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1906 REVIEW..........
NATIONAL LEAGUE-
In the most exciting pennant race to date, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh,and Philadelphia all finished with the same record. Defending champion New York was just 1 game back.
Pittsburgh lost the tie breaker so Brooklyn and Philly played a 1 game playoff in Philadelphia. Both teams sent their aces as the Dodgers sent Harry Beauford(26-10,2.86) against David Baxter(16-11,3.55) of the Phillies. Beauford won his 16th straight decision and the Dodgers were the NL champs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE-
The Yankees pitching was to much for the rest of the league as they won the AL pennant by 3 games over the defending Al Champion Red Sox. Josh Oppenheimer and Stephan Martin were 20-game winners for the Yanks. CF David Parker(.375,4,112) led the league in RBI and won the MVP. Parker is 35 and easily had his best year as a Yankee.
WORLD SERIES-
The Yankees dominated the Pirates and won in 5 games. Josh Oppenheimer went 2-0 and was awarded the Post Season MVP.
AWARDS-
AL MVP- DAVID PARKER(NYA)- .375,4HR,112RBI
AL CY- SAMUEL WARREN(WAS)- 24-10,2.96
AL ROY- ROBERT IKNER(DET)- .329,1HR,46RBI...IKNER WAS THE 6TH PLAYER TAKEN IN THIS YEARS DRAFT.
AL MANAGER OF THE YEAR- JIMMY MCALEER(CLE)- This is McAleer's 2nd time he has won the award despite never finishing above 4th.
NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR- NED HANLON(BRO)- This is Hanlon's 2nd award also. He won it in 1902 when the Dodgers won their other pennant.
NL MVP- BILL KEEFER(NYG)- .418,4HR,116RBI- Keefer has now won 3 Rings, 2 MVP, ROY, 1 Gold Glove, 1 World Series MVP and been an allstar 4 year. The guy is only 24 and been in the league just 4 years.
NL CY- HOWARD BEAUFORD(BRO)- 27-10, 2.86-
NL ROY- JIM SAINE(BSN)- 16-11, 3.26
NEWS AND NOTES..........
The Chicago Cubs fired manager Tom Loftus. Loftus had a career record of 417-463 in 6 years with the Cubs. Frank Chance was hired as the new manager.
The Boston Braves also fired their manager Frank Selee(411-468). Selee had been with the Braves since the inception. Fred Teney was hired as the new manager.
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