Turkey Stearnes
Day 30 – May 29
Smokey Joe Williams and Birmingham dominated Kansas City 5-0. Williams struck out 10 batters – it wasn’t 27, like his legendary game, but still pretty impressive. Larry Brown hit a big 3-run homer, and Ron Santo adder a 2-run homer. Alejandro Oms had 2 hits in the loss. Willie Mays […]
Day 26 – May 22
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 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 23 – May 16
Kansas City beat Newark 7-3. Old Hoss Radburn picked up his second win, giving up 2 runs in 6 innings. Tris Speaker went 4-4 for Kansas City, and Fats Jenkins added 2 RBI. Buck Ewing and Sammy T. Jones each had 2 hits and an RBI for Newark. New York […]
April 10 – Game 2
Three of the road teams managed to win today. The road teams used their A lineups, while the home teams introduced their B lineups. (There is no better/worse lineup, see how the rosters are constructed here.) The Pittsburgh Crawfords are the last remaining undefeated team.Satchel Paige gave up two runs […]
Norman “Turkey” Stearnes
Turkey Stearnes was one of the great home run hitters from his era. He weighed only 175 pounds, so generating that power was truly extraordinary. Many of his homers measured 450 feet or more. He was admired by his peers, as demonstrated in this tweet from Bob Kendrick: Stearnes was […]