Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 2 1 5 1 0 1 3 - 13 13 0
Philadelphia Stars 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 - 7 11 1
BATTING
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Gene Benson rf 5 1 3 3 0 0 0
Clyde Smith 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Theolic Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sam Bankhead cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 0
Napoleon Hairston lf 4 2 1 1 1 2 0
Harry Williams ss, 2b 4 2 1 0 1 1 0
Johnny Washington 1b 5 0 1 0 0 9 0
Dan Wilson 3b 4 4 2 4 1 2 1
Pepper Bassett c 5 1 3 2 0 9 0
Marion Cain p 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Chester Williams ph, ss 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
Totals 38 13 13 11 6 2 24 6
BATTING -
2B: Gene Benson 2, Napoleon Hairston, Pepper Bassett 3.
HR: Dan Wilson.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
SB: Sam Bankhead, Harry Williams.
Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Clyde Spearman rf 5 0 2 0 0 3 0
Slim Jones lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 0
George Giles 1b 3 1 1 0 1 10 0
Bill Perkins c 4 1 2 3 1 3 0
Jake Dunn ss 4 1 1 2 0 3 3
Dewey Creacy 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 0
Curtis Harris 2b 4 0 2 2 0 1 4
Paul Dixon cf 3 1 0 0 1 3 0
Jim Lewis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Parnell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie King p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Webster McDonald ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Bruton ph, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7 5 15 24 7
FIELDING -
E: 1. Slim Jones.
BATTING -
2B: Bill Perkins, Jake Dunn, Curtis Harris.
SH: George Giles.
Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING -
SB: Bill Perkins.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Marion Cain 3 5 3 3 3 4 0 17
Theolic Smith W 5 6 4 4 2 11 0 23
Totals 8 11 7 7 5 15 0 40
Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Jim Lewis L 4 9 8 7 2 1 0 24
Charlie King 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 9
Garvin 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
Jack Bruton 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 6
Totals 8 13 13 12 6 2 1 44
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 Wednesday, 6/1/1938 -- at Philadelphia Stars (N)
Starting Lineups:
Philadelphia
1. G.Benson rf C.Spearman rf
2. C.Smith 2b S.Jones lf
3. S.Bankhead cf G.Giles 1b
4. N.Hairston lf B.Perkins c
5. H.Williams ss J.Dunn ss
6. J.Washington 1b D.Creacy 3b
7. D.Wilson 3b C.Harris 2b
8. P.Bassett c P.Dixon cf
9. M.Cain p J.Lewis p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc Newspaper box score has significant inconsistencies; G.Benson
out on unknown play; C.Smith out on unknown play; S.Bankhead
walked; N.Hairston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
0, Stars 0.
STARS 1ST: C.Spearman out on unknown play; S.Jones out on
unknown play; G.Giles walked; B.Perkins singled [G.Giles to
third]; B.Perkins stole second; J.Dunn doubled [G.Giles scored,
B.Perkins scored]; D.Creacy walked; C.Harris singled [J.Dunn
scored, D.Creacy to second]; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Stars 3.
2ND: H.Williams singled; H.Williams stole second; J.Washington
singled [H.Williams to third]; D.Wilson forced J.Washington
(unknown fielder) [H.Williams scored, D.Wilson to first];
P.Bassett doubled [D.Wilson to third]; M.Cain singled [D.Wilson
scored, P.Bassett to third]; G.Benson out on unknown play;
C.Smith out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 2, Stars 3.
STARS 2ND: J.Lewis out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled;
S.Jones singled [C.Spearman to second]; G.Giles out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Spearman to third, S.Jones
to second]; B.Perkins walked; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 2, Stars 3.
3RD: S.Bankhead singled; N.Hairston out on unknown play
[S.Bankhead to second]; H.Williams out on unknown play
[S.Bankhead to third]; S.Bankhead stole home; J.Washington out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 3, Stars 3.
STARS 3RD: D.Creacy out on unknown play; C.Harris out on
unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
3, Stars 3.
4TH: D.Wilson singled; P.Bassett doubled [D.Wilson scored];
C.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR M.CAIN; C.Williams walked; G.Benson
doubled [P.Bassett scored, C.Williams scored]; C.Smith out on
unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; N.Hairston doubled
[G.Benson scored]; H.Williams reached on an error by S.Jones
[N.Hairston scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Williams to first];
J.Washington out on unknown play; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
8, Stars 3.
STARS 4TH: C.WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); H.WILLIAMS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); T.SMITH REPLACED C.SMITH
(PITCHING); R.PARNELL BATTED FOR J.LEWIS; R.Parnell out on
unknown play; C.Spearman singled; S.Jones out on unknown play;
G.Giles singled [C.Spearman to second]; B.Perkins out on unknown
play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 8, Stars 3.
5TH: C.KING REPLACED R.PARNELL (PITCHING); D.Wilson walked;
P.Bassett doubled [D.Wilson scored]; C.Williams out on unknown
play; G.Benson singled [P.Bassett to third]; T.Smith out on
unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. 9, Stars 3.
STARS 5TH: J.Dunn out on unknown play; D.Creacy out on unknown
play; C.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 9,
Stars 3.
6TH: N.Hairston out on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
9, Stars 3.
STARS 6TH: P.Dixon walked; W.MCDONALD BATTED FOR C.KING;
W.McDonald walked [P.Dixon to second]; C.Spearman out on unknown
play; S.Jones singled [P.Dixon to third, W.McDonald to second];
G.Giles out on unknown play; B.Perkins doubled [P.Dixon scored,
W.McDonald scored, S.Jones scored]; J.Dunn out on unknown play;
3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 9, Stars 6.
7TH: REPLACED W.MCDONALD (PITCHING); D.Wilson out on unknown
play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; C.Williams walked; G.Benson
doubled [C.Williams scored]; T.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 10, Stars 6.
STARS 7TH: D.Creacy singled; C.Harris doubled [D.Creacy
scored]; P.Dixon out on unknown play; J.BRUTON BATTED FOR ;
J.Bruton out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 10, Stars 7.
8TH: J.BRUTON STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); S.Bankhead out on
unknown play; N.Hairston walked; H.Williams walked [N.Hairston
to second]; J.Washington out on unknown play; D.Wilson homered
[N.Hairston scored, H.Williams scored]; P.Bassett out on unknown
play; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 13, Stars 7.
STARS 8TH: S.Jones out on unknown play; G.Giles out on unknown
play; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 13,
Stars 7.
Final Totals R H E LOB
13 13 0 7
Stars 7 11 1 9
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