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NL Batting Title Belongs to Jackson
Friday, October 6th, 1916
The league batting title is awarded each year to the one player that is able to separate himself, even if only by a single hit, from the rest of the hitters in the league. This year, the player to do that was Chicago's left fielder Joe Jackson. He hit National League pitching at a .307 pace over 147 games to take home the 1916 edition of the award.

Cobb Tops AL with .358 Average
Friday, October 6th, 1916
The American League season came to a close with Ty Cobb on top with a league-leading .358 batting average. The 29-year-old Washington center fielder swung the bat well the entire season. He concluded the year with 228 hits, 30 doubles, 11 triples and 2 home runs with 93 runs scored and 72 RBIs.

NABL News: Playoffs begin
Friday, October 6th, 1916
A playoff baseball game has a surreal atmosphere. Fans become one, roaring in unison at a great play and sharing the grief at blown opportunity. Victory and defeat play out in a rainbow of colors, sounds, smells and feelings. North American BaseBall League playoff baseball is a memorable experience. What is it like? Ask the 10-year-old sitting with his dad as he plucks a foul ball out of the air. Ask the veteran slugger who hits that walk-off home run. Ask the manager in the big game after coming from 10 games back to win the pennant. Ask the countless number of legends who have flourished or those greats who never won the big one. Or tomorrow, ask any of the rookies what it's like to play in one of the North American Series showdowns:

Washington Senators versus New York Giants.

Washington ay New York
Game 1
Saturday 10/7
Polo Grounds IV
Jim St Vrain (28-11, 2.02) vs Ernie Shore (18-11, 2.26)
Washington 5 NY 3:
Grover Gilmore goes 3-4, with a HR and drives in all three runs for the Giants. Ty Cobb goes 3-4, with a RBI for the Senators.

Game 2
Sunday 10/8
Christy Mathewson (29-16, 1.63) vs George McQuillan (12-4, 2.09)
NY 2 Washington 1 (10):
Dutch Zwilling scores in the bottom of the 10th with one out on a passed ball.

New York at Washington
Game 3
Tuesday 10/10
Griffin Stadium
Ray Collins (15-17, 2.25) vs Walter Johnson (29-16, 2.20)
Washington 5 NY 3:
Ty Cobb goes 3-4, with 2 RBIs and Les Mann drives in two.

Game 4
Wednesday 10/11
Ernie Shore (0-1, 4.05) vs Jim St Vrain (1-0, 3.68)
Washington 4 NY 2:
Eddie Grant goes 3-4 and drives in one. Ty Cobb goes 3-5 and scores twice. Tris Speaker adds a 2-3, RBI performance.

Game 5
Thursday 10/12
George McQuillan (0-0, 1.00) vs Christy Mathewson (0-1, 0.96)
Washington 6 NY 5:
Dutch Zwilling and Elmer Smith each hit HRs for the Giants but Ty Cobb's 7th inning RBI single lifts Senators to their 6th NABL Championship Series.

North American Series to Senators
Thursday, October 12th, 1916
The 1916 North American BaseBall League season came to a close today at Griffith Stadium I, where the Washington Senators whipped the New York Giants 6-5 and won their 6th North American Series in history. MVP was Ty Cobb (11-21, .524, 4 RBIs)

1916 Draft
The Top 5
Philadelphia Athletics draft Hod Eller (SP)
Boston Red Sox draft Ross Youngs (CF)
Pittsburgh Pirates draft Pete Killduf (SS)
Chicago White Sox draft Fred Nicholson (RF)
Detroit Tigers draft Ira Flagstead (RF)

Senators top draft pick is Howdy Caton (SS)

Major Retirements
Rube Vickers (149-146, 3.11 era, 873 K)
Davy Jones (.294 avg, 1710 hits, 744 RBIs)
Eddie Plank (237-220, 3.33 era, 1684 K)
Harry Howell (222-219, 3.57 era. one time Best Pitcher Award)
Pop Foster (.297 avg, 1643 hits, 73 HR, 946 RBIs)
Win Kellum (140-170, 3.19 era, 728 K)
Kid Elbert (.287avg, 2102 hits, 26 HR, 1066 RBIs)