F.Corridon (7), J.Rowan (9) and F.Payne WP - E.Karger (1-1) LP - E.Summers (1-1) SV - N.Maddox (1) HR - none

02-26-2010, 03:54 AM	#71 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	1910 Awards & Happenings AL Outstanding Hitter Award Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A) 149 gm 608 ab, 107 r, 229 h, 39 2b, 18 3b, 8 hr, 106 rbi, 328 tb, 77 bb, 51 k, 37 sb, 22 cs, .377 avg, .445 obp, .539 slg NL Outstanding Hitter Award Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh 150 g, 602 ab, 107 r, 197 h, 34 2b, 10 3b, 6 hr, 77 rbi, 269 tb, 69 bb, 48 k, 24 sb, 9 cs, .327 avg, .397 obp, .447 slg AL Outstanding Pitcher Award Joe Wood, Boston (A) 23-14, 0 sv, 2.63 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 311.1 ip, 263 ha, 130 r, 91 er, 5 hr, 106 bb, 236 k, 1.19 whip, .226 oavg NL Outstanding Pitcher Award Frank Smith, Chicago (N) 20-10, 0 sv, 2.51 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 319.0 ip, 265 ha, 124 r, 89 er, 2 hr, 97 bb, 144 k, 1.13 whip, .224 oavg AL Rookie of the Year Award Russ Ford, New York (A) 19-17, 0 sv, 2.59 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 309.1 ip, 277 ha, 125 r, 89 er, 6 hr, 104 bb, 189 k, 1.23 whip, .236 oavg NL Rookie of the Year Award Doc Miller, Chicago (N) 147 g, 601 ab, 90 r, 180 h, 33 2b, 10 3b, 4 hr, 89 rbi, 245 tb, 42 bb, 46 k, 19 sb, 18 cs, .300 avg, .345 obp, .408 slg Milestones & Achievements 5/06 - Hit number 2500 for Nap Lajoie 7/26 - Christy Mathewson claims 200th victory MLB Records Set or Tied Batting Average: .377 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A) Hits: 229 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A) Triples: 25 - Frank Baker, Philadelphia (A) Pitching Saves: 12 - Grover Lowdermilk, St.Louis (N) AL Records Set or Tied Average: .377 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A) Hits: 229 - Joe Jackson, Philadelphia (A) Triples: 25 - Frank Baker, Philadelphia (A) Pitching Saves: 11 - Elmer Steele, Boston (A) NL Records Set or Tied Batting RBI: 105 - Larry Doyle, New York (N) Bases on Balls: 137 - Miller Huggins, Philadelphia (N) Pitching Saves: 12 - Grover Lowdermilk, St.Louis (N) Trades 7/26 - Chicago (A) gets ss Heinie Wagner (29 yrs old, .238-1-42-8), Chicago (N) gets rf Danny Hoffman (30 yrs old, .271-1-32-11) Major Free Agents Ty Cobb, cf Sam Crawford, rf Fred Clarke, lf Sherry Magee, lf Orval Overall, sp Al Bridwell, ss Harry Woolverton, 3b Rube Oldring, cf Kid Elberfeld, 2b Mike Mowrey, 3b Frank LaPorte, 2b John Hummel, 2b Eddie Grant, 3b

02-26-2010, 04:44 AM	#72 (permalink)
PhillieFever Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Philly Posts: 5,848 Thanks: 356 Thanked 289x in 252 posts	Rather than "Home Run", mybe Frank Baker should change his name to "Triple"!

02-26-2010, 11:16 PM	#73 (permalink)
Johnny Canuck Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 88 Thanks: 6 Thanked 37x in 24 posts	Huzzah for the Tigers! Boo for Cobb likely leaving.

02-27-2010, 11:25 AM	#74 (permalink)
captaincarl Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Barrington, RI Posts: 3,944 Thanks: 224 Thanked 97x in 90 posts	Unfortunately, this file got corrupt and this will not continue. I'll probably try again so thanks for following along and I hope you follow along on my next try.

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