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And Now a Review of the Inaugural Draft for 1869
For Major League Baseball: Jude Ball (SP) has been selected as the Top Draft Choice to the Montreal Expos, The Los Angeles Dodgers chose Dylan Brown (SP) at Pick #2, The Cleveland Guardians went #3 to select Maurice Holmes (SP), The Raleigh Oaks went #4 to draft Farrell Carey (SP) and rounding out the Top 5 the Chicago Cubs select Francis Nicholas (SP)
In the United Kingdom Baseball League: The Bournemouth Yellow Jackets have draft Jeff Miller (SP) as the Top Draft Choice.
AND NOW LET'S RECAP 1869
FINAL STANDINGS
AL East: Boston Red Sox (109-53), New York Yankees (92-70), Toronto Blue Jays (81-81), Baltimore Orioles (80-82), Tampa Bay Rays (76-86), Montreal Expos (75-87)
AL Central: Kansas City Royals (95-67), Chicago White Sox (71-91), Minnesota Twins (70-92), Cleveland Guardians (69-93), Detroit Tigers (66-96), Memphis Lions (64-98)
AL West: Houston Astros (96-66), Oakland Athletics (94-68), Seattle Mariners (88-74), Los Angeles Angels (86-76), Texas Rangers (78-84), Sacramento Solons (68-94)
NL East: New York Mets (90-72), Atlanta Braves (81-81), Philadelphia Phillies (80-82), Miami Marlins (69-93), Raleigh Oaks (68-94), Washington Nationals (64-98)
NL Central: Cincinnati Reds (85-77), St. Louis Cardinals (84-78), Austin Violets (78-84), Pittsburgh Pirates (78-84), Milwaukee Brewers (70-92), Chicago Cubs (60-102)
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers (107-55), Salt Lake City Bees (99-63), San Francisco Giants (91-71), Colorado Rockies (89-73), San Diego Padres (89-73), Arizona Diamondbacks (76-86)
PLAYOFFS
AL Wildcard: Toronto def. LA Angels 2-0
NL Wildcard: San Diego def. Colorado 2-1
AL Quarterfinal: Boston def. Toronto 3-2, Kansas City def. Oakland 3-1, NY Yankees def. Chicago WS 3-1, Houston def. Seattle 3-1
NL Quarterfinal: LA Dodgers def. San Diego 3-1, Salt Lake City def. Cincinnati 3-2, Atlanta def. St. Louis 3-1, NY Mets def. San Francisco 3-0
AL Semi-Final: Boston def. Kansas City 4-3, Houston def. NY Yankees 4-2
NL Semi-Final: LA Dodgers 4-0, NY Mets def. Atlanta 4-2
AL Championship: Boston def. Houston 4-2
NL Championship: LA Dodgers def. NY Mets 4-2
World Series: LA Dodgers def. Boston 4-0
LEAGUE LEADERS
Batting Average - Roy Williams (Boston) .389
Home Runs - Twomey O'Brien (San Diego) 16
RBI - Harry Wressell (Detroit) 177
Stolen Bases - Guaspar Braga (LA Angels) 146
OBP + Slugging % - Kyle Brown (Colorado) 1.057
ERA - Vinny Vasquez (Seattle) 2.91
Wins - Dylan Brown (LA Dodgers) 52
Strikeouts - Farrell Carey (Raleigh) 83
Saves - Reid Anderson (NY Yankees) 11
OTHER CHAMPIONS
College World Series: Texas Tech def. Arkansas State 4-3
British Series: Birmingham Miners def. Leicester Fighters 4-2
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