Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 2 0 2 2 6 6 1 0 - 19 16 1
New York Cubans 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 - 6 10 5
BATTING
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 7 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Dick Seay 2b 4 3 1 1 2 0 5 7
Judy Johnson 3b 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Josh Gibson c 5 3 1 4 1 0 6 1
Oscar Charleston 1b 5 2 2 0 0 0 9 0
Johnny Washington 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
Bill Perkins lf 2 5 2 3 3 0 0 0
Jimmie Crutchfield rf 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
Sam Bankhead ss 5 0 3 5 1 0 3 3
Leroy Matlock p 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Bill Harvey p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 46 19 16 17 8 0 27 12
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Johnny Washington, Sam Bankhead, Leroy Matlock.
E: 1. Judy Johnson.
BATTING -
2B: Judy Johnson, Jimmie Crutchfield 2, Sam Bankhead 2.
HR: Josh Gibson, Bill Perkins.
SH: Bill Perkins.
GDP: Jimmie Crutchfield.
Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING -
SB: Cool Papa Bell 3, Dick Seay 3, Josh Gibson.
New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Clyde Spearman rf 5 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
Dave Thomas 1b 5 2 2 0 0 12 0
Martin Dihigo cf, lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 0
Alex Radcliff 3b 5 1 3 4 0 1 4
Lazaro Salazar lf, p 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tom Young c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0
Frank Duncan c 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Francisco Correa 2b 4 1 1 0 0 6 4
Rabbit Martinez ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 3
Anastasio Santaella ss 0 1 0 0 2 1 2
Neck Stanley p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Thomas Albright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Silvio Garcia ph, cf 1 0 1 2 1 0 1
Totals 36 6 10 6 5 6 27 15
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Dave Thomas, Alex Radcliff, Francisco Correa.
E: 5. Alex Radcliff, Francisco Correa, Rabbit Martinez 2, Neck Stanley.
PB: 1. Tom Young.
BATTING -
2B: Dave Thomas 2, Alex Radcliff, Francisco Correa.
3B: Clyde Spearman, Alex Radcliff.
GDP: Dave Thomas.
Team LOB: 8
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Leroy Matlock W 6.1 4 1 0 0 4 0 23
Bill Harvey SV 2.2 6 5 4 5 2 0 18
Totals 9 10 6 4 5 6 0 41
New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Neck Stanley L 5 7 6 5 4 0 0 27
Thomas Albright 2 7 12 6 3 0 2 19
Lazaro Salazar 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 9
Totals 9 16 19 11 8 0 2 55
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Judy Gans, 1B - Taggert
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 5/9/1936 -- at New York Cubans (D)
Starting Lineups:
New York
1. C.Papa Bell cf C.Spearman rf
2. D.Seay 2b D.Thomas 1b
3. J.Johnson 3b M.Dihigo cf
4. J.Gibson c A.Radcliff 3b
5. O.Charleston 1b L.Salazar lf
6. B.Perkins lf T.Young c
7. J.Crutchfield rf F.Correa 2b
8. S.Bankhead ss R.Martinez ss
9. L.Matlock p N.Stanley p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell flied to M.Dihigo; D.Seay singled to right
field; J.Johnson out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Cubans 0.
CUBANS 1ST: C.Spearman singled; D.Thomas grounded into a double
play (L.Matlock to S.Bankhead to O.Charleston) [C.Spearman out
at second]; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
0, Cubans 0.
2ND: O.Charleston singled; B.Perkins reached on an error on a
sacrifice bunt by N.Stanley [O.Charleston to second, B.Perkins
to first]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; S.Bankhead doubled
[O.Charleston scored, B.Perkins scored (unearned)]; L.Matlock
singled [S.Bankhead to third]; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play;
D.Seay out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 2,
Cubans 0.
CUBANS 2ND: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; L.Salazar out on
unknown play; T.Young singled; F.Correa out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Cubans 0.
3RD: J.Johnson out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown
play; O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
2, Cubans 0.
CUBANS 3RD: R.Martinez out on unknown play; N.Stanley out on
unknown play; C.Spearman tripled; D.Thomas out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Cubans 0.
4TH: B.Perkins walked; J.Crutchfield doubled [B.Perkins to
third]; T.Young allowed a passed ball [B.Perkins scored,
J.Crutchfield scored]; S.Bankhead singled; L.Matlock out on
unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; D.Seay walked
[S.Bankhead to second]; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. 4, Cubans 0.
CUBANS 4TH: M.Dihigo out on unknown play; A.Radcliff doubled;
L.Salazar out on unknown play; T.Young out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Cubans 0.
5TH: J.Gibson walked; J.Gibson stole second; O.Charleston out
on unknown play; B.Perkins walked; J.Crutchfield out on unknown
play; S.Bankhead doubled [J.Gibson scored, B.Perkins scored];
L.Matlock out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 6, Cubans
0.
CUBANS 5TH: F.Correa out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on
unknown play; N.Stanley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 6, Cubans 0.
6TH: T.ALBRIGHT REPLACED N.STANLEY (PITCHING); F.DUNCAN
REPLACED T.YOUNG (PLAYING C); C.Papa Bell singled; D.Seay walked
[C.Papa Bell to second]; C.Papa Bell stole third and D.Seay
stole second; J.Johnson walked; J.Gibson homered to centerfield
[C.Papa Bell scored, D.Seay scored, J.Johnson scored];
O.Charleston out on unknown play; B.Perkins singled;
J.Crutchfield doubled [B.Perkins scored, J.Crutchfield to third
(on throw)]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play [J.Crutchfield
scored]; L.Matlock out on unknown play; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
12, Cubans 0.
CUBANS 6TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on
unknown play; M.Dihigo out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 12, Cubans 0.
7TH: C.Papa Bell reached on an error by R.Martinez [C.Papa
Bell to first]; C.Papa Bell stole second; C.Papa Bell stole
third; D.Seay reached on an error by R.Martinez [C.Papa Bell
scored (unearned), D.Seay to first]; A.SANTAELLA REPLACED
R.MARTINEZ (PLAYING SS); D.Seay stole second; J.Johnson doubled
[D.Seay scored (unearned)]; J.Gibson reached on a fielder's
choice (unknown fielder) [J.Johnson out at third]; O.Charleston
singled [J.Gibson to second]; B.Perkins homered to right-center
(unearned) [J.Gibson scored (unearned), O.Charleston scored
(unearned)]; J.Crutchfield reached on an error by A.Radcliff
[J.Crutchfield to third]; S.Bankhead walked; L.Matlock out on
unknown play [J.Crutchfield scored (unearned)]; C.Papa Bell out
on unknown play; 6 R (0 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. 18, Cubans 0.
CUBANS 7TH: J.WASHINGTON REPLACED O.CHARLESTON (PLAYING 1B);
A.Radcliff reached on an error by J.Johnson [A.Radcliff to
first]; L.Salazar out on unknown play; B.HARVEY REPLACED
L.MATLOCK (PITCHING); Matlock left the game with a sore arm;
F.Duncan out on unknown play; F.Correa doubled [A.Radcliff to
third]; A.Santaella walked; S.GARCIA BATTED FOR T.ALBRIGHT;
S.Garcia singled [A.Radcliff scored (unearned), F.Correa scored
(unearned), A.Santaella to second]; C.Spearman out on unknown
play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 18, Cubans 2.
8TH: S.GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); M.DIHIGO CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); L.SALAZAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING);
D.Seay reached on an error by F.Correa [D.Seay to first]; D.Seay
stole second; J.Johnson singled [D.Seay to third]; J.Gibson out
on unknown play; J.Washington singled [D.Seay scored (unearned),
J.Johnson to second]; B.Perkins walked [J.Johnson to third,
J.Washington to second]; J.Crutchfield grounded into a double
play (A.Radcliff to F.Correa to D.Thomas) [B.Perkins out at
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 19, Cubans 2.
CUBANS 8TH: D.Thomas doubled; M.Dihigo out on unknown play;
A.Radcliff singled [D.Thomas scored]; L.Salazar out on unknown
play; F.Duncan walked [A.Radcliff to second]; F.Correa out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 19, Cubans 3.
9TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown
play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
19, Cubans 3.
CUBANS 9TH: A.Santaella walked; S.Garcia walked [A.Santaella to
second]; C.Spearman struck out while (J.Gibson to J.Washington);
D.Thomas doubled [A.Santaella to third]; M.Dihigo walked;
A.Radcliff tripled [A.Santaella scored, D.Thomas scored,
M.Dihigo scored]; L.Salazar out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. 19, Cubans 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
19 16 1 9
Cubans 6 10 5 8
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