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tm1681 · 11-13-2023, 09:42 PM

EVERYTHING’S COMING UP SALTHOUSE IN IRELAND!
1ST-YEAR HURLER WINS AIBC HotY; WAS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF TRIPLE CROWN

Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland – While the Westmeath Lake Men were unable to win the Connacht Baseball Championship (finished 3rd) and advance to the All-Ireland Baseball Championship playoffs, they still had something from 1903 to hang their hats on: the accomplishments of first-year pitcher Lysagh Salthouse.

Ratings are based on comparison to APBL players.

The 27-year-old Salthouse, who works in a smokehouse curing meats thanks to a bit of Nominative Determinism, showed up to the amateur club’s tryouts this spring and impressed to the point where he was named their #1 starting pitcher for the upcoming AIBC season. Salthouse did much more than simply repay the Westmeath club’s faith in him as he was clearly the best pitcher in the amateur Irish league for the 1903 season, overtaking long-established names like late-season giant Gavin Martin and strikeout king Keehan O’Sullivan.

Just how good was Salthouse’s debut season? Here are the numbers:

• 37 G, 275.0 IP, 23-7, 1.73 ERA, 24 CG, 5 SHO, 71 BB, 174 K, 1.13 WHIP, 5.7 K/9, 6.6 WPA, 7.5 WAR, 9.7 R9-WAR

Salthouse didn’t lead the league in ERA or strikeouts, but he finished second in both. He was 15 points of ERA behind league leader Maurice Green (1.58), who only pitched 119 innings, and he was 7 Ks off O’Sullivan (181), who’s now led Ireland in strikeouts three years in a row.

The rewards given to Salthouse for his performance: He was named AIBC Hurler of the Year and Newcomer of the Year for the 1903 season, with the NotY coming via unanimous vote.

So here’s to Lysagh “The Meat Man” Salthouse: Ireland’s best pitcher in 1903!

11-13-2023, 09:42 PM	#123
tm1681 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,152	EVERYTHING’S COMING UP SALTHOUSE IN IRELAND! 1ST-YEAR HURLER WINS AIBC HotY; WAS WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF TRIPLE CROWN Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland – While the Westmeath Lake Men were unable to win the Connacht Baseball Championship (finished 3rd) and advance to the All-Ireland Baseball Championship playoffs, they still had something from 1903 to hang their hats on: the accomplishments of first-year pitcher Lysagh Salthouse. Ratings are based on comparison to APBL players. The 27-year-old Salthouse, who works in a smokehouse curing meats thanks to a bit of Nominative Determinism, showed up to the amateur club’s tryouts this spring and impressed to the point where he was named their #1 starting pitcher for the upcoming AIBC season. Salthouse did much more than simply repay the Westmeath club’s faith in him as he was clearly the best pitcher in the amateur Irish league for the 1903 season, overtaking long-established names like late-season giant Gavin Martin and strikeout king Keehan O’Sullivan. Just how good was Salthouse’s debut season? Here are the numbers: • 37 G, 275.0 IP, 23-7, 1.73 ERA, 24 CG, 5 SHO, 71 BB, 174 K, 1.13 WHIP, 5.7 K/9, 6.6 WPA, 7.5 WAR, 9.7 R9-WAR Salthouse didn’t lead the league in ERA or strikeouts, but he finished second in both. He was 15 points of ERA behind league leader Maurice Green (1.58), who only pitched 119 innings, and he was 7 Ks off O’Sullivan (181), who’s now led Ireland in strikeouts three years in a row. The rewards given to Salthouse for his performance: He was named AIBC Hurler of the Year and Newcomer of the Year for the 1903 season, with the NotY coming via unanimous vote. So here’s to Lysagh “The Meat Man” Salthouse: Ireland’s best pitcher in 1903! __________________ Logo & uniform work here Thread about my fictional universe that begins in 1857 here Last edited by tm1681; 11-14-2023 at 05:06 AM.