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Day 31 – May 30
The road team won all 4 games today – so much for home field advantage!Kansas City dominated Birmingham by a score of 7-2. Old Hoss Radburn went the distance to improve to 3-1. Mike Schmidt had a home run and 2 RBI, and Buck Leonard added 2 doubles and an […]
Day 29 – May 28
Week 8 of the Buck O’Neil Project begins today.Kansas City beat Birmingham, 5-2. Johnny Mize delivered a big blow with a 3-run triple in the third inning. Quincy Trouppe had 2 hits, and Ghost Marcelle scored a run and drove one in. Josh Gibson went hitless but drove in a […]
Week 7 Wrap Up
Note: All statistics can be found at THIS SITE. After 7 weeks, Detroit opened up a 1-game lead on St. Louis, and 2 games on New York. Here are the standings, along with key individual statistical leaders. Ralph Kiner leads in home runs with 9 and RBI with 23. Mule […]
Week 6 Wrap Up
Note: All statistics can be found at THIS SITE. After 6 weeks, St. Louis and New York are tied for first with 15-9 (.625) records. Detroit is only 1 game out of first. Here are the standings, along with key individual statistical leaders. Ralph Kiner continues to have a dominating […]
Day 22 – May 15
Newark beat Kansas City 8-2, thanks to an outburst of 7 runs in the first 2 innings. Big Bill Foster picked up his 4th win with a complete game. Dave Winfield led the way with 3 hits and 5 RBI. Ty Cobb had 3 hits and Bill Perkins added 2 […]
Day 21 – May 14
The sixth set of 4-game series starts today, with Detroit, New York and St. Louis, tied for first place. Kansas City jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Tubby Scales solo homer, but fell to Newark 3-1. Sammy T. Hughes scored a run, and Newark picked up solo homers […]
Day 18 – May 8
Two shutouts and one blowout today on Day 18. Newark returned the favor, blanking Detroit 5-0. Big Bill Foster pitched 7-1/3 shutout innings to pick up his third win of the season, and Jelly Gardner had 3 hits. Cool Papa Bell had 3 hits for Detroit in the loss. Pittsburgh […]
Day 17 – May 7
The fifth set of 4-game series starts today, with the premiere match up featuring New York and St. Louis, tied for first place. Detroit blanked Newark 5-0 in its first road game of the season. Newark finally cooled off. Pete Alexander threw a complete game 4-hitter, Ralph Kiner blasted his […]