Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Week Seven of the 1938 BBW replay is in the books, and it was another exciting week. The week started off with a Memorial Day doubleheader extravaganza, sixteen games in all. The month of May has now completed, and the replay has moved into June, so there are plenty of games yet to be played. About half of the teams have reached or surpassed the forty-games played mark, and the remainder will make it there before the end of next week.  It is a 24-week season, so the end of next week is the one-third point in the schedule. Teams should be right around the 50-games-played mark, so while some may make that by the end of next week, most teams have plenty of games yet to make up. The doubleheaders on Monday don’t count toward reducing the delta - those games were already scheduled. Peeking ahead into the upcoming weeks, doubleheaders start to appear, just as the weather warms up in the summer months of 1938. In the AL, Detroit had the privilege of going into New York and Boston for ...

Monday, May 30, 1938 (Memorial Day) Transactions:   Cleveland catcher Rollie Hemsley was injured (?) on 05/29/1938   Chicago (AL) 5 Cleveland (H) 2 (GM 1)   The Indians committed four errors in this game, including three by the usually sure-handed shortstop Lyn Lary , and the White Sox were able to take advantage for the Game One victory. Ted Lyons (4-1, 3.35) came away with the win, with Bob Feller (3-6, 4.66) taking the loss.   Cleveland (H) 2 Chicago (AL) 1 (GM 2)   Chicago took the early lead with a run in the top of the second, but that was all Johnny Allen (5-2, 3.21) would allow today as he held the White Sox to only three hits in the game. Allen also contributed with the bat, as his RBI double in the bottom of the fifth put Cleveland ahead to stay.   Detroit (H) 3 St. Louis (AL) 1 (GM 1)   In a battle of #1 versus #2 in the AL standings, Harlond Clift scored from third on a wild pitch to give the Browns the qu...