A History of Major League Baseball (1901-????) - a "what if" scenario - ootp7

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1902 - NL Year In Review

Another year at war with the American League has resulted in battle fatigue setting in on the Executive Committee of the NL along with it's member clubs. The league did chalk up it's greatest triumph in the purchasing of the Baltimore franchise in the rival league and releasing it's major players to sign with NL clubs. The New York Giants, using the help from incoming players John McGraw, Joe McGinnity and Roger Bresnahan, got on a major push near the end of the season and won the NL title with an 89-51 record, beating the Superbas by eight games. The Giant's Christy Mathewson dominated in his second season as he led the lead in wins (33), ERA (2.08) and strikeouts (227) and won the first triple crown for pitchers.

Brooklyn finished second thanks to the hitting of Willie Keeler, who led the NL in RBIs, and the pitching of Wild Bill Donovan.

The Phillies were raided again by the AL clubs as the team lost Ed Delahanty, Red Donahue and Al Orth. Although they were raided for the second time in two seasons, the Phillies played well enough to finish third, twelve games behind the front running Giants.

St.Louis, which suffered a major blow when it lost several players in the raid by the AL franchise in the city, finished the season in dead last, 51 games behind as the Cardinals went from first to worst in the NL.

National League     W   L   PCT  GB
New York           89  51  .636  --
Brooklyn           81  59  .579   8
Philadelphia       77  63  .550  12
Chicago            73  67  .521  16
Cincinnati         72  68  .514  17
Boston             66  74  .471  23
Pittsburgh         64  76  .457  25
St.Louis           38 102  .271  51


Batting AVG           AVG
H.Bay, CIN           .368
J.Beckley, CIN       .360
H.Wagner, PIT        .330

Homeruns               HR
G.Beaumont, PIT         6
F.Clarke, PIT           6
S.Crawford, CIN         6

Runs Batted In        RBI
W.Keeler, BRO          95
F.Clarke, PIT          87
C.Hickman, NY1         81

Runs Scored            RS
L.Davis, BSN          100
T.McCreery, BRO        94
J.Sheckard, BRO        90

Stolen Bases           SB
F.Clarke, PIT          59
L.Davis, BSN           59
T.Hartsel, CHN         59

Earned Run Average    ERA
C.Mathewson, NY1     2.08
B.Phillips, CIN      2.23
W.Piatt, BRO         2.25

Wins                    W
C.Mathewson, NY1       33
D.Phillippe, PIT       29
B.Phillips, CIN        29

Saves                  SV
C.Currie, CIN           3
C.Griffith, CIN         3
B.Rhoads, PHI           3

Strikeouts             SO
C.Mathewson, NY1      227
T.Hughes, CHN         215
C.Lundgren, BSN       210

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1902 Awards & Things

American League Outstanding Batter Award
Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A)
137 g, 578 ab, 105 r, 207 h, 41 2b, 15 3b, 15 hr, 88 rbi, 34 bb, 46 k, 22 sb, .358 avg, .396 obp, .559 slg

National League Outstanding Batter Award
Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh
136 g, 534 ab, 82 r, 175 h, 33 2b, 15 3b, 6 hr, 87 rbi, 51 bb, 47 k, 59 sb, .328 avg, .388 obp, .479 slg

American League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Jim St.Vrain, Washington
47 g, 47 gs, 30-15 w/l, 0 sv, 2.40 era, 427.0 ip, 427 ha, 158 r, 114 er, 82 bb, 189 k, .267 oavg, 1.19 whip

National League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
45 g, 45 gs, 33-11 w/l, 0 sv, 2.08 era, 401.2 ip, 333 ha, 143 r, 93 er, 118 bb, 227 k, .231 oavg, 1.12 whip

American League Rookie of the Year Award
Jim St.Vrain, Washington
47 g, 47 gs, 30-15 w/l, 0 sv, 2.40 era, 427.0 ip, 427 ha, 158 r, 114 er, 82 bb, 189 k, .267 oavg, 1.19 whip

National League Rookie of the Year Award
Carl Lundgren, Boston
47 g, 47 gs, 28-18 w/l, 0 sv, 2.75 era, 422.0 ip, 417 ha, 180 r, 129 er, 161 bb, 210 k, .265 oavg, 1.37 whip



Major League Records Set or Tied

Triples: 17 - Ed Delahanty, Washington
Hitting Streak: 50 - Dave Fultz, Philadelphia (A)

ERA: 2.08 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
Saves: 6 - Bill Hoffer, Philadelphia (A)
Strikeouts: 317 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)


American League Records Set or Tied

Triples: 17 - Ed Delahanty, Washington
Home Runs: 15 - Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A)
Hitting Streak: 50 - Dave Fultz, Philadelphia (A)

ERA: 2.29 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)
Losses: 26 - Charlie Shields, Chicago (A)
Saves: 6 - Bill Hoffer, Philadelphia (A)
Strikeouts: 317 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)


National League Records Set or Tied

Average: .368 - Harry Bay, Cincinnati
Hits: 200 - Harry Bay, Cincinnati
Triples: 15 - Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh
Walks: 127 - Roy Thomas, Philadelphia (N)

ERA: 2.08 - Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
Saves: 3 - Clarence Currie, Chicago (N); Clark Griffith, Cincinnati; Bob Rhoads, Philadelphia (N)



Milestones
8/9 - Joe Kelley gets 1000th RBI
8/15 - Hugh Duffy collects 2000th hit
9/11 - George Davis collects 2000th hit
9/27 - Hughie Jennings scores 1000th run


Trades
6/20 - Detroit gets lf Charlie Hemphill (26 yrs old, .310-2-48-41), Boston (A) gets 1b Davey Crockett (27 yrs old, .258-0-16-1)
7/22 - Detroit gets p Sam Leever (30 yrs old, 18-26, 3.80 era, 149 k), Pittsburgh gets lf Ducky Holmes (33 yrs old, .278-1-41-19)
7/25 - Brooklyn gets p Al Orth (30 yrs old, 23-13, 3.13 era, 81 k), Washington gets 1b Deacon McGuire (38 yrs old, .231-0-34-1)
7/25 - New York gets p Emil Frisk (28 yrs old, 21-18, 3.17 era, 81 k), Detroit gets rf **** Harley (30 yrs old, .235-2-19-12)
7/29 - New York gets p Vic Willis (26 yrs old, 18-17, 3.08 era, 135 k), Boston (N) gets c Tom Leahy (33 yrs old, .285-3-44-19)
10/15 - Detroit gets 2b Sammy Strang (25 yrs old, .287-0-37-43), New York gets 2b Roy Brashear (27 yrs old, .230-1-15-0)

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1902/03 Winter Meetings

Announcements
AL - The American League announced that the Baltimore franchise is being relocated in New York. They will now be known as the New York Highlanders and will play their games in Hilltop Park. New York becomes the fifth city to hold direct competition between the AL and the NL. The other cities are Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and St.Louis.

Boston (A) - The club announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Boston Pilgrims.

Chicago (N) - The club announced that they are changing their nickname. They will now be known as the Chicago Cubs.



FREE AGENCY

Here is a list of some of the major free agents and where they ended up:

p Ted Lewis - retired
cf Billy Hamilton - Signed a 3-year, $111,540 contract with Boston (N)
p Pink Hawley - Signed a 2-year, $39,200 contract with St.Louis (N)
p Jerry Nops - Signed a 1-year, $19,020 contract with New York (A)
lf Jesse Burkett - Signed a 4-year, $200,410 contract with St.Louis (N)
cf Chick Stahl - Signed a 6-year, $321,840 contract with St.Louis (N)
p Chick Fraser - Signed a 1-year, $19,860 contract with Pittsburgh
p Chauncey Fisher - retired
p Kid Nichols - Signed a 2-year, $37,520 contract with Cleveland
p Al Maul - Signed a 2-year, $2,280 contract with St.Louis (N)
3b John McGraw - Signed a 7-year, $391,950 contract with New York (N)
ss Honus Wagner - Signed a 3-year, $170,740 contract with Chicago (N)
1b Fred Tenney - Signed a 4-year, $164,160 contract with Boston (N)
p Bill Hoffer - Signed a 3-year, $45,830 contract with Pittsburgh
cf Dummy Hoy - Signed a 2-year, $47,180 contract with Chicago (A)



TRADES

12/26 - Boston (A) gets c Art Nichols (31 yrs old, .281-2-50-20), St.Louis (N) gets p Win Kellum (26 years old, 14-11, 1 sv, 4.03 era, 102 k in 1901)
12/26 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Stan Yerkes (28 yrs old, 0-0, 1.29 era, 0 k) and 1b Slats Jordan (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), New York (A) gets rf Walt McCredie (26 yrs old, .335-1-28-16)
12/29 - Detroit gets p Bill Bernhard (31 yrs old, 17-20, 3.13, 72 k) and ss Simon Nicholls (20 yrs old, 1.000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (A) gets c Harry Bemis (27 yrs old, .271-3-49-10)
1/28 - Cincinnati gets p Frank Kitson (33 yrs old, 23-18, 2.42 era, 133 k), Brooklyn gets lf John Dobbs (27 yrs old, .303-1-29-7) and c Emil Haberer (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)



RETIREMENTS

p Ted Breitenstein, age 33 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he was 23-12 with a 3.62 era and 98 k in 320.1 innings. Here are his career stats:
4.03 era, 158-167 w/l, 2 sv, 2935.1 ip, 1180 bb, 882 k

1b Klondike Douglass, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .329 with 6 homers, 50 rbi and 12 sb in 125 games. Here are his career stats:
.278 avg, 10 hr, 219 rbi, 640 h, 82 2b, 23 3b, 313 r, 72 sb

1b Jack Doyle, age 33 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .367 with 3 homers, 100 rbi and 42 sb in 105 games. His career stats:
.302 avg, 22 hr, 784 rbi, 1428 h, 247 2b, 45 3b, 770 rs, 422 sb

p Chauncey Fisher, age 31 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he was 10-7 with an era of 4.45 and 25 k in 159.2 innings. His career stats:
4.97 era, 23-28 w/l, 3 sv, 468.2 ip, 156 bb, 85 k

3b Bill Hallman, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .320 with 2 homers, 83 rbi and 16 sb in 120 games. His career stats:
.283 avg, 14 hr, 575 rbi, 1195 h, 165 2b, 51 3b, 687 r, 154 sb

p Ed Killian, age 26 - 1 season due to career-ending injury. His career stats:
2.33 era, 3-1 w/l, 0 sv, 38.2 ip, 7 bb, 9 k

p Ted Lewis, age 30 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1898 when he was 26-8 with 2 saves, a 2.90 era and 72 k in 313.2 innings. His career stats:
3.55 era, 78-47 w/l, 3 sv, 1107.2 ip, 430 bb, 285 k

ss Herman Long, age 36 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .343 with 6 hr, 100 rbi and 36 sb in 120 games. His career stats:
.290 avg, 83 hr, 860 rbi, 1701 h, 271 2b, 86 3b, 1200 r, 392 sb

2b Bobby Lowe, age 37 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .346 with 17 homers, 115 rbi and 23 sb in 133 games. His career stats:
.286 avg, 68 hr, 845 rbi, 1540 h, 183 2b, 70 3b, 971 r, 240 sb

cf Jimmy McAleer, age 38 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .288 with 1 homer, 54 rbi and 24 sb in 116 games. His career stats:
.252 avg, 11 hr, 428 rbi, 914 h, 107 2b, 32 3b, 561 r, 241 sb

c Deacon McGuire, age 39 - 15 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he batted .336 with 10 homers, 97 rbi and 16 sb in 132 games. His career stats:
.287 avg, 35 hr, 632 rbi, 1240 h, 219 2b, 55 3b, 604 r, 87 sb

p Amos Rusie, age 31 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1982 when he was 31-31 with an era of 2.88 and 288 k in 532.0 innings. He leaves ranked #1 all-time in strikeouts with 1929 and only 5 wins short of qualifying for the Hall of Fame. His career stats:
3.04 era, 245-173 w/l, 5 sv, 3748.2 ip, 1701 bb, 1929 k

c Jack Ryan, age 34 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .269 with 1 homer, 29 rbi and 3 sb in 53 games. His career stats:
.232 avg, 1 hr, 76 rbi, 180 h, 33 2b, 11 3b, 103 r, 12 sb

p Crazy Schmit, age 37 - 5 seasons. His best season was in 1892 when he was 1-4 with an era of 3.23 and 17 k in 47.1 innings. His career stats:
5.64 era, 7-37 w/l, 0 sv, 402.0 ip, 198 bb, 103 k

p Gus Weyhing, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1892 when he was 32-21 with an era of 2.66 and 202 k in 469.2 innings. His career stats:
4.49 era, 119-128 w/l, 4 sv, 2144.2 ip, 729 bb, 656 k

[B]FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT[/B]

[b][u]Team              Round One             Round Two             Round Three          Round Four[/u][/b]
St.Louis (N)      Ed Walsh,p            Claude Elliott,p      Bob Unglaub,3b       Gus Dundon,2b
Chicago (A)       Hooks Wiltse,p        Cy Ferry,p            Bugs Raymond,p       Lou Bruce,lf
Cleveland         Chick Robitaille,p    Jim McGinley,p        Spike Shannon,lf     Izzy Hoffman,cf
Pittsburgh        Doc Reisling,p        Ernie Groth,p         John Barthold,p      Doc Marshall,c
Boston (N)        Ralph Caldwell,p      Joe Koukalik,p        Claude Rossman,1b    Harry McChesney,rf
Detroit           Frank Smith,p         Fred Odwell,lf        Admiral Schlei,c     John Brackenridge,p
New York (A)      Sherry Magee,lf       Miller Huggins,2b     Emil Batch,3b        Johnny Lush,1b
Philadelphia (A)  Beany Jacobson,p      Fred Applegate,p      Tom Needham,c        Claude Berry,c
Cincinnati        Frank Corridon,p      Tom Barry,p           Rabbit Nill,2b       Rip Cannell,cf
Boston (A)        Charlie Jaeger,p      Frank Schulte,rf      Jimmy Archer,c       Bill O'Neill,cf
Chicago (N)       Elmer Stricklett,p    Harry Lumley,rf       George Stovall,1b    Red Kleinow,c
Philadelphia (N)  Bull Durham,p         Jack Hickey,p         Tom Dougherty,p      Pete Noonan,c
Brooklyn          Tom Fisher,p          Ed McNichol,p         Joe Stewart,p        Rube Vinson,lf
St.Louis (A)      Mike Lynch,p          Art Devlin,3b         Charlie O'Leary,ss   She Donahue,ss
Washington        Del Mason,p           Moose McCormick,cf    Joe Cassidy,ss       Jim Mullin,2b
New York (N)      Walter Clarkson,p     Howie Camnitz,p       Gabby Street,c       Mike McCormick,3b      



[B][U]Team              Round Five            Round Six[/U][/B]
St.Louis (N)      Bob Hall,lf           Kid O'Hara,rf
Chicago (A)       Bill Byers,c          Mike Donovan,ss
Cleveland         Tom Doran,c           Bull Smith,lf
Pittsburgh        Sam Woodruff,3b       Tom Stanton,c
Boston (N)        Happy Iott,cf         Deacon Van Buren,lf
Detroit           Simmy Murch,2b        Bill Carney,rf
New York (A)      Bill Lauterborn,2b    Art Bader,lf
Philadelphia (A)  Bill Schwartz,1b      Jack White,lf
Cincinnati        Jesse Purnell,3b      Harry Vahrenhorst,1b
Boston (A)        Harry Cassady,rf      Charlie Lordenslager,2b
Chicago (N)       Andy Sullivan,ss      Charlie Swindells,c
Philadelphia (N)  Tom Stankard,3b       Peaches O'Neill,c
Brooklyn          Jack Rafter,c
St.Louis (A)      Orth Collins,cf
Washington        Harry Ostdiek,c
New York (N)      Gene McAuliffe,c

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Raid!

Clubs from the American League have once again raided clubs from the rival National League.

Willie Keeler and Jesse Tannehill have left Brooklyn and Pittsburgh, respectively, to join the New York Highlanders.

Wild Bill Donovan of the Brooklyn Superbas and both Sam Crawford and Frank Kitson of the Cincinnati Reds have both left their clubs to join the Detroit Tigers.

An emergency meeting of the Executive Committee of the National League has been called!

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Re: A History of Major League Baseball (1901-????) - a "what if" scenario - ootp7

Peace At Last!

The three-man Executive Committee of the National League met and then sent a proposal to American League President Ban Johnson to ask the AL to merge with the NL. Ban Johnson said no.

Peace talks continued and a new National Agreement has been reached, ending the war between the American League and the National League.

Both leagues will be recognized as equals and both leagues will honor the other's contracts. There will be no more raids by American League clubs. The players that had already jumped to the American League from the National League can stay with their new clubs.

The National League has allowed the American League club in New York to stay with the provision that the AL will not put a franchise in Pittsburgh. AL President Ban Johnson has okayed this provision. The New York and Brooklyn clubs in the NL disaproved but a consensus was reluctantly reached.

The AL/NL War Is Over!!!

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Re: A History of Major League Baseball (1901-????) - a "what if" scenario - ootp7

I know that the years are flying by but I've already have gone through the 1905 season and have posted it at the maddenmania site.

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1903 - MLB Year In Review

Well folks, the raidings have stopped and peace is at hand under the new National Agreement between the two, now equal, leagues. The players and managers can now concentrate on the field and the owners can start concetrating where it matters most to them, the turnstiles.

The Philadelphia Phillies held a 2-game lead heading into September and it stayed that way as they headed into the final ten games of the season. It took them awhile but on the last day of the season, they clinched the NL title, staving off the threats of Chicago and New York. Chicago finished second, three games back, thanks to the free agent aquisition of Honus Wagner plus the hitting of Danny Green and Harry Lumley. New York finished third, four games back, with the hitting of Roger Bresnahan leading the way. St.Louis bounced back strong enough to finish in sixth, but bettered last season's performance by 28 games, finishing 65-75, thanks to the hitting of Chick Stahl and the pitching by rookie sensation Ed Walsh.

In the American League, Cleveland and Detroit were in a dogfight that even had to go to an extra game. On September 1st, Cleveland held a 2-game lead over the Tigers but by the 130th game, Detroit came back and was leading by one game. Cleveland took back the lead five games later but on the last day of the season Cleveland lost their game and Detroit won their's to end up in a tie. A one-game playoff was held and was won by Detroit behind the pitching of Bill Bernhard, who won his 25th game to lead both leagues.

With ten games to go, both Cleveland and Detroit had a gentleman's agreement with the Phillies for the winners of each league to face each other in a best-of-nine series. This agreement sets up the first World Series and the first inter-league championship series since the 1890 matchup between the National League and the American Association champs.

A large crowd assembled in Detroit to watch the first game of the series, won by Philadelphia by a score of 4-1 behind the pitching of Stan Yerkes. Doc White pitched a four-hitter in leading the Phillies to a 7-1 victory in game two. The series shifted to Philadelphia for games 3-5 but it was more of the same. Bernhard pitched the Tigers to victory in game four, following Philadelphia's 4-3 win in game three, but Yerkes came back and pitched another 4-hitter in leading the Phillies to a 3-2 win and a 4-1 advantage. Doc White scattered 12 hits as Philadelphia went on to a 4-3 victory in game six and won the first World Series, five games to one.

American League     W   L   PCT  GB     National League     W   L   PCT  GB
Detroit            80  61  .567  --     Philadelphia       78  62  .557  --               
Cleveland          79  62  .560   1     Chicago            75  65  .536   3
Philadelphia       76  64  .543   3.5   New York           74  66  .529   4
Washington         75  65  .536   4.5   Brooklyn           73  67  .521   5
New York           74  66  .529   5.5   Pittsburgh         70  70  .500   8
St.Louis           63  77  .450  16.5   St.Louis           65  75  .471  13
Boston             61  79  .436  18.5   Cincinnati         63  77  .450  15
Chicago            53  87  .379  26.5   Boston             61  79  .436  17



Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
M.McCormick, WS1     .393               H.Bay, CIN           .332
B.Coughlin, WS1      .342               J.Beckley, CIN       .327
N.Lajoie, PHA        .330               C.Stahl, SLN         .324

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
E.Delahanty, WS1       12               C.Hickman, NY1          9
N.Lajoie, PHA          11               D.Hoffman, CIN          9
B.Freeman, BOS          9               H.Lumley, CHN           8

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
M.Grady, WS1           87               H.Lumley, CHN          85
N.Lajoie, PHA          85               R.Bresnahan, NY1       83
E.Delahanty, WS1       83               F.Clarke, PIT          83

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
N.Lajoie, PHA          90               B.Hamilton, BSN       101
J.Titus, CLE           88               H.Lumley, CHN          93
E.Delahanty, WS1       86               D.Green, CHN           90

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
S.Strang, DET          52               B.Hamilton, BSN        74
D.Fultz, PHA           42               H.Bay, CIN             69
M.Donlin, NYA          40               D.Holmes, PIT          65

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
C.Patten, WS1        1.77               B.Duggleby, PHI      1.81
B.Dineen, WS1        1.82               E.Walsh, SLN         1.96
F.Kitson, DET        1.97               N.Hahn, CIN          2.06

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
B.Bernhard, DET        25               R.Ames, BRO            22
J.St.Vrain, WS1        22               C.Mathewson, NY1       21
C.Patten, WS1          21               B.Rhoads, PHI          21

Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
B.Carrick, WS1          4               V.Willis, NY1           7
B.Karns, NYA            4               J.Livingstone, NY1      4
F.Morrissey, BOS        3               M.Eason, CHN            3

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
R.Waddell,PHA         257               R.Ames, BRO           278
J.St.Vrain, WS1       165               C.Mathewson, NY1      196
C.Robitaille, CLE     143               E.Walsh, SLN          185



1903 World Series

Game #1
Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 4 10 1
Detroit      0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1  4 5
Yerkes and Jacklitsch. Siever and Dexter.
W - Yerkes (1-0)
L - Siever (0-1)


Game #2
Philadelphia 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 - 7 11 3
Detroit      0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1  4 4
White and Jacklitsch. Owen, Donovan (9) and Schlei.
W - White (1-0)
L - Owen (0-1)


Game #3
Detroit      0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 7 2
Philadelphia 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 x - 4 8 3
Kitson and Dexter. Townsend and Jacklitsch.
W - Townsend (1-0)
L - Kitson (0-1)


Game #4
Detroit      0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 - 6 10 4
Philadelphia 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 10 1
Bernhard and Dexter. Rhoads and Jacklitsch.
W - Bernhard (1-0)
L - Rhoads (0-1)


Game #5
Detroit      0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 2 4 2
Philadelphia 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 4
Siever and Dexter. Yerkes and Jacklitsch.
W - Yerkes (2-0)
L - Siever (0-2)


Game #6
Philadelphia 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 - 4 10 2
Detroit      0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 12 2
White and Jacklitsch. Owen and Schlie.
W - White (2-0)
L - Owen (0-2)

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1903 Awards & Things

American League Outstanding Batter Award
Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A)
138 g, 579 ab, 90 r, 191 h, 38 2b, 15 3b, 11 hr, 85 rbi, 35 bb, 60 k, 28 sb, .330 avg, .371 obp, .504 slg

National League Outstanding Batter Award
Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh
131 g, 479 ab, 81 r, 155 h, 36 2b, 15 3b, 1 hr, 83 rbi, 65 bb, 38 k, 60 sb, .324 avg, .404 obp, .468 slg

American League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Bill Bernhard, Detroit
36 g, 36 gs, 25-11 w/l, 0 sv, 2.13 era, 329.1 ip, 310 ha, 115 r, 78 er, 57 bb, 133 k, .250 oavg, 1.11 whip

National League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Red Ames, Brooklyn
35 g, 35 gs, 22-10 w/l, 0 sv, 2.37 era, 311.0 ip, 235 ha, 119 r, 82 er, 103 bb, 278 k, .211 oavg, 1.09 whip

American League Rookie of the Year Award
Moose McCormick, Washington
93 g, 384 ab, 59 r, 151 h, 17 2b, 3 3b, 5 hr, 34 rbi, 25 bb, 20 k, 24 sb, .393 avg, .439 obp, .492 slg

National League Rookie of the Year Award
Red Ames, Brooklyn
35 g, 35 gs, 22-10 w/l, 0 sv, 2.37 era, 311.0 ip, 235 ha, 119 r, 82 er, 103 bb, 278 k, .211 oavg, 1.09 whip



Major League Records Set or Tied
Triples: 22 - Honus Wagner, Chicago (N)

ERA: 1.77 - Case Patten, Washington
Saves: 7 - Vic Willis, New York (N)


American League Records Set or Tied
ERA: 1.77 - Case Patten, Washington


National League Records Set or Tied
Triples: 22 - Honus Wagner, Chicago (N)
Hitting Streak: 35 - Danny Green, Chicago (N)

ERA: 1.81 - Bill Duggleby, Philadelphia (N)
Saves: 7 - Vic Willis, New York (N)



Milestones
06/24 - Patsy Dougherty hits for the cycle. This is the first time this season and the third time in history.
06/26 - Ed Delahanty scores 1500th run
07/07 - Willie Keeler gets 2000th hit
07/20 - Ed Delahanty gets hit number 2500
08/13 - Tom Daly scores run number 1000
08/25 - Frank Kitson hurls PERFECT GAME. This is the first perfect game in history. This is the first no-hitter of the season and the third no-hitter in history.
09/25 - Cy Young gets win #350



Trades
6/22 - New York (N) gets cf Harry Davis (29 yrs old, .241-2-33-8), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Kip Selbach (31 yrs old, .234-0-36-12)
6/30 - St.Louis (N) gets p Alex Pearson (25 yrs old, 18-17, 0 sv, 2.69 era, 116 k), Pittsburgh gets 2b **** Padden (33 yrs old, .227-1-25-4)
7/06 - Brooklyn gets p Bob Wicker (25 yrs old, 12-21, 0 sv, 3.47 era, 133 k), St.Louis (N) gets c Hughie Hearne (30 yrs old, .284-0-22-4)
7/13 - Washington gets p Bill Dineen (27 yrs old, 10-8, 0 sv, 1.82 era, 80 k) and 1b Larry McLean (21 yrs old, .000-0-2-0), Boston (A) gets cf John Farrell (26 yrs old, .232-0-30-19) and 3b George Moriarty (19 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/27 - St.Louis (A) gets p Chappie McFarland (27 yrs old, 15-15, 0 sv, 2.56 era, 114 k), Philadelphia (A) gets c Billy Maloney (25 yrs old, .300-3-36-27) and 3b Ed Hilley (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
7/29 - St.Louis (A) gets p Jake Weimer (29 yrs old, 4-10, 0 sv, 3.79 era, 65 k), Chicago (N) gets 2b Billy Gilbert (27 yrs old, .277-1-32-29)

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Re: A History of Major League Baseball (1901-????) - a "what if" scenario - ootp7

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Re: A History of Major League Baseball (1901-????) - a "what if" scenario - ootp7

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1903-1904 Winter Meetings

Announcements
MLB - Announced that the number of games played during the season is being increased from 140 to 154 starting in 1904.



FREE AGENCY

Here is a list of the more notable free agents:

p Bill Magee - unsigned
p Jerry Nops - unsigned
p Harry Howell - Signed by New York (A) - 4 years, $85,600
p Doc McJames - unsigned
p Bert Cunningham - Signed by Philadelphia (N) - 2 years, $11,340
p Willie Sudhoff - Signed by Chicago (A) - 1 year, $1,960
p Vic Willis - Signed by Chicago (A) - 2 years, $40,980
rf Pop Foster - Signed by Washington - 3 years, $175,860
p Al Maul - unsigned
p Jack Cronin - Signed by St.Louis (N) - 1 year, $21,030
1b Buck Freeman - Signed by Boston (A) - 3 years, $30,450
cf Eric Heidrick - Signed by St.Louis (A) - 3 years, $76,590
rf Jimmy Sheckard - Signed by Brooklyn - 3 years, $176,940
1b Jake Beckley - Signed by Cincinnati - 2 years, $116,520
3b Billy Lush - Signed by Detroit - 3 years, $42,740



Trades
10/13 - St.Louis (N) gets p Case Patten (27 yrs old, 21-9, 0 sv, 1.77 era, 109 k), Washington gets c Hughie Hearne (30 yrs old, .284-0-22-4)
10/17 - Chicago (N) gets p Stan Yerkes (28 yrs old, 20-13, 0 sv, 2.90 era, 89 k) and rf Bill Miller (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets 3b George Stovall (25 yrs old, .237-0-17-1)
10/28 - New York (A) gets p George Prentiss (27 yrs old, 17-12, 0 sv, 2.86 era, 118 k), Cincinnati gets c Johnny Kling (28 yrs old, .233-2-48-23)
10/31 - Chicago (N) gets p Alex Pearson (25 yrs old, 18-17, 0 sv, 2.69 era, 116 k), St.Louis (N) gets 3b Germany Schaefer (26 yrs old, .235-0-0-3)
11/3 - New York (N) gets p Wild Bill Donovan (27 yrs old, 2-3, 0 sv, 4.14 era, 16 k), Detroit gets c Frank Roth (25 yrs old, .281-0-50-16)
11/11 - New York (A) gets p Bob Ewing (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0 k), Detroit gets 1b Burt Hart (33 yrs old, .301-0-27-20)
11/15 - Philadelphia (N) gets p Doc Reisling (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0 k), Pittsburgh gets 2b Phil Geier (28 yrs old, .275-0-47-2)
11/23 - New York (N) gets p Chappie McFarland (27 yrs old, 15-15, 0 sv, 2.56 era, 114 k) and of Orth Collins (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (A) gets 1b Davey Crockett (28 yrs old, .262-1-9-2) and rf Larry Schlafly (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/24 - Boston (A) gets p Bill Hoffer (33 yrs old, 8-9, 0 sv, 3.66 era, 67 k), Pittsburgh gets 1b John Ganzel (29 yrs old, .269-4-51-15)
11/24 - Chicago (A) gets p Tully Sparks (28 yrs old, 8-14, 0 sv, 3.56 era, 74 k), St.Louis (A) gets cf Fielder Jones (32 yrs old, .290-1-39-10) and ss Mike Jacobs (24 yrs old, .111-0-0-0)
11/27 - New York (N) gets p Kid Nichols (34 yrs old, 5-5, 2 sv, 3.36 era, 33 k) and rf Dutch Rudolph (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cleveland gets c John Warner (31 yrs old, .273-0-4-0) and cf Orth Collins (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
12/17 - Philadelphia (A) gets cf Billy Hamilton (37 yrs old, .249-1-30-74), Boston (N) gets rf Elmer Flick (27 yrs old, .263-5-60-31)



RETIREMENTS

2b Tom Daly, age 37 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .341 with 8 hr, 82 rbi and 51 sb in 123 games.
.277 avg, 51 hr, 781 rbi, 1512 h, 253 2b, 94 3b, 1004 r, 381 sb

lf Ed Delahanty, age 36 - 15 seasons. He is the first member inducted into the Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1896 when he batted .397 with 13 hr, 126 rbi and 37 sb in 123 games.
.348 avg, 109 hr, 1448 rbi, 2584 h, 521 2b, 171 3b, 1542 r, 462 sb

ss Bones Ely, age 40 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .306 with 12 hr, 89 rbi and 23 sb in 127 games.
.262 avg, 23 hr, 488 rbi, 1044 h, 116 2b, 55 3b, 522 r, 106 sb

p Frank Foreman, age 40 - 8 seasons. His best season was in 1890 when he had a record of 13-10 with an era of 3.95 and 57 strikeouts in 198.1 innings.
3.97 era, 50-58 w/l, 3 sv, 949 ip, 380 bb, 202 k

cf Dummy Hoy, age 41 - 13 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .299 with 5 hr, 70 rbi and 27 sb in 126 games.
.282 avg, 38 hr, 662 rbi, 1793 h, 223 2b, 108 3b, 1188 r, 510 sb

rf Elmer Smith, age 35 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .356 with 6 hr, 72 rbi and 33 sb in 125 games.
.310 avg, 39 hr, 670 rbi, 1456 h, 193 2b, 128 3b, 900 r, 259 sb

1b Lon Ury, age 25 - 2 seasons. Career-ending injury. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .196 with 0 hr, 6 rbi and 0 sb in 35 games.
.196 avg, 0 hr, 6 rbi, 18 h, 2 2b, 0 3b, 7 r, 0 sb

3b Fred Hartman, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .326 with 1 hr, 53 rbi and 16 sb in 113 games.
.293 avg, 8 hr, 250 rbi, 494 h, 56 2b, 34 3b, 243 r, 59 sb

c Lou Criger, age 31 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .256 with 2 hr, 44 rbi and 14 sb in 77 games.
.258 avg, 7 hr, 168 rbi, 333 h, 44 2b, 18 3b, 171 r, 34 sb

p Bill Hart, age 38 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1892 when he had a record of 9-12 with an era of 3.28 and 65 strikeouts in 195 innings.
4.98 era, 54-99, 4 sv, 1303.1 ip, 599 bb, 333 k

p Brickyard Kennedy, age 36 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he had a record of 22-9 with an era of 2.79 and 55 strikeouts in 277.1 innings.
4.01 era, 175-145, 9 sv, 2792 ip, 1116 bb, 752 k

c Bob Wood, age 38 - after 6 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .296 with 2 hr, 46 rbi and 6 sb in 121 games.
.280 avg, 2 hr, 189 rbi, 513 h, 87 2b, 13 3b, 200 r, 17 sb

Team              Round One             Round Two             Round Three          Round Four
Chicago (A)       Ty Cobb,rf            Harry Ables,p         Rube Oldring,cf      Mickey Doolan,ss
Boston (N)        Orvall Overall,p      Lefty Leifield,p      Eddie Cicotte,p      Eddie Grant,3b
Boston (A)        Irv Young,p           Big Jeff Pfeffer,p    Al Bridwell,ss       George Gibson,c
St.Louis (A)      Jim Buchanan,p        Rick Adams,p          Frank LaPorte,3b     Bob Ganley,rf
Cincinnati        Jimmy Dygert,p        Ed Barry,p            Bris Lord,cf         Jap Barbeau,3b
St.Louis (N)      **** Harley,p         Harry Hardy,p         Otis Clymer,rf       Ed Hahn,rf
Pittsburgh        Billy Campbell,p      Harry McIntire,p      Louis Leroy,p        Gene Ford,p
Brooklyn          Joe Harris,p          Bill Gogg,p           John Knight,3b       Moxie Manuel,p
New York (A)      John Eubank,p         Buster Brown,p        Del Howard,lf        George Moore,p
New York (N)      King Brady, p         Hank Olmsted,p        Mike Mowrey,3b       Ernie Baker,p
Chicago (N)       Jake Thielman,p       Bill Hinchman,lf      John Hummel,2b       Art Goodwin,p
Washington        Rip Vowinkel,p        Hal Chase,1b          Myron Grimshaw,1b    Nig Clarke,c
Philadelphia (A)  Ed Kinsella,p         Joseph Myers,p        John Halla,p         Wilbur Good,p
Philadelphia (N)  Hi West,p             Charlie Jackson,p     Ollie Johns,p        Andy Bruckmiller,p
Cleveland         Charlie Chech,p       Frank Hershey,p       George Disch,p       Ike Rockenfield,2b
Detroit           Ed Reulbach,p         Frosty Thomas,p       Otto Knabe,2b        Walt Justis,p     



Team              Round Five            Round Six             Round Seven          Round Eight
Chicago (A)       Ben Koehler,cf        Allie Strobel,2b      Claude Rothgeb,rf    Ad Yale,1b
Boston (N)        Buck Washer,p         Howard Wakefield,c    Jim Cockman,3b       Charlie Fallon,1b
Boston (A)        Branch Rickey,c       Charlie Armbruster,c  John Sullivan,c
St.Louis (A)      Denny Sullivan,cf     John Godwin,3b        Dave Murphy,ss
Cincinnati        Charlie Malay,2b      Bill Clancy,1b        Phil Cooney,3b
St.Louis (N)      Charlie Starr,2b      Harry Barton,c        Charlie Gibson,c
Pittsburgh        Jack Himes,cf         Nick Kahl,2b          Steamer Flanagan,cf
Brooklyn          Frank Owens,c         Punch Knoll,rf        Joe McCarthy,c
New York (A)      Rube DeGroff,cf       Johnny Siegle,rf      Shag Shaughnessy,rf
New York (N)      Phil Lewis,ss         Bud Sharpe,rf         Emil Leber,3b
Chicago (N)       Frank Delahanty,lf    Hub Hart,c            Art McGovern,c
Washington        Art Hoelskoetter,2b   Jim Wallace,rf        Fred Curtis,1b
Philadelphia (A)  Chris Lindsay,1b      Bill McCarthy,c       Offa Neal,3b
Philadelphia (N)  Homer Hillebrand,1b   Red Munson,c          Pop Rising,rf
Cleveland         Cliff Blankenship,1b  Hughie Tate,lf        Ed MacGamwell,1b
Detroit           Tubby Spencer,c       Gerry Shea,c          Moonlight Graham,rf

[doncoryell]

Re: A History of Major League Baseball (1901-????) - a "what if" scenario - ootp7

Man, your work looks awesome and alot of typing. Keep it up.

Thanks and thanks for reading. All my work and typing (45 wpm) is done for the love of the game.

Awesome!

Thanks and thanks for reading.


I love doing things like this but I can't for the life of me can figure out the AI's reasoning behind the draft picks.

[doncoryell]

1904 - AL Year In Review

Another year, another tight race. The Detroit Tigers and the New York Highlanders were in a dogfight as the Highlanders had a 2 and a half-game lead over the Tigers when September rolled around. With ten games remaining, Detroit took a half-game lead and on the last day of the season, they clinched the AL title. Detroit was lead once again by the pitching of Bill Bernhard, who was a co-leader of the major leagues with 25 wins. New York finished 2 games back and were lead by the league's outstanding batter award winner, Mike Donlin, and the pitching of George Winter, whom they got in a trade with the Boston Pilgrims and also had 25 wins. The Philadelphia Athletics finished a distant third, eight games back, and were lead by the arms of Rube Waddell and Eddie Plank.

The American and National Leagues coexisted without incident in 1904 in the fall it was a different matter. Near the end of the season, owners from both the Highlanders and the Tigers offered to play the NL title winner, the New York Giants, in the postseason to decide the world's champion. Giants' president John T. Brush refused the offer stating that because the Phillies easily handled Detroit last fall, the American League was an inferior and minor league. Despite the heavy criticism, Brush stood his ground so there was no World Series played.

American League     W   L   PCT  GB
Detroit            90  64  .584  --
New York           88  66  .571   2
Philadelphia       82  72  .532   8
Boston             78  76  .506  12
St.Louis           76  78  .494  14
Cleveland          68  86  .442  22
Chicago            67  87  .435  23
Washington         67  87  .435  23



Batting AVG           AVG
B.Coughlin, WS1      .301
D.Fultz, PHA         .296
M.Donlin, NYA        .290

Homeruns               HR
H.McFarland, CHA        9
M.Donlin, NYA           8
H.Ferris, BOS           6

Runs Batted In        RBI
B.Bradley, CLE         77
B.Keister, NYA         76
N.Lajoie, PHA/WS1      69

Runs Scored            RS
M.Donlin, NYA          84
S.Strang, DET          76
N.Lajoie, PHA/WS1      71

Stolen Bases           SB
B.Hamilton, PHA        68
B.Maloney, PHA         45
S.Strang, DET          36

Earned Run Average    ERA
C.Young, BOS         1.51
H.Wiltse, CHA        1.53
D.Taylor, SLA        1.61

Wins                    W
B.Bernhard, DET        25
G.Winter, NYA          25
E.Plank, PHA           23

Saves                  SV
J.Halla, PHA            4
W.Sudhoff, CHA          3
E.High, DET             2

Strikeouts             SO
R.Waddell, PHA        330
E.Plank, PHA          220
E.Moore, CLE          212

[doncoryell]

1904 - NL Year In Review

After their team won the NL title in 1902, Giants fans were hungry for another title and they received it in 1904. The combination of hitters Cy Seymour and Charley Hickman plus the pitching of Christy Matthewson lead the Giants to the title as they finished six games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. Mathewson finished second in the league with 24 wins and a 1.51 era, and finished first in strikeouts with 228. The Cubs were lead by the hitting of star Honus Wagner. The Pittsburgh Pirates finished in the first division for the first time since 1901 and was a very distant 17 games behind the title winning Giants.

The cheers of Giants fans turned sour as New York's president, John T. Brush, refused to play the title winner from the American League, stating that the league was inferior and not good enough to play the National League's title winner for a championship. Actually, Brush was still mad that the American League got the okay to keep their franchise, the Highlanders, in New York to compete with the Giants.

National League     W   L   PCT  GB
New York           96  58  .623  --
Chicago            90  64  .584   6
Pittsburgh         79  75  .513  17
St.Louis           78  76  .506  18
Brooklyn           72  82  .468  24
Cincinnati         71  83  .461  25
Boston             68  86  .442  28
Philadelphia       62  92  .403  34


Batting AVG           AVG
T.McCreery, BRO      .326
R.Thomas, PHI        .313
P.Clark, BSN         .311

Homeruns               HR
C.Seymour, NY1         10
C.Hickman, NY1          9
H.Wagner, CHN           9

Runs Batted In        RBI
C.Hickman, NY1         91
C.Seymour, NY1         83
H.Davis, NY1           80

Runs Scored            RS
C.Seymour, NY1         96
H.Davis, NY1           84
D.Green, CHN           83

Stolen Bases           SB
F.Clarke, PIT          69
F.Chance, CHN          63
H.Lumley, CHN          61

Earned Run Average    ERA
D.Phillippe, PIT     1.46
C.Mathewson, NY1     1.51
R.Ames, BRO          1.94

Wins                    W
C.McFarland, NY1       25
C.Mathewson, NY1       24
K.Nichols, NY1         22

Saves                  SV
J.Menefee, CHN          5
O.Johns, PHI            4
J.Barthold, PIT         2

Strikeouts             SO
C.Mathewson, NY1      228
O.Overall, BSN        183
A.Coakley, BSN        174

[doncoryell]

1904 Awards & Things

American League Outstanding Batter Award
Mike Donlin, New York (A)
152 g, 600 ab, 84 r, 174 h, 27 2b, 14 3b, 8 hr, 67 rbi, 59 bb, 62 k, 33 sb, .290 avg, .356 obp, .422 slg

National League Outstanding Batter Award
Cy Seymour, New York (N)
152 g, 591 ab, 96 r, 184 h, 27 2b, 13 3b, 10 hr, 83 rbi, 50 bb, 57 k, 10 sb, .311 avg, .363 obp, .452 slg

American League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Bill Bernhard, Detroit
25-14, 0 sv, 1.91 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 348.2 ip, 292 ha, 102 r, 74 er, 33 bb, 138 k, .227 oavg, 0.93 whip

National League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Christy Mathewson, New York (N)
24-15, 0 sv, 1.51 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 346.1 ip, 273 ha, 89 r, 58 er, 86 bb, 228 k, .224 oavg, 1.04 whip

American League Rookie of the Year Award
Irv Young, Boston (A)
16-17, 0 sv, 1.91 era, 35 g, 35 gs, 301.0 ip, 226 ha, 95 r, 64 er, 52 bb, 161 k, .210 oavg, 0.92 whip

National League Rookie of the Year Award
Otis Clymer, St.Louis (N)
134 g, 426 ab, 59 r, 154 h, 10 2b, 5 3b, 0 hr, 27 rbi, 16 bb, 33 k, 44 sb, .362 avg, .381 obp, .408 slg



Major League Records Set or Tied
Hitting
Strikeouts: 98 - Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A)/Washington

Pitching
ERA: 1.46 - Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh
Strikeouts: 330 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)


American League Records Set or Tied
Hitting
Triples: 20 - Bill Bradley, Cleveland
Strikeouts: 98 - Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A)/Washington

Pitching
ERA: 1.51 - Cy Young, Boston (A)
Strikeouts: 330 - Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A)


National League Records Set or Tied
Hitting
Strikeouts: 90 - Jack Dunn, Philadelphia (N)

Pitching
ERA: 1.46 - Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh



Milestones
6/5 - Bill Dineen hurls no-hitter. This is the first no-hitter this season and the fourth in history.
7/27 - Joe Kelley gets hit number 2000
8/7 - Vic Willis throws no-hitter. This is the second no-hitter pitched this season and the fifth in history.
8/13 - Clark Griffith gets 200th win.
9/5 - Fred Clarke scores 1000th run.



Trades
6/12 - Pittsburgh gets 2b Kid Gleason (38 yrs old, .286-0-19-7), Detroit gets c Ed McFarland (30 yrs old, .180-1-26-1)
6/19 - Boston (N) gets ss Charlie Dexter (28 yrs old, .181-1-32-25), Brooklyn gets 2b Shad Barry (26 yrs old, .315-0-24-8)
6/27 - New York (A) gets p George Winter (26 yrs old, 25-9, 0 sv, 2.11 era, 108 k), Boston (A) gets 2b Claude Ritchey (31 yrs old, .245-2-32-8)
6/27 - Brooklyn gets p Jack McAleese (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0 k), Chicago (A) gets 2b Cupid Childs (28 yrs old, .231-0-22-7)
7/24 - Philadelphia (A) gets p Ed Siever (28 yrs old, 13-12, 1 sv, 2.56 era, 95 k), Detroit gets c Tom Needham (25 yrs old, .189-3-48-1)
7/24 - Chicago (N) gets p Win Kellum (29 yrs old, 17-18, 0 sv, 2.06 era, 120 k), St.Louis (N) gets lf Topsy Hartsel (30 yds old, .219-1-37-28)
7/29 - Washington gets 2b Nap Lajoie (30 yrs old, .287-6-69-27), Philadelphia (A) gets rf Pops Foster (27 yrs old, .214-6-53-16)
7/30 - Detroit gets p Fred Burchell (25 yrs old, 17-15, 0 sv, 2.11 era, 153 k), Washington gets rf Fred Odwell (32 yrs old, .221-4-26-18)