Roger's 1957 APBA Replay

Week Eleven is in the books and it was quite a week. Most teams have reached the 70 games played mark or will be there in the next few days (The Cubs will be there by the end of the week) and with week Twelve being the midpoint of the season it looks like most teams will be right around the 50% mark for their games played. There will be a flurry of doubleheaders on Thursday (Fourth of July) and as usual on Sunday, so there is plenty of baseball yet to be played.   The White Sox continue to stumble and the AL has definitely tightened up as Detroit is only 3.5 games out and Boston is only 4.0 behind. The Yankees somehow manage to get swept in a doubleheader by Kansas City on Sunday this week, but they are still only 5.0 out. Chicago is third in runs scored and leads in ERA, but some of that "luck" that they relied on so much throughout the early part of the season has started to level out. In the NL it was St. Louis that has been making a major move by just having completed a 1...

  Monday, June 24, 1957 Transaction list:   Milwaukee first baseman Joe Adcock broke his ankle on June 23, 1957 (Game 2) and did not return to play until 09/05/1957   Pittsburgh outfielder Roberto Clemente was injured (?) on 06/23/1957 and did not return to play until 07/21/1957   Boston shortstop Billy Consolo was injured (?) on 06/23/1957 and did not return to play until 07/04/1957   Detroit infielder Jack Dittmer made his final major league appearance on 06/23/1957. Detroit pitcher Harry Byrd made his season debut on 06/25/1957   Washington pitcher Evelio Hernandez made his final major league appearance on 06/23/1957   New York (NL) third baseman Ray Jablonski was injured (?) on 06/23/1957 and did not return to play until 07/04/1957   Cleveland first baseman Joe Altobelli was recalled before 06/25/1957   Detroit 4 Baltimore 3 (H) 3   Detroit left fielder Charley Maxwell hit a three-run ho...