Week 11 ushers in some changes to starting pitching. Today Tom Seaver, Rube Waddell, and Addie Joss replaced Bob Feller, Christy Matthewson, and Robin Roberts. Detroit clubbed Birmingham, 13-5. Cool Papa Bell homered and had 4 RBI and Alex Radcliffe had 3 hits and scored 4 runs for Detroit. Birmingham’s […]
One close game, followed by 3 blowouts today.Detroit edged Birmingham, 2-1, in 11 innings. Dick Redding allowed 1 run in 7-2/3 innings for the winners, and Smokey Joe Williams did the same in 9-1/3 innings. The winning rally began with a triple by Double Duty Radcliffe. Cool Papa Bell walked, […]
Week 7 opened today with three 1-run games.Detroit won at Birmingham, 5-4, thanks to a 4-run 8th inning. Biz Mackey had a key RBI double that got the rally started. Dewey Creacy added an RBI in the win and Cool Papa Bell had 2 hits, a walk, and 2 stolen […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ted Radcliffe was given the nickname “Double Duty” because he would often pitch the first game of a doubleheader and then catch the second game. His brother Alex Radcliffe was also a Negro Leagues legend. “I was the greatest of all-time.” Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe Radcliffe’s career spanned from 1928-1950. […]
In game 3 of the 4-game sets, the road team B lineup was matched up with the home team A lineup. No extra inning games, but all 4 games were exciting.Washington beat Birmingham 4-3 thanks to a 2-run home run in the 7th inning from Grant “Home Run” Johnson. The […]
Today the third series of the season began. This week’s match ups are Washington at Birmingham, St. Louis at Detroit, Pittsburgh at Kansas City, and last place Newark at first place New York. (Newark really needs to make up some ground soon.)Washington beat Birmingham 3-2 in 14 innings. Bingo Demoss […]
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