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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: February 26, 2007 at 01:29 PM (#2303411)1915 Ballot Discussion
1915 Ballot Thread
Shortstop Positional Thread
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DanR:
I had no idea that George Davis deserved a year of credit for his missing 1903. That adds another $17M to his total, which pushes him past Dahlen and Ozzie for me.
People disagree about the conflict between capital and labor :-}
Davis was player/manager under baseball's least popular magnate. When he signed with the American League for 1902 some people said "even Davis has deserted him." I have read notes that I tend to interpret "George Davis was always willing to do his dirty work. Now even he has deserted Freedman."
Anyway, new manager John McGraw (mid-season 1902) under new owner John Brush (off-season) persuaded Davis to return to the Giants for a good salary and $2000 signing bonus. But the two leagues made peace and negotiated the allocation of players who had signed to change leagues for 1903. The American League won Davis (returned to Chicago) [and Sam Crawford (advanced to Detroit). IIRC they were the greatest players at stake.]
Davis was directed to return the signing bonus, which he refused to do. He showed up for work in New York, at least at the beginning of the season, fulfilling his part of his only 1903 contract (on legal advice from John Ward?).
The Giants supported Davis. It was the rest of baseball that wanted the Giants to consummate the peace. Sometime during the season, tactics dictated that Davis play a few games for the Giants.
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