Roger's 1941 APBA Replay

Week Six of the 1941 BBW replay is in the books and the strong get stronger and the weak teams fall farther and farther behind. All teams have now reached the 30 games played mark, and Cleveland has reached the 40 games played mark. There are a lot of doubleheaders on the schedule this upcoming week, plus Memorial Day (05/30/1941) us Friday, so all teams will be playing two then for sure. I would suspect that most of the AL will be at the 40 games played mark by the end of Week Seven and that most (but not all) of the NL will be there as well. 1941 St. Louis Browns In the AL, New York continues to be red hot. They are currently on a nine-game winning streak and have a 6.5 games lead over second place Chicago. The Yankees are first in runs scored (235) by a wide margin (Cleveland is second with 197) and are in second place in ERA (3.21), trailing only Chicago (2.70). The combination of offense and pitching is dominating the AL as their 31-7 record might indicate. Chicago, despite the ...

Monday, May 19, 1941   Transactions:   St. Louis catcher Walker Cooper was injured (?) on 05/18/1941   Chicago (AL) pitcher Buck Ross was injured (?) on 05/18/1941   Washington outfielder Sam West was injured (?) on 05/18/1941   Cleveland outfielder Beau Bell returned to play on 05/20/1941   Boston (AL) (H) 11 Detroit 3   Joe Dobson (2-0, 1.72) went all the way in his first start of the season, yielding twelve hits on the day but only allowing three runs on a three-run homerun from Detroit first baseman Rudy York . Jimmie Foxx hit two homeruns (#7, #8) and Ted Williams hit one as well (#7) in support of the young lefty hurler.   Red Rolfe New York (AL) (H) 20 St. Louis (AL) 15 Both teams brought their hitting shoes today as the score was 8-8 after the third and both teams were already into their bullpens. The Browns led 12-10 after the top of the sixth only to see the Yankees add three runs to take the lead back and then in the eighth the Y...