Time Warp Baseball

[Matt from TN]

1914 Postseason

World Series Champs - St. Louis Cardinals 2nd NL Pennant, 1st WS Title

AL Champs - Cleveland Broncos 3rd AL Pennant


Batters of the Year:

AL - Tee Carver, RF, Cleveland Broncos - .354, 6 HR, 89 RBI, 86 R, 41 K, 70 BB, 3 SB, .920 OPS

NL - Woody Woodson, 2B, St. Louis Cardinals - .444, 10 HR, 100 RBI, 126 R, 15 K, 82 BB, 12 SB, 1.186 OPS... This is the 5th BOTY Award in Woodson's 12-year career... He also won his 9th consecutive batting title dating back to his first in 1906... He set a new record with a .444 average, obliterating his own previous record of .398 from 1912... He bacame the 2nd player in history to hit .400 or better... He also set new NL records in RBI and runs scored...

(FYI: In the real MLB, the highest average in history was .440 by Hugh Duffy in 1894... The highest single-season average from this era was Rogers Hornsby's .424 in 1924... The all-time highest career average is Ty Cobb's .366, but Woodson currently has a .375 average at age 32... wow!)


Pitchers of the Year:

AL - Andrew Murphy, SP, Chicago White Sox - 24-10, 1.25 ERA, 35 GS, 33 CG, 11 SHO, 309.1 IP, 54 BB, 139 K, 0.91 WHIP... At age 29, he has now won 3 consecutive POTY Awards in just his 4th season... In his first season (the only one without a POTY) he was the ROTY... This year, he set a new ML record with his 1.25 ERA...

NL - Tim "Presto" Lopresto, St. Louis Cardinals - 33-5, 1.78 ERA, 38 GS, 36 CG, 4 SHO, 338 IP, 80 BB, 113 K, 0.90 WHIP... He set a new record with 33 wins, becoming the first pitcher to ever win 30 or more...


Rookies of the Year:

AL - Andrew Peterson, RF, Chicago White Sox - .300, 4 HR, 91 RBI, 42 R, 27 K, 17 BB, .688 OPS

NL - Jeffrey Roland, SP, St. Louis Cardinals - 17-15, 3.54 ERA, 33 GS, 29 CG, 1 SHO, 292.2 IP, 101 BB, 119 K, 1.24 WHIP


Batting Title:

AL - .375 - Jed Burke, Chicago White Sox

NL - .444 - Woody Woodson, St. Louis Cardinals... This is his 9th consecutive batting title!


ERA Title:

AL - 1.25 - Andrew Murphy, Chicago White Sox... This is a new major league record!

NL - 1.72 - Cecil Tan, Cincinnati Reds


Records/Milestones

This should be called the year of the milestone... wow, some big records were broken this season!!

AL - 215 Hits - Jed Burke, Chicago White Sox
AL - 160 Rookie Hits - David Cellini, Washington Senators
AL - 8 Rookie Home Runs - John Priddy, Detroit Tigers
AL - 91 Rookie RBI - Andrew Peterson, Chicago White Sox
AL - 1.25 ERA - Andrew Murphy, Chicago White Sox

NL - .444 Average - Woody Woodson, St. Louis Cardinals
NL - 231 Hits - Woody Woodson, St. Louis Cardinals
NL - 46 Doubles - Jared Jarry, New York Giants
NL - 100 RBI - Woody Woodson, St. Louis Cardinals
NL - 126 Runs Scored - Woody Woodson, St. Louis Cardinals
NL - 33 Wins - Tim "Presto" Lopresto, St. Louis Cardinals... He became the first pitcher to win 30 or more games, but in all fairness, I should also mention Cincinnati's Cecil Tan who won 31...
NL - 30 Losses - Leonard Matthews, New York Giants

30+ Wins (33) - "Presto" Lopresto, St. Louis Cardinals... He became the first pitcher to ever win 30 or more games...
30+ Wins (31) - Cecil Tan, Cincinnati Reds

2000 Hits - "Razor" Lawley, Washington Senators
2000 Hits - Woody Woodson, St. Louis Cardinals
2000 Hits - Ralph Nida, New York Yankees

1000 Runs Scored - Whiskey Allen, Cleveland Broncos... He became the first player in history to top this milestone...
1000 Runs Scored - Terrence Bakula, Philadelphia Athletics... He finished the season with exactly 1000, scoring the milestone run on 9/21...

500 Stolen Bases - Whiskey Allen, Cleveland Broncos

2000 Strikeouts - Mark Krosser, Philadelphia Phillies... He became the first pitcher to ever reach this mark...





Franchise Histories

Boston Red Sox - 0 Pennants, 0-0 in WS
Most Wins 79 (1905), Most Losses 89 (1904, 1907, 1910)
Winning Seasons 2, Losing Seasons 11
Last 10 Seasons 1-9
Last 5 Seasons 0-5

Chicago White Sox - 1 Pennant, 0-1 in WS, Last Pennant (1903)
Most Wins 85 (1914), Most Losses 91 (1910)
Winning Seasons 3, Losing Seasons 11
Last 10 Seasons 2-8
Last 5 Seasons 2-3

Cleveland Broncos - 3 Pennants, 0-3 in WS, Last Pennant (1914)
Most Wins 107 (1910), Most Losses 94 (1905)
Winning Seasons 10, Losing Seasons 4
Last 10 Seasons 9-1
Last 5 Seasons 5-0

Detroit Tigers - 0 Pennants, 0-0 in WS
Most Wins 89 (1904), Most Losses 94 (1906)
Winning Seasons 7, Losing Seasons 7
Last 10 Seasons 2-8
Last 5 Seasons 1-4

New York Yankees - 5 Pennants, 3-2 in WS, Last Pennant (1912), Last WS Win (1912)
Most Wins 102 (1908), Most Losses 87 (1904)
Winning Seasons 9, Losing Seasons 4
Last 10 Seasons 9-1
Last 5 Seasons 4-1

Philadelphia Athletics - 1 Pennant, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1906), Last WS Title (1906)
Most Wins 89 (1906, 1907), Most Losses 90 (1913)
Winning Seasons 9, Losing Seasons 5
Last 10 Seasons 6-4
Last 5 Seasons 2-3

St. Louis Browns - 3 Pennants, 0-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1904)
Most Wins 89 (1904), Most Losses 92 (1908)
Winning Seasons 5, Losing Seasons 9
Last 10 Seasons 2-8
Last 5 Seasons 0-5

Washington Senators - 1 Pennant, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1913), Last WS Title (1913)
Most Wins 85 (1913), Most Losses 88 (1907)
Winning Seasons 6, Losing Seasons 7, .500 Seasons 1
Last 10 Seasons 5-5
Last 5 Seasons 3-2



Boston Braves - 2 Pennants, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1910), Last WS Title (1910)
Most Wins 94 (1904), Most Losses 91 (1914)
Winning Seasons 7, Losing Seasons 7
Last 10 Seasons 4-6
Last 5 Seasons 2-5

Brooklyn Robins - 0 Pennants, 0-0 in WS
Most Wins 81 (1912), Most Losses 89 (1904)
Winning Seasons 6, Losing Seasons 8
Last 10 Seasons 5-5
Last 5 Seasons 3-2

Chicago Cubs - 2 Pennants, 1-1 in WS, Last Pennant (1913), Last WS Title (1905)
Most Wins 93 (1913), Most Losses 76 (1904, 1910)
Winning Seasons 14, Losing Seasons 0
Last 10 Seasons 10-0
Last 5 Seasons 5-0

Cincinnati Reds - 0 Pennants, 0-0 in WS
Most Wins 88 (1911, 1914), Most Losses 95 (1906)
Winning Seasons 8, Losing Seasons 6
Last 10 Seasons 7-3
Last 5 Seasons 4-1

New York Giants - 1 Pennant, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1907), Last WS Title (1907)
Most Wins 85 (1907), Most Losses 94 (1913)
Winning Seasons 1, Losing Seasons 12, .500 Seasons 1
Last 10 Seasons 1-9
Last 5 Seasons 0-5

Philadelphia Phillies - 3 Pennants, 1-0 in WS, Last Pennant (1903), Last WS Title (1903)
Most Wins 85 (1905, 1910), Most Losses 87 (1912)
Winning Seasons 8, Losing Seasons 4, .500 Seasons 1
Last 10 Seasons 4-5-1
Last 5 Seasons 2-3

Pittsburgh Pirates - 4 Pennants, 1-3 in WS, Last Pennant (1912), Last WS Win (1909)
Most Wins 92 (1908), Most Losses 90 (1905, 1907)
Winning Seasons 6, Losing Seasons 8
Last 10 Seasons 6-4
Last 5 Seasons 3-2

St. Louis Cardinals - 2 Pennants, 1-1 in WS, Last Pennant (1914), Last WS Win (1914)
Most Wins 92 (1914), Most Losses 95 (1910)
Winning Seasons 5, Losing Seasons 7, .500 Seasons 2
Last 10 Seasons 4-4-2
Last 5 Seasons 2-2-1

[Matt from TN]

Just in case you didn't notice in the post above, 1914 was the year of milestones... here's a quick list of the major milestones or records that were achieved:

Woodson hitting .444

New NL RBI and Runs Scored records

New AL and NL Hits records

New AL Rookie records in Hits, HR and RBI all by three different rookies

New major league ERA record

First player to ever win 30+ games, and there were two of them!

3 guys got their 2000th hit

The 2nd player to top 500 SB's

The first two players in history to ever score 1000 runs

The first pitcher to ever record his 2000th K

The White Sox and Cardinals set franchise records for wins, and the Reds tied their best record


All this plus a very exciting World Series (even if it was just 5 games)... Wow, what a great year!!!

[scprideandms]

just polishing up those HOF credentials

[lgkeeper]

Harry Cohan - 3rd all-time with a .342 avg. Not bad at all...

[Vris]

As the league gets older, it can only get better. This is my favorite read. It's great to see the league supplanting itself. Superstars are starting to evolve, like Woody Woodson who could rival any hitter in the deadball era of the major leagues, and Andrew Murphy who's mantel is already filled up and he's only in his 4th year! Amazing. Keep up the good work and I wish the league great prosperity!

[Matt from TN]

Thanks Vris, that's encouraging & great to hear... Also thanks to all of you who've been following the thread whether or not you have ancestors currently in the league (we're still taking new ancestors for those who aren't yet involved)... I was very excited about this idea when it came to me & as we prepare to enter our 15th season, I enjoy it even more than I imagined... and you're right Vris, a big reason is because the players have become familiar... but it's also because I enjoy knowing that so many of you are following this & enjoying it yourselves...

btw, the Deadball Era is nearly over & we'll begin to move into the Rebirth period... I've been preparing the league for it for several seasons (with things like much fewer players with BRILLIANT homerun ratings, in hopes of a few players truly standing out like the Babe)... With homeruns soon to blossom, I've been trying had to make sure positions like 2B, SS and C have more defensive players and slap hitters and no real power threats (with a few excpetions, mainly at C)...

also, the bulk of ancestors who were signed up debut in the 20's and 30's so I certainly am excited to know that so many new faces will be joining soon!

[ifspuds]

As someone who will have an ancestor debuting in the mid-20's, I'm curious how you plan to continue the updates when there's a boom in the number of ancestors to give updates on. The monthly update posts are already starting to get long... is this going to become a factor?

It's been a blast to follow the league so far. This is a fabulous idea.

[Matt from TN]

1915

Three teams appear to be the best teams in the American League - Boston, Chicago and Cleveland. Each have their own strengths and weaknesses, but they stand out above the rest of the league. Despite winning the pennant fairly easily last season, the Broncos are not a clear-cut favorite to repeat. The Yankees and Senators both have highly competitive teams and could contend, but they have bigger hurdles to climb, mainly New York's offense and Washington's pitching (as well as some young hitters who may or may not be ready). The rest of the league - Detroit, Philadelphia and St. Louis - each have major issues on their rosters and have much dimmer chances.

The early NL favorite is Cincinnati. There are several good teams in the league, but the Reds stood out in the spring. The have good pitching, led by Cecil Tan, and a strong offense with some great veterans and some young players with incredible potential. The defending World Champion Cardinals are not far behind. Their offense is again incredible, led as always by Woody Woodson. Their top two pitchers are a pair of 25-year-olds, although age is not a factor with 33-game winner Tim Lopresto. Outside of him though, the rotation has questions. Brooklyn and Chicago are tough teams and should be in the mix, and a potential surprise could come in the form of the lowly New York Giants, whose franchise has only had one winning season over 14 years. However, the Giants have some incredibly gifted youngsters, and if they perform well (granted, a big question mark), this team could be among the top teams in the league. Pittsburgh is in deep decline as their pitching staff is in a shambles. The Braves are probably not the worst team in the league, and they could make a run at 3rd or 4th Place, but they have too many issues, especially with the suprising retirement of pitcher Patrick De Leon, to be a serious pennant threat.




Key Retirees:

"Evil" Gary Archer, SP, Chicago Cubs 1901-1914: Archer was loathed by opposing batters, so much so that one opponent said of his retirement, "Good, the baseball world can finally be rid of him." Archer was nicknamed "Evil Archer" for his style of throwing inside and his knack of hitting batters in certain situations. Archer was also hated because he was so good. He retired with a 237-188 record (5th Most Wins All-Time) and a 2.86 ERA (15th All-Time). He pitched 405 complete games (2nd Most All-Time), including 47 shutouts (6th Most All-Time). He threw 3 No-Hitters - the only pitcher to do that - and by the time he had thrown his third in September of 1906, it was just the 7th ever. He collected 1631 strikeouts (9th Most All-Time). He won 20 or more games five times, but was never honored with a Pitcher of the Year Award. Some say that was because he was so maligned in the press outside of his Windy City home. He also won the 1905 World Series with the Cubs.

Paul Rieker, SP, St. Louis Browns 1902-1912, Philadelphia Athletics 1912-1914: Paul was a very good pitcher for the Browns, especially back in the team's heyday in the early 1900's. He was traded to the A's in 1912 and after that season, he only appeared in 29 more games for the A's and only two as a starter. He finished his career with a 175-159 record (20th Most Wins All-Time) and a 3.09 ERA (22nd All-Time). His 1529 strikeouts rank 11th All-Time.

Patrick De Leon, SP, Detroit Tigers 1902-1906, Cleveland Broncos 1906-1912, Boston Braves 1912-1914: De Leon surprised the Braves organization by announcing his retirement at age 37. He has a rough season in 1914, but he was still a very talented pitcher, and likely still would have been the ace of their staff. He played in two World Series with Cleveland (1906, 1910) and oddly enough lost the 1910 Series to the Braves, to whom he was traded in 1912. He finished his career with a 214-165 record (8th Most Wins All-Time) and a 3.31 ERA. He also compiled 357 complete games (11th All-Time), 35 shutouts (16th All-Time) and 1700 strikeouts (8th All-Time).

Boris "The Bear" Lavender, 1B, 1902-1907 Chicago White Sox, 1907-1914 Chicago Cubs: Lavender came to the majors as a highly touted youngster with plenty of power (he was the 1903 AL ROTY). He set an American League record with 12 home runs in 1904 which still stands. He never again reached double-digit home runs until 1913 when he again hit 12, but this time for the Cubs. Over his career, he amassed 85 home runs (4th Most All-Time), 372 doubles (2nd Most All-Time), 672 RBI (25th Most All-Time), 713 walks (13th Most All-Time) and a .260 average.

"Whopper" Alberson, SP, Detroit Tigers 1901-1908, St. Louis Cardinals 1908-1914: Alberson was one of the top pitchers in the game at the turn of the century. He won the 1902 AL Pitcher of the Year Award. In his first five seasons with Detroit, he was 97-61. Injuries then began to slow down his career. He hurt his back in 1906 and then his shoulder in 1907. The Tigers unceremoniously dumped him in 1908, but the then lowly Cardinals were pleased to have him. He slowly began to resurrect his career in St. Louis, albeit never back to his early standards. He did pitch well, however, particularly in 1909 when he won 21 games, only the second time he had done that in his career. He strained his back again in 1912, and age began to take its toll. He was in and out of the bullpen in 1913 and a full time reliever in St. Louis' championship year of 1914. He finished his career with a 191-172 record (14th Most All-Time), 3.50 ERA, 1323 K's (19th Most All-Time), 301 complete games (19th Most All-Time) and 23 shutouts.

Dave Folse, 2B, Philadelphia Phillies 1901-1914: Folse was a little-known player who was a key part of the great early Phillies teams. He finished his career with a .266 average, 1844 hits (13th Most All-Time), 263 Doubles (17th Most All-Time), 207 Triples (18th Most All-Time), 723 RBI (17th Most All-Time), 816 runs scored (13th Most All-Time) and 626 walks (19th Most All-Time).






Ancestors Added

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[Matt from TN]

Originally posted by ifspuds
As someone who will have an ancestor debuting in the mid-20's, I'm curious how you plan to continue the updates when there's a boom in the number of ancestors to give updates on. The monthly update posts are already starting to get long... is this going to become a factor?

It's been a blast to follow the league so far. This is a fabulous idea.

Thanks for the compliment, and again, I'm so gald to see you're enjoying this too...

I've been thinking about this same thing... The monthly reports have gotten long & they take longer to do now... I expect by the late 20's for the Ancestors list to be doubled, at least... I'm still working on what to do and I would welcome any creative suggestions... The only options I've thought of so far are:

1) Continue to report monthly on every ancestor... would slow things down a bit and some players already have little written about them...

2) Change the format to two reports per season - Halfway (July 1) and End of Regular Season... This would keep things sped up & I could write about everyone, but the posts would get even longer...

3) Continue with monthly reports & only write about the more significant happenings for the ancestors... But making sure each ancestor was mentioned at least every 2-3 months...


#3 is probably the more likely, but I welcome suggestions...

[Vris]

It's your topic and you can do whatever you feel is easiest. Doing only 2 reports a season might take the fun out of the pennant races for us reading them. The third option you suggest is the best option there. That way no one can complain about their ancestors not being mentioned. I'd keep the month to month updates. It gives the whole dynasty a good feel and keeps everyone updated on the major happenings.

Or you could just do one report for the month and write up a seperate report for the ancestors. It might not help in the bulk of the writing, but it could space things out and make it easier to write. I'm sure you'll come up with an interesting of doing it. Keep up the good work!

I also love reading the retirees for the seasons. The history is what makes this game so much fun. Looking back and reflecting on each major contributors career is what this is all about. What are you doing about the hall of fame? Have you even started inductions yet, or are you waiting until the actual BHOF opened in the 1920s? Will you be doing the inductions based on your criteria?

Here I go rambling again....

[Matt from TN]

Originally posted by Matt from TN
This league, which will begin in 1901, will feature the same teams from MLB history, but with fictional players. Every time a team relocated in history, it will do the same in the TWB. The same will be true of the first 154-game schedule in 1904, the 162-game schedule in 1961, the first All-Star Game in 1933, the introduction of the DH in 1973 and more. Teams will play in the real historic stadiums, and they will build new stadiums just as they did in real history. Stadiums will have the same park effects as they did in real-life, but all stadiums will have the same 45,000 seating capacity in preparation for making the TWB an online league.

I thought this was worth mentioning again... it is from the very first post in the thread... this is part of why I enjoy this so much, and hopefully, part of what makes the thread so much fun... The exact date escapes me, but the first HOF induction was in the 30's I believe and the biggest names of them all were put in in the first class... Ruth, Cobb, Cy Young, etc, etc... I'll read up more on the HOF when this gets closer...

However, I made the HOF credentials so outrageous that no one could ever reach them... That way only I can appoint someone to the Hall... When the time grows nearer, I plan to involve all of you in the HOF voting process... What I plan to do is put in the guys I think are shoe-ins, and then let you guys help me with the close calls... I may also let you all serve sort of as the "veterans comittee" like the real HOF has (or just do this myself) and put in one deserving player who never got enough votes...

Also, I agree that the 3rd option above was the best... I'd like to continue monthly posts and I had considered a separate post for ancestors if it becomes necessary... I went back and looked at my spreadsheet and by the mid-30's, the ancestors will probably have quadrupled, even though a few may have retired, but there are a lot of new ancestors (the bulk of them actually) due to join over the next 3 decades...

[Matt from TN]

This is from the Hall of Fame website...

Coincidentally, in 1935 plans were also being formulated for an appropriate celebration in Cooperstown to mark Baseball's upcoming 100th anniversary four years hence. Frick proposed that a Hall of Fame be established as part of the shrine to honor the game's immortals.

The cooperation of the Baseball Writers' Association of America was enlisted to select the playing greats who were to be so honored. The first election was conducted in January of 1936 and five players were named—Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was officially dedicated in colorful ceremony on June 12, 1939. The game's four ranking executives of the period—Landis, Frick, Harridge and William G. Bramham, President of the National Association, participated in the ribbon-cutting. Of the 25 immortals who had been elected to the Hall of Fame up to that point, 11 were still living; and all of them journeyed to Cooperstown to attend the centennial celebration. A baseball postage stamp commemorating the occasion was placed on sale that day at the Cooperstown post office, with Postmaster General James A. Farley presiding.

so players will be elected beginning in 1936 and the first actual ceremony will be in 1939...

btw, I also plan to use the 5-year rule that the HOF uses... a player becomes eligible after being retired for 5 yrs...

[scprideandms]

Whiskey should be a unanimous charter member

[Vris]

Yeah I should've read the opening post again. And I was a decade off with the inductions. My bad. I apologize. I did know those five were the initial class, I just didn't know the year. But yeah, I was just curious. Because this thread is so much fun to read, and I know you want to make it as accurate with the actual MLB as possible, so I was curious. That's all. Don't mind my ignorance.

[Matt from TN]

no problem... I always appreciate the input...

[Matt from TN]

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May 1, 1915

Washington and Cleveland led the AL early in the month, but the Yankees took over late in April and now are in first. Five other teams are no more than 2.5 games out, though. The White Sox lost their ace, Andrew Murphy, on April 15th to severe back spasms. He will not return until late May.

Brooklyn began with an impressive record this month, but they are currently on a 3-game losing streak. However, they still lead the NL, but only by a half game over both Chicago and St. Louis. A total of six teams are within 3.5 games of each other atop the standings.



Batters of the Month:

AL - Paul Gibson, 1B, New York Yankees - He hit .416 with 16 RBI and 11 runs scored.

NL - Woody Woodson, 2B, St. Louis Cardinals - He hit .442 with 8 RBI and 15 runs scored.

Pitchers of the Month:

AL - Andrew Murphy, Chicago White Sox - He was 2-1 with a 1.04 ERA and 2 shutouts. He won this award despite not pitching after April 15th. Notice his two wins were both shutouts.

NL - Tim "Presto" Lopresto, St. Louis Cardinals - He was 5-1 with a 1.17 ERA and 1 shutout.

American League Standings 
  
New York (A)     14  8 .636   - 
Boston (A)       12 10 .545 2.0
Chicago (A)      12 10 .545 2.0
Detroit          12 10 .545 2.0 
Washington       12 10 .545 2.0
Cleveland        12 11 .522 2.5 
Philadelphia (A)  8 15 .348 6.5
St. Louis (A)     7 15 .318 7.0
 
National League Standings 
 
Brooklyn         14  9 .609   -
Chicago (N)      13  9 .591  .5
St. Louis (N)    13  9 .591  .5
Cincinnati       12 10 .545 1.5
Boston (N)       11 11 .500 2.5
New York (N)     10 12 .455 3.5
Pittsburgh        9 14 .391 5.0 
Philadelphia (N)  7 15 .318 6.5

Ancestors:

Whiskey Allen, C, Cleveland - Whiskey hit .329 with 4 RBI and 14 runs scored.

Heinrich "The German" Kahle, 1B, Cincinnati - Kahle hit .357 with 11 RBI and 18 runs scored.

Dummy Netsky, SP, Washington - Dummy is still in the bullpen. He pitched in two games (1 start) and was 0-1 with a 2.79 ERA.

Campbell Ditty, CF, New York (N) - Ditty should return to the lineup on May 5th.

Harry "The Haymaker" Cohan, C, Chicago (N) - Harry hit .264 with 7 RBI and 6 runs scored.

Fists Ubert, SP, St. Louis (N) - With two other great young pitchers in the rotation, Ubert is the #3 starter. He went 2-2 with a 2.04 in 5 starts including one shutout.

John "Pops" Falise, RF, Philadelphia (N) - Pops hit .241 with 7 RBI and 10 runs scored.

Jean-Francois "Flaky" Arsenault, SS, Chicago (A) - Flaky hit .358 with 10 RBI and 16 runs scored.

Genaro "Tito" Nunez, 2B, Boston (A) - Tito hit .394 with 9 RBI and 13 runs scored. He had trouble on the bases, stealing just 7 bases in 12 attempts.

"Nasty Ned" Fargo, SP, St. Louis (A) - Ned has become the team's #1 starter, all at the age of 19. In April, he was 4-2 with a 2.53 ERA in 6 starts including a shutout.

Will Miller, LF, Washington - At age 19, Will has become the Senators' starting leftfielder and leadoff hitter. In April, he hit .344 with 8 RBI and 14 runs scored. He was also 3-0 in stolen base attempts.

Thomas Strasser, LF, Cleveland Broncos - Thomas hit .313 (5 for 16) with 4 RBI and 5 runs scored. He hit the first home run of his career on April 15th against Red Sox ace Dorsey MacIntyre. He was also 3-1 in steal attempts.

Chuck "Pudge" Harris, C, St. Louis Cardinals - Pudge has only made it into one game this season and it was at first base. He was 0-for-2.

Ahrend "Professor" Nagel, SP, Philadelphia Athletics - The Professor began the season as the A's #3 starter. He went 2-2 with a 3.44 ERA over 5 starts.

[scprideandms]

.329 is UNACCEPTABLE!!!

[Matt from TN]

June 1, 1915

Cleveland was the story of the AL this month. They had an impressive 12-game winning streak, and a few days after it was snapped, they went on a 6-game winning streak. Overall, they were 22-6 in May. The Yankees brought back memories of several seasons past as they were fighting for the AL lead with Cleveland, but then they sprung a leak, including a 6-game losing streak late in the month. They finished the month 13-15 and fell to 4th place. Detroit had a respectable 15-12 month, moving into 2nd, but they are still 6 games behind the Broncos.

Brooklyn went 16-11 to maintain their lead over the National League, but St. Louis matched their record and remains just a half-game back. The Braves had a wretched 5-24 showing in May, placing them firmly in last.



Batters of the Month:

AL - "Frenchie" Fournier, 3B, Cleveland Broncos - He hit .364 with 26 RBI, 24 runs scored and 14 steals. He is 20-0 in steal attempts this season!

NL - "Horse" Garrie, 2B, Boston Braves - He hit .389 with 10 RBI and 20 runs scored. He must have been the only guy hitting as poorly as the Braves did this month.

Pitchers of the Month:

AL - Dexter "Dex" Wolfe, Chicago White Sox - He was 4-2 with a 1.12 ERA and 1 shutout.

NL - David Nelson, Philadelphia Phillies - He was 5-2 with a 0.73 ERA and 2 shutouts.

American League Standings 
  
Cleveland        34 17 .667 - 
Detroit          27 22 .551 6.0 
Chicago (A)      27 23 .540 6.5
New York (A)     27 23 .540 6.5 
Boston (A)       24 26 .480 9.5 
Philadelphia (A) 24 28 .462 10.5 
Washington       20 30 .400 13.5  
St. Louis (A)    18 32 .360 15.5 
 
National League Standings 
 
Brooklyn         30 20 .600 -
St. Louis (N)    29 20 .592 .5 
Cincinnati       27 23 .540 3.0 
Chicago (N)      26 24 .520 4.0 
Pittsburgh       25 25 .500 5.0  
New York (N)     24 25 .490 5.5 
Philadelphia (N) 22 27 .449 7.5 
Boston (N)       16 35 .314 14.5

Ancestors:

Whiskey Allen, C, Cleveland - Whiskey hit .333 with 7 RBI and 21 runs scored. He is currently 13-0 in steal attempts on the season.

Heinrich "The German" Kahle, 1B, Cincinnati - Kahle hit .250 with 15 RBI, 9 runs scored and 2 home runs.

Dummy Netsky, SP, Washington - Dummy pitched in 7 games (1 start) and was 0-3 with a 7.54 ERA in 14 1/3 innings. He strained a muscle in his throwing arm during the 8th inning of his only start this month (May 30th). He could be out for nearly two months.

Campbell Ditty, CF, New York (N) - Ditty returned to the lineup on May 5th and promptly went 2-for-5 with 2 RBI against the Braves. He got a total of 6 hits in his first 3 games back. He hit .298 with 12 RBI and 8 runs scored over the month.

Harry "The Haymaker" Cohan, C, Chicago (N) - Harry hit .311 with 6 RBI and 7 runs scored.

Fists Ubert, SP, St. Louis (N) - Ubert went 4-2 with a 1.70 in 6 starts including two shutouts!

John "Pops" Falise, RF, Philadelphia (N) - Pops hit .252 with 10 RBI, 9 runs scored and 2 home runs.

Jean-Francois "Flaky" Arsenault, SS, Chicago (A) - Flaky hit .379 with 16 RBI and 14 runs scored. His .371 average is 2nd in the AL.

Genaro "Tito" Nunez, 2B, Boston (A) - Tito hit .336 with 11 RBI and 14 runs scored. He did something that no other player has done in major league history on May 2nd. He collected a whopping 7 hits in that game against the Senators! It was an extra-inning affair and he went 7-for-9 with 2 RBI and a run scored!

"Nasty Ned" Fargo, SP, St. Louis (A) - Ned went 0-3 with a 3.69 ERA in 6 starts.

Will Miller, LF, Washington - Will is making the most of his first starting job. In May, he hit .347 with 6 RBI and 15 runs scored. He also stole 9 bases this month. He is currently 5th in the AL with a .345 average.

Thomas Strasser, LF, Cleveland Broncos - Thomas has been dangerous off the bench. This month he hit .500 (7 for 14) with 8 RBI, 3 runs scored and a home run.

Chuck "Pudge" Harris, C, St. Louis Cardinals - Pudge hit .200 (3 for 15). Still all of his appearances have been at first base.

Ahrend "Professor" Nagel, SP, Philadelphia Athletics - The Professor went 1-4 with a 4.96 ERA over 7 starts.

[scprideandms]

.333 is still not acceptable, but maybe, just maybe this is year Whiskey gets his ring???

[Matt from TN]

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July 1, 1915

The White Sox made their move, going 20-7 including a 10-game winning streak to begin the month. Cleveland went 12-14, and for the last half of June, the two teams went back-and-forth in first place. The Sox currently lead by one game. Detroit went 15-12 and is hanging tough at 4.5 games back.

The Cardinals and Robins battled all month long for the NL lead. St. Louis finished June on top by going 17-9 while Brooklyn went 15-12 and fell 2 games back. Cincinnati has remained in the race and are just 4 games out, but they lost one of their two aces, Granville Galvan, until the beginning of August when he was forced to leave his June 25th start with severe pain in his throwing arm.



Batters of the Month:

AL - Jed Burke, 2B, Chicago White Sox - He hit .446 with 16 RBI and 14 runs scored.

NL - Edward Brantsag, 1B, Pittsburgh Pirates - He hit .374 with 23 RBI, 16 runs scored and 3 home runs.

Pitchers of the Month:

AL - Tom DeBaere, Chicago White Sox - He was 5-1 with a 1.70 ERA and 1 shutout. He is the third different White Sox pitcher to win this award over the past three months.

NL - Cecil Tan, Cincinnati Reds - He was 5-2 with a 1.03 ERA and 2 shutouts. His performance has helped salvage the Reds season after they lost Galvan.

American League Standings 
  
Chicago (A)      47 30 .610 - 
Cleveland        46 31 .597 1.0
Detroit          42 34 .553 4.5 
New York (A)     39 38 .506 8.0
Washington       38 38 .500 8.5
Boston (A)       37 39 .487 9.5 
Philadelphia (A) 31 46 .403 16.0
St. Louis (A)    26 50 .342 20.5 
 
National League Standings 
 
St. Louis (N)    46 29 .613 -
Brooklyn         45 32 .584 2.0 
Cincinnati       43 34 .558 4.0
Chicago (N)      38 38 .500 8.5
New York (N)     37 40 .481 10.0
Pittsburgh       36 41 .468 11.0 
Philadelphia (N) 35 41 .461 11.5
Boston (N)       26 51 .338 21.0

Ancestors:

Whiskey Allen, C, Cleveland - Whiskey hit .351 with 7 RBI and 15 runs scored. He is 6th in the AL with a .338 average.

Heinrich "The German" Kahle, 1B, Cincinnati - Kahle hit .258 with 6 RBI and 7 runs scored.

Dummy Netsky, SP, Washington - Dummy should be back around the last week in July.

Campbell Ditty, CF, New York (N) - Ditty hit .347 with 21 RBI, 14 runs scored and 2 home runs.

Harry "The Haymaker" Cohan, C, Chicago (N) - Harry hit .425 with 5 RBI and 12 runs scored. That moved him up to 4th in the NL batting race.

Fists Ubert, SP, St. Louis (N) - Ubert went 2-3 with a 5.51 in 6 starts.

John "Pops" Falise, RF, Philadelphia (N) - Pops hit .286 with 10 RBI, 9 runs scored and 3 home runs. He is now tied for 2nd in the NL with 5 longballs.

Jean-Francois "Flaky" Arsenault, SS, Chicago (A) - Flaky hit .306 with 19 RBI and 23 runs scored. He dipped to 4th in the AL batting race. He also leads the AL in runs scored.

Genaro "Tito" Nunez, 2B, Boston (A) - Tito hit .319 with 9 RBI and 11 runs scored. He is 5th in the AL batting race with a .345 average.

"Nasty Ned" Fargo, SP, St. Louis (A) - Ned went 1-5 with a 4.72 ERA in 7 starts. His only win was a shutout.

Will Miller, LF, Washington - Will is having a banner year. This month he hit .360 with 10 RBI, 17 runs scored and 13 stolen bases. He is 3rd in the AL batting race. He is second in the AL in steals and 3rd in runs scored.

Thomas Strasser, LF, Cleveland Broncos - Thomas was awarded the starting job at first base against right handers. He proved his manager right by hitting .371 with 12 RBI, 14 runs scored and 7 steals.

Chuck "Pudge" Harris, C, St. Louis Cardinals - Pudge hit .273 (3 for 11).

Ahrend "Professor" Nagel, SP, Philadelphia Athletics - Nagel was 1-4 with a 3.27 ERA in 6 starts. He also pitched his first complete game of the season.