Louis Santop

Day 38

July 18, 2020 cosmath21 0

Newark beat New York 4-1 behind a solid pitching performance from Big Bill Foster. Foster improved to 7-3 by allowing 1 run over 7 innings. Ty Cobb went 2-3 to improve to .359 on the season, and Pop Lloyd added a hit. Satchel Paige took the complete-game loss. Chuck Klein […]

Day 37

July 18, 2020 cosmath21 0

Week 10 of the Buck O’Neil Project got under way today.New York beat Newark, 4-2. Chuck Klein went 3-5 and scored 2 runs. Louis Santop added 2 hits for New York. Ed Walsh won his 5th game of the season, and Walter Johnson dropped to 4-6 with a complete game […]

Day 33

July 9, 2020 cosmath21 0

Newark beat Detroit 4-1. Newark scored 4 early runs and rode an outstanding effort by Walter Johnson to win. John Beckwith had a 2-run home run for Newark, and Ernie Banks added an RBI. Alex Radcliffe homered for Detroit’s only run. Pete Alexander went the distance, picking up only his […]

Day 29 – May 28

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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 […]

Day 26 – May 22

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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, […]

Day 25 – May 21

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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 […]

April 25 – Day 11

April 25, 2020 cosmath21 0

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 […]

April 9, 2020 cosmath21 0

Louis Santop was one of the first great power hitters, once hitting a ball over 500 feet in 1912 during the dead ball era. The 6’5″ 240 pound catcher was known as “Top” and later as “Big Bertha” (a large piece of German heavy artillery). He was also rumored to […]