Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

Boston (AL) Manager Bill "Rough" Carrigan Week One of the 1916 BBW replay is in the books, and we are off and running. The season started on a Wednesday, so it was a comparatively short week as far as the schedule goes, but all the teams were ready to play regardless. Plenty of highly graded pitchers, plenty or steal and sacrifices, occasional hitting … having just completed replaying 1938, my first thoughts were "This ain't 1938 is it?" So far, I have seen four shutouts, four extra-inning games, some real nail-biters … this is going to be a fun replay. Both leagues started out with teams playing other teams from their part of the country, so no cross-country train trips yet. That will come soon enough, though. In the AL, the Red Sox, the 1915 World Series winners, jumped off to a fast start as they swept all three games from the lowly Philadelphia Athletics. The A's are going to struggle this year. The other teams split their opening series, with close ga...

Monday, April 17, 1916   Transactions:   Chicago (AL) catcher Ray Shook made his Major League Finale on 04/16/1916   Boston (AL) (H) 4 Washington 3   Pinch Thomas Catcher Pinch Thomas put the Red Sox ahead with an RBI single in the bottom of the second, and then in the fifth, Thomas led off the inning by reaching third on a three-base error by center fielder Clyde Milan . Babe Ruth couldn’t hold the lead, though, as control problems plagued him all game, and Ruth was pulled in the seventh inning after his seventh walk of the game tied the score at 3-3. Walter Johnson took an early powder as well; then Boston got to George Dumont (0-1, 9.00) for a run in the eighth, allowing Carl Mays (1-0, 0.00) to get the win in relief. St. Louis (AL) 4 Chicago (AL) (H) 0   A three-run third for St. Louis made the difference in this game, and a two-run double by left fielder Burt Shotton was the big hit in the big inning. Dave Davenport (2-0, 0.50) w...

Wednesday, April 12, 1916 (Opening Day) Transactions:   Boston (NL) outfielder Joe Wilhoit made his Major League Debut on 04/12/1916   Chicago (AL) infielder Zeb Terry made his Major League Debut on 04/12/1916   Cincinnati outfielder Greasy Neale made his Major League Debut on 04/12/1916   Philadelphia (AL) outfielder Bill Stellbauer made his Major League Debut on 04/12/1916. Philadelphia (AL) shortstop Whitey Witt made his Major League Debut on 04/12/1916   Pittsburgh catcher Walter Schmidt made his Major League Debut on 04/13/1916   Boston (AL) (H) 2 Philadelphia (AL) 0   The Red Sox scored twice in the bottom of the first, and Babe Ruth (1-0, 0.00) walked none and only gave up a fifth-inning single to the A's first baseman Stuffy McInnis as the young lefty went all the way for the one-hit shutout victory.   Chicago (AL) (H) 4 Detroit 1   The White Sox scored a run in the first, and it looked li...