Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Twenty-Four of the 1941 BBW Replay is in the books and the replay regular season is now complete. New York (AL) and St. Louis (NL) have had the pennant clinched for their respective leagues for a good time now and both are rested and ready to go for the World Series. New York finished with one less win in the replay, while St. Louis finished with four additional wins. In the NL the difference was that Brooklyn finished nine fewer wins over the course of the replay, allowing St. Louis to slide past them and into the post-season.  As both leagues had been decided heading into the last week, all teams (except the Yankees) took the opportunity to activate younger players and to give them a few at-bats or to throw a few innings. This, therefore, implies that some of the regulars were given a few days of rest in the final week, so lineups were often a little topsy-turvy, and often players were run in and out of the lineup, causing further lineup alterations. Translated, what that ...

Monday, September 22, 1941   Transactions:   Brooklyn pitcher Johnny Allen made his Season Finale on 09/21/1941   St. Louis (NL) pitcher Bill Crouch made his Major League Finale on 09/21/1941. St. Louis (NL) third baseman Whitey Kurowski was acquired from Rochester (IL) before 09/23/1941 (Major League Debut)   Chicago (NL) pitcher Hank Gornicki  (Team Finale 09/16/1941) was returned to St. Louis (NL) (DNP) when the purchase deal of 09/02/1941 was voided on 09/22/1941   Chicago (AL) pitcher Ted Lyons made his Season Finale on 09/21/1941   New York (NL) pitcher Bill McGee made his Season Finale on 09/21/1941. New York (NL) outfielder Jo-Jo Moore made his Major League Finale on 09/21/1941   Rudy York Detroit 3 Chicago (AL) (H) 1 The White Sox scored an unearned run in the bottom of the fourth, but first baseman Rudy York came through when he doubled home the tying run in the top of the sixth and then singled home an...