Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

Week 18 is in the books and it was another busy week. Week 17 featured a total of twelve doubleheaders and Week 18 had ten. Most importantly, the doubleheaders tended to have the teams that were the most behind in games played, which, of course, makes sense. Week 18 in a 24 week season is the 3/4 mark, and 3/4 of 140 games is 105, so while none of the teams are at the 105 games played mark, there are many that are at least close or a lot closer. Elmer Flick In the AL Chicago had shown some signs of weakness recently and Boston and Detroit had started to draw near, but then the White Stockings went on a seven-game winning streak, the last two coming against their closest opponent, Boston. In fact, with these last two losses Boston now finds itself in third place behind a red hot Detroit team. Baltimore got several of their missing starters back in the lineup and they have reeled off seven consecutive wins which may be enough to secure fourth place for them. Philadelphia is the...

Monday, August 12, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: St. Louis announced that outfielder Emmet Heidrick was suffering from a charley horse and would likely miss the next 4-5 days. Chicago (AL) announced the release of pitcher Jack McAleese . Boston (AL) (H) 9 Philadelphia (AL) 2 (GM 1) The Americans scored twice in the first and then kept the scoring up for the remainder of the game to secure a game one win for George Winter (7-8, 2.69). Boston center fielder Chick Stahl had a 4-for-4 day and shortstop Freddy Parent went 3-for-3 from the plate. Philadelphia (AL) 5 Boston (AL) (H) 1 (GM 2) The Athletics got the doubleheader split as Eddie Plank (13-11, 3.60) held the Americans to only four hits. Nap Lajoie and Socks Seybold both had three hits and drove in two runs for the visitors. Milwaukee 5 Detroit (H) 1 The Tigers did manage to tie the score at 1-1 after the fifth, but they only had three hits on the day and the Brewers pulled away late. Ned...

Week 17 is in the books, the week of twelve doubleheaders as all of a sudden teams are putting on a rush to get those games played. The New York Giants now find themselves with the fewest games played (85), but they have three doubleheaders this upcoming week. In the AL, Chicago and Detroit have played their twenty games against each other already, as have Cleveland/Milwaukee and Philadelphia/Washington. It looks that in the AL there are plenty of cross country road trips left to be completed. The NL schedule is a bit more balanced than that, but all teams are down to ~50 games remaining and everybody seems to be fighting for something. Nap Lajoie Chicago leads the AL in ERA, are second in hitting, and lead in fielding. They are glad to be done with Detroit though - the Tigers won five of their final seven outings over these past two weeks. Boston remains in second place, but only by percentage points over Detroit. The Americans swept a doubleheader on Thursday and Chicago lo...

Monday, August 5, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Chicago (NL) announced that first baseman Jack Doyle had sprained an ankle and would likely miss the next week. St. Louis announced that center fielder Emmet Heidrick had been induced to return to the team from 07/20/1901. Cleveland announced the acquisition of pitcher Harry McNeal . New York announced the acquisition of pitcher Ike Van Zandt . Pittsburgh announced the acquisition of catcher George Yeager , formerly with Cleveland.   Chicago (AL) (H) 8 Cleveland 2 Fielder Jones Cleveland found themselves short of pitchers so they acquired Harry McNeal (0-1, 9.00) in a pinch to make his ML debut against the best team in the AL. The White Stockings scored five runs in the bottom of the first as their way of welcoming the newcomer, but McNeal kept his composure and pitched better from there. Catcher Billy Sullivan hit a two-out two-run triple in the fateful first to put the game out of reach and ...