Category: Historic Retro Baseball League

  • 1901 HRBL: Hornets vs. SIMS

    1901 HRBL: Hornets vs. SIMS

    The 1901 Southern California Hornets began their second series by dropping an extra-innings heartbreaker to fall to 0-4, but routed the Summerville SIMS in the second contest of the two-game series to attain their first victory. Fred Clarke batted 4-for-10 (.400), with all four hits coming the finale, while Harry Steinfeldt had three triples, giving…

  • 1901 HRBL: Hornets vs. Stallions

    1901 HRBL: Hornets vs. Stallions

    The 1901 Southern California Hornets opened the season with three losses to the Ocala Stallions. The Hornets showed some fight in rallying from deficits in each game, only to come up short. Fred Tenney batted .364 (4-for-11) and Roger Bresnahan drove in five runs. Eddie Plank and Bill Reidy pitched reasonably well in losses. SoCal…

  • HRBL 1901 Draft

    HRBL 1901 Draft

    Here’s how the 1901 Southern California Hornets were put together for the inaugural season of the Historic Retro Baseball League, a 15-team APBA head-to-head (online) league involving folks around the country. We conducted a 19-round snake draft to disperse the players from 1901. Teams will keep 10 of the players ahead of the 1902 draft.…