Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

Chicago (NL) Manager Joe Tinker Week Ten of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was another interesting week. There wasn't much when it came to shuffling in the standings, but the news in this regard was that the Philadelphia Phillies ended the week on a six-game winning streak and suddenly found themselves within a game of fifth place and a game-and-a-half of fourth place. They were too good a team to stay down forever, but now, can they keep it up and keep moving up the standings? Only one team in the AL (Philadelphia) hasn't reached the 50-games-played mark, but they will reach that level after the completion of their next game. Three games in the NL have surpassed that level, and a quick look at the upcoming handful of doubleheaders yet to come. The NL Midwest teams have already departed the East Coast, and NL Teams will begin intra-regional play upon the start of next week, while the AL East Coast teams have just departed the Midwest and their full schedule will ...

Monday, June 12, 1916 Transactions:   Pittsburgh outfielder Wilbur Fisher made his Major League Debut on 06/13/1916   New York (NL) pitcher Ferdie Schupp made his Season Debut on 06/13/1916   Chicago (AL) pitcher Ed Walsh made his Season Debut on 06/13/1916   Chicago (AL) (H) 1 Washington 0   Twice, the White Sox had a runner on third with less than two outs, but they were unable to capitalize either time. Finally, in the bottom of the seventh, second baseman Eddie Collins led off the inning with a triple, and then quickly scored when first baseman Jack Ness hit a long sacrifice fly, the only run of the game. Joe Benz (1-4, 3.12) got the win over Bert Gallia (6-2, 2.46), even though both pitchers only allowed three hits on the day.   Philadelphia (AL) 1 Cleveland (H) 0   Bullet Joe Bush (7-3, 2.00) threw a four-hit shutout as the Athletics have their eye on moving out of eighth place and past the Indians. Ed Klepfe...

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...