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trades, awards for July, and baseball standings at the start of August 1904
Trades before the trading deadline:
-The Boston Americans traded 22-year-old SHS Rabbit Robinson to the St. Louis Cardinals, getting 30-year-old CL Jack Powell and 24-year-old RF Pinky Swander in return.
-The Boston Beaneaters traded 30-year-old RP Libe Washburn to the Boston Americans, getting 24-year-old 3B Jack Thoney and 24-year-old 2B Dutch Jordan in return.
-The Brooklyn Superbas traded 32-year-old RF Willie Keeler to the New York Giants, getting 20-year-old RP Lew Moren in return.
Awards for July:
CF Cy Seymour of the New York Highlanders wins the AL Batter of the Month Award.
LF Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates wins the NL Batter of the Month Award.
SP Deacon Phillippe of the Boston Americans wins the AL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Rube Waddell of the Pittsburgh Pirates wins the NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Mike Lynch of the St. Louis Browns wins the AL Rookie of the Month Award.
SP Hooks Wiltse of the Brooklyn Superbas wins the NL Rookie of the Month Award.
In the AL, the New York Highlanders lead the Boston Americans by 2 games for first while, in the NL, the Pittsburgh Pirates lead the New York Giants by 16 and a half games, and look likely to win the NL in 1904.
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