St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 2
Memphis Red Sox 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 8 3
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Les Pearson lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Sparks 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe May c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Hoskins cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Carter 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tenny Edwards c, 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Burke rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clarence Lamar ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Curtis Reed p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Johnson p 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 2 1 2 5 24 0
FIELDING -
E: 2. Bill Hoskins, Tenny Edwards.
PB: 2. Joe May 2.
BATTING -
Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING -
SB: Clarence Lamar.
Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Pen Gilliard lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leo Sanders ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Ford 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Goose Curry cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 0
Granville Lyons 1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Smith 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Raymond Taylor c 3 1 1 2 1 0 0
Red Longley rf 4 1 4 2 0 0 0
Floyd Kranson p 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5 3 2 27 0
FIELDING -
E: 3. Leo Sanders, Jimmy Ford, Raymond Taylor.
BATTING -
3B: Red Longley.
SH: Granville Lyons, Bob Smith.
Team LOB: 7
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Curtis Reed L 3 6 4 4 2 2 0 17
Tommy Johnson 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 19
Totals 8 8 5 4 3 2 0 36
Curtis Reed pitched to 2 batters in the 4th inning
Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Floyd Kranson W 9 2 1 0 2 5 0 32
Totals 9 2 1 0 2 5 0 32
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - ?
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1500
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/23/1937, game 1 -- at Memphis Red Sox (D)
Starting Lineups:
Memphis
1. L.Pearson lf P.Gilliard lf
2. J.Sparks 2b L.Sanders ss
3. B.Hoskins cf J.Ford 2b
4. B.Carter 3b G.Curry cf
5. T.Edwards c G.Lyons 1b
6. L.Gilyard 1b B.Smith 3b
7. J.Burke rf R.Taylor c
8. C.Lamar ss R.Longley rf
9. C.Reed p F.Kranson p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Pearson walked; J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Hoskins
out on unknown play; B.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 0, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: P.Gilliard out on unknown play; L.Sanders out on
unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
0, Red Sox 0.
2ND: T.Edwards reached on an error by L.Sanders [T.Edwards to
first]; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Burke out on unknown
play; C.Lamar out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 0,
Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 2ND: G.Curry singled; G.Lyons walked [G.Curry to
second]; B.Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[G.Curry to third, G.Lyons to second]; R.Taylor singled [G.Curry
scored, G.Lyons scored]; R.Longley tripled [R.Taylor scored];
F.Kranson out on unknown play [R.Longley scored]; P.Gilliard out
on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0, Red Sox 4.
3RD: C.Reed out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown
play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 3RD: L.Sanders out on unknown play; J.Ford singled;
G.Curry singled [J.Ford to second]; G.Lyons out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Ford to third, G.Curry to second];
B.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Red Sox
4.
4TH: B.Hoskins walked; B.Carter out on unknown play; T.Edwards
out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 0, Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 4TH: R.Taylor walked; R.Longley singled [R.Taylor to
third, R.Longley to second (error by B.Hoskins)]; T.JOHNSON
REPLACED C.REED (PITCHING); F.Kranson out on unknown play;
P.Gilliard out on unknown play; L.Sanders out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 0, Red Sox 4.
5TH: J.Burke out on unknown play; C.Lamar singled to left
field; C.Lamar stole second [C.Lamar to third (error by
R.Taylor)]; T.Johnson flied to G.Curry [C.Lamar scored
(unearned)]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB. 1, Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 5TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; G.Curry out on unknown
play; G.Lyons out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1,
Red Sox 4.
6TH: J.Sparks singled to second base [J.Sparks to second
(error by J.Ford)]; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; B.Carter out
on unknown play; T.Edwards out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. 1, Red Sox 4.
RED SOX 6TH: J.MAY REPLACED J.SPARKS (PLAYING C); T.EDWARDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); B.Smith reached on an error by
T.Edwards [B.Smith to first]; J.May allowed a passed ball
[B.Smith to second]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; R.Longley
singled [B.Smith scored (unearned)]; F.Kranson out on unknown
play; P.Gilliard out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. 1, Red Sox 5.
7TH: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; J.Burke out on unknown
play; C.Lamar out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1,
Red Sox 5.
RED SOX 7TH: L.Sanders out on unknown play; J.Ford out on
unknown play; G.Curry walked; J.May allowed a passed ball
[G.Curry to second]; G.Lyons out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. 1, Red Sox 5.
8TH: T.Johnson out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown
play; J.May out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1, Red
Sox 5.
RED SOX 8TH: B.Smith out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on
unknown play; R.Longley singled; F.Kranson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Red Sox 5.
9TH: B.Hoskins out on unknown play; B.Carter out on unknown
play; T.Edwards out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1,
Red Sox 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
1 2 2 4
Red Sox 5 8 3 7
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