Baltimore Elite Giants 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Pittsburgh Crawfords 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 9 0
BATTING
Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 0
Lonnie Summers lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 0
Wild Bill Wright rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
Jim West 1b 3 0 0 0 1 12 1
George Scales 3b 3 2 2 0 1 0 0
Biz Mackey c 4 1 1 0 0 6 0
Hoss Walker ss 3 0 2 1 1 1 4
Felton Snow 2b 3 0 1 2 1 0 3
Bob Griffith p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bill Byrd ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3 6 8 24 10
BATTING -
GDP: Biz Mackey, Bob Griffith.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: Wild Bill Wright.
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Gene Benson rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1
Chester Williams ss 3 1 0 0 1 3 4
Sam Bankhead cf 4 1 2 2 0 1 0
Napoleon Hairston lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
Harry Williams 2b 4 0 2 0 0 3 3
Johnny Washington 1b 4 0 0 0 0 7 1
Dan Wilson 3b 4 1 2 1 0 3 1
Leon Ruffin c 2 0 1 0 0 8 1
Johnny Taylor p 3 1 1 1 0 0 2
Totals 31 5 9 5 1 5 27 13
FIELDING -
DP: 3. Gene Benson, Chester Williams, Harry Williams 2, Johnny Washington 2, Dan Wilson, Leon Ruffin.
PB: 3. Leon Ruffin 3.
BATTING -
2B: Sam Bankhead, Dan Wilson.
3B: Harry Williams.
SH: Gene Benson, Leon Ruffin.
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING -
SB: Dan Wilson.
PITCHING
Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bob Griffith L 8 9 5 5 1 5 0 34
Totals 8 9 5 5 1 5 0 34
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Johnny Taylor W 9 8 3 2 6 8 0 38
Totals 9 8 3 2 6 8 0 38
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Mo Harris, 1B - Bill Harris
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 5/21/1938 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at (D)
Starting Lineups:
Baltimore
1. H.Kimbro cf G.Benson rf
2. L.Summers lf C.Williams ss
3. W.Wright rf S.Bankhead cf
4. J.West 1b N.Hairston lf
5. G.Scales 3b H.Williams 2b
6. B.Mackey c J.Washington 1b
7. H.Walker ss D.Wilson 3b
8. F.Snow 2b L.Ruffin c
9. B.Griffith p J.Taylor p
ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Summers out
on unknown play; W.Wright singled; W.Wright stole second; J.West
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, 0.
1ST: G.Benson out on unknown play; C.Williams walked;
S.Bankhead doubled [C.Williams scored]; N.Hairston singled
[S.Bankhead scored]; H.Williams singled [N.Hairston to second];
J.Washington out on unknown play; D.Wilson singled [N.Hairston
scored, H.Williams to third]; D.Wilson stole second; L.Ruffin
out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, 3.
ELITE GIANTS 2ND: G.Scales singled; L.Ruffin allowed a passed
ball [G.Scales to second]; B.Mackey out on unknown play;
H.Walker singled [G.Scales scored (unearned)]; F.Snow hit into a
double play (G.Benson to J.Washington) [H.Walker out at first];
1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
2ND: J.Taylor singled; G.Benson out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Taylor to second]; C.Williams out on
unknown play; S.Bankhead singled [J.Taylor scored]; N.Hairston
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 4.
ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Griffith out on unknown play; H.Kimbro
walked; L.Summers walked [H.Kimbro to second]; W.Wright out on
unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Elite Giants 1, 4.
3RD: H.Williams out on unknown play; J.Washington out on
unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 1, 4.
ELITE GIANTS 4TH: G.Scales singled; B.Mackey singled [G.Scales
to second]; L.Ruffin allowed a passed ball [G.Scales to third,
B.Mackey to second]; H.Walker walked; F.Snow singled [G.Scales
scored, B.Mackey scored, H.Walker to second]; On a bunt
B.Griffith grounded into a double play (L.Ruffin to D.Wilson to
H.Williams) [H.Walker out at third, F.Snow to second]; H.Kimbro
out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 3, 4.
4TH: L.Ruffin singled; J.Taylor out on unknown play; G.Benson
out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 3, 4.
ELITE GIANTS 5TH: L.Summers out on unknown play; W.Wright out
on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 3, 4.
5TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; N.Hairston out on unknown
play; H.Williams tripled; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 3, 4.
ELITE GIANTS 6TH: G.Scales walked; B.Mackey grounded into a
double play (C.Williams to H.Williams to J.Washington) [G.Scales
out at second]; H.Walker singled; F.Snow walked [H.Walker to
second]; B.Griffith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Elite Giants 3, 4.
6TH: D.Wilson doubled; L.Ruffin out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [D.Wilson to third]; J.Taylor out on unknown
play [D.Wilson scored]; G.Benson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 3, 5.
ELITE GIANTS 7TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Summers out
on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 3, 5.
7TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown
play; N.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Elite Giants 3, 5.
ELITE GIANTS 8TH: J.West walked; L.Ruffin allowed a passed ball
[J.West to second]; G.Scales out on unknown play; B.Mackey out
on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Elite Giants 3, 5.
8TH: H.Williams out on unknown play; J.Washington out on
unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 3, 5.
ELITE GIANTS 9TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; B.BYRD BATTED FOR
B.GRIFFITH; B.Byrd singled; H.Kimbro out on unknown play;
L.Summers out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite
Giants 3, 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Elite Giants 3 8 0 8
5 9 0 5
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