Author: david bancroft

April 24 Gm #’s 5 and 6. Forbes Field Pitt 6 Cinn 2; Pitt 2 Cinn 1 PIRATES MOVE TO 6-0 WITH TWIN BILL SWEEP OF REDS Bucs third sacker, Wally Bockman(2) homered in both games of a double header against the Reds, helping the Pirates remain unbeaten, as they won, 6-2 and 2-1. Bockman’s…

April 23. Rained out. REDS-BUCS WASHED OUT. TEAMS WILL PLAY TWICE TOMORROW Today’s game was rained out. Here are the other N.L. scores and the current standings: New York 11 Boston 3; Brooklyn 8 Philadelphia 6; Chicago 11 St. Louis 7 Pittsburgh 4 4 0 1.000 Brooklyn 4 3 1 .750 Cincinnati 3 2 1…

April 22. Gm #4 Forbes Field Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati 9 BUCS WIN HOME OPENER ON MC CULLOUGH’S 9TH INNING HIT KINER BELTS TWO MORE HOMERS; WESTLAKE ADDS ANOTHER The Pirates won their home opener in a wild slugfest with Cincinnati. When the dust cleared, Pittsburgh had a 10-9 victory, with catcher, Clyde McCullough singling in…

April 21 Gm #3 Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 3 KINER, WESTLAKE POWER PIRATES TO SWEEP OF CUBS Ralph Kiner(3) and Wally Westlake both went deep, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, for a series sweep. Kiner has a home run in each of the first three games, while Westlake hit two…

April 20th. Gm #2 Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 5 Chicago 0 DICKSON IS ONE MAN GANG FOR PITTSBURGH Murray Dickson(1-0) had one whale of a game in Chicago. The Pirate hurler spun a five hit shutout against the Chicago Cubs and in addition, smacked two doubles and a single, scoring one of Pittsburgh’s five runs. Not…

April 19. Wrigley Field Pittsburgh 11 Chicago 1 BUCS HAMMER CUBS, 11-1 IN WRIGLEY ROUT The Pittsburgh Pirates got out of the gate in a big way, bombing the Chicago Cubs, 11-1. Wally Westlake(2) belted a pair of homers, and Ralph Kiner(1) and Danny Murtaugh(1) had one each. Murtaugh also tripled and Ed Stevens and…

I am starting a new replay. This time it’s the 1949 Pittsburgh Pirates with Ralph Kiner. We’ll see if Ralph can get over 50 homers. This one will probably go slower, as I am trying to learn and incorporate the super advanced rules. I only used the advanced rules before. Should be fun in any…

Detroit had a very successful season, battling the Baltimore Orioles for the American League Eastern Division title, down to the very last day. In the end, the Tigers fell one game short, but certainly was the toughest test for Baltimore, as the next closest team was New York, six games behind in third place. Detroit’s…

October 2sd. Gm # 162 Milwaukee 4 Detroit 3 CECIL COOPER HOME RUN ENDS TIGERS SEASON DETROIT LOSES, 4-3; BALTIMORE BEATS YANKS, 2-0 TO WIN DIVISION The Detroit Tigers put up a battle, but in the end, fell a game short, as they dropped a 4-3 decision in their final game against the Brewers; while…

October 1st. Gm # 161 Detroit 13 Milwaukee 1 OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION PUTS TIGERS IN TIE FOR FIRST PLACE The Detroit Tigers exploded for 13 runs on 23 hits against the Milwaukee Brewers. At the same time, New York was beating Baltimore, 5-4, the result of which is that Detroit is now tied with the Orioles…