Editing Gavvy Cravath (section)

==Philadelphia==
[[File:Gavvy Cravath, Minneapolis Team, baseball card portrait LCCN2008677005.jpg|thumb|upright|[[T206]] baseball card of Gavvy Cravath]]
The rules of the time did not make it easy for Cravath to move back to the majors.{{clarify|date=December 2019}} Reportedly, it took a clerical error—the Millers inadvertently left out the word "not" in a telegram—to get Cravath back to the major leagues.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} In his second chance with the Phillies at age 31 in {{Baseball year|1912}}, he proved he was there to stay by hitting .284 with 11 home runs and 70 RBI. He was also a more than adequate outfielder, sharing the league lead with 26 [[assist (baseball)|assists]].

In 1913 he enjoyed an even better season, leading the NL in hits (179), home runs (19), RBI (128), total bases (298), and slugging (.568); he also placed second in batting with a career-high mark of .341. He placed second in the voting for the [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Chalmers (MVP) Award]] behind [[Jake Daubert]], though some historians think Cravath should have won. Other historians disagree citing the fact that his numbers were largely a product of his tiny home park. He repeated as home run champion in {{Baseball year|1914}}, hitting all of his 19 homers in home games, while again sharing the league lead in assists and finishing second in RBI and slugging.

1915 saw his best season as he hit 24 home runs (only 5 home runs away from tiny Baker Bowl), leading the Phillies to their first pennant; he had a 3-run home run in the pennant-clinching game on September 29. He also led the league in runs (89), RBI (115, leading the NL by 28), total bases (266), walks (86), [[on-base percentage]] (.393), and slugging (.510, leading the NL by 53 points), and led the NL in assists for the third time. His 24 home runs were the most in the major leagues since [[Buck Freeman]] hit 25 for the {{Baseball year|1899}} [[Washington Senators (1891–99)|Washington Senators]]; he also broke [[Sam Thompson (outfielder)|Sam Thompson]]'s Phillies franchise record of 20, set in {{Baseball year|1889}}. He later broke Thompson's career franchise record; Cravath's single-season club mark was surpassed by [[Cy Williams]] in {{Baseball year|1922}}, and his career record was broken by Williams in {{Baseball year|1924}}. In the low-scoring [[1915 World Series]] against the Red Sox he hit only .125 (2-16), though he drove in the winning run on a ground out in Game 1, the only Phillies victory. He scored Philadelphia's only runs in Games 2 and 4 (both 2–1 losses), and Boston won in five games, outscoring the Phillies 12–10. In Game 5, after the first three Phillie batters reached base, [[manager (baseball)|manager]] [[Pat Moran]] gave Cravath the [[Bunt (baseball)|bunt]] sign on a 3–2 count for unknown reasons; the slugger rolled the next pitch to the pitcher, resulting in a [[double play]].

[[File:Gavvy Cravath 1919-1920.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cravath rounding third after hitting a home run, 1919–1920]]
Regarded as one of the sport's pioneer sluggers of the 20th century, Cravath went on to become the first player to win more than five home run titles. However, his home run total was overwhelmingly a product of the hitter-friendly dimensions of his home park with the Phillies, the Baker Bowl; Cravath hit 92 of his 119 career homers in the Baker Bowl. Although his level of play declined gradually after 1915, he again won the home run title in 1917 and 1918. In {{Baseball year|1919}}, at age 38, he had his last outstanding season, winning his sixth home run title with 12 homers (only 2 homers on the road) in just 214 at-bats while hitting .341 (just .291 on the road). In last place midway through the season, the Phillies fired manager [[Jack Coombs]], and Cravath took his place. After he was invited to return as player-manager in {{Baseball year|1920}}, the Phillies improved to 62–91, but ended up in last place again. Cravath was criticized for his easygoing style and was released, ending his major league career; he became player-manager for the [[Salt Lake City Bees]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] in 1921. He played his final professional games in 1922 with the Minneapolis Millers.

Cravath had a career .287 batting average with 119 home runs, the fourth most in history at the time of his retirement, and 719 RBI in 1220 games. [[Mel Ott]] eventually tied his NL record of six home run titles; [[Ralph Kiner]] broke the record in {{Baseball year|1952}} with seven; and [[Mike Schmidt]] now holds the record of eight titles, set with the Phillies in {{Baseball year|1986}}. Cravath's 20th-century record of 119 homers was broken by [[Babe Ruth]] in {{Baseball year|1921}}.