Indianapolis ABCs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 5 6 1 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 6 3 BATTING Indianapolis ABCs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Lyles cf 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 Buddy Armour ss 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 Quincy Trouppe lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Ted Strong 1b 3 1 0 0 0 6 1 Bill Bradford rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Marshall Riddle 2b 4 1 1 2 0 2 1 Bobby Robinson 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Raymond Taylor c 4 0 1 2 0 11 0 Frank McAllister p 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 Lefty Calhoun p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 6 5 2 6 27 5 FIELDING - E: 1. Raymond Taylor. BATTING - 3B: Frank McAllister. SH: Ted Strong, Bill Bradford. GDP: Quincy Trouppe. Team LOB: 5 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Hap Glenn 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 Bill Cooper 2b 3 2 1 0 1 1 4 Babe Davis lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Joe Greene c 3 1 0 0 1 7 1 Don Pelham 1b 3 0 1 0 0 14 0 Flit Holliday rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Donald Reeves ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 Red Hadley cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jimmy Reese ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Red Howard ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Butts ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 Bo Mitchell p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 31 4 6 2 2 10 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bill Cooper, Don Pelham. E: 3. Hap Glenn 2, Bo Mitchell. BATTING - 2B: Hap Glenn. 3B: Donald Reeves. SH: Don Pelham. Team LOB: 3 PITCHING Indianapolis ABCs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank McAllister W 8.2 6 4 2 2 9 0 33 Lefty Calhoun SV 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 9 6 4 2 2 10 0 34 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bo Mitchell L 9 6 5 1 2 6 0 37 Totals 9 6 5 1 2 6 0 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 1675 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 6/14/1938 -- Indianapolis ABCs at Atlanta Black Crackers (N) Starting Lineups: Indianapolis Atlanta 1. J.Lyles cf H.Glenn 3b 2. B.Armour ss B.Cooper 2b 3. Q.Trouppe lf B.Davis lf 4. T.Strong 1b J.Greene c 5. B.Bradford rf D.Pelham 1b 6. M.Riddle 2b F.Holliday rf 7. B.Robinson 3b R.Hadley cf 8. R.Taylor c T.Butts ss 9. F.McAllister p B.Mitchell p ABCS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Lyles singled; B.Armour reached on a fielder's choice [J.Lyles to second]; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: H.Glenn out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 0. ABCS 2ND: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; D.Pelham singled; D.Pelham was picked off first (F.McAllister to T.Strong); F.Holliday out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 0, Black Crackers 0. ABCS 3RD: F.McAllister tripled to right-center; J.Lyles walked; B.Armour forced J.Lyles (unknown fielder) [F.McAllister scored, B.Armour to first]; Q.Trouppe grounded into a double play (B.Cooper to D.Pelham) [B.Armour out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: R.Hadley out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; B.Mitchell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 0. ABCS 4TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: H.Glenn doubled to left field; B.Cooper singled [H.Glenn to third]; B.Davis popped to M.Riddle; B.Cooper was picked off first, but was safe on an error by R.Taylor [H.Glenn scored (unearned), B.Cooper scored (unearned)]; J.Greene out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 2. ABCS 5TH: B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; F.McAllister out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: F.Holliday out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 2. ABCS 6TH: J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: B.Mitchell out on unknown play; H.Glenn singled; B.Cooper out on unknown play; B.Davis was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball (M.Riddle unassisted) [H.Glenn out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 2. ABCS 7TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: J.Greene walked; D.Pelham out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Greene to second]; F.Holliday out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 1, Black Crackers 2. ABCS 8TH: B.Robinson singled to third base [B.Robinson to third (error by H.Glenn)]; R.Taylor flied to B.Davis [B.Robinson scored (unearned)]; F.McAllister out on unknown play; J.Lyles walked; B.Armour out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 2, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; B.Mitchell out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. ABCs 2, Black Crackers 2. ABCS 9TH: Q.Trouppe singled to center field; T.Strong reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by B.Mitchell [Q.Trouppe to second, T.Strong to first]; B.Bradford reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Q.Trouppe to third (error by H.Glenn; assist by B.Mitchell), T.Strong to second]; M.Riddle singled to left field [Q.Trouppe scored (unearned), T.Strong scored (unearned), B.Bradford to second]; B.Robinson forced B.Bradford (unknown fielder) [M.Riddle to second, B.Robinson to first]; R.Taylor singled to right field [M.Riddle scored (unearned), B.Robinson to second]; F.McAllister out on unknown play; J.Lyles struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. ABCs 5, Black Crackers 2. BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: B.Cooper walked; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Greene reached on a fielder's choice [B.Cooper to second]; D.Pelham popped to B.Armour; D.REEVES BATTED FOR F.HOLLIDAY; D.Reeves tripled to center field [B.Cooper scored, J.Greene scored]; J.REESE BATTED FOR R.HADLEY; L.CALHOUN REPLACED F.MCALLISTER (PITCHING); R.HOWARD BATTED FOR J.REESE; R.Howard struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. ABCs 5, Black Crackers 4. Final Totals R H E LOB ABCs 5 6 1 5 Black Crackers 4 6 3 3
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