Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

Chicago (AL_ manager Pants Rowland and daughter Week Nine of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was comparatively a slow week. There were twenty-four games played this past week, plus one tie. In Week Eight, we had the Memorial Doubleheader holiday, which led to a total of fifty-five games having been played. That is quite a difference … Week Nine (of twenty-five) means that if counting by weeks, we have completed 36% of the weeks in the schedule, but when counting by games played, neither league has reached the 30% mark yet. The highlight of the week was another No-Hitter, the third of the season. Cleveland had a three-game stretch versus Boston the previous week where they were shut out, no-hit, and then shut out again, and then four days later, Washington's Walter Johnson continued their misery:   Cleveland is not a bad team, and Tris Speaker , acquired just before the start of the season, is doing what he can, but the Indians always seem to be able to find a way...

Monday, June 5, 1916 Transactions: N/A   New York (AL) 1 Chicago (AL) (H) 0   George Mogridge (2-0, 1.37) held the hometown White Sox to only two hits as he went all the way for the shutout victory. Jim Scott (2-4, 1.84) only allowed four hits, but a Frank Gilhooley single in the eighth was followed by a hit-and-run single by Lee Magee that placed Gilhooley on third, and Joe Gedeon hit a sacrifice to score Gilhooley with the game's only run.   Boston (AL) 1 Cleveland (H) 0   The Red Sox shut out the Indians 4-0 on Saturday, Carl Mays no-hit/shut out the Indians on Sunday, and today Babe Ruth (8-3, 1.55) delivered a third consecutive shutout. Backup right fielder Olaf Henriksen led off the top of the eighth with a single, was sacrificed to second by backup second baseman Mike McNally , and then one batter later, first baseman Dick Hoblitzell delivered a single to bring home Henriksen with the game's only run. Fritz Coumbe (2-7, 2.51) pitched a masterful game...

Washington Manager Clark Griffith Week Eight of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was a busy week with a Memorial Day doubleheader explosion, plus plenty of other doubleheaders throughout the week as teams start the scramble to catch up on missed games before they get too far into the season. There are three NL teams that haven't reached the forty-games-played mark, but they are close, and this should be rectified in the next few days. In looking ahead, it doesn’t appear that any teams will reach the fifty-game mark this coming week, but it won't be long. The schedule has now left May behind us, and we have moved into the first few days of June, so things are moving along at a good speed. In the AL, Boston remains strong, managing to combine enough hitting to go with their strong pitching, plus Carl Mays , who underwent a pre-season tonsillectomy, has now returned to the rotation, and in his second start of the season this past Sunday, he no-hit the Cleveland Indian...

Monday, May 29, 1916 Transactions:   St. Louis (AL) pitcher George Baumgardner made his Season Debut on 05/30/1916   Detroit pitcher Earl Hamilton (Team Debut: 05/30/1916) was purchased from St. Louis (AL) on 05/29/1916   Boston (NL) outfielder Sherry Magee returned to play on 05/30/1916   Brooklyn infielder Ivy Olson returned to play on 05/30/1916   Charles Weeghman Note: Chicago Cubs owner Charles Weeghman decided to let fans keep balls hit into the stands. The decision followed an incident where a fan scuffled with park attendants when he refused to give up a foul ball during a previous game. Detroit (H) 9 St. Louis (AL) 3 (GM 1)   Detroit pitcher George Cunningham (6-3, 2.18) shut out the visiting Browns on three hits through the first three innings of the game, but then he lost control, and in the ninth inning, he walked two batters and threw two wild pitches, necessitating his removal. The Tigers were comfortably ahea...