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1919:
The Cleveland Blues, after a considerable period of being a power in the AL, fell to mediocrity this season, We finished 75-87, in fourth place in the East Division. Ron Santo's Baltimore Orioles ran away with the division easily, winning 96 games.
Eric Davis of the White Sox hit a league-leading 47 home runs, but Chicago ended up 2 games behind perennial power Oklahoma City in the West (95 wins).
In the NL, Ted Williams of the Houston Colts led the league in both batting (.360) and home runs (51). John Milner of the Orioles with 134 and Paul Konerko of the LA Dodgers with 129 led in RBI.
Atlee Hammaker for the Orioles won 21 games, and Doc Ayers had a 1.87 ERA for the Cowboys of OC. Indianapolis' Lefty Gomez and Nolan Ryan of the Chicago Orphans led each league with 305 strikeouts apiece.
Denver's Harvey Haddix won 22 and had the NL's best ERA at 2.55. The Broncos won 99 games and face the Pirates winners of the East (91 wins).
Ivan Rodriguez and Tommy Henrich led the Pirates who had a much more mixed attack and pitching staff, without any real standout superstars.
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