The top seeded 1905 White Sox faced the lowly 1901 Dodgers who pulled a big upset in round one have an even bigger hurdle as they pitching rich White Sox. This version of the Sox is basically the pre-cursor to the hitless wonders who won the World Series in 1906…
There’s nothing too odd about the numbers on this 1966 David Dowling card… until you look at his stats. Dowling pitched just one game for the ‘66 Cubs. Not only that, it was a complete game win. He gave up ten hits but gave up just two runs and walked…
by Scott Fennessy Pittsburgh, PA 10/5/1905 The Cubs play the Pirates in a quick two game road trip before going home to face the Cardinals in a one game season finale. Today the Cubs send Ed Reulbach, who has faded late in his last start against Sam Leever. Sam has…
Cy Perkins was a useful, if not spectacular catcher who played 15 seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics during his career that lasted from 1915 to 1934. This card represents his last season with the A’s in 1930. While Bill Terry, Chuck Klein and Hack Wilson were racking up stats for…
With the Chicagoland Summer APBA Tournament behind us, APBA fans are looking ahead to the future. First of all, there will be another Chicagoland tournament in Woodstock scheduled for November. Now it looks like Pastor Rich Zawadzki is seeing what kind of interest there is for a similar tournament in…
Today’s Monster Card selection hits close to home for me. Dave Smith was my very first draft pick in Illowa APBA League. This is Smith’s 1987 card for the Astros. Despite ‘87 being a hitters’ year, Smith had a great year on mound with a a career low 1.65 ERA. …
Just a few more photos from the Chicagoland Summer APBA Tournament that took place in Woodstock on Saturday. Nuts and bolts details of the tournament on this page. [click on each photo to enlarge] Group photo! Squeeze in there, Doug! They were smart not to include me. From left…
James Welch took the 1968 St Louis Cardinals to the finals by winning his division. Craig Christian finished the job. On Saturday July 19th in Woodstock, Illinois, the 1968 St Louis Cardinals defeated the 2001 Seattle Mariners in the final game to win the 2014 Chicagoland Summer APBA World Series…
Rod Caborn must know about my thing for an APBA league’s historical stats. He sent me the yearly leaders for the Orlando APBA Association. It’s quite an archive going back to when Tony Gwynn won the batting title in 1988 with a .350 average. Rod notes: Thought the attached might…
If there is one player that epitomizes the word “Weird”, that would be 70s pitcher Bill Lee. Those familiar with Bill Lee know he was known for his wild shenanigans and off-the-wall quotes. Reader Tom Zuppa agrees as he sent in this appropriate 1972 card of Lee’s. In 1972 the…