An anything-but-convincing start to our 1903 campaign indeed, but the fact that we’ve come out of it with a winning record is heartening because I am not sure we can play much worse than we have to this point.
We end the month at 7-6, 2½ games behind Boston. Surprisingly, the Giants – whom, with Ames now joining Mathewson to give them the best 1-2 pitching punch in the league, I believe to be the favourites this season – are a game behind us. Still, only early doors and I am sure they are panicking as little as we are.
Hot - April- Danny Hoffmann: has impressed mightily in limited opportunities and is pushing for everyday selection.
- Danny Murphy: stood tall while others went missing to finish with a 367 BA.
- Jack Chesbro: undoubtedly the only reason we are above 500, took his relegation from the #1 spot with typical good grace and then went out and won Pitcher of the Month with a 4-0 / 0.71 stanza.
Not - April- The rest of our pitchers: team ERA of 3.27 would be a fair whack higher without Chesbro’s contribution.
- Socks Seybold / Jimmy Williams / Harry Steinfeldt / Matty McIntyre: all hitting sub-225 with OPS at or below 600.
Around the Leagues- No clear leader in the AL, who again started their season some time after us. Cleveland nominally leads from the A’s and Highlanders.
- The Beaneaters have set the pace in the NL, and lead Cincy by 1½ with a 10-4 record.
Awards- 04/20 POTW: AL – N/A; NL – Bobby Wallace (St. Louis) .450 / 5 RBI.
- 04/27 POTW: AL – Nap Lajoie (Philadelphia) .500 / 5 RBI; NL – Ed Delahanty (Boston) .444 / 6 RBI.
- AL Batter of the Month: Nap Lajoie (Philadelphia) .436 / 1 HR / 11 RBI.
- NL Batter of the Month: Ed Delahanty (Boston) .421 / 0 HR / 11 RBI.
- AL Pitcher of the Month: Earl Moore (Cleveland) 2-0 / 1.50 / 10 K / 18 IP.
- NL Pitcher of the Month: Jack Chesbro (Pittsburgh) 4-0 / 0.71 / 15 K / 38 IP.
- AL Rookie of the Month: Jake Weimer (Boston) 2-1 / 1.67 / 15 K / 27 IP.
- NL Rookie of the Month: Oscar Jones (Cincinnati) 3-0 / 2.33 / 10 K / 27 IP.
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