Roger's 1949 APBA Replay

The news that shocked baseball and all of America this week was the shooting of Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus ( bio ) at a hotel room in Chicago. Waitkus will miss the remainder of this season but will come back and play through 1955, including playing 140+ games in each of the next three seasons.  Waitkus is currently leading the NL in hitting (.370) and first in on-base percentage (.469), is second in doubles (19), and third in multi-hit games (24). It will take a few weeks yet but eventually, he will fall off the charts due to lack of appearances. Dick Sisler will get his opportunity as the Phillies first baseman. Joe Gordon The last two weeks have seen a lot of player movement, including trades and players either called up or sent down to the minors. Injuries have begun to accumulate, affecting lineups choices as well. There are still a lot of tightly bunched spots in the standings and everyone is looking for that little advantage to make their mark. Teams hav...

Monday, June 13, 1949 It's a travel day, as all of the AL teams were on trains leaving the great Midwest and heading for the great east coast. In the NL it is the opposite - all of the teams were leaving the east coast and heading westward. No games today, but there is a full schedule for tomorrow. Even though it was an off-day, there were several transactions announced today: Chicago (AL) announced that outfielder Earl Rapp had been traded to Oakland with cash in return for George "Catfish" Metkovich . Walker Cooper Boston (AL) announced that pitcher Mickey Harris and outfielder Sam Mele had been traded to Washington in return for pitcher Walt Masterson . New York (NL) announced that catcher Walker Cooper had been traded to Cincinnati in return for catcher Ray Mueller . New York further announced they had called up catcher Wes Westrum . St. Louis (AL) announced that pitcher Dick Starr would likely miss the next two months due to an un...