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Old 12-18-2012, 10:00 PM   #59
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1909 Season - Part 3

Patrick Hutt Milwaukee Brewers (NL) Age 23 Pos 2B
Statistics G AB H HR RBI Avg SB
1909 totals 147 534 125 6 63 .234 22
Career totals 436 1621 403 32 211 .249 62

Hutt slumps just a bit for the 2nd place Brewers and continues to have trouble making contact, leading the NL in strikeouts with an eye popping 153. With those numbers one would think every at bat was against O'Rourke. If Hutt can cut down on the whiffs, he will bolster an already potent Milwaukee offense and help 24 game winner Ed Walsh add even more wins to his total.

Notes:
  • 06/16/09 - Injured hamstring tendinitis, out 1 week
  • Fun fact - Hutt was lethal with a 3-1 count going 6 for 7 (.857) and drawing 27 walks

Frank Justice Seattle Rainiers (PCL) Age 23 Pos 1B
Statistics G AB H HR RBI Avg SB
1909 totals 99 328 129 4 37 .393 9
Career totals 620 2112 722 46 284 .342 30

Big Frank helped lead Seattle to their first ever PCL pennant as the Rainiers finished 84-56, 6 games up on Vernon. Unfortunately chronic back pain limited him to just 99 games, but the sweet swing was still there as he narrowly missed his second .400 season. At the age of 23 Justice has decided to explore opportunites outside of Seattle and hopes to land on a Major League roster in 1910.

Notes:
  • 04/29/09 - Injured chronic back soreness, out 4 weeks
  • 07/01/09 - Wins PCL batter of the month award
  • 08/01/09 - Wins PCL batter of the month award
  • 08/21/09 - Injured sprained knee, out 1 week
  • 09/22/09 - Wins PCL Silver Slugger award for 1909
  • 09/29/09 - Announces his intention to shop his services around to the highest bidder for 1910

William Omark St Louis Browns (NL) Age 23 Pos 3B
Statistics G AB H HR RBI Avg SB
1909 totals 148 531 137 3 45 .258 66
Career totals 659 2340 528 12 188 .226 219

The Staten Island flash continues to run wild in 1909 once again leading the league in steals and accumulating a league high 117 walks as well, giving him an OPB of .394. His heroics help the 4th place Browns lead the NL in steals as a team with 207, but they also only manage to swat 13 home runs as a team!

Notes:
  • 03/09/09 - Injured sore knee, out for 1 week
  • Fun fact - Omark adds a dubious honor to his resume as well, as he is caught stealing 77 times, a new major league record
Lester Wood Midland Dusters (TL) Age 21 Pos P
Statistics G W L SV ERA K BB
1909 totals 12 5 1 2 2.01 28 19
Career totals 22 6 5 2 2.60 28 19

Lester found Midland more to his liking as he logged a career high 49.1 innings in his third pro season, but still does not have a permanent role as started 4 games for the Dusters and appeared in relief in 8. Midland finished 3rd in the Texas League at 69-51, just 3 games back of Sweetwater, as Wood looks toward a more prominent role in 1910.

Notes:
  • 09/28/09 - Received a 1 year contract renewal worth $750
  • Fun fact - If pitching does not work out Wood may have a place in the field as he hit .389 for Midland in 18 at bats
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