Wild Bill Wright
Day 32 – May 31
Harry Salmon pitched a complete game, leading Birmingham over Kansas City by a score of 8-1. Birmingham opened the scoring with 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th and coasted from there. Martin Dihigo had a 2-run double and scored twice, and Cristobal Torriente hit his first home run […]
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 […]
Week 3 Wrap Up
Week 3 was a fun one in my Buck O’Neil Project. All 4 series resulted in 2-2 splits. New York remained in first place by 1 game, with an 8-4 record. Washington and St. Louis are in second at 7-5. Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Birmingham are two games back at 6-6. […]
April 24 – Day 10
In game 2 of the 4-game sets, the road team A lineup was matched up with the home team B lineup.Washington edged Birmingham 3-1 thanks to a 2-run double in the 9th inning from Ray Dandridge.St. Louis rushed out to a 9-0 lead over Detroit, and hung on for an […]
Wild Bill Wright
Wild Bill Wright was a big and fast outfielder, a switch-hitter with power and a strong arm. He could circle the bases in 13.2 seconds. “Bill Wright was a switch-hitter but was big and strong and could run like a deer, similar to the present-day Dave Parker.” Hall of Famer […]