Historic Replay (1901-present)

[Carlton]

I decided to see if OOTP6 would be easier or harder to do an historic replay with...guess what it is the worst yet.

The biggest key to get correct is defense look over your rosters and make sure range and F% are close to accurate.

1) I used my 1901 file from OOTP5 to start
2) Since no matter what numerical factors you WANT to see it doesn't matter, OOTP6 works on 1-100...thus thats what I will have all ratings based on
3) I went to bbref.com and really put range through the grinder...The 1901 Pirates should be the best defensive team by a long shot.
4) Fixed running instincts, even if I have NO IDEA what the hell it effects. I made triple hitters speedy, low stealing ability but great instincts...Sam Crawford is an example.
5) The WHite Sox should be the speedy-basestealing running instincts team of the game...The Pale Hose didn't win the 1901 pennant based on pitching or defense...they won with base stealing, Mertes, Fielder Jones, Herm Macfarland and Isbell led the league in Steals.

Step by step process

So I run a couple of test seasons, mainly fixing STUFF and making Cy Young the God that he is...my main K pitchers should be Bill Donovan, Ned Garvin,Tom Hughes, Noodles Hahn and Mathewson...

Fixed control since on defaults from Ankit's DB, Walk leaders will be abnormal...I make their TALENT their career Average, yet their RATINGS reflect 1901...they may go up they may go down...after 1901 it doesn't matter, variety is good.

I use SoxMan's stadiums WITH ballpark Factors...yet I adjust them so no rating is lower than 80...none higher than 130. Why, you may ask?
Well, true that a player's stats are already adjusted for park factors...I disagree with Ankit and others that I feel ballpark factors adjust talent, more than talent adjusts ballpark factors. For example, if Jimmie Foxx played at Baker Bowl...Babe Ruth would have been the 2nd best slugger of all time, HOWEVER if Foxx became a Boston Brave...we would have never heard of him...Braves Field is historically speaking...the WORST hitting park of all time...wonder why Rabbit Maranville is in the HOF? Not just defense, he was offensively a great player, look at his Pirate years....he just had the bad luck of being a Boston Brave most of his career. So I WANT that in my history...I want to know 'what if' Chuck Klein spent his career with the Dodgers? Would he have been a premier slugger? Probably not...'What if' Eppa Rixey or Babe Adams played in more even pitcher-hitter neutral parks...or better yet Grover Alexander...would Grover be the best pitcher that ever lived w/o Baker Bowl during his prime years?

After running a few test years I get my totals and then adjust them by 10% so heavy influxes, such as Exposition Park's triples ratings are decreased from the players ratings. So why even mess with BallPArk Factors you say? Well, I want to minimize the doubling of ballpark factors in a players stats based on his 1901 team...yet I WANT a player that is traded to said team to get the boost that say...Exposition Park would give his triples amount...for example I don't want Honus Wagner to have 30 triples, yet if Sam Crawford is traded to Pittsburgh...I want a chance for him to have 5 or 10 more triples...with Ballpark Factors at 100...it would make NO difference is Crawford was traded to the Phils or Pirates...he would still hit 10-20 Hrs and 12-20 triples...I want the surprise of seeing Crawford slug 25 HRS if at Baker Bowl or 5 if playing at LH detriment South Side Park with its 330 line and 28 foot wall.

May not be entirely accurate but then OOTP never has been with history...things like Cy Young having 10 saves and 40 GS will NEVER happen...you won't see Cy pitch 5 games a week, but in real life he did...

Also these HRs are Out of the Park (Pun alert) and the first 20th century player to actually HIT a HR out of the Yard is Tim Jordan of the Superbas...in 1907!!! Yes, all these HRS in 1901 were ISPHRS...

So I am not looking for detailed accuracy just a greater % that the men who led their specialty categories may lead again...the ones I have greater control over are HRS for hitters since OOTP6 is a modern day baseball program...HRS are the easiest to manipulate...for pitchers it's walks and K's...so the wild card is DEFENSE, the most important aspect to historic replay with this version is getting defense as close as possible.

I finally get the roster totals I like and I have traded Crawford, Lajoie, Bill Keister (HR, AVG and Triples leaders respectively) to see if ballpark factors would give them slight boosts or decline...Crawford hits 18 HRS playing for Cincy, 28 HRS for the Phils...and 6 for the White Sox...so yes ballpark factors are good...Lajoie and Keister flucuate as well.

My league totals

AB-75572
H-21070
2bs-3832
3bs-1048
HRS-1898
BB-5574
HBP-1215
SO-9397
BABIP-.289

My setup...
Player EVAL
APR/MAY-30-0-50-20
June-30-20-30-20
JULY-30-40-20-10
AUG-30-50-15-5
SEPt/OCT-30-65-5-0

Era settings
Bunt-very often (found anything less pitchers wouldn't complete games as much)
Hit and run -not often- The hit and run really didn't come around until McGraw was settled in NY...around 1905
Stealing bases-not often, not until Cobb and Collins did steals really become league wide...in 1901 the Pirates and White Sox are the teams that really utilized steals
PH/RP-Seldom
Endurance-very good
rotation-3 man (advent of the 154 schedule will bump it to 4)
leadoof lineup- heavily favor speed

hitter and development speed
+40, Spring training always tries to increase HR power and lower pitcher endurance in favor of other ratings...so I skip it until the 90's
Aging
-40, With small rosters I want to keep old guys around a bit

Roster Limits...
IRL it was 15, but the AI will give you 2 pitchers that way...so I bump it up to 18...16 will get you 3 pitchers, but pitchers tire easy even with fatigue off and very good endurance so position players start pitching regularly.

All financials disabled, trading freq VERy LOW, Favor Vets
Injuries very low
Position fatigue...off

I also have guys that came in mid year on the DL until August...guys like Mike Donlin and Waddell...Donlin's high ratings will always make Baltimore a powerhouse, and in reality, he was off again on again for the Orioles. Waddell will be a dominant K guy even wehn he really couldn't stick with the Pirates took some time off and then pitched for the Cubs...Rube for a whole year will kill my K totals.

Things I want to see
-Lajoie, Delahanty, Burkett, Wagner, Keeler, Heindrick near the top of BA
-Lajoie and Anderson near the 2bs leaders
-Keister, Jimmy Williams, Crawford on top of 3bs
-Crawford, Lajoie, Grady, Sheckard HRS leaders
-Hoy, Fielder Jones, Thomas my BB leaders
-Donovan my K and BB allowed man
-The Pirates pitchers getting that great defense boost behind them
-Cy Young coming close to his 1901 RL total

Now for the 1st 3 years I will perform the 'jumping' such as Delahanty, the Cardinals jumping to the Browns and Keeler going to the Highlanders...after the first few years I will perform the most historic trades since I like Joe Jackson and Eddie Collins as White Sox, Tris Speaker as an Indian, and of course Babe Ruth as a Yankee. If they are traded afterwards, that's fine.

[Carlton]

1900 OFFSEASON

Saturday, October 20th
IN THE NEWS: The Cardinals withhold the final month’s pay on all but five players, including John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson, citing late hours, dissipation, and gambling as reasons for the poor showing of the team, which finished tied for 5th.

Wednesday, October 31st
IN THE NEWS: Ban Johnson writes a letter to NL president Nick Young seeking peace, based on parity as a ML for the AL.

Wednesday, November 14th
IN THE NEWS: The National League rejects the American League as an equal, declaring it an outlaw league outside of the National Agreement, thus inaugurating a state of war. This follows the AL's announcement two days ago tht it has made arrangements to go into Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Two weeks later the AA makes it a 3-way battle.

Monday, November 19th
IN THE NEWS: At an American League meeting at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, Ban Johnson says the AL chose not to renew the National Agreement with the National League, but sees no need for friction between the two.

Wednesday, November 21st
IN THE NEWS: Given a 10-year contract to control the Baltimore franchise, John McGraw says he intends to be in baseball a long time, and wants to lease grounds in Baltimore where he can stay. He'll be in baseball 32 more years, but not in Baltimore. Nick Young says the National League wishes success to the American League, but does not consider it a major league.

In New York, national guardsmen are playing an active schedule of indoor baseball at the New York Armory. The games between regiments teams are widely covered in the press.

Monday, December 10th
IN THE NEWS: At the National League meetings at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York, rumors fly. Ban Johnson says the American League has signed a lease on a park in Detroit. The Players Protective Association says its members will not sign with the NL.

Tuesday, December 11th
IN THE NEWS: A rumor that the PPA leaders have gone to Philadelphia to meet with Ban Johnson causes National League owners to "have something closely resembling a fit," says the New York Times. Players later admit the meeting took place.

Wednesday, December 12th
IN THE NEWS: The National League considers going back to 12 teams to counter American League moves into some cities. They invite Ban Johnson to come to the NL meeting, but change their mind about compromise and leave the AL head outside the meeting room. The NL awards the AL's Minnesota and Kansas City territories to the new Western League, even before the AL officially abandons them. The NL agrees to hear the players in a public meeting, but rejects all their demands.

Friday, December 14th
IN THE NEWS: Suffering from a drop in attendance in 1900, National League owners vote to cut costs with a 16-player limit after May 1. The PPA claims the move is aimed at pressuring players into signing by shrinking the number of jobs.

Saturday, December 15th
IN THE NEWS: Amos Rusie, out for the past two years with arm problems, is traded to the Reds by the Giants for young Christy Mathewson. Though only 30, Rusie, a future Hall of Fame pitcher, MAY not have the ability that brought him eight straight 20-game seasons, he has 245 wins collected in nine seasons. Mathewson, 0-3 with the Reds but 20-2 with Norfolk (Virginia League), is much coveted by Cincinnati owner John T. Brush, who is currently negotiating to buy control of the Giants from the unscrupulous Andrew Freedman. Before he takes over, Brush wants Mathewson in place as a Giants starter, rather than the "pitched out" Amos Rusie.

1901 OFFSEASON CON'T

Friday, January 4th
IN THE NEWS: The Baltimore American League club incorporates, with John McGraw as manager and part owner.

Tuesday, January 22nd
IN THE NEWS: Connie Mack, Philadelphia A's manager-GM, signs a 10-year lease on grounds at 29th and Columbia to be called Columbia Park. A contract is set for construction of single-deck stands to hold 7,500.

Monday, January 28th
IN THE NEWS: The American League formally organizes: the Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Athletics, and Boston Somersets are admitted to join the Washington Nationals, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Chicago White Stockings. Three of the original clubs—Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Buffalo—are dropped. League power aggregates in Ban Johnson as trustee for all ballpark leases and majority stockholdings, and with authority to buy out refractory franchises. Player limit is 14 per team, and the schedule will be 140 games. AL contracts give the Players Protective Association what it asked for, with 5-year limits on the rights to player services.

Tuesday, January 29th
IN THE NEWS: Newly named Rules Committee of Connie Mack, John McGraw, and Charles Comiskey, after rejecting a proposal to ban the bunt, recommends no changes at this time.

Friday, February 8th
IN THE NEWS: News leaks out that Napoleon Lajoie, the Phillies star 2B and leading National League hitter, has jumped to the new Philadelphia American League club, along with pitchers Chick Fraser and Bill Bernhard.

Saturday, February 9th
IN THE NEWS: Giants and Pirates outfielder Tom O'Brien, 28 dies in Phoenix. A popular player with the Giants, O'Brien played for Pirates in 1900, then accompanied the Giants and Dodgers last fall on a trip to Cuba for a series of exhibition games. On the boat trip over, he was told that if he drank enough sea water he'd be sick, but would then be cured of any sea sickness. Both O'Brien and Kid Gleason became violently ill following the prescription, but O'Brien was so affected that all his internal organs were damaged, and he never recovered.

Tuesday, February 26th
IN THE NEWS: National League officials meet with Charles "Chief" Zimmer, Pittsburgh catcher and the president of the PPA, and agree to contract concessions granted by the American League for NL players who will agree not to sign with AL clubs. Zimmer promises suspensions for PPA jumpers to the AL.

Wednesday, February 27th
IN THE NEWS: The National League Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes, except after two strikes. To cut the cost of balls fouled and unrecovered, the committee urges that "batsmen who foul off good strikes are to be disciplined." The American League will not adopt this rule for several years. Other new rules: catchers must play within 10 feet of the batter; a ball will be called if the pitcher does not throw to a ready and waiting batter within 20 seconds; players using indecent or improper language will be banished by the umpire. One rule stating that a ball will be called when a batter is hit by a pitch but, in a mail vote, the owners will rescind this in April, and a HBP will earn a batter first base. NOTE-One reason 1901 Stats were very off in 1901...hence why you should never try a happy medium between NL and AL

Saturday, March 2nd
IN THE NEWS: Jimmy Collins, Connie Mack's choice for the all-time best third baseman, leaves the Boston National League club to manage the American League's new Boston Somersets. The Beaneaters also lose OF Hugh Duffy, who will manage Milwaukee (AL), and C Billy Sullivan, who signs with the Chicago White Stockings. More than half the AL rosters—a total of 185—will be filled by NL players. NOTE-Many new age SABR people usually disregard Nap Lajoie's 1901 season due to the lesser talent in the AL, but it was vice versa...beloved Honus Wagner, Ed Delahanty and Willie Keeler actually played in the weaker league...which makes Nap Lajoies 1901 season even more impressive...he played amongst 10x better talent...still Nap's 1908 IIRC is even more impressive in regards to adjusted OPS+

Tuesday, March 5th
IN THE NEWS: The American League approves a 14-player limit to go into effect 14 days after the start of the season. As noted by Cliff Blau, the limit is changed at the last minute, the deadline postponed for two weeks, and the limit increased to 15 by Ban Johnson, after six teams request the change. NOTE-This will be changed to 18 since most teams go with a 2 man staff with 15 and a 3 man staff but position players pitching often with 17 or 18

Monday, March 11th
IN THE NEWS: The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Baltimore manager John McGraw has signed a Cherokee Indian named Tokohoma. It is really black 2B Charlie Grant, who McGraw is trying to pass off as an Indian, but the ruse does not work. NOTE-A little bit of trivia, who is the first black man to have a ML contract? Stump your friends, amaze your house pets

Thursday, March 28th
IN THE NEWS: Phillies owner John Rogers files for an injunction prohibiting Nap Lajoie, Bill Bernhard, and Chick Fraser from playing for any other team—the most serious legal test of the reserve clause to date. NOTE-This issue will come into play during my history

[Matt from TN]

You know I'll be following this... I love reading about the early years... good luck.

[Carlton]

1901-APRIL

Wednesday, April 3rd
IN THE NEWS: Connie Mack accuses Christy Mathewson of reneging on a Philadelphia contact signed in January. The young pitcher had accepted advance money from Mack, but jumped back to the Giants in March. Mack considers going to court, but eventually accepts the loss of the pitcher.

Thursday, April 18th

The first National League game in the 20th Century is played, with the Superbas of Brooklyn taking on the Phillies of Philadelphia. Wild Bill Donovan takes the hill for Brooklyn and Doc White for Philly. Wild Bill lives up to his reputation as he walks 6 and K's 5 in 9 IP...White leaves after 7.1 bb 1 and k'ing 2 but giving up 8 runs 7 ER. Tom 'Tido' Daly goes 5-5 with 4 rbis. Brooklyn wins 8-6

Friday, April 19th
The Cleveland Blues take on the Chicago White Stockings in the 1st ever AL game.
Earl Moore is drivewn off after 10 runs all earned in 5.2 IP
Clark "The Old Fox' Griffith, the firts man to actually use the knuckleball, goe sthe full 9 giving up 4 runs 3 earned bb 1 k'ing 4 at South Side Park. Sam Mertes steals the 1st base in AL history, Dummy Hoy commits the first error. Bill Bradley hits the first double. Fred Hartman hits the 1st triple and has the first RBI. In total The White Stockings drive Bob Wood the Blues C and Moore crazy as they steal 5 bases, two by Frank 'Bald Eagle' Isbell. A nickname he despises...Isbell will never be photographed w/o cap due to his fading hairline. The White Stockings win the 1st AL game 10-4.

Monday, April 22nd
In his 1st game as a Boston American, Cy Young pitches a masterpiece beating 'Iron Man' Joe McGinnity 5-1. Cy allows 6 hits 1 BB 6 Ks in 9 IP. Cap Anson comes out of retirement to play for Baltimore and old rival John McGraw, Cap goes 0-4 with 2 k's. Chalres 'Eagle Eye' Hemphill has a painful day as McGinnity plunks him 2x, in all McGinnity hits 4 American Batters.

Tuesday, April 23rd
In a 2-1 contest over Milwaukee, won by Clark Griffith, White Stocking SS, Frank Shugart becomes the 1st AL player to hit a HR off of Bill Reidy in the 7th...it is the game winner.

Thursday, April 25th
Jake'Eagle Eye' Beckley, one of the premier 19th century 1st basemen, hits his 2000th hit off Giants P Bill Phyle...The Reds win 7-3

Friday, April 26th
Cap Anson becomes the 1st player to ever have 3000 hits as he bloops a single off of Blues pitcher Bill Hart

Sunday, April 28th
Veteran SS Hugh Jennings, teammate and roommate of John McGraw in Baltimore’s great days, will play for Connie Mack’s Athletics after getting his law degree at Cornell. McGraw persuades him to play for Baltimore instead, touching off a battle royal with Mack and Ban Johnson. The result is ill feelings that never heal. Jennings winds up playing for the Phillies.

Tuesday, April 30th
Thomas "Dude" Esterbrook, a star in the 1880s with the Mets, dies in a fall from a moving train. Esterbrook is on his way to a mental hospital in Middlebrook, NY when he squeezes through a lavatory window and falls to the rail bed below.

Sunday, May 19th
The White Stockings in the news again as Bill Bernhard almost has the 1st no hitter in AL history, yet Frank Shugart, of the 1st AL HR Fame, gets the only hit in the 6th.

Friday, March 24th
Washington Nationals C Art Nichols goes 5-5 ina 12-6 win over the Orioles.

Saturday, June 1st
The 1st BOM-POM awards announced
AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Bill Bernhard (PHA)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.72 and 1 shutouts.
AL-Batter of the Month:
Nap Lajoie (PHA)!
He batted .442 in 113 AB, with 3 homers and 33 RBI.
NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Bill Donovan (BRO)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.62 and 1 shutouts.
NL-Batter of the Month:
Jesse Burkett (SLN)!
He batted .423 in 111 AB, with 1 homers and 14 RBI.

'Honest' John Anderson of Milwaukee goes 0-3 snapping his AL record 24 game hitting streak

Tuesday, June 18th
In the highest scoring and longest game to date, Detroit gets 9 runs off Bill Hoffer in the 12th to beat the Blues 19-10, Both teams commit 4 errors, Tiger C Al Shaw gets the AL record with 6 RBIS. This is the first game back for CF Bill Lange, at the height of his skill and popularity, Bill Lange left baseball for love, now divorced Lange has come back to Baseball, IRL Lange never played again.

June 22nd
Jesse Burkett goes 0-4 snapping his MLB record 30 game hitting streak
Weds, June 26th
Against Baltimore, Cleveland Blue 3B becomes the first AL player to hit for the cycle against Joe McGinnity the Orioles Ace.

Sunday, July 1st
AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Cy Young (BOS)!
He had a record of 8-0 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.75 and 1 shutouts.
AL-Batter of the Month:
Nap Lajoie (PHA)!
He batted .373 in 110 AB, with 4 homers and 17 RBI.
NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Amos Rusie (CIN)!
He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.00.
NL-Batter of the Month:
George Van Haltren (NY1)!
He batted .427 in 96 AB, with 3 homers and 30 RBI.

Thursday, July 4th
On a rainy Independence Day, that disrupted the game for 60 minutes, Deacon Phillippe shuts out Jack Taylor and the Orphans with a one hitter. Deacon goes to 14-3 on the season. Orphans 1B Jack Doyle, harassed by a Pirate fan, jumps into the stands and hits him once with his left reinjuring his hand, which he had broken several weeks before.

Weds, July 10th
Wild Bill Donovan sheds his nickname against young Christy Mathewson and pitches a masterful 2 HA performance walking none and k'ing 5. Matty only lasts 4.2 IP giving up 9 runs as Joe Kelley and Tom Daly drive in 2. Donovan goes to 14-6, Mathewson falls to 9-6. Matty also loses control of his screwball and knocks out Wee Willie Keeler for 5 minutes.

Weds, July 10th
At a secret meeting, the NL Board of directors votes to abrogate the National Agreement that has governed organized baseball, effective September 30.

Saturday, July 13th
IN THE NEWS: An 8th-inning decision favoring the Boston Beaneaters infuriates St. Louis fans. When the 3-2 Boston win ends, they rush umpire Hank O'Day, who suffers a split lip before players and police can rescue him

Orphans P Rube Waddell shows the promise yet to come as he K's 11 Phillies. Elmer Flick is later said "His curveball seemed to dance around the bat"

Tuesday, July 30th
IN THE NEWS: Ban Johnson says the AL will place a team in St. Louis in 1902. The Milwaukee franchise is seen as the most likely to be transferred. New York will likely have a franchise while Cleveland and Baltimore will likely lose theirs.

Sunday, August 4th
IN THE NEWS: Cincinnati and Pittsburgh players are clocked while running from home plate to 1B. The fastest time for the 90-foot sprint is three seconds flat, by Pirates OF Ginger Beaumont.

Weds, August 11th
AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Joe McGinnity (BLA)!
He had a record of 5-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.53 and 2 shutouts.
AL-Batter of the Month:
Nap Lajoie (PHA)!
He batted .398 in 118 AB, with 3 homers and 17 RBI.
NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Deacon Phillippe (PIT)!
He had a record of 5-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 0.71 and 4 shutouts.
NL-Batter of the Month:
Jimmy Sheckard (BRO)!
He batted .400 in 105 AB, with 4 homers and 26 RBI.

TRADES

As the trade deadline passes no trades but Clevenad release Bill Hart who is picked up by the Cubs

Saturday, Sept 1st
AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Cy Young (BOS)!
He had a record of 6-2 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.70 and 1 shutouts.
AL-Batter of the Month:
Nap Lajoie (PHA)!
He batted .420 in 119 AB, with 2 homers and 25 RBI.
NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Kid Nichols (BSN)!
He had a record of 7-1 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.14 and 2 shutouts.
NL-Batter of the Month:
Jimmy Sheckard (BRO)!
He batted .344 in 125 AB, with 3 homers and 13 RBI.

[Carlton]

END OF SEASON 1901

First the Awards

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award:
Eddie Plank (PHA)!
He had a record of 23-6 with an ERA of 2.75 and 1 shutouts.
In 37 games started, he pitched 314.2 innings, fanning 120 and walking 52 batters.
NL Outstanding Newcomer Award:
Bill Donovan (BRO)!
He had a record of 27-11 with an ERA of 2.92 and 4 shutouts.
In 40 games started, he pitched 344.2 innings, fanning 188 and walking 118 batters.
AL Outstanding Pitcher Award:
Cy Young (BOS)!
He had a record of 27-8 with an ERA of 1.80 and 5 shutouts.
In 38 games started, he pitched 334.2 innings, fanning 204 and walking 30 batters.
AL Outstanding Batter Award:
Nap Lajoie (PHA)!
He batted .405 in 561 AB, with 14 homers and 102 RBI.
NL Outstanding Pitcher Award:
Jesse Tannehill (PIT)!
He had a record of 30-6 with an ERA of 1.96 and 4 shutouts.
In 38 games started, he pitched 331 innings, fanning 120 and walking 35 batters.
NL Outstanding Batter Award:
Jimmy Sheckard (BRO)!
He batted .373 in 550 AB, with 14 homers and 98 RBI.
AL Slick Fielder Award Winners:
Pitcher: Joe Yeager (DET)
Catcher: Harry Smith (PHA)
First Base: John Anderson (MLA)
Second Base: Hobe Ferris (BOS)
Third Base: Jimmy Collins (BOS)
Shortstop: Wid Conroy (MLA)
Leftfield: Matty McIntyre (PHA)
Centerfield: Ollie Pickering (CLE)
Rightfield: Cy Seymour (BLA)
NL Slick Fielder Award Winners:
Pitcher: Willie Sudhoff (SLN)
Catcher: Johnny Kling (CHN)
First Base: John Ganzel (NY1)
Second Base: Tom Daly (BRO)
Third Base: Tommy Leach (PIT)
Shortstop: Bobby Wallace (SLN)
Leftfield: Fred Clarke (PIT)
Centerfield: Roy Thomas (PHI)
Rightfield: Patsy Donovan (SLN)

No real surprises except for Nap Lajoie and Honus Wagner...Honus played RF half of the year but Nap lost out by about 40 TC than Ferris, so I can Ferris having a career year at 2b

Now let's look at 1901 Leaderboards and how close they came to real life

# TOP 10 AVG AVG
1 N. Lajoie (PHA) .405
2 S. Seybold (PHA) .341
3 B. Keister (BLA) .333
4 J. Collins (BOS) .327
5 J. Anderson (MLA) .327

Nap on top and Collins and Seybold in the top 5 pretty good

# TOP 10 OBP OBP
1 N. Lajoie (PHA) .449
2 J. McGraw (BLA) .437
3 S. Seybold (PHA) .401
4 C. Stahl (BOS) .393
5 O. Pickering (CLE) .385

Nap on top and Pickering had a great year unlike my other test sims

# TOP 10 SLG SLG
1 N. Lajoie (PHA) .608
2 S. Seybold (PHA) .518
3 B. Keister (BLA) .477
4 B. Bradley (CLE) .468
5 R. Bresnahan (BLA) .461

Freeman didn't have quite the year he had in 1901 but he was close, Bresnahan had more 3bs which is the hardest stat to get correct

# TOP 10 2B 2B
1 N. Lajoie (PHA) 48
2 B. Keister (BLA) 39
3 S. Seybold (PHA) 37
4 E. Beck (CLE) 34
5 H. Davis (PHA) 33

John Anderson had a terrible 2b year, bu Nap again on top

# TOP 10 3B 3B
1 R. Bresnahan (BLA) 21
2 B. Bradley (CLE) 16
3 J. Collins (BOS) 14
3 H. Davis (PHA) 14
5 S. Seybold (PHA) 13

Bresnahan replaces William and Keister...Keister had more doubles than 1901 but my other tests Keister was usually on top...this sim he was injured..Collins is in his top 5

# TOP 10 HR HR
1 N. Lajoie (PHA) 14
2 B. Freeman (BOS) 11
3 B. Bradley (CLE) 9
4 P. Foster (WS1) 8
4 S. Seybold (PHA) 8

The easiest thing to account for in OOTP6...Bradley had his best year in any sim...Grady and Anderson who 3rd and 4th each had 6 HRS

# TOP 10 RUNS RUNS
1 N. Lajoie (PHA) 116
2 S. Mertes (CHA) 97
3 J. Collins (BOS) 95
3 B. Keister (BLA) 95
3 J. McGraw (BLA) 95
6 W. Conroy (MLA) 91

Mertes being the leadoff hitter and Jones being 4th hitter switch run places...which is fine...McGraw didn't play FT in RL, but he is fine here

# TOP 10 RBI RBI
1 N. Lajoie (PHA) 102
2 J. Collins (BOS) 91
3 S. Seybold (PHA) 89
4 F. Hartman (CHA) 80
4 J. Anderson (MLA) 80

Lajoie wins the Triple Crown...as in RL...no Freeman as Collins as #3 hitter drove in most of the RBIS

# TOP 10 SB SB
1 O. Pickering (CLE) 53
2 S. Mertes (CHA) 48
3 W. Conroy (MLA) 45
4 F. Isbell (CHA) 44
5 F. Jones (CHA) 42

I am really proud of this especially with running instincts...4 out of 5 were top 5 in RL

# TOP 10 Wins W
1 C. Young (BOS) 27
2 E. Plank (PHA) 23
3 N. Callahan (CHA) 22
4 C. Griffith (CHA) 21
4 G. Weyhing (CLE) 21
4 C. Fraser (PHA) 21

Pretty much as expected...Weyhing is a surprise and McGinnity had terrible RS...in RL Joe had 26 wins

# TOP 10 Strikeouts K's
1 C. Young (BOS) 204
2 C. Patten (WS1) 142
3 E. Plank (PHA) 120
4 E. Siever (DET) 119
5 W. Mercer (WS1) 116

Not really a surprise here...Case Patten was actually 2nd in the AL in k/9 with 3.86

# TOP 10 Bases-On-Balls BB
1 N. Garvin (MLA) 103
2 W. Mercer (WS1) 98
3 G. Weyhing (CLE) 93
3 E. Moore (CLE) 93
5 C. Fraser (PHA) 88

Fraser had better control than RL, but not bad

# TOP 10 ERA ERA
1 C. Young (BOS) 1.80
2 E. Siever (DET) 2.51
3 D. Gear (WS1) 2.56
4 C. Griffith (CHA) 2.64
5 E. Plank (PHA) 2.75

Siever and Gear had great years, nice to see Cy that low and Griffith is close to RL

# TOP 10 Hit Batsmen HP
1 W. Piatt (PHA) 33
2 E. Plank (PHA) 20
3 J. Nops (BLA) 18
4 P. Dowling (MLA) 16
5 E. Scott (CLE) 15
6 E. Moore (CLE) 14
7 J. McGinnity (BLA) 13

Wiley Piatt really didn't start in RL but due to injury he did here...McGinnity was lower than usual but Fraser had a career year...one of those OOTP fluxes...Fraser was usually the head of this as in RL in my other test sims

WIld Pitches

Garvin-16
Fraser-13
Moore-11
Mitchell-11
Howell-9

Almost identical to RL

Now the NL

# TOP 10 AVG AVG
1 J. Burkett (SLN) .382
2 J. Sheckard (BRO) .373
3 W. Keeler (BRO) .344
4 H. Wagner (PIT) .343
5 E. Delahanty (PHI) .335

Same 5 guys...Burkett on top...perfect

# TOP 10 OBP OBP
1 J. Burkett (SLN) .452
2 B. Hamilton (BSN) .429
3 H. Wagner (PIT) .416
4 J. Sheckard (BRO) .413
5 R. Thomas (PHI) .404

Hamilton didnt declin and he takes Hartsel's place

# TOP 10 SLG SLG
1 J. Sheckard (BRO) .556
2 E. Delahanty (PHI) .513
3 S. Crawford (CIN) .497
4 J. Burkett (SLN) .480
5 H. Wagner (PIT) .468

Sheckard #1 a little better than RL except for Honus the next 4 are perfect

# TOP 10 2B 2B
1 J. Sheckard (BRO) 39
2 J. Beckley (CIN) 31
3 E. Delahanty (PHI) 30
4 E. Heidrick (SLN) 29
4 B. Wallace (SLN) 29
6 K. Bransfield (PIT) 28

Daly the RL leader had 26..and Sheckard like Keister stopped at 2nd then going to 3rd Wallace Big Ed and Beckley are here just like in RL

# TOP 10 3B 3B
1 E. Delahanty (PHI) 24
2 T. Leach (PIT) 15
2 S. Crawford (CIN) 15
4 W. Keeler (BRO) 14
5 G. Beaumont (PIT) 12
5 H. Steinfeldt (CIN) 12
5 B. Wallace (SLN) 12
5 G. Davis (NY1) 12

Sheckard the real life leader with 19 stopped at 2nd more and Big Ed went on to 3rd more...what can you do...hard to figure out with running instincts and Gap Power but it shows how MUCH OOTP6 has gone MORE towards modern baseball this version...where 5 triples are alot...Bransfield also had more doubles and less triples...Crawford is here so thats a good sign

# TOP 10 HR HR
1 J. Sheckard (BRO) 14
1 S. Crawford (CIN) 14
3 H. Wagner (PIT) 8
3 E. Flick (PHI) 8
3 J. Burkett (SLN) 8

Crawford hit less Sheckard more and Burkett is up there so all is well

# TOP 10 RBI RBI
1 G. Beaumont (PIT) 100
2 J. Sheckard (BRO) 98
3 E. Heidrick (SLN) 97
3 F. Clarke (PIT) 97
5 E. Flick (PHI) 90

Beaumont and Bransfield switched places in the order, Ginger was 5th instead of 1st so he got more chances to get Honus home, Flick hit Big Ed home alot...Sheckard is here

# TOP 10 RUNS RUNS
1 H. Wagner (PIT) 112
2 J. Sheckard (BRO) 110
3 J. Burkett (SLN) 105
4 T. Daly (BRO) 102
4 E. Delahanty (PHI) 102
6 J. Kelley (BRO) 100

All about place in the order

Hit By Pitch
McGann-STL 23
Krueger-STL 13
Jennings-PHI 12
Padden-STL 11
Burkett-STL 10

Almost perfect

# TOP 10 SB SB
1 H. Wagner (PIT) 58
2 S. Strang (NY1) 54
3 H. Long (BSN) 50
4 E. Flick (PHI) 47
5 J. Kelley (BRO) 46

Strang and Wagner on top..

# TOP 10 Wins W
1 J. Tannehill (PIT) 30
2 B. Donovan (BRO) 27
2 D. Phillippe (PIT) 27
4 A. Orth (PHI) 24
5 B. Kennedy (BRO) 19
5 K. Nichols (BSN) 19

Tannehill got much RS as did Orth

# TOP 10 ERA ERA
1 N. Hahn (CIN) 1.94
2 R. Waddell (CHN) 1.96
3 J. Tannehill (PIT) 1.96
4 D. Phillippe (PIT) 2.16
5 C. Mathewson (NY1) 2.34

Noodles is da man...in order to have Rube a K man...his other stats go up as well...I have a feeling he will never K 20 in a game unless I make him superman. Tannehill, Phillipe and Matty all on top

# TOP 10 Strikeouts K's
1 B. Donovan (BRO) 188
2 A. Rusie (CIN) 168
3 C. Mathewson (NY1) 165
4 N. Hahn (CIN) 156
5 A. Orth (PHI) 137

Donovan and Rusie had major heat...as did Matty Orth and Hahn...K's were down but so weren't IP

# TOP 10 Bases-On-Balls BB
1 B. Donovan (BRO) 118
2 A. Rusie (CIN) 97
3 E. Doheny (NY1) 92
4 D. Taylor (NY1) 90
5 B. Kennedy (BRO) 88

Taylor and Donovan in the top 10 in RL those pitchers were not starters in the sim.

# TOP 10 Hit Batsmen HP
1 A. Stimmel (CIN) 17
2 J. Taylor (CHN) 15
3 T. Hughes (CHN) 14
4 E. Doheny (NY1) 12
4 J. Menefee (CHN) 12
4 J. Powell (SLN) 12

Taylor and Hughes are the only RL pitchers that had enough IP in the sim...


AL Standings

Division

Team W L PCT GB  Pyt.Rec Diff   Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
Philadelphia (A) 80 60 .571 - 78-62 2   42-28 38-32 8-8 20-22 * W1 4-6 
Boston (A) 77 63 .550 3.0 81-59 -4   40-30 37-33 5-7 17-17 - W1 8-2 
Chicago (A) 72 68 .514 8.0 72-68 0   34-36 38-32 5-7 22-18 - L2 6-4 
Detroit 72 68 .514 8.0 74-66 -2   38-32 34-36 9-5 21-23 - L1 5-5 
Baltimore 71 69 .507 9.0 72-68 -1   41-29 30-40 9-4 22-19 - W1 5-5 
Washington 71 69 .507 9.0 69-71 2   37-33 34-36 6-5 27-14 - L1 5-5 
Cleveland 67 73 .479 13.0 64-76 3   41-29 26-44 4-6 16-19 - L1 2-8 
Milwaukee 50 90 .357 30.0 52-88 -2   26-44 24-46 3-7 12-25 - W2 4-6 
 
NL Standings 
 
Division 
 
Team W L PCT GB  Pyt.Rec Diff   Home Away XInn 1Run M# Streak Last10 
Pittsburgh 91 49 .650 - 96-44 -5   43-27 48-22 4-5 19-18 * W2 6-4 
Brooklyn 81 59 .579 10.0 81-59 0   40-30 41-29 7-5 23-18 - W4 7-3 
Philadelphia (N) 81 59 .579 10.0 75-65 6   36-34 45-25 10-4 28-13 - L1 7-3 
Cincinnati 72 68 .514 19.0 67-73 5   36-34 36-34 6-5 23-22 - L2 5-5 
St. Louis 68 72 .486 23.0 69-71 -1   33-37 35-35 8-7 21-27 - L3 5-5 
Boston (N) 62 78 .443 29.0 63-77 -1   29-41 33-37 4-12 20-26 - L1 4-6 
Chicago (N) 54 86 .386 37.0 53-87 1   29-41 25-45 5-7 17-18 - W1 4-6 
New York 51 89 .364 40.0 55-85 -4   27-43 24-46 7-6 20-29 - W1 3-7

Ok so Chicago didn't win, but Philly won more close games...Wash, Clev and Milw were terrible...and that's all that matters

In the NL Pitts was a powerhouse, like RL, but they kept most of their old NL guys...Philly and Brooklyn were decent...Cincy was a surprise but NY, CHI and Bos were terrible

Three things I have learned...

1) Injuries very low? I had ALOT of injuries for that setting, makes me wonder if it was broken...I still had position players pitch alot of games
2) Make sure if you want a RF to play RF you up his range by 5 so if you want Willie Keeler to be able to play LF and RF make him slightly higher in RF or else the AI puts him where they want...that goes for any position as well, make sure Bobby Lowe is rated higher at 3b or he won;t play there
3) Even with FA signed with no financials...it seems to be that one team will hoarde them ALL...so if you have 5 releases in a week, one team will grab all 5...whether they need them or not.

Anyway, succesful 1901 season onto 1902

[Carlton]

1902 game Setup

1) Change Milwaukee's Abbreviation to SLA
2) Proceeded to next season, imported to next season
3) Changed Milwaukee to St. Louis (A) Browns
4) Changed teams as such
a) Browns-logo, manager Jimmy McAleer (released by CLE) release Hugh Duffy
b) Boston (A) nickname to Somersets
c) Orioles manager-Wilbert Robison, release McGraw (signed by NY Giants), logo
d) Cleveland-nickname to Bronchos, manger Bill Armour
e) Detroit manager-Frank Dwyer
f) Washington-manager-Tom Loftus
g) Boston (N)-manager-Al Buckenberger
h)Chicago (N)-Nickname-Colts, manager-Frank Selee
i) Cincy-Manager-Joe Kelley (released by Brooklyn)-Ballpark Palace of the Fans
j) New York-Manager-John McGraw (released by Baltimore)
k) St Louis-name-St.Louis (N)
5) Added FA from 1890's that came back to play (if using Ankit's DB import from C:\Stats2
a)2b-Frank Bonner-PHA (bonnefr01)
b)P-Hoghball Wilson-PHA (wilsohi01)
c)1b-Scoops Carey-WAS (careysc01)
d)CF-Jimmy Ryan-WAS (ryanji01)
e)2b-Tim Flood-BRK (floodti01)
f)P-Roy Evans-BRK (evansro01)
g)P-John Malarkey-BSN (malarjo01)
h)P-Pop Williams-CHN (willipo01)
i)C-Tim Donahue (donahti01)

You might want to up these guys some...

6) Changed roster limit to 18 once again (they default to 25 after every year)
7) Change Player eval to 30-0-50-20
8)Change Ballpark Totals by 10%
9)Recalculate historic totals (we are now just going to see where history takes us)
10) Made tweaks to rookies...some notables
a)BLA-1b-Tom Jones range to 80
b)CHA-P-Ed Hughes, gave him pitcher ratings
c)CLE-LF-Jack Thoney, range to 62 added his SS and 2b range
d)CLE-C-Harry Bemis, changed PB rating to 19
e)CLE-C-Peahces Graham, range down to 26, PB to 20
f)DET-P-George Mullin, upped his batting stats, he was a great hitting P
g)DET-P-Arch McCarthy, put in birthdate
h)PHA-2b-Danny Murphy, 2b range to 42, OF range from CF to RF
i)PHA-P-Snake Wiltse, gave him 1b range, changed his batting ratings to bbref
j)PHA-2b-Luis Castro 1st Latin American player range to 29 gave him birthdate
k)WAS-C-Lew Drill, PB-17
l)BSN-3b-Ed Gremminger, range to 62
m)CHN-2b-Germany Schaefer, gave him ratings according to BBRef
n)PHN-C-Red Dooin, range to 90, PB-19 arm to 79
o)PHN-SS-Randy Hulswitt, range to 65
p)PIT-3b-Jimmy Burke, added SS, 2b, 3b range to make him utility fielder
q)STN-C-Jack O'Neill, range to 75, PB-23

11)Hit recalc button again

[Carlton]

1902 OFFSEASON

Sunday, October 20th
IN THE NEWS: Seven Cardinals, including the three top hitters-Jesse Burkett, Emmet Heidrick, and Bobby Wallace-and half the pitching staff, jump to the new St. Louis AL team.

Tuesday, November 5th
IN THE NEWS: Sportsman's Park in St. Louis is leased for five years by Ban Johnson and Charles Comiskey for an American League team; two weeks later the Milwaukee franchise is officially transferred.

Tuesday, December 3rd
IN THE NEWS: At the league meeting, the Milwaukee franchise is officially dropped from the American League and is replaced by the St. Louis Browns.

Saturday, December 14th
IN THE NEWS: Suffering from too much infighting and no leadership, four National League clubs elect A.G. Spalding as president. Two days later, a court voids the election and enjoins him from serving, and he will eventually quit.

Saturday, January 4th
IN THE NEWS: Bill Dinneen, winner of 36 games for the Beaneaters (National League) in the past two years, signs with the rival Boston Somersets (American League)

John McGraw, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, Jack Dunn and Steve Brodie jump to the NL NY Giants, McGraw will be named manager

Sunday, January 26th
IN THE NEWS: Lulu Ortman, a recently jilted girl friend of Boston's Chick Stahl, is arrested in Fort Wayne, IN, after an unsuccessful attempt to shoot him.

Thursday, January 30th
IN THE NEWS: Dashing Tony Mullane, the first player to have jumped the reserve rule by signing with the St. Louis Unions of the Union Association in 1883, signs a contract with Toledo, of the new American Association (AAA).

Thursday, February 20th
IN THE NEWS: Nick Young remains as National League president when A.G. Spalding bows out of the battle, but the league will have no effective leadership until 1903.

Wednesday, March 12th
IN THE NEWS: Cincinnati OF "Turkey Mike" Donlin is arrested for assaulting actress Minnie Fields and her escort. Donlin will plead guilty and serve a 6-month sentence.

Thursday, March 27th
IN THE NEWS: The Chicago Daily News uses the name "Cubs" (both with and without the quotes) in print, but the Colts moniker will occasionally be used for another three years.

Thursday, April 3rd
IN THE NEWS: The NL names club owners Arthur Soden, John T. Brush, and James Hart as an interim committee to run the league.

IN THE NEWS: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, reversing a lower court's decision, grants a permanent injunction (effective only in Pennsylvania) barring jumpers Nap Lajoie, Chick Fraser, and Bill Bernhard from playing for the A's, or any team but the Phillies. Not mentioned, but covered by the decision, are: Elmer Flick, Monte Cross, and Bill Duggleby of the A's; Ed Delahanty, Al Orth, Harry Wolverton, and Jack Townsend of Washington; Ed McFarland (White Stockings) and Red Donahue (Browns).

IN THE NEWS: St. Louis Cardinals owner Frank DeHaas Robison offers to put up $10,000 that the Pirates will not repeat as NL champions. Pittsburgh players accept the challenge with a matching pool.

Let the injunction wars begin: The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia issues a restraining order returnable May three against the National Baseball League stopping that organization from interfering with the four Washington AL ball players. In Chicago, Charles Comiskey comes to the defense of Eddie McFarland saying the White Stockings just won't play him in Pennsylvania. In St. Louis, lawyers for the NL Cardinals initiate proceedings in the circuit court of St. Louis to restrain Harper, Wallace, and Heidrick from playing with the St. Louis American League team. All three have signed contracts with the Cards. In Philadelphia, President Shibe of the AL Athletics says, according to his lawyers, the Supreme Court ruling applies only to Nap Lajoie and has no reference to any other player.

IN THE NEWS: Outfielder Jimmy Sheckard of the AL Baltimore Orioles jumps the team and returns to the NL, the first American Leaguer to jump to the NL. In his short stay in the AL, Sheckard had been constantly razzed by fans about his contract jumping. White Sox president Comiskey says, We don't want Sheckard in our league. He has broken too many contracts." President Tom Daly of the Ball Players' Protective Association echoes the sentiments. "Our organization is unalterably opposed to such tactics as Sheckard has made use of. I am glad he has gone back to Brooklyn, for while he is a great ball player and a nice fellow personally we do not countenance violating a written contract as he has done. I suppose (Ned) Hanlon scared him into jumping."

IN THE NEWS: A circuit court in St. Louis rules that the NL reserve clause is unfairly restrictive on three defectors who jumped to the Browns. Inability to retrieve jumpers gives the NL a strong push to reconcile differences with the AL.

IN THE NEWS: Elmer Flick signs with Cleveland. Sporting Life says that A's officials "presumably consented" to the move.

HArry Wolverton, Bill Duggleby and Chcik Fraser are returned to the Phillies, Flick will remain in Cleveland, Ed Delahanty, Happy Townsend, Al Orth in Washington and Monte Cross stays with the A's

IN THE NEWS: Cleveland financier Charles Somers, who is also the president of the Boston club, meets with Nap Lajoie in Philadelphia and guarantees him a 4-year contract at $7,000 per year no matter what the legal outcome of his case. In 1903, Cleveland fans will vote to rename the club the Naps in honor of Lajoie.

THE NEWS: Connie Mack signs Rube Waddell, who was pitching in the Pacific Coast League.

IN THE NEWS: A federal court judge rules that Brooklyn has no claim on C Deacon McGuire, who jumped to Detroit. Two weeks later, another U.S. judge denies jurisdiction to stop Nap Lajoie from playing for Cleveland, thus ending the Phillies' chances of regaining him legally.

IN THE NEWS: John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck the Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles and officially signs to manage the Giants at $11,000 a year, although he'd already secretly signed a contract several days earlier brought to Baltimore by Giants secretary Fred M. Knowles. McGraw says, "I wish to state that I shall not tamper with any of the Baltimore club's players." But conspiring with National League owners Brush and Andrew Freedman, McGraw swings the sale of the Orioles their way, enabling them to release Orioles Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, Jack Dunn, Steve Brodie and Jack Cronin for signing by the Giants. Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to Brush's Cincinnati Reds.

IN THE NEWS: Giants owner Andrew Freedman announces he has purchased controlling interest in the Baltimore club and releases Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, and Jack Cronin to sign with New York. Mike Donlin, Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to the Reds, where Kelley will take over as manager.

[Carlton]

1902 SEASON 1ST HALF

Monday, April 21st

After playing of "The Star Spangled Banner" before the game, New York and Cincinnati open up 'The Palace of The Fans' Noodles Hahn gets the win and Amos Rusie the save over Christy Mathewson

Tuesday, April 22nd
Rube Waddell has an impressive debut for Connie Mack and the A's...Rube k's 9 bb'ing 2...in a Shutout 10-0 win over the Cleveland Bronchos and their heralded rookie Addi Joss. Socks Seybold hits the first AL Grand Slam, he finishes with 6 RBI for a new AL record.

At South Side Park later in the day, Herm McFarland of Chicago, beats Seybold's record...making it the shortest record in MLB history. McFarland hits 2 doubles goes 4-5 and has 1 SB and 7 RBI off of a decimated Baltimore team and its Ace Harry Howell

Monday, April 28th
Zaza Harvey goes 5-5 but also is 3-4 in Stolen base attempts in a 9-5 win over the Giants. Rookie Bob Wicker goes to 2-0

Tuesday, April 29th
Elmer Flick walks 4 times, but George Mullin of Detroit walks only one more in a 14 ininng 7-5 win over Cleveland

Weds, April 30th
Cubs rookie lefthanded pitcher Jim St. Vrain, batting righthanded at the urging of manager Selee, grounds to Boston (N) SS Herman Long. But then, the confused St. Vrain runs toward 3B as the astonished Long throws him out at 1B. Boston wins, 7-5 Togie Pittinger strikes out 7.

Saturday, May 5th
The Washington Nationals trounce the Baltimore Orioles 16-2, former Baltimore SS Bill Keister goes 5-5 with 4 RBIS and 3 stolen bases. C Art Nichols adds 3 rbis and 2 stolen bases off former teammate Lew Drill, the Nationals steal a total of 6 bases being caught 3 times. Former White Stocking P Jack Katoll from Germany goes the full 9 allowing 23 hits, 16 runs 13 earned 2 BB 3 K

In Philadelphia, A's star Sock Seybold hits in his 25th game beating John Anderson's 24 game hitting streak. Socks will last until 34 games setting the new MLB hit streak. This day he was glad to play 13 innings as he went 1-6 and got a bloop single in the 12th. Eddie Plank went 9 and Snake Wiltse pitched 3 perfect innings for the win over Jack Powell of the Browns. Harry'Jasper' Davis won it with a solo shot, his league leading 4th HR. Socks Seybold set the ROOKIE records for AVG (.341) Hits (168) HRS (8) and RBIS (89) in 1901

At St. Louis, Noodles Hahn and rookie Mike O'Neill lock up in a pitchers duel. Noodles pitches better with 2 BB 0 K and 1 HA in 7.1 IP but 2b Harry Steinfeldt's boot allows Bill Everitt to score from 3rd. O'Neill gets a 3 hit shutout to go to 2-2 on the season.

Weds, May 7th
Big Jack Katoll, who had a bad outing last month, pitches a 3 hit shutout with 4 bb 2 Ks...as all year Kip Selbach provides the offense going 2-3 with 3 rbis

Thursday, May 8th
The worst team (Cardinals) and worst pitcher (Wiley Dunham 0-4) goes against the best team (Pirates) and best pitcher (Tannehill 4-0), but the Pirates barely escape with a 6-5 win...Tannehill allows 3 runs with 2 out on the 9th and Honus Wagner playing RF makes a spectacular catch near the wall on a Homer Smoot shot to keep the Pirates 7 game win streak alive.

Sunday, May 11th
THIS PISSES ME OFF!!!!!
Socks Seybold, used a PH on his day off fails to get a hit and his MLB record 34 game hit streak ends...The A's fall to George Winter and the Somersets 4-2

Tuesday, May 13th

Jesse 'Powder' Tannehill goes to a ML leading 6-0 with a masterful 3 hit shutout over Roy Evans (4-1) and the Brooklyn Superbas. Powder walked 1 and K'd 0

Friday, May 16th
In a 5-3 loss against the National league leading Pirates, SS Herman Long of the Boston Beaneaters gets his 200th hit in the 4th inning. Long considered the best SS in the league started his career in 1889 with KC, but has played for Boston since 1890.

Weds, May 21st

Bill Dineen, who jumped to the Somersets in January is proving to be a terrible acquisition as he falls to 0-5 with a 5.01 ERA, to the Orioles this day, he gives up 12 hits 11 ER, 4BB whjile only King 1

Meanwhile at South Side Park, the highest scoring game so far in the 20th century as the White Stockings destroy Cleveland and Addie Joss 23-4. Joss only lasts 3.2 IP allowing 12 hits 10 runs, 9 earned, and falls to 2-5 with a 5.59 ERA. Chicago skipper Clark Griffith goes the full nine 15 HA, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3K. Tom 'Tido' Daly, also head of the Players Association, goes 5-5 with a ML record 5 runs, and 5 RBIS with 3 BBS. Cleveland commits 7 errors in the game setting a MLB record

[B]In the 1st tragedy of the new century, Brickyard Kennedy of the Giants hears something 'pop' while pitching and is later to have a broken shoulder, Kennedy had his best season in 5 years going 7-1 with a 2.83 ERA for McGraw and the Giants, this will cause the Giants to go from 5 games back to 11 games behind the Pirates by mid June.

Thursday, May 29th
Washington National C Mike Grady hits 2 HRS in a 10-5 victory over Ned Garvin and the White Stockings

Friday, May 30th
Jesse Tannehill goes to a league best 9-1 as he beats Vic Willis and the Beaneaters 5-1

Saturday, June 1st
AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Earl Moore (CLE)!
He had a record of 4-2 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.83 and 1 shutouts.

AL-Batter of the Month:
Ed Delahanty (WS1)!
He batted .435 in 115 AB, with 2 homers and 29 RBI.

NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Sam Leever (PIT)!
He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 2.61 and 1 shutouts.

NL-Batter of the Month:
Kitty Bransfield (PIT)!
He batted .353 in 102 AB, with 1 homers and 22 RBI.

The Phillies explode for 21 runs, 7 off of Rookie of the Year Bill Donovan, rookie RF George Browne went 4-6 3 runs, 3 RBIS

Thursday, June 5th

Against Jack Powell and the Browns, Addie Joss finally shows signs of greatness as pitches a CG 6 HA 1 ER, 1BB, 1K. Only Dick Padden who went 3-3 got past 2nd

At West Side Grounds, Christy Mathewson not only pitches well, buts hits well. Matty extends his hit streak to 9 games and allows 6 hits, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K in a CG victory over Pop Williams and the COlts. Matty goes to 7-2 on the season, but the Giants are 10 games behind the Pirates. Matty is hitting .447 with 7 rbis on the year.

Friday, June 6th
Pittsburgh's 11 game wn streak takes a 3 run 10th inning to end as Whoa Bill Phillips (2-0) beats Sam Leever (9-2) Jake beckley drives in 2 including the game winner

Sunday, June 8th

In his 1st start of the year, Happy Townsend shuts out Cy Vorhees and the Boston Americans 15-0...Happy helps his cause by hitting a 3 run triple and only allows 2 hits but walks 5 and k's 2

Sunday, June 15th
IN THE NEWS: Corsicana (Texas League) shows no mercy in beating Texarkana, 51-3. Due to Sunday laws forbidding baseball, the game is shifted to a smaller park in Ennis, where the RF fence is only about 210'. The team's 53 hits include 21 HRs, mostly over the short RF fence. Nig Clarke, later to play in the ML, is perfect going 8-for-8-all home runs, collecting 16 RBIs and 32 total bases, all organized baseball records. Clarke is a switch-hitter but bats lefty against a righty pitcher, who is not one of the regular players but the son of part-owner C. B. DeWitt. Allegedly, at the urging of the crowd, the Texarcana pitchers lay it in for Nig in his last three at bats. He collects $185 from the appreciative fans. Two others are 8-for-8, including 2B William Alexander who has three home runs and a double. Manager Michael O'Conner is 7-for-8 with three HRs. Corsicana still strands 15 runners while scoring in every inning. Despite leading 17-1 after three innings, Corsicana steals five bases and "as was the custom of the day, took their last at bats even though they were the home team." They score eight more times in the final inning. The game is detailed in "The Man Who Stole First Base" by Eric Nadel & Craig R. Wright.

Tuesday, June 10th

Addie Joss wins his 4th in a row allowing once again only 1 run, 6 HA, 1 BB, 1K. Nap Lajoie becomes the 2nd player (teammate Bill Bradley was teh 1st) by HITTING FOR THE CYCLE. Nap also commited his 9th error. Bill Dineen of the Boston Somersets (3-6) loses the 8-1 contest

In Cincinnatti, a duel between traded pitchers as Amos Rusie shows that he may not have been washed up as many believed. The Hoosier Thunderbolt goes toe to toe with Christy Mathewson. Rusie allows 2 hits, 0 runs, 1BB, 2 ks and goes 2-2 with an RBI.

Monday, June 16th
In an 8-5 win over the Cleveland Bronchos, Nationals RF Irv Waldron TIES Socks Seybold's 34 game hit streak.

At Columbia Stadium, Tiger Roscoe 'Rubberlegs' Miller goes to 11-3 in a 3-1 win over the A's. A's Ace Eddie Plank, holder of the 2nd WORST run support in the league (Behind Red Noodles Hahn's 2.6) with 3.0 falls to 5-7

Tuesday, June 17th

In an 8-6 win over the Bronchos, National RF Irv Waldron goes 1-4 setting the NEW MLB HIT RECORD at 35 off Kid Carsey in his 1st start.

At Palace of the Fans, Brooklyn LF Jimmy Sheckard, gets 5 hits in 5 ABS, tying the NL record, he also ties the NL RBI record with 7 RBIS and the NL HR record with 2 HRS
Wild Bill Donovan goes to 6-6 in the 12-4 win

Thursday, June 19th
In a game with two pitchers 1-2 in least amount of run support, Reds P Noodles Hahn (2.50) game goes against Dummy Taylor of the Giants (2.40). Hahn finally gets some offense but DUmmy does not as The Reds win 9-1. Hahn goes to only 5-5 despite a ML leading 1.64 ERA. Taylor falls to 2-9

Friday, June 20th

Nationals RF Irv Waldron extends his ML record 37 game hit streak in resounding fashion as he goes 5-5 with 5 RBIS off Brown starter Bill Reidy.

Sunday, June 22nd

The NAtionals beat Red Donahue and the Browns but Irv Waldron goes 0-4 snapping his ML record hit streak at 38 games.

AT the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson and Amos Rusie continue their epic battle but Big Six gets the win in a 4-2 Giants win over the Reds. Rusie falls to 6-6 while Matty goes to 10-3 on the year.

Weds, June 25th

White Stocking P and manager Clark Griffith must demand respect as he is the ML leader in run support per game at 7.9...they continue to hit for their leader at Cloumbia Park as Griffith goes to an AL best 14-2 in the 8-5 win over the A's

Thursday, June 26th

In their first ever matchup Addie Joss beats the great Cy Young 5-4 at Huntington Ave Grounds. Cy falls to 9-5 3.20 ERA on the year.

Friday, June 27th

Despite allowing only 2 hits Red Donohue and the Browns lose to Roy 'The Boy Wonder from St. Croix' Patterson and the White Stocking 2-1. The Browns would later receive bad news and Donahue will miss the next 3 weeks with a shoulder injury.

Saturday, June 28th

Dummy Talor's woes continue as the Giants again score only one run against Bill Duggelby and the Phillies, Taylor drops to 2-11 in the 4-2 loss.

At Exposition Park, Noodles Hahn suffers the same fate as his Reds only score 1 in a 4-1 loss to the Pirates and ML leader Jesse Tannehill (16-1 1.68 ERA)

Monday, June 30th

RUBE WADDELL amazes at Columbia Park, as he K's 15 Orioles including 7 in a row at one point. Rube also walks 4, allows 2 runs to Kip Selbach's triple in the 6th but only allows 3 other hits. Waddell sets the ML record for K's in a game, previously held by Long Tom Hughes with 10. Waddell currently has 75 BB, 139 Ks in 169 IP this year.

Monday 7/1/1902 :

AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Roscoe Miller (DET)!
He had a record of 7-0 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 2.44 and 1 shutouts.

AL-Batter of the Month:
Ed Delahanty (WS1)!
He batted .485 in 101 AB, with 2 homers and 22 RBI.

NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Jesse Tannehill (PIT)!
He had a record of 7-0 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.57.

NL-Batter of the Month:
Jimmy Sheckard (BRO)!
He batted .355 in 107 AB, with 3 homers and 21 RBI.

[Carlton]

TRADE NOTES

Ok, weird

Trade between Boston (N) and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
P John Malarkey
Boston (N) gets :
P Harry Howell
$2,500,000 cash.


Monday 7/21/1902 :

Boston (N): Put P Harry Howell on the trading block.
Boston (A): Put P Doc Adkins on the trading block.


Monday 7/28/1902 :

Baltimore: Put P John Malarkey on the trading block.
Trade between Washington and Baltimore :
Baltimore gets :
P Ted Lewis
Washington gets :
P John Malarkey


Wednesday 7/30/1902 :

Trade between Chicago (A) and Philadelphia (A) :
Philadelphia (A) gets :
P Ned Garvin
Chicago (A) gets :
P Fred Mitchell
Trade between Washington and Boston (N) :
Boston (N) gets :
P John Malarkey
Washington gets :
P Harry Howell
$2,100,000 cash.


Thursday 7/31/1902 :

Trade between New York and St. Louis (N) :
St. Louis (N) gets :
P Dummy Taylor
New York gets :
P Mike O'Neill
Trade between Cleveland and Philadelphia (A) :
Philadelphia (A) gets :
P Bill Bernhard
P Gene Wright
Cleveland gets :
P Tom Walker


So John Malarkey makes history....

He is the 1st player traded 3 times...and he was traded for Harry Howell 2X

Dummy Taylor is a nice trade, he has a great ERA, but no run support from the Giants

Sunday, July 6th
IN THE NEWS: Corsicana of the Texas League wins its 27th game in a row, topping Charlotte's record of 25 set earlier this year. Corsicana will finish the year with a 57–9 record.

Dummy Hoy and George Davis hit their 2000 hits within a week of one another

Saturday, July 5th

Amos Rusie and Christy Mathewson meet up for the 3rd time and another pitching duel occurs
Rusie allows 2 BB, 4 Ks and 5 hits in the 9 IP CG SHO.
Big Six allows an unearned run, 6 hits, 1 BB, 5 Ks in the loss. NY has 3 errors
Matty falls to 12-4 and Rusie goes to 7-7
Cap Anson rejoining John McGraw for his last season, goes 2-3

Monday, July 21st

Cy Young scatters 7 Cleveland hits, 0 BB and 6 Ks in his 1st shutout of the year.

Weds, July 23rd

Washington National Case Patten allows only 1 hit to the Browns C Joe Sugden as he wins his 12th game of the year.

Monday, July 28th

Clark Griffith becomes ML 1st 20 game winner as the Whote Stockings destroy the Detroit Tigers 15-0

National Happy Townsend, now entrenched as a Starter...gets his 2nd SHO of the year as he allows 1 BB, 7 Ks and 2 hits beating the Somersets 3-0. Washington improves to 45-45

Weds, July 30th

For the 3rd game in a row Cincinnatti scores 0 uns for Noodles Hahn, who allows 2 runs. Jay Hughes of Brooklyn gets the CG SHO. Hahn falls to 9-9 but still leads the Majors in ERA

Jesse Tannehill, wins his 20th game in a 5-4 Pirate win over the Cardinals and rookie Bob Wicker

Thursday, July 31st

In his 1st start with the Cardinals Dummy Talor finally gets Runs Support and beats the mighty Pirates and Sam Leever...5-4. He also snaps Honus Wagner's 20 game hit streak

Thursday 8/1/1902

AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Clark Griffith (CHA)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 3.26 and 1 shutouts.

AL-Batter of the Month:
John Anderson (SLA)!
He batted .495 in 107 AB, with 1 homers and 27 RBI.

NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Dummy Taylor (SLN)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.75 and 2 shutouts.

NL-Batter of the Month:
Honus Wagner (PIT)!
He batted .415 in 123 AB, with 2 homers and 26 RBI.

Saturday, August 2nd

In the highest scoring game to date, Bill Bradley collects 5 hits and the Cleveland Bronchos beat the St. Louis Browns 16-12. The Bronchos hit 6 doubles 20 hits overall, and commit 6 errors as the Browns walk 7 times

Wednesday, August 13th

IN THE NEWS: In the 6th inning of a game with the Tigers, Harry Davis of the A's attempts a double steal with Lave Cross (Dave Fultz IRL), who is on 3B. But Davis does not draw a throw as he goes into 2B. On the next pitch he "steals" 1B. The next time he steals 2B he does draw a throw and Cross (Fultz) scores from 3B. This double steal maneuver will be attempted in later years by Fred Tenney (July 31, 1908), and Germany Schaefer (September 4, 1908), though the details are contradictory.

Thursday, August 14th

In a 27-2 thrubbing over the Cardinals, Wee Willie Keeler becomes the 1st player in the 20th century to have 6 hits in a game
...Wiley Dunham walks a NL record (Broncho Ed Scott walked 16 last year) with 13
Wild Bill Donoovan lives up to his reputation with 5 BB 9 Ks and only 4 hits...allowing 2 runs on Keeler's throwing error

Monday, August 25th

IN THE NEWS: Ban Johnson announces the AL's intention to have a New York team in 1903, with Clark Griffith as manager. The Baltimore franchise will be moved.

IN true Rube Waddell fashion, Rube allows 6 hits, 5 BBs, and K's 12 in a 6-2 win over the surprising Bill Reidy (19-9) and the Browns. Ollie Pickering hits in his 20th straight game.

Sunday, August 31st

Fielder Jones goes 6-6 to become the 2nd 6 hit man in MLB, in a 16-0 White Stocking win over the Nationals. Fred Mitchell, traded for Ned Garvin July 31st scatters 6 hits, 1BB, 2 Ks in the the SHO. Washington commits 4 errors, 2 by Happy Townsend who is knocke dout of the box in 4.2 IP in his worst outing of the year

At Sportsman Park, Cy Young gets his 3rd SHO of the year scattering 3 hits, 0 BB, 4Ks, but the story in the 10-0 win is Buck Freeman who hits 2 HRS (he leads with 9) and driving in 8 RBIS the ML record. Cy Young goes to 19-10 with a 2.37 ERA on the year

Christy Mathewson wins his 7th straight and 20th of the year in an 11-3 win over the Chicago Colts

Sunday 9/1/1902 :

AL-Pitcher of the Month:
Cy Young (BOS)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 1.27 and 2 shutouts.

AL-Batter of the Month:
Nap Lajoie (CLE)!
He batted .379 in 124 AB, with 2 homers and 24 RBI.

NL-Pitcher of the Month:
Vic Willis (BSN)!
He had a record of 5-2 in 7 games started, with an ERA of 1.20 and 1 shutouts.

NL-Batter of the Month:
Honus Wagner (PIT)!
He batted .395 in 119 AB, with 1 homers and 26 RBI.

Pittsburgh goes to 87-35 19.5 games over the Reds and 25.5 games over the NY Giants, sealing up the NL Pennant. The Cardinals at 42-79 are an astounding 44.5 games out

In the AL, Cleveland holds a 2.5 game lead over the White Stockings, 5 over the Tigers and 9 over Washington

Ed Delahanty...with less power but better average at Washington than Baker Bowl...is sitting exactly at .400 after hitting .430 or better most of the year

Tuesday, Sept 9th

John T. Brush sells the Cincinnati Reds to Julius and Max Fleischmann, George B. Cox, and August "Garry" Herrmann for $150,000. Brush then buys control of the Giants from Andrew Freedman.

Sunday, Sept 19th

In the last ML game at Baltimore until the 60's, Ed Scott (18-13) and the Bronchos beat Long Tom Hughes (18-17) 10-2

Thursday, Sept 18th

In his 1st game back from his 6 month prison stay, 'Turkey' Mike Donlin goes 0-4 in a 7-1 Reds' loss to the Pirates

Sunday, Sept 21st

Cy Young wins his 22nd game in a 5-3 victory over the White Stockings and 21 game loser Fred Mitchella former teammate

Eddie Plank gets a 6-3 win over Detroit, Plank finishes at 13-21 through no fault of his own, he has the lowest run support of any pitcher with 35 game starts with 2.8

Noodles Hahn finishes the year at 14-11 with a 2.17 ERA, of Noodles 14 wins, 9 of them he allowed 1 run or less. Of his 11 losses and 13 no decisions, 20 times he allowed 3 runs or less.

Monday, Sept 22nd

With both teams at 80-60 The Cleveland Bronchos play host to the Chicago White Stockings for the AL Pennant.

With injuries Chicago sends 9-9 Gene McCann who held Cleveland to 2 hits in August to the mound and Cleveland sends Addie Joss

Addie Joss pitches a gem and Jack McCarthy goes 4-6 with 4 RBIS to claim the AL Pennant from the White Stockings

[Carlton]

1902 LEAGUE LEADERS

AL Outstanding Newcomer Award:
Addie Joss (CLE)!
He had a record of 18-15 with an ERA of 3.52.
In 39 games started, he pitched 276.1 innings, fanning 69 and walking 45 batters.

NL Outstanding Newcomer Award:
Ham Iburg (PHI)!
He had a record of 14-11 with an ERA of 3.92 and 1 shutouts.
In 30 games started, he pitched 266.1 innings, fanning 54 and walking 72 batters.

AL Outstanding Pitcher Award:
Clark Griffith (CHA)!
He had a record of 31-6 with an ERA of 3.03 and 2 shutouts.
In 39 games started, he pitched 344.2 innings, fanning 88 and walking 34 batters.
*Clark will go on to manage the Highlanders in 1903

AL Outstanding Batter Award:
Ed Delahanty (WS1)!
He batted .393 in 555 AB, with 7 homers and 93 RBI.
NL Outstanding Pitcher Award:

Jesse Tannehill (PIT)!
He had a record of 29-8 with an ERA of 2.27 and 5 shutouts.
In 38 games started, he pitched 337.1 innings, fanning 116 and walking 35 batters.
*Jesse Tannehill after 59 wins in the last two years and 2 straight POY Awards will jump to the NY HIghlanders in 1903

NL Outstanding Batter Award:
Honus Wagner (PIT)!
He batted .392 in 551 AB, with 3 homers and 101 RBI.

AL Slick Fielder Award Winners:
Pitcher: Addie Joss (CLE)
Catcher: Lou Criger (BOS)
First Base: Candy LaChance (BOS)
Second Base: Hobe Ferris (BOS) --2nd straight
Third Base: Jimmy Collins (BOS) --2nd straight
Shortstop: Bobby Wallace (SLA) --2nd straight
Leftfield: Kip Selbach (BLA)
Centerfield: Jimmy Ryan (WS1)
Rightfield: Fielder Jones (CHA) -- 2nd straight

NL Slick Fielder Award Winners:
Pitcher: Chick Fraser (PHI)
Catcher: Bill Bergen (CIN)
First Base: Frank Chance (CHN)
Second Base: Cupid Childs (PHI)
Third Base: Tommy Leach (PIT)
Shortstop: Joe Tinker (CHN)
Leftfield: Duff Cooley (BSN)
Centerfield: Roy Thomas (PHI) --2nd straight
Rightfield: Willie Keeler (BRO)

Errors made records this year

NY1-P-Mike O'Neill commits 11
DET-C-Sport McAllister -only played 50 games but commited 20
SLN-C-Pop Schriver- 23
CIN-1B-Jake Beckley - 22
CHA-1B- Fred Isbell- 20
BOS-2b- Hobe Ferris - 33 (yet he wins the GG...even though Nap Lajoie had 8 less TC and 24 errors...lol)
NY1-2b-Heinie Smith - 43
SLN- 3b- Fred Hartman - 46
CLE-SS- Jack Thoney - 78
CIN- SS - Tommy Corcoran - 67
SLN- LF- Zaza Harvey - 37
CLE-LF- Jack McCarthy - 35
NY1-CF- George Van Haltren - 38
PHA-CF-Ollie Pickering - 24
CLE-RF-Elmer Flick - 30
BSN-RF-Cozy Dolan - 27

[Carlton]

1903 OFFSEASON

Tuesday, December 9th

IN THE NEWS: The American League announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY, and the next day the National League declares its readiness to make peace.

Friday, December 12th

IN THE NEWS: Harry Pulliam is elected president of the National League.

Saturday, January 10th

IN THE NEWS: At Cincinnati peace talks, the National League proposes a consolidated 12-team league, which the American League rejects. An agreement is reached to coexist peacefully if the AL promises to stay out of Pittsburgh. In the awarding of disputed contracts, the most hotly contested case is that of Sam Crawford, Reds OF signed for 1903 by both Detroit and the Reds, is awarded to the Tigers, having signed with them first.

Despite attempts by John Brush and Andrew Freedman to use their political influence to prevent the AL from finding suitable grounds in New York, Ban Johnson, aided by baseball writer Joe Vila, finds backers. He also finds a ballpark site at 165th Street and Broadway. Frank Farrell and Bill Devery pay $18,000 for the Baltimore franchise and will build a wooden grandstand seating 15,000 on the highest point of Manhattan. The team, logically, will be called the Highlanders.

Thursday, February 5th

IN THE NEWS: The Cubs and White Stockings, the first to play an inter-league series, announce a 15-game preseason City Series.

Friday, February 6th
IN THE NEWS: Former ML P and umpire Hardie Henderson is run over and killed by a trolley in Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 28th

IN THE NEWS: A syndicate headed by Pittsburgh owner Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buys the Philadelphia Phillies from John Rogers and A.J. Reach for $170,000. It will be another seven years before ownership interest in more than one team is prohibited.

Sunday, March 1st

IN THE NEWS: Baseball rules committee chairman Tom Loftus of Washington proclaims that the pitcher's box must not be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate.

Saturday, March 7th

IN THE NEWS: In the first trade under the peace treaty, the Giants send their 1902 part-time manager Heinie Smith to Detroit for 2B Kid Gleason, who is immediately moved to the Phils where he will end a 20-year playing career.

Thursday, March 12th

IN THE NEWS: The New York Highlanders are officially approved as members of the AL.

Friday, March 20th

IN THE NEWS: The two MLs agree to blacklist future contract jumpers.

Saturday, March 21st

IN THE NEWS: Sporting Life, the nation's oldest baseball publication, begins its 21st year. It will close during WW I.

Saturday, April 4th

IN THE NEWS: The Philadelphia Athletics threaten to strike unless they share in the receipts of last fall's City Series. They don't get the money, but they don't strike.

Tuesday, April 14th

IN THE NEWS: Ed Delahanty, one of five ML brothers, and the greatest natural hitter of his time, rejoins the Washington Nationals in accordance with the peace terms. A 3-year contract with the Giants at $8,000 a year, signed during the winter, is canceled. The Nationals reimburse the Giants for the $3,000 advanced to Big Ed.

[captaincarl]

How can you say that Lave Cross was Dave Fultz IRL?

David Lewis Fultz
outfielder
dob: 5/29/1879
dod: 10/29/1959

Lafayette Napoleon "Lave" Cross
thirdbaseman
dob: 5/12/1866
dod: 9/6/1927

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by captaincarl

How can you say that Lave Cross was Dave Fultz IRL?

David Lewis Fultz
outfielder
dob: 5/29/1879
dod: 10/29/1959

Lafayette Napoleon "Lave" Cross
thirdbaseman
dob: 5/12/1866
dod: 9/6/1927

Um.... I think you're missing the point. Carlton is recreating historic events in his replay. When he types it in bold, I'm pretty sure (clarify this if I'm wrong, Carlton) it represents an event that actually happened in RL, but may have had different participants.

Hence, "Lave Cross (Dave Fultz IRL)" .

[Carlton]

Yes true metsgeek...I found a game where this could have likely happened around that time period.

This game had Lave Cross with 2 SBs...Dave Fultz is on the Highlanders and such could not have done this feat with the A's. The same thing with the infamous and humerous Jim St. Vrain running to 3rd. That was actually Honus Wagner and not Herman Long he grounded to, but Jim St. Vrain never started against the Pirates during April

BTW...as soon as I get the new version of Cato up and running and redo the Cato history I'll continue this...

[captaincarl]

okay, my miscue, from the way it read, it looked as if he was saying the the player had had an alias at one time.

[Carlton]

Ok...now FINALLY onto 1903

1903 LEAGUE SETUP

1) run the online league setup and export if you like to keep it
2) NOW change Baltimore's Abbreviation to NYA...yes the most hated of teams is coming...
3) Import rookies onto to their teams
4) Cancel Spring Training
5) Go into Baltimore and change their manager to Clark Griffith, change them to New York (A) Highlanders
6) Change the Giants to New York (N)
7) change the White Stockings to the White Sox, manager Nixey Callahan
8) change the Somersets to the Pilgrims
9) change Colts to Cubs, changed logo to black C with bear and bat
10) Since Nixey had a bad pitching year last year I changed him to 3B
11)Changed Cleveland Bronchos to the Naps
12)Detroit manager-Ed Barrow
13)Phillies Manager-Chief Zimmer

ADDED THE FOLLOWING GUYS INTO FA
not alot of 19th century guys this year

a) SP Davey Dunkle-CHA
b)SP Jack Mcfetridge-PHN


Now this is the last year I will manually "JUMP" players to a team since from here to the 60's...all teams will stay put.
a) Willie Keeler jumps to the new Highlanders
b) Herman Long jumps to the Tigers
c) Jesse Tannehill, Wid Conroy, Jack O'Connor Lefty Davis and Jack Chesboro jump to the Highlanders
d) Bill Donovan, Frank Kitson jumps to the Tigers
e) Sam Crawford jumps to the Tigers
f) Doc Casey jumps to the Cubs
g) Kid Elberfeld jumps to the Hihlanders
H) Kid Gleason jumps to the Phillies
i) Heinie Smith jumps to the Tigers
j) Doc White jumps to the White Sox
k) Bill Gilbert jumps to Giants
l) Bill Keister jumps to the Phillies, changed Position to RF
m) Pirates trade Jimmy Burke to Cardinals for Otto Krueger
n) Ollie Pickering jumps to the A's
o) Strang jumps to Brooklyn
p) Cubs trade Bob Rhoads to SLN for Bob Wicker
q) John Dobbs jumps to Brooklyn
r) Malachai kittridge jumps to WAS
s) WAS trades Ducky Holmes to CHA for P Davey Dunkle
t) CHA trades Tom Daly and Cozy Dolan to CIN for SS George Magoon
u) Bill Reidy jumps to Brooklyn
v) WAS trades Joe Martin to SLA for Barry McCormick

IMPORT ROOKIES

Changes to the rookie class

CHA-3b-pep clark...changed his speed from 98 to 68
CLE-P-Jesse Stovall changed speed from 100 to 50
CLE-P-Gus Dorner Speed to 33
CLE-C-Fred Abbott range to 48, PB 25
DET-P-John Deering speed to 50
DET-1B-Charlie Carr range from 1 to 58
DET-SS-Simon Nicholls-Speed from 43 to 73
NYA-C-Monte Beville-PB 18
PHA-P-Chief Bender-made his Control talent 90, made his Stuff talent 49, changed his batting talent, he was a decent hitting P, running instincts to 65
PHA-CF-Danny Hoffmann, he was a good defensive CF..range to 73, speed down to 87
WAS-SS-Champ Osteen imports to high, range to 31 SS 20 3b
CHN-P-Jack Doscher, changed control talent to 50
BRO-C-Lew Ritter, range 33, PB 12, gave 20 RF range, 82 arm
BRO-2b-Dutch Jordan, hughely overrated...56 2b range, 42 3b range
BRO-RF-Walt McCredie-16 RF range
CHN-P-Jake Weimer...range to 78...stuff ratings 45, talent 66
CHN-2b-Johnny Evers...bunt for hit 4, range 88, steal ability 88, run ability 92
CHN-LF-Davy Jones...steal ability 65...run ability 78..bunt for hit 3
CIN-P-Jim Wiggs...control talent to 50
NYG-SS-Charlie Babb...holy crap a 100 range for babb? He's a 50 .921 SS
PHN-C-Frank Roth...PB 18
PIT-C-Fred Carish...range 74...PB 12
PIT-P-Kaiser Wilhelm...speed 20...run ability 20
PIT-C-Ed Phelps...PB 19
PIT-RF-Jimmy Sebring RF range 46
STN-P-Mordecai Brown...range 66..stuff talent 413...control talent 94...movement talent 130...gave him a sinker pitch and 72% GB
STN-P-War Sanders...speed 22
STN-3B-Dave Brain...3b range 88 .913..SS 56..COF 40-.979-74 arm..2b 74 .924
STN-RF-Jack Dunleavy...made him a P with OF range just to see if he could make it

Ok, now the next steps

1) recal for historical accuracy
2) Change ballpark factors 10%
3) Change trade freq from very low to low
4) Assign AI contracts to players (I find that they are less willing to trade big stars this way)
5) Change from no playoffs to best of 9 US Championship

[Carlton]

1903 PRE-SEASON

Saturday, January 10th

IN THE NEWS: At Cincinnati peace talks, the National League proposes a consolidated 12-team league, which the American League rejects. An agreement is reached to coexist peacefully if the AL promises to stay out of Pittsburgh. In the awarding of disputed contracts, the most hotly contested case is that of Sam Crawford, Reds OF who batted .333 and led the NL with 23 triples in 1902. The future Hall of Famer, signed for 1903 by both Detroit and the Reds, is awarded to the Tigers, having signed with them first. He will lead the AL in triples this year with 25.
Despite attempts by John Brush and Andrew Freedman to use their political influence to prevent the AL from finding suitable grounds in New York, Ban Johnson, aided by baseball writer Joe Vila, finds backers. He also finds a ballpark site at 165th Street and Broadway. Frank Farrell and Bill Devery pay $18,000 for the Baltimore franchise and will build a wooden grandstand seating 15,000 on the highest point of Manhattan. The team, logically, will be called the Highlanders.

Thursday, February 5th

IN THE NEWS: The Cubs and White Stockings, the first to play an inter-league series, announce a 15-game preseason City Series.

Friday, February 6th

IN THE NEWS: Former ML P and umpire Hardie Henderson is run over and killed by a trolley in Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 28th

IN THE NEWS: A syndicate headed by Pittsburgh owner Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buys the Philadelphia Phillies from John Rogers and A.J. Reach for $170,000. It will be another seven years before ownership interest in more than one team is prohibited.

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Sunday, March 1st

IN THE NEWS: Baseball rules committee chairman Tom Loftus of Washington proclaims that the pitcher's box must not be more than 15 inches higher than the baselines or home plate.

Saturday, March 7th

IN THE NEWS: In the first trade under the peace treaty, the Giants send their 1902 part-time manager Heinie Smith to Detroit for 2B Kid Gleason, who is immediately moved to the Phils where he will end a 20-year playing career.

Thursday, March 12th

IN THE NEWS: The New York Highlanders are officially approved as members of the AL.

Friday, March 20th

IN THE NEWS: The two MLs agree to blacklist future contract jumpers.

Saturday, March 21st

IN THE NEWS: Sporting Life, the nation's oldest baseball publication, begins its 21st year. It will close during WW I.

Tuesday, April 14th

IN THE NEWS: Ed Delahanty, one of five ML brothers, and the greatest natural hitter of his time, rejoins the Washington Nationals in accordance with the peace terms. A 3-year contract with the Giants at $8,000 a year, signed during the winter, is canceled. The Nationals reimburse the Giants for the $3,000 advanced to Big Ed.

[Carlton]

APRIL/MAY 1903



Tuesday, April 21st

The Highlanders start their history by losing 9-2 to Red Donohue and the newly named Cleveland Naps. Nap Lajoie in his 1st game as the namesake of his own team goes 4-5 with 3 rbis off Jack Chesbro

Thursday, April 23rd

Butte (Pacific Coast League) makes two triple plays in one game against Los Angeles

Sunday, April 26th

At Robinson Field, Jesse Burkett gets 7 rbis off injured George Mullin...whose next start will be even more painful. Bobby Wallace contributes with 5 putouts and a 3-5 4 rbi game

Weds., April 29th

At Columbia Park, Chief Bender gets his career off to a great start as he goes 3-0 in a 4 hit SHO over Washington. A player did not get past 1st base.

At Washington Park Roy Thomas, walks 4 times against Doc Newton who walks a total of 7 Phillies in a 9-2 loss

Thursday, April 30th

After only one batter, Wabash George Mullin collapses on the mound, with a torn tricep. He had a 12-17 record with 128 Ks in his rookie year. He will never pitch again

Eddie Plank shutouts the Nationals on 3 hits...all by Ed Delahanty

Friday, May 1st

At Exposition Park, The pIrates demolish the Cardinals 21-3. 11 different Pirates have RBIS and Tommy Leach goes 4-6 with 4 runs and 3 stolen bases

Sunday, May 3rd

At Exposition Park, Stan Yerkes of the Cardinals and Ed Doheny of Pittsburgh battle for 9 innings. Doheny only gives up 2 runs but Yerkes gives up 1 in the 2-1 contest

Christy Mathewson and rival Amos Rusie battle at the Polo Grounds, Big Six gives up 3 hits and k's 6 in the 5-1 Giant victory

Weds, May 6th

In Brooklyn Noodles Hahn scatters 4 hits, all singles in a 4-0 SHO to go to 3-0 on the year

Meanwhile at West Side Grounds, Jim St. Vrain K's 5 walks 1 and scatters 3 hits in a 8-0 SHO over 300 game winner Kid Nichols. This is the first time a Tinkers to Evers to Chance DP takes place and its off future Hall of Famer Billy Hamilton

Sunday, May 10th

Cy Young walks none k's 5 and scatters 3 singles as goes to an AL best 5-1 record. His weak offense teammates are helped by 7 St. Louis Brown errors including 3 by 2b Bill Friel, a modern record Roy Evans is the loser although only 1 run is earned. Jesse Burkett's 21 game hit streak was also snapped.

Tuesday, May 12th

Bill Reidy goes to 4-2 on the year beating Christy Mathewson 4-0. He gives up only 2 hits and Sheckard drives in 3 as Big Six gives up an uncharistic 5 walks in 5 IP. Sam Mertes extends his hit streak to 17 games by being one of two Gianst to get a hit.

Sam Leever after starting 5-0 , loses his 2nd straight to Bob Ewing and the Reds, 4-2. The Pirates also lose Honus Wagner after a play at 2B with Reds infielder Jack Morrissey. When Wagner threatens to punch Morrissey, umpire Bug Holliday restrains him and the two clinch. Wagner is suspended for three games.

Weds, May 13th

Doc Nance, Joe Yeager and Herman Long hit the 1st back to back to back HRS in league history off of Rube Waddell, but the Tigers still lose 10-5 to the A's

Friday, May 15th

Ed Scott has good luck on his side as Cleveland punishes Patsy Dougherty as he misplays a number of flyballs, and it leads to a 1-0 squeeker over the Pilgrims.

Kid Nichols, thinking of retiring at the end of 1902 goes to 5-2 on the year...the 344th of his career, but Sam Mertes extends his hit streak to 20 games.

In a 16-5 rout over Noodles Hahn/Jack Harper of the Reds with a slick field after a 54 minute rain delay. Jimmy Sheckard tops off his BOM May by hitting for the cycle. His HR is an ISP one as player/manager Joe Kelley slips on the grass in the 7th

Saturday, May 16th

For the 3rd game in a row, Christy Mathewson's Giants give him 0 run support and he falls to 2-3 on the season despite a 2.34 ERA and allowing only 10 hits in 3 starts. Journeyman Wiley Piatt who was 0-3 picthes a CG SHO, but Sam Mertes gets yet another one of the rare Giant hits to keep his 21 game hit streak alive

Monday, May 18th

After 22 games where the Gianst averaged 2 runs and 45 hits per game, in a 6 run 14 hit win over the Cubs and Bob Wicker, Sam Mertes is the only Giant NOT to get a hit...snapping his hit streak at 21. Roscoe Miller gets a rare win to go to 2-5

Thursday, May 21st

Everyone hits! At Hilltop Park 15.955 fans, a record...watch the 2nd place Highlanders crush 1st Boston and Long Tom Hughes 13-3. NY will win their next 6 games...and Boston will lose 5 of 6 (Cy Young the only P to win) to switch places in the standings. Dave Fultz steals 3 bases and Herm McFarland walks 4 times

Tuesday, May 26th

Roy Evans of the Browns gives up only 2 hits 0 bbs and K's 3 while going 4-5 with 3 rbis at the plate in a 10-0 rout over the Doc White and the White Sox

Chief Bender after losing his last 4, gets a 3-0 3 hit SHO win over the Naps bb 0 and k'ing 3. Bender goes to 5-4 on the year

Thursday, May 28th

Rube Waddell wins in fingernail fashion once again as he walks 6 but K's 10 while giving up 3 hits in a 3-2 win over the Browns. Rube goes to 7-3 on the year.

Christy Mathewson of the Giants goes against 1st place Pirates and Deacon Phllippe who has won 9 games...and beats them 3-1

Friday, May 29th

Browns P Wee Willie Sudhoff has a no hitter in the books, until Sam Crawford comes up with 2 in the 9th and hits a single past 3b Tom Leahy. The Browns win 1-0

American League-Pitcher of the Month: 
Cy Young (BOS)!
He had a record of 6-1 in 8 games started, with an ERA of 2.15 and 1 shutouts.
American League-Batter of the Month: 
John Anderson (SLA)!
He batted .362 in 116 AB, with 1 homers and 21 RBI.
National League-Pitcher of the Month: 
Deacon Phillippe (PIT)!
He had a record of 8-2 in 10 games started, with an ERA of 1.82.
National League-Batter of the Month: 
Jimmy Sheckard (BRO)!
He batted .376 in 109 AB, with 3 homers and 29 RBI

[rem]

Good stuff.

[Carlton]

Thanks remang...hopefully this is not only a good read, but for those doing historical leagues it will save time since I show the fixes to Ankit's DB at the beginnin gof the year. PLUS I will throw in some obscure historicla stories, like Honus Wagner actually getting into fights...I guess Cobb wasn't the only rowdy one.

BTW< for anyone that's following, this is the BEST year I EVER had in any historical replay....I am at the World Series now but here are some GREAT stories I will be reporting on

The 1st year Highlanders and Pilgrims battling to the last game of the year for the Pennant

The Reds and Pirates battling to the last week and an odd way that the pennant is decided

CY Young and Kid Nichols battling in their respective win columns for the career lead in wins (held by Pud Galvin)

and in the mold of Goat Anderson...an obscure RF for the Pirates is the key to their success and he ALMOST wins the triple crown

STN rookie P Chappie McFarland leading in ERA most of the year...yet only getting 2.8 Run support

Plus Addie Joss being a big disappointment