The 1937 Yankees defeated the 1978 Yankees four games to two in their series to improve their record to 66-42, 5th best behind the '27, '32, '36, and '28 Bombers. The '78 Yankees dropped further under .500 at 61-65 with five series left to play.

The '37 Yankees scored five runs in the 5th inning of Game One which was all they needed for a 5-2 win. Their bats were red hot in a 13-2 drubbing; 10 of their 14 hits were for extra bases. Tommy Henrich hit two doubles and two triples while driving in three RBI. The '78 Yankees won the next two games, starting with Game Three by a score of 5-2. Ed Figueroa calmed the '37 Yankee bats with 8 2/3 no hit innings before a Joe Dimaggio double and George Selkirk homer ruined the no-no and shutout. They won Game Four 9-8 in 10 innings after blowing a 7-2 lead in the 8th inning. The '37 Yankees cut the deficit to 7-6 after a three-run homer by Lou Gehrig followed by a solo blast from Dimaggio. Reggie Jackson gave the '78 Yankees a little cushion in the 9th with a solo home run of his own to make it 8-6. Goose Gossage gacked another save opportunity in the 9th with three walks that led to a tying two-run single by Dimaggio. The '78 Yankees went back ahead for good when Selkirk misplayed a Willie Randolph single, resulting with pinch hitter Gary Thomasen scoring from first. In the pivotal Game Five, the '78 Yankees scored four runs in the 1st. inning, but the '37 Yankees countered with eight unanswered runs the rest of the game for a 8-4 win. In the finale, the '37 Yankees cruised to a 12-2 with; Selkirk and Red Rolfe teamed up with three hits apiece (Selkirk hit another home run) and five RBI each.

Gehrig leads the '37 Yankees in hitting at .351 with 26 home runs, 86 RBI, 110 runs scored, and a 1.150 OPS. Selkirk had a huge series, hitting .444 with FIVE home runs and 13 RBI; he is now hitting .329 with 33 home runs, 85 RBI, 88 runs scored, and a 1.115 OPS. Dimaggio hit .346 in the series to raise his average to .313 with 42 home runs, 134 RBI, 96 runs scored, and a 1.044 OPS. Bill Dickey is hitting .255 with 18 home runs and 88 runs scored. Lefty Gomez and Red Ruffing won all three of their combined starts; they have identical 14-3 records with a 2.27 ERA for Gomez and a 2.54 ERA for Ruffing.

Jackson hit .440 in the series with three homers and eight RBI to raise his average to .327 with 37 home runs, 102 RBI, 88 runs scored, and a 1.007 OPS. Randolph and Mickey Rivers both have 40 or more stolen bases. Figueroa’s masterpiece improved his record to 16-6 with a 3.51 ERA. The '78 Yankees will battle the 55-35 1938 Yankees in the next series.

An update on my 1952 Replay, which has now reached the end of May and has seen 311 games played.

One thing I have definitely noticed with the '52 season… the A-ranked pitchers are nearly un-hittable. Batter’s cards with 10’s and 11’s are not very common (but lots of 8’s and 9’s). As a result, of the pitchers with 35+ innings pitched so far, there are eleven with ERA’s south of 2.00. Not surprisingly, nine of those eleven pitchers are A’s.

On the other end of the scale is poor Herm Wehmeier (D-W) of the Reds. He is 0-6 after seven starts, and has given up 51 earned runs in 40 innings (11.48 ERA). The Pirates’ Ron Kline and the Phillies’ Howie Fox (both D’s) have combined to pitch 43.2 innings and are 0-9 between them with a combined ERA of 12.57. The D’s are really tough to watch sometimes.

Anyway, here’s where things stand, as this highly-enjoyable Replay on GO heads into June…

AMERICAN LEAGUE

In real life, the 1952 Yankees were middle-of-the-pack as May ended. But here, they already lead the division by 2.5 games over Cleveland. The bigger story in the Replay has been the pitching woes in Boston. It’s not uncommon to see the Red Sox lose a high-scoring game, as the dice have been painfully unfriendly through the first one-quarter of their season. Will be interesting to see if it continues.

American League Standings:

Yankees 25-10 (-)
Indians 26-16 (2.5)
White Sox 24-18 (4.5)
Athletics 18-16 (6.5)
Nationals 18-21 (9)
Tigers 17-21 (9.5)
Browns 18-27 (12)
Red Sox 11-28 (16)

AL Batting Average: .249 (Real life .253)
AL OPS: .698 (Real life .695)
AL Pitching ERA: 4.00 (Real life 3.67)
AL WHIP: 1.36 (Real life 1.37)
AL Fielding %: .977 (Real life .977)

AL Individual Batting Leaders:
Batting Average: Mitchell (CLV) .358; Throneberry (BOSA) .356
OPS: Robinson (CHIA) .999; Jensen (WSH) .954
Home Runs: Easter (CLV) 11; Doby (CLV) & Rosen (CLV) each with 10
RBI: Robinson (CHIA) 35; Rosen (CLV) 32
Stolen Bases: Rivera (STLA) 7; Throneberry (BOSA) 6

AL Individual Pitching Leaders:
Pitching W-L: Lemon (CLV) 8-1; Wynn (CLV) 7-1
ERA: Wynn (CLV) 1.18; Lemon (CLV) 1.50
WHIP: Wynn (CLV) 0.81; Shantz (PHLA) 0.82
K’s: Pierce (CHIA) 46; Shantz (PHLA) 38
Saves: Kuzava (NYY), Consuegra (CHIA) & Brissie (CLV) each with 5

Team Thumbnails: (number in parentheses is +/- wins from real life in '52)

Yankees (+7)
A well-balanced attack, led by Yogi Berra’s 7 HR’s and 26 RBI’s. Mickey Mantle is batting .311 with 5 HR’s and 20 RBI’s. On the mound, Vic Rashi and Allie Reynolds are both 6-2. Defensively, the Yankees have committed a league-low 23 errors in 35 games.

Indians (+1)
Three hitters and three pitchers have carried them. Easter, Rosen and Doby have combined for 31 HR’s and 89 RBI’s. Lemon, Wynn and Garcia are a combined 21-3 with a 1.55 ERA. Those three starters will keep them in the race.

White Sox (+1)
First baseman Eddie Robinson has been outstanding, leading the league in RBI’s and OPS, while batting .331. Sherm Lollar has contributed with 6 HR’s and 26 RBI’s. Billy Pierce (6-4, 2.50 ERA) leads the pitching staff.

Athletics (+3)
The A’s have over-achieved a bit, especially when you consider nobody has hit more than three homers for them. On the mound, Bobby Shantz is 5-2 with a 1.64 ERA. But nobody else on the Philadelphia staff has an ERA under 3.70.

Nationals (-3)
Jackie Jensen has starred since coming over in a trade with the Yankees, batting .314 and driving in 21 runs. On the mound, four-game winner Bob Porterfield has been solid with a 1.60 ERA. Reliever Sandy Consuegra has five saves.

Tigers (+4)
After an impressive start, the Tigers are starting to fade a bit. Batting only .225 as a team, there is little offense other than Vic Wertz (.248, 7 HR, 26 RBI). Shortstop Johnny Lipon is batting only .138. Dizzy Trout (3-1, 1.82 ERA) leads the pitching staff.

Browns (-2)
The Browns have recovered nicely from a dreadful 1-and-13 start. Bob Nieman (.322, 6 HR, 31 RBI) has been a big surprise, as has Clint Courtney (.298, 4 HR, 29 RBI). Ageless Satchel Paige is 2-2 with 2 saves and an ERA of 1.89 out of the pen.

Red Sox (-11)
Yikes. An overall team ERA of 6.27 is downright frightening. Once you get past ace Mel Parnell (5-3, 2.35 ERA), it’s a trainwreck. The hitting’s pretty good - Faye Throneberry (.356) has been sensational - but something needs to be done. There are rumors of a big upcoming trade with Detroit in the works.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

In the National League, it’s shaping up to be a good three-team race… or even four, if the Cubs can pick things up a bit. But the Giants will now be without young Willie Mays for the rest of the season. That loss is gonna hurt. The Phils’ Robin Roberts (AC-YZ) is on a blazing pace for a season for the record books, while the Pirates’ pitching (with four D-W’s) is starting to go off the rails.

National League Standings:

Dodgers 25-12 (-)
Giants 23-14 (2)
Phillies 22-15 (3)
Cubs 19-21 (7.5)
Cardinals 19-21 (7.5)
Reds 17-22 (9)
Braves. 13-22 (11)
Pirates 16-27 (12)

NL Batting Average: .247 (Real life .253)
NL OPS: .688 (Real life .697)
NL Pitching ERA: 3.96 (Real life 3.73)
NL WHIP: 1.30 (Real life 1.34)
NL Fielding %: .975 (Real life .976)

NL Individual Batting Leaders:
Batting Average: Snider (BRK) .357; Baumholtz (CHIC) .350
OPS: Sauer (CHIC) 1.037; Mays (NYG) 1.018
Home Runs: Sauer (CHIC) 15; Seminick (CIN) 11
RBI: Sauer (CHIC) 38; Snider (BRK) & Hamner (PHLN) each with 32
Stolen Bases: Ryan (PHLN) & Fondy (CHIC) each with 9

NL Individual Pitching Leaders:
Pitching W-L: Roberts (PHLN) 9-0; Roe (BRK) 7-1
ERA: Spahn (BOSN) 0.96; Rush (CHIC) 1.03
WHIP: Erskine (BRK) 0.47; Roberts (PHLN) 0.65
K’s: Roberts (PHLN) 52; Spahn (BOSN) 48
Saves: Black (BRK) & Wilks (PGH) each with 7

Team Thumbnails: (number in parentheses is +/- wins from real life in '52)

Dodgers (-2)
Strength up the middle has carried Brooklyn. CF Duke Snider (.357, 32 RBI) has been outstanding. Middle infielders Pee Wee Reese (.309) Jackie Robinson (.305) each have three homers and 20 RBI. On the mound, Preacher Roe is 7-1 with a 1.99 ERA. The Dodgers’ .984 fielding % leads both leagues.

Giants (-4)
This week’s loss of Willie Mays (.315, 5 HR, 28 RBI) to the US Army will hurt a lot. But New York still has Don Mueller (.345, 29 RBI) and Davey Williams (.310, 23 RBI). The Giant’s team ERA of 4.06 has been a disappointment, although Hoyt Wilhelm (2-1, 0.64 ERA, 4 Saves) has been stellar out of the pen.

Phillies (+5)
Just give Robin Roberts the Cy Young right now. He’s 9-0 with a 1.19 ERA, as the Phils’ team ERA of 3.13 is best in the league. Karl Drews is 5-1, 1.76. Granny Hamner (.340, 6 HR, 32 RBI) has been the NL’s best Shortstop. Over-achieving quite a bit from real life, this team is not going away anytime soon.

Cubs (-4)
With the league’s second-best pitching stats, the Cubs should be higher in the standings. Bob Rush (6-2, 1.03 ERA) and Paul Minner (6-0, 2.68) have carried the freight. Hank Sauer (1.037 OPS) has been a machine with his 15 homers and 38 RBI, while Frank Baumholtz is batting .350. Chicago should still climb.

Cardinals (+1)
After Stan Musial (.336, 3 HR, 22 RBI) and Red Schoendienst (.320, 4 HR, 25 RBI), there’s not much to brag about offensively. Nor on the mound. Nobody on the pitching staff has more than three wins, and ace Gerry Staley is 2-5 with a 3.03 ERA. The Cards’ 46 defensive errors lead both leagues.

Reds (-2)
Catcher Andy Seminick’s 11 homers have been a huge surprise, considering he belted only 14 all year in real life. Joe Adcock (.358, 6 HR, 23 RBI) has been fantastic in platoon duty, but needs to start more often. Pitching ace Ken Raffensberger (5-1, 2.06 ERA) has been excellent.

Braves (E)
Boston’s 13-22 record matches what they did in real life. But the Braves simply can’t hit. They’re batting .211 and have scored only 116 runs (the other seven NL teams are averaging 182). Rookie 3B Eddie Mathews is batting .178. Pitching ace Warren Spahn (5-3, 0.96 ERA) could sue this entire team for non-support.

Pirates (+6)
Incredibly, the last-place Bucs are the NL’s biggest overachievers. Ted Wilks (3-1, 1.19 ERA, 7 saves) has been outstanding coming out of the pen. Ace Murry Dickson (5-5, 2.32 ERA) has also been very good, but the rest of the staff is weak. Ralph Kiner has 6 homers and 25 RBI, but is hitting only .194. Gus Bell claims Pittsburgh’s best batting average at .261.

In the end, I just recreated the Dodgers-Giants game by downloading the P-B-P, then inputting each dice roll as it had happened when I first played the game a few days earlier. I couldn’t wait too long, while the game was still fresh in my memory (for things like runners playing it safe, infield playing in, etc).
Everything worked out fine and, this time, the box score was added to my 1952 Replay Collection without an issue. All I can think is that I had done something wonky when setting up that particular game the first time around.

@chaneyhey It depends on what you mean…

If you’re referring to a MM being able to handle a Master Game Replay game or AutoPlay game(s), that’s coming in the next couple of months.

If you’re referring to one-button full season Replay resolution, we’re not working on that at this time.

If you’re referring to something else… give me a hint. :)

Thanks,
Jeremy

Nicely done!

I did use the 50’s Clarence micro manager. not to inundate the space with tons of numbers but the basics team wise:
Actual/Replay numbers hitting wise Actual/Replay: Ave. .266/267, Runs. 775/774, HR. 221/217, SB. 45/41, RBI. 734/758, BB. 528/525, Hits. 1406/1401, OPS. 777/761. Uncannily accurate!!!

Pitching Actual/Replay: W/L. 91-63. 96/59. ERA. 3.85/3.44, CG. 47/100, K’s. 653/775, HR. 141/132, BB. 458/392, Not nearly as accurate, but still only 5 more wins.

A couple of interesting individual results: Actual/Replay
Klu: AB. 572/574, Ave. 305/302, HR. 39/35, Bi. 102/102. OPS. 914/898. Pretty amazing!!
Robinson: AB. 576/572, Ave. 285/290, HR. 32/38, BI. 99/83, OPS. 895/936
Most of the other hitters were very comparable. I was very impressed with the accuracy of the offensive numbers across the board.

Pitching: Actual/ Replay. Not as accurate in many cases.

Brooks Lawrence. IP. 219/243, W/L. 19/10, 19/10!!!, ERA. 3.99/2.70
Joe Nuxhall. IP. 201/254, W/L. 13-11/. 20-10 ??? ERA. 3.72/3.15
John Klippstein. IP. 211/210. W-L. 12-11. 14-13. ERA. 4.09/3.31
Freeman. IP. 109/131, W-L. 14-5. 7-2, Saves. 18/9, ERA. 3.40/2.74
The other pitchers were also less accurate than the hitters but not ridiculous.

thanks guys

Thanks. I messed up and should have done monthly figuring as games were being played. Oh well.
Just your opinion: i was thinking of 6 team round robin of the best teams from 1950 to present. Thinking: 98 Yanks, 75 Reds, 95 Braves, 72 A’s, 70 O’s, and ??? Some recent Dodger team? 84 Tigers? A Redsox or Cardinal or Pirate team? Whaddya think?

@Tazmanean_Devil Great stuff. I remember being frustrated too… having a key starting pitcher enter the game as a reliever (espy if he thrown a complete game the day before). The day I figured out the purpose of that thumbs up/down icon was a bit of a game-changer…

@APBA-GO-Jeremy
That works too. Thank you.

@APBA-GO-Jeremy
For additional Information there is an email sent to customer support on 3/4/25 with the title of APBAGO 1950 season replay with the transactions in red are the players whose cards are not where they should be for 1950 replay.

@APBA-GO-Jeremy The replay lineups have problems when player is traded later in the season is not restored back to the team the player began the season with. In the 1950 season almost every player that was sold or claimed on waivers is on the wrong team

Newspaper style boxscore would be great like the old days.

It’s not great.

Is the a way to change the entire replay league to DH with 1 move so I don’t have to do it every game? Is Malcom an better. Pedro is terrible.

@APBA-GO-Jeremy Thank you Jeremy! I hope you have a great new year! Cheers.

Here are the NL Stats & All Stars

NL EAST: Philadelphia Phillies 55-29
NL WEST: Los Angeles Dodgers 55-29

Here are some NL notes:
Batting:
Tim Raines/MTL - .352
Dale Murphy/ATL - .339
Jose Cruz/HOU - .333

HR:
Mike Schmidt/PHI - 30
Dale Murphy/ATL - 25
Darrell Evans/SF - 22

RBI:
Dale Murphy/ATL - 79
Mike Schmidt/PHI - 78
Andre Dawson/MTL - 72

SB:
Tim Raines/MTL - 62
Steve Sax/LA - 52

WINS:
Steve Rogers/MTL - 14-1
John Denny/PHI - 12-3
Charlie Lea/MTL - 12-5

ERA:
Bill Gullickson/MTL - 1.67
John Denny/PHI - 1.80
Altee Hammaker/SF - 1.96

SO:
Nolan Ryan/HOU - 154
Steve Carlton/PHI - 147
Mario Soto/CIN - 130

SV:
Bruce Sutter/STL - 30
Steve Howe/LA - 25
Al Holland/PHI - 21

1983 NL All Stars

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@Nooch66 Awesome!

That is cool! Did you use APBA GO? I am just starting 1984 with Replay option.