1897 DMB World Series-Boston Beaneaters

                               Front: Jimmy Collins, Chick Stahl, Bobby Lowe Middle: Herman Long, Kid Nichols, George Yeager,                Frank Selee (manager), Hugh Duffy (captain), Fred Tenney, Billy Hamilton.
Back: Jim Sullivan, Jake Stivetts, Bob Allen, Charles Ganzel, Fred Klobedanz, Ted Lewis, Fred Lake.

The mustache ratio is 29% which includes Manager Frank Selee. Hugh Duffy seems to be distracted by something shiny off to his right. Charlie Ganzel looks like he’s 6’8”, and has a striking resemblance to the guy in the 1st The Hills Have Eyes movie. Ganzel is listed at just 6 ft tall, so he must be standing on something. (Maybe one of his victims!!!!???)

The Beaneaters and Manager Frank Selee wrested the National League crown from the Baltimore Orioles by 2 games thanks to a thrilling late season series won by the Beaneaters. Kid Nichols won 2 games and the final game of the series was played in front of 25,000 fans.

The Beaneaters proceeded to stink up the Temple Cup series and lost to the Orioles in 5 games. The Beaneaters and Manager Selee cared so much that he pitched Piano Legs Hickman in the 5th and deciding game. Hickman had only pitched 7.2 innings during the season.

The Beaneaters hit .319 as a team and led the National League with 45 home runs. Hugh Duffy led the team and the league with 11 of those long balls.  The 1045 runs that they scored led the league as well, and would be the last time a team scored over 1000 runs in a season until the 1930 NY Yankees.

Also on offense the Beaneaters had Hall of Famer Billy Hamilton and his .343 average, 105 walks, 152 runs scored and 66 stolen bases. the Beaneaters had 5 players score more than 100 for the season. Behind the dish  Boston had the troubled Marty Bergen. His murder suicide in 1900 was discussed previously.

On the mound the Beaneaters were led by Hall of Famer Kid Nichols and his 32 victories. Fred Klobedanz won 26, and Ted Lewis had 21.

PREDICTION: The Beaneaters put forth little effort to win the Temple Cup Series, but the DMB software doesn’t care. Unfortunately for the Beaneaters I’ll be using actual line ups as used in the 1897 Temple Cup Series, which means Piano Legs Hickman and his 5.87 ERA will start Game #5. Offensively the teams stack up pretty equally, but the Orioles will be much more aggressive on the base paths. Despite Piano Legs Hickman, Kid Nichols will start 3 games for the Beaneaters, if it goes 7.  I’m looking for a 7 game series, and predicting a Beaneaters victory. Plus all the Orioles are afraid of Charlie Ganzel and his Hills buddies.

1897 World Series-Baltimore Orioles

Top: Boileryard Clarke, Doc Amole, Bill Hoffer, Joe Corbett, Arlie Pond, Jeremiah Nops, Wilbert Robinson.

Middle: Heinie Reitz, Hughie Jennings, Harry VonDerHorst (president), Ned Hanlon (manager), Joe Kelley, Jack Doyle.

Bottom: Joe Quinn, Tom O’Brien, John McGraw, Mike Bowerman, Willie Keeler, Al Maul, Jake Stenzel.

 Ned Hanlon’s Orioles found themselves in the thick of another pennant race as they hosted the Boston Beaneaters in a 3 game series at the end of September. The Orioles led by the slimmest of margins, leading by just 1 percentage point over the Beaneaters. The Beaneaters proceeded to take 2 out of 3 from the Orioles behind 2 Kid Nichols’ victories. The 3rd game was won by the Beaneaters 19-10 in front of 25,000 disappointed Oriole fans. The Beaneaters would not relinquish the lead and would win the NL pennant by 2 games. The Orioles found little consolation by winning the Temple Cup Series 4 games to one. The Beaneaters played with little enthusiasm, with nothing to prove, and the 750 fans that showed up for the final game didn’t seem to care either.

The Orioles fielded a strong team as usual, leading the league with a .325 average, a .394 OBP, as well as 401 stolen bases. Willie Keeler hit .424, Jake Stenzel hit .357, Joe Kelley hit .362 while leading the team with 5 home runs and 118 rbis. Hughie Jennings hit .355 and was hit with a pitch an amazing 46 times.

The Orioles went with a strict 4 man rotation.  Joe Corbett(24), Bill Hoffer(22) and rookie Jerry Nops(20) each won 20 games, while ZArlie Pond finished with 18. Their 3.55 team ERA was 2nd to only the NY Giants.

DMB World Series Biography- Marty Bergen

 

Martin Bergen

BORN: 10/25/1871-North Brookfield, Mass

DIED: 1/19/1900-North Brookfield, Mass

Marty Bergen was the older brother of Bill Bergen, both catchers in the National League, but  with decidedly different stories. I have always morphed them together confusing their stories. It might have to do with all the catchers with the same sounding name:Marty Bergen, Bill Bergen, Wally Berger, Yogi Berra….how’s a guy supposed to keep them straight?

Bill Bergen has the distinction of being the worst hitter in the history of the game. His lifetime .170 average in 3,028 at bats is by far the epitome of the good field no hit ball player. No other player with over 2,500 at bats has hit under .210.

Marty Bergen’s story is one of the most tragic in the history of the game.

Marty Bergen played just 4 seasons(1896-1899) all with the Boston Beaneaters and finished with a .265 lifetime average. He was considered a fine defensive catcher with The Sporting News reporting that Bergen had one of the strongest throwing arms for a catcher ever.

His Manager Frank Selee was quoted as saying that Bergen was, “…one of the greatest ball players who ever went upon the diamond.’ And…."I knew Bergen was not in his right mind.”

He was moody, a loner, paranoid, confrontational with his fellow teammates, and a constant cause of dissent in the dugout. He would sit sideways on the bench during games….”in case one of my teammates tried to attack me.”

When his oldest son Martin died of diphtheria in April 1899 his behavior got even more erratic. He felt that the other players were plotting against him, and  would leave the team on several occasions to be with his family. He had numerous altercations with his teammates and was quoted as saying that, ”….he wanted to club them to death.”

When the Beaneaters finished in 2nd place, 8 games back in 1899, some felt it was because of the dissension caused by Bergen’s behavior. During the off season Bergen was even more despondent because he felt he was to blame for the teams play. He sought help from his physician, as well as his Minister, because he felt that he was,”……having strange ideas.” And he felt….”he was not right in the head.” He would accuse both his physician and wife of trying to poison him.

On the morning of  January 19, 1900 Bergen woke up early and started his day like any other. He lit a fire and started to prepare breakfast when he just snapped. He grabbed a long handled axe, entered his bedroom and beat his wife numerous times over the head with the blunt side of the axe while she lay sleeping in their bed. He then entered his son’s room and killed him with 1 blow to the head, using the blade side of the axe. He re-entered the kitchen and proceeded to bludgeon his daughter to death with his trusty axe.  He then picked up a straight razor and slit his own throat, almost severing his head in the process. He died on the kitchen floor next to his daughter.

Bill James compiled a list of baseball related suicides that occurred between 1900 and 1925. There were 25 suicides that also included Win Mercer, Chick Stahl, Arthur Irwin and Mrs Joe Tinker.

 

Batting Record
Year Team        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1896 BOS N      65   245   39   66   6   4   4   37   11   22   3   4    6  .269  .309  .376   0.3 1896 BOS N
1897 BOS N      87   327   47   81  11   3   2   45   18        4   2    5  .248  .295  .318   0.1 1897 BOS N
1898 BOS N     120   446   62  125  16   5   3   60   13        1   9    9  .280  .302  .359   0.4 1898 BOS N
1899 BOS N      72   260   32   67  11   3   1   34   10        2   0    4  .258  .290  .335  -0.1 1899 BOS N
Total(4 Years) 344  1278  180  339  44  15  10  176   52   22i 10  15   24  .265  .299  .347   0.7 Total
Year Team        G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team

DMB World Series 19th Century Hall Of Famer-George Davis

Elected by Veterans Committee in 1998         Image provided by Dick Perez     

GEORGE STACEY DAVIS 

CLEVELAND, N.L., 1890-1892

NEW YORK, N.L., 1893-1901, 1903

CHICAGO, A.L., 1902, 1904-1909

A SHORTSTOP OF SHINING PROMINENCE WHOSE OFFENSIVE

PROWESS GREATLY SURPASSED HIS PEERS IN THE DEADBALL

ERA. A PROLIFIC SWITCH-HITTER, HIS IMPRESSIVE CAREER

TOTALS INCLUDE A .295 BATTING AVERAGE, 2,660 HITS, 451

DOUBLES, 1437 RBI, 616 STOLEN BASES AND 163 TRIPLES, A

RECORD AMONG SWITCH-HITTERS. HIT .300 OR BETTER NINE

TIMES AND HIS 136 RBI IN 1897 LED THE NATIONAL LEAGUE.

PACED THE 1906 CHICAGO “HITLESS WONDERS” TO A WORLD

SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. SERVED AS A PLAYER-MANAGER FOR THE

1898, 1900 AND 1901 GIANTS

Davis started his career as an outfielder, moved to 3rd base, and eventually settled in at shortstop in 1897. He would lead the league in double plays and fielding % 4 times each at shortstop. In 1906 he helped the Chicago White Sox beat a heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series. His 6 rbis led all hitters.

On April 26, 1900. While on their way to practice at the Polo Grounds, Davis and teammates Kid Gleason and Mike Grady stumbled upon a raging tenement fire. The ballplayers rushed into the burning building, and Davis was responsible for the rescue of two women and a three-year-old child from a blaze that ultimately left 45 families homeless. In a characteristically modest statement, Davis said, "I didn’t do much. I just went up the ladder the same as the rest of the boys and helped to carry down women and children … I didn’t do half as much as Grady and Gleason."

BBA American League MVP

As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance in the general baseball category I have for your perusal, my votes for the American League MVP.

10. Jason Bay(BOST)- .261-36-119 (Some Red Sox love from a Yankee fan)

9. Aaron Hill(TOR)- .286-36-108

8. Ichiro(SEA)- .352-11-46 (Could be higher, but only 88 runs scored, with 225 hits and 26 stolen bases……How is that possible?)

7. Justin Morneau(MINN)- .274-30-100

6. Alex Rodriguez(NYY)- .286-30-100

5. Kendry Morales(LAA)- .306-34-108

4. Miguel Cabrera(DET)- .324-34-103

3. Derek Jeter(NYY)- .334-18-66 (One of his best seasons)

2. Mark Teixeira(NYY)- .292-39-122 (Saved a lot of Yankee infield errors as well)

1. Joe Mauer(MINN)- .365-28-96 (Imagine the numbers he might put up if he wasn’t a catcher)

If you can’t get enough baseball history, make sure you visit the DMB Historic World Series Replay.

1897 DMB World Series-Year In Review

 

It’s 1897 and the National League has maintained another year without any franchise changes. All the usual suspects have returned with the same 12 team format, the anticlimactic Temple Cup Series, and the continuing progression of player rowdyism, roughhouse play, umpire baiting, and all-around unprofessional play. The owners took the bull by the horns and instituted a rule allowing the umpire to fine any player $5 for intentionally defacing a baseball. That’ll teach ‘em!!!!

The Orioles put together another strong team that actually featured a pretty strict 4 man rotation, highly unusual in 19th Century baseball. The combination of Joe Corbett, Bill Hoffer, Arlie Pond and rookie Jerry Naps combined to start 123 of the Orioles 136 games. The Orioles however, would not win their 3rd straight NL Pennant, finishing 2 games back of the Boston Beaneaters. The Beaneaters and Orioles would battle for most of the summer with neither team leading by more than a couple of games. On Sept. 24 the Orioles would host the Beaneaters for a 3 game series, leading by 1% point. The Beaneaters would win 2 out of 3 behind 2 Kid Nichols’ wins to take over 1st for good.

This replayer’s favorite Cleveland Spiders would actually fall to 5th place and would be bestowed the name Indians, thanks to the play of fan favorite Chief Louis Sockalexis, a Penobscot Indian that would light up the baseball world for 3 months in the summer of 1897, before he flamed out from alcohol and its related abuses. He would play in 66 games in 1897, and would be out of baseball in 1899 after playing in only 28 more games. When the American League Cleveland franchise was looking for a team name in 1915 they would choose Indians to honor Louis Sockalexis.

The final(It’s about time) Temple Cup Series would feature the Beaneaters and the Orioles. The Beaneaters would play with little enthusiasm, feeling they had nothing to prove and would lose to the Orioles in 5 games. Only 750 fans showed up for the anti-climactic game 5.  Mercifully this poorly conceived post season series was terminated to little fanfare or debate before the 1898 season.

The St. Louis Browns put together a 29-102 record(.221) a horrendous season that gets little press because of the historically bad 1899 Cleveland Spiders. Starting pitcher Red Donahue lost 35 games for the Browns, the most losses for any pitcher at the 60 ft pitching distance.

OTHER EVENTS:

4/19- The Washington Nationals would be the guest of President McKinley at the White House. The 1st time a baseball team was so honored. The Nationals would finish 32 games out, and McKinley would be assassinated 4 years later. There is no know connection.

4/22- Wee Willie Keeler would single in the Orioles season opener, starting his 44 game hitting streak.

6/29-The Chicago Colts defeat the Louisville Colonels 36-7, the most lopsided defeat in MLB history.

9/18- Cy Young pitches his 1st no-hitter, besting the Cincinnati Reds 6-0.

George Davis(NYG) would drive in 136 runs. This would be the highest total for a shortstop until Vern Stevens drove in 137 in 1948.

Harry Davis(Pitt) would hit 28 triples, but would hit only 10 doubles. That is the highest differential in baseball history. Davis would go on to lead the AL in home runs for 4 consecutive years(1901-1904).

A guy by the name of Honus Wagner would debut with the Louisville Colonels.

NL

Team Name                        G    W    L    T   PCT    GB    RS   RA
Boston Beaneaters              135   93   39    3  .705     -  1025  665
Baltimore Orioles              136   90   40    6  .692   2.0   964  669
New York Giants                138   83   48    7  .634   9.5   899  696
Cincinnati Reds                134   76   56    2  .576  17.0   763  705
Cleveland Indians              132   69   62    1  .527  23.5   774  678
Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers       136   61   71    4  .462  32.0   802  845
Washington Nationals           135   61   71    3  .462  32.0   777  793
Pittsburgh Pirates             135   60   71    4  .458  32.5   676  835
Chicago Colts                  138   59   73    6  .447  34.0   832  895
Philadelphia Phillies          134   55   77    2  .417  38.0   752  792
Louisville Colonels            136   52   78    6  .400  40.0   675  870
St. Louis Browns               133   29  102    2  .221  63.5   592 1088

LEAGUE LEADERS

AVG- WILLIE KEELER(BALT)- .424

HRS- HUGH DUFFY(BOST)- 11

RBI- GEORGE DAVIS(NY)- 136

WINS- KID NICHOLS(BOST)- 31

ERA- AMOS RUSIE(NY)- 2.54

KS- DOC MCJAMES(WASH)- 156        CY SEYMOUR(NY)-          156

WORLD EVENTS:

    

Bram Stoker’s Dracula                         Moe Howard                 Amelia Earhart or Hilary Swank?

BORN:

3/4-Lefty O’Doul

4/7- Walter Winchell- Father of the “Gossip Column”

4/10- Ross Youngs

6/19- Moe Howard- Everybody’s 3rd favorite Stooge

7/24- Amelia Earhart-Looks just like Hillary Swank

10/2- Bud Abbott-Who’s On 1st?

10/7- Elijah Muhammad

10/29- Joseph Goebbels-Hitler’s propaganda minister, and all-around nice guy

DEATHS:

2/5-Charles”Old Hoss” Radbourn

3/5- Dave Foutz

4/3- Johannes Brahms

EVENTS:

3/4- William McKinley becomes President of the United States

5/18- Dracula by Bram Stoker is published

9/1- The Boston Subway opens, the 1st underground transit system in North America

 

19th Century Hall of Famer- Bid McPhee

Elected by the Veterans committee in 2000                                     Image provided by Dick Perez

JOHN ALEXANDER MCPHEE

“BID”

CINCINNATI, A.A., 1882-89

CINCINNATI, N.L., 1890-99

ONE OF THE 19TH CENTURY’S PREMIER SECOND BASEMAN. HE WAS A

STANDOUT FIELDER DESPITE PLAYING BAREHANDED FOR MOST OF HIS

18-YEAR CAREER. THE LAST SECOND BASEMAN TO PLAY WITHOUT A

GLOVE. HE REGULARLY LED THE LEAGUE IN DOUBLE PLAYS, FIELDING

AVERAGE, ASSISTS AND PUTOUTS. PLAYING WITH A GLOVE FOR THE

FIRST TIME IN 1896. HIS FIELDING AVERAGE WAS .982 A MARK THAT

STOOD FOR 29 YEARS. A SKILLED LEADOFF HITTER, HE COMPILED 2,250

HITS AND TOPPED THE 100-RUN MARK 10 TIMES, INCLUDING A CAREER-

BEST 139 IN 1886. KNOWN FOR HIS SOBER DISPOSITION AND

EXEMPLARY SPORTSMANSHIP.

Bid McPhee was the best defensive 2nd baseman of the 19th century, but compiled only a .271 lifetime average. Thus the main reason it took so long for him to enter the Hall of Fame. He actually led the American Association in home runs with 8 in 1886, stole 568 career bases while scoring 1678 runs.

"It is ‘off with the old and on wild the new…. as soon as [a player] begins to derogate in his work, a cry is set up for someone to take his place…. One exception to that was ‘Bid’ McPhee, the Cincinnati second baseman…. In an open letter to Cincinnati fans in 1900, Mc Phee announced his voluntary retirement because ‘… my presence on the team would only handicap its chances.’ The club, he said, gave him permission to stay as long as he liked, which was a warm tribute to a man who was most proud of the fact that he had not once been fined or ejected for misconduct." – Author David Quentin Voigt in American Baseball (1966)

1896 DMB World Series-Game #5

Joe Corbett vs Bobby Wallace 10/8/1896, @League Park I

 

ORIOLES WIN PITCHERS DUAL AND DMB WORLD SERIES

 

The Baltimore Orioles won their 3rd straight DMB World Series in a classic pitcher’s dual by a score of 1-0. Neither team scored in the 1st 8 innings as Joe Corbett and Bobby Wallace traded zeros.

In the 9th, Wilbert Robinson led off with a single to center for the Orioles. Uncle Robbie surprisingly stole 2nd and scored on Joe Corbett’s line drive single.

In the Spider’s 9th, Corbett retired the 1st 2 batters before giving up a groundball single to Chippy McGarr. Feeling a little chippy, McGarr took off for 2nd on the 1st pitch to Cupid Childs. Wilbert Robinson gunned him down on a strong throw to 2nd to end the game. A World Series ending play reminiscent of Babe Ruth in 1926 against the Cardinals.

10/8/1896, BAL96-CLE96, League Park I
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1896 Orioles           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1     1  8  1    11  1
1896 Spiders           0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     0  6  1    10  0

Orioles              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Spiders              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Donnelly,J        3b  4  0  0  0  .357    McGarr,C          3b  5  0  1  0  .160
Reitz,H           2b  2  0  0  0  .350    Childs,C          2b  2  0  2  0  .316
Doyle,J           1b  5  0  2  0  .143    Tebeau,P          1b  4  0  0  0  .273
Jennings,H        ss  4  0  1  0  .238    McKean,E          ss  4  0  1  0  .313
Kelley,J          lf  4  0  0  0  .391    Burkett,J         lf  3  0  1  0  .286
Brodie,S          cf  4  0  1  0  .190    McAleer,J         cf  3  0  1  0  .313
Keeler,W          rf  4  0  2  0  .412    Blake,H           rf  3  0  0  0  .250
Robinson,W        c   4  1  1  0  .364    Zimmer,C          c   3  0  0  0  .188
Corbett,J         p   4  0  1  1  .375    Wallace,B         p   3  0  0  0  .083
                     35  1  8  1           O’Connor,J       ph  1  0  0  0  .000
                                                               31  0  6  0
Orioles                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Corbett,J        W 1-0           9.0  6  0  0  6  6 135  77  1.06
                                 9.0  6  0  0  6  6 135  77
Spiders                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Wallace,B        L 0-2           9.0  8  1  1  2  5 118  79  3.50
                                 9.0  8  1  1  2  5 118  79

CLE: O’Connor,J batted for Wallace,B in the 9th
E-Keeler,W, Zimmer,C. SB-Robinson,W(1). CS-McGarr,C, Wallace,B. K-Reitz,H 2,
Doyle,J, Kelley,J, Corbett,J, McGarr,C 2, Blake,H, Zimmer,C 2, O’Connor,J.
BB-Reitz,H 2, Childs,C 2, Burkett,J, McAleer,J, Blake,H, Zimmer,C.
SH-Reitz,H. HBP-Donnelly,J. HB-Wallace,B.
GWRBI: Corbett,J
Temperature: 55, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 12 MPH.

SUMMARY: The Orioles had too much offense, and with the loss of Cy Young after game , the Spiders were undermanned and didn’t have a chance.

MVP: Wilbert Robinson hit a grand slam to win game 2, and led all hitters with 7 rbis. His stolen base in game 5, put him in scoring position for the winning run in game 5. He also ended the game by throwing out Chippy McGarr trying to steal.

MVP: Wilbert Robinson .364-1-7 GW Grand Slam

DMB team batting — 1896 Baltimore Orioles                            
                               League championship — as of 10/8/1896                              

S Name               P    AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS
  Keeler,W*          rf  .412  .444  .412    4   17    7   0   0   0    1    1    1    0   0   1   0   1
  Clarke,B           c   .400  .400  .800    1    5    2   0   1   0    0    0    0    1   0   0   0   0
  Kelley,J           lf  .391  .391  .696    5   23    9   5   1   0    6    4    0    1   0   0   0   0
  Corbett,J          mr  .375  .375  .750    2    8    3   1   1   0    1    2    0    2   0   0   0   0
  Robinson,W         c   .364  .364  .545    5   22    8   1   0   1    5    7    0    0   0   0   1   0
  Donnelly,J         3b  .357  .400  .357    3   14    5   0   0   0    4    2    0    1   1   0   0   0
  Reitz,H*           2b  .350  .435  .550    5   20    7   0   2   0    7    4    3    3   0   0   0   0
  Jennings,H         ss  .238  .292  .238    5   21    5   0   0   0    1    1    2    3   0   0   1   0
  McGraw,J*          3b  .200  .200  .200    2   10    2   0   0   0    1    0    0    2   0   0   0   0
  Brodie,S*          cf  .190  .227  .238    5   21    4   1   0   0    4    4    1    0   0   1   0   1
  Doyle,J            1b  .143  .316  .143    4   14    2   0   0   0    2    2    3    1   1   0   0   1
  Hemming,G          sp  .000  .000  .000    1    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Quinn,J            ut  .000  .000  .000    1    4    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Pitchers               .100  .091  .100    5   10    1   0   0   0    0    1    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Total                  .289  .327  .400    5  190   55   8   5   1   32   28   10   14   2   2   2   3

                             DMB team batting — 1896 Cleveland Spiders                            
                               League championship — as of 10/8/1896                              

S Name               P    AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS
f Young,C            sp  .667  .750 1.667    1    3    2   0   0   1    1    3    1    0   0   0   0   0
  Childs,C*          2b  .316  .480  .526    5   19    6   0   2   0    3    1    6    0   0   1   0   0
  McAleer,J          cf  .313  .389  .313    4   16    5   0   0   0    3    1    2    0   0   0   0   0
  McKean,E           ss  .313  .421  .375    5   16    5   1   0   0    2    0    3    1   0   1   0   0
  Burkett,J*         lf  .286  .375  .429    5   21    6   0   0   1    2    4    3    0   0   2   1   0
  Tebeau,P           1b  .273  .292  .318    5   22    6   1   0   0    3    4    1    0   0   0   1   0
  Blake,H            rf  .250  .286  .300    5   20    5   1   0   0    1    2    1    4   0   0   0   0
  Zimmer,C           c   .188  .381  .250    5   16    3   1   0   0    4    1    2    3   3   0   0   0
  McGarr,C           3b  .160  .160  .200    5   25    4   1   0   0    2    2    0    6   0   0   0   1
  Wallace,B          sp  .083  .083  .083    4   12    1   0   0   0    0    0    0    1   0   0   0   1
  Cuppy,N            sp  .000  .000  .000    1    3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  O’Connor,J         c   .000  .143  .000    2    6    0   0   0   0    0    0    1    1   0   1   0   0
  Pitchers               .333  .333  .333    5    3    1   0   0   0    1    0    0    0   0   0   0   0
  Total                  .242  .325  .324    5  182   44   5   2   2   22   18   20   16   3   5   2   2

DMB team pitching — 1896 Baltimore Orioles                            
                               League championship — as of 10/8/1896                              

S Name               P     ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO     INN    H    R   ER   BB    K  HR GDP    BF
  Esper,D*           sp   0.00   0   1   0   1   0   0   0     3.1    3    1    0    2    0   0   1    15
  Corbett,J          mr   1.06   1   0   0   2   2   1   1    17.0   14    7    2   11    9   0   2    76
  Hoffer,B           sp   4.00   2   0   0   2   2   2   0    18.0   19   10    8    6    5   2   1    84
  Pond,A             sp   4.00   1   0   0   2   1   0   0     9.0    8    4    4    1    2   0   0    37
  Total                   2.66   4   1   0   5   5   3   1    47.1   44   22   14   20   16   2   4   212

                            DMB team pitching — 1896 Cleveland Spiders                            
                               League championship — as of 10/8/1896                              

S Name               P     ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO     INN    H    R   ER   BB    K  HR GDP    BF
  Cuppy,N            sp   1.00   0   0   0   1   1   0   0     9.0    6    4    1    1    3   0   0    37
  Wilson,Z           sp   3.27   1   1   0   2   1   0   0    11.0   18    8    4    2    1   0   4    49
  Wallace,B          sp   3.50   0   2   0   3   2   2   0    18.0   20   12    7    5    9   1   1    86
f Young,C            sp   5.63   0   1   0   1   1   1   0     8.0   11    8    5    2    1   0   0    38
  Total                   3.33   1   4   0   5   5   3   0    46.0   55   32   17   10   14   1   5   210

1896 DMB World Series-Game #4

Bill Hoffer vs Zeke Wilson 10/7/1896, @ League Park I

 

ORIOLES DOUBLE UP SPIDERS FOR EASY GAME 4 WIN

The Orioles banged out 16 hits, 5 by lead off hitter Jim Donnelly and 3 by Heinie Reitz which included 2 triples. Bill Hoffer won his 2nd game of the series despite giving up 10 hits and 3 walks. The Spiders defense turned a DMB World Series record 5 double plays.

             Jim Donnelly hit .328 in 1896. He would finish his career with a .229 average.

10/7/1896, BAL96-CLE96, League Park I
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1896 Orioles           2  0  2  0  1  1  0  0  2     8 16  3     6  0
1896 Spiders           1  0  1  2  0  0  0  0  0     4 10  3    12  5

Orioles              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Spiders              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Donnelly,J        3b  5  4  5  1  .500    McGarr,C          3b  5  0  1  2  .150
Reitz,H           2b  5  3  3  2  .389    Childs,C          2b  4  1  2  0  .235
Doyle,J           1b  4  0  0  1  .000    Tebeau,P          1b  4  1  2  1  .333
Jennings,H        ss  3  0  0  1  .235    McKean,E          ss  4  0  1  0  .333
Kelley,J          lf  5  0  2  1  .474    Burkett,J         lf  5  0  2  1  .278
Brodie,S          cf  4  0  1  1  .176    McAleer,J         cf  5  1  1  0  .308
Keeler,W          rf  4  0  3  0  .385    Blake,H           rf  5  0  1  0  .294
Robinson,W        c   4  1  2  0  .389    Zimmer,C          c   1  1  0  0  .231
Hoffer,B          p   4  0  0  0  .000    Wilson,Z          p   2  0  0  0  .333
                     38  8 16  7           Wallace,B        p   0  0  0  0  .111
                                                               35  4 10  4
Orioles                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Hoffer,B         W 2-0           9.0 10  4  4  3  4 179 114  4.00
                                 9.0 10  4  4  3  4 179 114
Spiders                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Wilson,Z         L 1-1           8.0 16  8  4  2  1 104  68  3.27
Wallace,B                        1.0  0  0  0  0  0  16  10  6.00
                                 9.0 16  8  4  2  1 120  78

E-Reitz,H, Brodie,S, Keeler,W, Childs,C 2, McKean,E. 3B-Reitz,H 2, Childs,C.
SB-Tebeau,P(1), Burkett,J(1). CS-Brodie,S. K-Jennings,H, McKean,E, Blake,H 3.
BB-Doyle,J, Jennings,H, Childs,C, McKean,E, Zimmer,C. SH-Wilson,Z 2.
SF-Jennings,H, Tebeau,P. HBP-Zimmer,C 2. HB-Hoffer,B 2.
GWRBI: Kelley,J
Temperature: 61, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to left at 17 MPH.

Baseball Bloggers Alliance-AL Cy Young Voting

 

Never won a Cy Young Award

Once more the DMB Historic World Series Replay steps out of character to fulfill my obligations as a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance to submit a ballot for the AL Cy Young Award.

Honorable Mention: Showing some Yankee love I need to make sure I include some Yankee hurlers. Mariano Rivera had another dominant year as the Yankee closer. CC Sabathia won 19 games and was a key reason for the Yankees success this season. Justin Verlander won 19 as well and led all pitchers with 269 Ks.

3. Roy Halladay won 17 with a 2.79 ERA, and an impressive 4 shutouts and 9 complete games.

2. Felix Hernandez went 19-5 with a 2.49 ERA. A fantastic season, and missed being my Cy Young pick by an eyelash.

1. Zack Greinke went 16-8 for the low scoring Royals, and could have easily won 20-22 games with just a little more offensive support. Add a miniscule 2.16 ERA and 242 strikeouts and you have this season’s AL Cy Young winner.