Shores’ three no-nos highlight Rod Caborn’s AL 1915 replay

Get a cup of coffee, sit back and prepare to enjoy another recap from one of my favorite APBA replayers, Rod Caborn.

Rod has finished the 1915 American League APBA replay. As always, his replay Yearbook is incredibly detailed. A full 80 pages, it includes stats, standings highlights as well as replay setup documentation. Rod includes some personal background too which gives some insight into his mindset when he was playing.

Fellow OAPBA member Dave Larson helped Rod with this replay and probably deserves some credit.

As you can see from the top image, the 1915 Chicago White Sox outperformed their actual record by 28 games and won the AL championship with a 115-39 record. According to Rod, they never lost more than three in a row.

Ernie Shore (1.87 ERA, 20 wins) threw three no-hitters in Rod’s replay. That’s the box score of the third one you see above.

If anyone is an avid APBA replayer, take a look at Rod’s recap. I certainly don’t expect everyone to reach Rod’s level of intense detail but it might give you ideas.

This paragraph in the setup section gave me pause to wonder:

A pickoff rule originated by fellow OAPBA manager Walt Taylor was employed served to reduce the abnormal number of pickoffs that occur within the regular APBA boards. Pitchers and catchers with higher defensive ratings were more likely to pick off runners while lower-graded pitchers and catchers were less likely to record pickoffs. The rule modification worked extremely well.

Rod (or Walt), how does this rule modification work? I’m curious.

If you’re interested in reading Rod’s replay recap, click the button.

Rod, thanks for sending this along. I always enjoy reading these!