Roger's 1930 APBA Replay

Lou Gehrig - .418 BA Week 24 is finished and the 1930 regular season is complete. The Philadelphia A's had clinched the AL in the previous week, and the St. Louis Cardinals wasted little time this week in clinching the NL pennant. On Monday St. Louis won and Chicago lost, reducing the magic number to one. The Cardinals then won their game on Tuesday, and the NL pennant was theirs. The Cardinals played very well down the stretch but were helped by key injuries to opposing teams that negatively affected their performance at this most crucial time. So it's the Philadelphia A's and St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. We will get these games played over the next few days and a follow-up blog post will document the results. I am going to cut this write-up short and in the upcoming weeks will include a fuller final team-by-team commentary and a fuller final stats review as well. Chuck Klein - .415 BA Suffice it to say this replay has been great fun. It was...

Monday, September 22, 1930 The last week of the season has a slow start - two games on Monday, four on Tuesday, and three on Wednesday, with no AL games at all until Wednesday. The final big road trip is over and teams are returning to their home region to finish up their last games and close out the 1930 season. George Sisler Boston (NL) (H) 6 Chicago (NL) 4 (10) The Cubs led 3-1 after the top of the seventh, only to see the Braves Randy Moore hit a two-run pinch-hit homerun to tie the game at 3-3. The Cubs regained the lead in the top of the ninth but again failed to hold the lead when Boston tied the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth.  In the tenth inning, Wally Berger hit a two-run homerun (#35, 117) and sent the Boston fans home happy. Note: Future Hall-of-Famer George Sisler made his final ML appearance today St. Louis (NL) 3 Philadelphia (NL) (H) 1 The Cardinals strung together a collection of hits and scored three runs in the third a...