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• 1910 is widely remembered for the batting title controversy involving Nap Lajoie, Ty Cobb and a Chalmers 30 automobile. On the field, the 102-game winning A’s easily account for the 104-game winning Cubs in the World Series.
• Eddie Cicotte threw a no-no in 1917, as did Vic Willis in 1899. Matty threw two, in 1901 and ’05. Bugs Raymond, Jack Pfiester, Fred Beebe, Jack Coombs and Orvie Overall never did.
• Frank “Wildfire” Schulte never hit for the cycle, neither did Bris Lord nor Harry Steinfeldt.
• Gus Weyhing and George Van Haltren are not HOFers.
• Jack Meyers did lead the league with a 441 OBP in 1912 but never won a batting title.
• While Jake Daubert’s 12 HR in r5x2 match his career high (in 1922), he never led the league in this category.
• The 1910 Red Sox, who win all three of the recalc sims, only finished 4th – 21 games behind the A’s – IRL.
• Hal Chase won just the one batting title in his career, with a 339 mark in 1916. Doc Miller, who only played 5 seasons IRL, led the league with 192 hits in 1911 but never in BA. Nor did he ever reach double-figures in HR, with 7 his highest in 1911.
• Cocky Collins’ highest seasonal BA was 372 in 1920.
• Fred Beck led the league IRL in 1910 with 10 HR.
• “Sleepy” Bill Burns – later, the intermediary in the Black Sox scandal – only had 2 saves his entire career.
• Sam Leever (retrospectively, as they weren’t an official stat for a while after that) led the league with 3 SV in 1899, and this was his highest total in a season.