Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

St. Louis Browns Manager Fielder Jones Week Sixteen of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and another good week it was. Our two league leaders refuse to back off or slow down, and even if they don't win every game, they just keep winning and expanding their lead. As we are now at nine weeks remaining, or two months, time is starting to run out on the remainder of the AL and NL teams that want to move up into the top spot. The Philadelphia A's are working on a ten-game losing streak as Connie Mack continues to rotate through various college hires to see who can or can't play. He mixes the kids in with his veterans, and while they play hard every day, it does seem rather hopeless. This past Tuesday the St. Louis Browns pounded out twenty-six hits and scored twenty-three runs against the helpless Athletics pitchers, and even though the losing streak continued, the A's refuse to roll over and they keep fighting back.   In the AL, the first-place Red Sox had two ext...

Monday, July 24, 1916   Transactions:   New York (NL) outfielder Red Killefer made his Major League Finale on 07/23/1916   Cincinnati first baseman Fritz Mollwitz (Team Finale: 07/23/1916) was sold to Chicago (NL) on 07/22/1916   Washington outfielder Merito Acosta made his Season Debut on 07/25/1916   Philadelphia (AL) catcher Val Picinich made his Major League Debut on 07/25/1916   Detroit (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 1   The Tigers scored single runs in four different innings as they squeaked out a win at home versus Chicago. Sam Crawford has missed much of the season, but he had two critical RBI's today in support of Harry Coveleski (17-5, 1.64), who went all the way for the win over Mellie Wolfgang (4-5, 2.60).   Al Mamaux Philadelphia (NL) 2 Pittsburgh (H) 0 Al Demaree (8-7, 2.02) twirled a two-hit shutout to get the complete-Game victory over Al Mamaux (8-13, 2.36). The Phillies scored their two runs in the to...