Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

Week six is in the books and it was another rough and tumble week in1901. Boston and Pittsburgh remain atop of their respective leagues, but behind them, there was quite a bit of shuffling. Behind Boston in the AL sits Chicago, but only three games separate Chicago from seventh place Washington. Philadelphia has won seven of its last ten, but the remainder are all taking turns knocking each other around. In the NL Brooklyn was in seventh place two weeks ago, but by dint of an 8-2 streak, they find themselves in second place, tied with Philadelphia who is on a 2-8 run and have lost their last seven in a row. Similar to Philadelphia, Boston was in third place just two weeks ago but are in the middle of a 1-9 stint of games and need to pull themselves out of it if they want to get back into the race. 1901 Washington Senators Ginger Beaumont still leads the NL in hitting (.422), just ahead of Ed Delahanty (.389) and Chicago teammates Danny Green (.359) and Topsy Hartsel (.357...

Monday, May 20, 1901 As seen on the telegraph:   Milwaukee player-manager Hugh Duffy had been suspended five days for abusing an umpire in yesterday's game. Cleveland announced the acquisition of outfielder Frank Cross . Frank Cross is the brother of Lave Cross (Philadelphia AL), but neither are related to Monte Cross (Philadelphia NL). Philadelphia (AL) announced the signing of infielder Joe Dolan . Dolan had previously been released by Philadelphia (NL). Boston (NL) announced the acquisition of outfielder Mike Smith . Smith had previously been released by Pittsburgh. Washington (H) 10 Philadelphia (AL) 9 (11) Philadelphia lead 6-1 after the top of the third, but at the end of the sixth it was Washington who was ahead by a score of 9-8. The Athletics committed five errors on the day plus had their center and left fielder get injured due to a collision in the outfield, but they held on and in the top of the ninth third baseman Lave Cross homered to ...

Week 5 is in the books and league play is in full swing in both leagues. The Midwestern NL teams have just started their first swing through the east and the AL east coast teams will be making their first trip west this coming week. All the teams are still jockeying for players and injuries are having an impact as well. You can start to be able to identify the haves and the have-not's in both leagues, the difference being the teams that have multiple good pitchers. 1901 Cincinnati Reds In the AL, Boston sits atop the pack after just completing four wins in a row versus Baltimore, last week's leader. Boston has shown good pitching and good hitting up and down the lineup, and mostly, they have been able to avoid disasters along the way. Chicago and Detroit both beat up on Milwaukee and Cleveland pretty good their first go-round, although the games were much closer the second time. Baltimore is currently reeling but should level off, while the remainder all suffer from i...

Monday, May 13, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Brooklyn announced that first baseman Joe Kelley would return to the lineup following his absence due to eye inflammation. Philadelphia (AL) announced that pitcher Eddie Plank had been activated. Plank had signed on 05/01/1901 upon graduation from Gettysburg College. Washington 4 Boston (AL) (H) 2 (12) Washing led early, but Boston pushed across runs in the fourth and seventh to tie the score at 2-2 and the game was soon off to extra innings. Both teams had opportunities, but in the top of the twelfth Washington right fielder Sam Dungan walked, stole second and then scored on shortstop Billy Clingman's double. The Senators added one more for insurance and Bill Carrick (4-1) had his well-deserved win. Chicago (AL) 5 Detroit (H) 1 The game was scoreless through the sixth when the White Stockings broke through against Roscoe Miller (1-1) for three runs. They added two more in the eighth and Chicago s...