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Many stars in this team had been the summer heroes of the late 1800s. With the outcome of the new millennium, the National League dropped four franchises in favor of an 8-team format. Early on in 1901, the Western League became the American League and in 1903 the Boston Pilgrims hosted the first post-season world championship against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Muchas de estas estrellas fueron los heroes a finales de la decada de 1800. Con la llegada del nuevo milenio, la Liga Nacional elimino cuatro equipos a favor de un formato de ocho. Temprano desde el 1901, la Liga del Oeste se convirtio en la Liga Americana, y en 1903 los Pelegrinos de Boston fueron anfitriones en el primer campeonato mundial de pos-temporada contra los Piratas de Pittsburgh. |
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HITTERS |
POS |
PITCHING |
| C |
Buck Ewing |
SP |
Christy Mathewson |
| C |
Roger Bresnahan |
SP |
Joe McGinnity |
| 1B |
Frank Chance |
SP |
Cy Young |
| 1B |
Harry Davis |
SP |
Rube Waddell |
| 2B |
Nap Lajoie |
SP |
Jack Chesbro |
| 2B |
Claude Ritchey |
RP |
Ed Walsh |
| 3B |
Terry Turner |
RP |
Mordecai Brown |
| 3B |
George Davis |
RP |
Wild Bill Donovan |
| SS |
Joe Tinker |
RP |
Jack Pfiester |
| SS |
Honus Wagner |
RP |
Jack Taylor |
| OF |
Elmer Flick |
| OF |
Sam Crawford |
| OF |
Jesse Burkett |
| OF |
George Stone |
| OF |
Ginger Beaumont |
| OF |
Harry Davis |
1. Honus Wagner (SS)
ranks 8th in hits (3,415) and in doubles (640); 3rd in triples(252); 16th in RBIs (1,732); 14th in most at bats (10,430); scored 1,740 runs; batting average of .327; first to reach 3,000 hits; 8 batting crowns; batted over .300 for 17 consecutive years; league leader in stolen bases five times; played 21 seasons in the outfield, third base, shorstop, and first base |
2. Nap Lajoie (2B)
ranks 13th in hits (3,242), 6th in doubles (657), 33rd in triples (163), 23rd in RBIs (1,599), and 16th in batting average (.338); won the Triple Crown in 1901 (14 HRs, 125 RBIs, .426 AVG), scored 145 runs and slugged for .643; hit .300 in 16 of his 21 campaigns; nine times batting over .350, and lifetime average of .338
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3. Sam Crawford (CF)
batted left; all-time leader in triples (309), and 37th in RBIs (1,525); led the NL in HRs (16) during his first year; AL champ twice in RBIs (112, 120), three years in triples (17, 19, 23), and once in doubles (34); stole 366 bases; 2,961 lifetime hits and a batting average of .309. |
4. Jesse Burkett (RF)
batted left; 200 hits six times; ranks 15th in triples (182), and 16th in batting average (.338); hit .363 in 1900; in 1901 led the NL in batting (.376), hits (226), and runs (142) |
5. Elmer Flick (LF)
ranks 30th in triples (164) with only 10 campaigns in the majors; hit .367 in 1900; in 1904, achieved 260 total bases with 17 triples and 97 runs scored; led the AL in batting (.308) and slugging verage (.462) in 1905 |
6. Frank Chance (1B)
stole 67 bases in 1903 (still a record for first basemen); led the NL in runs (103), and on-base average (.406) in 1906; stole 401 bases total |
7. George Davis (3B)
switch-hitter, holds the records for triples (27) and RBIs (134) in a season; had a .915 fielding average at shorstop in 1902; collected 2,660 hits while playing outfield, third base and shorstop |
8. Roger Bresnahan (C)
played 17 years in all nine positions; In 1903, obtained 142 hits (including 42 for extra bases), stole 34 bases, and batted .350; appeared in 1,446 major league games and hit lifetime .279 batting average
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