St. Louis Stars 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 6 11 3
Atlanta Black Crackers 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 x - 8 14 2
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Tenny Edwards c 4 2 1 0 1 0 3 4
Marshall Riddle ss 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 1
Les Pearson rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0
William Walker cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0
Butch Thurman 1b 4 0 2 3 0 1 9 1
John Chisum 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Joe Taylor 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 3
Glenn Dixon lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Tommy Johnson p 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1
Totals 38 6 11 6 1 5 24 11
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Tenny Edwards, Butch Thurman, John Chisum.
E: 3. John Chisum, Joe Taylor, Glenn Dixon.
BATTING -
3B: Butch Thurman 2, Joe Taylor.
GDP: Tenny Edwards.
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING -
SB: Tenny Edwards.
CS: Joe Taylor.
Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Gabby Kemp 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 1
Ormond Sampson ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 4 3
Babe Davis lf 5 3 4 1 0 0 1 0
Don Pelham cf 4 1 2 3 0 1 2 0
Jack Thornton 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 9 0
Hap Glenn 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Red Hadley rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 0
Bill Cooper c 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 2
Lefty Nelson p 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ping Burke p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 14 6 3 3 27 9
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Gabby Kemp, Jack Thornton, Hap Glenn.
E: 2. Jack Thornton 2.
BATTING -
2B: Babe Davis.
HR: Don Pelham.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
CS: Gabby Kemp, Lefty Nelson.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Tommy Johnson L 8 14 8 6 3 3 1 39
Totals 8 14 8 6 3 3 1 39
WP: Tommy Johnson.
BK: Tommy Johnson.
Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Lefty Nelson W 6.1 10 6 4 1 3 0 31
Ping Burke SV 2.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 8
Totals 9 11 6 4 1 5 0 39
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - ?
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 8/7/1937 -- at Atlanta Black Crackers (D)
Starting Lineups:
Atlanta
1. T.Edwards c G.Kemp 2b
2. M.Riddle ss O.Sampson ss
3. L.Pearson rf B.Davis lf
4. W.Walker cf D.Pelham cf
5. B.Thurman 1b J.Thornton 1b
6. J.Chisum 3b H.Glenn 3b
7. J.Taylor 2b R.Hadley rf
8. G.Dixon lf B.Cooper c
9. T.Johnson p L.Nelson p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; T.Edwards walked; T.Edwards stole second; M.Riddle singled
[T.Edwards scored]; L.Pearson reached on an error by J.Thornton
[M.Riddle to second, L.Pearson to first]; W.Walker reached on an
error by J.Thornton [M.Riddle to third, L.Pearson to second,
W.Walker to first]; B.Thurman tripled [M.Riddle scored,
L.Pearson scored (unearned), W.Walker scored (unearned)];
J.Chisum out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play;
G.Dixon struck out; 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. 4, Black
Crackers 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp singled to left field; O.Sampson out
on unknown play; B.Davis doubled to left-center [G.Kemp scored];
D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Thornton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 4, Black Crackers 1.
2ND: T.Johnson singled; T.Edwards grounded into a double play
(H.Glenn to G.Kemp to J.Thornton) [T.Johnson out at second];
M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Black
Crackers 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: H.Glenn singled; T.Johnson threw a wild
pitch [H.Glenn to second]; R.Hadley out on unknown play;
B.Cooper struck out; L.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 4, Black Crackers 1.
3RD: L.Pearson out on unknown play; W.Walker out on unknown
play; B.Thurman tripled; J.Chisum out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Black Crackers 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp walked; G.Kemp was caught stealing
second (T.Edwards to M.Riddle); O.Sampson singled to left field;
B.Davis singled to left field [O.Sampson to third (error by
G.Dixon), B.Davis to second]; D.Pelham struck out; J.Thornton
reached on an error by J.Taylor [O.Sampson scored (unearned) (no
RBI), B.Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Thornton to first];
H.Glenn lined to W.Walker; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. 4,
Black Crackers 3.
4TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; G.Dixon out on unknown
play; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4,
Black Crackers 3.
BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: R.Hadley singled to right field; B.Cooper
out on unknown play [R.Hadley to second]; L.Nelson singled to
center field [R.Hadley scored]; L.Nelson was caught stealing
second (T.Edwards to J.Taylor); G.Kemp out on unknown play; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Black Crackers 4.
5TH: T.Edwards out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled;
L.Pearson out on unknown play; W.Walker out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Black Crackers 4.
BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: O.Sampson singled to left field; B.Davis
singled to right field [O.Sampson to second]; T.Johnson balked
[O.Sampson to third, B.Davis to second]; D.Pelham singled to
left field [O.Sampson scored, B.Davis to third]; J.Thornton hit
into a double play (J.Chisum to B.Thurman to T.Edwards to
J.Chisum) [B.Davis scored, D.Pelham out at third]; H.Glenn out
on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Black Crackers 6.
6TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; J.Chisum out on unknown
play; J.Taylor tripled; G.Dixon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 4, Black Crackers 6.
BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: R.Hadley singled to third base [R.Hadley to
second (error by J.Chisum)]; B.Cooper out on unknown play;
L.Nelson out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 4, Black Crackers 6.
7TH: T.Johnson struck out; T.Edwards singled to right field;
M.Riddle singled to shortstop [T.Edwards to second]; L.Pearson
singled to left field [T.Edwards scored, M.Riddle to second];
W.Walker singled to left field [M.Riddle scored, L.Pearson to
second]; P.BURKE REPLACED L.NELSON (PITCHING); B.Thurman struck
out; J.Chisum struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 6, Black
Crackers 6.
BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: O.Sampson grounded out (J.Taylor to
B.Thurman); B.Davis singled to center field; D.Pelham homered to
right-center [B.Davis scored]; J.Thornton singled; H.Glenn out
on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 6, Black Crackers 8.
8TH: J.Taylor singled; J.Taylor was caught stealing second
(B.Cooper to O.Sampson); G.Dixon out on unknown play; T.Johnson
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 6, Black Crackers 8.
BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: B.Cooper walked; P.Burke walked [B.Cooper
to second]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown
play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 6,
Black Crackers 8.
9TH: T.Edwards out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown
play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 6,
Black Crackers 8.
Final Totals R H E LOB
6 11 3 6
Black Crackers 8 14 2 7
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