Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Three of the 1941 BBW replay is in the books and the Yankees and the Dodgers are continuing to try and run away with their respective leagues. It's still early obviously, so teams in both leagues are continuing to hang around as best they can, and should the leaders blink at some point during the season, they want to be ready to jump into a lead of their own. 1941 New York Giants At the completion of Week One the Yankees were averaging 9.3 runs per game. They are now down to "only" 6.8 runs per game but are clearly leading the AL in this category. Perhaps more importantly, they have lowered their ERA from 4.71 in Week One to 3.17 at the end of Week Three. The star for the Yankees so far has been left fielder Charlie Keller . Keller leads the AL in hits (37), doubles (9), homeruns (10), runs (26), RBI's (32), and is second in average (.416). Batting in the fifth spot in the lineup, Keller has cleaned up on whoever has set the plate in front of him, with Joe DiMa...

Monday, April 28, 1941 Bump Hadley New York (NL) pitcher Bump Hadley (Team Finale 04/27/1941) was returned to New York (AL) (DNP) on 04/28/1941 following his previous purchase Philadelphia (NL) outfielder Johnny Rizzo was injured (?) on 04/27/1941   Note: It's a slow start to the week as it is a travel day. In the NL it is the teams of the Midwest that are moving eastward, while in the AL it is the opposite as the eastern teams are beginning their first western swing.   Cleveland (H) 21 Detroit 5   The Indians delighted their home fans by delivering a severe thrashing to their neighbors to the north, scoring eleven runs in the third and then adding eight more runs in the bottom of the eighth.  Every Indians player scored a run and had an RBI, although not all had a hit. The key was the inability of the Detroit pitchers to consistently throw strikes as the Indians gathered a total of fifteen walks on the day. Al Milnar (1-1, 5.40) happily picked up ...