Baseball in Boston -- 1901 & Beyond - Page 67

OmahaBaseball · 12-19-2024, 06:41 PM

While the Chicago White Sox had a terrible 1904 season, that is not the fault of reliever Bill Hoffer who was named the American League Fireman of the Year award winner. On the year, Hoffer had 1-0 record with 2 saves and 2 shutdowns with a 0.00 ERA in 6 1/3 innings of play.

OmahaBaseball · 12-19-2024, 07:00 PM

The National League Gold Glove Award recipients were announced today, with repeat winners in Johnny Kling (3rd time), Johnny Evers (3rd time), Sammy Strang (2nd time), Joe Tinker (3rd time), and Fielder Jones (4th time).

OmahaBaseball · 12-19-2024, 07:04 PM

The American League Gold Glove Award was issued to the well-deserving players today. Leading the way from a team standpoint was the Boston Americans (4 players) followed by the Highlanders and Browns (2 players each). Repeat award winners include Kip Selbach (2nd time) and Jimmy Bannon (3rd time).

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 10:50 AM

The National League best hitters of the 1904 Season were awarded today with Silver Slugger Awards. Repeat winners include Johnny Kling (2nd time), Nap Lajoie (4th time), Bill Joyce (2nd time), and Bill Keister (3rd time).

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 10:58 AM

The winners of the American League Silver Slugger awards were named. The Boston Americans had 4 players receive the award. Repeat winners include Frank Chance (3rd time), Ed Delahanty (3rd time), Jimmy Collins (3rd time), Honus Wagner (4th time), Fred Clarke (4th time), and Bill Lange (2nd time).

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 11:04 AM

What an outstanding season for New York Giants ace Ed Walsh. The #1 overall pick in the draft, Walsh did not disappoint in putting together a season that resulted in him winning the National League Rookie of the Year award. On the season, Walsh posted a 21-18 record with a 2.32 ERA in 318 1/3 innings that led to a league-leading 8.4 WAR.

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 11:17 AM

It was a bit of a gamble for the Boston Americans to trade Cy Young (who was coming off of a combined 56 wins in the previous 3 seasons) and a package of players to the "win now" Cincinnati Reds in return for their 1st round draft pick (6th selection). With that draft pick, the Americans targeted Johnny Lush; a pitcher with high potential and a surprisingly good bat. This gamble paid off, as Lush was named the American League Rookie of the Year. On the season, Lush posted a 19-15 record with a 2.10 ERA in 313 innings pitched that resulted in 6.6 WAR. Additionally, Lush was able to play outfield positions on his non-pitching day and contributed a slashline of .289/.327/.318 that resulted in an additional 2.4 WAR. Not a bad first year for Lush that saw him win Rookie of the Year, Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, and the World Series!

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 11:24 AM

Despite his World Series troubles, Brooklyn Superbas ace Bob Wicker had a tremendous regular season in which he posted a 20-14 record with 6.2 WAR in 330 2/3 IP that led the league in ERA (1.63), WHIP (0.94), BABIP (.236), RA/9 (8.5), H/9 (6.9), QS (30), QS% (.857), and CG (33). This is Wicker's 2nd career Platinum Pitcher award.

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 11:39 AM

Bouncing back from a down year by his standards, Washington Senators superstar Rube Waddell dominated the 1904 Season with a pitching performance that was truly extraordinary. In earning his 3rd American League Platinum Pitcher award, Waddell led the league in Wins (24), ERA (1.71), Games (44), Innings Pitched (336 1/3), Strikeouts (294), WHIP (1.00), K/9 (7.9), WAR (11.3), RA/9 (9.1), K/BB (3.8), FIP- (61), WIN % (.706 ), QS (32), and QS % (.914). There should be no question that Waddell is the best pitcher in MLB!

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 11:45 AM

The National League MVP award was announced today, with Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Bill Keister earning the honor. On the season, Keister batted .314 (174 for 554) with 37 Doubles, 18 Triples, 2 Homeruns, 71 Runs, 71 RBIs, and 23 Walks for a slashline of .314/.341/.457 that resulted in 7.0 WAR. Of Note, Keister led the NL in Doubles (37), Slugging (.457), Total Bases (253), EBH (57), Sacrifice Flies (9), and ISO (.143).

OmahaBaseball · 12-20-2024, 11:52 AM

What a year for Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Honus Wager! In picking up his 2nd career American League MVP award, Wagner batted .354 (193 for 545) with 47 Doubles, 12 Triples, 6 Homeruns, 65 Runs, 63 RBIs, 42 Walks, and 41 Stolen Bases for a slashline of .354/.405/.517 that resulted in 8.1 WAR. Wagner led the league in Hits (193), Doubles (47), Batting Average (.354), OBP (.405), SLG (.517), OPS (.922), WAR (8.1), Total Bases (282), EBH (65), WOBA (.435), ISO (.163), and wRC+ (196).

OmahaBaseball · 12-25-2024, 09:34 PM

Just picked up the game during the Steam sale and made the conversion to v25. Followed the guidance on converting and hopefully nothing to crazy happened with the conversion. I am hopeful that the OOTP team will assist in moving this over to the v25 forum thread.

*** An appreciative "thank you" to Matt for the quick response and move.

OmahaBaseball · 12-26-2024, 10:13 AM

By all accounts, it was a financially successful year for MLB owners with the Pirates' owner taking $162,150 in cash profit (low) and the Americans' owner taking $373,993 in cash profit (high).

OmahaBaseball · 12-27-2024, 09:46 AM

A trade between the New York teams this morning that has Barry McCormick moving over to the Giants in exchange for Jack Taylor taking up new residence with the Highlanders. While Taylor wasn't used much the last few seasons, he still has decent ratings relative to the league and should provide back of the rotation support.

Giants receive:

Code:

Barry McCormick (29-year old SS/2B/3B)
1903 All-Star 
.202/.254/.226 in  351 PA for 0.1 WAR (MLB 1904)
.222/.278/.271 in 1833 PA for 1.2 WAR (MLB / 4 seasons)

Highlanders receive:

Code:

Jack Taylor (30-year old P)
2nd round, 17th overall in 1897 draft
1901 Silver Slugger (P); 1902 All-Star
  1-1 record with 1.42 ERA and 0.2 WAR in   6 1/3 IP (MLB / 1904)
26-34 record with 3.23 ERA and 6.6 WAR in 509 1/3 IP (MLB / 4 seasons)

OmahaBaseball · 12-27-2024, 02:14 PM

After a dismissal season that saw the White Sox finish 12-games below the .500 mark and 24-games out of 1st place in the American League race, Chicago pulled the trigger on a deal with the Washington Senators that adds considerable minor league prospect depth. From my vantagepoint, this trade heavily favors the White Sox who should reap the benefits over the coming years.

Washington receives:

Code:

Mike Grady (34-year old 1B/C)
2-time All-Star
1901 Silver Slugger at C position
.235/.308/.337 in  559 PA for  1.8 WAR (MLB 1904)
.255/.322/.359 in 2236 PA for 10.3 WAR (MLB / 4 seasons)

Chicago receives:

Code:

Lew Moren (21-year old P)
2nd round, 18th overall in 1902 draft
9th overall MLB prospect 
35-51 record with 9 SV, 4.10 ERA, and 9.2 WAR in 625 1/3 IP (Double-A / 2 seasons) 

Bugs Raymond (22-year old P)
1st round, 5th overall in 1903 draft
20th overall MLB prospect
10-10 record with 3.68 ERA and 3.5 WAR in 178 2/3 IP (Triple-A / 1 season)

Hans Lobert (22-year old 3B)
2nd round, 26th overall in 1902 draft
Former 10th ranked prospect (1903)
.324/.365/.382 in 74 PA for 0.5 WAR (MLB 1904) 

Danny Hoffman (24-year old RF)
2nd round, 27th overall in 1902 draft
Former 68th ranked prospect (1903)
.243/.283/.295 in 364 PA for 1.6 WAR (MLB / 2 seasons)

OmahaBaseball · 12-29-2024, 11:05 AM

Tommy Toth, skipper of the Brooklyn Superbas, was honored with the NL Manager of the Year award after leading his team to the NL crown with a 76-64 record. Toth has a career record of 214-206 (.510%) in 3 seasons at the helm.

OmahaBaseball · 12-29-2024, 11:10 AM

The American League Manager of the Year award was given to Boston Americans skipper Sussex Newton after he lead his team to an 82-58 record to not only pick up the AL crown, but winning the World Series via a sweep over the Brooklyn Superbas. This is Newton's 2nd career MofY award and secured his highest season score with a 1095 mark.

OmahaBaseball · 12-29-2024, 12:33 PM

The off-season trades continue to roll in, this time with the Philadelphia Phillies acquiring utility player Bill Friel from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for 2-way player Joe Yeager and international rookie Luis Ramirez.

St. Louis receives:

Code:

Joe Yeager (29-year old 3B/P)
1st round pick, 8th overall in 1897 draft
Former 58th ranked prospect (1901)
.211/.272/.240 in 224 PA for -1.1 WAR (MLB / 4 seasons)
.375/.433/.490 in 510 PA for  4.6 WAR (Triple A / 2 seasons)
15-31 record with 3.98 ERA and 2.9 WAR in 396 IP (MLB / 3 seasons)
22-24 record with 4.22 ERA and 9.1 WAR in 415 2/3 IP (Triple-A / 2 seasons)

Luis Ramirez (21-year old RF/CF)
Free Agent signing from Costa Rica (1904)

Philadelphia receives:

Code:

Bill Friel (38-year old RF/2B/CF)
2nd round, 30th overall in 1900 draft
Former 91st ranked prospect (1901)
.190/.230/.224 in   61 PA for -0.2 WAR (MLB 1904)
.260/.310/.344 in 1116 PA  for 3.6 WAR (MLB / 4 seasons)

OmahaBaseball · 12-29-2024, 11:00 PM

Local news outlets are reporting that the Brooklyn Superbas have picked up All-Star outfielder George Davis and pitcher Buck Hooker from the Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Jake Stahl and Bull Durham. Based on what I see, this trade heavily favors Brooklyn.

Brooklyn receives:

Code:

George Davis (34-year old CF/3B/SS)
1st round pick, 14th overall in 1896 draft
Gold Glove at 3B (1896); 2-time All-Star
.237/.295/.321 in  590 PA for   1.9 WAR (MLB 1904)
.280/.343/.366 in 2428 PA for  15.3 WAR (MLB / 4 seasons)

Buck Hooker (24-year old P)
4th round pick, 59th overall in 1901 draft
Former 16th ranked prospect (1902)
13-13 record with 2.97 ERA and 1.8 WAR in 233 IP (MLB / 1902 season)
10-11 record with 2.51 ERA and 6.1 WAR in 207 2/3 IP (Double-A & Triple-A / 2 seasons)

Philadelphia receives:

Code:

Jake Stahl (23-year old LF/1B)
2nd round pick, 24th overall in 1902 draft
Former 51st ranked prospect (1903)
.204/.256/.320 in 430 PA for -0.1 WAR (MLB / 2 seasons)
.297/.365/.487 in 340 PA for  3.0 WAR (Triple-A / 1904 season)

Bull Durham (27-year old P)
5th round pick, 74th overall in 1903 draft
6-3 record with 4 saves, 3.35 ERA, and 1.8 WAR in 80 2/3 IP (Triple-A / 1904 season)

OmahaBaseball · 02-08-2025, 07:50 PM

It was Draft Day and teams were ready to make their selections. With the top overall pick, the White Sox did the right thing and selected Ty Cobb. Philadelphia selected Branch Rickey, while New York went with Orval Overall to round out the top-3 selections.

With the 16th overall selection, Boston chose catcher George Gibson. The scouting report on Gibson has him having "plus power potential" who is "very sure-handed and reliable" behind the plate and who is "aggressive" on the base paths but "runs well." With the remaining 4 picks (Rounds 2 through 5), the Americans selected RP Joe Harris, 2B Art Hoelskoetter, C Tubby Spencer, and 3B John Goodwin.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ibsoge01.shtml
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12-19-2024, 06:41 PM	#1321
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	American League Fireman of the Year Award While the Chicago White Sox had a terrible 1904 season, that is not the fault of reliever Bill Hoffer who was named the American League Fireman of the Year award winner. On the year, Hoffer had 1-0 record with 2 saves and 2 shutdowns with a 0.00 ERA in 6 1/3 innings of play. Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-19-2024, 07:00 PM	#1322
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	National League Gold Glove Awards The National League Gold Glove Award recipients were announced today, with repeat winners in Johnny Kling (3rd time), Johnny Evers (3rd time), *Sammy Strang* (2nd time), *Joe Tinker* (3rd time), and *Fielder Jones* (4th time). Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-19-2024, 07:04 PM	#1323
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	American League Gold Glove Awards The American League Gold Glove Award was issued to the well-deserving players today. Leading the way from a team standpoint was the Boston Americans (4 players) followed by the Highlanders and Browns (2 players each). Repeat award winners include Kip Selbach (2nd time) and Jimmy Bannon (3rd time). Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-20-2024, 10:50 AM	#1324
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	National League Silver Slugger Awards The National League best hitters of the 1904 Season were awarded today with Silver Slugger Awards. Repeat winners include Johnny Kling (2nd time), *Nap Lajoie* (4th time), *Bill Joyce* (2nd time), and *Bill Keister* (3rd time). Attached Images __________________ Life is Good! Last edited by OmahaBaseball; 12-20-2024 at 10:52 AM.

12-20-2024, 10:58 AM	#1325
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	American League Silver Slugger Awards The winners of the American League Silver Slugger awards were named. The Boston Americans had 4 players receive the award. Repeat winners include *Frank Chance* (3rd time), *Ed Delahanty* (3rd time), *Jimmy Collins* (3rd time), *Honus Wagner* (4th time), *Fred Clarke* (4th time), and *Bill Lange* (2nd time). Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-20-2024, 11:04 AM	#1326
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	National League Rookie of the Year What an outstanding season for New York Giants ace Ed Walsh. The #1 overall pick in the draft, Walsh did not disappoint in putting together a season that resulted in him winning the National League Rookie of the Year award. On the season, Walsh posted a 21-18 record with a 2.32 ERA in 318 1/3 innings that led to a league-leading 8.4 WAR. Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-20-2024, 11:17 AM	#1327
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	American League Rookie of the Year It was a bit of a gamble for the Boston Americans to trade Cy Young (who was coming off of a combined 56 wins in the previous 3 seasons) and a package of players to the "win now" Cincinnati Reds in return for their 1st round draft pick (6th selection). With that draft pick, the Americans targeted Johnny Lush; a pitcher with high potential and a surprisingly good bat. This gamble paid off, as *Lush* was named the American League Rookie of the Year. On the season, Lush posted a 19-15 record with a 2.10 ERA in 313 innings pitched that resulted in 6.6 WAR. Additionally, Lush was able to play outfield positions on his non-pitching day and contributed a slashline of .289/.327/.318 that resulted in an additional 2.4 WAR. Not a bad first year for Lush that saw him win Rookie of the Year, Silver Slugger, Gold Glove, and the World Series! Attached Images __________________ Life is Good! Last edited by OmahaBaseball; 12-20-2024 at 11:18 AM.

12-20-2024, 11:24 AM	#1328
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	National League Platinum Pitcher Despite his World Series troubles, Brooklyn Superbas ace Bob Wicker had a tremendous regular season in which he posted a 20-14 record with 6.2 WAR in 330 2/3 IP that led the league in ERA (1.63), WHIP (0.94), BABIP (.236), RA/9 (8.5), H/9 (6.9), QS (30), QS% (.857), and CG (33). This is Wicker's 2nd career Platinum Pitcher award. Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-20-2024, 11:39 AM	#1329
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	American League Platinum Pitcher Bouncing back from a down year by his standards, Washington Senators superstar Rube Waddell dominated the 1904 Season with a pitching performance that was truly extraordinary. In earning his 3rd American League Platinum Pitcher award, Waddell led the league in Wins (24), ERA (1.71), Games (44), Innings Pitched (336 1/3), Strikeouts (294), WHIP (1.00), K/9 (7.9), WAR (11.3), RA/9 (9.1), K/BB (3.8), FIP- (61), WIN % (.706 ), QS (32), and QS % (.914). There should be no question that Waddell is the best pitcher in MLB! Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-20-2024, 11:45 AM	#1330
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	National League MVP The National League MVP award was announced today, with Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop *Bill Keister* earning the honor. On the season, *Keister* batted .314 (174 for 554) with 37 Doubles, 18 Triples, 2 Homeruns, 71 Runs, 71 RBIs, and 23 Walks for a slashline of .314/.341/.457 that resulted in 7.0 WAR. Of Note, Keister led the NL in Doubles (37), Slugging (.457), Total Bases (253), EBH (57), Sacrifice Flies (9), and ISO (.143). Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-20-2024, 11:52 AM	#1331
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	American League MVP What a year for Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Honus Wager! In picking up his 2nd career American League MVP award, Wagner batted .354 (193 for 545) with 47 Doubles, 12 Triples, 6 Homeruns, 65 Runs, 63 RBIs, 42 Walks, and 41 Stolen Bases for a slashline of .354/.405/.517 that resulted in 8.1 WAR. Wagner led the league in Hits (193), Doubles (47), Batting Average (.354), OBP (.405), SLG (.517), OPS (.922), WAR (8.1), Total Bases (282), EBH (65), WOBA (.435), ISO (.163), and wRC+ (196). Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-25-2024, 09:34 PM	#1332
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	Moving from OOTP 23 to OOTP 25 Just picked up the game during the Steam sale and made the conversion to v25. Followed the guidance on converting and hopefully nothing to crazy happened with the conversion. I am hopeful that the OOTP team will assist in moving this over to the v25 forum thread. *** An appreciative "thank you" to Matt for the quick response and move. __________________ Life is Good! Last edited by OmahaBaseball; 12-26-2024 at 08:25 AM.

12-26-2024, 10:13 AM	#1333
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	Owners Grab Cash By all accounts, it was a financially successful year for MLB owners with the Pirates' owner taking $162,150 in cash profit (low) and the Americans' owner taking $373,993 in cash profit (high). Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!

12-27-2024, 09:46 AM	#1334
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	Giants Deal Taylor to Highlanders A trade between the New York teams this morning that has *Barry McCormick* moving over to the Giants in exchange for *Jack Taylor* taking up new residence with the Highlanders. While *Taylor* wasn't used much the last few seasons, he still has decent ratings relative to the league and should provide back of the rotation support. Giants receive: Code: Barry McCormick (29-year old SS/2B/3B) 1903 All-Star .202/.254/.226 in 351 PA for 0.1 WAR (MLB 1904) .222/.278/.271 in 1833 PA for 1.2 WAR (MLB / 4 seasons) Highlanders receive: Code: Jack Taylor (30-year old P) 2nd round, 17th overall in 1897 draft 1901 Silver Slugger (P); 1902 All-Star 1-1 record with 1.42 ERA and 0.2 WAR in 6 1/3 IP (MLB / 1904) 26-34 record with 3.23 ERA and 6.6 WAR in 509 1/3 IP (MLB / 4 seasons) Attached Images __________________ Life is Good! Last edited by OmahaBaseball; 12-29-2024 at 06:15 PM.

12-29-2024, 11:05 AM	#1336
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	National League Manager of the Year *Tommy Toth, skipper of the Brooklyn Superbas, was honored with the NL Manager of the Year* award after leading his team to the NL crown with a 76-64 record. *Toth* has a career record of 214-206 (.510%) in 3 seasons at the helm. Attached Images __________________ Life is Good! Last edited by OmahaBaseball; 12-29-2024 at 11:06 AM.

12-29-2024, 11:10 AM	#1337
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	American League Manager of the Year The American League Manager of the Year award was given to Boston Americans skipper *Sussex Newton* after he lead his team to an 82-58 record to not only pick up the AL crown, but winning the World Series via a sweep over the Brooklyn Superbas. This is *Newton's* 2nd career MofY award and secured his highest season score with a 1095 mark. Attached Images __________________ Life is Good! Last edited by OmahaBaseball; 12-29-2024 at 11:26 AM.

02-08-2025, 07:50 PM	#1340
OmahaBaseball Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Home of the College World Series! Posts: 3,675	MLB Draft It was Draft Day and teams were ready to make their selections. With the top overall pick, the White Sox did the right thing and selected Ty Cobb. Philadelphia selected Branch Rickey, while New York went with Orval Overall to round out the top-3 selections. With the 16th overall selection, Boston chose catcher *George Gibson. The scouting report on Gibson* has him having "plus power potential" who is "very sure-handed and reliable" behind the plate and who is "aggressive" on the base paths but "runs well." With the remaining 4 picks (Rounds 2 through 5), the Americans selected RP *Joe Harris, 2B Art Hoelskoetter, C Tubby Spencer, and 3B John Goodwin*. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ibsoge01.shtml . Attached Images __________________ Life is Good!