Awards for July and baseball standings at the start of August, 1903
Awards for July:
AL Best Batter: Shortstop Freddy Parent (Boston Americans), with 1 home run, 18 RBIs, and 23 runs scored.
NL Best Batter: Center fielder Ginger Beaumont (Pittsburgh Pirates), with 1 home run, 13 RBIs, and 25 runs scored.
AL Best Pitcher: Starting pitcher Eddie Plank (Philadelphia Athletics), with a 5-2 record and a 2.14 ERA.
NL Best Pitcher: Starting pitcher Rube Waddell (Pittsburgh Pirates), with a 6-1 record and a 1.48 ERA.
AL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Bucky Veil (Cleveland Naps), with a 3-0 record and a 0.67 ERA.
NL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Ted McGrew (Chicago Cubs), with a 3-2 record and a 2.29 ERA.
In the AL, the New York Highlanders have a 50-38 record, one and a half games ahead of the Boston Americans, at 50-41. In the NL, the Pittsburgh Pirates are 7 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds in second place, having a 60-34 record.
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