Season Comments:
- Boston Beaneaters wins its 2nd of 2 straight NL Pennants
- 1st year of “modern” stolen base rule
- Willie Keeler leads league w/ .385 average – 216 hits, only 10 for extra bases
- Jimmy Collins of the Beaneaters leads the league with 15 homers
- Kid Nichols of the Beaneaters goes 31-12, his 3rd straight 30+ win season
- Clark Griffith, future owner of the Washington Senators, leads league with 1.88 ERA (retro)
Total Pct Completed: 89.3%
Hardest to Strike Out (BK+):
Team:
Boston– 299 k’s
Individual:
- Willie Keeler, Balt - 4 k’s in 561 at-bats (729 BK+)
- Lave Cross, St.L – 8 k’s in 602 ab’s (443)
- Hugh Duffy, Bos - 13 k’s in 568 ab’s (290)
- John McGraw, Balt – 13 k’s in 515 ab’s (272)
- Bobby Wallace, Clev – 14 k’s in 593 ab’s (265)
Keeler's 4 k's:
- August 13, gane 2 (vs Pitt, Jim Gardner)
- September 5, game 2 (at Phil, Wiley Piatt)
- September 13, game 2 (at NY, Ed Doheny, 5th)
- October 13 (vs. Bos, Vic Willis)
Most Strikeouts:
Team:
Louisville – 433 k’s
Individual:
- Jake Gettman, Wash –60
- Bill Joyce, NY – 60
- Candy LaChance, Brook – 59
- Billy Clingman, Lou – 57
- Barry McCormick, Chi – 54
Most Strikeouts by a Pitcher:
Season:
Cy Seymour, NY – 239
Game:
September 12 – Cy Seymour, NY, 12 (vs. Wash)
4 or more Strikeouts by Batter:
September 21 – Bill Damman, Cin (5) vs. Wash (Jack Sutthoff)
Resources:
Brooklyn and New York home & away - New York Evening Telegram (play-by-play)
Boston home - Boston Globe
Baltimore home -Baltimore Sun
Cleveland home - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Philadelphia home – Philadelphia Inquirer
Washington home – Washington Post
Pittsburgh home – Pittsburgh Press & Post
Chicago home & away – Chicago Tribune
Help Wanted Section:
Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis are my 3 home game “sore spots” – I have gleaned some scattered k’s from the Louisville Courier- Journal (LCJ). The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune began a 2 year “sabbatical” in batter strikeout coverage. They would resume that stat in the boxscores in 1900. St. Louis Globe Democrat began to include batter strikeouts in their boxscores late in the season.
Other Individual Player Comments:
- Matt Kilroy makes a comeback after 3 years out of the majors – going 6-7 and also playing 11 games in the of. He struck out 7 times.
- Candy LaChance had the worst BK+ with a rating of 53. He also had the highest percentage of his team’s (Brooklyn) strikeouts with 19.0% - the highest percentage in the NL from 1897-1909 that a player had of his team k’s.
- Sam Thompson, in his penultimate season (he will show up in 1908 at age 46 for 8 games), hits .349 in 63 at-bats and strikes out only once.
- Other Hall of Famers:
o Elmer Flick, Phil - 37
o Bid McPhee, Cin – 35
o Jesse Burkett, Clev – 30
o Billy Hamilton, Bos – 29
o Jake Beckley, Cin – 28
o Ed Delahanty, Phil – 28
o Napoleon Lajoie, Phil – 24
o Fred Clarke, Lou – 22
o Honus Wagner, Lou – 21
o Hughie Jennings, Balt – 21
o Jimmy Collins, Bos – 18
o Wilbert Robinson, Balt – 18
o George Davis, NY – 15
o Frank Chance, Chi – 14 (1st year – 33 games at c, 17 in of, 2 at 1b)
o Bobby Wallace, Clev – 14
o Hugh Duffy, Bos – 13
o John McGraw, Balt – 13
o Cy Young, Clev – 12
o Amos Rusie, NY – 8
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