Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

Week 19 is in the books and the 1901 replay marches on. Three teams still haven’t reached the 100 games-played mark, all three in the NL, although that will be rectified shortly. It is only a 140 game season, so the end is drawing nigh. I was curious - there were 59 games played in Week 17, 43 in both Weeks 18 and 19 (although Week 18 was another doubleheader extravaganza), and there will be 53 games played in the upcoming Week 20. Ed Delahanty Pittsburgh continues to hold onto first place in the NL, although Brooklyn has cut their lead down to only three games. The Pirates always get good pitching, but their hitters are listless sometimes. Both Philadelphia and Brooklyn swing hot and cold - Brooklyn is hot now, Philadelphia is not. Boston has clawed their way past New York again, and below them, Chicago and St. Louis are both looking to move up in the standings with a late-season rush (if they can stay healthy). Cincinnati has provided some pain to the teams at the top of th...

Monday, August 19, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: Milwaukee announced that player-manager Hugh Duffy had returned to play following his suspension of 08/08/1901. Baltimore announced that catcher Wilbert Robinson had returned to play following his injured finger of 07/18/1901. Baltimore also announced that infielder Jack Dunn had returned following his nose injury of 08/10/1901. Washington announced that outfielder Pop Foster had returned to the team following his absence of 08/11/1901. St. Louis announced that catcher Mike Heydon had returned to play following his arm injury of 07/26/1901. Pittsburgh announced that pitcher Deacon Phillippe had returned the mound following his illness of 08/09/1901. Boston (AL) (H) 3 Milwaukee 2 (10) The Brewers took a 2-1 lead after scoring once in the fifth and then another one in the seventh but Boston shortstop Freddy Parent hit a surprise homerun (#3) to tie the score at 2-2 after the eighth. The game eventua...