Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

Ed Walsh Week Seventeen of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and with two-thirds of the season now behind us, the teams can feel the end drawing near. We are firmly ensconced in August, with September soon to follow, but many of the teams have a seemingly inordinate number of games left to play. The games will get played; it might get tight, we'll have lots of tired players, but they have the whole off-season to recover. In the AL, first-place Boston ended the week by losing three in a row to the occasionally surprising St. Louis Browns. The Red Sox still have a seven-game lead over second-place Detroit. Washington and New York have been rolling around in third and fourth place for several months now, and it doesn't appear likely they will be able to substantially improve their position by season's end. Behind them, the Chicago White Sox recently completed two series against Philadelphia and went 8-2 in those games. It may not seem like much, but these wins have allowe...

Monday, July 31, 1916 Transactions:   Washington outfielder Merito Acosta made his Season Finale on 07/30/1916. Washington catcher Alva Williams returned to play on 08/01/1916   Bobby Wallace St. Louis (AL) infielder Ernie Johnson made his Season Finale on 07/30/1916. St. Louis (AL) infielder Bobby Wallace made his Season Debut on 08/01/1916 Cleveland infielder Joe Evans (Season Finale: 07/30/1916) was sent out to Portland (PCL) after 07/30/1916.   Chicago (AL) (H) 5 Philadelphia (AL) 4   Both teams got off to quick starts, and the score was 3-2 in favor of the White Sox after the second inning. The game was scoreless until the A's took the lead with two runs in the top of the sixth, but Red Faber (7-5, 1.87) singled home the tying run in the bottom half of the inning. Chicago regained the lead when a sacrifice fly off the bat of Eddie Collins scored Zeb Terry in the bottom of the eighth, and Faber was able to hold on for the win over Elme...