(Somewhat) History of Modern Baseball, 1901-??? --- OOTP12

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1909 - Year In Review

After winning two of the last three National League pennants, the Chicago Cubs entered the season looking for their third title. The Cubs got off to a slow start out of the gate, falling to 5 games behind on July 1st, they stayed close to the New York Giants then got red hot as Labor Day rolled around and caught the Giants with 10 games to go. Chicago took a 1/2 game lead then managed to stretch it to 1.5 games before clinching the title on the last day of the season. Three Finger Brown (25-12, 2.01), the NL's Outstanding Pitcher, and Orval Overall (20-9, 1.61) formed the heart of the hill staff that led to Cubs back to the NL title. Helping out on the offensive end were Johnny Evers (.295-2-74) and Wildfire Schulte (.264-5-70). While Chicago played great ball the last month plus to come from behind, the New York Giants were consistent winners all year, starting fast and building a 5 game lead then leading by 6 games heading into September, but faded down the stretch to end up in second place, 2 games behind. Moose McCormick (.271-4-78) and Larry Doyle (.283-1-66) were the leaders at the plate with Christy Mathewson (23-10, 1.60) and Bugs Raymond (22-8, 1.82) were the leaders on the mound staff, which included the NL's Outstanding Newcomer, Rube Marquard (11-7, 1 sv, 1.97). The Pittsburgh Pirates, led at the plate by the NL's Outstanding Hitter, Honus Wagner (.321-1-57) and on the mound by Howie Camnitz (19-12, 1.63) and Vic Willis (17-14, 1.31), finished the season in third place, 5.5 games behind.

As the Cubs came back to halt the Giants from winning an unprecedented fourth NL title, the Detroit Tigers took the lead by 3.5 games after April and never looked back as they halted the Naps pennant streak and won their first American League pennant by 5.5 games. Flashing the strong claws and teeth of the hitting attack was the AL's Outstanding Hitter, Ty Cobb (.328-2-69) and Sam Crawford (.273-3-75) with help from Marty McIntyre (.270-1-59). George Mullin (23-10, 1.77) and Ed Willett (20-11, 1.64) were the stars on the hill. The Boston Red Sox fell as far back as 14.5 games on September 1st then came on strong to end the season in second place, 5.5 games behind the Tigers. Tris Speaker (.283-8-70) and Harry Wolter (.270-6-68) were the stars at the plate and the Red Sox mound staff was led by the junior circuit's Outstanding Newcomer, Smokey Joe Wood (20-14, 5 sv, 1.41) and Frank Arellanes (15-9, 1.65). The AL's Outstanding Pitcher, Chief Bender (27-7, 2 sv, 1.08) led the Philadelphia Athletics to a third place finish, .001 behind the Red Sox. Leading the Mackmen's attack was "Home Run" Baker (.307-3-80) and Danny Murphy (.257-4-67).

The Series went the distance with six of the seven games being decided by 2 runs or less. The Cubs jumped out to a 2-0 game lead before heading to Detroit where the Tigers swept the next three games. Back home at West Side Park, the Cubs tied the Series at 3 games apiece as Ed Reulbach hurled a 2-0 shutout. In the deciding final game, George Mullin out dueled Three Finger Brown as Detroit won, 4-3, in 12 innings to win their first world's championship.

American League     W   L   PCT  GB     National League     W   L   PCT  GB
Detroit            96  56  .632  --     Chicago            97  56  .634  --
Boston             90  61  .596   5.5   New York           95  58  .621   2
Philadelphia       91  62  .595   5.5   Pittsburgh         91  61  .599   5.5
Cleveland          82  71  .536  14.5   Philadelphia       84  69  .549  13
Washington         76  76  .500  20     Cincinnati         71  82  .464  26
St.Louis           61  89  .407  34     Boston             61  92  .399  36
Chicago            60  92  .395  36     St.Louis           59  93  .388  37.5
New York           51 100  .338  44.5   Brooklyn           53 100  .346  44



Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
T.Cobb, DET          .328               H.Wagner, PIT        .321
F.Baker, PHI         .307               A.Bridwell, NY       .307
N.Lajoie, CLE        .303               M.Mitchell, CIN      .300

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
T.Speaker, BOS          8               H.Lobert, CIN           8
H.Wolter, BOS           6               R.Murray, NY            7
N.Lajoie, CLE           5               M.Mitchell, CIN         6

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
F.Baker, PHI           80               K.Bransfield, PHI      93
C.Rossman, DET         78               J.Tinker, CHI          88
S.Crawford, DET        75               T.Leach, PIT           81

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
E.Collins, PHI         45               B.Bescher, CIN         65
T.Hartsel, PHI         44               H.Lobert, CIN          50
T.Speaker, BOS         44               A.Burch, BRO           47

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
C.Bender, PHI        1.08               V.Willis, PIT        1.31
J.Wood, BOS          1.41               C.Mathewson, NY      1.60
J.Coombs, PHI        1.47               O.Overall, CHI       1.61


Wins                    W               Wins                    W
C.Bender, PHI          27               M.Brown, CHI           25
G.Mullin, DET          23               C.Mathewson, NY        23
C.Young, CLE           21               E.Moore, PHI           23

Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
R.Collins, BOS         10               C.Brandom, PIT          9
R.Ford, NY              9               T.Tuckey, BOS           6
B.Lelivelt, DET         6               J.Boultes, BOS          5

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
W.Johnson, WAS        248               E.Moore, PHI          229
C.Bender, PHI         231               N****cker, BRO         228
R.Waddell, STL        195               O.Overall, CHI        213

Postseason

1909 World Series

Game #1
Detroit           2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
Chicago (N)       0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 3
WP - M.Brown (1-0)
LP - G.Mullin (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Detroit           0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 x - 3
WP - O.Overall (1-0)
LP - E.Summers (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
Detroit           0 2 1 2 0 3 0 3 x -11
WP - E.Willett (1-0)
LP - E.Reulbach (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2
Detroit           0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3
WP - G.Mullin (1-1)
LP - M.Brown (1-1)
HR - none


Game #5
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Detroit           0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2
WP - E.Summers (1-1)
LP - O.Overall (1-1)
HR - none


Game #6
Detroit           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Chicago (N)       0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 x - 2
WP - E.Reulbach (1-1)
LP - E.Willitt (1-1)
HR - CHI: J.Tinker (1)


Game #7
Detroit           0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 4
Chicago (N)       0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3
WP - G.Mullin (2-1)
LP - M.Brown (1-2)
HR - DET: T.Cobb (1)

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AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Ty Cobb, Detroit
152 g, 588 ab, 99 r, 193 h, 39 2b, 22 3b, 2 hr, 69 rbi, 74 bb, 60 k, 40 sb, 31 cs, .328 avg, .404 obp, .480 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh
152 g, 591 ab, 73 r, 190 h, 35 2b, 30 3b, 1 hr, 57 rbi, 83 bb, 66 k, 28 sb, 26 cs, .321 avg, .403 obp, .453 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Chief Bender, Philadelphia (A)
27-7, 2 sv, 1.08 era, 38 g, 33 gs, 316.1 ip, 209 ha, 38 er, 1 hr, 50 bb, 231 k, 0.82 whip, .186 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Mordecai Brown, Chicago (N)
25-12, 1 sv, 2.01 era, 41 g, 37 gs, 340.2 ip, 268 ha, 76 er, 5 hr, 68 bb, 164 k, 0.99 whip, .219 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Joe Wood, Boston (A)
20-14, 5 sv, 1.41 era, 48 g, 22 gs, 261.2 ip, 219 ha, 41 er, 1 hr, 61 bb, 171 k, 1.07 whip, .230 oavg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Rube Marquard, New York (N)
11-7, 1 sv, 1.97 era, 24 g, 21 gs, 201.0 ip, 157 ha, 44 er, 1 hr, 79 bb, 135 k, 1.17 whip, .220 oavg



Milestones & Achievements
5/31 - Chief Bender Ks 17
6/30 - Rube Waddell hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 16th in history.
7/05 - Willie Keeler gets 3000th hit
8/05 - Bobby Wallace gets hit number 2000



Trades

5/16 - Chicago (A) gets P Bill Burns (30 yrs old, 9-13, 0 sv, 3.08 era, 77 k); Washington gets P Nick Altrock (33 yrs old, 2-5, 0 sv, 2.50 era, 3 k), rf Gavvy Cravath (29 yrs old, .202-0-11-3) and 1b Jiggs Donahue (30 yrs old, .306-0-3-2)

5/28 - Cincinnati gets cf Ward Miller (26 yrs old, .143-0-1-0); Pittsburgh gets cf Kid Durbin (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

7/16 - Boston (N) gets 2b Dave Shean (27 yrs old, .240-4-23-20), P Buster Brown (29 yrs old, 7-10, 3.22 era, 53 k) and P Lew Richie (27 yrs old, 9-12, 1 sv, 2.89 era, 45 k); Philadelphia (N) gets cf Johnny Bates (28 yrs old, .295-1-68-28) and 2b Charlie Starr (32 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

8/13 - Detroit gets 2b Jim Delahanty (30 yrs old, .265-0-69-11); Washington gets 2b Red Killefer (25 yrs old, .235-0-4-0) and 2b Germany Schaefer (33 yrs old, .301-1-51-32)

8/19 - Pittsburgh gets 3b Bobby Byrne (25 yrs old, .246-1-59-24); St.Louis (N) gets 3b Jap Barbeau (28 yrs old, .234-0-53-23) and 1b Alan Storke (26 yrs old, .284-1-19-3)

8/20 - St.Louis (A) gets 1b Claude Rossman (29 yrs old, .278-3-78-5); Detroit gets 2b Tom Jones (33 yrs old, .227-0-39-25)

8/22 - St.Louis (N) gets 3b Mike Mowrey (26 yrs old, .286-0-7-2); Cincinnati gets 2b Chappy Charles (29 yrs old, .222-0-3-1)

9/09 - Boston (A) gets p Charlie Smith (30 yrs old, 14-4, 1.74 era, 83 k); Washington gets rf Doc Gessler (29 yrs old, .261-2-53-17)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 123 - Ted Easterly, Cleveland
Stolen Bases: 65 - Bob Bescher, Cincinnati

Pitchng
Saves: 10 - Ray Collins, Boston (A)


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 123 - Ted Easterly, Cleveland

Pitching
Saves: 10 - Ray Collins, Boston (A)


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Bases on Balls: 113 - Roger Bresnahan, St.Louis (N)
Stolen Bases: 65 - Bob Bescher, Cincinnati

Pitching
Saves: 9 - Chick Brandom, Pittsburgh

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1909-10 Offseason & Preseason

Announcements

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



Trades

12/01 - Cleveland gets ss Simon Nicholls (28 yrs old, .296-0-10-1 in 1908); Philadelphia (A) gets cf Wilbur Good (24 yrs old, .238-1-35-39)

12/16 - St.Louis (A) gets p Joe Lake (30 yrs old, 7-18, 1.96, 111 k) and rf Ray Demmitt (27 yrs old, .254-2-40-27); New York (A) gets c Lou Criger (38 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

01/20 - Cincinnati gets p Frank Corridon (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00, 0 k) and p Harry Coveleski (24 yrs old, 1-0, 2.45, 1 k); Philadelphia (N) gets p Ad Brennan (23 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00, 0 k) and p Bob Ewing (37 yrs old, 13-16, 2 sv, 2.92, 117 k)

02/01 - Boston (N) gets 1b Fred Liese (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0); Chicago (N) gets cf Ginger Beaumont (33 yrs old, .232-0-26-7)

02/03 - Cincinnati gets p Fred Beebe (31 yrs old, 10-21, 2.96, 93 k) and 3b Alan Storke (26 yrs old, .284-1-19-3); St.Louis (N) gets 2b Miller Huggins (33 yrs old, .250-0-2-1), p Frank Corridon (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00, 0 k) and cf Rebel Oakes (27 yrs old, .249-1-53-27)

04/04 - Boston (N) gets 3b Buck Herzog (25 yrs old, .176-0-3-0) and lf Bill Collins (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0); New York (N) gets rf Beals Becker (24 yrs old, .260-2-58-19)

04/13 - Chicago (N) gets p Harry McIntyre (32 yrs old, 8-15, 2.77, 115 k); Brooklyn gets rf Happy Smith (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), cf Bill Davidson (23 yrs old, .500-0-0-1) and ss Tony Smith (26 yrs old, .211-0-3-0 in 1907)



Major Retirements (15+yrs or HOF)

1b George Davis, age 39 - 20 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .352 with 8 homers, 91 RBIs and 40 stolen bases in 122 games.
.302 avg, 2334 g, 8322 ab, 1446 r, 2512 h, 68 hr, 1325 rbi, 573 sb, .414 slg

p Al Orth, age 37 - 15 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1905 when he compiled a 23-13 record with a 1.95 ERA and 145 strikeouts in 336.2 innings.
2.88 era, 208-184, 440 g, 3525.2 ip, 1029 k, 773 bb, 6 sv

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Hall of Fame Class of 1909

George Davis, shortstop -- Inducted 1909

AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG
.302  2334   8322   1446  2512   68    1325    573    .414

Al Orth*, pitcher -- Inducted 1909

ERA    W      L       PCT      G         IP       SO       BB      SV
2.88  208    184     .531     440     3525.2     1029      773      6

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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 and started the trend of this political art into the 20th century. The people at the game, including Vice President James Sherman, highly approved of this unprecedented event. Washington's pitcher, Walter Johnson, responded to the turnout by shutting out the Philadelphia Athletics, 2-0. Taft's presence, unfortunately, didn't change the fortunes of the Senators as this was only an aberration as the Senators finished in 6th place.

The Philadelphia Athletics recovered from this opening day whitewash by playing championship ball the rest of the season and clinched the AL pennant, their first, with just under half a week remaining. The Mackmen were led by the hitting of Eddie Collins (.346-3-71), Frank Baker (.304-3-70) and Danny Murphy (.270-7-96). The mound staff was led by the AL's Outstanding pitcher, Chief Bender (26-6, 1.33), Cy Morgan (22-8, 1.70) and Eddie Plank (19-14, 1.77). Two-time AL champion Boston Red Sox stayed in the running until the end and finished in 2nd place. Boston's offense was led by Tris Speaker (.334-6-86) and Jake Stahl (.280-9-103) with Smokey Joe Wood (18-8, 2.14) leading the arms along with Eddie Cicotte (17-11, 2.44) and Ray Collins (17-10, 1.48). The defending world champion Detroit Tigers dropped to 3rd place and was led at the plate by the AL's Outstanding Hitter, Ty Cobb (.352-6-96) and the arms of 16-game winners Wild Bill Donovan (16-14, 2.33) and Ed Summers (16-8, 1.94).

The Chicago Cubs continued their reign over the National League as the kingpins of the senior loop. Finishing 6 games ahead of the field, the Cubs easily won their fourth pennant in five years, never leaving first after July. Frank Chance (.289-1-78), Solly Hofman (.309-2-84) and Wildfire Schulte (.247-11-99) supplied much of the drive while Three Finger Brown (23-8, 1.69) lodged his usual 20+ victories but the key development turned out to be King Cole (16-11, 2.52), who became an unexpected Outstanding Newcomer Award winner in the NL. The Giants came in second; Christy Mathewson (26-7, 1.62), the NL's Outstanding Pitcher, leading the mound staff and the senior circuit's Outstanding Hitter, Fred Snodgrass (.309-2-48), leading the offensive attack. Pittsburgh finished in 3rd place after a collapse saw them drop out of first by the end of June to third and 13 games behind by the beginning of September. Although Babe Adams (24-12, 1.80) registered 24 wins, he couldn't stop the bleeding. Tommy Leach (.299-5-61) and Fred Clarke (.276-5-59) led the Bucs' hitting attack.

Frank Chance led his Cubs into the World Series again with great confidence in his pitching staff. This confidence was rewarded as the pitchers, led by Three Finger Brown's two wins and 0.50 ERA, held the AL's Athletics to 8 runs as the Cubs swept the Series to claim their second world's championship.

American League     W   L   PCT  GB     National League     W   L   PCT  GB
Philadelphia       99  51  .660  --     Chicago           104  50  .675  --
Boston             99  54  .647   1.5   New York           98  56  .636   6
Detroit            82  72  .532  19     Pittsburgh         88  65  .575  15.5
Chicago            72  81  .471  28.5   Philadelphia       82  71  .536  21.5
Cleveland          71  81  .467  29     St.Louis           74  79  .484  29.5
Washington         68  83  .450  31.5   Cincinnati         70  84  .455  34
New York           64  87  .424  35.5   Brooklyn           53 101  .344  51
St.Louis           54 100  .351  47     Boston             45 108  .294  58.5



Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
J.Jackson,PHI+CLE    .363               S.Hofman, CHI        .309
T.Cobb, DET          .352               F.Snodgrass, NY      .309
E.Collins,PHI        .346               D.Paskert, CIN       .307

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
J.Stahl, BOS            9               F.Schulte, CHI         11
D.Lewis, BOS            8               J.Tinker, CHI          10
D.Murphy, PHI           7               J.Daubert, BRO          9

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
J.Stahl, BOS          103               F.Schulte, CHI         99
S.Crawford, DET        96               J.Bates, PHI           85
D.Murphy, PHI          96               M.Doolan, PHI          84

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
E.Collins, PHI         78               B.Bescher, CIN         78
J.Jackson, PHI+CLE     58               J.Devore, NY           54
B.Daniels, NY          56               B.Collins, BOS         53

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
C.Bender, PHI        1.33               C.Mathewson, NY      1.62
R.Collins, BOS       1.48               G.McQuillan, PHI     1.64
E.Walsh, CHI         1.59               M.Brown, CHI         1.69


Wins                    W               Wins                    W
C.Bender, PHI          26               C.Mathewson, NY        26
C.Morgan, PHI          22               B.Adams, PIT           24
W.Johnson, WAS         21               M.Brown, CHI           23

Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
A.Joss, CLE            10               J.Raleigh, STL         11
J.Wood, BOS             7               D****dolph, NY           8
A.Malloy, STL           6               N.Maddox, PIT           5

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
W.Johnson, WAS        289               E.Moore, PHI          200
E.Walsh, CHI          260               N****cker, BRO         197
J.Coombs, PHI         219               S.Frock, BOS          164

Postseason

1910 World Series

Game #1
Philadelphia (A)  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 2
WP - M.Brown (1-0)
LP - J.Coombs (0-1)
HR - CHI: S.Hofman (1)


Game #2
Philadelphia (A)  3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4
Chicago (N)       4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5
WP - E.Reulbach (1-0)
LP - C.Bender (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Chicago (N)       0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3
Philadelphia (A)  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2
WP - O.Overall (1-0)
LP - E.Plank (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
Chicago (N)       0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3
Philadelphia (A)  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
WP - M.Brown (2-0)
LP - J.Coombs (0-2)
HR - none

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AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Ty Cobb, Detroit
154 g, 631 ab, 99 r, 222 h, 31 2b, 18 3b, 6 hr, 88 rbi, 63 bb, 60 k, 54 sb, 30 cs, .352 avg, .415 obp, .487 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Fred Snodgrass, New York (N)
154 g, 579 ab, 94 r, 179 h, 28 2b, 9 3b, 2 hr, 48 rbi, 87 bb, 77 k, 38 sb, 13 cs, .309 avg, .417 obp, .399 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Chief Bender, Philadelphia (A)
26-6, 5 sv, 1.33 era, 42 g, 27 gs, 271.2 ip, 221 ha, 40 er, 1 hr, 57 bb, 175 k, 1.02 whip, .223 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
26-7, 2 sv, 1.62 era, 40 g, 35 gs, 316.2 ip, 275 ha, 57 er, 5 hr, 54 bb, 158 k, 1.04 whip, .227 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Duffy Lewis, Boston (A)
153 g, 603 ab, 74 r, 160 h, 25 2b, 13 3b, 8 hr, 82 rbi, 27 bb, 77 k, 11 sb, 8 cs, .265 avg, .301 obp, .390 slg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
King Cole, Chicago (N)
16-11, 0 sv, 2.52 era, 31 g, 29 gs, 257.1 ip, 209 ha, 72 er, 5 hr, 149 bb, 132 k, 1.39 whip, .225 oavg



Milestones and Achievements
05/26 - George Suggs hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-no this season and the 17th in history.
07/22 - Nap Lajoie gets 2500th hit
08/16 - Honus Wagner reaches 2500 hits
09/05 - Charley Hall throws no-hitter. This is the second no-hitter thrown this season and the 18th in history
09/29 - Harry McIntire fires no-hitter. This is the third no-hitter thrown this season and the 19th in history
10/01 - Fred Merkle hits for cycle. This is the first time that the cycle has been hit this season and the 6th time in history
10/06 - Tris Speaker gets 6 hits



Trades
4/28 - Boston (N) gets p Sam Frock (28 yrs old, 10-16, 2 sv, 2.78 era, 165 k) and 1b Bud Sharpe (30 yrs old, .320-0-0-0); Pittsburgh gets p Kirby White (27 yrs old, 9-11, 0 sv, 2.50 era, 41 k)

5/13 - Boston (N) gets rf Doc Miller (28 yrs old, .270-6-47-36); Chicago (N) gets p Lew Richie (28 yrs old, 8-7, 0 sv, 2.64 era, 47 k)

7/23 - Cleveland gets 3b Morrie Rath (24 yrs old, .333-0-0-0); Philadelphia (A) gets lf Bris Lord (28 yrs old, .254-4-77-30)

7/29 - Chicago (N) p Bill Foxen (32 yrs old, 5-2, 1 sv, 3.07 era, 37 k); Philadelphia (N) gets 1b Fred Luderus (26 yrs old, .258-0-11-0)

7/30 - Cleveland gets lf Joe Jackson (22 yrs old, .364-5-57-59); Philadelphia (A) gets ???

8/09 - Chicago (A) gets 3b Harry Lord (29 yrs old, .294-1-49-51) and 2b Amby McConnell (28 yrs old, .232-0-15-18); Boston (A) gets 3b Billy Purtell (25 yrs old, .249-1-31-24) and p Frank Smith (32 yrs old, 8-11, 1 sv, 1.67 era, 69 k)



MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 129 - T.Easterly, Cleveland
Stolen Bases: 78 - B.Bescher, Cincinnati & E.Collins, Philadelphia (A)


AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strikeouts: 129 - T.Easterly, Cleveland
Stolen Bases: 78 - E.Collins, Philadelphia (A)


NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Walks: 123 - J.Evers, Chicago (N)
Stolen Bases: 78 - B.Bescher, Cincinnati

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1910-11 Offseason

Announcements

Boston (N) - Announced that their nickname has changed. They will now be known as the Boston Rustlers.

Brooklyn - Announced that they have changed their nickname. They will now be known as the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Chicago (A) - Announced that they have moved to a new ballpark. The ballpark is named Commiskey Park.

Washington - Announced that they have moved to a new ballpark. The ballpark is named Griffith Stadium.



Trades
(There were trades made prior to January 1, 1911 but stupid me forgot to jot them down. Brain fart!)

2/11 - New York (A) gets 3b Roy Hartsell (30 yrs old, .218-0-44-37); St.Louis (A) gets 3b Jimmie Austin (32 yrs old, .213-0-50-23) and 2b Frank LaPorte (31 yrs old, .272-1-54-31)

2/25 - Chicago (N) gets 1b Dave Shean (28 yrs old, .209-3-33-27); Boston (N) gets 3b Scotty Ingerton (25 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and p Big Jeff Pfeffer (29 yrs old, 2-0, 0 sv, 2.08 era, 0 k)


Major Retirements

RF Willie Keeler, age 38 - 19 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .424 with 0 homers, 74 RBIs and 64 stolen bases in 129 games.
.329 avg, 2278 g, 9361 ab, 1524 r, 3077 h, 32 hr, 937 rbi, 594 sb, .400 slg

C Jack O'Connor, age 41 - 17 seasons. His best season was in 1890 when he batted .324 with 2 homers, 66 RBIs and 29 stolen bases in 121 games.
.272 avg, 1224 g, 4517 ab, 657 r, 1230 h, 18 hr, 660 rbi, 207 sb, .352 slg

P Rube Waddell, age 33 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he compiled a 29-14 record with a 1.76 ERA and 388 strikeouts in 408.1 innings.
2.14 era, 191-145, 408 g, 3093.2 ip, 2578 k, 789 bb, 11 sv

P Vic Willis, age 34 - 13 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1899 when he compiled a 27-8 record with 2 saves, a 2.50 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 342.2 ip.
2.62 era, 230-227, 506 g, 4108.0 ip, 1852 k, 1410 bb, 4 sv

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Followed Players

Ty Cobb
Batting
Year Team                G   AB    R    H   2B  3B   HR  RBI   BB   K  SB  CS  AVG  OBP  SLG
1905 Detroit           119  198   24   57    6   2    4   33   14  29   3   2 .288 .343 .399
1906 Detroit           149  613   71  184   31  13    1   63   24  64  22  22 .300 .326 .398
1907 Detroit           150  637   74  209   25   8    3   69   27  63  42  28 .328 .356 .407
1908 Detroit           153  614   73  184   30  11    4   74   51  77  31  37 .300 .353 .404
1909 Detroit           152  588   99  193   39  22    2   69   74  60  40  31 .328 .404 .480
1910 Detroit           154  631   99  222   31  18    6   88   63  60  54  30 .352 .415 .487
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     6 seasons         877 3281  440 1049  162  74   20  396  253 353 192 150 .320 .370 .432

Walter Johnson
Pitching
Year Team                W    L  SV   ERA    G   GS    IP      HA    ER   BB     K   WHIP   OAVG
1907 Washington          8    9   7  2.80   34   12   151.1   163    47   30   112   1.28   .274
1908 Washington         20   14   0  1.89   44   29   281.1   218    59   47   187   0.94   .211
1909 Washington         14   19   2  1.78   42   35   338.2   291    67   84   248   1.11   .234
1910 Washington         21   16   0  2.53   43   41   373.2   333   105   81   289   1.11   .241
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     4 seasons          63   58   9  2.19  163  117  1145.0  1005   278  242   836   1.09   .236

Joe Jackson
Batting
Year Team                G   AB    R    H   2B  3B   HR  RBI   BB   K  SB  CS  AVG  OBP  SLG
1908 Philadelphia (A)   14    6    0    3    0   0    0    0    1   1   0   0 .500 .571 .500
1909 Philadelphia (A)   28   87    2   27    2   0    0    6    7   9   4   5 .310 .362 .333
1910 Philadelphia (A)   86  300   48  102   21   8    3   34   34  42  26  19 .340 .405 .493
1910 Cleveland          69  264   47  103   17   4    2   22   36  32  32  20 .390 .469 .508
1910 2 teams           155  564   95  205   38  12    5   56   70  74  58  39 .363 .435 .500
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     3 seasons         197  657   97  235   40  12    5   61   78  84  62  44 .358 .427 .478