World Series Champions - Detroit Tigers (Frank McDonald)
MVP - Walter Johnson (DET) 31-14, 2.72 ERA, 341 K's
Cy Young Award - Walter Johnson (DET) 31-14, 2.72 ERA, 341 K's
MVP - Walter Johnson (DET) 31-14, 2.72 ERA, 341 K's
Cy Young Award - Walter Johnson (DET) 31-14, 2.72 ERA, 341 K's
Manager of the Year - Frank McDonald (DET)
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The Detroit Tigers make it two in a row as they repeat as your OTBL World Champions! The Tigers again dominated the competition, finishing the regular season 17 games ahead of second-place St. Louis! The Cardinals and the Red Sox staged an epic battle down the stretch for the honor of making the Series and facing the Tigers, with St. Louis winning out by just 1 game. It was almost all for naught, however, as the Tigers romped to victory in the World Series in just five games!
Detroit was loaded again, with Ty Cobb (.412, 23 triples, 6 HRs, 58 steals), Eddie Collins (.316, 61 steals), and Wahoo Sam Crawford (.293, 63 steals, 101 RBIs) anchoring a tremendous offense. Walter Johnson was spectacular, of course, but Nap Rucker (21-13, 2.90) and Vean Gregg (21-11, 2.97) aided him in shutting down opposing lineups.
Detroit was loaded again, with Ty Cobb (.412, 23 triples, 6 HRs, 58 steals), Eddie Collins (.316, 61 steals), and Wahoo Sam Crawford (.293, 63 steals, 101 RBIs) anchoring a tremendous offense. Walter Johnson was spectacular, of course, but Nap Rucker (21-13, 2.90) and Vean Gregg (21-11, 2.97) aided him in shutting down opposing lineups.
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The Most Valuable Player and
The Most Valuable Batter
hugging it out!
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Repeat Champions Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford
bookend Bobby Veach in this 1912 classic phoo
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Some of the other top performers of the season include..
-Clyde Milan (BOA) set a new league record for steals, swiping 121 bags to break Jimmy Sheckard's old record from 1902. Milan had six steals in one game against St. Louis!
-Detroit's pitching staff set a new mark with a combined 931 strikeouts'
-Walter Johnson (DEA) won 30 games for the third consecutive season! The Big Train won 31 and struck out a league-high 341 batsmen! He also struck out a season-high 18 batters in a game against Boston
-Chief Wilson (BRN) lead the league in home runs with 11, edging out Ed Konetchy (SLN) and his 10 dingers
-Home Run Baker (SLN) may have to change his name to RBI Baker after leading everyone with 112 runs batting in
-Hank Robinson (BOA) led all relievers with 46 saves, and was the runaway winner of the Rolaids Relief Award (even though Rolaids wouldn't be invented for another ten years or so :-)) Robinson was just one save away from Eddie Cicotte's all-time record. Boston set a new league record for most team saves, with 51
-Smoky Joe Wood (SLN) won the ERA title at 2.35
-Larry Cheney (PIN) and Smoky Joe Wood (SLN) each threw one-hitters
-My favorite performance of the year was from Jeff Tesreau (NYN), who recorded FIFTY outs in a single game this season! Tesreau went 16 and 2/3 innings against the Cardinals on April 21. Would love to know the pitch count on that game!
-Hank Robinson (BOA) led all relievers with 46 saves, and was the runaway winner of the Rolaids Relief Award (even though Rolaids wouldn't be invented for another ten years or so :-)) Robinson was just one save away from Eddie Cicotte's all-time record. Boston set a new league record for most team saves, with 51
-Smoky Joe Wood (SLN) won the ERA title at 2.35
-Larry Cheney (PIN) and Smoky Joe Wood (SLN) each threw one-hitters
-My favorite performance of the year was from Jeff Tesreau (NYN), who recorded FIFTY outs in a single game this season! Tesreau went 16 and 2/3 innings against the Cardinals on April 21. Would love to know the pitch count on that game!
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This score card is from a 1912
Tiger game
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Cobb's aggressive style set the tone for the
World Champion Tigers
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This season also marked the debut of Boston's
new home field, Fenway Park! Great book if
you are looking for something to read on
this great era of baseball!
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