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THE 1858 CUP PLAYOFFS ARE SET! THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS GO TO THE FINAL DAY; KNICKERBOCKER MOST DOMINANT NORTHEASTERN U.S.A., August 9 (1858) – The National Base Ball Organization season came to an end yesterday afternoon, and that means the six-team field for the second edition of the Tucker-Wheaton Cup Playoffs has been set! Three of the six city & regional championships went down to the final day of competition, and here’s how they ended. BROOKLYN – Kings Co.’s epic pennant race with Nassau Co. went into the final day with both teams tied at 45-24. Kings Co. played at Continental and won 7-3 thanks to Clifford Holmes CG win and 2/3 day at the plate. Meanwhile, Nassau Co. suffered a stunning home loss to 25-44 Excelsior, and that meant Kings Co. were the Brooklyn champions. NEW YORK CITY – Knickerbocker B.B.C. entered August with an eleven-game lead over Mutual, and they ended the season as N.Y.C. champions by “only” ten games over Mutual. They finished with a league-best 51-19 record. UPSTATE – Victory B.B.C. had a one-game lead over surging Niagara going into the final Sunday, and thanks to a 10-8 win were able to hold onto the Upstate Championship by that single game and go to the cup playoffs for the second year in a row. All eight teams finished within ten games of each other. COASTAL – All the big clubs in the Coastal – American, Mass. Bay, Newark, Port Jersey, Quaker St., & Shamrock – and it was Trenton Utd. that took the Coastal pennant after a Shamrock loss meant their own 4-3 loss at Port Jersey kept them in first place by a single game. INLAND – Alleghany was outstanding again this season thanks to a 44-26 record, but the surprise team of the year once again came from Inland. This time, it was Reading Athletic Club, who went 48-22. NEW ENGLAND – St. John’s B.C., as expected, was the class of New England Championship, going 51-19 and winning it by eight games over Green Mtn. With the regular season over, here is what the Tucker-Wheaton Cup Playoffs will look like: NEW YORK LEAGUE Semi-Final: #3 Victory Base Ball Club (Upstate, 40-30) vs. #2 Kings County B.B.C. (Brooklyn, 46-24) Championship: Victory or Kings Co. vs #1 Knickerbocker Base Ball Club (New York City, 51-19) NEW ENGLAND Semi-Final: #3 Trenton United (Coastal, 43-27) vs. #2 Reading Athletic Club (Inland, 48-22) Championship: Trenton Utd. or Reading Ath. vs #1 St. John’s Baseball Club (New England, 51-19) TUCKER-WHEATON CUP Northeastern League Champion vs New York League Champion All series will be five games in length, following the HH-AA-H format. Due to the alternating home advantage in the cup final series, the New York League champion will have home field advantage for the Tucker-Wheaton Cup this year. |
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1858 NEW YORK LEAGUE REVIEW NEW YORK LEAGUE SEASON SUMMARY Season number two of the New York League was another one full of surprises. None of the three favorites to win the city & regional championships did so, two of the three championships went to the final day before the winner was decided, and almost none of the favorites for the major awards were in the running for them at the end of the season. The Brooklyn Championship pennant race was the most exciting of the three in the N.Y.L. At the end of May Kings Co. was 13-7, up a game on Atlantic and two over Continental, Eckford, & Nassau Co. By the end of June Kings Co. had widened the lead to four games atop the standings and it looked like they would slowly pull away. However, after losing their first two games of July Nassau Co. reeled off a record seventeen-game winning streak that would only draw them level with Kings Co., because K.C. themselves were 13-4 over the same span. It set up a frantic final two weeks, and going into the final day the two were 45-24. Kings Co. did the needed, winning 7-3 at Continental, while Nassau Co. took a stunning 3-1 home loss to last-place Continental to gift Kings Co. the Brooklyn title. Things were much simpler in the New York City Championship. Knickerbocker B.B.C., predicted to go 40-30 and finish in third place, went 16-4 in May and sat five games clear at the top when the calendar rolled over to June. A 13-9 June kept the lead at five games over Mutual, but a 19-4 July removed all doubt as to who the best team in New York City was in 1858. Eleven games ahead with a week left, Knickerbocker coasted from there and finished 51-19. The Upstate Championship was the closest of the three N.Y.L. subdivisions. The Preseason Writers’ Poll had all eight teams finishing within ten games of each other, and indeed that was what happened – Victory B.B.C. in first at 40-30 with Eagle B.B.C. in last at 30-40. Not surprisingly, like in Brooklyn it took until the last day to determine the champion, when Victory’s 10-8 win allowed them to keep Niagara one game behind them. Minuteman was two games back in third, and Syracuse finished fourth at just four games back. Kings County looked like solid favorites over Victory in the N.Y.L. Semi-Final, but the series went the full five games. • GAME ONE was a low-scoring affair – 3-2 to K.C. with Grover Wright earning Player of the Game honors after allowing just a lone Earned Run during the contest.Kings County’s win set up a New York League Championship Series against Knickerbocker B.B.C. featuring the two biggest clubs in the sport, at least in terms of money and venue size. • GAME ONE at the Elysian Fields was relatively quiet, as Walter Simon and the Knickerbocker defense held K.C. to four hits in a 4-2 win. Henry Andrews’ RBI single in the fourth was the hit that put the hosts over the top.Knickerbocker looked the part of the favorite going into the Tucker-Wheaton Cup against the St. John’s offensive juggernaut. The series went the full five games with Knickerbocker enjoying the home advantage for Game Five, but to the shock of all in attendance they wilted in the series decider at the Elysian Fields as they lost 10-2. When it came time to give out the second set of New York League awards, almost none of the Preseason Writers’ Poll favorites were there. Out of the six favorites for Batsman of the Year and Most Valuable Player, only two even earned Spots in the Team of the Year: Niagara 2B Joe Bentley & Knickerbocker CF Albert Jones. The former wasn’t in the running for any awards, but the latter…Jones took home both B.o.t.Y. AND M.V.P. after a spectacular season that saw him lead the league in Slugging, OPS, Hits, Triples, Total Bases, Win Probability Added, & Wins Above Replacement, and he did that perhaps the most pitching/defense-friendly venue in the entire National Base Ball Organization. When it came time to give out the maiden version of the Newcomer of the Year Award it was a toss-up between Utica’s William LaValliere, who finished third in the B.o.t.Y. vote with the league’s #3 Batting Average, and Knick pitcher James Kyle, who led the league in wins with a 24-8 record. Kyle’s second-place finish for the ERA title, when added to his win lead, caused him to get the trophy over LaValliere. With two seasons in the books, the simplest thing that can be said about the New York League is, “Expect the unexpected.” SEMI-FINALS: #2 Kings County beats #3 Victory B.B.C. 3-2 • Game One: Victory 2-3 Kings Co. – PotG: Grover Wright (P, KC)LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP: #1 Knickerbocker B.B.C. beats #2 Kings County 3-1 • Game One: Kings Co. 2-4 Knickerbocker – PotG: Walter Simon (P, KNI) NEW YORK LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS BATSMAN OF THE YEAR: ALBERT JONES – 26 y/o Center Fielder, Knickerbocker B.B.C. • .393/.401/.570, .971 OPS, 70 R, 127 H, 31 2B, 10 3B, 2 HR, 65 RBI, 28 SB, 184 TB, 3.6 oWAR, 3.9 WARMOST VALUABLE PLAYER: ALBERT JONES – 26 y/o Center Fielder, Knickerbocker B.B.C. • .393/.401/.570, .971 OPS, 70 R, 127 H, 31 2B, 10 3B, 2 HR, 65 RBI, 28 SB, 184 TB, 4.4 WPA, 3.9 WARNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: JAMES KYLE – 28 y/o Pitcher, Knickerbocker B.B.C. • 24-8, 2.55 ERA, 306.2 IP, 24 CG, 0 SHO, 44 BB, 27 K, 1.21 WHIP, 4.6 WAR, 8.6 R9-WARGOLDEN GLOVES P: Art Maxwell (BED), C: Irving Heywood (ORA), 1B: Albert Canepa (HILL), 2B: Henry Ciccone (MET), 3B: Johnny Deschenes (EXC), SS: Chester Sauls (VIC), OF: John Murphy (VIC), CF: Callum Barr (ATL), OF: Chatham Richter (GOT) TEAM OF THE YEAR P: James Kyle (KNI) – 24-8, 2.55 ERA, 24 CG, 0 SHO, 306.2 IP, 44 BB, 27 K, 1.21 WHIP, 4.6 WAR/8.6 R9WAR C: Ruby Watson (NC) – .339/.394/.426, 46 R, 98 H, 22 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 61 RBI, 3 SB, 2.4 WPA, 2.4 WAR 1B: Ted Short (EAG) – .340/.357/.403, 50 R, 91 H, 17 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 54 RBI, 2 SB, 2.2 WPA, 1.4 WAR 2B: Joseph Bentley (NIA) – .342/.387/.417, 62 R, 105 H, 13 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 44 RBI, 5 SB, 2.3 WPA, 1.3 WAR 3B: Leroy Weld (MET) – .346/.439/.471, 66 R, 97 H, 19 2B, 8 3B, 56 RBI, 37 BB, 6 SB, 4.2 WPA, 2.3 WAR SS: Carl Keener (MIN) – .356/.383/.417, 70 R, 111 H, 13 2B, 3 3B, 0 HR, 39 RBI, 19 SB, 2.9 WPA, 2.6 WAR OF: George Israel (VIC) – .401/.421/.529, 65 R, 116 H, 23 2B, 7 3B, 0 HR, 62 RBI, 17 SB, 3.8 WPA, 3.3 WAR CF: Albert Jones (KNI) – .393/.401/.570, 70 R, 127 H, 31 2B, 10 3B, 2 HR, 65 RBI, 28 SB, 184 TB, 4.4 WPA, 3.9 WAR OF: Will LaValliere (UTI) – .387/.422/.457, 75 R, 117 H, 12 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 59 RBI, 10 SB, 4.0 WPA, 2.8 WAR MGR: Jonathan Brown (KNI) – 51-19; Knickerbocker won N.Y.L. title & finished 1st in N.Y.C. by ten games |
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1858 NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE REVIEW NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE SEASON SUMMARY Season number two of the Northeastern League was not as straightforward as last year’s inaugural edition. Instead of all three championship subdivision favorites making the playoffs, only one of the three made the Tucker-Wheaton Cup playoffs in 1858. That team, of course, was St. John’s Baseball Club. Favorites for the year-end awards fell by the wayside in that became the “Year of the Newcomer”, and in the end a N.E.L. club hoisted the Tucker-Wheaton Cup again. The race to win the Coastal Championship was even better than it was last year. At the start of June there was a four-way tie at the top – Mass. Bay, Olympic, Quaker St., & Trenton Utd. all at 12-8. By mid-June Mass. Bay had gone two games in front thanks to a 20-10 record. However, Quaker St. reeled off eleven wins in twelve games to take the Coastal lead by the start of July. In Mid-July the Philadelphia club remained a game ahead of Trenton, but with two weeks of play left Trenton had moved a game in front with a 38-22 record. Originally picked to finish fifth by the Preseason Writers’ Poll, Trenton managed to hold off three other teams to win the Coastal Championship, with Shamrock finishing a game back, Mass. Bay & Quaker St. two back, and Port Jersey in fifth place at four games off the pace. For the second year in a row the Inland Championship was a tale of two teams, and for the second year in a row those two teams were Alleghany B.C. and a team that was the biggest surprise in the N.B.B.O. Last year that team was Scranton, but this year it was Reading Athletic. Reading had a blistering hot start to the season, going 16-4 in May to have a clear lead after the season’s first month. Their form didn’t let up – Reading was 17-5 in July, but their 33-9 record saw them only four games ahead of Alleghany atop the standings. Reading then won eight of their first ten games in July to move their record to 41-11 to go seven games up on Alleghany, and from there they were able to ease on in to the Coastal championship by four games. The New England Championship went exactly as expected, though it took a bit to get there. After one month of play St. John’s was 14-6, but they were only in second place thanks to Green Mtn’s N.B.B.O.-best 17-3 start. That form didn’t last, St. John’s was in first by the start of July, and the defending cup winners took the pennant by eight games. They didn’t score the expected nine runs per game, but their offense was still the best in the entire N.B.B.O. and their Run Differential of +199 (+2.8 R/G) was far and away the best. Reading Athletic were the favorites for the N.E.L. Semi-Final series, though their difference in record with Trenton Utd. was a bit deceiving given just how tough the Coastal Championship is. Nonetheless, Reading advanced in four games. • GAME ONE was a defensive affair – Reading winning 4-2 at home and outhitting Trenton 9-7. Pitcher Jonathan Lissey earned P.o.t.G. honors thanks to a Complete Game win in which he allowed zero Earned Runs. Reading’s runs were scored by Leonard Hutchinson & William Moore, with both scoring twice.Reading’s four-game Semi-Final win meant the teams with the two best records in the N.E.L. would battle in the Northeastern League Championship Series Reading was hoping to play spoiler, but St. John’s waltzed their way through to the Tucker-Wheaton Cup series in a sweep. • GAME ONE was a team effort – just one fielding error while allowing four hits during a 6-0 shutout win in Providence’s Olneyville Field. John McGowan only needed 108 pitches to complete the task, and he was P.o.t.G.St. John’s played one of the sport’s original outfits, Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, for the Tucker-Wheaton Cup. The series went the full five games, but even though Game Five was at the venerable Elysian Fields St. John’s put up two back-breaking rallies early and won 10-2. They have now won the first two Tucker-Wheaton Cup finals. The 1858 Northeastern League awards had been expected to go to star returnees from last year, but many in the voting were newcomers brought in during the spring. In fact, all three men who placed for Batsman of the Year were newcomers, with Joseph Forrest of Quinnipiac taking the trophy thanks to his .417 average that was supplemented by a league-leading On-Base %, Slugging %, OPS, and Offensive WAR. The Most Valuable Player was Massachusetts Bay outfielder Fred Fowler, but St. John’s newcomer Anderson MacGyver finished third. There was one newcomer to win a Golden Glove – St. John’s first baseman Collin Henderson – and no less than five of nine members of the Team of the Year were newcomers. When it came time to hand out the actual Newcomer of the Year award there likely could have been a dozen finalists, but MacGyver was the standout after leading the league in Hits & Total Bases while playing for the Tucker-Wheaton Cup winners. His teammate Henderson finished second. The staggering amount of new talent that appeared in the Northeastern League in 1858 puts that half of the National Base Ball Organization in good hands going forward, but an important question remains: Will anyone be able to beat St. John’s? SEMI-FINALS: #2 Reading Athletic Club beats #3 Trenton United 3-1 • Game One: Trenton 2-4 Reading – P.o.t.G: John Lissey (P, REA)LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP: #1 St. John's B.C. beats #2 Reading Athletic Club 3-0 • Game One: Reading 0-6 St. John’s – P.o.t.G: John McGowan (P, StJ) NEW YORK LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS BATSMAN OF THE YEAR: JOSEPH FORREST – 30 y/o Corner Outfielder, Quinnipiac Baseball Club • .417/.460/.517, .977 OPS, 68 R, 120 H, 18 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 64 RBI, 2 SB, 3.2 oWAR, 2.4 WARMOST VALUABLE PLAYER: FRED FOWLER – 29 y/o Corner Outfielder, Massachusetts Bay B.B.C. • .391/.443/.464, .906 OPS, 85 R, 118 H, 20 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 51 RBI, 16 SB, 4.5 WPA, 2.8 WARNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: ANDERSON MacGYVER – 28 y/o Pitcher, 24 y/o Second Baseman, St. John’s B.C. • .382/.405/.494, .899 OPS, 89 R, 126 H, 25 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 56 RBI, 33 SB, 163 TB, 4.3 WPA, 3.2 WARGOLDEN GLOVES P: Joe Cerra (REA), C: Jimmy Reardon (TU), 1B: Collin Henderson (StJ), 2B: Carlson Tullar (QUI), 3B: Fred Whatley (GM), SS: Anthony Mascherino (GM), OF: William Johnson (StJ), CF: Charles McCartney (TU), OF: Charles Owens (QS) TEAM OF THE YEAR P: John Lissey (REA) – 23-9, 3.12 ERA, 22 CG, 1 SHO, 285.2 IP, 51 BB, 22 K, 1.28 WHIP, 4.0 WAR/6.4 R9WAR C: Roy Jacobson (SCR) – .324/.351/.405, 45 R, 97 H, 17 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 56 RBI, 0 SB, 2.9 WPA, 1.5 WAR 1B: Frank Krillenberger (TU) – .420/.436/.490, 62 R, 121 H, 15 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 59 RBI, 2 SB, 2.5 WPA, 2.6 WAR 2B: Anderson MacGyver (StJ) – .382/.405/.494, 89 R, 126 H, 25 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 56 RBI, 33 SB, 163 TB, 4.3 WPA, 3.2 WAR 3B: Sam Kessler (SotO) – .331/.389/.415, 63 R, 95 H, 12 2B, 6 3B, 0 HR, 43 RBI, 29 SB, 2.2 WPA, 2.9 WAR SS: Joe Blake (ALL) – .339/.362/.441, 55 R, 100 H, 23 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 49 RBI, 14 SB, 2.9 WPA, 2.0 WAR OF: Joseph Forrest (QUI) – .417/.460/.517, .977 OPS, 68 R, 120 H, 18 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR, 64 RBI, 2 SB, 3.5 WPA, 2.4 WAR CF: Richard Kenton (StJ) – .361/.387/.483, 72 R, 106 H, 21 2B, 6 3B, 1 HR, 56 RBI, 34 SB, 2.6 WPA, 3.1 WAR OF: Clive Wise (StJ) – .357/.375/.441, 77 R, 115 H, 19 2B, 4 3B, 0 HR, 72 RBI, 34 SB, 3.5 WPA, 2.1 WAR MGR: John Block (TU) – 43-27; Trenton Utd. 1st in Coastal Championship, were predicted to finish 5th |
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THE 1858 TUCKER-WHEATON CUP KNICKERBOCKER TRIES TO KEEP ST. JOHN’S FROM REPEAT CUP WINS NEW YORK CITY & PROVIDENCE, RI, August (1857) – There were two teams that went 51-19 during the 1858 National Base Ball Organization season: Knickerbocker B.B.C. in the New York City Championship and St. John’s B.C. in the New England Championship. They had the two best run differentials in the N.B.B.O., the two best home records in the N.B.B.O., and the two largest margins atop the standings in the N.B.B.O. Not surprisingly, they were also the final two teams standing in the N.B.B.O. playoffs. Knickerbocker played Kings County of Brooklyn after they won the N.Y.L. Semi-Final in five games over Victory. What followed was a 3-1 series win in which Knickerbocker outscored Kings Co. 21-11 over the last two games, leaving little doubt as to which was the better of the New York metropolitan area’s two biggest clubs. Second baseman Ray Masters was N.Y.L.C.S. Most Valuable Player thanks to 9/17 (.529) batting with five RBI. St. John’s was up against Reading Athletic in the N.E.L. Championship Series after this year’s surprise team won the semi-final via three multi-run victories in four games against Trenton United. The N.E.L.C.S. amounted to a stroll for St. John’s, who outscored Reading 25-11 across three easy wins, with second baseman Anderson MacGyver winning M.V.P. honors (7/14, 3 XBH, 8 R, 4 RBI). That set up a Tucker-Wheaton Cup series between the two teams who were the best in the 48-team National Baseball Organization almost non-stop after the start of June. It was hoped that a cup final between two dominant & evenly-matched teams would result in a much closer series than the St. John’s sweep over Victory B.B.C. last year. Would that prove to be the case? The series was a thrilling one that went the full five games. Knickerbocker won the first two and had St. John’s on the ropes, but St. John’s’ experience from last year propelled them to three straight wins to make them the grand champions of the first two seasons of National Base Ball Organization play. GAME ONE in The Elysian Fields belonged to Knickerbocker from the first pitch. Leadoff hitter Henry Andrews singled, the team scored three times in their half of the first, and it was 5-0 by the end of the third. Knickerbocker scored six more times to make it 11-2 by the end of the middle innings, and thanks to that cushion they were able to withstand a furious St. John’s rally in the late innings to win 11-8. The victors were led by four different players who had two hits each: Andrews, CF Albert Jones, 2B Raymond Masters, and 3B Otis Redding. Pitcher Walter Simon got the win and moved to 3-0 in the playoffs, even though he gave up six Earned Runs. P.o.t.G.: Jerrick Stoner (3B, StJ) – 3/4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI GAME TWO was another one at The Elysian Fields in which Knickerbocker jumped to a big lead early and effectively had the win in the bag before the late-game jitters had a chance to settle in. Once again Henry Andrews led off the first with a hit – this time a double – and that sparked Knickerbocker to two runs in their turn at bat. Three more runs in the second and one in the third gave them a 6-1 lead, and that was all they needed in a 6-4 victory that put them up two games to none. Andrews finished 2/4 with a run and RBI each, while first baseman Shaw Oulton went 3/4 and outfielder Zarek Polakowski went 2/4. Pitcher James Kyle went the distance, giving up one Earned Run while hitting 1/3 with a run & RBI. P.o.t.G.: James Kyle (P, KNI) – CG, 6 H, 4 R/1 ER, 2 BB, 135 PIT – 1/3, 1 R, 1 RBI GAME THREE was in Providence, and that was where the tide of the series changed. Now it was St. John’s turn to jump out to a large early lead – one that was 8-2 by the end of the third inning. They didn’t let up, eventually winning the game 14-8 thanks to nineteen hits from their batsmen. Outfielder Clive Wise had four hits and scored five times, while center fielder Richard Kenton knocked three hits and drove in three runs, and catcher Martin Reagan had three hits of his own to go with four RBI. Knickerbocker committed nine errors in the game, and only five of the fourteen runs allowed were Earned Runs. They also allowed seven Stolen Bases – a day the defense wanted to forget. P.o.t.G.: Clive Wise (OF, StJ) – 4/5, 5 R, RBI, SB GAME FOUR was the first one in the series that was a real nailbiter. Yet again there were multiple runs by the hosts in the bottom of the first – two by St. John’s. Three more runs in the third and St. John’s was up 5-1. Knickerbocker levelled the score thanks to four runs in the fifth inning, and that was how the score would stay until the end of the ninth. After the first two extra innings went scoreless St. John’s substitute Billy Collins came up to bat with two on and one out in the bottom of the twelfth, and he hit a line drive single between third base and shortstop to bring in Collin Henderson and give the home team a 6-5 victory to even the series. P.o.t.G.: Morton Helgestad (P, StJ) – CG (12.0 IP), 11 H, 5 R/4 ER, 1 BB, 169 PIT – 2/4 GAME FIVE was back at the Elysian Fields in New York City, and it was figured that The Elysian Fields – the first genuine base ball venue – would be too intimidating for St. John’s given the occasion. However, thanks to three runs each in the third, fourth, and eighth innings St. John’s clobbered Knickerbocker to keep hold of the Tucker-Wheaton Cup. In the deciding game they received three hits from Collin Henderson & Clive Wise, and two each from Ernie Arnold, William Johnson, & Anderson MacGyver. The contest looked over once St. John’s went up 7-2 in the fourth inning, and it was really party time when they ran the score up to 10-2 in the eighth. P.o.t.G.: Collin Henderson (1B, StJ) – 3/5, 3 2B, R, 3 RBI In a vote that was no surprise, Tucker-Wheaton Cup M.V.P. went to St. John’s corner outfielder Clive Wise, who hit .500 (12/24) over the five games, with four doubles, six runs scored, six runs batted in, and two stolen bases. Two years into the history of organized base ball, and St. John’s has been crowned champions of base ball twice. |
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N.B.B.O. TO HOLD “GAME OF STARS” IN 1859! (Contrary to popular belief, the first All-Star Game was not the 1st Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1933. In 1858, a best-of-three series pitting the best players of New York City against the star players from Brooklyn was arranged, with Game One drawing nearly eight thousand spectators – a huge crowd for the time. You can read more about it here.) NEW YORK CITY, March 13 (1857) – The National Base Ball Organization Executive Committee has come up with a radical new change ahead of the 1859 season. This time the change doesn’t involve the rulebook, but instead involves a very special game that will take place before the final week of the season: the “Game of Stars”. During the meetings that take place roughly two months before the start of the season, the N.B.B.O.E.C. put their heads together and decided that a special event was needed to celebrate the sport near the end of the season. After some group brainstorming, the idea of a single game pitting the best players of the New York League against the best from the Northeastern League was agreed upon. Next was to decide when and where to hold the special event. There are no games on Mondays or Tuesdays, so holding the game on one of those two days was easy – Monday was selected. Since the N.B.B.O.E.C. wanted the special event to take place late in the season, they collectively chose the Monday before the last week of games to hold the contest. As for venue, there was discussion to rotate it among the largest venues that host N.B.B.O. teams, but for now the game will be held at the mother of all baseball venues: The Elysian Fields. The National Base Ball Organization’s first “Game of Stars” will be held on Monday, August 1st at the Elysian Fields. There will be twenty players from each league selected: four pitchers and sixteen batsmen – two for each non-pitching position. Entrance will cost the standard ten cents per person, and all profits from the game will be donated to charity. It should be a very memorable afternoon for all involved – spactator and player alike! |
THE KID & THE LITTLE PROFESSOR ARE READY TO FLY! ALBANY, NY & PROVIDENCE, RI, May 1 (1859) – With the third season of the National Base Ball Organization just days away, it is time to check on the two players regarded as the most tantalizing young prospects in the 48-team competition when it all started two years ago: Konrad “the Kid” Jensen and David “the Little Professor” Goodman. To jog the memory, here was what members of the Writers’ Pool who had seen the two greenhorns had to say about them at the time: KONRAD JENSEN – OF, St. John’s – 17 y/o, 5’9”, 145 lbs. from Providence RI • BATTING: Contact 45/80+, Gap 60/80+, Eye 60/80+, Avoid Ks 40/80JAMES GOODMAN – P, Minuteman – 19 y/o, 5’4”, 155 lbs. from Huntingdon PA • PITCHING: Stuff 80+/80+, Movement 35/75, Control 30/80+In the two years since, the pair has received varying amounts of playing time. Konrad Jensen actually started twenty games as an eighteen-year-old in the inaugural season – pressed into action due to injury. He acquainted himself well, hitting .309 with nearly an RBI per game. He also stole seven bases without being caught. However, he hasn’t played since due to the superstar power present in the St. John’s outfield trio of Johnson, Kenton, & Wise. James Goodman has been on the field much more than Jensen, pitching 56 innings in 1857 and 89 more in 1858 as a relief man and spot starter. However, Goodman has struggled in his time pitching the ball. Even though he was able to make the ball move around in wholly unique ways, the lack of mastery over his bewildering stuff led him to a 6.55 ERA in ’57 and a 5.08 ERA in ’58. However, 35-year-old Minuteman pitching companion John Kline took Goodman under his wing to teach him the finer arts of pitching and the results appear to have paid off immensely. Here are how the two players have improved, what they look like going into the 1859 season, and what roles they will play for their clubs: (ratings in 20/80, CURRENT/POTENTIAL format) KONRAD JENSEN – OF, St. John’s – 19 y/o, 5’9”, 150 lbs. (was 145) from Providence RI – 4.0/5.0 stars • BATTING: Contact 45 to 70/95, Gap 60 to 65/75, Eye 60/85, Avoid Ks 40 to 65/75JAMES Goodman – P, Minuteman – 21 y/o, 5’4”, 155 lbs. from Huntingdon PA – 4.5/5.0 stars • PITCHING: Stuff 90 to 105/110, Movement 35 to 60/75, Control 30 to 60/80Konrad Jensen looks like more of a sure thing by default since he’s a batsman and not a pitcher. He also has advantages over Goodman in that he does everything extremely well and he’s surrounded by star players in his hometown of Providence. On the other hand, if Goodman continues the upward trajectory of the command & control of his pitching after adding two new deliveries to his arsenal, he might become unhittable. Jensen was named in the Preseason Writers’ Poll as one of the ten favorites for N.E.L. Batsman of the Year, while the writers think Goodman will continue to struggle a bit as he continues to harness his considerable talent. Even though he was only with the St. John’s senior squad for six weeks in 1857, Jensen will not be considered for Newcomer of the Year since he has 20+ games of experience as a batter & fielder. There will be many storylines to the 1859, and seeing how Jensen & Goodman do in their first seasons as featured players will be among the most interesting. |
THE 1859 N.B.B.O. PREVIEW NORTHEAST U.S.A., May 4 (1859) – April’s training schedule is over, it is the first week of May, and that means it is time for the first pitches of the third season of the National Base Ball Organization to be thrown! Utica & Minuteman will start the N.Y.L. season in Albany just after noon, while Pioneer & Alleghany will start the N.E.L. season in Pittsburgh at the same time. Once again, the Preseason Writers’ Poll has been conducted and here is what they had to say: PREDICTED NEW YORK LEAGUE STANDINGS https://i.imgur.com/eRpbZRV.png PREDICTED NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS https://i.imgur.com/Nh37kls.png For the second year in a row, St. John’s is expected to have the best record, the most runs, and the highest Run Differential in the N.B.B.O. It is easy to see why: Collin Henderson, Anderson MacGyver, and the unheralded Jerrick Stoner have their maiden seasons behind them, while teenager Konrad Jensen could – incredibly – prove to be an offensive upgrade over Clive Wise. Unsurprisingly Kings County & Knickerbocker are expected to make the playoffs again, with Syracuse interestingly named the other playoff favorite in the New York League. Alleghany is the natural favorite to take the Inland Championship, as they probably will be every year, but to the average reader’s surprise Trenton is fancied to stay atop what should be a logjam in the Coastal Championship standings. NEW YORK LEAGUE AWARD FAVORITES BATSMAN OF THE YEAR • FAVORITE: William LaValliere (OF, UTI) – Prediction of .400 AVG, 2 HR, 60 RBI, 14 SBMOST VALUABLE PLAYER • FAVORITE: Edward Huntley (3B/SS, ORA) – Prediction of .356 AVG, 0 HR, 50 RBI, 26 SBNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR • FAVORITE: Juriaan Kerstens (2B, BED)TEAM OF THE YEAR • P: Rollie Rogers (N.C.), C: Jackson Smith (NIA), 1B: John Bateman (SYR), 2B: Joseph Bentley (NIA), 3B: Leroy Weld (MET), SS: Carl Keener (MIN), OF: Will LaValliere (UTI), CF: John Francis (K.C.), OF: Walt Driscoll (MUT) NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE AWARD FAVORITES BATSMAN OF THE YEAR • FAVORITE: Fred Fowler (OF, M.B.) – Prediction of .373 AVG, 1 HR, 62 RBI, 20 SBMOST VALUABLE PLAYER • FAVORITE: Anthony Mascherino (SS, G.M.) – Prediction of .372 AVG, 2 HR, 46 RBI, 24 SB, GGNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR • FAVORITE: Hawk Peterson (3B, M.M.)TEAM OF THE YEAR • P: Archie Green (G.M.), C: Joe Feuerstein (PORT), 1B: Frank Krillenberger (T.U.), 2B: Anderson MacGyver (StJ), 3B: Frank Darcy (P.J.), SS: Anthony Mascherino (G.M.), OF: Fred Fowler (M.B.), CF: Willie Davis (SUS), OF: William Johnson (StJ) |
WALTRIP’S HIT STREAK SNAPPED ONE SHORT OF RECORD PHILADELPHIA, June 5 (1859) – In a battle of Philadelphia’s two N.B.B.O. clubs, Quaker State B.C. played at American of Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon. The result was a 4-3 American win, but all eyes were on American leadoff man Arthur Waltrip as much as they were the result. Waltrip came into the contest with a 36-game Hitting Streak ongoing, one short of Union of Morrisania infielder Harold Miller’s record. Waltrip came to the plate four times and scored a run, but the only way he reached base was via error as the first batter of the game for American. That ended Waltrip’s streak just short of Miller’s 37-game standard for consistent batsmanship. The win bumped American’s record up to 13-12 on the season, and Waltrip is hitting .367 with five doubles and fourteen RBI so far in 1859. Waltrip’s hitting streak could be viewed as surprisingly solid but not spectacular, as in one of he 36 games he safely hit in was Waltrip named Player of the Game. |
STEWART IN 7TH HEAVEN AFTER 7/7 SETS RECORD! BUFFALO, NY, June 18 (1859) – In a twelve-inning battle at the Greater New York Sporting Grounds, Utica B.B.C. got the best of Niagara B.B.C. by the score of 8-7. There were thirty total hits in the game, and nearly a quarter of them were by one man: record-setting Utica second baseman Archie Stewart, who was 7/7 on the day to become the first player in National Base Ball Organization history to record seven hits in a single game. Stewart’s day with the bat: • TOP 1: Single past third base off R. SmithStewart’s performance in Buffalo moves him past the five men in the 2+ years of the N.B.B.O. with six hits in a game: • June 13, 1857: Raymond Clough (SCR) – 6/6, 3 RBIHe now stands alone in base ball’s early history. |
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SYRACUSE & NIAGARA COMBINE FOR 27 RUNS & 47 HITS GAME GOES 11 INNINGS; FIVE PLAYERS finish WITH 4+ HITS BUFFALO, NY, June 26 (1859) – After Utica’s Archie Stewart compiled an unprecedented seven hits in a game at Niagara just eight days ago, spectators at the Greater New York Sporting Grounds were treated to more spectacular offensive achievement on Sunday afternoon when Syracuse & Niagara played a contest in which the two teams combined to put 27 runs and 47 hits on the scoreboards over eleven innings: The two starting pitchers in the game, William Cox (SYR) & Ray Smith (NIA), allowed 27 of the 47 hits, with Smith allowing those dozen hits in just 3.2 innings of work. His relief man, Bernard Schmidt, did much better, allowing just seven hits over 6.2 innings. With the game 11-11 going into extra innings, Syracuse came to bat after a scoreless tenth and tallied five runs thanks in no small part to four Niagara fielding miscues, bringing the score to its final of 16-11 and Niagara’s total amount of errors to eleven on the day. The two teams combined for an N.B.B.O. record in the game, with five players finishing the game with four or more hits: John Edmonson (3B) & Ralph Schwartz (C) completed the trick for Syracuse, while Joe Bentley (2B), Tony Littleton (CF), & James Shea (1B) did the same for Niagara. In particular, Shea and Edmonson were the standout performers. Shea had five hits – his afternoon as follows: • BOT 2: Single to LF off W. CoxAs great as Shea’s day was, he was outdone by Edmonson’s work with the bat: • TOP 1: Single past SS off R. SmithUnfortunately, Niagara lost just as they did against Utica in Stewart’s historic performance eight days ago. Still, the people of Buffalo were treated to an extremely memorable game of base ball for the second occurrence in barely over a week’s time. |
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KINGS COUNTY’S BAKKEN HITS FOR THE CYCLE BROOKLYN, July 3 (1859) – Atlantic beat Kings County 11-9 over twelve innings in an exciting Brooklyn Championship contest. While Atlantic were all smiles since the result moved them past the .500 mark, first-place Kings County did come away with something to smile about as Per-Olaf Bakken became the fifth player to hit for the Cycle. Bakken, one of two K.C. players to get five hits with the other being Soren Thomsen, did not need the extra frames to achieve the feat, completing the Cycle in the bottom of the seventh inning. Here was his day at the plate: • BOT 1: Leadoff Home Run to LF off J. BrinsonBakken joins John Nelson (Scranton, 7/23/57 vs Merrimack Mills), Thomas Bonner (Continental, 5/14/58 vs Eckford), Joseph Korth (Pioneer, 7/23/58 vs Alleghany), and Charles McKiernan (Merrimack Mills, 8/4/58 vs Scranton) as the members of the National Base Ball Organization’s Cycle Club. Despite the loss, Kings County remains three games clear at the top of the Brooklyn Championship standings at 29-16. |
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KINGS COUNTY CRUSHES BEDFORD 27-4 FRANCIS STRIKES SIX HITS; BAKKEN DRIVES IN SIX; THOMSEN CROSSES PLATE SIX TIMES BROOKLYN, July 8 (1859) – Kings County, currently first place in the Brooklyn Championship, played at 15-33 Bedford with an eye toward fattening up their record and the numbers of their league-best offense. That they did – and how!!! The 27 runs were a K.C. record, as were the 27 hits over a regulation, nine-inning game. One player set an N.B.B.O. record, as outfielder Soren Thomsen became the first player ever to score six runs over the course of a single contest. They also became the first team ever to score twelve two-out runs over the course of a game. Bedford did not help themselves at all today. Their fielders committed a dozen errors, led by Bertie Smythe’s incredibly uncharacteristic five miscues in center field – he entered the day with 34 errors in 47 games. Starting pitcher Art Maxwell allowed ten hits and nine runs (7 ER) over three innings, and relief man Joe Dixon proceeded to allow eleven hits and thirteen runs (2 ER) over 2.2 innings. Aside from Soren Thomsen scoring six runs, K.C. had two other “sixes” on the day, as Per-Olaf Bakken had six RBI on 3/6 batting with a triple and clean-up man John Francis had six hits. Francis’ afternoon with the bat summarized: • TOP 1: 1-Run Single past 2B off A. MaxwellBakken’s afternoon at the plate: • TOP 1: Fly Out to RFThomsen’s afternoon in summary: • TOP 1: Double past 3B off A. Maxwell (scored)It was an amazing afternoon at the ballpark for Kings County – one they’ll be talking about for quite some time. |
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READING’S LISSEY PITCHES ONE-HITTER READING, PA, July 9 (1859) – Reading Athletic got the best of Susquehanna today at the Rasmussen Grounds, winning in a 6-0 shutout that if not for Collin Lafferty’s single in the fourth inning would have been the second No-Hitter in National Base Ball Organization History. As it stood, this was the first one-hitter in the N.B.B.O. this season. Reading’s attack did their work early – a run in the first, two in the third, and three in the fourth made for all the scoring – and from there Jonathan Lissey’s expert pitching combined with good defense behind him to allow that lone hit to Lafferty. Reading’s defense did commit four errors, but that is the norm. The near-historic win moved Reading above .500 (25-24), but they sit in a surprising sixth place in the Inland Championship. However, hope is far from lost as there is a four-way tie between Alleghany, Merrimack, Pioneer, & Susquehanna just one game ahead of them in the standings, and they are only three games out of first place. |
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P.J. BEATS NEWARK 15-13; TRIO GETS 5 KNOCKS NEWARK’S DALTON & MILLS, PORT JERSEY’S DARCY ALL GRAB A HANDFUL OF HITS NEWARK, NJ (July 16, 1859) – The two thousand or so spectators who showed up to Newark’s Ironbound Park this afternoon were treated to a most entertaining afternoon of base ball, as visiting Port Jersey beat Newark 15-13 in ten innings: The 28 runs were helped along by 41 total hits, and three players in the contest had five each: Joseph Dalton (3B) & Randolph Mills (OF) for Newark, and Frank Darcy (3B) for Port Jersey. Dalton’s bases-clearing double in the bottom of the ninth sent the game to extra innings and he was named Player of the Game, while Darcy was the key player for the winning side. Dalton’s line for the day: • BOT 1: Single b/w 1B & 2B off J. HelseyMills’ day with the bat: • BOT 1: 1-Run Ground Out to SSLast, Darcy’s day of work: • TOP 1: Single to LCF off J. WolfThere is never a dull moment in the Coastal Conference – far and away the Northeastern League’s most talented subdivision. |
Will post more stories either today or tomorrow, but just finished simming season #3 and St. John's ended 1859 with a 54-16 (.771) record, 643 runs (9.2/game), and a +245 Run Differential (+3.5/game) - all NBBO records...
...and they lost in the League Championship Series :ohmy::ohmy::ohmy: So, I guess that makes them the 1859 2001 Mariners? |
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THE 1ST ALL-STAR GAME! N.Y.L. & N.E.L. BATTLE IN N.Y.C.! 20 PLAYERS FROM EACH LEAGUE CONVENE AT THE ELYSIAN FIELDS TO DETERMINE WHICH HAS MORE STAR POWER NEW YORK CITY (August 1, 1859) – The inaugural National Base Ball Organization Game of Stars took place at the Elysian Fields this afternoon in front of a raucous crowd whose dimes for admission all went to charity. The rosters for each side, announced last Tuesday after all teams had played sixty games: NEW YORK LEAGUE P: Carl. Bancroft (UTI) – 18-8, 3.11 ERA, 20 CG, 4.7 WAR P: Frank Brown (N.C.) – 16-10, 3.01 ERA, 3 SHO, 3.9 WAR P: John Kline (MIN) – 17-10, 3.70 ERA, 1 SHO, 3.6 WAR P: Grover Wright (K.C.) – 18-11, 3.07 ERA, 23 CG, 4.7 WAR C: James Hoddle (F.C.) – .365, 1 HR, 45 RBI, 1.9 WAR C: Jackson Smith (NIA) – .353, 2 HR, 54 RBI, 1.5 WAR 1B: John Bateman (SYR) – .350, 4 HR, 43 RBI, 1.1 WAR 1B: Jackson Buss (K.C.) – .329, 1 HR, 53 RBI, 0.9 WAR 2B: Joseph Bentley (NIA) – .354, 1 HR, 36 RBI, 1.8 WAR 2B: Henry Ciccone (MET) – .379, 34 RBI, 26 SB, 3.1 WAR 3B: Jerald Peterson (K.C.) – .355, 1 HR, 54 RBI, 2.4 WAR 3B: Leroy Weld (MET) – .373, 18 XBH, 38 RBI, 1.8 WAR SS: Edward Huntley (ORA) – .369, 34 RBI, 28 SB, 4.0 WAR SS: Carl Keener (MIN) – .353, 43 RBI, 20 SB, 3.4 WAR OF: Chester Ellis (ATL) – .354, 40 RBI, 28 SB, 2.6 WAR OF: James Robertson (SYR) – .413, 17 XBH, 41 RBI, 2.1 WAR CF: John Francis (K.C.) – .372, 55 RBI, 20 SB, 1.7 WAR CF: David Gold (U.o.M.) – .407, 34 RBI, 48 SB, 3.3 WAR OF: Henry Andrews (KNI) – .336, 24 XBH, 41 RBI, 1.5 WAR OF: Joe DeVore (VIC) – .385, 24 RBI, 16 SB, 1.8 WAR NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE P: Joe Cunningham (SHA) – 19-8, 3.31 ERA, 1 SHO, 4.3 WAR P: John McGowan (StJ) – 22-7, 2.74 ERA, 23 CG, 5.0 WAR P: Harold Perry (T.U.) – 18-11, 2.32 ERA, 4 SHO, 4.4 WAR P: Frederick Reed (SPO) – 17-12, 3.07 ERA, 1 SHO, 4.1 WAR C: Roy Jacobson (SCR) – .348, 2 HR, 44 RBI, 1.6 WAR C: Wees Milstead (SPO) – .328, 3 HR, 59 RBI, 2.4 WAR 1B: Aathur Holton (M.B.) – .316, 18 XBH, 53 RBI, 1.2 WAR 1B: Frank Krillenberger (T.U.) – .366, 2 HR, 51 RBI, 1.6 WAR 2B: Daragh Adams (SHA) – .383, 2 HR, 62 RBI, 2.4 WAR 2B: Anderson MacGyver (StJ) – .406, 33 XBH, 69 RBI, 3.7 WAR 3B: Samuel Kessler (S.o.t.O.) – .354, 51 RBI, 17 SB, 2.6 WAR 3B: Hawk Peterson (M.M.) – .392, 51 RBI, 16 SB, 2.4 WAR SS: Anthony Mascherino (G.M.) – .319, 36 RBI, 21 SB, 3.2 WAR SS: John Williams (Q.S.) – .349, 1 HR, 56 RBI, 1.6 WAR OF: William Johnson (StJ) – .362, 51 RBI, 39 SB, 3.0 WAR OF: Thomas Maloney (SHA) – .411, 56 RBI, 33 SB, 2.7 WAR CF: Willie Davis (SUS) – .401, 52 RBI, 42 SB, 3.5 WAR CF: Richard Kenton (StJ) – .320, 57 RBI, 30 SB, 1.8 WAR OF: Angus O’Connor (SHA) – .339, 4 HR, 52 RBI, 1.7 WAR OF: Clive Wise (S.o.t.O.) – .375, 56 RBI, 19 SB, 1.7 WAR Nobody was quite sure what to expect when the best players in the sport met up. Would the best pitchers & defenders cause a low-scoring affair? Or would having the best batsmen in existence crammed into two lineups overwhelm any attempts at keeping offense in check? In the end, it was somewhere in between the two: The N.Y.L. jumped straight out to a lead with five runs in the bottom of the first, with Henry Ciccone’s two-run double the key point of the rally. Thanks to the fast start the N.Y.L. never trailed, and the closest the contest was after the end of the first was when the score was 8-6 after the N.E.L.’s four-run rally in the top of the sixth. However, the N.Y.L. immediately scored three runs to put to rest any ideas the N.E.L. of evening up the score. The All-Star Game M.V.P. was Minuteman shortstop Carl Keener, who went 2/3 with a pair of doubles, two runs, and three RBI. His performance wasn’t the most impressive of the day, however. That distinction goes to the fans, as the MASSIVE crowd of 15,292 was the largest ever to watch a base ball game, and it also meant over a thousand dollars went to various charities in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan area. To give the reader an idea of just how large the crowd was, the average attendance for a game in the N.B.B.O. this year has been roughly 1,890. Monday’s All-Star Game attendance was eight times that figure. It was a great day for base ball, and another first for the National Base Ball Organization. |
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ATLANTIC’S ELLIS HITS FOR THE CYCLE! NEW YORK CITY (August 6, 1859) – As part of the penultimate day of games in the New York City Championship, Atlantic won 12-11 at Empire in eleven innings. The man Atlantic has to thank for their victory is star outfielder Chester Ellis, who hit for the Cycle over the course of seven trips to the plate: • TOP 1: Double past 3B off H. HardingAtlantic needed all three of the runs Ellis’ inside-the-park round-tripper provided, as Empire scored twice in the bottom of the eleventh and had the tying run on base when substitute pitcher Irving Willingham induced the final out of the game. Ellis was productive with more than just the bat, as three stolen bases helped him score four times on the afternoon. His output against Empire left him with a .358 average, ten triples, three home runs, 49 RBI, and 36 steals with just one game left to go. Ellis’ Cycle was the first by an Atlantic batsman. |
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FIELD SET FOR 1859 CUP PLAYOFFS! N.Y.C. & INLAND DECIDED ON FINAL DAY; ST. JOHN'S SETS RECORDS NORTHEASTERN U.S.A (August 8, 1858) – The third season of play the National Base Ball Organization came to an end yesterday afternoon – the last pitch ending Lake Erie’s 12-10 win at Scranton. The six-team field for the 1859 Tucker Wheaton Cup playoffs is set, and here are the combatants. BROOKLYN – Kings County repeated as champions, though there was no epic pennant race this year. They were five-plus games clear in first place for the last month of the season, with Atlantic & Eckford of Greenpoint tied for second. NEW YORK CITY – The last week of games started with Orange in first, Knickerbocker one game back, and Mutual two games back. Knickerbocker matched Orange result-for-result, which meant the championship was decided on the final day and Orange took the pennant. Mutual finished three games back in third place. UPSTATE – Minuteman spent the last month of the season keeping Syracuse & Utica at arm’s length, and they won the Upstate Championship by three games over Utica, with Syracuse in third at four games behind. COASTAL – No big surprise this year. The two Bostonian clubs – Massachusetts Bay & Shamrock – duked it out for first place, but Shamrock had a four-game lead going into the final week and coasted to the pennant by two. INLAND – Sportsman’s entered the final week two games ahead of Alleghany, but a catastrophic 1-4 home series against the second-place team saw Alleghany take the Inland Championship on the final day with a 7-6 win. NEW ENGLAND – St. John’s set records for Win % (.771), Runs (643, 9.2 R/G), & Run Differential (+245, +3.5 R/G) as they won the New England Championship by a record FIFTEEN games. Portland finished in second. With the regular season over, here is what the Tucker-Wheaton Cup Playoffs will look like: NEW YORK LEAGUE Semi-Final: #3 Minuteman Base Ball Club (Upstate, 42-28) vs. #2 Orange Base Ball Club (N.Y.C., 45-25) Championship: Minuteman or Orange vs Kings County B.B.C. (Brooklyn, 47-23) NEW ENGLAND Semi-Final: #3 Alleghany Baseball Club (Inland, 40-30) vs. #2 Shamrock Baseball Club (Coastal, 46-24) Championship: Alleghany or Shamrock vs St. John’s Baseball Club (New England, 54-16) TUCKER-WHEATON CUP Northeastern League Champion vs New York League Champion |
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