Found This A Little Interesting...

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Posted By: Jeff Kennedy

Alot of you already know I am a huge Reulbach supporter and the injustice that surrounds him just floors me, but anyways I stumbled across this today and I thought that it was worth mentioning. Alot of times, you get caught up in reading individual stats and everything just kind of runs together and blah...(At least that is what ends up happening to me, Did I lock the car? What time am I getting up for work? etc.) Today I was reading one of my old Chicago Tribunes (10/13/07) where it had a breakdown of the National and American League pitching leaders for the year (1907). First check out those Cubbies taking up the first 4 of 5 positions in the National League. Can you say powerhouse? Then there is 'ole Ed, up there at the top of the NL and ranking 2nd in all of baseball behind Detroit's "Wild Bill" Donovan who just went nuts in '07. I listed the Top 5 for each league and then threw out the remaining HOFers with there respective ranks. Veterans Commitee: PUT THIS GUY IN THE HALL ALREADY!!!

NL W L % Shu 1H 2H 3H
1)Reulbach, Chi. 17 3 .850 4 0 0 0
2)Overall, Chi. 23 6 .793 9 0 0 2
3)Brown, Chi. 20 6 .769 7 0 2 2
4)Sparks, Phil. 21 8 .724 3 1 0 2
5)Lundgren, Chi. 17 8 .680 7 0 1 3
6)Willis, Pitt. 20 10 .667 6 0 3 3
7)Mathewson, N.Y. 22 13 .629 8 0 1 3
23)McGinnity, N.Y.18 19 .486 3 0 0 1

AL W L % Shu 1H 2H 3H
1)Donovan, Det. 25 4 .862 4 0 2 3
2)Joss, Cleve. 27 7 .780 6 3 0 1
3)Bender, Phil. 18 7 .720 4 0 2 3
4)Smith, Chi. 22 10 .688 3 0 0 1
5)Dygert, Phil. 19 9 .679 5 1 2 2
8)Waddell, Phil. 19 12 .613 7 0 2 1
10)Plank, Phil. 24 16 .600 8 0 1 1
11)Walsh, Chi. 25 18 .581 5 0 0 3
15)Young, Bost. 19 15 .559 6 0 0 1
16)Chesbro, N.Y. 11 9 .550 2 0 1 1
27)Johnson, Wash. 5 7 .417 2 0 0 0

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Posted By: Jeff Kennedy

Well I had this typed out real nice and neat with the individual stats corresponding with it's column but when I posted it, it formatted it this way. You should still be able to understand, it just looked alot better when I posted it.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Jeff- for my own edification, what injustices surrounded Reulbach?

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Posted By: Paul

I assume he means the failure of the writers or veterans committees to elect him to the Hall of Fame. He's certainly more deserving than Eppa Rixey or Rube Marquard.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Thanks. The whole HOF is upside down anyway.

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Posted By: Doug

I'm really starting to think that the guys on here are smarter than the ones that actually have HOF votes!

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Posted By: Jeff Kennedy

Barry - Yes, that is what I was referring to. The fact that Ed isn't in the HOF. Also on a sidenote in case anyone is wondering. The 1H, 2H and 3H stands for 1 hitters pitched, 2 hitters, etc.

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Ed ended up in the Federal League, and was played little. The owners colluded against him because of his support for a players' union. I have a really good article about Ed from a 1913 Baseball Magazine. The owners put the screws to him. I suggest digging out a copy of Mr. James' first Historical Abstract, he writes well about Ed.

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Posted By: Andy Cook

Did Ed have any connection to the Brooklyn Federal League team? I haven't been able to find one, but there is a card on the T213-2 checklist indicating this.

Andy

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Posted By: Steve

Ed played for Brooklyn NL

His Federal lg team was the Newark Pepper

I think he played for Brooklyn in 1914 and 15

Steve