Author: david bancroft

1956 World Series New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Game 7 What happened in real life? The Yankees rolled to an easy win in the deciding game. Johnny Kucks tossed a three hit shutout and Yogi Berra hit a pair of home runs, as the Yankees won, 9-0. What happened in my replay? New York…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies May 30, 1072. vs. New York Mets at Shea Stadium New York 1 Philadelphia 0 WP- Jon Matlack LP-Steve Carlton-(7-2) Real Life: 4.1IP, 6R, 8H, 6K, 3BB. L-(5-6) Replay: 8.66IP, 1R, 4H, 8K, 1BB, HBP, WP. L-(7-2) The Mets got a 1-0, walk off win, when Cleon Jones singled in…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies May 26, 1972. vs. Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 0 WP- Steve Carlton-(7-1) LP- Nellie Briles HR-Greg Luzinski Real Life: 7IP, 4ER, 1UER, 10H, 9K, 4BB. L-(5-5) Replay: 9IP, 0ER, 4H, 8K, 0BB. W-(7-1) Carlton tossed another gem, earning his second shutout and sixth overall complete…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies May 21, 1972. vs. New York Mets at Veterans Stadium Philadelphia 5 New York 1 WP- Steve Carlton (6-1) LP- Tom Seaver HR- Tim McCarver; Rusty Staub Real Life: 9IP, 4R, 6H, 9K, 3BB, 2HR. L-(5-4) Replay: 9IP, 1R, 3H, 9K, 1BB. HR. W-(6-1) The Philles end their four-game home…

1934 World Series Game 7 St. Louis Cardinals 12 Detroit Tigers 4 WP- Dizzy Dean LP- Schoolboy Rowe As in real life, the Cardinals defeated the Tigers by a large margin. However, unlike the actual game, there was no shutout by Dean in my replay. In fact, Detroit looked as if they would win early…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies May 17, 1972. vs. Chicago Cubs at Veterans Stadium Chicago 10 Philadelphia 5 WP- Tom Phoebus LP- Randy Lerch HR- Carmine Fanzone 2, Billy Williams, Jim Hickman; Don Money Real Life: 9IP, 3R, 6H, 8K, 3BB, 2HR. L-(5-3) Replay: 6IP, 3ER, 1UER, 8H, 4K, 1BB, 1HR. ND-(5-2) Philadelphia took a…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies May 13, 1972. vs. Los Angeles Dodgers at Veterans Stadium Philadelphia 3 Los Angeles 2 WP- Steve Carlton (5-1) LP- Claude Osteen Steve Carlton started slow but bounced back to retire the last twenty batters he faced, as Philadelphia edged the L.A. Dodgers, 3-2. It was a nice comeback win…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies May 7, 1972. vs. San Francisco Giants at Veterans Stadium San Francisco 10 Philadelphia 0 WP- Ron Bryant LP- Steve Carlton (4-1) HR- Dave Kingman 2, Ken Henderson, Tito Fuentes, Fran Healy, Greg Maddox Real Life: 9IP, 3R, 7H, 13K, 1BB, HR. W-(5-1) Replay: 5+IP, 5R, 11H, 7K, 1BB, 4HR.…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies May 3, 1972. vs. Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium Los Angeles 3 Philadelphia 2 WP- Pete Richart LP-Bill Wilson HR- Billy Grabarkewitz Real Life: 9IP, 1R, 6H, 9K, 1BB. W-(4-1) Replay: 7IP, 2R, 6H, 5K, 3BB. ND-(4-0) Los Angeles Dodger, Billy Grabarkewitz belted a walk off home run off…

Steve Carlton 1972 Philadelphia Phillies April 29, 1972. vs. San Diego Padres at San Diego Stadium Philadelphia 1 San Diego 0 WP- Steve Carlton (4-0) LP- Steve Arlin Real Life: 8IP, 4R, 5H, 10K, 4BB. L-(3-1) Replay: 9IP, 0R, 5H, 10K, 0BB. W-(4-0) Steve Carlton earned his first shutout of the year and improved to…