North American Baseball League

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1923 Season

Major transactions
Giants, Phillies Confirm Trade
Sunday, November 19th, 1922
The New York Giants swapped 33-year-old right fielder Joe Wood for 26-year-old right fielder Bevo LeBourveau of the Phillies after what Philadelphia officials would only characterize as "difficult" negotiations.

Career-to-date Wood is hitting .259 with a total of 23 home runs.

In his career LeBourveau has gotten 337 hits with a .297 batting average, scored 160 runs, hit 19 home runs and driven in 161.

Philadelphia Wins SP Johnson Sweepstakes
Saturday, December 2nd, 1922
Philadelphia Phillies fans welcomed Walter Johnson into the fold, as the veteran announced he'd reached an agreement with Philadelphia brass.

Some were critical of the move, insisting that you shouldn't invest $72,545 in a 35-year-old man, no matter how good he might be on the field. The team believes he will deepen their roster and ultimately win a championship.

In his career Johnson has crafted a 378-224 record with a 2.53 ERA in 5567 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .248 against him and he has rung up 2967 strikeouts.

Philadelphia Wins Lottery for LF Williams
Friday, February 2nd, 1923
The Phillies and Ken Williams reached an accord earlier today which brings the left fielder to town for 5 years.

Williams will pocket $104,850 total and is widely expected to contribute significantly to the club's playoff drive.

In his career Williams is batting .303 with a total of 53 home runs.

Veteran MR Bender Settles on Phillies
Saturday, February 17th, 1923
The euphoria surrounding a big name deal can sometimes overshadow the deal itself. Occasionally a team will mortgage its future to make a big splash, though no one in Philadelphia was worried about that today as the club finalized terms with Chief Bender.

Bender will earn $5,372 per year over 1 year.

Taking the hill 676 times in his career, Bender has compiled an ERA of 3.24. He has tossed 4473.1 innings with 2060 strikeouts and 1466 free passes. Opponents have hit .270 against him. He has a record of 257-241.

[IMG]file:///I:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Scott/My%20Documents/Out%20of%20the%20Park%20Developments/OOTP%20Baseball%2013/saved_games/NABL2.lg/news/html/images/league_logos/north_american_baseball_league_90.png[/IMG]Top 100 Prospects List Published
Tuesday, April 17th, 1923
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 19-year-old first baseman Lou Gehrig of the Cleveland Indians is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) 1B Lou Gehrig, 19, Cleveland Indians
2) CF Hack Wilson, 22, Brooklyn Robins
3) SP Earl Whitehill, 24, Chicago Cubs
4) MR Red Lucas, 20, Boston Braves
5) MR Bill Harris, 22, Boston Red Sox
6) MR Charley Root, 24, Philadelphia Athletics
7) SP Vic Keen, 24, Chicago Cubs
8) RF Showboat Fisher, 24, New York Yankees
9) SP Mike Cvengros, 22, Boston Red Sox
10) LF Heinie Manush, 21, New York Giants

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Boston Red Sox 87 67 .565 - 758 .284 51 121 668 3.38 410 420 Detroit Tigers 84 70 .545 3 785 .289 74 111 739 3.69 531 585 Washington Senators 80 74 .519 7 704 .274 39 107 624 3.43 495 485 Philadelphia Athletics 80 74 .519 7 763 .285 87 155 779 4.02 377 463 New York Yankees 78 76 .506 9 728 .287 81 145 743 3.53 429 469 Chicago White Sox 74 80 .481 13 684 .284 47 113 703 3.64 445 546 St. Louis Browns 72 82 .468 15 778 .284 62 45 835 4.26 463 561 Cleveland Indians 63 91 .409 24 597 .265 31 136 706 3.59 436 491

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG B. Ruth, CF PHA 150 511 39 108 17 .345 .480 .659 R. Hornsby, 2B SLA 150 598 25 135 6 .372 .453 .608 H. Heilmann, RF CHA 151 573 19 100 9 .368 .445 .561 G. Grantham, 2B DET 148 618 11 76 56 .325 .417 .477 R. Grimes, 1B DET 152 630 15 106 8 .330 .394 .485 J. Hauser, 1B NYA 152 604 26 101 7 .309 .383 .507 A. Wingo, RF SLA 143 561 6 68 9 .342 .415 .473 T. Speaker, RF WS1 150 584 10 77 7 .313 .408 .465 J. Sewell, SS SLA 154 636 2 73 4 .334 .413 .432 R. Youngs, RF BOS 150 601 6 76 19 .319 .408 .451 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 B. Adams BOS 38 23 13 0 3.05 329.0 366 58 48 1.31 G. Chalmers DET 38 21 12 0 3.44 317.2 331 106 114 3.24 J. Lavender WS1 38 21 15 0 3.26 315.2 336 103 108 3.09 V. Gregg WS1 38 19 16 0 3.11 321.0 329 116 107 3.01 M. O'Toole DET 38 20 14 0 3.60 316.1 329 171 125 3.57 D. Ruether BOS 38 21 16 0 3.78 318.1 346 114 83 2.36 W. Dell BOS 38 18 12 0 3.27 266.2 261 90 100 3.37 E. Moseley BOS 38 17 17 0 3.27 310.0 313 110 109 3.18 S. Jones NYA 38 19 15 0 3.74 314.2 359 109 89 2.54 S. Coveleski CLE 38 17 20 0 3.12 316.0 321 96 77 2.21

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB New York Giants 88 66 .571 - 844 .294 60 69 749 4.02 563 500 Brooklyn Robins 85 69 .552 3 838 .293 64 76 756 3.84 434 471 Boston Braves 85 69 .552 3 732 .287 64 93 643 3.29 442 382 St. Louis Cardinals 79 75 .513 9 733 .286 66 59 732 3.69 344 468 Pittsburgh Pirates 73 81 .474 15 752 .288 51 149 786 3.97 348 471 Cincinnati Reds 71 83 .461 17 666 .271 46 81 712 3.57 413 435 Chicago Cubs 69 85 .448 19 690 .288 45 95 762 4.08 349 474 Philadelphia Phillies 68 86 .442 20 746 .289 109 116 861 4.30 518 538

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG G. Sisler, 1B PIT 152 646 16 105 46 .382 .429 .573 Z. Wheat, LF CHN 148 616 19 98 4 .371 .421 .561 T. Cobb, CF NY1 149 611 3 100 10 .384 .443 .511 B. Meusel, RF PIT 149 575 14 119 32 .354 .399 .538 K. Williams, LF PHI 150 599 24 104 28 .326 .393 .530 J. Bottomley, 1B SLN 148 631 17 114 5 .344 .391 .525 H. Manush, LF NY1 149 599 12 73 18 .342 .418 .499 J. Fournier, 1B NY1 154 562 15 107 5 .328 .414 .480 G. Kelly, 1B PHI 151 627 25 105 15 .324 .361 .519 E. Smith, C BRO 136 571 12 87 4 .333 .400 .483 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 D. Vance NY1 38 22 11 0 3.63 317.2 330 100 202 5.74 R. Witherup BSN 38 20 15 0 3.12 320.2 334 97 112 3.16 H. Vaughn BRO 38 21 13 0 3.44 315.0 335 90 104 2.99 D. Walker BSN 38 20 14 0 3.33 313.2 322 103 116 3.33 J. Johnson SLN 38 20 16 0 3.42 328.0 371 103 90 2.47 H. Keupper BSN 38 18 13 0 3.20 315.0 358 63 70 2.00 C. Hendrix SLN 39 21 17 0 3.81 326.2 359 104 87 2.40 H. Dauss CIN 38 18 16 0 3.63 296.0 325 100 85 2.60 E. Manning NY1 38 18 10 0 3.84 248.2 280 64 68 2.48 T. Kaufmann BRO 38 19 14 0 4.14 302.2 344 99 86 2.57

NABL News: Opening Day
Tuesday, April 17th, 1923
How sweet it is! North American BaseBall League starts play today. It is a new season and a new beginning for all the boys of baseball. Opening Day is here! It is a day of great excitement for everyone in the world of baseball -- players, fans, sportswriters, broadcasters, managers, coaches, scouts, groundkeepers, batboys, ballpark vendors, agents and the owners. Everybody is eagerly awaiting the first pitch of the game and the first home run. Old records will be broken and new marks set. It all gets under way today with this lineup of games:

New York Giants @ Boston Braves
Philadelphia Phillies @ Brooklyn Robins
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds

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Philadelphia at Brooklyn
4 game series

Tuesday 4/17
Lefty Williams vs Gene Dale
Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 4:
Hack Wilson 3 RBIs. Willie Kamm 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 4/18
Walter Johnson vs Hippo Vaughn
Philadelphia 10 Brooklyn 7:
Bing Miller 3-5, HR, 4 RBIs. George Kelly 3-5, RBI.

Thursday 4/19
Lou Schettler vs Limb McKenry
Brooklyn 10 Philadelphia 3:
Frank Brower HR. Andy High 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Friday 4/20
Dolf Luque vs Tony Kaufmann
Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 6 (11):
Bing Miller 2-6, HR 92), 2 RBIs. Elmer Smith HR, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (1-3) at Boston (2-3)
4 game series

Saturday 4/21
Lefty Williams (0-1, 3.24) vs Pete Donohue (1-0, 1.00)
Boston 7 Philadelphia 5:
Austin McHenry 3-4, HR , 4 RBIs. Frank Brower 3-4, HR (2).

Monday 4/23
Walter Johnson (1-0, 0.00) vs Henry Keupper (1-0, 2.00)
Boston 12 Philadelphia 6:
Bing Miller HR (3). Bobby Veach 2-5, 3 RBIs. Marty McManus 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Tuesday 4/24
Lou Schettler (0-1, 10.80) vs Roy Witherup (0-0, 12.60)
Philadelphia 7 Boston 5:
Ken Williams 3-5, HR, 2 RBIs. Butch Henline 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 4/25
Howard Emmke (0-0, 0.00) vs Dixie Walker (0-2, 5.79)
Boston 8 Philadelphia 7:
Braves score 8 in the bottom of the ninth.

Brooklyn (6-2) at Philadelphia (2-6)
3 game series

Thursday 4/26
Gene Dale (2-0, 5.14) vs Lefty Williams (0-2, 6.28)
Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 2:
Topper Rigney 3-4, 2 RBIs. Wally Kimmick 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Friday 4/27
Hippo Vaughn (0-2, 14.90) vs Walter Johnson (1-1, 3.86)
Philadelphia 9 Brooklyn 5:
Butch Henline 3-4, 2 HR (2), 5 RBIs. Bing Miller 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 4/28
Limb McKenry (1-0, 1.38) vs Lou Schettler (1-1, 7.94)
Philadelphia 9 Brooklyn 6:
Willie Kamm 2-4, HR (2), 2 RBIs. Cy Williams 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (4-7) at New York (7-5)
Single game series

Sunday 4/29
Walter Johnson (2-1, 4.26) vs Dazzy Vance (2-1, 6.26)
NY 12 Philadelphia 3:
Heinie Groh 4-6, 3 RBIs.

Boston (6-7) at Philadelphia (4-8)
4 game series

Monday 4/30
Pete Donohue (2-1 4.50) vs Rube Benton (0-0, 0.00)
Boston 9 Philadelphia 2:
Austin McHenry 3-5, HR (2). George Burns hR (2), 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 5/1
Henry Keupper (2-1, 5.56) vs Lou Schettler (1-1, 8.82)
Philadelphia 7 Boston 6:
Phillies score 3 in the ninth. Sammy Hale 4-5, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/2
Roy Witherup (0-2, 9.16) vs Brad Harris (0-0, 0.00)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 1:
Irish Meusel 2-5, HR (3), 5 RBIs.

Thursday 5/3
Dixie Walker (1-2, 4.03) vs Walter Johnson (2-2, 4.91)
Philadelphia 7 Boston 6 (11):
George Maisel HR, 3 RBIs. Ken Williams 2-5, 2 RBIs.

New York (9-8) at Philadelphia (6-10)
2 game series

Friday 5/4
Jim Joe Edwards (2-2, 3.25) vs Rube Benton (0-1, 7.50)
Philadelphia 2 NY 1:
Chick Galloway HR.

Saturday 5/5
Ernie Manning (1-2, 5.26) vs Lou Schettler (1-1, 9.43)
Philadelphia 14 NY 1:
Ken Williams 2-3, HR (3), 3 RBIs. Butch Henline HR (3), 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (8-10) at Brooklyn (11-7)
Single game series

Sunday 5/6
Walter Johnson (3-2, 4.91) vs Hippo Vaughn (1-3, 8.75)
Brooklyn 14 Philadelphia 4:
Ernie Walker 3-5, 3 RBIs. Andy High 2-4, HR, 2 RBIs.

New York (9-10) at Philadelphia (8-11)
Single game series

Monday 5/7
Alex Ferguson (1-1, 7.06) vs Rube Benton (1-1, 3.00)
NY 8 Philadelphia 7:
Ty Cobb, Jack Fournier, and Glen Myatt hit HRs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Red Sox	13	4	.765	-
Washington Senators	11	8	.579	3.0
St. Louis Browns	10	9	.526	4.0
Chicago White Sox	10	9	.526	4.0
Cleveland Indians	10	10	.500	4.5
New York Yankees	9	9	.500	4.5
Detroit Tigers	9	11	.450	5.5
Philadelphia Athletics	3	15	.167	10.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	16	5	.762	-
Brooklyn Robins	12	8	.600	3.5
New York Giants	10	10	.500	5.5
Chicago Cubs	10	10	.500	5.5
Boston Braves	10	10	.500	5.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	12	.429	7.0
Philadelphia Phillies	8	12	.400	7.5
Cincinnati Reds	6	14	.300	9.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Clyde Barnhart - SLN .456 2 Joe Sewell SLA .451 3 Edd Roush CHN .437 4 Harry Heilmann CHA .433 5 Ty Cobb NY1 .432	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Jim Bottomley - SLN 5 2 Jack Fournier NY1 4 2 Bubbles Hargrave BOS 4 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 4 2 3 more tied with 4	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Jack Fournier - NY1 25 2 Frankie Frisch CHA 20 3 Jim Bottomley SLN 19 3 Earl Smith BRO 19 5 5 tied with 17
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 5 1 Ray Caldwell SLN 5 1 Harry Moran CHN 5 3 Gene Dale BRO 4 3 2 more tied with 4	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Ed Hawk - CIN 0.70 2 Ray Fisher SLN 1.57 3 Ray Keating WS1 1.73 4 Dutch Ruether BOS 1.74 5 Ralph Works PIT 1.82	LEAGUE LEADERS K Lou Schettler - PHI 23 2 Dazzy Vance NY1 21 3 Max Fiske CLE 19 4 George Chalmers DET 18 4 2 more tied with 18

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St Louis (16-5) at Philadelphia (8-10)
4 game series

Tuesday 5/8
Claude Hendrix (3-1, 3.15) vs Lou Schettler (2-1, 7.33)
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 2:
Ken Williams 3-4, HR (4), 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/9
Ray Caldwell (5-0, 3.20) vs Brad Harris (0-1, 5.14)
St Louis 9 Philadelphia 1:
Russ Wrightstone 2-4, 4 RBIs.

Thursday 5/10
Ray Fisher (3-1, 1.57) vs Walter Johnson (3-3, 5.36)
St Louis 7 Philadelphia 5:
Butch Henline 2-4, HR (4), 3 RBIs. Curt Walker 2-4, HR, 2 RBIs.

Friday 5/11
Jing Johnson (3-3, 4.50) vs Rube Benton (1-1, 4.71)
St Louis 10 Philadelphia 8:
Jim Bottomley 4-5, HR (6), 3 RBIs. Clyde Barnhart 3-3, 3 RBIs. Frank Callaway 2-4, 4 RBIs.

Cincinnati (8-16) at Philadelphia (9-13)
4 game series

Saturday 5/12
Eddie Stack (2-2, 3.15) vs Lou Schettler (3-1, 6.48)
Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 1:
Frank Callaway 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Monday 5/14
Waite Hoyt (1-4, 4.62) vs Brad Harris (0-2, 6.92)
Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 4:
Frank Callaway 4-4, 3 RBIs.

Tuesday 5/15
Hooks Dauss (2-4, 6.55) vs Walter Johnson (3-4, 5.63)
Ralph Shinners hits 9th inning HR.

Wednesday 5/16
Bill Scherdel (0-3, 5.81) vs Rube Benton (1-2, 6.26)
Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 3:
Bing Miller and Chick Galloway 2-3, RBI.

Chicago (14-14) at Philadelphia (12-16)
3 game series

Thursday 5/17
Harry Moran (5-2, 2.64) vs Lou Schettler (4-1, 5.49)
Chicago 8 Philadelphia 6:
Edd Roush 3-4, HR, 2 RBIs. Chick Galloway 2-3, RBI.

Friday 5/18
Burleigh Grimes (3-4, 2.397) vs Brad Harris (1-2, 5.85)
Chicago 6 Philadelphia 1:
Edd Roush 2-5, RBI. Chick Lathers 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 5/19
Bill Doak (3-4, 3.09) vs Walter Johnson (3-5, 4.97)
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 3:
Ken Williams 3-4, HR (5), 2 RBIs. Butch Henline 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Pittsburgh (13-19) at Philadelphia (13-18)
3 game series

Monday 5/21
Ralph Works (3-4, 4.17) vs Rube Benton (2-2, 5.45)
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3:
George Maisel 3-5, RBI. Bob Fothergill 2-4, RBI.

Tuesday 5/22
Red Faber (1-5, 4.93) vs Lou Schettler (4-2, 6.02)
Pittsburgh 15 Philadelphia 2:
Pete Kilduff 4-5, 3 RBIs. Bob Meusel 3-6, HR (4), 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/23
Nap Rucker (4-4, 2.57) vs Walter Johnson (4-5, 4.73)
Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 3:
Butch Henline 2-3, HR (5), 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (13-21) at New York (17-18)
4 game series

Thursday 5/24
Howard Ehmke (0-1, 8.00) vs Alex Ferguson (3-2, 6.71)
NY 2 Philadelphia 1:
Bevo LeBourveau RBI. Bing Miller HR (5).

Friday 5/25
Lou Schettler (4-3, 6.75) vs Dazzy Vance (4-3, 5.24)
Philadelphia 14 NY 6:
Ken Williams 2-6, 3 RBIs. Butch Henline 4-6, 2 RBIs. George Maisel 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 5/26
Brad Harris (1-3, 5.67) vs Jim Joe Edwards (3-3. 2.40)
NY 5 Philadelphia 4 (10):
Sam Bohne 3-5, 3 RBIs. Sammy Hale 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 5/27
Walter Johnson (4-6, 4.76) vs Ernie Manning (3-4, 4.53)
NY 5 Philadelphia 4:
Heinie Manush 3-4, HR, 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (14-24) at Boston (17-20)
4 game series

Monday 5/28
Howard Ehmke (0-2, 4.76) vs Dixie Walker (2-5, 4.07)
Philadelphia 11 Boston 8:
Ken Williams (6), George Kelly (3), Joe Wood (2) hit HRs

Tuesday 5/29
Lou Schettler (4-3, 7.20) vs Henry Keupper (5-4, 4.83)
Philadelphia 3 Boston 0:
Shettler shuts down Braves on four hits over 8 innings.

Wednesday 5/30
Game 1Brad Harris (1-3, 4.41) vs Roy Witherup (3.93)
Boston 1 Philadelphia 0:
Witherup shuts out Phillies on 6 hits.

Game 2
Walter Johnson (4-6, 4.72) vs Pete Donohue (5-5, 4.11)
Philadelphia 4 Boston 2:
Butch Henline 3-4, 3 RBIs.

New York (22-21) at Philadelphia (17-25)
3 game series

Thursday 5/31
Alex Ferguson (5-2, 5.68) vs Howard Ehmke (1-2, 6.12)
NY 7 Philadelphia 4:
Ken Williams HR (7). Paddy Smith 3-5, 3 RBIs. Patsy Gharrity 3-3, 3 RBIs.

Friday 6/1
Dazzy Vance (4-5, 6.15) vs Lou Schettler (5-3, 6.29)
NY 10 Philadelphia 8:
Charlie See 2-5, HR, 4 RBIs. Glenn Myatt HR (7), 2 RBIs. Heinie Manush HR (2), 3 RBIs.

Saturday 6/2
Jim Joe Edwards (4-3. 3.04) vs Brad Harris (1-4, 3.80)
NY 7 Philadelphia 3 (11):
Bing Miller HR (6). George Burns 2-2, 4 RBIs. Joe Wood 4-5, HR (3), and hit for the cycle.

Boston (20-25) at Philadelphia (17-28)
Single game series

Monday 6/4
Pete Donohue (5-6, 4.10) vs Walter Johnson (5-6, 4.47)
Boston 8 Philadelphia 2:
Dave Bancroft 3-4, 2 RBIs. Harry Hooper 2-3, RBI.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Browns	28	18	.609	-
Washington Senators	27	19	.587	1.0
Boston Red Sox	26	20	.565	2.0
Detroit Tigers	26	21	.553	2.5
New York Yankees	21	25	.457	7.0
Chicago White Sox	21	25	.457	7.0
Cleveland Indians	21	28	.429	8.5
Philadelphia Athletics	15	29	.341	12.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	30	18	.625	-
Brooklyn Robins	28	20	.583	2.0
New York Giants	25	22	.532	4.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	24	25	.490	6.5
Chicago Cubs	23	24	.489	6.5
Boston Braves	22	25	.468	7.5
Cincinnati Reds	21	27	.438	9.0
Philadelphia Phillies	17	29	.370	12.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Rogers Hornsby - SLA .431 2 Ty Cobb NY1 .409 3 Harry Heilmann CHA .390 4 Joe Sewell SLA .381 5 Ross Youngs BOS .376	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - PHA 9 2 Jim Bottomley SLN 7 2 Jack Fournier NY1 7 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 7 2 2 more tied with 7	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Bob Meusel - PIT 42 2 Glenn Myatt NY1 41 3 Andy High BRO 38 3 Rogers Hornsby SLA 38 5 Joe Harris DET 36
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 9 1 Ray Caldwell SLN 9 1 Nap Rucker PIT 9 3 Gene Dale BRO 8 3 3 more tied with 8	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Ray Keating - WS1 1.70 2 Burleigh Grimes CHN 1.77 3 Vean Gregg WS1 2.17 4 Dutch Ruether BOS 2.26 5 Sam Jones NYA 2.31	LEAGUE LEADERS K Lou Schettler - PHI 50 2 Dazzy Vance NY1 49 3 George Chalmers DET 42 3 Max Fiske CLE 42 5 2 tied with 40

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Philadelphia (17-29) at St Louis (30-18)
3 game series

Wednesday 6/6
Chief Bender (3-1, 3.20) vs Claude Hendrix (5-4, 3.66)
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0:
Hendrix shuts out Phillies on 5 hits. Clyde Barnhart 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 6/7
Lou Schettler (5-4, 6.85) vs Ray Caldwell (9-2, 3.92)
Philadelphia 3 St Louis 2:
Willie Kamm 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Friday 6/8
Ben Harris (1-4, 3.38) vs Phil Douglas (0-1, 16.88)
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3:
Williams Fischer HR, 2 RBIs. Frank Callaway 2-2, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (18-31) at Cincinnati (22-28)
4 game series

Saturday 6/9
Walter Johnson (5-7, 4.70) vs Bill Sherdel (3-5, 3.63)
Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 5 (10):
Butch Henline 4-5, 2 HR (7), 3 RBIs. Lu Blue's 10th inning RBI single lifts Reds.

Sunday 6/10
Chief Bender (3-2, 3.77) vs Spec Harkness (0-1, 1.26)
Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 1:
Jack Sheehan 3-4, 4 RBIs.

Monday 6/11
Lou Schettler (6-4, 6.28) vs Eddie Stack (5-4, 3.98)
Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 3:
Charlie Jamieson 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 6/12
Ben Harris (1-5, 3.61) vs Waite Hoyt (3-9, 4.71)
Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 3:
Charlie Jamieson 2-3, 2 RBIs. Bob O'Farrel 3 RBIs. Frank Brower HR (3)

Philadelphia (18-35) at Pittsburgh (28-27)
4 game series

Wednesday 6/13
Walter Johnson (5-7, 4.57) vs Syl Johnson (2-1, 1.23)
Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1:
Pete Kilduff scores the go ahead run in the 8th.

Thursday 6/14
Chief Bender (3-3, 4.17) vs Nat Rucker (9-4, 2.47)
Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 2:
Pete Kilduff 2-3, 2 RBIs. Bing Miller 3-4, RBI.

Friday 6/15
Lou Schettler (6-4, 5.98) vs Red Faber (5-6, 4.20)
Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 2:
Johnny Mostil 3-4, RBI.

Saturday 6/16
Ben Harris (1-6, 3.55) vs Ralph Works (4-8, 5.11)
Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 3:
Muddy Ruel 2-4, 4 RBIs. Ed Goebel 2-3, RBI.

Philadelphia (18-39) at Chicago (29-29)
4 game series

Sunday 6/17
Walter Johnson (5-8, 4.41) vs Bill Doak (6-7, 3.73)
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 4:
Phillies end 9 game skid. Ken Williams 2 RBIs.

Monday 6/18
Lou Schettler (6-5, 5.56) vs Speed Martin (1-3, 7.50)
Chicago 6 Philadelphia 3:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (8) 2 RBIs. Lyman Lamb 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 6/19
Brad Hogg (0-0, 0.00) vs Burleigh Grimes (9-6, 2.21)
Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (9) 2 RBIs. Joe Jackson 2-4, HR (4).

Wednesday 6/20
Allan Travers (0-0, 0.00) vs Harry Moran (10-5, 3.47)
Philadelphia 7 Chicago 6:
Sammy Hale 3-5, 2 RBIs. Butch Henline HR (8).

Philadelphia (21-40) at Brooklyn (35-27)
2 game series

Saturday 6/23
Walter Johnson (6-8, 4.38) vs Hugh McQuillan (2-6, 5.79)
Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 3:
Earl Sheely and Earl smith 3-5, 2 RBIs each.

Sunday 6/24
Lou Schettler (6-6, 5.52) vs Tony Kaufmann (9-4, 4.94)
Philadelphia 8 Brooklyn 3:
Frank Callaway 3-4, HR. Frank Brower 2-5, HR (4), 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (22-41) at New York (32-32)
2 game series

Monday 6/25
Brad Hogg (1-0, 1.00) vs Dazzy Vance (8-6, 4.80)
NY 5 Philadelphia 2:
Sammy Hale 2-3, HR, 2 RBIs. Glenn Myatt 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 6/26
Allan Travers (1-0, 7.20) vs Jim Joe Edwards (4-5, 3.13)
Philadelphia 11 NY 7:
Sammy Hale 3-5, HR (2), 4 RBIs. Glenn Myatt 4-5, 2 RBIs. Ken Williams HR (10), 3 RBIs.

Brooklyn (38-28) at Philadelphia (23-42)
5 game series

Wednesday 6/27
Hugh McQuillan (3-6, 5.52) vs Walter Johnson (6-9, 4.75)
Brooklyn 11 Philadelphia 4:
Ernie Walker 3-5, HR (2), 3 RBIs. Andy High 2-6, HR (3), 2 RBIs.

Thursday 6/28
Tony Kaufmann (9-5, 5.21) vs Lou Schettler (7-6, 5.45)
Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 3:
Sammy Hale 2 RBIs.

Friday 6/29
Gene Dale (9-6, 4.36) vs Brad Hogg (1-1, 3.60)
Philadelphia 5 Brooklyn 4:
Bing Miller 2 RBIs. Hogg 3-4, RBI

Saturday 6/30
Game 1
Rube Schauer (5-1, 3.96) vs Allan Travers (2-0, 5.40)
Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 5:
Butch Henline 3-5, HR (9), 2 RBIs. Willie Kamm scores go ahead run in the 8th.

Game 2
Hugh McQuillan (4-6, 5.14) Walter Johnson (6-10, 4.68)
Brooklyn 13 Philadelphia 6:
Spec Toporczer 3-4, 2 RBIs. Earl Sheely 3-4, 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Red Sox	42	27	.609	-
Washington Senators	41	29	.586	1.5
St. Louis Browns	41	29	.586	1.5
Detroit Tigers	40	29	.580	2.0
Cleveland Indians	32	40	.444	11.5
New York Yankees	29	40	.420	13.0
Chicago White Sox	29	40	.420	13.0
Philadelphia Athletics	24	44	.353	17.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Cardinals	43	30	.589	-
Brooklyn Robins	41	31	.569	1.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	38	34	.528	4.5
Chicago Cubs	38	34	.528	4.5
Cincinnati Reds	34	37	.479	8.0
New York Giants	33	38	.465	9.0
Boston Braves	33	38	.465	9.0
Philadelphia Phillies	26	44	.371	15.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .419 2 Joe Jackson CHN .391 3 Harry Heilmann CHA .387 4 Glenn Myatt NY1 .379 5 Ty Cobb NY1 .377	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - PHA 18 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 11 3 Ken Williams PHI 10 4 Jim Bottomley SLN 9 4 2 more tied with 9	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Rogers Hornsby - SLA 63 2 Bob Meusel PIT 51 3 Lew Fonseca PHA 50 3 Jack Fournier NY1 50 3 3 more tied with 50
LEAGUE LEADERS W 3 tied with 12 1 Ray Caldwell SLN 12 1 Harry Moran CHN 12 1 Rasty Wright WS1 12 4 5 tied with 11	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Ray Keating - WS1 2.14 2 Burleigh Grimes CHN 2.24 3 Vean Gregg WS1 2.28 4 Max Fiske CLE 2.40 5 Bill Steen DET 2.74	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 78 2 Lou Schettler PHI 70 3 George Chalmers DET 61 4 Walter Johnson PHI 60 5 Burleigh Grimes CHN 59

New York, Philadelphia Confirm Deal
Sunday, June 17th, 1923
Newspapers in New York and Philadelphia reported that the Giants have reached a deal sending 26-year-old second baseman Cliff Brady and a 1st round draft pick to the Phillies for 27-year-old third baseman Andy Woehr and 22-year-old minor league right fielder George McNamara.

This season Brady has no home runs and a .355 batting average.

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New York (33-38) at Philadelphia (26-44)
4 game series

Monday 7/2
Alex Ferguson (7-6, 5.36) vs Lou Schettler (8-6, 5.14)
Philadelphia 6 NY 5:
Walter Johnson, Frank Brower, and Pasty Gharrity have RBI's during a three run ninth.

Tuesday 7/3
Dazzy Vance (9-7, 4.40) vs Brad Hogg (2-1, 3.75)
NY 4 Philadelphia 0:
Dazzy Vance records a two hit shut out.

Wednesday 7/4
Game 1
Jim Joe Edwards (4-6, 3.52) vs Rube Benton (2-3, 5.36)
NY 10 Philadelphia 2:
George Burns HR, 3 RBIs. Jack Fournier 4-5, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Ernie Manning (5-8, 3.72) vs Allan Travers (2-0, 4.42)
Philadelphia 8 NY 1:
Frank Brower 3-5, HR (6). George Maisel 3-4, HR (2), 3 RBIs.

St Louis (43-34) at Philadelphia (28-46)
Single game series

Thursday 7/5
Ray Caldwell (12-5, 3.96) vs Lou Schettler (8-6, 5.03)
Philadelphia 3 St Louis 2:
Frank Brower 3-3 HR (7), 2 RBIs. Bing Miller singles in Brower in the bottom of the ninth.

Pittsburgh (42-34) at Philadelphia (29-46)
3 game series

Friday 7/6
Nap Rucker (11-5, 3.66) vs Brad Hogg (2-2, 3.62)
Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 1:
Johnny Mostil 3-5, RBI.

Saturday 7/7
Red Faber (7-8, 4.13) vs Rube Benton (2-4, 5.81)
Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 4:
Muddy Ruel 4-5, 3 RBIs. Bob Muesel 4-5, 2 RBIs. Ken Williams HR (11), 3 RBIs.

Monday 7/9
Syl Johnson (3-3, 2.19) vs Allan Travers (3-0, 3.55)
Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 3:
Pirates make it 10 straight over Phillies.

Cincinnati (38-41) at Philadelphia (29-49)
4 game series

Tuesday 7/10
Waite Hoyt (7-11, 4.25) vs Lou Schettler (8-6, 4.87)
Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 1:
Larry Doyle 2-5, 2 RBIs. Rube Lutzke 3-3, RBI.

Wednesday 7/11
Bill Sherdel (8-7, 3.60) vs George LeClair (0-1, 6.33)
Cincinnati 10 Philadelphia 2:
Lu Blue 4-4, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 7/12
Eddie Stack (9-6, 4.85) vs Lefty Williams (0-3, 6.10)
Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia 8:
Lu Blue 3-4, 2 RBIs. Ken Williams HR (12), 3 RBIs.

Friday 7/13
Slim Harriss (0-1, 2.25) vs Walter Johnson (8-11, 4.85)
Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 3:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (13), 2 RBIs.

St Louis (47-39) at Philadelphia (30-52)
3 game series

Saturday 7/14
Ray Caldwell (13-6, 3.94) vs Lou Schettler (8-7, 4.76)
St Louis 17 Philadelphia 8:
John Monroe 3-5, HR (4), 5 RBIs. Jim Bottomley 4-6, 3 RBIs.

Monday 7/16
Jimmy Ring (0-2, 1.45) vs Lefty Williams (0-4, 5.65)
St Louis 9 Philadelphia 3:
Jim Bottomley 3-4, HR (11), 3 RBIs. Harry Rice 2-5, HR, 3 RBIs.

Tuesday 7/17
Jing Johnson (7-5, 3.87) vs Walter Johnson (9-11, 4.82)
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 0:
Barney gets his first shut out of the season. Ken Williams HR (14),

Chicago (45-42) at Philadelphia (31-54)
5 game series

Wednesday 7/18
Speed Martin (7-3, 4.48) vs Lou Schettler (8-8, 5.24)
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2:
Butch Henline singles in Joe Wood in the bottom of the 7th.

Thursday 7/19
Burleigh Grimes (13-8, 2.34) vs Lefty Williams (0-5, 6.49)
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 5:
George Kelly 3-4, 2 RBIs. Joe Wood 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Friday 7/20
Harry Moran (12-10, 3.94) vs Walter Johnson (10-11, 4.55)
Philadelphia 7 Chicago 6 (10):
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (15), 2 RBIs. Willie Kamm 3-6, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 7/21
Game 1
Bill Doak (9-11, 3.99) vs Lou Schettler (8-8, 5.06)
Philadelphia 9 Chicago 3:
Frank Brower 2-3, HR (8), 2 RBIs. George Maisel 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Speed Martin (7-3, 4.48) vs Lefty Williams (1-5, 5.98)
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2 (10):
Phillies sweep Cubs on Joe Wood's sac fly.

Philadelphia (36-54) at New York (43-48)
Single game series

Sunday 7/22
Walter Johnson (11-11, 4.50) vs Alex Ferguson (7-11, 5.92)
NY 7 Philadelphia 5:
Heinie Manush 2-3, 3 RBIs. Willie Kamm 3-4, 2 RBIs.

New York (44-48) at Philadelphia (36-55)
Single game series

Monday 7/23
Dazzy Vance (14-7, 4.01) vs Lou Schettler (9-8, 4.91)
NY 7 Philadelphia 3:
Heinie Manush 3-4, 2 RBIs. Glenn Myatt 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (36-56) at St Louis (52-44)
4 game series

Thursday 7/26
Walter Johnson (11-11, 4.50) vs Claude Hendrix (10-10, 3.53)
St Louis 7 Philadelphia 6:
Butch Henline 3-5, 2 RBIs. Jim Bottomley 2-3, HR (13).

Friday 7/27
Lou Schettler (9-8, 4.91) vs Ray Caldwell (15-7, 3.42)
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 0:
Ken Williams 2-4, RBI.

Saturday 7/28
Lefty Williams (1-5, 5.98) vs Ray Fisher (9-8, 3.58)
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 4 (13):
Chief Bender scores in the 13th on a Frank Callaway RBI single.

Sunday 7/29
Walter Johnson (11-12, 4.70) vs Jimmy Ring (1-3, 2.27)
St Louis 12 Philadelphia 3:
Harry Rice 3-5, 3 RBIs. Jim Bottomley 2-4, 2 RBIs. Frank Brower HR (9).

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Red Sox	58	36	.617	-
St. Louis Browns	58	37	.611	.5
Detroit Tigers	54	40	.574	4.0
Washington Senators	49	47	.510	10.0
New York Yankees	46	49	.484	12.5
Chicago White Sox	40	55	.421	18.5
Cleveland Indians	40	56	.417	19.0
Philadelphia Athletics	34	59	.366	23.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	55	41	.573	-
Pittsburgh Pirates	55	43	.561	1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	54	46	.540	3.0
Cincinnati Reds	50	49	.505	6.5
Chicago Cubs	49	49	.500	7.0
New York Giants	47	50	.485	8.5
Boston Braves	42	54	.438	13.0
Philadelphia Phillies	38	58	.396	17.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .404 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA .394 3 Joe Jackson CHN .384 4 Wid Matthews BOS .377 5 Riggs Stephenson SLA .361	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - PHA 20 2 Joe Hauser NYA 15 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 15 2 Ken Williams PHI 15 5 2 tied with 13	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Rogers Hornsby - SLA 86 2 Andy High BRO 72 3 Bob Meusel PIT 70 4 Jack Fournier NY1 66 5 5 tied with 64
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 15 1 Ray Caldwell SLN 15 1 Dazzy Vance NY1 15 3 George Chalmers DET 14 3 6 more tied with 14	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Burleigh Grimes - CHN 2.22 2 Syl Johnson PIT 2.23 3 Vean Gregg WS1 2.37 4 Rosy Ryan NYA 2.58 5 Ray Keating WS1 2.78	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 110 2 Lou Schettler PHI 94 3 George Chalmers DET 87 4 Walter Johnson PHI 82 5 Burleigh Grimes CHN 77

Chicago, Philadelphia Confirm Trade
Sunday, July 15th, 1923
The Chicago White Sox have parted ways with 34-year-old right fielder Grover Gilmore and a 3rd round draft pick in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies for 28-year-old right fielder Bing Miller. The White Sox general manager confirmed the deal in an announcement this morning.

Gilmore is batting .270 with 0 home runs and 4 RBIs this season.

For the year Miller is batting .258 with 49 hits and 6 home runs. He has scored 23 times and driven in 36.

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Philadelphia (38-58) at Cincinnati (50-49)
4 game series

Monday 7/30
Lou Schettler (10-8, 4.70) vs Spec Harkness (2-5, 3.29)
Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 2:
Ken Williams HR (16). Bob Farrell 3-4, 3 RBIs. Baby Doll Jacobson 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 7/31
Lefty Williams (1-5, 5.23) vs Bill Sherdel (12-8, 3.18)
Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 3:
Willie Kamm and Butch Henline 2-4, 2 RBIs each.

Wednesday 8/1
Walter Johnson (11-13, 4.91) vs Waite Hoyt (11-12, 3.95)
Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 1:
Frank Brower 2-4, HR (10), 3 RBIs.

Thursday 8/2
Lou Schettler (10-9, 5.06) vs Slim Harriss (0-2, 3.13)
Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 1:
Ken Williams HR (17). Willie Kamm HR (4)

Philadelphia (41-59) at Pittsburgh (56-46)
4 game series

Friday 8/3
Lefty Williams (2-5, 4.62) vs Syl Johnson (7-3, 2.48)
Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 5:
Johny Mostil 2-5, 2 RBIs. George Maisel HR (4), 2 RBIs.

Saturday 8/4
Walter Johnson (12-13, 4.73) vs Eddie Dyer (0-0, 0.00)
Philadelphia 11 Pittsburgh 4:
Grover Gilmore 4-4, HR, 5 RBIs. Ken Williams 2-5, RBI.

Monday 8/6
Allan Travers (3-0, 3.33) vs Nap Rucker (13-9, 3.25)
Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 3:
Bill Lamar 3-3, 2 RBIs. Chick Galloway scores the winning run in the ninth.

Tuesday 8/7
Lou Schettler (11-9, 4.84) vs Red Faber (11-10, 3.89)
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 4:
George Sisler 3-3, 2 RBIs. Bob Barret 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (43-61) at Chicago (54-53)
5 game series

Wednesday 8/8
Lefty Williams (2-6, 4.87) vs Speed Martin (7-4, 4.46)
Philadelphia 4 Chicago 1:
Ken Williams HR (18). Frank Brower HR (11).

Thursday 8/9
Dolf Luque (0-0, 3.00) vs Burleigh Grimes (15-11, 2.16)
Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4 (10):
Sparky Adams scores in the 10th for the Cubs.

Friday 8/10
Walter Johnson (13-13, 4.70) vs Harry Moran (14-12, 4.08)
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 4:
George Maisel 3-4, 4 RBIs. George Kelly 3-3.

Saturday 8/11
Lou Schettler (11-9, 4.83) vs Bill Doak (9-15, 4.06)
Chicago 9 Philadelphia 6:
Frank Brower 2-4, HR (13), 2 RBIs. Edd Roush 2-2, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 8/12
Lefty Williams (3-6, 4.42) vs Speed Martin (7-5, 4.30)
Philadelphia 11 Chicago 1:
Frank Brower 3-5, HR (14), 2 RBIs. Willie Kamm 3-4, RBI.

Pittsburgh (61-51) at Philadelphia (46-63)
5 game series

Tuesday 8/14
Nap Rucker (13-11, 3.37) vs Dolf Luque (0-1, 4.38)
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 1:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (19), 2 RBIs. Butch Henline HR (10).

Wednesday 8/15
Red Faber (13-10, 3.78) vs Walter Johnson (14-13, 4.63)
Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 1:
Sammy Hale 2 RBIs. Joe Wood HR (5).

Thursday 8/16
Syl Johnson (9-4, 2.69) vs Lou Schettler (11-9, 4.83)
Philadelphia 7 Pittsburgh 4:
George Kelly 2-4, 2 RBIs. Bob Meusel HR (8), 2 RBIs.

Friday 8/17
Eddie Dyer (1-1, 8.25) vs Lefty Williams (4-6, 4.07)
Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 6:
Bob Meusel 2 RBIs. Sammy Hale 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 8/18
Red Faber (13-10, 3.78) vs Dolf Luque (1-1, 2.95)
Philadelphia 11 Pittsburgh 10:
Sammy Hale 3-5, 2 RBIs. Frank Brower 2-4, 2 RBIs. Butch Henline 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Cincinnati (56-60) at Philadelphia (50-64)
3 game series

Monday 8/20
Bill Sherdel (12-12, 3.56) vs Walter Johnson (15-13, 4.44)
Philadelphia 2 Cincinnati 1:
Butch Henline HR (11). Frank Brower HR (15).

Tuesday 8/21
Waite Hoyt (12-14, 3.76) vs Lou Schettler (12-9, 4.87)
Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 2:
Joe Dugan HR (4).

Wednesday 8/22
Spec Harkness (5-5, 3.18) vs Lefty Williams (4-7, 4.18)
Philadelphia 9 Cincinnati 4:
Ken Williams 2-5, 4 RBIs. Butch Henline HR (12), 2 RBIs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Browns	69	47	.595	-
Detroit Tigers	66	49	.574	2.5
Boston Red Sox	64	50	.561	4.0
Washington Senators	64	53	.547	5.5
New York Yankees	56	61	.479	13.5
Chicago White Sox	50	67	.427	19.5
Cleveland Indians	48	68	.414	21.0
Philadelphia Athletics	46	68	.404	22.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	65	54	.546	-
Pittsburgh Pirates	63	57	.525	2.5
New York Giants	62	57	.521	3.0
St. Louis Cardinals	62	59	.512	4.0
Boston Braves	57	60	.487	7.0
Chicago Cubs	58	62	.483	7.5
Cincinnati Reds	57	62	.479	8.0
Philadelphia Phillies	52	65	.444	12.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .410 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA .381 3 Wid Matthews BOS .369 4 Harry Heilmann CHA .365 5 Riggs Stephenson SLA .364	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - PHA 27 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 20 3 Joe Hauser NYA 19 3 Ken Williams PHI 19 5 3 tied with 15	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Rogers Hornsby - SLA 109 2 Andy High BRO 85 3 Riggs Stephenson SLA 84 4 Jim Bottomley SLN 83 5 4 tied with 82
LEAGUE LEADERS W Dazzy Vance - NY1 19 2 Ray Caldwell SLN 17 2 George Chalmers DET 17 2 Wheezer Dell BOS 17 2 3 more tied with 17	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Burleigh Grimes - CHN 2.15 2 Vean Gregg WS1 2.46 3 Bill Steen DET 2.95 4 Zip Zabel CLE 3.01 5 Syl Johnson PIT 3.11	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 134 2 Lou Schettler PHI 112 3 George Chalmers DET 99 3 Marty O'Toole DET 99 5 2 tied with 93

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Chicago (58-62) at Philadelphia (52-65)
3 game series

Thursday 8/23
Burleigh Grimes (17-12, 2.15) vs Dolf Luque (1-1, 4.62)
Philadelphia 6 Chicago 4:
Frank Brower HR (16), 2 RBIs. Willie Kamm 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Friday 8/24
Harry Moran (14-14, 4.10) vs Walter Johnson (16-13, 4.31)
Philadelphia 5 Chicago 4:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (20), 3 RBIs. Willie Kamm 4-4.

Saturday 8/25
Bill Doak (10-17, 4.32) vs Lou Schettler (12-10, 4.82)
Chicago 4 Philadelphia 2:
Zach Wheat 2-4, HR (12), 3 RBIs.

St Louis (64-60) at Philadelphia (54-66)
3 game series

Monday 8/27
Ray Caldwell (17-12, 3.57) vs Lefty Williams (5-7, 4.17)
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 4:
Butch Henline scores in the bottom of the ninth.

Tuesday 8/28
Claude Hendrix (13-14, 3.63) vs Dolf Luque (2-1, 3.67)
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 1:
Harry Rice 3-5, RBI. William Fischer 2-4, RBI.

Wednesday 8/29
Ray Fisher (11-10, 3.83) vs Walter Johnson (17-13, 4.26)
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 4 (10):
Joe wood's RBI triple lifts Phillies in the 10th.

Boston (61-62) at Philadelphia (56-67)
3 game series

Thursday 8/30
Dixie Walker (10-14, 4.48) vs Lou Schettler (12-11, 4.71)
Boston 9 Philadelphia 5:
Ken Williams HR (21). Elmer Smith 3-4, 3 RBIs. Irish Meusel 2-6, 2 RBIs.

Friday 8/31
Pete Donohue (14-15, 3.71) vs Lefty Williams (5-7, 4.09)
Boston 8 Philadelphia 4:
Herm Merritt 3-5, 3 RBIs. Marty McManus 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 9/1
Roy Witherup (16-10, 3.15) vs Dolf Luque (2-2, 3.32)
Philadelphia 13 Boston 2:
Ken Williams 2-6, HR (22), 4 RBIs. Willie Kamm 3-5, 3 RBIs. George Maisel 2-5, 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (57-69) at Brooklyn (69-57)
3 game series

Sunday 9/2
Walter Johnson (17-13, 4.16) vs Rube Schauer (12-4, 3.51)
Philadelphia 3 Brooklyn 2 (10):
Willie Kamm 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Monday 9/3
Game 1
Lou Schettler (12-12, 4.81) vs Hugh McQuillan (11-10, 4.29)
Philadelphia 9 Brooklyn 5:
Harry McCurdy 2-3, 3 RBIs. Frank Brower 2 RBIs. Ken Williams 3-4, RBI.

Game 2
Lefty Williams (5-8, 4.23) vs Gene Dale (15-12, 3.44)
Brooklyn 7 Philadelphia 1:
Al Wingo 2-4, 2 RBIs. Wally Kimmick 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (59-70) vs New York (68-64)
3 game series

Thursday 9/6
Dolf Luque (3-2, 2.75) vs Dazzy Vance (19-11, 3.36)
NY 10 Philadelphia 3:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (23), 3 RBIs. Sam Bohne 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Friday 9/7
Walter Johnson (18-13, 4.05) vs Jim Joe Edwards (8-10, 3.91)
NY 6 Philadelphia 2:
Heinie Manush 3-4, HR (6). Jack Fournier HR (16)

Saturday 9/8
Lou Schettler (13-12, 4.76) vs Ernie Manning (9-13, 3.31)
Philadelphia 8 NY 6:
Willie Kamm 3-4, 3 RBIs. George Maisel 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Brooklyn (73-60) at Philadelphia (60-72)
3 game series

Monday 9/10
Limb McKenry (3-3, 3.38) vs Lefty Williams (5-9, 4.26)
Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 3:
Frank Brower 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 9/11
Rube Schauer (13-4, 3.26) vs Dolf Luque (3-3, 3.79)
Philadelphia 3 Brooklyn 0:
Ken Williams 2 HR (25). Luque fires four hit shut out.

Wednesday 9/12
Hugh McQuillan (12-10, 4.10) vs Walter Johnson (18-14, 4.13)
Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 1:
Frank Brower HR (17). Willie Kamm 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (63-72) at St Louis (70-69)
4 game series

Friday 9/14
Lou Schettler (14-12, 4.76) vs Elmer Steele (2-4, 3.19)
Philadelphia 11 St Louis 6:
Sammy Hale 3-6, HR (6), 3 RBIs. Butch Henline 2-5, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 9/15
Lefty Williams (6-9, 4.22) vs Ray Caldwell (18-14, 3.39)
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 0:
Jim Bottomley 2-4, 2 HR (19), 3 RBIs.

Sunday 9/16
Dolf Luque (4-3, 3.27) vs Claude Hendrix (14-16, 3.55)
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 3:
Denny Williams 3-4, RBI. Clyde Barnhart 2-5, RBI.

Monday 9/17
Walter Johnson (19-14, 4.13) vs Ray Fischer (13-12, 3.78)
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 5:
Jim Bottomley 2-4, HR (20), 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Browns	81	54	.600	-
Boston Red Sox	77	59	.566	4.5
Detroit Tigers	73	59	.553	6.5
Washington Senators	71	65	.522	10.5
New York Yankees	70	68	.507	12.5
Chicago White Sox	60	75	.444	21.0
Cleveland Indians	56	78	.418	24.5
Philadelphia Athletics	52	82	.388	28.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	75	64	.540	-
New York Giants	73	68	.518	3.0
St. Louis Cardinals	73	70	.510	4.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	70	.496	6.0
Cincinnati Reds	70	72	.493	6.5
Boston Braves	68	70	.493	6.5
Chicago Cubs	69	72	.489	7.0
Philadelphia Phillies	64	75	.460	11.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .405 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA .384 3 Wid Matthews BOS .374 4 Riggs Stephenson SLA .359 5 Harry Heilmann CHA .357	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - PHA 33 2 Joe Hauser NYA 25 2 Ken Williams PHI 25 4 Rogers Hornsby SLA 21 5 Jim Bottomley SLN 20	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Rogers Hornsby - SLA 119 2 Riggs Stephenson SLA 101 3 Jim Bottomley SLN 100 4 Jack Fournier NY1 98 5 Bob Meusel PIT 96
LEAGUE LEADERS W Dazzy Vance - NY1 21 2 Wheezer Dell BOS 20 2 Burleigh Grimes CHN 20 4 Ray Caldwell SLN 19 4 3 more tied with 19	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Burleigh Grimes - CHN 2.40 2 Vean Gregg WS1 2.78 3 Wheezer Dell BOS 2.94 4 Zip Zabel CLE 3.02 5 Bill Steen DET 3.04	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 163 2 Lou Schettler PHI 122 3 Marty O'Toole DET 115 4 George Chalmers DET 110 5 Walter Johnson PHI 108

NABL News: Draft Pool Revealed
Wednesday, September 12th, 1923
With the 1923 rookie draft only 30 days away, teams across North American BaseBall League are preparing their scouting missions, trying to assess their long-term needs and hoping that they land the prospect that will positively define their club for the next few years. Most of the young men in the draft pool will have gone as far as they can go, but then, a few will surprise and pan out as quality -- or even great -- professional ballplayers.

The top players available (in no particular order) seem to be:
1. Charlie Gehringer, 20 year-old second baseman out of college.
2. Bill Terry, 24 year-old first baseman out of college.
3. Max Bishop, 24 year-old second baseman out of college.
4. Flint Rhem, 22 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
5. Freddie Lindstrom, 17 year-old third baseman out of high-school.
6. Bennie Tate, 21 year-old catcher out of college.
7. Dolly Gray, 25 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
8. Joe Martina, 34 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
9. Al Simmons, 21 year-old center fielder out of college.
10. Ray Morehart, 23 year-old shortstop out of college.

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Philadelphia (64-75) at Cincinnati (70-72)
3 game series

Tuesday 9/18
Lou Schettler (15-12, 4.77) vs Eddie Stack (16-9, 4.40)
Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 6:
Bob Farrell HR (7), Baby Doll Jacobson 2-3, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 9/19
Lefty Williams (6-10, 4.41) vs Spec Harkness (7-7, 3.49)
Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 3:
Charlie Jamieson 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 9/20
Walter Johnson (19-14, 4.10) vs Waite Hoyt (15-18, 3.59)
Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 5:
George Kelly 2-5, GRAND SLAM HR (5), 5 RBIs.

Philadelphia (65-77) at Chicago (71-73)
2 game series

Saturday 9/22
Dolf Luque (4-4, 3.28) vs Burleigh Grimes (20-15, 2.40)
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 (10):
Wally Pip scores on a Zach Wheat RBI single in the 10th.

Sunday 9/23
Lou Schettler (15-13, 4.90) vs Harry Moran (17-17, 4.13)
Philadelphia 11 Chicago 6 (11):
Edd Roush 2-5, 3 RBIs. Frank Brower 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (66-78) at Pittsburgh (73-72)
3 game series

Monday 9/24
Lefty Williams (6-11, 4.23) vs Wilbur Cooper (3-6, 3.33)
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 1:
Willie Kamm HR (5), 3 RBIs.

Tuesday 9/25
Walter Johnson (20-14, 3.98) vs Nap Rucker (15-17, 3.82)
Pittsburgh 13 Philadelphia 6:
Muddy Ruel 3-5, 4 RBIs. Bob Barrett 3-5, HR (4), 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 9/26
Dolf Luque (4-5, 3.13) vs Syl Johnson (11-8, 3.21)
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 2:
Frank Brower 2-4, HR (18), Grover Gilmore 2 RBIs.

Boston (71-74) at Philadelphia (68-79)
3 game series

Thursday 9/27
Henry Keupper (17-17, 3.50) vs Lou Schettler (15-13, 4.93)
Boston 8 Philadelphia 3:
Irish Meusel 3-5, GRAND SLAM HR (19), 6 RBIs.

Friday 9/28
Dixie Walker (13-15, 3.45) vs Lefty Williams (7-11, 3.98)
Boston 11 Philadelphia 7:
Harry Hooper 2-5, HR (2), 5 RBIs. Ken Williams 3-5, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 9/29
Whitey Glazner (1-3, 3.08) vs Walter Johnson (20-15, 4.16)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 5:
Harry Hooper HR (3). Ken Williams 2-5, HR (26), 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (68-82) at Brooklyn (82-67)
Single game series

Sunday 9/30
Dolf Luque (5-5, 2.83) vs Hippo Vaughn (5-6, 3.83)
Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 7 (10)
Al Wingo 4-5, 4 RBIs.

Philadelphia (68-83) at Boston (76-75)
3 game series

Thursday 10/4
Walter Johnson (20-16, 4.21) vs Whitey Glazner (2-3, 3.06)
Boston 5 Philadelphia 2:
Ollie Fuhrman 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Friday 10/5
Lefty Williams (7-11, 4.04) vs Henry Keupper (18-18, 3.61)
Philadelphia 11 Boston 4:
George Kelly 4-5, HR (7), 5 RBIs.

Saturday 10/6
Walter Johnson (20-17, 4.19) vs Roy Witherup (16-13, 3.480
Boston 8 Philadelphia 2:
Ollie Fuhrman 2-5, 3 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Browns	89	66	.574	-
Boston Red Sox	88	67	.568	1.0
Detroit Tigers	81	73	.526	7.5
New York Yankees	77	77	.500	11.5
Washington Senators	76	78	.494	12.5
Chicago White Sox	74	80	.481	14.5
Cleveland Indians	68	86	.442	20.5
Philadelphia Athletics	64	90	.416	24.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	85	69	.552	-
St. Louis Cardinals	78	76	.506	7.0
New York Giants	78	76	.506	7.0
Boston Braves	78	76	.506	7.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	77	77	.500	8.0
Chicago Cubs	76	78	.494	9.0
Cincinnati Reds	75	79	.487	10.0
Philadelphia Phillies	69	85	.448	16.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .393 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA .381 3 Wid Matthews BOS .367 4 Zack Wheat CHN .365 5 2 tied with .354	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - PHA 41 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 28 3 Joe Hauser NYA 27 4 Ken Williams PHI 26 5 2 tied with 21	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Rogers Hornsby - SLA 136 2 Riggs Stephenson SLA 112 3 Joe Harris DET 108 3 Babe Ruth PHA 108 5 Jack Fournier NY1 106
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 22 1 Wheezer Dell BOS 22 1 Burleigh Grimes CHN 22 3 George Chalmers DET 21 3 Dazzy Vance NY1 21	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Burleigh Grimes - CHN 2.38 2 Wheezer Dell BOS 2.98 3 Zip Zabel CLE 3.05 4 Vean Gregg WS1 3.07 5 Dutch Ruether BOS 3.20	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 164 2 Lou Schettler PHI 134 3 Marty O'Toole DET 128 4 Vean Gregg WS1 126 5 George Chalmers DET 125

Bottomley Leads NL Hitters
Tuesday, October 9th, 1923
Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals wrapped up a very successful season by winning the National League batting crown. He outpaced all comers with his .393 average. For the season, the Cardinals first baseman played in 135 games, collected 218 hits, 21 home runs, scored 96 times, and knocked in 104 runs.

Rogers Hornsby Wins AL Batting Title
Tuesday, October 9th, 1923
Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Browns capped a fine season by winning the American League batting crown. He outpaced all others with his .381 average. For the season, the Browns second baseman played in 151 games, collected 238 hits, 28 home runs, scored 123 times, and knocked in 136 runs.

NABL News: Playoffs begin
Tuesday, October 9th, 1923
Playoff baseball is a special time of year. General managers who have struggled all year to steer their club to the promised land love it as they make those final, pivotal roster selections going into the North American Series. For them, this is an elusive, exciting, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win the North American BaseBall League North American Series. The playoff docket begins with these games today:
Brooklyn Robins versus St. Louis Browns.

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1923 Playoffs

Brooklyn Robins at St Louis Browns

Game 1
Wednesday 10/10
Gene Dale (19-12, 3.36) vs Erv Kantlehner (20-15, 3.81)
St Louis 4 Brooklyn 3:
Joe Sullivan 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Thursday 10/11
Hippo Vaughn (5-6, 3.95) vs Lefty Tyler (14-9, 3.81)
St Louis 7 Brooklyn 6 (13):
Wally Schang scores on a 13th inning error.

St Louis at Brooklyn

Game 3
Saturday 10/13
George Kahler (15-14, 4.94) vs Limb McKenry (6-4, 3.29)
Brooklyn 8 St Louis 7:
Hack Wilson scores winning run in the ninth.

Game 4
Sunday 10/14
Erv Kantlehner (1-0, 3.38) vs Gene Dale (0-1, 4.50)
Brooklyn 6 St Louis 5:
Harry McCurdy 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Game 5
Monday 10/15
Lefty Tyler (0-0, 6.75) vs Hippo Vaughn (0-0, 5.00)
Brooklyn 3 St Louis 2 (14):
Jimmie Dikes singles in Earl Sheely in the bottom of the 14th.

Brooklyn at St Louis

Game 6
Wednesday 10/17
Limb McKenry (0-0, 6.75) vs George Kahler (0-0, 10.80)
Brooklyn 7 St Louis 6 (10):
Benny Kauff scores in the 10th on a George Uhle single.

Brooklyn Robins Take North American Series
Wednesday, October 17th, 1923
At Sportsman's Park IV today Brooklyn outclassed the St. Louis Browns 7-6 and won the North American BaseBall League North American Series for the 6th time in its club history. MVP was Topper Rigney (14-29, 8 RBIs.).

The Robins rounded out the 1923 season with a 85-69 mark and wound up in first place in the National League pennant chase.

Draft
NABL News: First-Year Player Draft
Friday, October 12th, 1923
It's an exciting day in North American BaseBall League, as the 1923 first-year player draft is held today. The first five picks go to Cleveland, Brooklyn, New York, New York and Philadelphia. BNN has scouted the class and thinks these ten players are the best available this year:

1. Ray Morehart, 23 year-old shortstop out of college.
2. Earl McNeely, 25 year-old center fielder out of college.
3. Bill Terry, 24 year-old first baseman out of college.
4. Dolly Gray, 25 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
5. Glenn Wright, 22 year-old shortstop out of college.
6. Al Simmons, 21 year-old center fielder out of college.
7. Earle Combs, 24 year-old center fielder out of college.
8. Max Bishop, 24 year-old second baseman out of college.
9. Freddie Lindstrom, 17 year-old third baseman out of high-school.
10. Kent Greenfield, 21 year-old starting pitcher out of college.

Draft Results (Round One only)

Round 1
Round 1, Pick 1 - Cleveland Indians: CF Al Simmons
Round 1, Pick 2 - Brooklyn Robins: RF Chick Hafey
Round 1, Pick 3 - New York Yankees: 2B Charlie Gehringer
Round 1, Pick 4 - New York Yankees: CF Earle Combs
Round 1, Pick 5 - Philadelphia Phillies: SS Glenn Wright
Round 1, Pick 6 - Philadelphia Phillies: 1B Bill Terry
Round 1, Pick 7 - Cincinnati Reds: 2B Max Bishop
Round 1, Pick 8 - Philadelphia Athletics: 3B Freddie Lindstrom
Round 1, Pick 9 - St. Louis Cardinals: SP Dolly Gray
Round 1, Pick 10 - Boston Red Sox: SP Red Ruffing
Round 1, Pick 11 - Chicago Cubs: SP Kent Greenfield
Round 1, Pick 12 - Boston Red Sox: SS Ray Morehart
Round 1, Pick 13 - Chicago Cubs: SP Flint Rhem
Round 1, Pick 14 - Chicago Cubs: SP Joe Martina
Round 1, Pick 15 - Cleveland Indians: MR Firpo Marberry
Round 1, Pick 16 - Pittsburgh Pirates: CF Earl McNeely
Round 1, Pick 17 - New York Giants: C Bennie Tate
Round 1, Pick 18 - Chicago Cubs: MR Watty Clark

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Awards

Top Defensive Players Named by NL
Monday, October 29th, 1923
The Glove Wizard Award winners don't get the recognition of the home run hitters, but they are very much appreciated by managers, their teammates and by the fans, who know the value of defensive excellence. Great defense makes a difference in baseball. This year's top glovemen in the National League are:

Pitcher: Nap Rucker (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Catcher: Bob O'Farrell (Cincinnati Reds)
First Baseman: Jim Bottomley (St. Louis Cardinals)
Second Baseman: Chick Lathers (Chicago Cubs)
Third Baseman: Specs Toporczer (Brooklyn Robins)
Shortstop: Sparky Adams (Chicago Cubs)
Left Fielder: Ken Williams (Philadelphia Phillies)
Center Fielder: Johnny Mostil (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Right Fielder: Clyde Barnhart (St. Louis Cardinals)

AL Rewards Top Defenders for 1923
Monday, October 29th, 1923
"Ball hawk" is a good name for the members of the defensive elite, the players who make leather shine. The fielders who crashed the wall, leaped in the air, and dived in the hole better than any others during 1923 have been tabbed as the American League's Glove Wizard Award winners. Here are this year's best:

Pitcher: Vean Gregg (Washington Senators)
Catcher: Bubbles Hargrave (Boston Red Sox)
First Baseman: Charlie Grimm (Philadelphia Athletics)
Second Baseman: George Grantham (Detroit Tigers)
Third Baseman: Bernie Friberg (Boston Red Sox)
Shortstop: Charlie Hollocher (Chicago White Sox)
Left Fielder: Max Carey (Cleveland Indians)
Center Fielder: Jigger Statz (Washington Senators)
Right Fielder: Tris Speaker (Washington Senators)

National League Selects #1 Rookie
Tuesday, October 30th, 1923
Willie Kamm put together a sparkling rookie season to snag the National League's Newcomer of the Year Award for 1923.

In 147 games, the Philadelphia third baseman hit .336 with 189 hits, 5 home runs, 79 RBIs, 58 walks, 78 runs scored and a .396 on-base percentage.

Matthews Nabs AL Newcomer of the Year Award
Tuesday, October 30th, 1923
It was a good season for Boston's Wid Matthews, capped off today by the announcement that he has been named the American League Newcomer of the Year Award winner.

The talented center fielder hit .367 in 141 games this season, racking up 215 hits, 5 home runs, 77 RBIs and 105 runs scored.

Huge Year For Cubs Grimes, Nabs Outstanding Pitcher Award
Thursday, November 1st, 1923
The Outstanding Pitcher Award for 1923 has been presented and the National League winner is Burleigh Grimes of Chicago.

"It's always nice to receive an award like this," said Grimes. "I just hope I can improve on my performance next year and be in the running again," the Cubs star told reporters.

Grimes excelled with an impressive 22-15 record in 39 starts. In 336.1 innings he yielded 299 hits and 102 walks, while striking out 117 and compiling a fine 2.38 ERA.

Best Pitcher Honor Goes to Dell of Boston
Thursday, November 1st, 1923
An old hand in this game, Wheezer Dell of the Boston Red Sox silenced critics as well as he silenced the opposition this year by winning the American League Outstanding Pitcher Award.

The 37-year-old starter threw 253.2 innings, notched 90 strikeouts and put up a 22-10 record to claim the coveted award.

National League Top Batsman Is Bottomley
Friday, November 2nd, 1923
Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals proved that you can step out of the shadows and onto the stage if you've got the talent and the drive to hone your skills. Hard work, long hours and a tireless resolve paid off for him today in the form of the National League Outstanding Hitter Award.

Bottomley hit for a .393 average while collecting 218 hits, 37 doubles, 15 triples, 21 home runs, 104 RBIs and scoring 96 times.

Hornsby Selected AL's #1 Batter
Friday, November 2nd, 1923
It's been a year of triumph for veteran Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Browns as he hit his way to the 1923 American League Outstanding Hitter Award.

The 27-year-old veteran compiled a .381 average and .450 on-base percentage by putting together 238 hits, 34 doubles, 11 triples, 28 home runs and 86 walks. He also scored 123 times and drove in 136 runs.

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1924 Season

Top 100 Prospects List Published
Tuesday, April 15th, 1924
The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 18-year-old starting pitcher Red Ruffing of the Boston Red Sox is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) SP Red Ruffing, 18, Boston Red Sox
2) 2B Charlie Gehringer, 20, New York Yankees
3) CF Al Simmons, 21, Cleveland Indians
4) SP Ted Lyons, 23, Detroit Tigers
5) LF Chick Hafey, 21, Brooklyn Robins
6) SP Kent Greenfield, 21, Chicago Cubs
7) LF Earle Combs, 24, New York Yankees
8) 2B Max Bishop, 24, Cincinnati Reds
9) SP Flint Rhem, 23, Chicago Cubs
10) SP Sheriff Blake, 24, Cincinnati Reds

AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB New York Yankees 84 70 .545 - 766 .288 83 101 680 3.62 436 490 Detroit Tigers 82 72 .532 2 725 .283 51 66 730 3.77 446 474 St. Louis Browns 82 72 .532 2 825 .304 82 42 767 4.14 395 486 Chicago White Sox 78 76 .506 6 730 .290 48 117 721 3.88 362 460 Philadelphia Athletics 78 76 .506 6 713 .286 64 159 760 4.00 419 445 Washington Senators 75 79 .487 9 713 .282 48 127 688 3.70 461 474 Cleveland Indians 71 83 .461 13 686 .281 67 123 726 3.86 386 514 Boston Red Sox 69 85 .448 15 701 .284 47 91 789 4.24 371 483

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG R. Hornsby, 2B SLA 146 611 30 117 3 .383 .452 .642 J. Hauser, 1B NYA 154 611 22 109 7 .322 .410 .506 K. Cuyler, CF PHA 149 596 9 93 43 .352 .415 .528 L. Gehrig, 1B CLE 154 600 19 98 4 .328 .404 .517 G. Grantham, 2B DET 144 570 15 88 31 .327 .412 .491 R. Blades, LF SLA 146 594 14 105 7 .325 .390 .479 H. Heilmann, RF CHA 147 585 8 92 4 .326 .403 .489 E. Collins, 3B WS1 148 618 3 53 55 .336 .411 .429 J. Harris, LF WS1 148 580 10 102 3 .311 .386 .464 A. Simmons, CF CLE 147 607 16 91 17 .327 .358 .489 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 S. Jones NYA 38 22 13 0 3.00 333.0 331 107 77 2.08 R. Faber DET 38 23 13 0 3.48 314.1 340 96 95 2.72 G. Chalmers WS1 38 19 17 0 3.15 325.2 352 102 127 3.51 L. Tyler SLA 38 20 12 0 4.18 317.2 354 93 87 2.48 U. Shocker CHA 38 19 16 0 3.94 323.0 369 65 85 2.38 H. Moran PHA 38 19 16 0 4.02 303.1 353 100 94 2.80 M. Fiske DET 38 15 12 0 3.38 260.2 275 69 115 3.99 J. Morrison CHA 38 18 18 0 3.82 318.2 344 106 75 2.12 R. Keating WS1 38 14 13 0 3.30 277.1 291 94 103 3.34 R. Ryan NYA 38 16 11 0 3.69 265.0 292 80 57 1.93

NATIONAL LEAGUE PREDICTED STANDINGS

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Brooklyn Robins 98 56 .636 - 859 .296 77 74 646 3.40 457 391 Cincinnati Reds 82 72 .532 16 746 .285 47 92 700 3.83 422 450 Chicago Cubs 81 73 .526 17 795 .292 64 136 766 4.21 439 515 St. Louis Cardinals 79 75 .513 19 774 .285 57 69 736 3.77 334 538 New York Giants 73 81 .474 25 748 .289 67 101 750 3.82 504 508 Boston Braves 72 82 .468 26 699 .282 47 111 772 3.98 402 491 Philadelphia Phillies 70 84 .455 28 683 .280 67 92 790 4.25 516 516 Pittsburgh Pirates 64 90 .416 34 691 .285 41 102 835 4.44 431 566

TOP 10 HITTERS Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG B. Ruth, CF BRO 145 521 40 138 10 .344 .466 .638 J. Bottomley, 1B SLN 150 618 11 97 4 .355 .416 .531 C. Williams, LF CHN 143 528 28 116 10 .317 .387 .531 B. Meusel, LF PIT 152 605 15 93 20 .336 .385 .505 T. Cobb, CF NY1 152 559 9 75 23 .344 .427 .482 J. Jackson, RF CHN 147 565 8 78 3 .339 .404 .504 E. Roush, CF CHN 142 561 2 84 22 .349 .398 .499 Z. Wheat, LF BRO 148 591 11 91 2 .341 .375 .485 H. Rice, 3B SLN 149 573 10 95 15 .318 .384 .476 G. Harper, RF CIN 138 469 13 101 8 .358 .411 .514 TOP 10 PITCHERS Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 D. Vance NY1 38 23 11 0 3.19 317.0 313 84 203 5.78 G. Dale BRO 38 23 14 0 2.97 317.0 337 88 75 2.14 R. Schauer BRO 38 22 7 0 3.15 262.2 271 83 99 3.41 H. Vaughn BRO 38 24 12 0 3.80 316.0 338 85 122 3.47 J. Ring SLN 38 22 12 0 3.71 310.2 326 136 76 2.22 W. Hoyt CIN 38 21 14 0 3.58 316.2 325 85 95 2.71 B. Grimes CHN 38 20 15 0 3.71 321.2 351 113 93 2.60 D. Gray SLN 38 18 13 0 3.59 312.0 332 116 106 3.07 P. Donohue BSN 38 18 18 0 3.58 316.0 343 91 88 2.50 E. Stack CIN 38 16 13 0 3.44 265.1 286 69 82 2.79

NABL News: Opening Day
Tuesday, April 15th, 1924
Opening Day! The day that fans and players have long been waiting to see has now arrived. North American BaseBall League ushers in its 1924 season today and excitement across the league is high. These contests are set to kick off the new campaign:

New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns @ Chicago White Sox
Cleveland Indians @ Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators
Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Robins @ New York Giants
Boston Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

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Boston Braves at Philadelphia Phillies
4 game series

Tuesday 4/15
Pete Donohue vs Dolf Luque
Philadelphia 1 Boston 0:
Dolf Luque shuts out Braves on four hits for his 3rd career shut out.

Wednesday 4/16
Henry Keupper vs Ben Harris
Boston 6 Philadelphia 1:
Pete Kilduff 2-3, 3 RBIs. Witherup scatters three hits.

Thursday 4/17
Roy Witherup vs Lefty Williams
Philadelphia 7 Boston 4:
Joe Wood 3-5, 2 RBIs. Glenn Wright 4-4.

Friday 4/18
Dixie Walker vs Walter Johnson
Philadelphia 7 Boston 5:
Joe Wood 3-4, 2 RBIs. Frank Brower HR. Willie Kamm 2 RBIs.

Brooklyn (3-1) at Philadelphia (3-1)
Single game series

Saturday 4/19
Limb McKenry (0-0, 7.50) vs Dolf Luque (1-0, 0.00)
Philadelphia 9 Brooklyn 5:
Glenn Wright 3-4, 4 RBIs. George Kelly 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (4-1) at Brooklyn (3-2)
Single game series

Sunday 4/20
Ben Harris (0-1, 6.43) vs Rube Schauer (0-0, 6.75)
Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 2:
Specs Toporczer 3-4, 2 RBIs. Topper Rigney 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Brooklyn (4-2) at Philadelphia (4-2)
2 game series

Monday 4/21
Hippo Vaughn (1-0, 2.00) vs Lefty Williams (1-0, 0.00)
Brooklyn 9 Philadelphia 6:
Topper Rigney 2-4, 3 RBIs. Robins sink Phillies on seven run first.

Tuesday 4/22
George Uhle (0-0, 0.00) vs Walter Johnson (1-0, 4.50)
Brooklyn 15 Philadelphia 4:
Specs Toporczer 4-5, 3 RBIs. Frank Brower HR (2), 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (4-4) at Boston (5-3)
4 game series

Wednesday 4/23
Dolf Luque (2-0, 2.50) vs Pete Donohue (1-1, 1.59)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 2:
Marty McManus 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 4/24
Ben Harris (0-2, 7.24) vs Roy Witherup (2-0, 1.50)
Philadelphia 5 Boston 1:
Glenn Wright hits his first career HR going 3-3, 3 RBIs. .

Friday 4/25
Lefty Williams (1-1, 4.50) vs Henry Keupper (1-1, 3.52)
Philadelphia 11 Boston 10 (13):
Marty McManus 2 HR (3), 4 RBIs. Ken Williams 3-7, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 4/26
Walter Johnson (1-1, 7.62) vs Dixie Walker (1-1, 5.29)
Boston 8 Philadelphia 7:
Frank Brower HR (3). Jimmy Johnston scores in the bottom of the ninth.

Philadelphia (6-6) at New York (3-9)
3 game series

Monday 4/28
Dolf Luque (2-1, 3.12) vs Dazzy Vance (0-2, 4.88)
NY 3 Philadelphia 2 (12):
Ty Cobb scores winning run in the bottom of the 12th

Tuesday 4/29
Ben Harris (1-2, 4.79) vs Jim Joe Edwards (1-2, 3.81)
NY 3 Philadelphia 1:
Jack Fournier 4-4, RBI.

Wednesday 4/30
Lefty Williams (1-1, 6.16) vs Ernie Manning (1-1, 6.27)
Philadelphia 5 NY 2:
Willie Kamm 3-5, HR. Billy Southworth 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (7-8) at Brooklyn (9-6)
3 game series

Thursday 5/1
Walter Johnson (1-1, 8.24) vs George Uhle (2-0, 5.09)
Brooklyn 5 Philadelphia 4:
Jimmie Dykes' RBI lifts Robins in the bottom of the ninth.

Friday 5/2
Dolf Luque (2-1, 2.41) vs Limb McKenry (2-1, 3.52)
Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 4:
Glenn Wright 4-5, RBI. Willie Kamm 2-6, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 5/3
Ben Harris (1-3, 3.90) vs Rube Schauer (1-2, 5.47)
Philadelphia 4 Brooklyn 3:
Willie Kamm 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (9-9) at New York (5-13)
Single game series

Sunday 5/4
Lefty Williams (2-1, 4.82) vs Ernie Manning (1-2, 6.31)
NY 6 Philadelphia 5:
Ty Cobb 2-4, 3 RBIs.

New York (6-13) at Philadelphia (9-10)
4 game series

Monday 5/5
Charlie Rhodes (0-4, 8.34) vs Walter Johnson (1-2, 7.07)
Philadelphia 3 NY 2:
Walter Johnson picks up 400th win.

Tuesday 5/6
Dazzy Vance (1-2, 3.52) vs Dolf Luque (3-1, 2.53)
Philadelphia 4 NY 3:
Phillies score 3 in the ninth. Ken Williams' RBI is the game winner.

Wednesday 5/7
Jim Joe Edwards (2-3, 3.35) vs Ben Harris (2-3, 3.28)
Philadelphia 7 NY 5:
Ken Williams 2-5, 3 RBIs. Joe Wood 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 5/8
Ernie Manning (1-2, 5.40) vs Lefty Williams (2-2, 5.15)
Philadelphia 9 NY 4:
Ken Williams 4-5. Frank Brower 2-4, 3 RBIs. Glenn Wright 2-4, 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Yankees	17	7	.708	-
Detroit Tigers	13	10	.565	3.5
St. Louis Browns	14	11	.560	3.5
Philadelphia Athletics	13	12	.520	4.5
Washington Senators	11	14	.440	6.5
Cleveland Indians	11	14	.440	6.5
Chicago White Sox	9	14	.391	7.5
Boston Red Sox	9	15	.375	8.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Braves	14	9	.609	-
Pittsburgh Pirates	13	10	.565	1.0
Philadelphia Phillies	13	10	.565	1.0
Brooklyn Robins	12	10	.545	1.5
Chicago Cubs	13	11	.542	1.5
Cincinnati Reds	12	12	.500	2.5
St. Louis Cardinals	10	14	.417	4.5
New York Giants	6	17	.261	8.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .469 2 Joe Jackson CHN .462 3 Pie Traynor PHA .417 4 Tris Speaker WS1 .413 5 Bob Jones CIN .411	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Cy Williams - CHN 9 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 7 3 Lou Gehrig CLE 6 4 Goose Goslin BOS 4 4 4 more tied with 4	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Cy Williams - CHN 30 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 28 3 Lou Gehrig CLE 27 4 Ray Blades SLA 26 5 Babe Ruth BRO 24
LEAGUE LEADERS W 4 tied with 5 1 George Chalmers WS1 5 1 Sam Jones NYA 5 1 Rosy Ryan NYA 5 1 Zip Zabel CLE 5	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Rosy Ryan - NYA 1.17 2 Earl Whitehill CHN 1.67 3 Ralph Works SLA 1.73 3 Speed Martin CHN 1.73 3 Waite Hoyt CIN 1.73	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 30 2 Harry Moran PHA 25 3 Red Faber DET 21 4 Waite Hoyt CIN 20 5 2 tied with 19

Walter Johnson Wins Number 400
Monday, May 5th, 1924
The Phillies Walter Johnson wrote his name in the league history books by picking up career victory number 400 today against the New York Giants. In the Philadelphia 3-2 triumph at Baker Bowl, the 36-year-old hurler went 8 innings, allowed 9 hits and had 4 strikeouts and 1 walk.

"I won't forget this day," an emotional Johnson told reporters. "It's hard to stay at the top for so long and to win 400 games is quite a feat."

In his lifetime, the 36-year-old Johnson has won 400 and lost 244, piling up 3104 strikeouts and 1613 walks in 5918 innings with a 2.64 ERA. Opponents have hit .251 against him.

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Philadelphia (13-10) at Cincinnati (12-12)
4 game series

Saturday 5/10
Walter Johnson (2-2, 6.00) vs Waite Hoyt (4-2, 1.73)
Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 2:
Charlie Jamieson 2 RBIs. Harry Hooper 3-4, RBI.

Sunday 5/11
Dolf Luque (4-1, 2.44) vs Sheriff Blake (2-4, 4.99)
Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 4:
Frank Brower 2-3, HR (4), 3 RBIs. Glenn Wright 3 RBIs.

Monday 5/12
Brad Harris (3-3, 3.02) vs Slim Harriss (2-3, 6.91)
Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 6:
Ken Williams HR, 3 RBIs. Travis Jackson 2-4, 3 RBIs.

Tuesday 5/13
Lefty Williams (3-2, 4.93) vs Bill Sherdel (3-1, 2.75)
Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 1:
Ken Williams 3-5, HR (2), 3 RBIs. George Kelly 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (15-12) at Pittsburgh (15-11)
4 game series

Wednesday 5/14
Walter Johnson (2-3, 5.32) vs Earl Moseley (0-4, 7.13)
Philadelphia 12 Pittsburgh 3:
Ken Williams 2-3, HR (3), 2 RBIs. Joe Wood 2-2, 2 RBIs. Glenn Wright 3-5, HR (2), 4 RBIs.

Thursday 5/15
Dolf Luque (5-1, 2.34) vs Babe Adams (4-1, 4.79)
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 5:
Ken Williams 2-3, HR (4), 2 RBIs. Bob Meusel 2-3, HR (4), 3 RBIs. Billy Southworth 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Friday 5/16
Brad Harris (3-4, 3.66) vs Syl Johnson (1-3, 4.44)
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 3:
Pirates win in the ninth again. Ken Williams' HR streak snapped at 4 games.

Saturday 5/17
Lefty Williams (4-2, 4.12) vs Nap Rucker (4-2, 3.13)
Philadelphia 8 Pittsburgh 5:
George Kelly 3-4, HR (2). Sammy Hale 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (17-14) at Chicago (16-16)
4 game series

Sunday 5/18
Walter Johnson (3-3, 4.92) vs Burleigh Grimes (3-4, 3.84)
Chicago 9 Philadelphia 8:
Edd Roush 3-4, 4 RBIs. Billy Southworth 2-5, HR, 3 RBIs.

Monday 5/19
Dolf Luque (5-2, 2.84) vs Marty O'Toole (4-2, 5.21)
Philadelphia 4 Chicago 2:
Frank Brower 2 RBIs. Billy Southworth 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 5/20
Brad Harris (3-4, 3.17) vs Kent Greenfield (5-2, 2.88)
Philadelphia 9 Chicago 1:
Ken Williams 2-4, 2 HR (6), 4 RBIs. Glenn Wright 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/21
Lefty Williams (5-2, 3.96) vs Speed Martin (2-2, 3.31)
Chicago 8 Philadelphia 7 (10):
Frank Brower 2-4, HR (5), 2 RBIs. Wally Pipp scores on an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th.

Philadelphia (19-16) at St Louis (18-18)
4 game series

Thursday 5/22
Walter Johnson (3-4, 5.71) vs Claude Hendrix (3-3, 4.92)
Philadelphia 3 St Louis 2:
Frank Brower 2-4, HR (6), 2 RBIs.

Friday 5/23
Dolf Luque (5-2, 2.78) vs Ray Caldwell (5-3, 3.73)
Philadelphia 4 St Louis 0:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (7), 3 RBIs. Luque pitches a seven hit shut out.

Saturday 5/24
Brad Harris (4-4, 2.95) vs Jing Johnson (3-5, 4.82)
St Louis 5 Philadelphia 2:
Joe Wood HR (2). Clyde Barnhart 2 RBIs.

Sunday 5/25
Lefty Williams (5-2, 4.11) vs Jimmy Ring (2-3, 4.61)
St Louis 2 Philadelphia 1:
Luke Sewell RBI.

Philadelphia (21-18) at Boston (17-21)
3 game series

Tuesday 5/27
Walter Johnson (4-4, 5.21) vs Henry Keupper (2-4, 4.59)
Philadelphia 7 Boston 1:
Ken Williams 2-5, HR (8), 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 5/28
Dolf Luque (6-2, 2.48) vs Dixie Walker (3-5, 5.14)
Philadelphia 9 Boston 3:
Ken Williams 1-2, HR (9). Billy Southworth 1-3, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 5/29
Lefty Williams (5-3, 3.92) vs Pete Donohue (4-5, 3.27)
Boston 7 Philadelphia 1:
Jimmy Johnston 2 RBIs. Ralph Shinners 3-4, 3 RBIs.

New York (10-31) vs Philadelphia (23-19)
3 game series

Friday 5/30
Game 1
Jim Joe Edwards (3-7, 3.40) vs Walter Johnson (5-4, 4.72)
Philadelphia 8 NY 5:
Jack Fournier 4-5, HR, 2 RBIs. Billy Southworth 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Ernie Manning (2-5, 5.54) vs Dolf Luque (7-2, 2.53)
Philadelphia 7 NY 5:
George Kelly 2-5, 3 RBIs. Heinie Groh 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Saturday 5/31
Charlie Rhodes (0-8, 7.03) vs Brad Harris (4-5, 3.09)
Philadelphia 8 NY 2:
Ty Cobb 2-4, HR (3), 2 RBIs. Glenn Wright 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (26-19) at Brooklyn (25-18)
Single game series

Sunday 6/1
Lefty Williams (5-4, 4.66) vs George Uhle (6-2, 3.82)
Brooklyn 12 Philadelphia 3:
Hank Gowdy 3-4, 2 RBIs. Earl Sheely 2-4, 2 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Yankees	28	18	.609	-
St. Louis Browns	27	19	.587	1.0
Philadelphia Athletics	25	23	.521	4.0
Chicago White Sox	23	23	.500	5.0
Washington Senators	24	25	.490	5.5
Detroit Tigers	21	26	.447	7.5
Cleveland Indians	21	26	.447	7.5
Boston Red Sox	18	27	.400	9.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	26	18	.591	-
Brooklyn Robins	26	18	.591	-
Philadelphia Phillies	26	20	.565	1.0
Chicago Cubs	26	21	.553	1.5
Cincinnati Reds	24	23	.511	3.5
St. Louis Cardinals	24	24	.500	4.0
Boston Braves	20	25	.444	6.5
New York Giants	11	34	.244	15.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .449 2 Joe Jackson CHN .408 3 Al Simmons CLE .393 4 Bob Meusel PIT .383 5 Rogers Hornsby SLA .375	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Cy Williams - CHN 14 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 13 3 Ken Williams PHI 9 4 Jim Bottomley SLN 8 4 2 more tied with 8	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Rogers Hornsby - SLA 47 2 Cy Williams CHN 46 3 Lou Gehrig CLE 45 4 Ken Williams PHI 42 5 2 tied with 39
LEAGUE LEADERS W 3 tied with 8 1 George Chalmers WS1 8 1 Waite Hoyt CIN 8 1 Dolf Luque PHI 8 4 7 tied with 7	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Wiley Taylor - NYA 2.05 2 Rosy Ryan NYA 2.29 3 Guy Bush BOS 2.63 4 Waite Hoyt CIN 2.74 5 Dolf Luque PHI 2.78	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 56 2 Harry Moran PHA 40 3 Sheriff Blake CIN 38 4 George Chalmers WS1 37 5 2 tied with 35

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St Louis (24-24) at Philadelphia (26-20)
4 game series

Tuesday 6/3
Claude Hendrix (3-6, 4.80) vs Walter Johnson (6-4, 4.78)
Philadelphia 7 St Louis 6:
Ken Williams and Butch Henline 2-4, HR, 2 RBIs each.

Wednesday 6/4
Ray Caldwell (5-5, 3.43) vs Dolf Luque (8-2, 2.78)
Philadelphia 9 St Louis 4:
Dolf hits his first career GRAND SLAM.

Thursday 6/5
Jing Johnson (5-5, 3.61) vs Brad Harris (5-5, 3.04)
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 7 (10):
Ken Williams HR (11). Jim Bottomley 4-6, 4 RBIs.

Friday 6/6
Jimmy Ring (4-4, 3.55) vs Lefty Williams (5-5, 5.20)
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 3:
Ken Williams 2-4, HR (12), 4 RBIs.

Cincinnati (26-25) at Philadelphia (29-21)
4 game series

Saturday 6/7
Bill Sherdel (6-4, 3.69) vs Walter Johnson (7-4, 4.82)
Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 3:
Bob O'Farrell 2-4, 2 RBIs. Casey Stengel 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Monday 6/9
Waite Hoyt (8-4, 2.78) vs Dolf Luque (9-2, 2.88)
Philadelphia 3 Cincinnati 0:
Luque shuts out Reds on eight hits.

Tuesday 6/10
Slim Harriss (6-4, 4.59) vs Brad Harris (5-5, 3.57)
Philadelphia 9 Cincinnati 4:
Bill Terry 3 RBIs. Billy Southworth 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 6/11
Sheriff Blake (5-9, 4.36) vs Lefty Williams (6-5, 4.99)
Cincinnati 10 Philadelphia 2:
Max Bishop GRAND SLAM HR (2). Bob O'Farrell 3-4, HR (3), 2 RBIs.

Pittsburgh (29-23) at Philadelphia (31-23)
3 game series

Thursday 6/12
Syl Johnson (1-6, 3.81) vs Walter Johnson (7-5, 5.06)
Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 5:
Bill Lamar 2 RBIs. Glenn Wright 2-4, 2 RBIs. Bob Meusel 2 RBIs.

Friday 6/13
Nap Rucker (7-5, 3.55) vs Dolf Luque (10-2, 2.66)
Pittsburgh 15 Philadelphia 8:
Tim Hendryx 3 RBIs. Bob Meusel 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 6/14
Earl Moseley (4-7, 4.73) vs Brad Harris (6-5, 3.66)
Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 6:
Bob Fothergill 2-4, 2 RBIs. Joe Wood 2 RBIs.

Chicago (32-26) at Philadelphia (31-26)
4 game series

Monday 6/16
Kent Greenfield (6-6, 3.79) vs Lefty Williams (6-6, 5.36)
Philadelphia 4 Chicago 2:
Ken Williams HR (13), 2 RBIs. Billy Southworth 4-4, RBI.

Tuesday 6/17
Speed Martin (4-5, 3.89) vs Walter Johnson (7-6, 4.97)
Philadelphia 8 Chicago 3:
George Kelly HR (3), 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 6/18
Burleigh Grimes (9-5, 3.53) vs Dolf Luque (10-3, 3.04)
Philadelphia 5 Chicago 1:
Joe Wood GRAND SLAM HR (3).

Thursday 6/19
Marty O'Toole (9-3, 4.11) vs Brad Harris (6-5, 3.94)
Chicago 8 Philadelphia 6 (13):
Bubbles Hargrave 13th inning RBI triple and scores on an error.

Philadelphia (34-27) at Brooklyn (32-25)
3 game series

Friday 6/20
Lefty Williams (7-6, 5.01) vs Limb McKenry (6-5, 3.62)
Brooklyn 9 Philadelphia 1:
Hack Wilson 2-5, 2 HR (3), 5 RBIs, including a GRAND SLAM.

Saturday 6/21
Walter Johnson (8-6, 4.78) vs Gene Dale (7-3, 3.44)
Brooklyn 9 Philadelphia 8 (10):
Babe Ruth 4-5, 2 HR (13), 4 RBIs. George Kelly 4-6, 3 RBIs.

Sunday 6/22
Dolf Luque (11-3, 2.84) vs Rube Shauer (4-7, 4.73)
Brooklyn 3 Philadelphia 2:
Robins score three in the bottom of the ninth.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Washington Senators	38	30	.559	-
New York Yankees	36	29	.554	.5
St. Louis Browns	35	31	.530	2.0
Detroit Tigers	34	33	.507	3.5
Chicago White Sox	32	34	.485	5.0
Philadelphia Athletics	32	35	.478	5.5
Boston Red Sox	29	35	.453	7.0
Cleveland Indians	29	38	.433	8.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	38	25	.603	-
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	26	.581	1.5
Chicago Cubs	35	29	.547	3.5
Philadelphia Phillies	34	30	.531	4.5
St. Louis Cardinals	32	33	.492	7.0
Cincinnati Reds	32	34	.485	7.5
Boston Braves	28	35	.444	10.0
New York Giants	20	43	.317	18.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .438 2 Al Simmons CLE .392 3 Joe Jackson CHN .389 4 Bob Meusel PIT .378 5 2 tied with .366	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Rogers Hornsby - SLA 15 2 Cy Williams CHN 14 3 Babe Ruth BRO 13 3 Ken Williams PHI 13 5 Joe Hauser NYA 11	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Lou Gehrig - CLE 59 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 58 3 Ken Williams PHI 57 4 Babe Ruth BRO 55 5 Cy Williams CHN 53
LEAGUE LEADERS W 2 tied with 11 1 George Chalmers WS1 11 1 Dolf Luque PHI 11 3 Stan Coveleski SLA 10 3 Marty O'Toole CHN 10	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Wiley Taylor - NYA 2.38 2 Guy Bush BOS 2.68 3 Rosy Ryan NYA 2.70 4 Dolf Luque PHI 2.80 5 Waite Hoyt CIN 2.94	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 85 2 Walter Johnson PHI 54 3 Sheriff Blake CIN 52 4 George Chalmers WS1 51 5 Max Fiske DET 50

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Boston (28-35) at Philadelphia (34-30)
3 game series

Monday 6/23
Eddie Rommel (0-1, 5.63) vs Ben Harris (6-5, 3.97)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 4:
Dave Bancroft 2-5, 2 RBIs. Bobby Veach 3-4.

Tuesday 6/24
Pete Donohue (7-8, 4.37) vs Lefty Williams (7-7, 5.48)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 2:
Pete Kilduff 3-5, 2 RBIs. Ken Williams 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 6/25
Roy Witherup (9-7, 4.37) vs Walter Johnson (8-6, 4.94)
Philadelphia 6 Boston 5 (10):
Sammy Hale scores in the 10th. Ken Williams HR (14).

Brooklyn (39-27) at Philadelphia (35-32)
4 game series

Thursday 6/26
Rube Schauer (4-7, 4.54) vs Dolf Luque (11-4, 2.80)
Philadelphia 9 Brooklyn 2:
Frank Brower 2-3, HR (7), 3 RBIs. George Kelly HR (4). George Wright HR (3).

Friday 6/27
George Uhle (10-3, 3.49) vs Ben Harris (6-6, 3.83)
Philadelphia 3 Brooklyn 2:
Ken Williams 1-2, RBI. Zack Wheat HR (4)

Saturday 6/28
Game 1
Limb McKenry (7-6, 3.70) vs Lefty Williams (7-8, 5.49)
Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 2:
Earl Sheely 4-5, RBI.

Game 2
Gene Dale (7-4, 4.05) vs Walter Johnson (8-6, 4.94)
Philadelphia 9 Brooklyn 4:
Frank Brower HR (8). Willie Kamm 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (38-33) at Brooklyn (40-30)
Single game series

Sunday 6/29
Dolf Luque (12-4, 2.75) vs Rube Schauer (4-8, 5.03)
Brooklyn 4 Philadelphia 2:
Frank Brower HR (9), 2 RBIs. Al Wingo 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (38-34) at Boston (32-38)
4 game series

Monday 6/30
Game 1
Ben Harris (6-6, 3.79) vs Henry Keupper (8-6, 3.33)
Philadelphia 4 Boston 3:
George Kelly HR (5), 2 RBIs. Butch Henline 2-4, RBI.

Game 2
Lefty Williams (7-9, 5.32) vs Eddie Rommel (2-1, 2.77)
Philadelphia 2 Boston 0:
Lefty Williams and Walter Anderson scatter six hits.

Tuesday 7/1
Walter Johnson (9-6, 4.71) vs Pete Donohue (8-9, 4.62)
Philadelphia 6 Boston 3 (10):
Phillies score five in the 101th, highlighted by Frank Callaway's two run triple.

Wednesday 7/2
Dolf Luque (12-5, 2.78) vs Henry Keupper (8-7, 3.31)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 3:
George Kelly HR (6). Dave Bancroft 3-4, RBI.

Philadelphia (41-35) at New York (25-48)
4 game series

Thursday 7/3
Game 1
Ben Harris (7-6, 3.72) vs Jim Joe Edwards (7-8, 3.35)
NY 4 Philadelphia 3:
Jack Fournier 2-4, 2 RBIs. Ken Williams 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Lefty Williams (8-9, 5.01) vs Ernie Manning (3-8, 5.23)
NY 12 Philadelphia 11 (12):
Ken Williams 5-6, HR (15), 3 RBIs. Bennie Tate scores in the 12th.

Friday 7/4
Walter Johnson (10-6, 4.42) vs Charlie Rhodes (2-14, 5.31)
Philadelphia 6 NY 4:
Ty Cobb HR (5), 2 RBIs. Billy Southworth 3 RBIs. Bill Terry HR.

Saturday 7/5
Dolf Luque (12-6, 2.99) vs Dazzy Vance (9-5, 3.31)
NY 5 Philadelphia 0:
Vance two hits Phillies for his season's second shut out.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Yankees	45	34	.570	-
Philadelphia Athletics	42	40	.512	4.5
Washington Senators	41	40	.506	5.0
St. Louis Browns	41	40	.506	5.0
Detroit Tigers	42	41	.506	5.0
Chicago White Sox	39	41	.487	6.5
Cleveland Indians	38	44	.463	8.5
Boston Red Sox	36	44	.450	9.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	49	31	.613	-
Chicago Cubs	44	34	.564	4.0
Philadelphia Phillies	42	38	.525	7.0
St. Louis Cardinals	40	38	.513	8.0
Cincinnati Reds	41	40	.506	8.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	38	39	.494	9.5
Boston Braves	33	46	.418	15.5
New York Giants	28	49	.364	19.5

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .442 2 Joe Jackson CHN .405 3 Al Simmons CLE .386 4 Zack Wheat BRO .374 5 Tris Speaker WS1 .366	LEAGUE LEADERS HR 2 tied with 17 1 Rogers Hornsby SLA 17 1 Cy Williams CHN 17 3 Ken Williams PHI 15 4 Babe Ruth BRO 14	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Rogers Hornsby - SLA 69 2 Lou Gehrig CLE 68 3 Cy Williams CHN 67 3 Ken Williams PHI 67 5 Babe Ruth BRO 61
LEAGUE LEADERS W 6 tied with 12 1 Stan Coveleski SLA 12 1 Waite Hoyt CIN 12 1 Erv Kantlehner DET 12 1 3 more tied with 12	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Guy Bush - BOS 2.68 2 Waite Hoyt CIN 2.83 3 Wiley Taylor NYA 2.88 4 Rosy Ryan NYA 2.93 5 Dolf Luque PHI 2.97	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 113 2 Max Fiske CHN 66 2 Walter Johnson PHI 66 4 Sheriff Blake CIN 62 5 George Chalmers WS1 59

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Philadelphia (42-38) at Cincinnati (41-40)
4 game series

Tuesday 7/8
Ben Harris (7-7, 3.71) vs Bill Sherdel (8-7, 3.82)
Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 5:
Sammy Hale 4-5, 2 RBIs. Ken Williams 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 7/9
Lefty Williams (8-9, 5.19) vs Sheriff Blake (9-12, 4.07)
Cincinnati 3 Philadelphia 2:
Frank Brower HR (10). Lu Blue 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 7/10
Walter Johnson (11-6, 4.39) vs Slim Harriss (8-8, 5.40)
Philadelphia 6 Cincinnati 4 (11):
Frank Brower 2-4, 2 RBIs. George Kelly 3-6, RBI.

Friday 7/11
Dolf Luque (12-7, 2.97) vs Waite Hoyt (12-8. 2.83)
Philadelphia 9 Cincinnati 1:
Bill Terry 2-4, 2 RBIs. Glenn Wright 2-5, 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (45-39) at Pittsburgh (39-42)
4 game series

Saturday 7/12
Game 1
Ben Harris (8-7, 3.79) vs Syl Johnson (2-10, 4.45)
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 0:
Harris scatters six hits through 8 innings. Frank Brower 3 RBIs.

Game 2
Lefty Williams (8-9, 4.98) vs Babe Adams (10-5. 3.69)
Pittsburgh 12 Philadelphia 9:
George Kelly HR (7). Ken Williams HR (16). Butch Henline HR (5)

Monday 7/14
Walter Johnson (12-6, 4.34) vs Earl Moseley (6-11, 4.76)
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 4:
Bill Lamar 3 RBIs. Bill Terry 2-4, HR (2), 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 7/15
Dolf Luque (13-7, 2.87) vs Nap Rucker (10-10, 3.94)
Philadelphia 10 Pittsburgh 3:
Sam Bohne HR, 2 RBIs. Sammy Hale 2-5, 2 RBIs. Cliff Brady 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (47-41) at Chicago (51-35)
4 game series

Wednesday 7/16
Ben Harris (9-7, 3.57) vs Max Fiske (7-6, 3.97)
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 2 (11):
Frank Brower 2-4, 2 HR (12) 2 RBIs.

Thursday 7/17
Lefty Williams (8-9, 5.31) vs Speed Martin (7-6, 4.07)
Chicago 8 Philadelphia 7:
Joe Jackson 3-5, 2 RBIs. Glenn Wright 4-5, 4 RBIs.

Friday 7/18
Walter Johnson (12-7, 4.43) vs Burleigh Grimes (12-9, 4.45)
Philadelphia 7 Chicago 5:
Frank Brower 2-4, HR (13), 3 RBIs. Glenn Wright 4-4.

Saturday 7/19
Dolf Luque (14-7, 2.88) vs Marty O'Toole (13-6, 4.49)
Philadelphia 4 Chicago 3:
Cliff Brady 3-5, RBI.

Philadelphia (49-43) at St Louis (46-44)
4 game series

Sunday 7/20
Ben Harris (9-7, 3.50) vs Ray Caldwell (9-10, 4.10)
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 1:
Curt Walker 3-4, RBI. Jim Bottomley 2-4, RBI.

Monday 7/21
Lefty Williams (8-10, 5.54) vs Jimmy Ring (5-12, 5.51)
St Louis 2 Philadelphia 0:
Ring fires a two hit shut out.

Tuesday 7/22
Walter Johnson (13-7, 4.41) vs Claude Hendrix (10-10, 3.75)
St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2:
Jim Bottomley HR (11), 2 RBI.

Wednesday 7/23
Dolf Luque (15-7, 2.84) vs Dolly Gray (7-7, 4.18)
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3:
William Fischer 2-2, HR (3), 3 RBIs.

Chicago (55-39) at Philadelphia (49-47)
4 game series

Friday 7/25
Marty O'Toole (14-6, 4.42) vs Ben Harris (9-8, 3.57)
Philadelphia 2 Chicago 1:
Bill Terry 2-3, RBI.

Saturday 7/26
Speed Martin (8-7, 4.50) vs Lefty Williams (8-11, 5.28)
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 1:
2 run 9th lifts Cubs.

Monday 7/28
Max Fiske (7-6, 3.91) vs Walter Johnson (13-8, 4.36)
Chicago 12 Philadelphia 2:
Pete Kilduff 4-4, 5 RBIs. Sparky Adams 3-6, 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 7/29
Burleigh Grimes (12-9, 4.45) vs Dolf Luque (15-8, 2.84)
Philadelphia 4 Chicago 3:
Cy Williams 2 HR (19), 3 RBIs. Butch Henline HR (6), 2 RBIs.

St Louis (54-45) at Philadelphia (51-49)
4 game series

Wednesday 7/30
Jimmy Ring (6-12, 5.11) vs Ben Harris (10-8, 3.45)
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 1:
Dick Reichle RBI. Clyde Barnhart RBI.

Thursday 7/31
Claude Hendrix (12-10, 3.54) vs Lefty Williams (8-12, 5.12)
St Louis 9 Philadelphia 4:
Cards score 7 in the ninth. Jim Bottomley 3-5, 3 RBIs.

Friday 8/1
Dolly Gray (8-7, 4.03) vs Walter Johnson (13-9, 4.63)
St Louis 7 Philadelphia 5 (10):
Dick Reichle 3-6, 3 RBI. Butch Henline 2-5, HR (7), 3 RBIs.

Saturday 8/2
Ray Caldwell (10-10, 3.93) vs Dolf Luque (16-8, 2.87)
Philadelphia 11 St Louis 8:
Billy Southworth 2-3, 3 RBIs. Butch Henline 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Cincinnati (54-52) at Philadelphia (52-52)
4 game series

Monday 8/4
Sheriff Blake (13-14, 4.02) vs Ben Harris (10-9, 3.54)
Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 1:
Blake tosses five hitter.

Tuesday 8/5
Slim Harriss (10-9, 4.91) vs Lefty Williams (8-13, 5.31)
Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 4:
Joe Wood 3-4, 3 RBIs. Frank Brower 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 8/6
Waite Hoyt (14-11, 3.47) vs Walter Johnson (13-9, 4.66)
Cincinnati 8 Philadelphia 5:
Ken Williams 2 HR (18). Travis Jackson 4-5, 3 RBIs.

Thursday 8/7
Bill Sherdel (11-11, 4.19) vs Dolf Luque (17-8, 3.04)
Cincinnati 10 Philadelphia 6:
Red score five in the ninth. Joe Wood 2-4, HR (5), 3 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Yankees	57	51	.528	-
St. Louis Browns	58	52	.527	-
Chicago White Sox	56	52	.519	1.0
Washington Senators	57	53	.518	1.0
Detroit Tigers	57	54	.514	1.5
Cleveland Indians	55	56	.495	3.5
Philadelphia Athletics	53	57	.482	5.0
Boston Red Sox	45	63	.417	12.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago Cubs	63	43	.594	-
Brooklyn Robins	64	45	.587	.5
St. Louis Cardinals	60	47	.561	3.5
Cincinnati Reds	57	53	.518	8.0
Philadelphia Phillies	53	55	.491	11.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	47	58	.448	15.5
Boston Braves	44	63	.411	19.5
New York Giants	41	65	.387	22.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .418 2 Joe Jackson CHN .397 3 Al Simmons CLE .396 4 Earl Smith SLA .375 5 Charlie Hollocher CHA .374	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - BRO 29 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 24 3 Cy Williams CHN 20 4 Ken Williams PHI 18 5 Joe Hauser NYA 16	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Babe Ruth - BRO 99 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 98 3 Cy Williams CHN 88 4 Lou Gehrig CLE 84 4 Al Simmons CLE 84
LEAGUE LEADERS W Erv Kantlehner - DET 18 2 Dolf Luque PHI 17 3 George Chalmers WS1 16 4 Stan Coveleski SLA 15 4 4 more tied with 15	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Wiley Taylor - NYA 2.71 2 Dazzy Vance NY1 3.02 3 Eddie Stack CHA 3.03 4 Dolf Luque PHI 3.13 5 George Uhle BRO 3.28	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 144 2 George Chalmers WS1 90 3 Walter Johnson PHI 87 4 Max Fiske CHN 83 5 2 tied with 79

Ruth Joins Kings of Clout with #300
Tuesday, July 15th, 1924
He has done it!
Babe Ruth has reached the 300 home run mark. He did it today, but the Brooklyn Robins still dropped the game to the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 7-1.

"Number 300 was hard to come by. I think the pressure was getting to me a little bit. I got a call a few days ago from a couple of guys that have been through this and they just said, 'Keep going, have some fun. Just be you.' I think that helped me a little bit, having those guys make a call to me and try to settle some of the nerves down."

On his historic day Ruth was 2-4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored.

Career-to-date Ruth is hitting .330 with a total of 300 home runs.

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Pittsburgh (47-58) at Philadelphia (53-55)
5 game series

Friday 8/8
Syl Johnson (6-12, 3.89) vs Ben Harris (10-10, 3.40)
Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 0:
Johnson fires a five hit shut out over Phillies.

Saturday 8/9
Game 1
Earl Moseley (7-15, 4.59) vs Lefty Williams (9-13, 5.21)
Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 1:
Ken Williams 2-4, 2 HR (20), 3 RBIs.

Game 2
Babe Adams (11-9, 4.34) vs Walter Johnson (13-10, 4.85)
Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 3:
George Kelly 4-4, HR (8). Howard Ehmke scatters two hits

Monday 8/11
Nap Rucker (11-15, 3.90) vs Dolf Luque (17-8, 3.13)
Pittsburgh 9 Philadelphia 2:
Bob Meusel 3-4, HR (18), 2 RBIs. Bill Lamar 2-5, HR (3), 3 RBIs.

Tuesday 8/12
Syl Johnson (7-12, 3.72) vs Ben Harris (10-11, 3.30)
Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 5:
George Kelly HR (9), 3 RBIs. Bill Lamar 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (55-58) at Chicago (65-46)
3 game series

Friday 8/15
Lefty Williams (10-13, 4.98) vs Kent Greenfield (10-7, 3.57)
Chicago 5 Philadelphia 2:
Jigger Statz 2-4, 2 RBIs. Gus Felix 2-4, RBI.

Saturday 8/16
Walter Johnson (13-10, 4.85) vs Max Fiske (9-8, 3.75)
Chicago 4 Philadelphia 3:
Cy Williams HR (21), 2 RBIs. Ken Williams HR (21)

Sunday 8/17
Dolf Luque (17-9, 3.13) vs Burleigh Grimes (15-12, 4.11)
Chicago 6 Philadelphia 3:
Ken Williams HR (22). Cy Williams 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (55-61) at St Louis (63-51)
3 game series

Monday 8/18
Howard Ehmke (2-0, 2.81) vs Ray Caldwell (12-11, 3.82)
St Louis 3 Philadelphia 1:
Caldwell two hits Phillies.

Tuesday 8/19
Brad Hogg (0-0, 0.00) vs Jimmy Ring (8-13, 4.52)
St Louis 4 Philadelphia 3 (10):
Clyde Barnhart scores in the 10th to hand Phillies their 7th straight.
Wednesday 8/20
Lou Schettler (0-0, 2.87) vs Claude Hendrix (14-12, 3.44)
St Louis 6 Philadelphia 1:
Five run 8th lifts Cards.

Philadelphia (55-64) at Cincinnati (65-55)
3 game series

Thursday 8/21
Dolf Luque (17-10, 3.38) sv Waite Hoyt (16-12, 3.47)
Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 0:
Hoyt shuts out Phllies on five hits.

Friday 8/22
Ben Harris (10-11, 3.42) vs Bill Sherdel (13-11, 4.09)
Cincinnati 7 Philadelphia 6 (10):
Pat McNulty 2-4, 2 RBIs. George Kelly HR (11), 3 RBIs.

Saturday 8/23
Walter Johnson (13-11, 4.84) vs Sheriff Blake (16-14, 3.75)
Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 8:
Phillies end skid at 10 games. George Kelly HR (12), 2 RBIs.

Philadelphia (56-66) at Pittsburgh (53-67)
3 game series

Monday 8/25
Lefty Williams (10-14, 4.88) vs Syl Johnson (8-13, 3.75)
Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 1:
Joe Wood 2-4, RBI.

Tuesday 8/26
Dolf Luque (17-11, 3.31) vs Nap Rucker (13-15, 3.78)
Philadelphia 4 Pittsburgh 3:
Joe Wood 2-3, RBI. Glenn Wright 4-5.

Wednesday 8/27
Ben Harris (10-11, 3.38) vs Earl Moseley (7-19, 4.95)
Philadelphia 9 Pittsburgh 4:
George Kelly 3-4, HR (13), 2 RBIs. Ken Williams 3-6, HR (23), 3 RBIs.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Chicago White Sox	68	56	.548	-
St. Louis Browns	69	58	.543	.5
Detroit Tigers	67	60	.528	2.5
New York Yankees	63	60	.512	4.5
Washington Senators	64	61	.512	4.5
Cleveland Indians	64	64	.500	6.0
Philadelphia Athletics	57	70	.449	12.5
Boston Red Sox	51	74	.408	17.5

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	72	53	.576	-
Chicago Cubs	71	53	.573	.5
St. Louis Cardinals	70	54	.565	1.5
Cincinnati Reds	70	56	.556	2.5
Philadelphia Phillies	59	66	.472	13.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	53	70	.431	18.0
Boston Braves	53	71	.427	18.5
New York Giants	49	74	.398	22.0

LEAGUE LEADERS AVG Jim Bottomley - SLN .415 2 Joe Jackson CHN .391 3 Al Simmons CLE .380 4 Earl Smith SLA .376 5 Rogers Hornsby SLA .360	LEAGUE LEADERS HR Babe Ruth - BRO 33 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 26 2 Cy Williams CHN 26 4 Ken Williams PHI 23 5 Joe Hauser NYA 18	LEAGUE LEADERS RBI Babe Ruth - BRO 111 2 Rogers Hornsby SLA 104 3 Cy Williams CHN 99 4 Al Simmons CLE 96 5 Lou Gehrig CLE 95
LEAGUE LEADERS W Erv Kantlehner - DET 20 2 Dolf Luque PHI 18 2 Marty O'Toole CHN 18 4 George Chalmers WS1 17 4 4 more tied with 17	LEAGUE LEADERS ERA Wiley Taylor - NYA 2.56 2 Dazzy Vance NY1 2.85 3 Eddie Stack CHA 3.03 4 Bill Hall NYA 3.06 5 2 tied with 3.26	LEAGUE LEADERS K Dazzy Vance - NY1 157 2 George Chalmers WS1 107 3 Max Fiske CHN 100 4 Bill Steen NYA 97 5 Walter Johnson PHI 93

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Boston (53-71) at Philadelphia (59-66)
4 game series

Thursday 8/28
Game 1
Pete Donohue (14-14, 4.28) vs Walter Johnson (14-11, 4.83)
Boston 7 Philadelphia 4:
Tony Boeckel 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Henry Keupper (15-11, 3.40) vs Lefty Williams (11-14, 4.68)
Philadelphia 2 Boston 1:
Lefty Williams out duels Braves.

Friday 8/29
Roy Witherup (12-17, 5.28) vs Dolf Lugue (18-11, 3.26)
Philadelphia 12 Boston 11:
Glenn Wright 5-5, 2 HR (6), 5 RBIs. Herm Merritt 5-5, 5 RBIs.

Saturday 8/30
Ted Blankenship (2-2, 2.91) vs Ben Harris (11-11, 3.38)
Boston 3 Philadelphia 1:
Austin McHenry 2-4, HR (11).

Brooklyn (73-55) at Philadelphia (61-68)
4 game series

Monday 9/1
Game 1
Limb McKenry (14-11, 4.02) vs Walter Johnson (14-12, 4.90)
Philadelphia 5 Brooklyn 3:
Babe Ruth HR (35). Ken Williams 3-4, HR (24), 3 RBIs.

Game 2
Gene Dale (17-9, 4.04) vs Lefty Williams (12-14, 4.50)
Philadelphia 5 Brooklyn 2:
Frank Brower 2-3, HR (14), 2 RBIs. Glenn Wright HR (7), 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 9/2
Rube Schauer (11-14, 4.76) vs Dolf Lugue (18-11, 3.38)
Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 5:
Babe Ruth HR (36). Billy Southworth 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 9/3
Jack Scott (2-4, 4.76) vs Ben Harris (11-12, 3.39)
Philadelphia 10 Brooklyn 3:
Babe Ruth HR (37). George Kelly HR (14). Willie Kamm HR (3), Glenn Wright HR (8).

New York (54-77) at Philadelphia (65-68)
4 game series

Thursday 9/4
Ernie Manning (6-12, 5.00) vs Walter Johnson (15-12, 4.83)
Philadelphia 5 NY 4 (12):
Joe Wood 2-5, HR (6), 3 RBIs. Jack Fournier 3-5, 2 RBIs.

Friday 9/5
Dazzy Vance (17-9, 2.93) vs Lefty Williams (13-14, 4.41)
NY 3 Philadelphia 1:
Johny Mitchell 2-4, 2 RBIs.

Saturday 9/6
Game 1
Jim Joe Edwards (13-15, 3.09) vs Dolf Lugue (19-11, 3.37)
Philadelphia 7 NY 6:
Frank Brower 3-3, 2 RBIs. Showboat Fisher 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Game 2
Happy Finneran (6-2, 3.83) vs Ben Harris (12-12, 3.40)
Philadelphia 8 NY 5:
George Kelly 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Philadelphia (68-69) at Brooklyn (78-60)
2 game series

Tuesday 9/9
Walter Johnson (15-12, 4.77) vs Gene Dale (18-10, 4.01)
Brooklyn 9 Philadelphia 3:
Babe Ruth 3-4, HR (42), 3 RBIs. Benny Bengough 4-4, 2 RBIs.

Wednesday 9/10
Lefty Williams (13-15, 4.32) vs Rube Schauer (11-15, 4.65)
Brooklyn 6 Philadelphia 3:
Georg Kelly HR (15), 3 RBIs. Chick Hafey 3-4, 2 RBIs.

Chicago (78-61) at Philadelphia (68-71)
3 game series

Friday 9/12
Kent Greenfield (13-9, 3.57) vs Dolf Lugue (19-11, 3.48)
Chicago 12 Philadelphia 3:
Joe Jackson 4-4, HR (9). Bill Rodgers 3-5, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 9/13
Max Fiske (12-10, 3.54) vs Ben Harris (12-12, 3.33)
Chicago 6 Philadelphia 1:
Sparky Adams 2-5, 2 RBIs.

Monday 9/15
Burleigh Grimes (18-16, 4.38) vs Walter Johnson (15-13, 4.92)
Chicago 6 Philadelphia 3:
Bill Rodgers 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Pittsburgh (62-80) at Philadelphia (68-74)
3 game series

Tuesday 9/16
Earl Moseley (9-22, 3.97) vs Lefty Williams (13-16, 4.29)
Philadelphia 12 Pittsburgh 5:
Ken Williams (25). George Kelly 3-4, 3 RBIs.

Wednesday 9/17
Eddie Dyer (1-0, 2.25) vs Dolf Lugue (19-12, 3.63)
Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 2 (14):
RBIs by Hank DeBerry and Ernie Vick lift Pirates.

Thursday 9/18
Syl Johnson (11-15, 3.60) vs Ben Harris (12-13, 3.43)
Pittsburgh 1 Philadelphia 0:
Sam Bohne RBI.

Cincinnati (81-64) at Philadelphia (69-76)
3 game series

Friday 9/19
Sheriff Blake (19-16, 4.04) vs Walter Johnson (15-14, 4.94)
Cincinnati 12 Philadelphia 5:
Billy Southworth 3-4, HR (4), 4 RBIs. Bob O'Farrell 4-6, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 9/20
Slim Harriss (11-12, 4.77) vs Lefty Williams (14-16, 4.31)
Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 3:
Glenn Wright 3-4, HR (9), 3 RBIs.

Monday 9/22
Bill Sherdel (16-11, 3.82) vs Dolf Lugue (19-12, 3.58)
Philadelphia 7 Cincinnati 3:
Glenn Wright 5-5. Joe Wood 2-3, 2 RBIs. Billy Southworth 3-5, 2 RBIs.

St Louis (83-65) at Philadelphia (71-77)
3 game series

Tuesday 9/23
Claude Hendrix (19-14, 3.60) vs Ben Harris (12-14, 3.36)
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 6:
Bill Terry HR (4), 4 RBIs. Dick Reichle 2-4, 4 RBIs.

Wednesday 9/24
Dolly Gray (15-11, 3.85) vs Walter Johnson (15-15, 5.09)
Philadelphia 5 St Louis 2:
Willie Kamm 2-4, HR (4), 2 RBIs. Billy Southworth 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Thursday 9/25
Ray Caldwell (16-16, 4.22) vs Lefty Williams (15-16, 4.27)
St Louis 8 Philadelphia 7:
Ossie Bluege lifts Cards with RBI double and scores winning run in the ninth.

Philadelphia (72-79) at New York (61-90)
3 game series

Saturday 9/27
Dolf Lugue (20-12, 3.50) vs Ernie Manning (7-12, 4.86)
Philadelphia 8 NY 2:
Frank Brower 3-5, HR (15), 3 RBIs. Bill Terry 2-2, 2 RBIs.

Sunday 9/28
Ben Harris (12-14, 3.48) vs Dazzy Vance (19-11, 3.22)
Philadelphia 5 NY 3:
Butch Henline HR (10), 3 RBIs.

Monday 9/29
Walter Johnson (16-15, 4.99) vs Jim Joe Edwards (14-17, 4.18)
NY 2 Philadelphia 1:
Heinie Manush 2-3, RBI.

AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
St. Louis Browns	87	67	.565	-
Chicago White Sox	83	71	.539	4.0
New York Yankees	81	73	.526	6.0
Cleveland Indians	80	74	.519	7.0
Detroit Tigers	78	76	.506	9.0
Washington Senators	75	79	.487	12.0
Philadelphia Athletics	70	84	.455	17.0
Boston Red Sox	62	92	.403	25.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDINGS

	W	L	PCT	GB
Brooklyn Robins	90	64	.584	-
Cincinnati Reds	88	66	.571	2.0
Chicago Cubs	88	66	.571	2.0
St. Louis Cardinals	85	69	.552	5.0
Philadelphia Phillies	74	80	.481	16.0
Pittsburgh Pirates	67	87	.435	23.0
New York Giants	62	92	.403	28.0
Boston Braves	62	92	.403	28.0

NABL News: Playoffs begin
Wednesday, October 1st, 1924
Some clubs have coasted to make the playoffs -- others have scrapped tooth and nail to get here. After a long, sometimes seemingly endless regular season, it gets down to who can win a short series -- by hook or crook, talent or luck. That's what it takes to capture the North American BaseBall League championship. The top teams will vie in the North American Series starting today:
St. Louis Browns versus Brooklyn Robins.

Simmons Is AL Swing King
Wednesday, October 1st, 1924
When it came to hitting in the American League this season, none did it better than Al Simmons of the Cleveland Indians. He surpassed all his peers with a .378 average to take the 1924 batting crown. The 22-year-old center fielder had 230 hits, including 35 doubles, 8 triples and 21 home runs. Simmons participated in 147 games and also chipped in 125 RBIs and scored 110 times.

Jackson Really Swings with .400 Season
Wednesday, October 1st, 1924
Joe Jackson is soaking up the praise today after hitting an eye-popping .400 this season. The Chicago Cubs right fielder surpassed even his own expectations.

"I thought I could hit .350, maybe," he said, his eyes misting over. "To go beyond that..." His voice trailed off before he continued, "It's like a dream."

The Cubs star made the season a nightmare for his opposition, rattling off 228 hits including 37 doubles, 11 triples and 9 home runs. He scored 95 times and collected 94 runs batted in.

St. Louis's Bottomley Bats .403
Wednesday, October 1st, 1924
Add the name Jim Bottomley to the list of baseball players to hit .400 or better in a single season. The St. Louis first baseman joined that elite group by hitting a jaw-dropping .403 this year.

"To be mentioned among baseball's immortals," said Bottomley, "is beyond my wildest dreams."

Bottomley's 255 hits included 50 doubles, 18 triples and 22 home runs. He also scored 113 runs and batted in 113.

NABL News: Draft Pool Revealed
Friday, September 12th, 1924
North American BaseBall League has dealt the cards out on the table, announcing the list of players looking to draw a glimpse of success in the 1924 first-year player draft. Management and scouting veterans from all teams will be able to review candidates for 30 days prior to the draft and determine who might be appropriately suited for a future role in the upcoming shuffle of fortune and fate.


The top players available (in no particular order) seem to be:
1. Johnny Hodapp, 18 year-old third baseman out of high-school.
2. Fresco Thompson, 22 year-old second baseman out of college.
3. Mule Haas, 20 year-old center fielder out of college.
4. Freddie Fitzsimmons, 23 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
5. Dick Cox, 26 year-old right fielder out of college.
6. Buddy Myer, 20 year-old shortstop out of college.
7. Jimmie Foxx, 16 year-old catcher out of high-school.
8. Shanty Hogan, 18 year-old catcher out of high-school.
9. Lefty Grove, 24 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
10. Dave Harris, 24 year-old left fielder out of college.

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St Louis Brown at Brooklyn Robins

Game 1
Thursday 10/2
Stan Coveleski (21-14, 4.40) vs Limb McKenry (18-14, 3.69)
St Louis 9 Brooklyn 4:
Stuffy McInnis 2-4, 2 RBIs. Babe Ruth HR.

Game 2
Friday 10/3
Ralph Works (11-12, 4.16) vs Hippo Vaughn (5-1, 3.92)
Brooklyn 10 St Louis 6:
Earl Sheely 3-3, 3 RBIs. Riggs Stephenson 2-5, HR, 3 RBIs.

Brooklyn at St Louis

Game 3
Saturday 10/5
Rube Schauer (12-15, 4.51) vs Lefty Tyler (20-13, 4.20)
St Louis 11 Brooklyn 6:
Earl Smith 3-4, HR, 4 RBIs. Stuffy McInnis HR, 3 RBIs.

Game 4
Sunday 10/6
Limb McKenry (0-1, 2.70) vs Stan Coveleski (1-0, 4.00)
St Louis 7 Brooklyn 5:
Rogers Hornsby hits a two run HR in the bottom of the ninth for the Browns.

Game 5
Monday 10/7
Hippo Vaughn (1-0, 6.00) vs Ralph Works (0-1, 13.50)
Brooklyn 4 St Louis 1:
Specs Toporczer 2-4, RBI.

St Louis at Brooklyn

Game 6
Wednesday 10/9
Lefty Tyler (1-0, 6.23) vs Rube Schauer (0-1, 12.00)
St Louis 9 Brooklyn 2:
Aaron Ward HR, 2 RBIs. Stuffy McInnis 2-3, 2 RBIs.

St. Louis Beats Brooklyn in North American Series
Thursday, October 9th, 1924
The celebrations have begun. The streets are alive with people and the confetti is flying. The St. Louis Browns have done it -- they won the 1924 North American Series. The Browns defeated the Brooklyn Robins 9-2 at Ebbets Field to take the title. St. Louis took the series 4-2 for their 8th North American BaseBall League championship.

After the game, the victorious Browns manager told the secret to his team's great season and North American Series triumph, "The harder you work, the luckier you get," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, I'm the luckiest guy in the world today." MVP was Stufffy McInnis (6-16, HR, 7 RBIs.)

The new champions finished first in the regular season with a 87-67 record in the American League.

Major Retirements
Chief Bender (Phillies) 265-245, 3.23 era, 2086 Ks, 22 Shut outs.
Lou Schettler (Phillies) 110-108, 3.42 era, 1072 Ks.
Joe Benz (Pittsburgh) 153-156, 3.15 era, 888 Ks.
Babe Adams (Pittsburgh) 199-221, 3.26 era, 916 Ks.
Chief Johnson (Athletics) 98-90, 3.40 era, 562 Ks.
Frank Baker (Red Sox) .323 avg, 118 HRs, 1333 RBIs, 2615 Hits.
Babe Borton (Cincinnati) .285 avg, 1226 hits, 495 RBIs.
Al Scheer (Brooklyn) .291 avg, 1290 hits, 474 RBIs.

1924 Draft
NABL News: First-Year Player Draft
Sunday, October 12th, 1924
It's draft day! And Boston, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia will have the first five selections.
As GMs prepare their final notes on the 1924 rookie class, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over North American BaseBall League. So many teams have their futures vested in today's proceedings. Some will go all out for the hot pick, while others will be content to take a mid-carder or dark horse. Only Father Time knows if things will work out. One way or the other, it's an unsettling thought for GM's whose jobs could hang in the balance. The top ten picks, as rated by BNN, are:

1. Dick Cox, 27 year-old right fielder out of college.
2. Shanty Hogan, 18 year-old catcher out of high-school.
3. Mickey Cochrane, 21 year-old catcher out of college.
4. Buddy Myer, 20 year-old shortstop out of college.
5. Freddie Fitzsimmons, 23 year-old starting pitcher out of college.
6. Earl Webb, 27 year-old right fielder out of college.
7. Alex Metzler, 21 year-old left fielder out of college.
8. Mule Haas, 20 year-old center fielder out of college.
9. Fresco Thompson, 22 year-old second baseman out of college.
10. Bob Osborn, 21 year-old starting pitcher out of college.

Draft Results (First Round Only)

Round 1, Pick 1 - Boston Red Sox: C Jimmie Foxx

Round 1, Pick 2 - Boston Braves: SP Lefty Grove

Round 1, Pick 3 - New York Giants: C Mickey Cochrane

Round 1, Pick 4 - Pittsburgh Pirates: SS Buddy Myer

Round 1, Pick 5 - Philadelphia Athletics: SP Freddie Fitzsimmons

Round 1, Pick 6 - Philadelphia Phillies: RF Earl Webb

Round 1, Pick 7 - Washington Senators: LF Dave Harris

Round 1, Pick 8 - St. Louis Browns: RF Dick Cox

Round 1, Pick 9 - Cleveland Indians: SP Bob Osborn

Round 1, Pick 10 - New York Yankees: MR Bill Hallahan

Round 1, Pick 11 - Chicago White Sox: C Shanty Hogan

Round 1, Pick 12 - St. Louis Cardinals: 3B Johnny Hodapp

Round 1, Pick 13 - St. Louis Browns: CF Mule Haas

Round 1, Pick 14 - Detroit Tigers: 2B Fresco Thompson

Round 1, Pick 15 - Cincinnati Reds: LF Alex Metzler

Round 1, Pick 16 - Boston Red Sox: MR Watty Clark

Phillies Draft
RF Earl Webb
LF Art Jahn
MR George Blaeholder
MR Lefty Thomas
MR Andy Rush

Awards
NL Rewards Top Defenders for 1924
Tuesday, October 21st, 1924
Defense is a critical element in the game of baseball. Many times late in the game, a light-hitting defensive specialist will be inserted in place of a superstar hitter. Good defenders are worth their weight in gold and today the best of them for 1924 have been recognized. These players will receive the National League Glove Wizard Award:

Pitcher: Henry Keupper (Boston Braves)
Catcher: Ollie Fuhrman (Boston Braves)
First Baseman: Lu Blue (Cincinnati Reds)
Second Baseman: Jimmie Dykes (Brooklyn Robins)
Third Baseman: Willie Kamm (Philadelphia Phillies)
Shortstop: Glenn Wright (Philadelphia Phillies)
Left Fielder: Curt Walker (St. Louis Cardinals)
Center Fielder: Johnny Mostil (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Right Fielder: Clyde Barnhart (St. Louis Cardinals)

1924 Glove Wizard Award Trophies Given out by AL
Tuesday, October 21st, 1924
"Hit 'em where they ain't" is a great hitting philosophy, but it doesn't always work when a fielder can seemingly appear out of nowhere to make the play. These magicians are often taken for granted as the season grinds along, but today they take center stage. The American League Glove Wizard Award selections for 1924 are:

Bishop This Year's Top Rookie
Wednesday, October 22nd, 1924
Today the BBN baseball writers announced the winner of the National League Newcomer of the Year Award. The premier rookie in 1924 was Cincinnati second baseman Max Bishop.

He finished the regular season with a .322 batting average, 38 doubles, 9 triples and 4 home runs. Bishop also had 71 RBIs and scored 99 times.
Pitcher: Stan Coveleski (St. Louis Browns)
Catcher: Earl Smith (St. Louis Browns)
First Baseman: Joe Judge (Philadelphia Athletics)
Second Baseman: George Grantham (Detroit Tigers)
Third Baseman: Babe Pinelli (Boston Red Sox)
Shortstop: Charlie Hollocher (Chicago White Sox)
Left Fielder: Max Carey (Cleveland Indians)
Center Fielder: Earl McNeely (St. Louis Browns)
Right Fielder: Sam Rice (New York Yankees)

Simmons Sweeps Up Newcomer of the Year Award
Wednesday, October 22nd, 1924
1924 was a pretty good year for Al Simmons. In his debut season the Cleveland rookie rapped out a .378 batting average with 230 hits in 609 at-bats, 21 home runs and 125 RBIs. He walked 43 times and had a .413 OBP. Those numbers got him the American League Newcomer of the Year Award.

Bishop This Year's Top Rookie
Wednesday, October 22nd, 1924
Today the BBN baseball writers announced the winner of the National League Newcomer of the Year Award. The premier rookie in 1924 was Cincinnati second baseman Max Bishop.

He finished the regular season with a .322 batting average, 38 doubles, 9 triples and 4 home runs. Bishop also had 71 RBIs and scored 99 times.

New York Ace Wins NL Outstanding Pitcher Award
Friday, October 24th, 1924
Dazzy Vance of the New York Giants was in command and couldn't do much wrong when he was on the mound this season. His outstanding 19-12 won-lost mark and 3.25 ERA were big factors in his winning the 1924 National League Outstanding Pitcher Award.

In 329.1 innings of work and 39 starts, Vance struck out 189 while giving up 306 hits and 96 walks. He held opposing batters to a .245 average.

American League #1 Pitcher Named
Friday, October 24th, 1924
Erv Kantlehner of the Tigers humbled hitters all season long and today celebrated as he hauled in the American League Pitcher of the Year trophy, the coveted Outstanding Pitcher Award.

The Detroit hurler held opposing hitters to a .280 batting average while putting up a 24-10 record and a 3.48 earned run average. He started 39 games, pitched 307.1 innings and struck out 91.

Bottomley Wins NL 1924 Outstanding Hitter Award
Saturday, October 25th, 1924
Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals proved that you can step out of the shadows and onto the stage if you've got the talent and the drive to hone your skills. Hard work, long hours and a tireless resolve paid off for him today in the form of the National League Outstanding Hitter Award.

Bottomley hit for a .403 average while collecting 255 hits, 50 doubles, 18 triples, 22 home runs, 113 RBIs and scoring 113 times.

Rogers Hornsby Picked AL's Best Hitter
Saturday, October 25th, 1924
Rogers Hornsby has been around North American BaseBall League enough to know a good hot streak when he sees one -- and he got to see one firsthand all year. For his standout run through the 1924 season, he's taking home the Outstanding Hitter Award in the American League.

The St. Louis second baseman put up a batting average of .359 with 36 doubles, 13 triples, 31 home runs and 126 RBIs.

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1924 Accomplishments

Freddie Lindstrom (Athletics) 6 hits on 6/1.
Lou Gehrig (Indians) and Earl Smith (Browns) hit the cycle on 4/17 and 7/22.
Zack Wheat (Robins) 200th hit.
Rogers Hornsby (Cardinals) 200th hit.
Harry Hooper (reds) 200th hit.
Babe Ruth (Robins) 300th HR.
Walter Johnson (Phillies) 400th win.
Lou Gehrig (Indians) 31 game hitting streak.

1924 Hall of Fame
Service Award
Waddell Enshrined in HOF
Thursday, January 1st, 1925
There is a new statue in the North American BaseBall League Hall of Fame. It belongs Rube Waddell.
The star pitcher was inducted this past weekend. All it took to get there was 345 wins.

"I always dreamed of being a North American BaseBall League player, but I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame," Waddell said, "I could have never envisioned myself standing next to my childhood idols and yet here I am. And to the Hall of Famers sitting behind me, I am truly humbled and in in awe of standing here in front of you."

In his career Waddell posted a record of 345-252 and fanned 3478 batters in 5314.1 innings with a 2.74 ERA.

At times Rube Waddell fought back tears as he thanked his family and close friends for sticking by him when he had to overcome some difficult personal problems.

Summing up his years on the diamond, Waddell offered a hopeful message to the large induction crowd.

"I care for this game with my heart and soul. I dedicated my life to being the best pitcher I could be. You leave me humbled and grateful for this honor. I'd like to leave an offering of a message of hope. That is, with the grace of God, you can change your life, whoever you are."

Pioneer Award
Joe Start Inducted into Hall Of Fame
Thursday, January 1st, 1925
One of the best players ever, first baseman Joe Start, has received the ultimate honor for a baseball player -- being inducted into the North American BaseBall League Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremony, which was held today, included tributes from his former teammates. One of them recognized his unparalleled work ethic, another his "naturally pure" swing, and yet another, his love for the game.

Start received numerous awards during his playing days, but he said, nothing can compare to being enshrined into the Hall of Fame.

In a career spanning 377 games, Start batted .323 with 513 hits, 3 home runs, 221 RBIs and 244 runs scored.