Philadelphia Phillies - The World War I Era (1910-1919)

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1910

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Titles:

Top Phillies Players of the Teens

1915 - NL Champs (Lost to Red Sox)

Pitchers:

Ballpark:

Grover Cleveland Alexander (61.03) - 133

Baker Bowl (renamed from Philadelphia Park in 1913)

Eppa Rixey (14.4) - 39

Erskine Mayer (13.2) - 38

Team Name:

Earl Moore (11.55) - 31

Phillies

Tom Seaton (9.93) - 25

Al Demaree (4.35) - 18

Owners:

Ad Brennan (6.9) - 13

Horace S Fogel (1910-1912)

Brad Hogg (4.04) - 13

William H Locke (1913)

George Chalmers (0.7) - 13

William F. Baker (1913-1919)

Lee Meadows (4.29) - 6

General Managers:

Catchers:

William Shettsline (Business Manager)

Bill Killefer (2.33) - 27

Red Dooin (0.22) - 12

Managers:

Red Dooin (1910-1914)

First Basemen:

Pat Moran (1915-1918)

Fred Luderus (20.17) - 70

Jack Coombs (1919)

Second Basemen:

Hall of Famers:

Otto Knabe (5.02) - 19

Eppa Rixey

Bert Niehoff (3.33) - 18

Pete Alexander

Chief Bender

ShortStop:

Johnny Evers

Dave Bancroft (13.87) - 44

Dave Bancroft

Mickey Doolin (6.07) - 28

MVP

Third Base:

None

Milt Stock (7.97) - 18

Hans Lobert (8.95) - 16

No Hitters:

None

Outfield:

Dode Paskert (15.39) - 75

Notable Events:

Gavvy Cravath (30.7) - 74

Sherry Magee (20.86) - 57

1910 - The Phils enter the decade in the midst of a nine year run that began

Possum Whitted (5.41) - 28

in 1905 where they finish somewhere in the middle of the pack in the NL

Beals Becker (6.96) - 26

The keepers on the 1910 club moving forward:

Irish Meusel (3.64) - 19

□ C - Red Dooin, 31

Cy Williams (2.62) - 16

□ 1B - Fred Luderus, 24, obtained from Cubs for journeyman pitcher Bill Foxen

Johnny Bates (4) - 15

□ 2B - Otto Knabe, 26

John Titus (3.22) - 11

□ SS - Mickey Doolin, 30

□ OF - Sherry Magee, 25

Notable Events:

□ RHP - Earl Moore, 32

1915 - The final pieces of the championship puzzle are

1911 - The Phillies pick up pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander, 24, in the

obtained. Dave Bancroft, 24, is a minor league free agent.

Rule V draft. He goes 28-13 as a rookie and proceeds on to a HOF career

Pitcher Al Demaree, 30, and third baseman Milt Stock, 21, are

picked up from the Giants in exchange for aging Hans Lobert.

1911 - Philadelphia and Cincinnati make a huge eight player trade with

mainstays OF Johnny Bates, 3B Eddie Grant and RHP's George McQuillan

1915 - The Phillies are NL champs, losing to the Red Sox in the

and Lew Moren going to the Reds and 3B Hans Lobert and OF Dode Paskert

World Series. They finish second in '16 with a better record.

coming to the Phillies. Most of these guys were at the tail ends of their careers

but the twenty nine year old Paskert will be productive for another decade

1918 - After a run of three excellent seasons, a first and two

seconds, behind Pete Alexander's three 30 win seasons,

1912 - Philadelphia signs three young free agent pitchers from the minors:

Baker trades Alexander to the Cubs along with his personal catcher

Future Hall of Famer Eppa Rixey,21, Tom Seaton, 24, and Erskine Mayer, 22

Bill Killefer for cash. Baker makes the excuse that he doesn't

think Alexander would return from military service. The

1912 - Gavvy Cravath, 31, is picked up off the scrap heap. He'll go on to win

real reason is that he wants the money and no longer cares

six home run titles in the next seven years, the last one at age thirty eight.

whether the team wins or not. Unclear what caused this sudden

change of heart in Baker, but he morphs into baseball's worst

1913- Phillies owner and sportswriter Horace Fogel is banned

owner and an absolute nightmare for Phillies fans. What's even worse

from baseball for disparaging remarks about favoritism directed

for Philadelphia baseball fans, in general, is that Connie Mack is

towards John J McGraw by umpires, the league and other league

also suddenly behaving in a similar fashion for the crosstown A's.

management. He can't prove any of it, but he's probably right on

One can presume it's financial hardship in both cases, but the

the money. Anyway, he's forced to sell the club and its purchased

extreme behaviour by both owners most likely points to something

by William H Locke

a bit deeper going on in their psyches. They both completely stopped

trying to put a competitive team on the field.

1913 - William H. Locke dies in August. His cousin, William F Baker

Meanwhile, Bill Shettsline, who had built the excellent Phillies club

inherts the club. Baker, a former New York City police commissioner is

for Baker was now dutifully in charge of tearing it all down.

the single worst thing to happen to Phillie baseball in the twentieth century.

Baker refuses to spend and refuses to sell the club, instead preferring

to sell off his assets (players) piecemeal until he dies in 1930.

It should be noted that Baker doesn't take this stance until 1918.

Until then, he behaves like a normal owner would.