Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

Stan Coveleski Week Twenty-Five of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was quite a week. There were ten games on Monday (three doubleheaders) and thirteen games on Saturday (five doubleheaders), and for the rest of the week there were only twenty-one total games played. It is that part of the schedule where teams are finishing their season series against their opponents. Both the AL and the NL had a travel day as the AL East teams left the Midwest, while in the NL, the Midwest teams were saying their goodbyes to the East Coast for another season. In the AL, manager Bill Carrigan and the Red Sox didn’t wish to dither in clinching the pennant, so they went on to end the week on a seven-game losing streak, comfortable in the fact they were able to clinch the AL pennant on Friday with a win over New York. Babe Ruth (30-5, 1.70) also won his thirtieth game of the season in the clincher. Behind Boston, Detroit has second place locked up, and then things get a little sticky as sev...

Monday, September 25, 1916 Transactions:   Philadelphia (AL) catcher Raymond Haley made his Season Finale on 09/24/1916. Philadelphia (AL) outfielder Bill Johnson made his Season Finale on 09/24/1916. Philadelphia (AL) infielder Charlie Pick made his Season Finale on 09/24/1916. Philadelphia (AL) outfielder Buck Thrasher (Major League Debut: 09/27/1916) was acquired from  Atlanta (SA) in August, 1916 for $2000 plus PTNBL   St. Louis (AL) outfielder Armando Marsans made his Season Finale on 09/24/1916. St. Louis (AL) infielder Bobby Wallace made his Season Finale on 09/24/1916   Boston (NL) pitcher Frank Allen returned to the mound on 09/26/1916   New York (AL) 2 Chicago (AL) (H) 1   Allen Russell (8-7, 3.63) kept the White Sox hitless until the eighth and he kept them scoreless until the bottom of the ninth, but Russell was able to pitch out of a jam to get the win, their third in a row in Chicago. Eddie Cicotte (12-6, 2.22) t...