Joey Votto looks to see if he can maintain his membership in the Century Club as he takes the top seed in this season that features three Hall-of-Famers in the person of Sam Rice, Pee Wee Reese, and Ernie Lombardi. Also in the mix are old-timers Sam Wise and Baby Doll Jacobson and a couple of old Cleveland teammates in Rico Carty and George Hendrick. It’s going to take a top-four finish to automatically move on to Round 5.
Played as: Joey Votto
Full Name: Joseph Daniel Votto
Nicknames: Votto-matic, Tokki 2, JoVo, Who, In Flanders Fields
Played as: Sam Rice
Full Name: Edgar Charles Rice
Nicknames: Man o’ War
Played as: Rico Carty
Full Name: Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty
Nicknames: Beeg Boy, Beeg Mon
Played as: George Hendrick
Full Name: George Andrew Hendrick
Nicknames: Silent George
Played as: Pee Wee Reese
Full Name: Harold Henry Reese
Nicknames: The Little Colonel, The Captain
Played as: Sam Wise
Full Name: Samuel Washington Wise
Nicknames: Modoc
Played as: Ernie Lombardi
Full Name: Ernesto Natali Lombardi
Nicknames: Schnozz, Bocci, Lom, Lumbago, The Cyrano of the Iron Mask
Played as: Baby Doll Jacobson
Full Name: William Chester Jacobson
Nicknames: None
The Results
| Player | Wins | Losses | Pct. | GB |
| Joey Votto | 101 | 53 | .656 | *WON* |
| Ernie Lombardi | 88 | 66 | .571 | 13.0 |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | 82 | 72 | .532 | 19.0 |
| Sam Rice | 79 | 75 | .513 | 22.0 |
| Rico Carty | 75 | 79 | .487 | 26.0 |
| Sam Wise | 68 | 86 | .442 | 33.0 |
| Pee Wee Reese | 65 | 89 | .422 | 36.0 |
| George Hendrick | 58 | 96 | .377 | 43.0 |
Joey Votto showed his 101 Round 1 wins were no fluke, matching that total here in Round 3. He easily out-distanced second place Lombardi with Jacobson and Rice also qualifying for Round 5. The others head for a second chance in Round 4.
Season Highlights
- Sam Rice5 led all individual batters with a .322 average. He and another Rice had 22-game hitting streaks.
- Two different Ernie Lombardis tied for the home run crown with 34.
- The Cy Young pitching for the Votto team tallied 29 victories while the Young pitching for George Hendrick lost 29.
- Rico Carty5 and Ernie Lombardi3 each had 3-HR games.
- The individual hitter Rico Carty scored 5 times in a game against Baby Doll Jacobson.
- No-Hitters
6/24 Cy Young of Baby Doll Jacobson tossed a perfect game against Sam Wise.