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2019 Season in Review
The 2019 season was a success, the virus had not hit yet and the world was a safer place.
Here is a recap
Washington Nationals (as in real life) won the World Series defeating the Oakland Athletics with Emil Gross the Nationals catcher winning the MVP award of the series
Awards
American League
MVP - Hank Greenberg (Minnesota Twins) - 61 Homers and .324 average - Greenberg would sign with Utah Saints for big money for 2020 season
Cy Young - Frank Killen (Boston Red Sox) - 15-7 2.55 ERA, pretty solid considering that Killen is also a DH for Boston
Rookie of the Year - Del Ennis (Texas Rangers) - 48 HR .333 average - rookies are hard to determine as everyone was in first year
Reliever of the year - Addison Reed (Oakland Athletics) - 34 saves
NL Awards
MVP - George Davis (Cincinnati Reds) - 41 HR .361
CY Young - Pete Donohue (Cincinnati Reds) - 24-3 1.77 ERA
Rookie of the year - Curt Blefary (San Diego Padres) .273 49HR
Reliever of the year - Jet Li (Sacramento Bees) 5-0, 34 saves (yes that same actor... he would be dealt to the Yankees in the 2021 season
There were 4 no hitters in the season
Hooks Wiltse (Cincinnati Reds) over the Colorado Rockies
Tom Glavine (Chicago White Sox) over the Tampa Bay Rays
David "Pasta" Pastrnak (Buffalo Bisons) over the Utah Saints - yep that happened
Earl Whitehill (Oakland Athletics) over the Minnesota Twins
Paul Blair (Los Angeles Dodgers) had the longest hitting streak at 29 games
No one was inducted into hall of fame
Overall League leaders by category
Batting Average
George Davis - .361
Cap Anson (Toronto Blue Jays) .356
Gregg Jeffries (Baltimore Orioles) .346 (he leaves in 2020 for Arizona and free agency)
Runs Scored
George Davis - 160
Carlos Gonzalez (Tampa Bay Rays) - 158
John McGraw (San Diego Padres) - 150
Hits
George Davis - 225
Don Mattingly (Tampa Bay Rays) - 221
Cap Anson - 221
Doubles
Pete Rose (Arizona Diamondbacks) - 60
Alexander Ovechkin (Buffalo Bisons) - 58 - yes Ovie, he leaves for free agency with Baltimore in 2020 but is not signed in 2021, he is nearly 40 in this league
Cap Anson - 55
Triples
Lance Johnson (Arizona Diamondbacks) - 14 - leaves in 2020 for free agency in Kansas City
Marianno Duncan (New York Yankees) - 13
Eddie Rosario (Oakland Athletics/Atlantic City Sharks) - 12 - Oakland deals him and still wins the AL
Homers
Jack Clark (Pittsburgh Pirates) - 67 - he would leave for Honolulu in 2021 season
Mike Schmidt (Kansas City Royals) - 62
Hank Greenberg - 61
RBI's
Jack Clark - 156
Hank Greenberg - 155
Tony Perez (Arizona Diamondbacks) - 153
Stolen Bases
John McGraw - 71
Smokey Robinson (San Juan Storm, Utah Saints and Colorado Rockies) - 65... the motown singer, he would finally find a home in 2020 with Milwaukee where he still plays
Monte Ward - 63 (New York Mets) - left for Tampa Bay in the 2020 season
ERA
Jack Harshman (Los Angeles Dodgers) - 1.75
Pete Donohue - 1.77
Al Orth (Chicago Cubs) - 2.13
Wins
Pete Donohue - 24
Denny Galehouse (San Francisco Giants) - 20, signs with Utah in 2020 season
Spec Shea (Washington Nationals) - 19
Saves
Bill Landrum (Pittsburgh Pirates) - 44, gets traded to Chicago Cubs in 2020 season
Eric Gagne (Atlanta Braves) - 41
Heathcliff Slocumb (New York Yankees) - 40
Strikeouts
Lady Baldwin (Milwaukee Brewers) - 326
Noodles Hahn (Colorado Rockies) - 291
Jack Harshamn - 275
2019 Draft - top 20 picks
1. Christy Mathewson - SP/Toronto Blue Jays
2. Denny Lyons - 3B/Milwaukee Brewers
3. Zach Wheat - LF/Houston Astros
4. Deacon McGuire - C/Philadelphia Phillies
5. Jessie Burkett - LF/Arizona Diamondbacks
6. Bill Joyce - 3B/New York Mets
7. Chuck Klein - RF/Anaheim Angels
8. Nolan Arenado - 3B/St Louis Cardinals
9. Gio Urshela - 3B/Pittsburgh Pirates (really???)
10. Chili Davis - LF/Seattle Mariners
11. Dusty Miller - LF/Los Angeles Dodgers
12. Cy Williams - LF/New York Yankees
13. Shane Mack - CF/San Francisco Giants (really??)
14. Frank E Smith - SP/Atlanta Braves
15. Hal Trosky - 1B/Miami Marlins
16. Sadie McMahon - SP/Baltimore Orioles
17. Eric Davis - LF/Chicago White Sox
18. Johnny Mostil - 2B/Kansas City Royals
19. Bris Lord - CF/Chicago Cubs
20. Steve O'Neill - C/Detroit Tigers.
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