Homestead Grays 3 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 - 11 13 1 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 8 2 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 David Whatley rf 5 3 4 0 0 2 0 Sam Bankhead 2b 5 3 3 1 0 4 0 Josh Gibson c 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 Buck Leonard 1b 5 1 2 7 0 10 0 Jim Williams lf 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 Vic Harris lf 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 Harry Williams 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Spearman 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Jelly Jackson ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 Tom Parker p 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 Roy Welmaker p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 41 11 13 11 2 2 27 10 FIELDING - E: 1. Sam Bankhead. BATTING - 2B: Jim Williams. 3B: David Whatley. HR: Buck Leonard. IW: Josh Gibson. Team LOB: 5 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sylvester Owens cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 Spencer Davis 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 Oscar Boone c 4 1 3 0 0 2 2 Donald Reeves rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 Jabbo Andrews lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 Felix Evans 1b 4 0 0 0 0 18 0 Gabby Kemp 2b 4 0 1 0 0 3 5 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 Lefty Richbourg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddie Dixon p 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Nish Williams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 1 8 1 1 2 27 20 FIELDING - E: 2. Gabby Kemp, Tommy Butts. BATTING - 2B: Sylvester Owens, Donald Reeves. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - CS: Donald Reeves. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tom Parker W 6 5 0 0 1 2 0 24 Roy Welmaker SV 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 12 Totals 9 8 1 1 1 2 0 36 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Richbourg L 0.1 4 3 3 1 0 0 6 Eddie Dixon 8.2 9 8 7 1 2 1 37 Totals 9 13 11 10 2 2 1 43 WP: Lefty Richbourg. IW: Eddie Dixon. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - B.T. Harvey, 1B - Louis English Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 700 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 4/21/1939 -- Homestead Grays at Atlanta Black Crackers (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead Atlanta 1. J.Benjamin cf S.Owens cf 2. D.Whatley rf S.Davis 3b 3. S.Bankhead 2b O.Boone c 4. J.Gibson c D.Reeves rf 5. B.Leonard 1b J.Andrews lf 6. J.Williams lf F.Evans 1b 7. H.Williams 3b G.Kemp 2b 8. J.Jackson ss T.Butts ss 9. T.Parker p L.Richbourg p GRAYS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; D.Whatley tripled; S.Bankhead singled [D.Whatley scored]; J.Gibson walked [S.Bankhead to second]; L.Richbourg threw a wild pitch [S.Bankhead to third, J.Gibson to second]; B.Leonard singled [S.Bankhead scored, J.Gibson scored]; J.Williams doubled [B.Leonard to third]; E.DIXON REPLACED L.RICHBOURG (PITCHING); H.Williams out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 3, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: S.Owens out on unknown play; S.Davis singled; O.Boone singled [S.Davis to second]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 3, Black Crackers 0. GRAYS 2ND: T.Parker out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: F.Evans out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Black Crackers 0. GRAYS 3RD: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: E.Dixon out on unknown play; S.Owens doubled; S.Davis out on unknown play; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 3, Black Crackers 0. GRAYS 4TH: J.Williams reached on an error by G.Kemp [J.Williams to first]; H.Williams out on unknown play [J.Williams to second]; J.Jackson out on unknown play; T.Parker singled [J.Williams scored (unearned)]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 4, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: D.Reeves walked; J.Andrews singled [D.Reeves to second]; F.Evans out on unknown play; G.Kemp forced J.Andrews (J.Jackson to S.Bankhead) [D.Reeves to third, G.Kemp to first]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 4, Black Crackers 0. GRAYS 5TH: D.Whatley singled; S.Bankhead singled [D.Whatley to third, S.Bankhead to second (on throw)]; J.Gibson was walked intentionally; B.Leonard homered to rightfield [D.Whatley scored, S.Bankhead scored, J.Gibson scored]; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown play; J.Jackson out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: E.Dixon out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 0. GRAYS 6TH: T.Parker out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; D.Whatley singled to shortstop [D.Whatley to second (error by T.Butts)]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: V.HARRIS REPLACED J.WILLIAMS (PLAYING LF); H.SPEARMAN REPLACED H.WILLIAMS (PLAYING 3B); O.Boone singled; D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown play; F.Evans out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 0. GRAYS 7TH: J.Gibson singled; B.Leonard out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: R.WELMAKER REPLACED T.PARKER (PITCHING); G.Kemp singled; T.Butts out on unknown play; E.Dixon out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 0. GRAYS 8TH: J.Jackson out on unknown play; R.Welmaker out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: S.Davis out on unknown play; O.Boone singled; D.Reeves doubled to left-center [O.Boone to third]; J.Andrews out on unknown play [O.Boone scored]; D.Reeves was caught stealing third (J.Gibson to H.Spearman); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 8, Black Crackers 1. GRAYS 9TH: D.Whatley singled; S.Bankhead singled [D.Whatley to second]; J.Gibson singled [D.Whatley scored, S.Bankhead to third, J.Gibson to second (on throw)]; B.Leonard out on unknown play [S.Bankhead scored, J.Gibson to third]; V.Harris out on unknown play [J.Gibson scored]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 11, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: F.Evans out on unknown play; G.Kemp flied to V.Harris; T.Butts reached on an error by S.Bankhead [T.Butts to first]; N.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR E.DIXON; N.Williams popped to S.Bankhead; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 11, Black Crackers 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 11 13 1 5 Black Crackers 1 8 2 8
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