Roger's 1949 APBA Replay

Now that Week 6 is complete one-quarter of the season is past, at least on the calendar. Both leagues are a little bit shy of the 25% mark by games played, but not by a lot. All teams play two on the first day of Week 7 - Memorial Day - and that will bump that number up a little. This week saw good pitching - the ERA's in both league dropped about two-tenths of a run, and batting averages dropped about four points as well. Homeruns are still up but are continuing to drop as well. Not only did Boston have a good week, but Cleveland and New York didn't, allowing the Red Sox to open a 5.5 game lead by weeks end. Boston's runs per game are down to "only" 6.6, and their pitching has been very strong so far, making it tough for their AL counterparts. Cleveland losing a doubleheader to Chicago on Sunday knocked them out of second place and allowed New York to slip past them. New York's pitching has started to stabilize and their power has returned (they are no...

Monday, May 23, 1949 Boston (AL) (H) 2 Detroit 0 Ellis Kinder (5-1) only gave up two hits as he shut down the Detroit offense in a 2-0 win. Boston only had four hits, but singles by Bobby Doerr and Sam Mele drove home the two Red Sox runs. New York (AL) (H) 2 St. Louis (AL) 1 The Browns scored one in the second, but that was all Eddie Lopat (5-1) would allow today. Phil Rizzuto homered in the fifth to tie it up, and then in the sixth Browns left fielder Roy Sievers kicked one and allowed the eventual game-winning run to score. Cleveland 3 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 2 Cleveland starter Early Wynn decided he couldn't go before facing the first batter, so Satchel Paige (2-0) entered the game in long relief and held the Athletics to only five hits in seven-plus innings. The Indians plated three in the third with the help of a Larry Doby two-run homerun (#9) and Paige and reliever Al Benton did the rest. Chicago (AL) 4 Washington (H) 3 Randy ...