Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

Week 12 is in the books and the races at the top are still running hot. In the AL first place Boston took some of the wind out of third place Baltimore's sails by beating them five times in a row, but at the end of the week, they find themselves only one-half game ahead of Chicago. I have been predicting a Detroit resurgence for the past ten weeks or so and we might actually be seeing it now as they have won seven of their last ten. Washington continues to hang tough but is likely benefitting from Philadelphia's struggles. The A's were 1818 after week eight, but are 7-16 since as their pitching has cratered and they can't win at home (8-20 home WL record). Cleveland and Milwaukee spent much of this last week trading licks with the Blues finally able to climb out of the cellar and up to seventh place. 1901 Philadelphia Phillies It's still a three-team race in the NL as Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia have all won six of the last ten games. Like all...

Monday, July 1, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Detroit announced the release of pitcher Emil Frisk to Denver (Western League). Philadelphia (AL) announced the release of pitcher Dummy Leitner . Pittsburgh announced the acquisition of infielder Lew Carr from Schenectady (New York State). Carr had been studying law at Syracuse University and had previously played with Troy (New York League). Philadelphia (NL) announced that catcher Fred Jacklistch would return to play following his injury of 05/29/1901. Boston (AL) 11 Baltimore (H) 0 The Orioles got a stern reminder that playing the teams ahead of you in the standings is not quite the same thing as playing those below you as they were shutout by the first-place Boston Americans. Boston led 1-0 at the end of the fifth, but then pounded Baltimore pitching after that, ending the day with eighteen hits. Nig Cuppy (7-0, 2.79) limited the best hitting AL team to only seven hits and got the win. Philadelphia...

The pennant races in both leagues really tightened up last week and this week they became even tighter. In the NL, Pittsburgh and Brooklyn took turns knocking each other out of first place over the past week and at the end of the week, they both found that someone else was in first place. Philadelphia has been on a tear and has won its last nine consecutive games and currently sits atop the NL, but only by the slimmest of leads. Chicago is in fourth place in the NL, but has lost their last four and they are four games under .500 - someone out of those bottom five teams are going to go on a hot streak here eventually, but I don't think any of those teams are going to challenge the three at the top. 1901 Milwaukee Brewers In the AL, it is one of those anomalies where Boston has the better winning percentage but is one-half game behind Chicago in the standings. These two have been trading the top spot for the past two weeks, but if either of them should falter a red-hot Balt...

Monday, June 24, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: St. Louis announced pitcher Cowboy Jones has been released to Denver (Western League). New York announced that player-manager George Davis would return to play following his thumb injury and blood poisoning of 06/14/1901. Philadelphia (NL) announced that second baseman William Hallman would return to play following a HPB on 06/21/1901. The Phillies also announced that outfielder Socks Seybold would return to play following his illness of 06/13/1901. Brooklyn announced first baseman Joe Kelley would return to play following his ankle injury of 06/14/1901. Cleveland announced first baseman Candy LaChance would return to play following his strain injury of 06/19/1901. Philadelphia (AL) announced the acquisition of free-agent utility player Tom Leahy , previously released by Milwaukee. Cleveland 3 Boston (AL) (H) 1 Boston starter Fred Mitchell (1-2, 3.89) only had one bad inning but the three runs t...