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Award Winners For June 1905

Saturday, July 1st, 1905: National League Names Rookie of Month A boyish Mickey Doolan emerged as the latest National League Rookie of the Month today. The young man from Philadelphia deserved the honor, batting .280 with 1 home run and 15 runs batted in. Is the month of June a harbinger of things to come or just a fluke? We'll find out someday, but for now, we'll just let Doolan enjoy the limelight. To date, Doolan has collected 48 hits for a .234 average. He has posted 1 home run, scored 16 runs and driven in 26 runs.

Saturday, July 1st, 1905: Grimshaw Earns AL Rookie of Month When it came to hitting the baseball, Myron Grimshaw had few peers in the American League last month. The gifted first baseman for Boston tagged opposing pitchers for a .333 average and was voted the Rookie of the Month for June. Included in his stats were 30 hits, 0 homers, 18 runs scored and 12 RBIs. This season Grimshaw has hit at a .288 clip with 22 RBIs, 0 home runs and 33 runs scored.

Saturday, July 1st, 1905: June's Top Starter Named in NL Dummy Taylor's been around the league long enough to appreciate the honor he received today. After going 5-1 in June, the 30-year-old New York hurler has been named National League Pitcher of the Month. He fanned 28 in 66.1 innings, logged an ERA of 1.90 and allowed opponents to hit .219 against him. So far this season Taylor has a 5-2 record, 10 starts, 82.2 innings, 32 strikeouts and a 2.61 ERA.

Saturday, July 1st, 1905: Waddell - June's #1 Starter Veteran Rube Waddell put together quite a successful stretch in June for the Philadelphia Athletics, earning himself the American League Pitcher of the Month award. Waddell racked up a 5-0 record in 7 starts, posting a 0.98 ERA over 64 innings and striking out 55. In 1905, Waddell has a 10-5 mark in 18 starts with a 1.82 ERA. He has given up 101 hits in 158.2 innings, struck out 131 and issued 38 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .182 batting average against him.

Saturday, July 1st, 1905: National League Names Rookie of Month A boyish Mickey Doolan emerged as the latest National League Rookie of the Month today. The young man from Philadelphia deserved the honor, batting .280 with 1 home run and 15 runs batted in. Is the month of June a harbinger of things to come or just a fluke? We'll find out someday, but for now, we'll just let Doolan enjoy the limelight. To date, Doolan has collected 48 hits for a .234 average. He has posted 1 home run, scored 16 runs and driven in 26 runs.

Saturday, July 1st, 1905: Freeman Takes Home AL Top Batter Award Buck Freeman battered American League pitchers all June and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award. "I've been around Major League Baseball long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 33-year-old Freeman told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I may not take the field and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month." In 25 games, Freeman hit .337 with 3 home runs, 14 RBIs and scored 19 runs. During the current season Freeman is batting at a .338 clip with 3 home runs and 15 RBIs. He has played in 42 games and scored 26 times.

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Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics As Of June 30,1905

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Philadelphia Athletics Pitching Statistics As Of June 30,1905

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National League Batting Leaders As Of June 30,1905

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National League Pitching Leaders As Of June 30,1905

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American League Batting Leaders As Of June 30,1905

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American League Pitching Leaders As Of June 30,1905

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The starting rotation is doing great. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about the hitters. There's something not quite right on the team if your top three hitters are all pitchers.

And they called the '06 Pale Hose the "Hitless Wonders".

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The starting rotation is doing great. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about the hitters. There's something not quite right on the team if your top three hitters are all pitchers.

And they called the '06 Pale Hose the "Hitless Wonders".

The strength of this team was most definitely its THREE!!! HALL OF FAME STARTERS.Thats pretty amazing if you think about it.I guess Mack figured that he'd go cheap on the hitting because they didn't need much.Its definitely a much different game than todays game though.Alot of slap hitting,hit and run,stolen bases and the like.I love it though,there's really a lot of strategy involved.Its going to be interesting as i go through time to see the way the game changes.

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9th Inning Balk Gives Highlanders Controversial 3-2 Victory

Hilltop Park,NY,NY-In a highly controversial ballgame with the visitors crying foul,the New York Highlanders escaped with a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics on a disputed balk call in the bottom of the 9th with two outs and runners on the corners.A's pitcher Weldon Henley had to be restrained from attacking the umpire as showers of popcorn and beer were thrown at the visitors by the surly NY crowd.Overshadowed by all of the hubub was the game that was had by Wee Willie Keeler who went 4 for 4 with a walk,and two runs scored for New York.Kid Elberfeld also had a good game going 2 for 4 with 2 RBI.Here's the box score.

Saturday, July 1st, 1905 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 New York Highlanders 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 13 1
Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI T. Hartsel LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .232 0 22 M. Cross SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 .255 0 25 T. Needham C 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 .254 5 28 H. Davis 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .244 4 29 D. Murphy 2B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .259 2 33 D. Hoffman CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .260 0 16 B. Lord RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .209 0 12 L. Cross 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .259 0 29 E. Plank P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 0 7 a-W. Henley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 Totals 32 2 8 2 1 4 8 a - W. Henley substituted for E. Plank in the 7th BATTING Doubles: L. Cross (10, 8th Inning off C. Griffith, 0 on, 0 outs) D. Hoffman (13, 2nd Inning off C. Griffith, 0 on, 1 out) Triples: M. Cross (5, 3rd Inning off C. Griffith, 1 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Needham, D. Murphy, L. Cross 2, D. Hoffman 2, B. Lord, T. Hartsel, M. Cross 4 2-out RBI: T. Needham, M. Cross Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Needham, B. Lord Sac Bunt: W. Henley Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING SB: D. Murphy (19), T. Hartsel (19) CS: D. Hoffman (19), B. Lord (6)	New York AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI W. Conroy LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .206 4 27 J. Anderson CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .325 1 16 a-F. Delahanty PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 1 5 b-J. Barrett CF 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .235 0 8 W. Keeler RF 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 .287 1 14 F. LaPorte 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 6 .229 1 21 H. Chase 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 .291 4 21 K. Elberfeld SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 .328 0 7 T. Leahy C 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 .284 0 13 d-F. Jacklitsch C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 1 2 D. Casey 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .186 0 11 C. Griffith P 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 .389 0 1 c-R. Oldring PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 2 25 B. Hogg P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1 Totals 36 3 13 2 2 5 23 a - F. Delahanty pinch hit for J. Anderson in the 7th b - J. Barrett substituted for F. Delahanty in the 8th c - R. Oldring pinch hit for C. Griffith in the 8th d - F. Jacklitsch substituted for T. Leahy in the 9th BATTING Doubles: T. Leahy (8, 6th Inning off E. Plank, 1 on, 2 outs) D. Casey (9, 8th Inning off W. Henley, 0 on, 2 outs) Total Bases: T. Leahy 3, F. LaPorte 2, W. Conroy 2, K. Elberfeld 2, W. Keeler 4, D. Casey 2 2-out RBI: K. Elberfeld Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: C. Griffith, H. Chase 2, D. Casey, R. Oldring Sac Bunt: F. Delahanty Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING SB: T. Leahy (20) CS: T. Leahy (14), F. LaPorte (3) FIELDING Errors: F. Jacklitsch (5)
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA E. Plank 6.0 11 2 2 0 4 0 97 67 2.29 W. Henley L (2-5) 2.2 2 1 1 2 1 0 43 25 2.84 PITCHING Game Score: E. Plank 46 Batters Faced: E. Plank 28, W. Henley 12 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Plank 6-6, W. Henley 4-3 Pitches - Strikes: E. Plank 97-67, W. Henley 43-25 Inherited Runners - Scored: W. Henley 1-0 WP: W. Henley HB: E. Plank Balk: W. Henley	New York IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA C. Griffith 8.0 7 2 2 1 2 0 105 64 1.14 B. Hogg W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 12 10 3.46 PITCHING Game Score: C. Griffith 61 Batters Faced: C. Griffith 30, B. Hogg 4 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: C. Griffith 9-11, B. Hogg 1-0 Pitches - Strikes

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Saturday, July 1st, 1905: Young Humbles Washington Cy Young made it look easy today. The Americans pitcher shut down Washington 1-0 on 4 hits. For the game, Young recorded 8 strikeouts and no walks. His record this season is 12-6 in 18 starts and Young has a 1.62 ERA.

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News Notes And Scores From All Of Today's Action

Sunday, July 2nd, 1905: Cardinals Send Arndt to Philadelphia The Cardinals and the Phillies finalized a deal this afternoon. St. Louis has traded for 33-year old starting pitcher Togie Pittinger and in return Philadelphia will receive 26-year old second baseman Harry Arndt. Thus far this year Arndt is hitting .213 with 1 home run, 15 RBIs and 9 runs scored. Currently Pittinger has a record of 6-10 with 56 strikeouts and 57 walks in 140 innings and a 2.44 ERA.

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Players Of The week for Week Ending July 2,1905

Monday, July 3rd, 1905: American League Names Top Player Some of his critics have joked that Cy Young needs a cane to climb the mound these days, but those jibes were silenced today as the 38-year-old Boston hurler was awarded Player of the Week for his sterling performance last week. Young threw 18 innings for Boston, striking out 13, winning 2 and logging an ERA of 0.50 as he proved that he still has some mileage left in his pitching arm. In 1905 Young has compiled a 12-6 record with a 1.62 ERA in 18 starts.

Monday, July 3rd, 1905: NL's Top Player Named So far in his young career, Sherry Magee has kept a low profile, but after his performance at the plate last week, he attracted the notice of the rest of the National League in a big way as he was named the Player of the Week today for his efforts. The 20-year-old Philadelphia Phillies left fielder hit at a torrid .462 clip as he collected 12 hits in 26 at-bats, 1 home run, 4 RBIs and 3 runs scored. So far this season, Magee has recorded a .266 batting average with 72 hits, 1 home run, 18 RBIs, 29 runs scored and a .348 OBP.

Standings As Of July 2,1905

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Oh So Close!

Hilltop Park,NY,NY- Philadelphia Athletics' starting pitcher Andy Coakley took a no hitter into the 9th inning where he injured his knee running out a ground ball and had to be removed from the game denying him his chance at making history.At bat with runners on first and second and a 3-0 lead,Coakley hit a ground ball deep into the hole at second base where while legging out an infield hit,Coakley landed awkwardly on the bag and twisted his knee causing the injury.Coakley would be replaced in the bottom of the inning by reliever Weldon Henley,who allowed a walk and a single to the first two batters he faced ending the no-hit bid.Henly did retire the next three batters to finish off New York 4-0.To add insult to injury,A's manager Connie Mack was informed that his star second baseman Danny Murphy would be suspended for two games after being ejected in the fourth inning of today's game for arguing balls and strikes.As for Coakley,his injury has been diagnosed as a sore knee and he'll miss a start or two.Here's the box score.

Monday, July 3rd, 1905 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Philadelphia Athletics 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 8 0 New York Highlanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Philadelphia AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI T. Hartsel LF 3 1 0 1 2 0 2 .230 0 23 M. Cross SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .255 0 25 T. Needham C 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .252 5 28 H. Davis 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .240 4 29 D. Murphy 2B 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .261 2 33 a-J. Knight 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .323 2 3 D. Hoffman CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 .263 0 16 B. Lord RF 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 .204 0 12 L. Cross 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .262 0 30 A. Coakley P 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 .171 0 2 b-H. Barton PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 0 9 c-W. Henley P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 0 0 Totals 35 4 8 3 3 4 19 a - J. Knight substituted for D. Murphy in the 4th b - H. Barton pinch hit for A. Coakley in the 9th c - W. Henley substituted for H. Barton in the 9th BATTING Total Bases: A. Coakley, T. Needham, D. Murphy, L. Cross 2, D. Hoffman 2, M. Cross Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: T. Needham, H. Davis, L. Cross GIDP: A. Coakley Sac Bunt: B. Lord, M. Cross Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING SB: D. Hoffman (38), B. Lord (10) FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Cross-Davis)	New York AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI J. Anderson LF 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .321 1 16 T. Leahy C 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .280 0 13 W. Keeler RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .285 1 14 H. Chase 1B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 .287 4 21 J. Barrett CF 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .230 0 8 W. Conroy SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .207 4 27 R. Oldring 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .265 2 25 D. Casey 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .185 0 11 a-F. LaPorte PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 1 21 b-J. Burke 3B 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 0 0 A. Orth P 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250 0 2 c-K. Elberfeld PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .323 0 7 Totals 26 0 1 0 9 4 16 a - F. LaPorte pinch hit for D. Casey in the 7th b - J. Burke substituted for F. LaPorte in the 8th c - K. Elberfeld pinch hit for A. Orth in the 9th BATTING Total Bases: W. Conroy Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: H. Chase, J. Barrett, K. Elberfeld GIDP: R. Oldring Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING CS: W. Conroy (27) FIELDING Errors: H. Chase (13), R. Oldring (21), J. Burke (2) Double Plays: 1 (Conroy-Oldring-Chase)
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA A. Coakley W (9-5) 8.0 0 0 0 7 4 0 123 62 1.90 W. Henley 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 13 2.78 PITCHING Game Score: A. Coakley 79 Batters Faced: A. Coakley 31, W. Henley 5 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Coakley 11-8, W. Henley 2-0 Pitches - Strikes: A. Coakley 123-62, W. Henley 25-13 HB: A. Coakley	New York IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA A. Orth L (4-9) 9.0 8 4 2 3 4 0 129 79 2.51 PITCHING Game Score: A. Orth 60 Batters Faced: A. Orth 40 Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Orth 22-1 Pitches - Strikes: A. Orth 129-79

News Notes And Scores From The Rest Of Today's Action

Monday, July 3rd, 1905: Murphy Suspended, Out 2 Games The Philadelphia Athletics were not very happy with the home plate umpire in today's 4-0 lvictory over New York at Hilltop Park. One in particular -- Danny Murphy. Upon being called out on strikes, the Athletics second baseman gave the ump quite an earful. For that, the man in blue gave him the thumb and sent him to an early shower. But the disgruntled Murphy lingered on the field for another five minutes berating the umpire. Finally his manager got him off the field and into the clubhouse. But it got worse after the game, when Murphy told reporters, "He was blind today. They played 'Three Blind Mice' for him. If he doesn't know the words to the song, I'm sure we can get it in braille, so he can follow along." For all of his escapades and after-the-game oration, the league office suspended Murphy for 2 games. Currently Murphy is batting .261 with 67 hits and 2 home runs. He has knocked in 33 runs and scored 35 times.