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Awards for June and baseball standings at the start of July, 1903
Awards for June:
AL Best Batter: Right fielder Buck Freeman (Boston Americans), with 2 home runs, 22 RBIs, and 20 runs scored.
NL Best Batter: Third baseman Tommy Leach (Pittsburgh Pirates), with 1 home run, 19 RBIs, and 22 runs scored.
AL Best Pitcher: Starting pitcher Wiley Piatt (Philadelphia Athletics), with a 6-2 record and a 2.13 ERA.
NL Best Pitcher: Starting pitcher Rube Waddell (Pittsburgh Pirates), with a 7-0 record and a 2.73 ERA.
AL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Jim St. Vrain (Detroit Tigers), with a 5-1 record and a 2.34 ERA.
NL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Charles Baum (Brooklyn Superbas), with a 4-3 record and a 2.36 ERA.
In the AL, the New York Highlanders and Boston Americans are tied for first (with only a .003 winning percentage separating them) and with the Cleveland Naps a half-game behind and the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics tied for third. In the NL, the Pittsburgh Pirates have pulled ahead of the New York Giants for first by six and a half games, at 44-22, though it will be seen if that lead holds as the summer goes on.
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