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Tiger Fan · 07-20-2019, 12:53 PM

1901 BASEBALL RECAP

Baseball will get the bulk of the attention in these recaps but it won't focus entirely on the major leagues as I have grown very attached to following the college feeder league and it's NCAA basketball style College World Series format. I should also add that this league does not play deadball-era style ball as I set the modifiers to mimic the 1950s.

NCAA
The big story in college baseball was the incredible season put up by freshman Jason Sawyer. The 17 year old Arizona outfielder won the triple crown (.389,65,141) with a truly dominating season and helped the Wildcats tie Michigan State for the best record in the entire NCAA.

In addition to Arizona in the Pac 10 and Michigan State in the Big 10, the other conference winners were Florida in the SEC, Maryland in the ACC, Rice in the Southwest Conference, Brown in the Ivy League, Oklahoma State in the Big 8 and Penn State claimed the Big East title.

THE TOURNAMENT
The College World Series is set up as a 16 team tournament featuring the 8 conference champions and the next 8 teams with the best overall record. It begins with 4 regional double round-robin tournaments with the top two teams from each region advancing to the quarterfinals or Elite Eight. We then go to best-of-three series' to narrow us down to four teams and then the final two with the championship series also being a best-of-three affair.

The brackets for the 1901 NCAA Tournament were as follows:

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EAST REGION
ACC champ	Maryland Terrapins	 80-46
IVY champ	Brown Bears		 79-47
At Large 8	Syracuse Orangemen	 70-56
At Large 1	Columbia Lions		 77-49

SOUTH REGION
SEC champ	Florida Gators		 75-51
Big East champ	Penn State Nittany Lions 79-47
At Large 4	Georgia Bulldogs	 71-55
At Large 5	Baylor Bears		 73-53

MIDWEST REGION
Big10 champ	Michigan State Spartans	 88-38
Big 8 champ	Oklahoma State Cowboys	 68-58
At Large 2	Washington Huskies	 76-50
At Large 7	Virginia Tech Gobblers	 70-56

WEST REGION
PAC10 champ	Arizona Wildcats	 86-38
SWC champ	Rice Owls		 75-51
At Large 3	Rutgers Scarlet Knights  71-55
At Large 6	TCU Horned Frogs	 72-54

Despite their dominant regular season the Arizona Wildcats did not advance out of the West Region as Jason Sawyer, while he did hit .318, was held without a homerun in the 6 games. The Wildcats ended up with a 3-3 record while the two Southwest Conference clubs, Rice and TCU, each advanced by going 4-2. A pair of Ivy League clubs came out of the East Region as Columbia and Brown advanced. Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Penn State and Baylor round out the Elite Eight.

The Final Four would have 3 teams from the same conference as Rice, TCU and Baylor all moved on and were joined by Penn State. Both semi-finals were sweeps with Rice and Baylor advancing to the first-ever College World Series finals.

Rice was led by it's pitching staff which was anchored by 18 year old Ron Conner (24-8, 1.96), who led the NCAA in victories during the season and was 3-0 with a 1.73 era in four post-season starts. Baylor was a much more offensive minded club led by senior 1B Seth Keller (.286,35,101) and junior second baseman Jose Estrada (.353,33,96).

Homeruns by Keller and Zeb Cromwell paced Baylor to a 6-3 victory in the series opener but Rice evened the series thanks to a 5-hit complete game from Ron Conner in Game Two to lead the Owls to a 2-1 victory. Game Three was a slugfest won 10-4 by Rice in a contest that saw 6 homeruns including a pair from Rice outfielder Armando Reyes.

Here are the top ten selections in the 1901 MLB draft

MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON

The Boston Red Sox, led by the game's first offensive superstar, easily claimed the American League pennant in the league's inaugural year. Washington mounted a bit of a challenge in early August but in the end Boston bats, led by Craig Hill (.338,40,130), proved too much for the rest of the American League. Hill, a 24 year old shortstop, led the majors in homers and rbi's and finished second in the American League in batting average to teammate Donovan Hudson (.351,1,47). Hill was the anchor of a powerful middle of the Red Sox lineup that also included Matt Davis (.313,30,113), Danny Robinson (.237,32,103) and Matt Ritchie (.225,26,78). 31 year old Chris Tidwell (20-8, 2.85) paced a Red Sox pitching staff that was middle of the pack in the American League.

While the American League pennant race belonged solely to the Red Sox, 4 teams were in the thick of the National League race until 3 of them faded in September. It was the Cincinnati Reds, at 87-67, who emerged victorious finishing with a 5 game bulge on second place St Louis. The Reds did have some decent hitters including 29 year old first baseman Patrick Stoneberg (.341,24,80), 27 year old third baseman Chad Eggers (.339,25,111) and 39 year old outfielder David Layne (.326,29,79) but there strength was a balanced pitching staff led by the old guard in 38 year old Francisco Hermida (19-8, 2.63) and 40 year old reliever David Sutherland (22sv, 2.44).

WORLD SERIES

The World Series would feature a veteran Reds team that looks like it has a very small window to win a title against a Red Sox club that has a core that could challenge for several World Series crowns.

Boston took the series opener on the road by an 8-6 score as Ritchie and Davis each homered early to chase Cincinnati ace Hermida after just 2 innings. The Reds would get a stellar pitching effort from Austin Kerin (14-14, 3.78) in Game Two and even the series with a 2-1 victory.

More Boston fireworks in Game Three as Davis hit his second homer of the series and Hill added a 3-run shot in a 10-5 Boston victory. American League batting champ Donovan Hudson was the star of Game Four, delivering a pair of doubles and driving in 4 runs to power the Red Sox to a 5-2 win and a 3 games to one series lead. Felix Hermida kept Cincinnati alive by combining with closer David Sutherland on a 4-hit shutout to give the Reds a 4-0 victory in Game Five and send the series back to Cincinnati.

Matt Davis hit his third homerun of the series for Boston in Game Six but Reds 39 year old outfielder David Layne also hit his third of the series - but it was a grand slam and helped the Reds force Game Seven with a 7-2 victory.

Boston ace Charlie Tidwell took over in Game Seven, holding the Reds to 1 run on five hits in going the distance for a series winning 5-1 victory. Danny Robinson and catcher Gabe Ruiz (.241,15,61) each drove in a pair to pace the Boston offense.

After hitting .393 (11-for-28) with 6 rbi's and 7 runs scored, Boston lead-off man Donovan Hudson was named the Series MVP.

OTHER NOTES

Minor league champions were as follows:

Code:


 LEAGUE			CHAMPION		PARENT CLUB
American Association   Kansas City Blues	Independent
International League   Toronto Maple Leafs	Phi Athletics
Pacific Coast League   Oakland Oaks		Independent
Southern Association   Birmingham Barons	Phi Athletics
Texas League	       Oklahoma City Indians	Cleveland
Eastern League	       Elmira Pioneers		StL Browns
SALLY League	       Columbia Reds		Cincinnati
Three I League	       Quincy Gems		Independent
Interstate League      Wilmington Blue Rocks	Independent
West Texas-New Mex L   Lamesa Lobos		Independent

07-20-2019, 12:53 PM	#5
Tiger Fan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 9,873	1901 BASEBALL RECAP Baseball will get the bulk of the attention in these recaps but it won't focus entirely on the major leagues as I have grown very attached to following the college feeder league and it's NCAA basketball style College World Series format. I should also add that this league does not play deadball-era style ball as I set the modifiers to mimic the 1950s. NCAA The big story in college baseball was the incredible season put up by freshman Jason Sawyer. The 17 year old Arizona outfielder won the triple crown (.389,65,141) with a truly dominating season and helped the Wildcats tie Michigan State for the best record in the entire NCAA. In addition to Arizona in the Pac 10 and Michigan State in the Big 10, the other conference winners were Florida in the SEC, Maryland in the ACC, Rice in the Southwest Conference, Brown in the Ivy League, Oklahoma State in the Big 8 and Penn State claimed the Big East title. THE TOURNAMENT The College World Series is set up as a 16 team tournament featuring the 8 conference champions and the next 8 teams with the best overall record. It begins with 4 regional double round-robin tournaments with the top two teams from each region advancing to the quarterfinals or Elite Eight. We then go to best-of-three series' to narrow us down to four teams and then the final two with the championship series also being a best-of-three affair. The brackets for the 1901 NCAA Tournament were as follows: Code: EAST REGION ACC champ Maryland Terrapins 80-46 IVY champ Brown Bears 79-47 At Large 8 Syracuse Orangemen 70-56 At Large 1 Columbia Lions 77-49 SOUTH REGION SEC champ Florida Gators 75-51 Big East champ Penn State Nittany Lions 79-47 At Large 4 Georgia Bulldogs 71-55 At Large 5 Baylor Bears 73-53 MIDWEST REGION Big10 champ Michigan State Spartans 88-38 Big 8 champ Oklahoma State Cowboys 68-58 At Large 2 Washington Huskies 76-50 At Large 7 Virginia Tech Gobblers 70-56 WEST REGION PAC10 champ Arizona Wildcats 86-38 SWC champ Rice Owls 75-51 At Large 3 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 71-55 At Large 6 TCU Horned Frogs 72-54 Despite their dominant regular season the Arizona Wildcats did not advance out of the West Region as Jason Sawyer, while he did hit .318, was held without a homerun in the 6 games. The Wildcats ended up with a 3-3 record while the two Southwest Conference clubs, Rice and TCU, each advanced by going 4-2. A pair of Ivy League clubs came out of the East Region as Columbia and Brown advanced. Michigan State, Virginia Tech, Penn State and Baylor round out the Elite Eight. The Final Four would have 3 teams from the same conference as Rice, TCU and Baylor all moved on and were joined by Penn State. Both semi-finals were sweeps with Rice and Baylor advancing to the first-ever College World Series finals. Rice was led by it's pitching staff which was anchored by 18 year old Ron Conner (24-8, 1.96), who led the NCAA in victories during the season and was 3-0 with a 1.73 era in four post-season starts. Baylor was a much more offensive minded club led by senior 1B Seth Keller (.286,35,101) and junior second baseman Jose Estrada (.353,33,96). Homeruns by Keller and Zeb Cromwell paced Baylor to a 6-3 victory in the series opener but Rice evened the series thanks to a 5-hit complete game from Ron Conner in Game Two to lead the Owls to a 2-1 victory. Game Three was a slugfest won 10-4 by Rice in a contest that saw 6 homeruns including a pair from Rice outfielder Armando Reyes. Here are the top ten selections in the 1901 MLB draft MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON The Boston Red Sox, led by the game's first offensive superstar, easily claimed the American League pennant in the league's inaugural year. Washington mounted a bit of a challenge in early August but in the end Boston bats, led by Craig Hill (.338,40,130), proved too much for the rest of the American League. Hill, a 24 year old shortstop, led the majors in homers and rbi's and finished second in the American League in batting average to teammate Donovan Hudson (.351,1,47). Hill was the anchor of a powerful middle of the Red Sox lineup that also included Matt Davis (.313,30,113), Danny Robinson (.237,32,103) and Matt Ritchie (.225,26,78). 31 year old Chris Tidwell (20-8, 2.85) paced a Red Sox pitching staff that was middle of the pack in the American League. While the American League pennant race belonged solely to the Red Sox, 4 teams were in the thick of the National League race until 3 of them faded in September. It was the Cincinnati Reds, at 87-67, who emerged victorious finishing with a 5 game bulge on second place St Louis. The Reds did have some decent hitters including 29 year old first baseman Patrick Stoneberg (.341,24,80), 27 year old third baseman Chad Eggers (.339,25,111) and 39 year old outfielder David Layne (.326,29,79) but there strength was a balanced pitching staff led by the old guard in 38 year old Francisco Hermida (19-8, 2.63) and 40 year old reliever David Sutherland (22sv, 2.44). WORLD SERIES The World Series would feature a veteran Reds team that looks like it has a very small window to win a title against a Red Sox club that has a core that could challenge for several World Series crowns. Boston took the series opener on the road by an 8-6 score as Ritchie and Davis each homered early to chase Cincinnati ace Hermida after just 2 innings. The Reds would get a stellar pitching effort from Austin Kerin (14-14, 3.78) in Game Two and even the series with a 2-1 victory. More Boston fireworks in Game Three as Davis hit his second homer of the series and Hill added a 3-run shot in a 10-5 Boston victory. American League batting champ Donovan Hudson was the star of Game Four, delivering a pair of doubles and driving in 4 runs to power the Red Sox to a 5-2 win and a 3 games to one series lead. Felix Hermida kept Cincinnati alive by combining with closer David Sutherland on a 4-hit shutout to give the Reds a 4-0 victory in Game Five and send the series back to Cincinnati. Matt Davis hit his third homerun of the series for Boston in Game Six but Reds 39 year old outfielder David Layne also hit his third of the series - but it was a grand slam and helped the Reds force Game Seven with a 7-2 victory. Boston ace Charlie Tidwell took over in Game Seven, holding the Reds to 1 run on five hits in going the distance for a series winning 5-1 victory. Danny Robinson and catcher Gabe Ruiz (.241,15,61) each drove in a pair to pace the Boston offense. After hitting .393 (11-for-28) with 6 rbi's and 7 runs scored, Boston lead-off man Donovan Hudson was named the Series MVP. OTHER NOTES Minor league champions were as follows: Code: LEAGUE CHAMPION PARENT CLUB American Association Kansas City Blues Independent International League Toronto Maple Leafs Phi Athletics Pacific Coast League Oakland Oaks Independent Southern Association Birmingham Barons Phi Athletics Texas League Oklahoma City Indians Cleveland Eastern League Elmira Pioneers StL Browns SALLY League Columbia Reds Cincinnati Three I League Quincy Gems Independent Interstate League Wilmington Blue Rocks Independent West Texas-New Mex L Lamesa Lobos Independent __________________ Cliff Markle HOB1 greatest pitcher 360-160, 9 Welch Awards, 11 WS titles Last edited by Tiger Fan; 07-20-2019 at 01:02 PM.