Replaying Baseball's History
8/24/1891
A red-hot bat made Sol White the obvious choice for this week's AL Player of the Week.
The Pittsburgh second baseman laid down some numbers that no one else could match, including a .409 average on 9 hits in 22 at-bats, 1 home run, 6 RBIs, and 5 runs scored. Say no more ... he got the award.
White currently has a .308 batting average with 158 hits, 6 homers, 97 RBIs, 84 runs scored and a .337 OBP.
The series went seven games once again was a all Chicago affair as well. The White Sox, the MLB champions who won 100 games on the season and defeated the New York Giants in the world series faced the American Giants, champions of Black Baseball, who won nearly 80% of their games. Note the organized…
Four Months 102 Games Later July 31, 1969 The Yankees and Dodgers are rising to the top with a 6 game lead in their respective divisions. The Giants are second to the Dodgers and the Orioles are behind the Yankees. The White Sox retain a six game lead over the A’s in the AL West…
09/08/1899 Bud Fowler retirees from professional baseball. Bud has played in 19 years as a pro. Five of those seasons prior to the IMLB. Bud first played for a largely white professional team based out of New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1872, when he was 14 years old. On May 17, 1878, while playing for the Lynn…