Modern History of Baseball -- 1901 to ???

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1905-06 Off Season


Trades

10/24 - Chicago (N) gets RF Jimmy Sebring (25 yrs old, .213-0-13-3) and 3B Harry Steinfeldt (28 yrs old, .254-0-73-29), Cincinnati gets SP Jake Weimer (33 yrs old, 19-10, 0 sv, 2.47 era, 122 k)

12/05 - Detroit gets SP Happy Townsend (27 yrs old, 11-12, 0 sv, 2.56 era, 64 k), Washington gets SP Frank Kitson (36 yrs old, 6-18, 0 sv, 3.83 era, 76 k)

12/08 - Washington gets MR Willie Sudhoff (31 yrs old, 11-19, 0 sv, 3.13 era, 69 k), St. Louis (A) gets MR Beany Jacobson (25 yrs old, 7-10, 1 sv, 2.45 era, 50 k)

12/13 - Boston (N) gets C Jack O'Neill (34 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and MR Big Jeff Pfeffer (25 yrs old, 8-2, 1 sv, 1.41 era, 48 k), Chicago (N) gets C Pat Moran (30 yrs old, .216-0-8-2)

12/15 - Brooklyn gets SP Buttons Briggs (30 yrs old, 7-13, 0 sv, 3.74 era, 38 k), LF Billy Maloney (27 yrs old, .222-6-43-60), LF Jack McCarthy (37 yrs old, .188-0-0-0) and 3B Doc Casey (36 yrs old, .241-2-52-28), Chicago (N) gets LF Jimmy Sheckard (27 yrs old, .304-2-69-35)

12/15 - Boston (N) gets 3B Dave Brain (27 yrs old, .280-0-0-0) and RF Del Howard (29 yrs old, .278-6-64-39), Pittsburgh gets SP Vic Willis (22-19, 0 sv, 2.80 era, 164 k)

12/24 - Cleveland gets SP Happy Townsend (27 yrs old, 11-12, 0 sv, 2.56 era, 64 k), Detroit gets SP Red Donahue (33 yrs old, 9-9, 1 sv, 2.15 era, 58 k)

01/01 - Boston (N) gets 3B Al Bridwell (23 yrs old, .270-1-10-1), Cincinnati gets 3B Jim Delahanty (26 yrs old, .247-4-66-20)

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Baseball Hall of Fame - Class of 1905

Jesse Burkett, Outfielder

AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG
.332  2078   8550   1631  2841   69     987    367    .433

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1906 - Year In Review

After an interruption of two seasons the NL stronghold of Chicago had pennant fever. The Giants stayed with the Cubs until September when the Bruins kicked into high gear and built a lead of 8.5 games before coasting during the final week. The Cubs chalked up 109 wins, wiping out the Giants' 1905 record of 100 wins. The mediocre attack became a thorn in the sides of every NL pitcher with the preseason addition of third sacker Harry Steinfeldt, a .338 swinger who gave extra bite to the middle of the order. Player-manager Frank Chance hit over .305 for the fourth straight year, and catcher Johnny Kling shot from .228 the previous year to a heftier .287 batting mark. Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Chance made the infield air tight to help the pitchers allow the lowest amount of runs of any team. Three Finger Brown, lead the way with 22 wins and kept the team from many slumps. Rookie southpaw Jack Pfiester contributed with 17 victories, big Ed Reulbach 19, Carl Lundgren 16 and Orval Overall came over from Cincinnati in mid-season to add 11 victories to the Cubs' win column.

Meanwhile in the American League, the Cleveland Naps roared out in front and galloped home with their first title by an amazing 23 games. Their high scoring lineup was lead by Terry Turner (.314-2-90), Elmer Flick (.313-1-79) and the league's batting champion, Nap Lajoie (.343-0-67). If they didn't bludgeon their opponents with the bats, the pitching staff took control. The Naps had four 20-game winners, led by the 1-2 punch of Addie Joss (28-5, 2 sv, 1.75 era) and Otto Hess (26-8, 1 sv, 1.71 era). Rounding out the foursome were Bill Bernhard (21-10, 2 sv, 1.55 era) and Bob Rhodes (21-13, 1 sv, 2.19 era). The St.Louis Browns finished a very distant 2nd place thanks to the bat of George Stone (.325-3-78) and the arm of Fred Glade (20-10, 1 sv, 2.12 era). Defending champion Athletics ended the year in third place thanks to the bats of Socks Seybold (.321-8-61) and Harry Davis (.272-14-79) and the arms of Chief Bender (16-11, 2 sv, 2.00 era) and Rube Waddell (16-16, 2.54 era).

When it came to the World Series, the Cubs had ideas of an upset as they went home for game 3 after splitting the first two games in Cleveland. The Naps, behind the strong pitching of Bill Bernhard and Otto Hess, took the first two games in the Windy City before the Cubs forced the series back to Cleveland by taking game 5. Bill Bernhard bested Ed Reulbach, 3-2, as the Naps won their first world's championship, 4 games to 2.

American League     W   L   PCT  GB     National League     W   L   PCT  GB
Cleveland         111  42  .725  --     Chicago           109  43  .717  --
St.Louis           86  63  .577  23     New York          102  50  .671   7
Philadelphia       79  66  .545  28     Pittsburgh         84  69  .549  25.5
Boston             78  76  .506  33.5   Philadelphia       77  76  .503  32.5
Chicago            66  85  .437  44     St.Louis           66  84  .440  42
New York           65  86  .430  45     Cincinnati         66  85  .437  42.5
Detroit            63  86  .423  46     Brooklyn           66  86  .434  43
Washington         53  97  .353  56.5   Boston             37 114  .245  71.5



Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
N.Lajoie, CLE        .343               H.Steinfeldt, CHI    .338
K.Elberfeld, NY      .330               H.Wagner, PIT        .334
G.Stone, STL         .325               F.Chance, CHI        .308

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
H.Davis, PHI           14               T.Jordan, BRO          16
C.Hickman, WAS         11               H.Arndt, STL            8
S.Seybold, PHi          8               A.Schlei, CIN           6

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
B.Congalton, CLE       90               C.Seymour, NY         102
T.Turner, CLE          90               J.Kling, CHI           89
B.Bradley, CLE         82               K.Bransfield, PHI      85

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
D.Hoffman, PHI         54               J.Evers, CHI           75
F.Jones, CHI           49               F.Chance, CHI          66
G.Schaefer, DET        48               A.Devlin, NY           65

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
B.Bernhard, CLE      1.55               T.Sparks, PHI        1.40
J.Powell, STL        1.70               D.Phillippe, PIT     1.54
O.Hess, CLE          1.71               E.Reulbach, CHI      1.56


Wins                    W               Wins                    W
A.Joss, CLE            28               J.McGinnity, NY        27
O.Hess, CLE            26               C.Mathewson, NY        25
A.Orth, NY             25               T.Sparks, PHI          23

Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
N.Altrock, CHI          4               D.Phillippe, PIT        5
L.LeRoy, NY             4               K.Brady, PIT            3
J.Eubank, DET           3               C.Hall, CIN             3

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
R.Waddell, PHI        213               J.Pfiester, CHI       197
C.Falkenberg, WAS     204               R.Ames, NY            188
E.Walsh, CHI          198               I.Young, BOS          188

Postseason

1906 World Series

Game #1
Chicago (N)       0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1
Cleveland         0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x - 2
WP - O.Hess (1-0)
LP - M.Brown (0-1)
HR - none


Game #2
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 - 7
Cleveland         0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1
WP - J.Pfiester (1-0)
LP - A.Joss (0-1)
HR - none


Game #3
Cleveland         1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 - 4
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1
WP - B.Bernhard (1-0)
LP - E.Reulbach (0-1)
HR - CLE: H.Bemis (1)


Game #4
Cleveland         1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3
Chicago (N)       0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
WP - O.Hess (2-0)
LP - M.Brown (0-2)
HR - none


Game #5
Cleveland         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
Chicago (N)       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1
WP - J.Pfiester (2-0)
LP - A.Joss (0-2)
HR - none


Game #6
Chicago (N)       2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2
Cleveland         0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 x - 3
WP - B.Bernhard (2-0)
LP - E.Reulbach (0-2)
HR - none

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AL Outstanding Hitter Award
Nap Lajoie, Cleveland
153 g, 659 ab, 98 r, 226 h, 45 2b, 10 3b, 0 hr, 67 rbi, 16 bb, 72 k, 12 sb, 8 cs, .343 avg, .363 obp, .442 slg

NL Outstanding Hitter Award
Harry Steinfeldt, Chicago (N)
152 g, 580 ab, 89 r, 196 h, 28 2b, 12 3b, 3 hr, 80 rbi, 66 bb, 68 k, 31 sb, 18 cs, .338 avg, .414 obp, .443 slg

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Otto Hess, Cleveland
26-8, 1 sv, 1.71 era, 39 g, 36 gs, 331.0 ip, 261 ha, 63 er, 4 hr, 87 bb, 167 k, 1.05 whip, .217 oavg

NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Joe McGinnity, New York (N)
27-11, 1 sv, 1.84 era, 43 g, 38 gs, 348.0 ip, 310 ha, 71 er, 0 hr, 81 bb, 121 k, 1.12 whip, .241 oavg

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Moose Grimshaw, Boston (A)
154 g, 646 ab, 58 r, 191 h, 31 2b, 18 3b, 0 hr, 71 rbi, 22 bb, 76 k, 3 sb, 8 cs, .296 avg, .324 obp, .723 slg

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award
Fred Beebe, St.Louis (N)
18-10, 1 sv, 2.54 era, 35 g, 27 gs, 254.2 ip, 194 ha, 72 er, 0 hr, 112 bb, 156 k, 1.20 whip, .215 oavg


Trades
4/28 - Brooklyn gets P Hub Knolls (23 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 1.69 era, 6 k), Chicago (N) gets cf doc Gessler (26 yrs old, .167-0-0-0)

4/29 - Philadelphia (A) gets CF Dave Fultz (30 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets CF Danny Hoffman (27 yrs old, .261-0-45-55)

5/07 - St.Louis (N) gets P carl Druhot (25 yrs old, 6-7, 2 sv, 2.23 era, 72 k), Cincinnati gets C Oscar Stanage (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

6/02 - Chicago (N) gets P Orval Overall (26 yrs old, 14-10, 0 sv, 2.80 era, 126 k), Cincinnati gets P Bob Wicker (28 yrs old, 16-12, 1 sv, 2.52 era, 95 k)

6/03 - Pittsburgh gets P Chappie McFarland (32 yrs old, 2-8, 0 sv, 3.36 era, 39 k), St.Louis (N) gets P Ed Karger (24 yrs old, 13-12, 2 sv, 2.87 era, 93 k)

7/01 - St.Louis (N) gets P Fred Beebe (27 yrs old, 18-10, 1 sv, 2.54 era, 156 k) and C Pete Noonan (25 yrs old, .500-0-1-0), Chicago (N) gets P Jack Taylor (32 yrs old, 17-15, 0 sv, 2.17 era, 36 k)

7/13 - St.Louis (N) gets C Doc Marshall (32 yrs old, .000-0-0-0) and LF Sam Mertes (34 yrs old, .237-2-54-43), New York (N) gets LF Spike Shannon (29 yrs old, .254-1-43-22)

7/25 - Cincinnati gets CF Doc Smoot (29 yrs old, .269-0-20-0), St.Louis (N) gets 1B Shad Barry (27 yrs old, .248-2-57-18)


Milestones & Achievements
05/04 - hit number 2500 for Lave Cross
06/07 - Willie Keeler reaches 2500 hits
07/18 - Sam Leever throws perfect game. This is the first no-no thrown this season and the 5th in history. This is also the first perfect game thrown in history.
09/24 - Hooks Wiltse tosses no-hitter. This is the second no-hitter hurled this season and the 6th in history.
10/05 - Bill Dahlen collects hit number 2000


MLB Records Set or Tied
Batting
Triples: 30 - E.Flick, Cleveland
Walks: 120 - R.Thomas, Philadelphia (N)
Strikeouts: 125 - R.Dooin, Philadelphia (N)

Pitching
Losses: 32 - V.Lindaman, Boston (N)
Bases on Balls: 168 - B.Pfeffer, Boston (N)

AL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Triples: 30 - E.Flick, Cleveland
Hitting Streak: 25 - N.Lajoie, Cleveland & S.Seybold, Philadelphia (A)

NL Records Set or Tied
Batting
Home Runs: 16 - T.Jordan, Brooklyn
Walks: 120 - R.Thomas, Philadelphia (N)
Strikeouts: 125 - R.Dooin, Philadelphia (N)

Pitching
Losses: 32 - V.Lindaman, Boston (N)
Saves: 5 - D.Phillippe, Pittsburgh
Bases on Balls: 168 - B.Pfeffer, Boston (N)

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1906-07 Winter Meetings

Announcements
There were no new announcements.


Trades

10/01 - Cincinnati gets SP Jack Harper (28 yrs old, 1-5, 0 sv, 4.11 era, 11 k), Chicago (N) gets player to be named

12/11 - Pittsburgh gets 2b Ed Abbaticchio (29 yrs old, .000-0-0-0 in 1906), Boston (N) gets 2B Claude Ritchey (33 yrs old, .251-0-34-7), MR Patsy Flaherty (30 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0 k) and cf Ginger Beaumont (30 yrs old, .276-3-68-0)

01/16 - Chicago (N) gets sp Chick Fraser (32 yrs old, 10-20, 1 sv,3.17 era, 49 k), Cincinnati gets rf Doc Gessler (26 yrs old, .167-0-0-0) **This completes trade on 10/1.

2/26 - Cleveland gets 2b Pete O'Brien (29 yrs old, .217-0-6-0), St.Louis (A) gets c Fritz Buelow (31 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)

2/28 - St.Louis (A) gets 3b Joe Yeager (31 yrs old, .174-0-8-1), New York (A) gets c Branch Rickey (25 yrs old, .232-2-66-13)

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Baseball Hall of Fame

Class of 1906


Hugh Duffy, right fielder -- Inducted 1906

AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG
.320  1804   7277   1570  2330  109    1337    577    .444

Kid Nichols, pitcher -- Inducted 1906

ERA    W      L       PCT      G         IP       SO       BB      SV
2.85  367    204     .643     642     5103.0     1907     1328     20