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Baltimore Elite Giants (BLG) 6 Philadelphia Stars (PH5) 6

Game played on Thursday, June 23, 1938 (N) at 44th and Parkside, Philadelphia PA
Regular-Season game

Baltimore Elite Giants              0 0 0  2 0 1  3 0 0   -   6  7  0
Philadelphia Stars                  0 1 4  0 0 0  0 1 0   -   6  9  0

BATTING

Baltimore Elite Giants               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Kimbro cf                       4   0   1    2     1         1   1
Felton Snow ss                        5   0   1    1     0         1   3
Sammy Hughes 2b                       4   0   0    0     1         0   1
Jim West 1b                           4   1   1    0     1         9   0
Wild Bill Wright rf                   4   2   1    2     0         2   0
Bill Byrd lf                          2   0   0    0     1         4   0
  Jimmy Direaux ph, lf                2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Biz Mackey c                          4   2   1    0     0         9   1
Hoss Walker 3b                        4   0   0    0     1         0   1
Bob Griffith p                        4   1   2    1     0         0   3
Totals                               37   6   7    6     5   6    27  10


BATTING -
HR:  Wild Bill Wright. 
HBP:  Wild Bill Wright, Biz Mackey. 
Team LOB:  11


Philadelphia Stars                   AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Clyde Spearman rf                     5   1   2    0     0         3   0
Roy Parnell lf                        4   0   1    0     0         3   0
Pat Patterson 2b                      4   2   2    3     0         2   3
Jake Dunn ss                          4   1   1    0     0         1   2
Bill Perkins c                        3   2   2    3     1         5   0
George Giles 1b                       4   0   0    0     0        12   0
Dewey Creacy 3b                       3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Jud Wilson ph                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Paul Dixon cf                         4   0   0    0     0         1   0
Spoon Carter p                        2   0   0    0     0         0   3
  Slim Jones p                        2   0   1    0     0         0   1
Totals                               36   6   9    6     1   8    27  10


BATTING -
HR:  Pat Patterson 2, Bill Perkins 2. 
Team LOB:  4


PITCHING

Baltimore Elite Giants               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bob Griffith                         9       9   6    6   1   8   4  37
Totals                               9       9   6    6   1   8   4  37


Philadelphia Stars                   IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Spoon Carter                         6       5   4    4   5   3   1  32
Slim Jones                           3       2   2    2   0   3   0  12
Totals                               9       7   6    6   5   6   1  44

Spoon Carter pitched to 1 batters in the 7th inning
HBP:  Spoon Carter, Slim Jones. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 6/23/1938 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at
Philadelphia Stars (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Baltimore                     Philadelphia                  
1. H.Kimbro            cf        C.Spearman          rf        
2. F.Snow              ss        R.Parnell           lf        
3. S.Hughes            2b        P.Patterson         2b        
4. J.West              1b        J.Dunn              ss        
5. W.Wright            rf        B.Perkins           c         
6. B.Byrd              lf        G.Giles             1b        
7. B.Mackey            c         D.Creacy            3b        
8. H.Walker            3b        P.Dixon             cf        
9. B.Griffith          p         S.Carter            p         

ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; H.Kimbro walked; F.Snow reached on a
fielder's choice [H.Kimbro to second]; S.Hughes out on unknown
play; J.West out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 1ST: C.Spearman singled; R.Parnell out on unknown play;
P.Patterson out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Byrd out on unknown play; B.Mackey out on
unknown play; H.Walker walked; B.Griffith out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 0.

STARS 2ND: B.Perkins homered; G.Giles out on unknown play;
D.Creacy out on unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 1.

ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; F.Snow out on
unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 0, Stars 1.

STARS 3RD: S.Carter out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled;
R.Parnell out on unknown play; P.Patterson homered [C.Spearman
scored]; J.Dunn singled; B.Perkins homered [J.Dunn scored];
G.Giles out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants
0, Stars 5.

ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.West singled; W.Wright homered [J.West
scored]; B.Byrd walked; B.Mackey reached on a fielder's choice
[B.Byrd to second]; H.Walker out on unknown play; B.Griffith out
on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Elite Giants 2, Stars 5.

STARS 4TH: D.Creacy out on unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown
play; S.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite
Giants 2, Stars 5.

ELITE GIANTS 5TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; S.Hughes walked;
J.West walked [S.Hughes to second]; W.Wright out on unknown
play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Elite
Giants 2, Stars 5.

STARS 5TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; R.Parnell singled;
P.Patterson out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 2, Stars 5.

ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.Mackey singled; H.Walker reached on a
fielder's choice [B.Mackey to second]; B.Griffith singled
[B.Mackey to third, H.Walker to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown
play; F.Snow singled [B.Mackey scored, H.Walker to third,
B.Griffith to second]; S.Hughes out on unknown play; J.West out
on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Stars 5.

STARS 6TH: B.Perkins walked; G.Giles out on unknown play;
D.Creacy out on unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 3, Stars 5.

ELITE GIANTS 7TH: W.Wright was hit by a pitch; S.JONES REPLACED
S.CARTER (PITCHING); J.DIREAUX BATTED FOR B.BYRD; J.Direaux out
on unknown play; B.Mackey was hit by a pitch [W.Wright to
second]; H.Walker out on unknown play; B.Griffith singled
[W.Wright scored, B.Mackey to third, B.Griffith to second];
H.Kimbro singled [B.Mackey scored, B.Griffith scored]; F.Snow
out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite Giants 6,
Stars 5.

STARS 7TH: J.DIREAUX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); S.Jones out
on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; R.Parnell out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 6, Stars 5.

ELITE GIANTS 8TH: S.Hughes out on unknown play; J.West out on
unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 6, Stars 5.

STARS 8TH: P.Patterson homered; J.Dunn out on unknown play;
B.Perkins out on unknown play; G.Giles out on unknown play; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Elite Giants 6, Stars 6.

ELITE GIANTS 9TH: J.Direaux out on unknown play; B.Mackey out
on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Elite Giants 6, Stars 6.

STARS 9TH: J.WILSON BATTED FOR D.CREACY; J.Wilson out on
unknown play; P.Dixon out on unknown play; S.Jones singled;
C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Elite
Giants 6, Stars 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Elite Giants     6   7   0  11
 Stars            6   9   0   4


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