Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Washington Manager Bucky Harris Week Ten of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and the warm weather of summer has apparently loosened the batters up as the offenses are starting to routinely pound pitchers in both leagues. A few teams have reached the 60-games-played mark already, all have passed the 50-games-played-point, and these teams will be reaching, or at least will be edging close to, 60 games-played by the end of this coming week.  In the AL, New York has now opened an 8.0-game lead, while Boston and Detroit appear to be destined to squabble over second and third place. The real story of the AL is Washington. They have climbed into fourth place by a secure margin, mostly because their offense has been on fire. They recently had their second 30-hit game of the season, and in both of these games, second baseman Buddy Myer completed hitting for the Cycle. I have had players hit for the Cycle previously, but never two by the same player. Babe Herman did it for the 1931 B...

Monday, June 20, 1938   Transactions:   Chicago (AL) pitcher Bill Dietrich made his Season Finale on 06/19/1938   Pittsburgh outfielder Woody Jensen was injured (?) on 06/19/1938   Jo-Jo Moore New York (NL) outfielder Jo-Jo Moore was injured (?) on 06/19/1938 New York (AL) 13 St. Louis (AL) (H) 2   Browns' starter Luis Tietje (2-2, 11.53) threw three hitless innings to start the game, but then New York pounded him for six runs in the fourth, and then they added on three more in the fifth. Spud Chandler (7-0, 1.91) got the easy win.   Cincinnati 7 Boston (NL) (H) 0   Cincinnati scored single runs in the first and sixth innings to give themselves a slender lead, but then the Reds jumped on the Bees' bullpen for five runs in the top of the ninth to lock this game up. Peaches Davis (3-5, 5.62) went all the way and got the shutout win for the visitors.   Brooklyn (H) 8 Chicago (NL) 7 (11)   The Dodgers led...