Roger's 1916 APBA Replay

Washington Manager Clark Griffith Week Eight of the 1916 BBW Replay is in the books, and it was a busy week with a Memorial Day doubleheader explosion, plus plenty of other doubleheaders throughout the week as teams start the scramble to catch up on missed games before they get too far into the season. There are three NL teams that haven't reached the forty-games-played mark, but they are close, and this should be rectified in the next few days. In looking ahead, it doesn’t appear that any teams will reach the fifty-game mark this coming week, but it won't be long. The schedule has now left May behind us, and we have moved into the first few days of June, so things are moving along at a good speed. In the AL, Boston remains strong, managing to combine enough hitting to go with their strong pitching, plus Carl Mays , who underwent a pre-season tonsillectomy, has now returned to the rotation, and in his second start of the season this past Sunday, he no-hit the Cleveland Indian...

Monday, May 29, 1916 Transactions:   St. Louis (AL) pitcher George Baumgardner made his Season Debut on 05/30/1916   Detroit pitcher Earl Hamilton (Team Debut: 05/30/1916) was purchased from St. Louis (AL) on 05/29/1916   Boston (NL) outfielder Sherry Magee returned to play on 05/30/1916   Brooklyn infielder Ivy Olson returned to play on 05/30/1916   Charles Weeghman Note: Chicago Cubs owner Charles Weeghman decided to let fans keep balls hit into the stands. The decision followed an incident where a fan scuffled with park attendants when he refused to give up a foul ball during a previous game. Detroit (H) 9 St. Louis (AL) 3 (GM 1)   Detroit pitcher George Cunningham (6-3, 2.18) shut out the visiting Browns on three hits through the first three innings of the game, but then he lost control, and in the ninth inning, he walked two batters and threw two wild pitches, necessitating his removal. The Tigers were comfortably ahea...