World Series Champions - Detroit Tigers (Frank McDonald)
MVP - Dave Davenport (DET) 28-14, 2.50 ERA, 230 K's, 403 IP
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| 1915 was a breakout year for Detroit's Dave Davenport |
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| Detroit opens the season with another pennant raising |
Another OTBL season, and another title for Frank and his Detroit Tigers! The Tigers may have had their most dominating season yet in the run of terror here, winning 102 games and only losing 48 in the regular season. With Detroit racking up wins, every other team but one was relegated to a record below the .500 mark. That one intrepid team that dared to finish with a winning record and challenge the Tigers in the World Series was Doug's Boston Red Sox. The BoSox put up a great fight, but the Tigers dispatched them in five games to win their FIFTH title in a row!
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| President Woodrow Wilson throws out the first pitch of the Detroit-Boston World Series |
Dave Davenport narrowly edged teammate Walter Johnson for the the MVP and Cy Young Award. They had virtually identical stats but Davenport did pitch in a league record 403 innings and his Pud Galvin-esque endurance may have ultimately swayed the voters. He was a new name for me this year, and I really enjoyed this summary of Davenport as I tried to find out more about him 219-img2-DAVENPORT_Dave.pdf (diamondsinthedusk.com)
Detroit got a bit of an off year from Ty Cobb, whose .318 average was, well, below average for the lifetime . The Georgia Peach did, however, swipe a league-record 148 bases this year! That destroyed the former mark of 121 steals set by Clyde Milan in 1912.
Other efforts worth noting.....
Eddie Collins (DET) set an all-time record for most walks in a season, with 118 BB's. Teammate Ty Cobb was second for the year (and second all-time) with 114 walks!
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| RBI champ Bill Hinchman |
Iron Man Dave Davenport (DET) started in a league-record 49 games
Bert Gallia (NYG) won the Rolaids Fireman Relief award, notching 20 saves
Benny Kauff (BOA) won the Batting title with a .326 average, topping Ty Cobb, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and many others
Gavvy Cravath (SLN) led all batters with 19 HRs
Bill Hinchman (DEA) was the only 100 RBI batter this year, driving ins 113 Tiger runs
The Big Train, Walter Johnson (DEA) led all hurlers with 29 wins, one more than teammate Dave Davenport
Fred Toney (BRN) won the ERA title (1.87). That's tremendous, deadball era or not!
Grover Cleveland Alexander (BRN), also known as Pete Alexander, AKA "Miner" Alexander racked up the most strikeouts (257)
St Louis bested New York 2-1 in the longest game of the year, a 24 inning marathon! Cardinal batters Mike Mowrey and Ward Miller each logged 11 at bats in that one game. Iron Man Guy Morton of New York somehow went the distance, recording 71 outs in 23 and 2/3 innings that game! Would love to see the pitch count there. :-)
I had to really try hard to find something Detroit DIDN'T do well this year, but I found one. Braggo Roth went 0-5 against Pittsburgh in a game late in July, striking out every time. Braggo wasn't talking much smack after setting the single game record for most strikeouts by a batter :-)
Fred Toney (BRN) and Walter Johnson (DET) each threw one-hitters this season
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