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Awards for June and baseball standings at the start of July, 1905
Awards for June:
AL Best Batter: Second baseman Nap Lajole (Philadelphia Athletics), with 1 home run, 20 RBIs, and 23 runs scored.
NL Best Batter: Right fielder Frank Schulte (Boston Beaneaters), with 0 home runs, 11 RBIs, and 19 runs scored.
AL Best Pitcher: Ed Reulbach (New York Highlanders), with a 5-2 record and a 1.54 ERA.
NL Best Pitcher: Jack Chesbro (Pittsburgh Pirates), with a 5-0 record and a 1.31 ERA
AL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Ed Reulbach (New York Highlanders), with a 5-2 record and a 1.54 ERA.
NL Rookie of the Month: Starting pitcher Irv Young (Chicago Cubs), with a 3-3 record and a 1.51 ERA (for the season).
Looking at the standings, the Detroit Tigers are 1 and a half games ahead of the New York Highlanders, while the Pittsburgh Pirates are 2 games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds in the NL. As the summer goes on, it remains to be seen whether these leads hold.
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