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1919 Season

A little background.
Cardinals, Phillies Agree to Deal
Saturday, November 9th, 1918
St. Louis and Philadelphia have made a swap. Players involved in the transaction are the Cardinals 30-year-old left fielder Zack Wheat and the Phillies 31-year-old center fielder Tilly Walker and 24-year-old third baseman Hooks Warner.

Wheat has played in 1147 games and posted a lifetime .303 average. He has 1158 hits, 169 doubles, 91 triples and 52 homers. In addition he has driven in 691 runs and scored 591 times.

In a career spanning 785 games, Walker has batted .270 with 730 hits, 19 home runs, 341 RBIs, and 321 runs scored.

Top 100 Prospects List Published
Saturday, April 19th, 1919
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 20-year-old third baseman Frankie Frisch of the Chicago White Sox is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) 3B Frankie Frisch, 20, Chicago White Sox
2) SP Waite Hoyt, 19, Cincinnati Reds
3) MR Jimmy Zinn, 24, Chicago Cubs
4) CF Cliff Heathcote, 21, Boston Braves
5) C Earl Smith, 22, Brooklyn Robins
6) LF Al Wingo, 20, St. Louis Browns
7) CF Curt Walker, 22, St. Louis Cardinals
8) MR Red Hill, 26, Cleveland Indians
9) MR Walt Kinney, 25, Chicago Cubs
10) MR Hugh Canavan, 21, New York Giants

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Washington Senators 88 52 .629 - 639 .285 21 140 494 2.78 476 349 Philadelphia Athletics 76 64 .543 12 593 .280 37 170 568 3.25 365 371 Chicago White Sox 74 66 .529 14 629 .279 45 184 608 3.19 511 433 Cleveland Indians 72 68 .514 16 601 .268 20 80 563 3.12 412 354 Detroit Tigers 69 71 .493 19 574 .268 52 102 578 3.16 426 302 Boston Red Sox 62 78 .443 26 549 .268 31 141 573 3.08 404 452 St. Louis Browns 62 78 .443 26 505 .257 40 146 609 3.46 376 449 New York Yankees 59 81 .421 29 529 .266 21 106 626 3.47 409 383

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG T. Cobb, RF WS1 135 570 1 78 23 .346 .391 .450 T. Speaker, CF WS1 135 529 2 74 19 .335 .409 .454 G. Burns, 1B PHA 140 561 8 80 49 .325 .361 .454 F. Frisch, 3B CHA 135 575 6 71 50 .313 .348 .456 R. Youngs, RF BOS 137 535 5 56 40 .299 .379 .421 V. Campbell, RF CHA 135 587 4 60 23 .329 .355 .414 H. Felsch, CF PHA 136 548 8 78 24 .305 .351 .421 J. Fournier, 1B WS1 139 569 1 58 51 .294 .353 .390 B. Veach, LF WS1 135 526 7 87 12 .292 .345 .425 F. Nicholson, CF CHA 135 544 8 98 18 .288 .331 .413 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 W. Johnson WS1 35 23 8 0 2.12 313.2 281 57 153 4.40 R. Hitt WS1 35 22 11 0 2.62 297.1 263 90 128 3.89 J. Harris DET 35 20 14 0 3.11 299.2 293 83 97 2.93 L. Williams CLE 35 18 14 0 2.93 302.1 302 80 96 2.87 P. Alexander PHA 35 18 15 0 2.91 297.0 314 69 118 3.59 R. Glaze SLA 35 18 13 0 2.82 278.2 291 65 66 2.15 J. Lively CLE 35 18 15 0 3.15 299.2 295 100 104 3.12 W. Lee CLE 35 17 15 0 2.91 298.1 325 52 79 2.40 L. Cadore DET 35 17 15 0 3.15 304.1 334 58 87 2.59 R. Naylor BOS 35 17 15 0 3.23 299.2 298 119 75 2.25

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Chicago Cubs 86 54 .614 - 660 .281 27 174 526 2.80 417 396 Boston Braves 77 63 .550 9 579 .267 24 193 524 2.88 444 450 Brooklyn Robins 74 66 .529 12 626 .269 69 140 601 3.16 393 372 New York Giants 71 69 .507 15 571 .252 33 101 551 2.91 460 348 Cincinnati Reds 69 71 .493 17 535 .251 19 93 575 2.99 414 406 Philadelphia Phillies 66 74 .471 20 546 .261 43 96 583 3.25 442 463 St. Louis Cardinals 66 74 .471 20 546 .265 26 125 561 3.09 394 398 Pittsburgh Pirates 55 85 .393 31 539 .275 20 173 681 3.94 418 497

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG B. Ruth, LF BRO 139 493 38 103 12 .344 .484 .683 J. Jackson, RF CHN 135 527 7 89 13 .367 .422 .510 G. Sisler, 1B PIT 139 568 4 69 44 .353 .400 .485 E. Collins, SS CHN 135 516 0 68 27 .339 .413 .407 B. Roth, RF BSN 139 590 3 66 39 .291 .351 .393 B. Southworth, CF BRO 139 559 2 39 52 .292 .359 .401 C. Heathcote, CF BSN 136 522 2 52 49 .307 .369 .398 E. Smith, C BRO 126 499 8 84 9 .292 .349 .395 C. Bigbee, RF PIT 135 588 2 48 43 .287 .334 .374 B. Kauff, RF BRO 132 514 7 71 17 .285 .344 .399 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 B. Grimes CHN 35 24 9 0 2.09 305.2 264 85 107 3.17 J. Bush CHN 35 22 10 0 3.00 301.0 319 96 102 3.05 E. Cicotte BRO 35 21 13 0 2.69 301.0 312 73 96 2.88 D. Walker BSN 35 18 13 0 2.54 300.0 254 96 102 3.06 D. Ruether BSN 35 19 13 0 2.73 302.2 280 103 105 3.12 J. St.Vrain NY1 35 16 11 0 2.54 289.1 275 65 158 4.93 R. Marquard CIN 35 16 12 0 2.45 293.0 264 75 117 3.59 W. Cooper CIN 35 17 15 0 2.60 303.1 316 69 88 2.61 F. Olmstead CHN 35 18 14 0 2.89 296.2 301 87 105 3.20 H. Bedient BRO 35 18 9 0 2.82 244.2 244 63 92 3.39

NABL News: Opening Day
Saturday, April 19th, 1919
No matter how short the offseason might be, to fans of the game it's always too long. But the wait is finally over and the clubs of the North American BaseBall League are ready to embark upon another season. The Opening Day match-ups include these contests:

Brooklyn Robins @ Boston Braves
Brooklyn Robins @ Boston Braves