Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

Kid Gleason Week 21 is in the books, and what a week it was. There wasn't much in the way of a shift in the standings, but more the effect of 63 games being played in seven days as the late-season rush to get the games in is in full swing. The AL will finish after week 24, so in this past week the teams that were behind in games played were able to make up ground where they were behind. The AL teams average 118 games played after Week 21, so 22 remaining in their final three weeks. The NL has a lot more disparity - Cincinnati has 111 games played, Chicago 121, but while they too are rushing to get their final games played, the NL does have an extra Week 25 to get this done.   Kid Elberfeld The 1901 Detroit Tigers had three "Kids" on their team: second baseman Kid Gleason, shortstop Kid Elberfeld, and left fielder Kid Nance. Of the three, Gleason is probably the most famous - unfortunately, he was the manager of the 1919 Chicago White Sox. I couldn’...

Monday, September 2, 1901 As seen on the telegraph: St. Louis announced the suspension of first baseman Dan McGann for drunkenness and desertion. Reportedly McGann had refused to join the team on their east coast swing after having recently been chewed out by player-Manager Patsy Donovan over a botched play in the field. McGann had returned to his home in Kentucky and was rumored to be heading to play for Baltimore (which he did in 1902). Cleveland announced the acquisition of catcher Paddy Livingston . Baltimore announced the lifting of the league suspension of pitcher Joe McGinnity . League President Ban Johnson reduced the suspension following a visit by McGinnity and John McGraw to explain their side. Note: The things you learn. Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, so (almost) everybody played a doubleheader today. Chicago (AL) (H) 5 Philadelphia (AL) 2 (GM 1) Both teams scored once in the first and then once in the fifth, but the White Sto...