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

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Current Single Season Records

Major League Single Season Records

Hitting
Batting Average: .401  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Hits: 233  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Doubles: 49  Ed Delahanty, Philadelphia (N) 1901
Triples: 24  Bill Keister, New York (A) 1905; Elmer Flick, Boston (N) 1905
Homeruns: 15  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1902; Tim Jordan, Philadelphia (A) 1905
RBI: 115  Harry Lumley, Chicago (N) 1906
Runs: 122  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Walks: 129  John McGraw, Baltimore 1901
Strikeouts: 110  Branch Rickey, Boston (A) 1906
Stolen Bases: 81  Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh 1901
Hitting Streak: 50  Dave Fultz, Philadelphia (A) 1902


Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.46  Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh 1904
Games: 51  Kid Nichols, Boston (N) 1901
Starts: 48  Pink Hawley, Milwaukee 1901; Doc White Philadelphia (N) 1901
Wins: 34  Doc White, Philadelphia (N) 1901
Losses: 36  Jack Taylor, Chicago (N) 1901
Saves: 8  Harry Kane, Chicago (A) 1906
Bases on Balls: 174  Tom Hughes, Chicago (N) 1901
Strikeouts: 330  Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A) 1904

 



American League Single Season Records

Hitting
Batting Average: .401  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Hits: 233  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Doubles: 45  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Triples: 24  Bill Keister, New York (A) 1905
Homeruns: 15  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1902; Tim Jordan, Philadelphia (A) 1905
RBI: 109  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Runs: 122  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901  
Walks: 129  John McGraw, Baltimore 1901
Strikeouts: 110  Branch Rickey, Boston (A) 1906
Stolen Bases: 70  Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Hitting Streak: 50  Dave Fultz, Philadelphia (A) 1902




Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.51  Cy Young, Boston 1904
Games: 48  Pink Hawley, Milwaukee 1901
Starts: 48  Pink Hawley, Milwaukee 1901
Wins: 32  Eddie Plank, Philadelphia (A) 1901
Losses: 26, Case Patten, Washington 1901, Charlie Shields, Chicago (A) 1902, Fred Glade, Detroit 1906
Saves: 8  Harry Kane, Chicago (A) 1906
Bases on Balls: 131  Slow Joe Doyle, Cleveland 1906
Strikeouts: 330  Rube Waddell, Philadelphia (A) 1904



National League Single Season Records

Hitting
Batting Average: .368  Harry Bay, Cincinnati 1902
Hits: 200  Harry Bay, Cincinnati 1902
Doubles: 49  Ed Delahanty, Philadelphia (N) 1901
Triples: 24  Elmer Flick, Boston (N) 1905
Homeruns: 11  Sam Crawford, Cincinnati 1901; Elmer Flick, Philadelphia (N) 1901
RBI: 115  Harry Lumley, Chicago (N) 1906
Runs: 119  Roy Thomas, Philadelphia (N) 1901
Walks: 127  Roy Thomas, Philadelphia (N) 1902
Strikeouts: 96  Tom McCreery, Brooklyn 1905
Stolen Bases: 81  Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh 1901
Hitting Streak: 35  Danny Green, Chicago (N) 1903



Pitching
Earned Run Average: 1.46  Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh 1904
Games: 51  Kid Nichols, Boston (N) 1901
Starts: 48  Doc White Philadelphia (N) 1901
Wins: 34  Doc White, Philadelphia (N) 1901
Losses: 36  Jack Taylor, Chicago (N) 1901
Saves: 7  Vic Willis, New York (N) 1903
Bases on Balls: 174  Tom Hughes, Chicago (N) 1901
Strikeouts: 294  Rube Waddell, Pittsburgh 1901

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Awards, League Champs & yearly stats leaders

OUTSTANDING BATTER AWARD

Year    American League               National League
1901    Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia      Ed Delahanty, Philadelphia
1902    Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia      Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh
1903    Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia      Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh
1904    Mike Donlin, New York         Cy Seymour, New York
1905    Nap Lajoie, Washington        Cy Seymour, New York
1906    Mike Donlin, New York         Harry Lumley, Chicago




OUTSTANDING PITCHER AWARD

Year    American League               National League
1901    Eddie Plank,Philadelphia      Doc White,Philadelphia
1902    Jim St.Vrain, Washington      Christy Mathewson, New York
1903    Bill Bernhard, Detroit        Red Ames, Brooklyn
1904    Bill Bernhard, Detroit        Christy Mathewson, New York
1905    Rube Waddell, Washington      Mordecai Brown, Chicago
1906    Rube Waddell, St.Louis        Mordecai Brown, Chicago
 



ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD
 
Year    American League               National League
1901    Eddie Plank, Philadelphia     Doc White, Philadelphia
1902    Jim St.Vrain, Washington      Carl Lundgren, Boston
1903    Moose McCormick, Washington   Red Ames, Brooklyn
1904    Irv Young, Boston             Otis Clymer, St.Louis
1905    Ed Hughes, Washington         Ed Karger, Boston
1906    Jack Pfiester, St.Louis       Elmer Steele, Pittsburgh




LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

Year    American League              National League                 World Series Winner
1901    Boston         81-59 .579    St. Louis      87-53 .621       None
1902    Washington     85-55 .607    New York       89-51 .636       None
1903    Detroit        80-61 .567    Philadelphia   78-62 .557       Philadelphia, 5-1
1904    Detroit        90-64 .584    New York       96-58 .623       None
1905    New York       90-64 .584    New York       99-55 .643       New York (N), 4-1
1906    New York       89-65 .578    Chicago        99-55 .643       New York (A), 4-2

BATTING AVERAGE

Year     American League                      National League
1901     Nap Lajoie,Philadelphia     .401     Ed Delahanty,Philadelphia    .366
1902     Mike Donlin, Baltimore      .369     Harry Bay, Cincinnati        .368
1903     Moose McCormick, Washington .393     Harry Bay, Cincinnati        .332
1904     Bill Coughlin, Washington   .301     Tom McCreery, Brooklyn       .326
1905     Mike Donlin, New York       .325     Dave Fultz, Brooklyn         .330
1906     Mike Donlin, New York       .343     Harry Lumley, Chicago        .317


HOMERUNS

Year     American League                      National League
1901     Jimmy Williams,Baltimore      13     Sam Crawford,Cincinnati        11
1902     Nap Lajoie, Philadelphia      15     Ginger Beaumont, Pittsburgh     6
1903     Ed Delahanty, Washington      12     Charley Hickman, New York       9
1904     Herm McFarland, Chicago        9     Cy Seymour, New York           10
1905     Tim Jordan, Philadelphia      15     Harry Davis, New York           8
1906     Pop Foster, Philadelphia       8     Harry Lumley, Chicago           6



RUNS BATTED IN

Year     American League                      National League
1901     Nap Lajoie,Philadelphia      109     Ed Delahanty,Philadelphia     108
1902     Mike Grady, Washington        92     Willie Keeler, Brooklyn        95
1903     Mike Grady, Washington        87     Harry Lumley, Chicago          85
1904     Bill Bradley, Cleveland       77     Charley Hickman, New York      91
1905     Erve Beck, Cleveland          97     Harry Davis, New York          98
1906     Art Devlin, St.Louis          77     Harry Lumley, Chicago         115






PITCHING

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

Year     American League                      National League
1901     John Skopec,Chicago         2.50     Mike O'Neill,St.Louis        2.27
1902     Rube Waddell, Philadelphia  2.29     Christy Mathewson, New York  2.08
1903     Case Patten, Washington     1.77     Bill Duggleby, Philadelphia  1.81
1904     Cy Young, Boston            1.51     Deacon Phillippe, Pittsburgh 1.46
1905     Rube Waddell, Washington    1.85     Noodles Hahn, Cincinnati     1.64
1906     Charlie Smith, Chicago      1.79     Red Ames, Brooklyn           1.63



WINS

Year     American League                      National League
1901     Eddie Plank,Philadelphia      32     Doc White,Philadelphia         34
1902     Jim St.Vrain, Washington      30     Christy Mathewson, New York    33
1903     Bill Bernhard, Detroit        25     Red Ames, Brooklyn             22
1904     Bill Bernhard, Detroit        25     Chappie McFarland, New York    25
1905     Bob Ewing,NY/Rube Waddell,WS  23     Mordecai Brown/Bob Wicker,CHN  26
1906     Rube Waddell, Philadelphia    27     Mordecai Brown, Chicago        30



STRIKEOUTS

Year     American League                      National League
1901     Bill Hoffer,Cleveland        189     Rube Waddell,Pittsburgh       294
1902     Rube Waddell, Philadelphia   321     Christy Mathewson, New York   227
1903     Rube Waddell, Philadelphia   257     Red Ames, Brooklyn            278
1904     Rube Waddell, Philadelphia   330     Christy Mathewson, New York   228
1905     Rube Waddell, Washington     303     Red Ames, Brooklyn            259
1906     Rube Waddell, St.Louis       236     Red Ames, Brooklyn            247

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current Hall of Fame

Jake Beckley -- Inducted 1905

[b]AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG[/B]
.312  2055   8050   1899  2510   70    1302    291    .437

Edward James "Big Ed" Delahanty -- Inducted 1903

[b]AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG[/b]
.348  1819   7435   1542  2584  109    1448    462    .508

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

Can i be apart of the Hall of Fame comittee. If so, I nominate Jesse Burkett to be in the hall of fame. 341 lifetime average and doesnt make it to the hall because of a few hits.

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

Can i be apart of the Hall of Fame comittee. If so, I nominate Jesse Burkett to be in the hall of fame. 341 lifetime average and doesnt make it to the hall because of a few hits.

Yes you can be apart of the newly formed Veterans Committee. Jesse Burkett, as well as retired pitcher Amos Rusie, is going to go in. I'm glad that you noticed him because he indeed is in the Hall at Cooperstown. After looking at the records of the real life Hall of Fame, our HOF committee, the one that immediately inducts worthy players, is going to make an announcement during the winter meetings after the 1907 season, which will be posted later.

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1907 - MLB Year In Review

The American League pretty much saw a repeat of last season as the New York Highlanders grabbed the title for the second year in a row. It really wasn't much of a race as the Highlanders led St.Louis by 6 games and Cleveland by 7 heading into September and clinched the title with a week remaining. The Highlanders were led at the plate by Bill Keister, who batted .306 with 5 home runs and 58 rbi, enough to give him the Outstanding Batter award. Bill Bernhard and Addie Joss led the way on the mound. Cleveland rebounded from a dismal last place finish in 1906 to finishing only 6 games behind in second place. Second round pick Bill Grahame led the team in wins with 22 and was named Rookie of the Year. On a sad note, on opening day as he started the 5th inning, Boston Red Sox pitcher Cy Young threw a pitch and immediately crumbled to the ground. He suffered severe back spasms and did not pitch again this season. At the age of 40 years old, Cy Young, star pitcher in both the National and American Leagues, announced his retirement, finishing with a career record of 400-238 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

The National League was a different story although the results were the same. The Chicago Cubs dropped from 99 wins in 1906 to "only" 87 wins in 1907 but it was still enough to repeat as NL title holders. Heading into September, the Cubbies led Cincinnati by 5.5 games, Philadelphia by 7 games and Pittsburgh by 9.5 games. While the Reds and Pirates faded, the Phillies caught fire and weren't eliminated until the next-to-last day of the regular season. Doc Gessler was Chicago's best hitter as he batted .317 and drove in a league leading 79 runs in winning the NL Outstanding Batter award. The St.Louis Cardinals were the league's biggest improver as they improved by 13 games after winning only 60 games the previous season. Pitcher Walter Johnson continued to improve as he won a league leading 25 games and also had an ERA of 1.52 and struck out 216 batters, enough to win the Outstanding Pitcher award.

The Cubs fared differently as the World Series began. The teams split the first four games then Chicago won games 5 and 6 to become the world's champions by defeating the Highlanders, 4 games to 2 after losing by that margin in 1906.

American League     W   L   PCT  GB     National League     W   L   PCT  GB
New York           89  65  .578  --     Chicago            87  67  .565  --
Cleveland          83  71  .539   6     Philadelphia       85  69  .552   2
St.Louis           80  74  .519   9     Cincinnati         79  75  .513   8
Washington         79  75  .513  10     Pittsburgh         77  77  .500  10
Chicago            78  76  .506  11     Brooklyn           73  81  .474  14
Detroit            76  78  .494  13     St.Louis           73  81  .474  14
Boston             68  86  .442  21     Boston             72  82  .468  15
Philadelphia       63  91  .409  26     New York           70  84  .455  17



Batting AVG           AVG               Batting AVG           AVG
R.Hartzell, DET      .318               D.Hoblitzel, CIN     .318
B.Keister, NYA       .306               D.Gessler, CHN       .317
S.Crawford, DET      .290               J.Delahanty, CHN     .308

Homeruns               HR               Homeruns               HR
S.Crawford, DET         9               T.Jordan, PIT           7
P.Foster, CHA           8               H.Lumley, CHN           6
H.Arndt, BOS            5               B.Rickey, BRO           5

Runs Batted In        RBI               Runs Batted In        RBI
S.Crawford, DET        74               D.Gessler, CHN         79
H.Arndt, BOS           71               T.Jordan, PIT          74
S.Magee, NYA           65               G.Stone, NY1           71

Runs Scored            RS               Runs Scored            RS
B.Keister, NYA         92               O.Knabe, PHI           91
C.Milan, CHA           85               G.Stone, NY1           89
S.Magee, NYA           80               D.Gessler, CHN         81

Stolen Bases           SB               Stolen Bases           SB
B.Keister, NYA         48               D.Jones, NY1           58
S.Shannon, DET         46               F.Clarke, PIT          51
J.Thoney, CLE          44               G.Anderson, BSN        42

Earned Run Average    ERA               Earned Run Average    ERA
A.Joss, NYA          1.55               J.Dygert, CIN        1.46
R.Kisinger, CLE      1.62               W.Johnson, SLN       1.52
J.St.Vrain, WS1      1.74               J.Ryan, PHI          1.58

Wins                    W               Wins                    W
J.St.Vrain, WS1        27               W.Johnson, SLN         25
B.Grahame, CLE         22               D.White, PHI           24
B.Bernhard, NYA        21               B.Campbell, PIT        23

Saves                  SV               Saves                  SV
D.Varney, CHA           6               J.Barthold, PHI         3
F.Arellanes, WS1        3               L.Fiene, PHI            3
R.Donahue, SLA          3               S.Sallee, BRO           3

Strikeouts             SO               Strikeouts             SO
R.Waddell,SLA         233               R.Ames, BRO           217
J.Pfiester, SLA       184               W.Johnson, SLN        216
J.Coombs, PHA         177               J.Dygert, CIN         214



1907 World Series

Game #1
Chicago (N)  0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 11 2
New York (A) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 - 5  7 2
Hess and Chance. Bernhard and Phelps.
WP - Hess (1-0)
LP - Bernhard (0-1)
HR - Lumley (1)


Game #2
Chicago (N)  0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 - 7 10 3
New York (A) 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 - 8 14 3
Wicker, Hughes (10) and Chance. Winter and Warner.
WP - Winter (1-0)
LP - Hughes (0-1)
HR - Gessler (1)


Game #3
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
Chicago (N)  0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 x - 5 7 0
Joss and Warner. Brown and Chance.
WP - Brown (1-0)
LP - Joss (0-1)
HR - none


Game #4
New York (A) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1
Chicago (N)  0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Lush and Warner. Phillippe and Chance.
WP - Lush (1-0)
LP - Phillippe (0-1)
HR - none



Game #5
New York (A) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
Chicago (N)  0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 3 7 0
Bernhard and Phelps. Hess and Chance, Leahy (9).
WP - Hess (2-0)
LP - Bernhard (0-2)
HR - none



Game #6
Chicago (N)  0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 12 4
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2  9 1
Wicker and Chance. Winter and Warner.
WP - Wicker (1-0)
LP - Winter (1-1)
HR - none

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1907 Awards & Things

American League Outstanding Batter Award
Bill Keister, New York
154 g, 612 ab, 92 r, 187 h, 35 2b, 13 3b, 5 hr, 58 rbi, 34 bb, 48 k, 48 sb, .306 avg, .353 obp, .430 slg

National League Outstanding Batter Award
Doc Gessler, Chicago
151 g, 583 ab, 81 r, 185 h, 21 2b, 11 3b, 3 hr, 79 rbi, 55 bb, 47 k, 29 sb, .317 avg, .384 obp, .407 slg

American League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Jim St.Vrain, Washington
27-12, 0 sv, 1.74 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 352.1 ip, 251 ha, 94 r, 68 er, 88 bb, 172 k, 0.96 whip, .205 oavg

National League Outstanding Pitcher Award
Walter Johnson, St.Louis
25-13, 0 sv, 1.52 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 343.1 ip, 256 ha, 103 r, 58 er, 91 bb, 216 k, 1.01 whip, .207 oavg

American League Rookie of the Year
Bill Grahame, Cleveland
22-14, 0 sv, 1.95 era, 38 g, 38 gs, 332.2 ip, 256 ha, 114 r, 72 er, 89 bb, 135 k, 1.04 whip, .215 oavg

National League Rookie of the Year
Billy Campbell, Pittsburgh
23-15, 0 sv, 2.14 era, 39 g, 39 gs, 349.0 ip, 314 ha, 136 r, 83 er, 77 bb, 114 k, 1.12 whip, .239 oavg



Major League Records Set or Tied
None

American League Records Set or Tied
Pitching
Losses: 26 - Jack Coombs, Philadelphia (A)
Bases on Balls: 145 - Jack Coombs, Philadelphia (A)

National League Records Set or Tied
Batting
Strike outs: 99 - Sam Dungan, Philadelphia (N)



Milestones
4/27 - Billy Hamilton collects 2500th hit
5/6 - Vic Willis gets no-hitter. This is the second no-hitter of his career. This is the first no-hitter thrown this season and the seventh in history.
5/20 - Jim St.Vrain tosses no-hitter. This is the second no-hitter thrown this season and the eighth in history.
5/21 - Willie Keeler gets 2500th hit
7/9 - Nap Lajoie gets hit number 2000
9/14 - Nap Lajoie scores 1000th run
9/21 - Fred Tenney scores 1000th run



Trades
6/10 - St.Louis (N) gets p Alex Pearson (29 yrs old, 14-14, 0 sv, 1.92 era, 239.0 ip, 60 k) and ss Hutch Campbell (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Cincinnati gets rf Mike Mitchell (27 yrs old, .273-0-29-14)
6/14 - Philadelphia (A) gets 1b Kitty Bransfield (32 yrs old, .262-1-48-4) and c Jim Ball (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Philadelphia (N) gets cf Jimmy Barrett (32 yrs old, .224-1-39-2)
6/19 - Cincinnati gets p Homer Hillebrand (27 yrs old, 10-14, 0 sv, 2.62 era, 203.0 ip, 76 k), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Harry Lord (25 yrs old, .260-1-32-12)
7/26 - Boston (N) gets p Jack Powell (33 yrs old, 19-18, 0 sv, 2.82 era, 338.2 ip, 136 k), St.Louis (A) gets ss Sport McAllister (33 yrs old, .188-1-17-5)
7/29 - Philadelphia (N) gets p John Barthold (25 yrs old, 3-2, 2 sv, 1.47 era, 18.1 ip, 5 k), Pittsburgh gets 3b Bill Coughlin (29 yrs old, .340-0-29-11)

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1907-08 Winter Meetings

Announcements
Hall of Fame - The Election Committee has announced a few changes in it's criteria for instant induction upon retirement. The Committee stated that a position player with a career average of .300 or better now needs to have at least 2,400 hits. Pitchers who haven't accumulated 300 wins can still get inducted if they have at least 240 wins and have a career earned run average of 3.50 or lower. (Note: These changes were made due to the players seeming to retire earlier than they did in real life.)



Free Agency

Here is a list of the major free agents and where they are heading:

p Ed Siever - Signed a 3-year, $73,900 contract with Boston (A)
p Clark Griffith - Unsigned
c Fred Jacklitsch - Signed a 1-year, $6,090 contract with Cleveland
c Frank Chance - Signed a 3-year, $186,490 contract with Cincinnati
3b Dave Brain - Signed a 2-year, $30,020 contract with Cleveland
ss Joe Tinker - Signed a 2-year, $23,360 contract with Philadelphia (A)
cf Davy Jones - Signed a 3-year, $52,650 contract with New York (N)



Winter Trades
10/25 - New York (A) gets p Andy Bruckmiller (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.0 ip, 0 k), Brooklyn gets 2b Heinie Wagner (26 yrs old, .151-0-5-0)
11/3 - New York (A) gets p Mike Cunningham (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.0 ip, 0 k) and c Joe Dunn (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets ss Simon Nicholls (25 yrs old, .223-0-17-4)
11/8 - Detroit gets p John McCloskey (25 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.0 ip, 0 k), Philadelphia (A) gets 3b Roy Hartzell (26 yrs old, .318-1-28-30)
11/8 - Cleveland gets p Tully Sparks (32 yrs old, 5-8, 0 sv, 4.15 era, 112.2 ip, 35 k), Brooklyn gets c Paddy Livingston (27 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/13 - Cincinnati gets cf Ginger Beaumont (31 yrs old, .241-3-26-17), Pittsburgh gets 3b Jap Barbeau (25 yrs old, .125-0-2-0) and ss Tommy McMillan (19 yrs old, .250-0-0-0)
11/13 - New York (A) gets p Louis Leroy (28 yrs old, 0-0, 0 sv, 0.00 era, 0.0 ip, 0 k) and c Walter Blair (24 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Pittsburgh gets 2b Miller Huggins (28 yrs old, .243-0-51-13)
11/13 - Boston (N) gets p Fred Burchell (28 yrs old, 15-19, 0 sv, 2.09 era, 315.0 ip, 143 k), Detroit gets rf **** Harley (35 yrs old, .341-1-30-23)
11/29 - Pittsburgh gets p Alex Pearson (29 yrs old, 14-14, 0 sv, 1.92 era, 239.0 ip, 60 k), St.Louis (N) gets rf Bunk Congalton (31 yrs old, .294-0-32-8)
11/29 - New York (A) gets p Jack Powell (33 yrs old, 19-18, 0 sv, 2.82 era, 338.2 ip, 136 k) and 2b Nig Perrine (22 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), Boston (N) gets c Ed Phelps (27 yrs old, .305-0-6-2) and 2b Scotty Barr (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
11/30 - St.Louis (A) gets p Charlie Smith (26 yrs old, 17-19, 2.42 era, 330.1 ip, 144 k), Chicago (A) gets cf Topsy Hartsel (33 yrs old, .256-0-35-11)
12/1 - Chicago (A) gets p Jack Lundbom (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 0.0 ip, 0 k) and ss Hutch Campbell (23 yrs old, .000-0-0-0), St.Louis (N) gets c Jack Bliss (25 yrs old, .129-0-3-1)
12/2 - St.Louis (A) gets 2b Germany Schaefer (30 yrs old, .262-1-28-11), Philadelphia (A) gets cf Denny Sullivan (25 yrs old, .267-0-3-1)
12/2 - Pittsburgh gets p George Mullin (26 yrs old, 3-1, 1.07 era, 59.0 ip, 16 k), Brooklyn gets 2b Charlie Malay (28 yrs old, .252-1-27-18)
12/4 - Boston (N) gets p Irv Higginbothom (25 yrs old, 10-10, 2.97 era, 179.0 ip, 62 k), Boston (A) gets rf Goat Anderson (27 yrs old, .222-0-34-42) and 2b Scotty Barr (21 yrs old, .000-0-0-0)
2/5 - Chicago (N) gets cf Al Schweitzer (25 yrs old, .211-0-4-1), Brooklyn gets cf Johnny Bates (25 yrs old, .191-0-22-3)
2/5 - St.Louis (N) gets p Bill Malarkey (29 yrs old, 0-0, 0.00 era, 0.0 ip, 0 k), New York (A) gets 1b Dan McGann (36 yrs old, .288-0-1-5)



Retirements

ss Lew Carr, age 35 - 2 seasons. His career stats:
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

3b Doc Casey, age 37 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .293 with 6 homers, 46 rbi and 40 sb in 94 games. His career stats:
.257 avg, 11 hr, 296 rbi, 677 h, 86 2b, 30 3b, 328 r, 156 sb

2b Pete Childs, age 36 - 3 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .213 with 0 homers, 44 rbi and 3 sb in 138 games. His career stats:
.215 avg, 0 hr, 52 rbi, 115 h, 10 2b, 0 3b, 40 r, 5 sb

3b Jack Dunn, age 35 - 11 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .246 with 0 homers, 16 rbi and 3 sb in 43 games. His career stats:
.215 avg, 2 hr, 169 rbi, 372 h, 45 2b, 18 3b, 197 4, 36 sb

2b Bill Fox, age 36 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .286 with 0 homers, 0 rbi and 0 sb in 4 games. His career stats:
.185 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 5 h, 0 2b, 1 3b, 5 r, 0 sb

rf Dale Gear, age 36 - 9 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .269 with 1 homer, 6 rbi and 0 sb in 22 games. His career stats:
.210 avg, 5 hr, 83 rbi, 143 h, 23 2b, 7 3b, 65 r, 6 sb

3b Chink Heileman, age 35 - 1 season.
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

3b Eddie Hickey, age 35 - 2 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted 1.000 with 0 homers, 1 rbi and 0 sb in 3 games. His career stats:
1.000 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 2 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 1 r, 0 sb

rf Willie Keeler, age 35 - 16 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1897 when he batted .424 with 0 homers, 74 rbi and 64 sb in 129 games. His career stats:
.340 avg, 38 hr, 940 rbi, 2514 h, 252 2b, 123 3b, 1467 r, 539 sb

lf Kip Selbach, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1900 when he batted .337 with 4 homers, 68 rbi and 36 sb in 141 games. His career stats:
.296 avg, 37 hr, 710 rbi, 1502 h, 256 2b, 122 3b, 891 r, 299 sb

p Cy Young, age 40 - 18 seasons. Inducted to Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1892 when he compiled a record of 36-12 with 0 sv, 1.93 era and 168 k in 453.0 innings. He is the current leader in career wins and strikeouts. His career stats:
400-283, 8 sv, 2.87 era, 5080.1 ip, 1102 bb, 2189 k

2b Harry Berte, age 35 - 2 seasons. His career stats:
.222 avg, 0 hr, 5 rbi, 4 h, 1 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

rf Pop Rising, age 36 - 2 seasons. His career stats:
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

2b John Kane, age 25 - 2 seasons. Suffered a career-ending injury in 1907. His best season was in 1906 when he batted ,236 with 2 homers, 55 rbi and 28 sb in 146 games. His career stats:
.220 avg, 4 hr, 81 rbi, 207 h, 24 2b, 15 3b, 99 r, 59 sb

c Bill Bergen, age 29 - 1 season. His career stats:
.097 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 3 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 6 r, 0 sb

c Fritz Buelow, age 32 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .242 with 0 homers, 16 rbi and 1 sb in 62 games. His career stats:
.262 avg, 0 hr, 21 rbi, 43 h, 7 2b, 3 3b, 18 r, 1 sb

3b Jimmy Burke, age 33 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1904 when he batted .320 with 1 homer, 25 rbi and 7 sb in 70 games. His career stats:
.272 avg, 1 hr, 93 rbi, 235 h, 32 2b, 6 3b, 98 r, 18 sb

c Jack O'Connor, age 38 - 12 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .315 with 2 homers, 51 rbi and 15 sb in 86 games. His career stats:
.270 avg, 11 hr, 498 rbi, 937 h, 144 2b, 40 3b, 476 r, 131 sb

2b George Davis, age 37 - 18 seasons. His best season was in 1894 when he batted .352 with 8 homers, 91 rbi and 40 sb in 122 games. His career stats:
.296 avg, 69 hr, 1317 rbi, 2499 h, 413 2b, 180 3b, 1458 r, 551 sb

rf Tom Donovan, age 35 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .271 with 3 homers, 10 rbi and 1 sb in 49 games. His career stats:
.253 avg, 6 hr, 50 rbi, 135 h, 25 2b, 10 3b, 63 r, 15 sb

rf Buck Freeman, age 36 - 10 seasons. His best season was in 1899 when he batted .318 with 25 homers, 122 rbi and 21 sb in 155 games. His career stats:
.265 avg, 75 hr, 578 rbi, 1162 h, 206 2b, 83 3b, 566 r, 125 sb

rf Emil Frisk, age 33 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he batted .311 with 1 homer, 14 rbi and 1 sb in 35 games. His career stats:
.252 avg, 3 hr, 108 rbi, 257 h, 33 2b, 13 3b, 110 r, 16 sb

rf Zara Harvey, age 29 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1902 when he batted .342 with 6 homers, 66 rbi and 15 sb in 129 games. His career stats:
.335 avg, 10 hr, 159 rbi, 361 h, 65 2b, 15 3b, 150 r, 35 sb

p Pink Hawley, age 35 - 14 seasons. His best season was in 1895 when he compiled a 31-22 record with 1 save, 3.18 era and 142 k in 444.1 innings. His career stats:
205-207, 5 sv, 3.71 era, 3603.1 ip, 1140 bb, 1024 k

c Tacks Latimer, age 30 - 4 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he batted .209 with 0 homers, 11 rbi and 0 sb in 70 games. His career stats:
.238 avg, 0 hr, 18 rbi, 40 h, 9 2b, 0 3b, 17 r, 1 sb

p Jack McAleese, age 30 - 1 season.
1-1, 1 sv, 4.45 era, 30.1 ip, 10 bb, 6 k

p Frank Morrissey, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1901 when he compiled a record of 21-13 with 0 sv, 3.53 era and 152 k in 300.2 innings. His career stats:
43-36, 7 sv, 3.10 era, 700.1 ip, 199 bb, 263 k

p Kid Nichols, age 38 - 17 seasons. Member of Hall of Fame. His best season was in 1892 when he compiled a 35-16 record with 0 sv, 2.84 era and 187 k in 453.0 innings. He currently ranks second all-time in wins and currently is the all-time leader in saves. His career stats:
366-217, 21 sv, 2.94 era, 5226.1 ip, 1390 bb, 1881 k

p Ed Poole, age 33 - 7 seasons. His best season was in 1906 when he compiled a 20-17 record with 0 sv, 2.61 era and 157 k in 337.1 innings. His career stats:
56-72, 2 sv, 2.77 era, 1180.0 ip, 509 bb, 463 k

p George Prentiss, age 31 - 6 seasons. His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 17-12 record with 0 sv, 2.86 era and 118 k in 280.0 innings. His career stats:
51-45, 5 sv, 2.95 era, 872.0 ip, 316 bb, 316 k

c Joe Berry, age 34 - 1 season
.176 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 6 h, 1 2b, 0 3b, 2 r, 1 sb

c Pat Deisel, age 30 - 1 season
.000 avg, 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

p Bob Rhoads, age 27 - 5 seasons - His best season was in 1903 when he compiled a 21-10 record with 0 sv, 2.76 era and 102 k in 287.1 innings. His career stats:
70-66, 3 sv, 2.76 era, 1213.1 ip, 368 bb, 391 k

c Fred Carisch, age 26 - 2 seasons - His best season was in 1903 when he batted .234 with 0 homers, 41 rbi and 6 sb in 114 games. His career stats:
.233 avg, 0 hr, 43 rbi, 109 h, 18 2b, 6 3b, 49 r, 6 sb

c Fred Holmes, age 26 - 1 season
.200 avg, 0 hr, 5 rbi, 4 h, 0 2b, 0 3b, 0 r, 0 sb

Team              Round One             Round Two             Round Three          Round Four
Philadelphia (A)  Russ Ford,p           Jack Gilligan,p       Ted Easterly,c       Ray Brown,p
Boston (A)        Ray Collins,p         Bill Powell,p         Tillie Shafer,3b     Dots Miller,2b
New York (N)      Fred Anderson,p       Harry Gaspar,p        Lucky Wright,p       Chuck Rose,p
Boston (N)        Willie Mitchell,p     Bob Harmon,p          Bill McCorry,p       Bobby Vaughn,2b
Brooklyn          Louis Drucke,p        Les Backman,p         George Daly,p        Harry Sullivan,p
St.Louis (N)      Jim Scott,p           Jack Bushelman,p      Rudy Schwenck,p      Jack Lelivelt,lf
Detroit           Jack Quinn,p          Cliff Curtis,p        Fred Winchell,p      Kirby White,p
Pittsburgh        John Raleigh,p        Rip Hagerman,p        Bill Lelivelt,p      Ed Kusel,p
Chicago (A)       Zack Wheat,lf         Harry Hooper,rf       Ward Miller,cf       Cozy Dolan,3b
Washington        Kid Speer,p           Ralph Works,p         Rebel Oakes,cf       Art Fletcher,ss
Cincinnati        Elmer Knetzer,p       Ed Lafitte,p          Stuffy McInnis,1b    **** Carroll,p
St.Louis (A)      Bob Groom,p           King Cole,p           Bill Forman,p        Fred Luderus,1b
Cleveland         Dolly Gray,p          Larry Pape,p          Jerry Upp,p          Clyde Engle,lf
Philadelphia (N)  Dixie Walker,p        Al Klawitter,p        Harry Otis,p         Hy Myers,cf
Chicago (N)       Eddie Dent,p          Burt Shotton,cf       Fred Beck,cf         Steve Yertes,ss
New York (A)      Phil Stremmel,p       Chief Meyers,c        Sam Fletcher,p       William Matthews,p



Team              Round Five            Round Six             Round Seven          Round Eight          
Philadelphia (A)  Tommy Clarke,c        Tommy Atkins,p        Walt DeVoy,rf        Harry Camnitz,p
Boston (A)        Rube Ellis,lf         Doc Johnston,1b       Bobby Messenger,rf   Joe Bernard,p
New York (N)      Ray Demmitt,cf        Steve Melter,p        Grover Lowdermilk,p  Chick Evans,p
Boston (N)        Harry Suter,p         Bill O'Hara,cf        Chet Nourse,p        Charlie French,2b
Brooklyn          Pat Ragan,p           Tom Cantwell,p        Dolly Stark,ss       George Hunter,rf
St.Louis (N)      Tom Downey,ss         Joe Hovlik,p          Red Waller,p         Doc Martel,c
Detroit           Jimmy Austin,3b       Carl Sitton,p         Roy Ellam,ss         Bill Yohe,3b
Pittsburgh        Heinie Heitmuller,lf  Eddie Higgins,p       Gus Getz,3b          Mike Simon,c
Chicago (A)       Del Gainer,1b         Forrest More,p        Duke Reilley,lf      Joe Casey,c
Washington        Bill Rariden,c        Bill Killefer,c       Joe Ohl,p            Ned Crompton,lf
Cincinnati        Morrie Rath,3b        Bill Davidson,cf      Butch Schmidt,p      Bill Moriarty,ss
St.Louis (A)      Ben Van ****,p        Bunny Madden,c        Bill Cooney,p        Howard Murphy,cf
Cleveland         Red Booles,p          Del Young,lf          John Kull,p          Jack Coffey,ss
Philadelphia (N)  Frank Scanlan,p       Red Downey,rf         Chet Carmichael,p    Bob Higgins,c
Chicago (N)       Art Griggs,1b         Gene Moore,p          Willis Cole,cf       Ezra Midkiff,3b
New York (A)      Ham Hyatt,1b          Charlie Wacker,p      Pryor McElveen,3b    George McConnell,1b


Team              Round Nine            Round Ten
Philadelphia (A)  Cuke Barrows,rf       Tom Crooke,1b
Boston (A)        Jul Kustus,rf         Bert James,rf
New York (N)      Ham Patterson,1b      Ed Mcdonough,c
Boston (N)        Speed Kelly,3b        Swat McCabe,rf
Brooklyn          Warren Miller,rf      Ed Larkin,c
St.Louis (N)      Jack Wanner,ss        Claire Patterson,lf
Detroit           Leo Meyer,ss          Walt Doane,lf
Pittsburgh        Heinie Beckendorf,c   Si Pauxtis,c
Chicago (A)       Barney Reilly,2b      Jim Curry,2b
Washington        Hosea Somer,3b        Coonie Blank,c
Cincinnati        Harry Redmond,2b      Ben Froelich,c
St.Louis (A)      Charlie Enwright,ss   Paul Howard,lf
Cleveland         Mike Konnick,c        Bill Dam,lf
Philadelphia (N)  Milo Netzel,3b        Babe Danzig,1b
Chicago (N)       Tom Raftery,rf
New York (A)      Wib Smith,c

[doncoryell]

Updated Hall of Fame

Jake Beckley, first base -- Inducted 1905

[b]AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG[/B]
.312  2055   8050   1899  2510   70    1302    291    .437

Jesse Burkett, outfielder -- Inducted 1907

[b]AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG[/b]
.341  1835   7278   1508  2479   61     898    398    .xxx

Ed Delahanty, outfielder -- Inducted 1903

[b]AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG[/b]
.348  1819   7435   1542  2584  109    1448    462    .508

Willie Keeler, outfielder -- Inducted 1907

[b]AVG     G     AB     R     H     HR     RBI     SB     SLG[/b]
.340  1834   7388   1467  2514   38     940    539    .xxx

Kid Nichols, pitcher -- Inducted 1907

[b]ERA    W      L       PCT      G         IP       SO       BB      SV[/B]
2.94  366    217     .628     684     5226.1     1881     1390     21

Amos Rusie, pitcher -- Inducted 1907

[b]ERA    W      L       PCT      G         IP       SO       BB      SV[/B]
3.04  245    173     .586     460     3748.2     1929     1701      5

Cy Young, pitcher -- Inducted 1907

[b]ERA    W      L       PCT      G         IP       SO       BB      SV[/B]
2.87  400    283     .586     738     5080.1     2189     1102      8

[DarkEagle18]

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

Awesome so far on this rewriting history idea! I actually went out and got BBM 08 and am really liking it, you ever try it and compare to ootp 07?

[doncoryell]

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

Awesome so far on this rewriting history idea! I actually went out and got BBM 08 and am really liking it, you ever try it and compare to ootp 07?

Thanks for the kind words.

No, I haven't tried BBM at all.

[gtm]

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

This is great stuff !!!

[doncoryell]

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

This is great stuff !!!

Thanks.

[dkgojackets]

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

I like it. I had started a 1901 Brewers but may do something like this now. BTW how did you get to more than six rounds in the draft? I'm probably missing something.

[doncoryell]

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

I like it. I had started a 1901 Brewers but may do something like this now. BTW how did you get to more than six rounds in the draft? I'm probably missing something.

On the first post I stated that the Amateur (First-Year) player draft was going to be up to ten rounds but also had the number 30 in parentheses because that is the max, i think, with ootp7. My draft rounds number each season will fluctuate based on the number of players coming in. For example, if there were 169 players coming in, the number of rounds will be 11 (10 rounds of 16 players (160) + 1 round for the remaining 9 players, a total of 11 rounds). If there were only 80 players coming in, there would be only 5 rounds (80 players / 16 teams = 5 rounds).