On the heels of By the Numbers: Pitching, here is my submission for the defensive angle of the 2015 APBA baseball set. I’ll take a look at the distribution of the defense ratings in the 2015 APBA baseball season and point out some of the highlights (and maybe some of…
October 11, 1903 Pittsburgh, PA As the series moves to Pittsburgh, the fans in Pennsylvania were waiting with a huge gathering as the team train brought home their heroes with a 2-0 series lead. Today’s game faces Bill Dinneen (A Y) vs. Sam Leever (A Z). The game was scoreless…
I’m sure these guys at the APBA Football Club Tournament weren’t a challenge (From L to R: Patrick McGregor, John Cochrane, Ray Dunlap, Bob Tassinari, Greg Wells, Greg Barath, Jerry Zajack and Geoff Giordano) We’re now on the fourth roundtable question with our awesome tournament organizers. They told us about…
Zack Greinke’s 21 MG rating leads all starting pitchers The APBA Baseball disk is out! And with the disk come the data. Each year after the APBA baseball disk comes out, I do a series of articles which looks at the APBA baseball disk data and summarize it. It’s…
Tom Zuppa submitted this 1912 Owen Wilson APBA card for today’s Weird Wednesday column. He says: Attached is a 1912 John Owen "Chief" Wilson, Pirates right fielder. It’s part of an all-star set the game co. released a few years back for download. Wilson hit 11 HR and a league-leading…
From the second annual Robert Henry Memorial Tournament, held in 2014. Standing facing the camera (L-R) are the late Hall of Famer Veryl Lincoln and Hall of Famer Skeet Carr presenting an APBA Game Company Special Achievement Award to Brian Cavanaugh of the Philadelphia Boys and Girls Club Bridesburg Unit,…
Tom Fulton was pretty impressed by Mike Piazza’s 1997 APBA card. A catcher-8 with double ones and a 25-7? Now I am too. The former Rookie of the Year had his best year with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997 when he hit .362 with 40 homers, 124 rbis and…
At one point, Ken Schulz was worried about attendance to the Linda B Schulz Memorial APBA Baseball Tournament. Nice turnout! The first time around with our nine tournament organizers, I asked them about the origins of their respective tournaments. If you haven’t read their responses, you really should check out…
Maintaining an accurate record of the daily won-lost standings is a must. For keeping basic W-L standings and percentages, I record my standings in a simple 11 x 8 inch college ruled notebook, on a day-by-day basis, For a regular eight-team replay, you will need around 30-40 pages to record…
October 7, 1903 Boston, MA After a hard fought game one the teams take the field for game two of this series. Today’s game features Ed Doehny (BYW) against Tom Hughes (AY). The Red Sox are hoping to take advantage of Doehny’s lack of control while Pittsburgh hopes to string…