Roger's 1938 APBA Replay Blog

The 1938 BBW Replay (APBA 6.0) is in the books, and we are off to a roaring start. The season is seven days old, and all teams have played between five and seven games, as all teams want to avoid falling behind in their schedules, to avoid a large number of makeup games and doubleheaders. There has been one doubleheader - the annual April 19th Patriots Day doubleheader in Boston. The Red Sox split their doubleheader with the Yankees by identical 4-2 scores. 1938 St. Louis Cardinals In the American League, Detroit is off to a hot start at 6-0. The Tigers' ERA is a full two runs better than the rest of the league. Hank Greenberg has three homeruns already, plus he has driven in twelve runs, but the real surprise is left fielder Roy Cullenbine. Cullenbine started off the season going 6-for-6 on Opening Day, and then he followed that up by reaching base in all five plate appearances in Game Two (two Walks and three hits). He wasn't able to maintain that pace, of course, but the T...

Monday, April 18, 1938   Transactions:   Boston (AL) pitcher Jim Bagby made his Major League Debut on 04/18/1838   New York (AL) pitcher Joe Beggs made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938. New York (AL) infielder Joe Gordon made his Major League Debut on 04/18/1938   Detroit outfielder Roy Cullenbine made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938. Detroit infielder Don Ross made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938   Cincinnati catcher Willard Hershberger made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938   Pittsburgh pitcher Bob Klinger made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938. Pittsburgh outfielder Johnny Rizzo made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938   Brooklyn outfielder Ernie Koy made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938   St. Louis (NL) outfielder Enos Slaughter made his Major League Debut on 04/19/1938. St. Louis (NL) pitcher Max Lanier made his Major League Debut on 04/20/1938   Philadelphia (AL) infi...