1921 Cleveland Indians Replay.
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September 13 - 15
The clock strikes midnight on the Indians. Despite taking 3 of 4 from the Philadelphia A’s, they now find themselves 14 1/2 games out of first place with only 14 games to play.
Game 1: The Indians fall behind by a score of 8-4, and score twice in the 8th inning to make it interesting, but fall by a final of 8-6. Roy Moore went the distance for Philadelphia. Allen Sothoron took the loss for Cleveland. Joe Evans went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI in the loss for the Indians. Chick Galloway had 2 hits and 3 RBI to lead the A’s.
Game 2: Cleveland pounds out 24 hits on their way to a 12-2 victory. Stan Coveleski blanked the A’s for 7 innings, before turning the game over to Ray Caldwell. Doc Johnston had 4 hits and scored 3 times for Cleveland. Tilly Walker had 3 singles in the loss for Philadelphia.
Game 3: Duster Mails went the distance, and survived a 2-run rally by the A’s in the 9th inning as the Indians prevail by a score of 7-4. Arlas Taylor took the loss for Philadelphia. Paul Johnson and Johnny Walker each had 3 hits in the loss for the A’s. Larry Gardner drove in 3 runs for Cleveland.
Game 4: An interesting game in which both pitchers went the distance, despite giving up a combined 21 runs on 35 hits. Ray Caldwell survived a rough start, giving up 5 runs in 2 innings. Eddie Rommel started strong and finished strong, but gave up 15 runs in the middle innings. Elmer Smith tripled 3 times and drove in 4 runs to lead the Cleveland attack. Tilly Walker had 4 hits in the loss for Philadelphia.
The Indians can now only focus on trying to catch the Browns for second place. They trail the Browns by 2 games in the win column. Cleveland now heads to Washington DC for 3 games against the Senators. At 69-70, the Senators are in 5th place.
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September 16 - 18
The Indians pull into a tie for second place with the St. Louis Browns as they sweep 3 games from the Senators.
Game 1: Cleveland scores 3 times in the top of the first, and never looks back on their way to a 6-1 victory. George Uhle went the distance, giving up a lone run on 5 hits. Smoky Joe Wood went 3 for 5 with a homer and 2 RBI to lead the way for the Tribe.
Game 2: The Tribe trailed 2-1 after 5 innings, but poured it on late to win by a score of 7-2. Allen Sothoron went the distance for the win, out-dueling George Mogridge. Three more hits for Smoky Joe Wood including 2 doubles. Donie Bush had 3 hits in the loss for Washington.
Game 3: Another fast start for the Tribe, as they scored a pair of runs in the first inning off of Walter Johnson. Cleveland would go on to win by a score of 4-1. Stan Coveleski went 7 1/3 for the win. Ray Caldwell closed the game out for a save. Joe Wood had 3 hits for the 3rd consecutive game, including another homer. Walter Johnson helped his own cause with 2 hits.
Cleveland continues it’s quest for second place with a trip to Boston for 3 games against the Red Sox. Boston is in 4th place with a record of 71-66.
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September 20 - 22
The Tribe drops 2 of 3 to the Red Sox and fall a game and a half behind St. Louis for second place in the division.
Game 1 was the longest game of the season for Cleveland. Most of the game was spent tied at 3-3. The Tribe scored twice in the top of the 16th inning and appeared poised for victory. But Ray Caldwell gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the inning, and the game continued on. In the bottom of the 18th inning, Roxy Walters led off with a single, and after Hank Thormahlen flied out, Nemo Leibold laced a hit down the right field line that scored Walters with the winning run. Final score, 6-5. Walters went 4 for 6 with 2 runs scored for the Sox. Smoky Joe Wood, Joe Sewell and Goerge Burns each had 3 hits in the loss for Cleveland.
Sad Sam Jones held the Indians at bay in Game two, and took a shutout to the ninth inning, but Doc Johnston hit a 3-run homer in the ninth, to pull the Indians to within a score of at 4-3, but Jones prevented any additional damage, and the game belonged to the Sox. Everett Scott and 2 hits and 3 RBI to lead the Boston attack.
Cleveland salvaged the final game of the series thanks to a complete game shutout by Allen Sothoron. Doc Johnston had 3 hits and drove in a run in the 6-0 Cleveland victory.
The Indians now travel to the Big Apple to take on the division champion Yankees. New York has a record of 92-52.
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September 23 - 26
The Indians split a 4-game series with the Yankees and trail the Browns by a game and a half for second place, going into the final series of the season.
Stan Coveleski and Guy Morton pitch the Indians to a 5-4 victory in game 1. The Yankees rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th, but Morton closed the door for the Tribe. No Indian batter tallied more than one hit, but Joe Sewell drove in 2 run to lead the way.
The Yankees turned the tables on Cleveland in the second game, edging the Tribe by one run. It was the Indians that rallied with 3 runs in the 9th inning, but Bob Shawkey preserved the victory for the Bombers. Larry Gardner went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI in the loss.
Cleveland took game 3 of the series by a score of 5 to 2. Duster Mails got the win, with Guy Morton earning the save once again. Larry Gardner continued his hot hitting, with another pair of doubles, and 2 runs driven in. Babe Ruth went 3 for 4 to lead the Yankees.
New York pulled away late in game 4, securing an 8-1 victory. Guy Morton got roughed up in this game, giving up 7 runs in 3 2/3 innings. Jack Quinn went the distance for New York. Tris Speaker had 2 hits in a losing effort. Wally Schang went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 driven in for the Yankees.
The Indians will head to Chicago to wrap up the season with 4 games against the White Sox.
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@alecotto75
in your replay how do you know which games to play since there is no schedule to use when you buy a season? -
I use baseball reference to find the schedule and lineups.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/1921-schedule-scores.shtml
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September 29 - October 2
A disappointing end to a disappointing season, as the Indians finish the season with 4 losses to the Chicago White Sox.
The White Sox scored 3 times in the 4th inning of game one, and held on for a 4-2 victory. Dickie Kerr went the distance for Chicago. Allen Sothoron took the loss, giving up 3 runs in 3 1/3 innings. George Uhle finished the game. Eddie Mulligan drove in all 4 runs for Chicago on a triple and a single. Cleveland was held ot just 6 hits, and no batter had more than one hit.
The Sox took game 2 in walk-off fashion as Ray Schalk singled home Eddie Mulligan to secure a 4-3 victory. Red Faber went the distance for the win. George Uhle took the loss, pitching in relief of Stan Coveleski. For the second game in a row, no Cleveland batter had more than one hit.
Game 3 took 11 innings, but the White Sox prevailed by a score of 9-8. This time it was a sac fly by Amos Strunk that allowed Yam Yaryan to score the winning run. Shovel Hodge got the win for Chicago giving up 4 runs in 6 innings of relief. Bob Clark took the loss for Cleveland, working the final 2 innings of the game. Harry Hooper was the offensive star for Chicago, going 4 for 6 with 2 runs and 4 RBI.
The Sox scored 5 times in the first inning and cruised to an 8-5 victory in the season finale. Roy Wilkinson got the win, working the first 5 innings of the game. Doug McSweeny worked the final 4 innings to earn the save. Bernie Henderson gave up 7 runs in 5 innings and took the loss. Amos Strunk and Eddie Collins each had 3 hits for the Sox. Riggs Stephenson and Joe Sewell each had a pair of hits for the Tribe.
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The Indians finished 13 games off their actual record from 1921, finishing in 3rd place instead of 2nd. Three teams really did the Indians in during this replay: St. Louis, Boston, and Chicago. Each of those teams were 5 games better against the Indians than they were in the actual 1921 season. (Cleveland beat the Senators and the Tigers one more game than they did in 1921).
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Pitching Stat Compare:
Lots of ERA’s higher than actual ERAs in this replay. George Uhle was probably the biggest violator, delivering a full run higher ERA over 238 innings. Stan Coveleski, however performed right in line with his stats.
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Batting Compare:
The Pitchers weren’t the only ones to underperform. As a team, the Indians had a batting average 22 points lower than their Actual average for 1921. As usual, extra base hit totals were right on, but a lack of singles keeps the batting averages low.
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@alecotto75
you replayed every game of the 1921 season gosh how long did that take you because i assume apba go has no autoplay feature ? im also on the fence about buying a season if i did id assume id have to buy collections also for stat keeping -
to be clear, I only replayed the 154 games for the Cleveland Indians. Not the entire schedule. I let the non-cleveland games be the actual results.
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@rbstrat115 You can create three Collections for free.
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@APBA-GO-Jeremy when using 1 collection lets say i buy a season and i want to replay that whole season using all the teams will it collect all the teams from that season beginning to end ? and will it compile the stats as i go along ?
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@rbstrat115 A Collection is just a bucket that contains whatever games you add to it, so they are very flexible.
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@APBA-GO-Jeremy can i add as many games as i want like all the stats for a 162 game season with any season ?
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@rbstrat115 Yes.
