Historical League with Fictional Players

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This will be a historical replay of MLB using fictional players and coaches starting in 1901. We will implement 1 level of minors and add more as the need arises. The league will evolve as it did in real life, except we will be using the draft from 1901 on and there will be a World Series in 1901 as well. I will report anything I deem worthy and play the role of a national baseball writer. This is my first real attempt at something like this and any feedback would be appreciated! I hope you enjoy.

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January 1, 1901

New Baseball League to Form

Today it was announced that baseball would be played on the national stage for the first time. Up until now, the game has been played mostly in inner-city leagues. The league, known as Major League Baseball, will be divided into two seperate leagues, the National League and the American League. The teams are as follows:

American League

Baltimore Orioles
Boston Americans
Chicago White Stockings
Cleveland Blues
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators

National League

Boston Beaneaters
Brooklyn Superbas
Chicago Orphans
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals

After 140 game season, the champion of each league will play in a best of seven series to determine the MLB champion. The season is set to start in April.

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April 18, 1901

Opening Day Is Here!

The first Opening Day of the newly founded Major League Baseball is finally upon us! Fans are flocking too the ballparks to witness a part of history today. The first day of match-ups looks like this:



Preseason Predictions:
The Baltimore Orioles are predicted to win the American League this year, and that comes as no surprise when you see the amount of talent this club is putting out on the field. The O's have 4 of the Top 10 hitters and their entire starting rotation is in the Top 10 Pitchers. We are predicting them to win the American League by 13 games and for them to have the most runs scored and least runs given up in the league. Orioles Center Fielder Chris Davis projected to bat in 126 runs!




In the National League the Boston Beaneaters are also projected to win their league by double digits at 10 games. They have 4 of the top 10 Hitters and their entire rotation in the top 10 Pitchers. We are predicting them to score 806 runs this season being led by Terry Flint. He's being predicted to hit .357 with 96 RBI and 95 SB.




The Washington Senators are in possession of the top ranked pitcher and position player according to the BNN Player Rankings:




Top MLB Prospect:



22 years old and look at those ratings! It looks like the White Sox could have a bright future ahead of them.

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April 28, 1901

Washington Wins Grueling 28 Inning Game

Philadelphia- Today the Washington Senators (3-1) slipped by the Philadelphia Athletics (1-3) by a score 9-8 in a contest that lasted 28 innings. 4 players had 12 AB's. This is the longest game game played in our leagues short history, but I don't know if we will see a longer one anytime soon. The game lasted 7 hours and 53 minutes and included a 43 minute rain delay.

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I also have made a few articles for key player injuries, but I don't know if I should post injury reports on the forum.

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May 1, 1901

The young season has reached the end of it's first calendar month, with the American League playing about 11 games and the National League playing about 6. In the AL we see the Washington Senators in first place at 5-1, one game ahead of Baltimore (4-2) and Cleveland (4-2). Senators pitcher Jesse Kazen (1-1) is leading the AL in strikeouts with 17 and is 3rd in ERA with 1.30.



The National League shows the preseason favorite Boston Beaneaters leading their league by 2 games with a solid 9-2 start out of the gate. The Cincinnati Reds (8-5) are in second place. Boston is being lead by their two up and coming star players, shortstop Terry Flint (26) and starting pitcher Ben Block (24).

Flint is 3rd in the NL in hitting with a .444 batting average, tied for second in RBI with 11 and 2nd in stolen bases with 11. In his last 6 games he is 13 for 25- .520, 0 HR, 8 RBI.

Ben Block is (3-0) is tied for first in all of the big leagues with 3 wins, 2nd in ERA at 1.33, and 3rd in K's with 14.



The first monthly Power Rankings show Washington as the top team.



An interesting story to watch will be if the Cincinnati Reds (8-5) can stay in contention. before the season started, they were projected to have the worst record in baseball.

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May 3, 1901

Injury Derails Thomas For Season

Cleveland, OH- Today the Cleveland Blues baseball club received some disappointing news about their center fielder, Greg Thomas. He has sustained a broken bone in his elbow and will miss the remainder of the season. He batted .458 through 6 games with 4 RBI. At 39 years of age we can't help but wonder, will he play next season?

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May 6, 1901

Beaneaters CF Out 5 Weeks

Boston, MA- The Boston Beaneaters will be without CF Jesse Flint for the next 5 weeks with an intercostal strain. Flint is leading the AL in WAR with 1.4 and has a stat line of .368/.419/.529/.948, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 16 SB in 15 games played. Will Boston be able to stay atop their league standings missing this big time contributor for over a month?

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May 10, 1901

Injury Bug Bites in Washington

Washington D.C.- The Senators (10-5) are only 1 game behind the Baltimore Orioles (11-4) and the Detroit Tigers (11-4) for first place in the American League, but today they have learned that they will be without starting shortstop Pat Murphy for 5 weeks. A decent contact hitter through the young season at .277, it's the field where Murphy will truly be missed. He is a gold glove caliber fielder and Washington will miss having that asset on the field during the coming weeks.

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May 19, 1901

First Multi HR Game in MLB

Chicago, IL- Today the Chicago White Sox (9-15) beat the Milwaukee Brewers (11-12) by a score of 7-3. White Sox shortstop Jimmy Duke became the first player in league history to hit 2 HR in a single game. In an incredible outing, he went 4-4 with 2 home runs and a triple, while scoring 4 times and driving in 2.

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June 1, 1901

Monthly Update

The month of May saw a few teams really shine in the newly formed MLB. The Baltimore Orioles (23-11) continued to dominate the American League with a 19-9 record during the month. 27 year old RF Gene Cole is leading the team in all major offensive categories with a .353 batting average, 1 HR (tied for 1st on the team), 25 RBI, and 29 SB, which leads the American League. On the mound for the O's, Danny Michael (6-3) leads all of Major League Baseball with a 1.44 ERA, and Sam Clancy's (8-1) 8 wins matches Washington Senators (19-14) starter Jeff Mauldin (8-1) for tops in the Majors. The Orioles lead the AL in runs scored, stolen bases, runs against, starters ERA, and bullpen ERA.

The Detroit Tigers (21-14) went 18-12 in May and sit 2.5 games behind the Orioles in the American League. Tigers 3B Matt Stucky leads the AL with a .366 average and LF Donavon Rodgers is 2nd in the league batting .362. SP Willie Martinez (6-2) is 2nd in the AL with a 1.71 ERA.

The Philadelphia Athletics (9-25) so far are the worst team in baseball.



In the National League we see the Boston Beaneaters (23-15) and the Brooklyn Superbas (23-15) tied for the lead in the league. Boston SS Terry Flint is continuing to hit NL pitching all over the park with his MLB leading .423 batting average and team leading 26 stolen bags. Boston 1B Kyle Svec leads the bigs with 5 long balls and 39 RBI. Despite these performances, the clubs pitching has been subpar and they went 14-13 on the month of May.

Which brings us to the Brooklyn Superbas. They had a big month of May with an 18-9 record. 24 year old CF Kyle Hobbins is leading the team offensively with a .384 average (3rd in MLB) 1 HR. and 34 RBI (2nd in MLB). This kid has a lot of years left and should be fun to watch for sometime. Their pitching has been average so we will see how far the bats can get them or if their pitchers settle in.



Players of the Month

American League Batter of the Month

Gene Cole, RF Baltimore Orioles

Cole hit .377 on the month with 1 HR, 21 RBI, 23 runs scored, swiped 27 bags and had a .430 OBP.



National League Batter of the Month

Terry Flint, SS Boston Beaneaters

26 year old Terry Flint had an impressive month of May with a .413 batting average, 12 RBIs, 24 runs scored and 15 stolen bases. He also drew 21 walks compiled an incredible .516 OBP for May.



American League Pitcher of the Month

Sam Clancy, SP Baltimore Orioles

Clancy put together a fine month with a 7-1 record, and a 1.51 ERA over 71.2 innings and 27 strikeouts.



National League Pitcher of the Month

Mark Mitchell, SP Philadelphia Phillies

The 32 year old collected 6 wins and 2 losses in May with a fine 1.83 ERA in 64 innings of work. So far this year Mitchell is 7-4 with a 2.44 ERA.



American League Rookie of the Month

Marty Sides, 2B Boston Americans

The young second baseman put up some pretty good numbers, batting .304 with 2 homers and 24 batted in. He also stole 16 bags and scored 18 runs. On the year Sides is hitting .336 with 2 HR, 31 RBI, 22 runs scored, and 21 stolen bases.



National League Rookie of the Month

Kyle Hobbins, CF Brooklyn Superbas

This kid has all the makings to be something special. During the month he hit .380 with 4 doubles, 10 triples, and no home runs. Hobbins also scored 22 times and drove in 22.



Power Rankings

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June 1, 1901

Flint Ups Hit Streak to 20 Consecutive Games

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June 3, 1901

Orphans Chill Flint's Hot Streak

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June 20, 1901

Phillies SS Ties Hit Streak

Philadelphia, PA- In yesterday's game between the Philadelphia Phillies (28-26) and the St. Louis Cardinals (24-32), Phillies SS Paul Carr went 2-4 with 2 runs scored to increase his hit streak to 20. He is now tied with Boston Beaneaters SS Terry Flint for the longest hit streak in MLB history. The Phillies lost the game, 10-3. Today the Phillies play the Cardinals again as Carr, 34, goes for his 21st game in a row with at least one base hit to set the record.

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June 21, 1901

Cards Stop Carr Cold

Philadelphia, PA- Paul Carr goes 0-4 as he attempted to extend his hitting streak to 21 games and hold the new hit streak record. His streak of 20 games is tied for most all time with Terry Flint. The Cardinals (24-33) dropped the game 6-2 to the Philles (29-26). Carr is currently hitting .338 with 54 hits and 16 RBI.

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June 22, 1901

Americans Lose Catcher

Boston, MA- Today the Boston Americans (28-24) learned of the loss of their starting catcher Steve Gaitan, considered by many to be the best all-around catcher in the game, for the remainder for the season. Gaitan suffered a concussion sliding into second base, colliding with Chicago White Sox (24-29) second baseman Josh Crayton in the bottom of the ninth inning in Thursdays game. The game finished 3-1 in favor of the White Sox.

Boston is currently 3 GB in the AL.

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June 27, 1901

Renuart Takes Stab At 21

Boston, MA- Tomorrow, shortstop Chris Renuart of the St. Louis Cardinals (26-35) will attempt to break the hit streak record as he made it 20 straight games in yesterdays 4-3 loss to the Boston Beaneaters (37-23). Renuart will face Boston ace Jonathan Mathews (8-5, 2.39 ERA) as he chases 21.

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June 28, 1901

First MLB Trade

Today we saw the first trade in Major League Baseball history take place between the Washington Senators (34-22) and the Chicago White Sox (24-33). The Sox received 26 year old center fielder Jake Reef and Washington gets 30 year old catcher Jason Burke in return.

Chicago have had two catchers capable of starting for most clubs on their roster and trade away one to pick up a centerfielder to fill a much needed hole in their lineup. Reef is batting .255, but is a strong CF defensively and has good speed on the base paths.

Washington picks up a defensively capable catcher that is also hitting .285 with a .331 OBP, 2 HR, and 14 RBIs on the year, and should make their strong club even stronger.

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June 28, 1901

Renuart Hits in 21 Straight!

Boston, MA- Chris Renuart of the St. Louis Cardinals (27-35) goes 1-5 with an RBI single in the top of the 4th inning today, extending his hitting streak to 21 games. His active streak is the longest in the leagues short history. St. Louis won the game 7-6 in 12 innings today against the first place Boston Beaneaters (37-24).

Renuart is batting .274 on the season with 44 stolen bases.