Author: david bancroft

April 20. Gm# 2. Shibe Park Boston 1 Philadelphia 0 FRANK QUINN MAKES 1 RUN HOLD UP IN FINE RELIEF EFFORT Though Boston starter, Ellis Kinder didn’t allow a run in his 5.2 innings pitched, he was tagged for eight hits and issued three walks in that span. With Philadelphia’s Joe Coleman matching Kinder zero…

April 19. Gm# 1 Shibe Park Boston 8 Philadelphia 0 PARNELL STARTS RED SOX SEASON WITH A FIVE HIT SHUTOUT Mel Parnell(1-0) kicked off Boston’s 1949 campaign with a bang, spinning a five hit shutout against the Philadelphia Athletics. Parnell took a no hitter into the sixth inning, when Eddie Joost broke it up with…

April 18. Red Sox did not play AMERICAN LEAGUE GETS UNDERWAY AS SENATORS DEFEAT A’S, 3-2 The traditional American League opener in Washington saw the Senators defeat the Philadelphia A’s, 3-2. The rest of the league, including Boston, who takes on that same A’s team in Shibe Park, Philadelphia, gets underway tomorrow. Standing of the…

1949 Boston Red Sox Replay As a kind of companion piece to my just completed 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates replay, I am going to do one of the Red Sox in the American League that same year. In real life, Boston finished second by 1 game to the New York Yankees. I am going to do…

October 2. Gm#’s 153, 154 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 5, 6 Cincinnati 4, 5 BUCS WIN TWICE; KINER FINISHES WITH 57 HR’S; CASTIGLIANTO HITS CYCLE What a wild way to finish the season. The Pirates, as a team, weren’t going anywhere. They finished in sixth place and have been there for quite a while. That being…

October 1. THE PIRATES ARE IDLE TODAY National League scores: Boston 3 New York 0; Chicago 3 St. Louis 1; Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 4 Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/156/103/50/3/.670 Brooklyn/155/95/58/2/.619 Philadelphia/153/78/75/.510 New York/155/75/78/2/.490 Boston/156/73/80/3/.478 Pittsburgh/152/67/85/.441 Cincinnati/154/62/90/2/.409 Chicago/153/58/95/.379

September 30. Gm# 152 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 5 Cincinnati 4 KINER SLAMS HR #’S 54 AND 55 TO VAULT BUCS TO VICTORY OVER REDS Ralph Kiner, star slugger of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was at the top of his game, belting a pair of homeruns(54.55), and also adding a double and a single, for a five…

September 29. Gm# 151 Forbes Field St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh 1 BUCS BLOW CHANCE TO TIE GAME IN 9TH; CARDS WIN, 2-1 Ralph Kiner stood perched on third base, with two out in the bottom of the ninth, after his triple plated Dino Restelli with Pittsburgh’s first run of the game, but Ed Stevens grounded…

September 28. RAIN CANCELS MOST OF NATIONAL LEAGUE SLATE All but one game in the National League were rained out. Philadelphia beat the New York Giants, 2-0. Yesterday’s game will not be made up. The Cards and Pirates will meet today in the series finale. Standing of the Clubs St. Louis/153/102/48/3/.676 Brooklyn/152/93/57/2/.618 Philadelphia/152/77/75/.507 New York/154/75/77/2/.494…

September 27. Gm# 150 Forbes Field St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 5 BOCKMAN’S GRAND SLAM NOT ENOUGH IN BUCS, 6-5 LOSS TO CARDS Eddie Bockman(9), who has been on the Pirate bench for over a week, picked out the splinters and belted an eighth inning, grand slam off Red Munger, but it wasn’t enough, as the…