Chicago American Giants 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 - 8 11 0 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 3 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rainey Bibbs 2b 5 2 2 2 0 5 4 Herman Dunlap rf 5 1 3 1 0 1 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 Subby Byas c 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 Ormond Sampson ss 4 0 1 2 0 3 4 Wilson Redus lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 4 2 2 1 0 11 1 Tommy Johnson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jesse Houston p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 39 8 11 6 1 5 27 16 FIELDING - DP: 2. Rainey Bibbs 2, Ormond Sampson, Luther Gilyard 2. BATTING - 2B: Luther Gilyard. 3B: Luther Gilyard. GDP: Alex Radcliff. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Turkey Stearnes. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 Bub Miller 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nish Williams lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 1 0 0 4 1 Don Pelham cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Donald Reeves rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 Red Moore 1b 3 1 2 1 1 15 1 Hap Glenn ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 Bo Mitchell p 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 Totals 33 2 8 2 2 2 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Gabby Kemp, Red Moore, Hap Glenn. E: 3. Gabby Kemp, Bub Miller, Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Joe Greene. HR: Red Moore. GDP: Bub Miller, Joe Greene. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tommy Johnson W 6.1 6 2 2 2 0 1 26 Jesse Houston SV 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 9 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 2 1 35 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bo Mitchell L 9 11 8 5 1 5 0 40 Totals 9 11 8 5 1 5 0 40 WP: Bo Mitchell. BK: Bo Mitchell. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - B.T. Harvey, 1B - Joe Doyle Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/8/1938, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Atlanta Bl. Crackers (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Atlanta 1. R.Bibbs 2b G.Kemp 2b 2. H.Dunlap rf B.Miller 3b 3. A.Radcliff 3b N.Williams lf 4. T.Stearnes cf J.Greene c 5. S.Byas c D.Pelham cf 6. O.Sampson ss D.Reeves rf 7. W.Redus lf R.Moore 1b 8. L.Gilyard 1b H.Glenn ss 9. T.Johnson p B.Mitchell p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Bibbs singled; B.Mitchell threw a wild pitch [R.Bibbs to second]; H.Dunlap singled [R.Bibbs scored]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; T.Stearnes singled [H.Dunlap to second]; S.Byas singled [H.Dunlap to third, T.Stearnes to second]; O.Sampson singled [H.Dunlap scored, T.Stearnes scored, S.Byas to second]; W.Redus reached on an error by G.Kemp [S.Byas to third, O.Sampson to second, W.Redus to first]; L.Gilyard out on unknown play [S.Byas scored (unearned)]; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp walked; B.Miller grounded into a double play (O.Sampson to R.Bibbs to L.Gilyard) [G.Kemp out at second]; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; H.Dunlap singled; A.Radcliff grounded into a double play (H.Glenn to G.Kemp to R.Moore) [H.Dunlap out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 2ND: J.Greene doubled; D.Pelham out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; R.Moore walked; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 3RD: B.Mitchell singled; G.Kemp out on unknown play; B.Miller out on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 4TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: R.Bibbs lined to R.Moore; H.Dunlap flied to D.Pelham; A.Radcliff lined to R.Moore; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 5TH: R.Moore homered to rightfield; H.Glenn out on unknown play; B.Mitchell out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 6TH: B.Miller out on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Bl. Crackers 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Gilyard tripled; T.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled to center field [L.Gilyard scored]; H.Dunlap reached on an error by B.Miller [R.Bibbs scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Dunlap to second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Bl. Crackers 1. BL. CRACKERS 7TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled; R.Moore singled [D.Reeves to second]; H.Glenn singled [D.Reeves scored, R.Moore to second]; J.HOUSTON REPLACED T.JOHNSON (PITCHING); B.Mitchell out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 6, Bl. Crackers 2. AM. GIANTS 8TH: T.Stearnes walked; T.Stearnes stole second [T.Stearnes to third (error by J.Greene)]; B.Mitchell balked [T.Stearnes scored (unearned)]; S.Byas out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 8TH: B.Miller out on unknown play; N.Williams singled; J.Greene grounded into a double play (R.Bibbs to L.Gilyard) [N.Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Bl. Crackers 2. AM. GIANTS 9TH: L.Gilyard doubled; J.Houston out on unknown play [L.Gilyard to third]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play [L.Gilyard scored]; H.Dunlap singled; A.Radcliff singled [H.Dunlap to second]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 8, Bl. Crackers 2. BL. CRACKERS 9TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled; R.Moore out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 8, Bl. Crackers 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 8 11 0 5 Bl. Crackers 2 8 3 6
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