Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

New York (NL) Manager Bill Donovan Week Twelve of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was a full week of games, fifty-nine games played, including seven doubleheaders in the seven-day span. While no team has reached the seventy-game-played mark, Boston (NL) remains the only team yet to reach the sixty-game-played mark with fifty-nine. Given that seventy-seven games would be the halfway point of the season in games played, despite another busy week this coming week, every team will still be approaching the halfway point. Most teams will be in the seventies, with several still stuck in the sixties. And, oh by the way, the replay has now moved into the month of July, and this coming Tuesday is July Fourth, so there will be a holiday doubleheader extravaganza with doubleheaders for all. In the AL, the Boston Red Sox still maintain a somewhat comfortable lead over the second-place Detroit Tigers. Boston leads the AL hitting and pitching, and somehow manages to bring both to the ta...

Monday, June 26, 1916 Transactions:   Philadelphia (AL) catcher Ralph Carroll (Major League Debut: 06/27/1916) was signed as an amateur free agent in June 1916. Philadelphia (AL) pitcher Jing Johnson (Major League Debut: 06/27/1916) was signed as an amateur free agent in June 1916   Detroit pitcher Bill James returned to the mound on 06/27/1916   Pittsburgh outfielder Ray O'Brien (Major League Debut: 06/27/1916) was purchased from Davenport (IIIL) on 06/25/1916. Pittsburgh infielder Alex McCarthy (Team Debut: 07/22/1916) was acquired from Chicago (NL) (Team Finale: 06/25/1916) on or around 07/01/1916   Chicago (AL) infielder Fritz Von Kolnitz made his Season Debut on 06/27/1916   Boston (AL) (H)13 Philadelphia (AL) 0   Weldon Wyckoff (0-2, 6.41) was only down 2-0 after the fourth inning, but then four A's errors in the next two innings led to nine unearned runs (out of eleven runs scored) for the Red Sox to make it a blow-ou...