Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

Week 25 is in the books and the 1901 regular season is now completed. Congratulations to the Chicago White Stockings and Pittsburgh Pirates for their respective league championships. While Chicago's championship was not really in doubt, the NL came across a peculiar circumstance. With two days remaining in the regular season, Pittsburgh had a 2.5 game lead over Brooklyn and both teams had two remaining games on the schedule, meaning that if Brooklyn won their two and Pittsburgh lost their two that Pittsburgh would still have a .5 game lead. There were rumblings out of Brooklyn about a protest since both teams finished with less than 140 games played it might be necessary to arrange the missing games to be played so a true championship could be crowned. Brooklyn won their two games, but so did Pittsburgh, so the commissioner's office (i.e., me) summarily declared Pittsburgh the NL champion. 1901 Al Champion Chicago White Stockings Despite the two leagues still being vi...

Monday, September 30, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Cincinnati announced that pitcher Crese Heismann would return to the mound following his HBP injury of 09/26/1901. Boston (NL) announced that catcher Pat Moran would return to play following his hand injury of 09/24/1901. Pittsburgh announced that catcher George Yeager would return to play following his leg injury of 09/15/1901. Boston (NL) 5 Pittsburgh (H) 3 The Beaneaters got up 4-0 after the second and Vic Willis shutdown the Pirates the rest of the way. Pittsburgh did manage to get the score back to within 4-3, but Willis was too much today. St. Louis (H) 14 New York 0 The Cardinals got the scoring started with six in the third and then topped that off with a five-run sixth, putting the game out of reach. Mike O'Neill (2-1, .062) got the easy shutout victory. Jesse Burkett went 1-for-5 on the day and is now hitting .395. Philadelphia (NL) 5 Cincinnati (H) 2 (GM 1) The Phillies ...

John McGraw Week 24 is in the books and the AL has completed play, with the Chicago White Stockings as the AL Champs. The NL is not far behind, but they won’t finish up until next Sunday as they have 22 games remaining to complete. Pittsburgh's magic number is down to four and they have five games left to play - three with Boston to start the week, and two with Chicago to end the week. Brooklyn only has two games remaining, both with New York, so they are going to need some outside help to close that three-game gap with the Pirates. Hugh Duffy Once the NL is finished I will provide a more in-depth team-by-team summary and an extended final stats leaders summary as well, so this will be another abbreviated post. The end is very close so it is just about time wrap this project up. Amos Rusie

Monday, September 23, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Pittsburgh announced that third baseman Tommy Leach would return to play following his ankle injury of 09/12/1901. Boston (AL) announced the acquisition of pitcher George Prentiss from Albany (New York League) where he played under the name of Wilson. Boston (AL) (H) 4 Detroit 1 Detroit second baseman Kid Gleason committed three errors which led to three unearned runs for the Americans, more than enough for Cy Young (32-8, 1.18) to get the win. Joe Yeager (20-4, 2.28) pitched well but took the loss. Clark Griffith Chicago (AL) 4 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 1 Both teams had six hits on the day, but the White Stockings managed to score runs early and Clark Griffith (21-9, 1.92) held off the powerful Athletics for the win. With this win the White Stockings have successfully clinched the 1901 AL pennant. Baltimore (H) 11 Milwaukee 2 The Brewers got off to a 2-0 lead early when outfield sensation D...