Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

Week 18 is completed and the regular season is 75% completed, at least by the calendar. The AL is still slightly ahead of the 75% mark, and the NL is still behind, but have made strides in closing the gap. There are plenty of doubleheaders to be played in the final two weeks of August, so we are on the way. I will be "counting" the two Cubs - Phillies tie games this coming week, and I will cover that more during the week when it comes up. Look at the standings in the NL. There is a three-way tie for first, with Chicago and St. Louis with identical records and Brooklyn right behind by a few percentage points. The Cubs actually caught and passed the Robins at about this same time in the schedule in 1930, and stayed in first place for a few weeks before the Cardinals put on a late-season charge to take the lead with just a few weeks remaining. The Cardinals are playing ahead of their 1930 performance though, but it is early yet, and I am not counting out the Robins just yet

Monday, August 11, 1930 Detroit 6 Boston (AL) (H) 5 The Tigers put up four in the third and then fought off a Red Sox rally in the ninth to secure the win. Whit Wyatt pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to pick up the save. New York (AL) (H) 10 St. Louis (AL) 3 The Browns led 2-0 after four, but the Yankees scored six times in the ninth, ably assisted by two crucial Browns errors. Babe Ruth had a triple and four RBI's (132) for the day to lead the offense. Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 3 The A's have gone 15-2 versus the hapless White Sox this year and today looked to be no different as Rube Walberg took a shutout into the ninth inning. Chicago then rose up and scored three times and threatened to send the game to extra innings, but Max Bishop drew a one-out walk (#100) and was then promptly doubled home by Mule Haas for the game-winner. Roy Mahaffey (10-3) was credited with a blown save and a win. Lloyd Brown Washingt

The AL teams are all right around 110 games played, while the NL teams had a busy week but are still slightly behind in games played as compared to their AL counterparts. These games will all get played, but the NL teams just have more ground to make up. I have two tie games coming up – 08/16/1930 and 08/19/1930, both Phillies at Cubs, both second games of doubleheaders. I have a way to account for these, but I haven’t set it up yet – more to come. Carl Reynolds In the National League, Chicago and St. Louis find themselves with identical 66-42 records, tied for second, three games behind first-place Brooklyn. This has happened several times so far – a team or two makes a charge at the Robins, but then the Robins remain resilient and re-expand their lead again. However, Brooklyn just lost four straight to St. Louis though, have one more to play, and then move to Chicago for four games. This could get real interesting real soon. New York has a firm grip on fourth place and just

Monday, August 4, 1930 At the beginning of the week, the eastern teams are all still in the east and the midwestern teams are still in the Midwest, but in midweek the NL East teams move to the Midwest while the AL West teams move to the east. The week starts off slow as far as the number of games played, but by the weekend there are plenty of doubleheaders scheduled. Detroit (H) 4 Chicago (AL) 2 Vic Sorrell (11-9) outdueled Ted Lyons (13-12) in a tight low-hit game. The Tigers scored four times in the bottom of the fourth, Sorrell's two-run double contributing the final two Detroit runs. Philadelphia (AL) (H) 4 Boston (AL) 3 A second consecutive game where the winning team scored all four of their runs in the bottom of the fourth inning and it was a pitcher that got the big hit. In this case, it was Lefty Grove (22-2) that not only picked up the win but stroked a three-run double and then scored run #4 to put the A's ahead to stay. Cleveland 7 St.