[Lord Byron]

Awards for September:
AL Best Batter: Second baseman Nap Lajole (Philadelphia Athletics), with 3 home runs, 28 RBIs, and 23 runs scored.
NL Best Batter: Left fielder Ed Delahanty (Philadelphia Phillies), with 0 home runs, 16 RBIs, and 22 runs scored.
AL Best Pitcher: Starting pitcher Eddie Plank (Philadelphia Athletics), with a 8-1 record and 2.31 ERA.
NL Best Pitcher: Starting pitcher Christy Mathewson, with a 4-2 record and 1.26 ERA.
AL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Eddie Plank (Philadelphia Athletics), with a 8-1 record and 2.31 ERA.
NL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Harry Townsend (Philadelphia Phillies) with a 5-1 record and 1.33 ERA.

Regular season awards:
AL Best Batter: Second baseman Nap Lajole (Philadelphia Athletics), with 8 home runs, 91 RBIs, and a .384 average.
NL Best Batter: Right fielder Sam Crawford (Cincinnati Reds), with 18 home runs, 79 RBIs, and a .359 average.

At the end of the season, the Baltimore Orioles held off the Boston Americans to win the AL pennant, while the Philadelphia Phillies did likewise with their cross-state rivals, the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the NL, winning the pennant by 3 games.

So, it'll be the Baltimore Orioles (87-53) vs. the Philadelphia Phillies (87-53) in the first-ever World Series.