Roger's 1901 APBA Replay

Week 7 is in the books and the season has reached the month of June. The pennant races are still bunched up with a lot of churn seen in the middle of the pack, but Pittsburgh and Boston remain atop of the standings in their respective leagues. Each league still has two teams that haven’t reached the thirty games played mark yet, the two at the top in the AL and two of the three at the bottom in the NL. The AL has surpassed the NL in the number of games played, despite the NL getting a week head start on their new compatriots. Both leagues have started their eastern and western swings and at this point, the only teams that haven’t face each other yet are Baltimore and Cleveland, which will get fixed immediately when Week 8 commences. 1901 New York Ginats In the AL, Boston is fifth in the league in hitting and fourth in ERA, but thanks to Cy Young's 9-0 start and 0.89 ERA they enjoy a comfortable 4.5 game lead. Baltimore is second in the league in hitting and ERA and has man...

Monday, May 27, 1901 Baltimore 7 Chicago (AL) (H) 6 The White Stockings scored twice in the bottom of the ninth to draw within one, but Jack Dunn (2-1, 3.32) got the final out and the win. Left fielder Mike Donlin went 4-for-5 on the day with two runs scored to key the offense. Washington 8 Detroit (H) 3 Both teams scored twice in the first but then Washington starter Bill Carrick (5-2, 4.61) didn’t allow another Detroit run until two outs in the ninth. The Senators might have had problems scoring earlier in the season but today they were able to regain their early lead and continue to build on it versus Roscoe Miller (3-2, 3.61). Left fielder Pop Foster went 4-for-5 on the day and drove in two big runs for the visitors. Philadelphia (AL) 6 Milwaukee (H) 5 The Brewers led 4-1 after the second, but the Athletics tied the score at 4-4 with three in the top of the fifth. Philadelphia continued to chip away at Tully Sparks (1-3, 4.97) until they regained th...