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Trades, awards for July, and baseball standings at the start of August 1906
Trades before the trading deadline:
-The Boston Americans traded 22-year-old Ca Howard Wakefield to the Philadelphia Athletics, getting 34-year-old RP Dummy Leitner and 22-year-old SHS Phil Lewis in return.
Awards for July:
RF Harry Lumley of the New York Highlanders wins the AL Batter of the Month Award.
1B Sam Crawford of the Cincinnati Reds wins the NL Batter of the Month Award.
SP Charley Hall of the Boston Americans wins the AL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Jimmy Dygert of the St. Louis Cardinals wins the NL Pitcher of the Month Award.
SP Charley Hall of the Boston Americans wins the AL Rookie of the Month Award.
SP Carl Druhot of the Philadelphia Phillies wins the NL Rookie of the Month Award.
In the AL, the New York Highlanders are maintaining their solid grip on first place, leading the Chicago White Sox by 9 and a half games while, in the NL, the Pittsburgh Pirates are in first place by 11 and a half games over the Cincinnati Reds.
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