Pittsburgh Crawfords 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 - 10 13 0
Nashville Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 6 2
BATTING
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Bankhead lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 0
Pat Patterson 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
Josh Gibson c 5 3 3 4 0 0 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
Judy Johnson 3b 5 2 2 3 0 0 0
Chester Williams ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0
Curtis Harris rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bert Hunter p 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 13 10 2 10 27 0
BATTING -
2B: Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson.
3B: Oscar Charleston.
HR: Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson.
SH: Pat Patterson, Chester Williams.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
SB: Cool Papa Bell, Sam Bankhead.
Nashville Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Wild Bill Wright cf 4 1 1 2 0 0 0
Felton Snow 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
Roy Parnell lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zollie Wright rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nish Williams 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jim West 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
Hoss Walker ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Hardy c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Griffith p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Byrd p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2 3 14 27 0
FIELDING -
E: 2. Felton Snow, Hoss Walker.
BATTING -
2B: Jim West.
HR: Wild Bill Wright.
Team LOB: 7
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bert Hunter W 9 6 2 2 3 14 1 36
Totals 9 6 2 2 3 14 1 36
Nashville Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bob Griffith L 5.1 3 3 3 1 6 0 22
Bill Byrd 3.2 10 7 7 1 4 2 22
Totals 9 13 10 10 2 10 2 44
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Judy Gans, 1B - Mo Harris
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 7/27/1935 -- at Nashville Elite Giants (N)
Starting Lineups:
Nashville
1. C.Papa Bell cf W.Wright cf
2. S.Bankhead lf F.Snow 2b
3. P.Patterson 2b R.Parnell lf
4. J.Gibson c Z.Wright rf
5. O.Charleston 1b N.Williams 3b
6. J.Johnson 3b J.West 1b
7. C.Williams ss H.Walker ss
8. C.Harris rf P.Hardy c
9. B.Hunter p B.Griffith p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell singled; C.Papa Bell stole second; S.Bankhead
out on unknown play [C.Papa Bell to third]; P.Patterson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Papa Bell scored]; J.Gibson
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 1ST: W.Wright out on unknown play; F.Snow singled;
R.Parnell out on unknown play; Z.Wright out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
2ND: O.Charleston reached on an error by H.Walker
[O.Charleston to first]; J.Johnson reached on an error by F.Snow
[O.Charleston to second, J.Johnson to first]; C.Williams out on
a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [O.Charleston to third,
J.Johnson to second]; C.Harris out on unknown play; B.Hunter out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 2ND: N.Williams walked; J.West out on unknown
play; H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
3RD: C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on
unknown play; P.Patterson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Griffith singled; W.Wright out on unknown
play; F.Snow out on unknown play; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
4TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; O.Charleston tripled;
J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 4TH: Z.Wright out on unknown play; N.Williams out
on unknown play; J.West doubled; H.Walker walked; P.Hardy out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
5TH: C.Harris out on unknown play; B.Hunter out on unknown
play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
1, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.Griffith out on unknown play; W.Wright out
on unknown play; F.Snow singled; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Elite Giants 0.
6TH: S.Bankhead walked; S.Bankhead stole second; P.Patterson
out on unknown play; J.Gibson doubled [S.Bankhead scored];
B.BYRD REPLACED B.GRIFFITH (PITCHING); O.Charleston walked;
J.Johnson homered [J.Gibson scored, O.Charleston scored];
C.Williams out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown play; 4
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 5, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 6TH: Z.Wright out on unknown play; N.Williams out
on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 5, Elite Giants 0.
7TH: B.Hunter singled; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play;
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 5, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 7TH: H.Walker out on unknown play; P.Hardy
singled; B.Byrd out on unknown play; W.Wright homered [P.Hardy
scored]; F.Snow out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 5,
Elite Giants 2.
8TH: J.Gibson singled; O.Charleston out on unknown play;
J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Williams singled [J.Gibson to
second]; C.Harris singled [J.Gibson scored, C.Williams to
second]; B.Hunter out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
6, Elite Giants 2.
ELITE GIANTS 8TH: R.Parnell out on unknown play; Z.Wright out
on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. 6, Elite Giants 2.
9TH: C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; S.Bankhead singled;
P.Patterson singled [S.Bankhead to second]; J.Gibson homered
[S.Bankhead scored, P.Patterson scored]; O.Charleston out on
unknown play; J.Johnson doubled; C.Williams singled [J.Johnson
scored]; C.Harris out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
10, Elite Giants 2.
ELITE GIANTS 9TH: J.West walked; H.Walker out on unknown play;
P.Hardy out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 10, Elite Giants 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
10 13 0 7
Elite Giants 2 6 2 7
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