Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

Week Nineteen of the 1938 BBW Replay is in the books, and this was a week for the ages. A total of 75 games were played, including a total of 21 doubleheaders. A busy, busy week, but everyone knew it was coming. Teams skipped right past the 110-games-played mark; a few have passed the 120-games-played mark, and most will pass that mark relatively quickly in the upcoming week. The most significant schedule event was what the Athletics went through. They ended last week with a doubleheader, they had Monday off, and then they played doubleheaders every day for the remainder of the week. Seven doubleheaders in an eight-day span is a rough road for any team, especially a last-place club like Philadelphia. In 1938, the A's went 4-10 over this span; in the replay, they went 3-11. In the AL, New York was able to continue its slow but inevitable road to the pennant. They ended the week having won nine of their last ten games and have opened an 11.0 games lead over second-place Boston. Bos...

Monday, August 22, 1938 Transactions:   Chicago (AL) infielder Boze Berger was injured(?) on 08/21/1938   St. Louis (NL) pitcher Ray Harrell was injured (?) on 08/21/1938   Detroit infielder Billy Rogell was injured (?) on 08/21/1938   New York (AL) pitcher Ivy Andrews returned to the mound on 08/23/1938   Philadelphia (AL) first baseman Dick Siebert returned to play on 08/23/1938   Chicago (AL) 5 Cleveland (H) 3   With a 3-0 lead and two outs with one on in the top of the fourth, Bob Feller (10-11, 4.41) proceeded to walk the next two batters to load the bases, and then Marv Owen lined a three-run double off the left field wall. The White Sox ended up scoring five runs in the fateful fourth, and John Whitehead (5-14, 7.69) went all the way for the road win. Pittsburgh 4 Chicago (NL) (H) 0   The Pirates scored two unearned runs in the top of the fourth, but the big hit was a two-run homerun (4) by Paul W...