Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

Week 16, 2/3 of the season (by calendar), is now completed. All teams have now reached the 100 games played mark, but there are still a lot of games left to play. There are going to be a lot of late-season call-ups to start arriving shortly as teams begin to assess their current talent and start looking to the future. There are a couple of Hall-of-Famers that will be making their first appearance yet, even if they aren't much help to their teams this year. The real news this week was no-hitter #6, this time Ted Lyons and the White Sox over the Browns on 07/31/1930. This still perplexes me, and while the AL has already surpassed the number of actual shut-outs thrown in 1930, the league ERA and batting average remain relatively close to their targets. I will think about this more before my next project, but for now, it's just full speed ahead. There were no changes in positions in the standings this week, but in the AL Philadelphia is beginning to pull away from second...

Monday, July 28, 1930 The NL West teams have left the east coast and the AL East teams have returned home from the Midwest. The pennant races have shifted in both leagues. Washington and Philadelphia have several upcoming games against each other - can the Nationals right the ship, or will the A's run away with the pennant? Brooklyn is happy to be rid of those pesky Midwest teams, but they have been stung. Will their struggles continue? It's hard being on top, isn't it? Cleveland (H) 4 Detroit 0 Clint Brown (7-9) allowed only two hits and no walks as the Indians look to move up on some of the teams directly ahead of them. Luke Sewell was back behind the plate after having missed most of the last two months because of a broken finger, got a double in the seventh, stole third, and then scored the Indians third run on a sacrifice squeeze by Ed Montague . New York (AL) 15 Philadelphia (AL) (H) 13 Max Bishop started off the game with a homerun (#17),...