St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 10 3
Cleveland Bears 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 3
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
John Lyles 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 0
Buddy Armour ss 5 1 3 2 0 2 7
Dan Wilson lf 5 0 1 0 0 3 0
Ed Mayweather 1b 4 1 1 1 1 14 0
Bill Bradford rf 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
Leslie Green cf 4 0 1 0 1 7 0
Marshall Riddle 2b 4 1 3 1 0 4 2
Quincy Trouppe c 4 2 1 0 1 2 3
Theolic Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lefty Calhoun p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ford Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 4 6 2 33 13
FIELDING -
E: 3. Buddy Armour 2, Dan Wilson.
PB: 2. Quincy Trouppe 2.
BATTING -
SH: Marshall Riddle, Theolic Smith.
HBP: John Lyles.
GDP: Dan Wilson.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: John Lyles.
CS: Leslie Green.
Cleveland Bears AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Johnny Ray rf 3 1 0 0 2 1 0
Parnell Woods 3b 5 0 1 0 0 3 3
Duke Cleveland lf 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
Henry Turner c 5 0 3 3 0 3 0
Philly Holmes ss 4 0 0 0 1 3 8
Dan Thomas cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
Mint Jones 1b 4 0 1 0 1 20 0
Al Frazier 2b 5 1 1 0 0 3 4
Preacher Henry p 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Sarvis p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red Howard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alonzo Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 7 3 6 5 33 15
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Philly Holmes, Mint Jones.
E: 3. Parnell Woods, Henry Turner, Mint Jones.
PB: 1. Henry Turner.
BATTING -
2B: Henry Turner.
HBP: Johnny Ray.
Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING -
SB: Johnny Ray.
CS: Parnell Woods, Duke Cleveland.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Theolic Smith 4.2 4 4 1 4 2 0 24
Lefty Calhoun 2.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 8
Ford Smith W 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 14
Totals 11 7 4 1 6 5 0 46
WP: Theolic Smith.
HBP: Theolic Smith.
Cleveland Bears IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Preacher Henry 8.2 9 4 4 6 2 0 38
Andy Sarvis L 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Red Howard 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 11 10 5 4 6 2 0 46
WP: Red Howard.
HBP: Preacher Henry.
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 Sunday, 4/23/1939 -- at Cleveland Bears (D)
Starting Lineups:
Cleveland
1. J.Lyles 3b J.Ray rf
2. B.Armour ss P.Woods 3b
3. D.Wilson lf D.Cleveland lf
4. E.Mayweather 1b H.Turner c
5. B.Bradford rf P.Holmes ss
6. L.Green cf D.Thomas cf
7. M.Riddle 2b M.Jones 1b
8. Q.Trouppe c A.Frazier 2b
9. T.Smith p P.Henry p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; J.Lyles out on unknown play; B.Armour singled; D.Wilson
grounded into a double play (P.Holmes to M.Jones) [B.Armour out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0, Bears 0.
BEARS 1ST: J.Ray walked; P.Woods out on unknown play;
D.Cleveland out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Bears 0.
2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on
unknown play; L.Green walked; L.Green was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0, Bears 0.
BEARS 2ND: P.Holmes out on unknown play; D.Thomas singled;
M.Jones singled [D.Thomas to third]; T.Smith threw a wild pitch
[D.Thomas scored, M.Jones to second]; A.Frazier out on unknown
play; P.Henry out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0,
Bears 1.
3RD: M.Riddle singled; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; T.Smith
out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Riddle to second];
J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Bears 1.
BEARS 3RD: J.Ray walked; J.Ray stole second; P.Woods out on
unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; H.Turner out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Bears 1.
4TH: B.Armour singled; H.Turner allowed a passed ball
[B.Armour to second]; D.Wilson out on unknown play; E.Mayweather
singled [B.Armour scored]; B.Bradford walked [E.Mayweather to
second]; L.Green out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled
[E.Mayweather scored, B.Bradford to second]; Q.Trouppe out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 2, Bears 1.
BEARS 4TH: P.Holmes out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on
unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
2, Bears 1.
5TH: T.Smith out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play;
B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 2, Bears 1.
BEARS 5TH: A.Frazier singled; P.Henry reached on an error by
B.Armour [A.Frazier to third (error by B.Armour), P.Henry to
second]; J.Ray was hit by a pitch; P.Woods out on unknown play;
D.Cleveland out on unknown play; H.Turner doubled [A.Frazier
scored (unearned), P.Henry scored (unearned), J.Ray scored
(unearned)]; P.Holmes walked; Q.Trouppe allowed a passed ball
[H.Turner to third, P.Holmes to second]; D.Thomas walked;
L.CALHOUN REPLACED T.SMITH (PITCHING); M.Jones out on unknown
play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. 2, Bears 4.
6TH: D.Wilson singled (unknown fielder) [D.Wilson out at
second]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; B.Bradford walked;
B.Bradford was picked off first (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. 2, Bears 4.
BEARS 6TH: A.Frazier out on unknown play; P.Henry out on
unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
2, Bears 4.
7TH: L.Green singled; M.Riddle out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [L.Green to second]; Q.Trouppe out on unknown
play; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2,
Bears 4.
BEARS 7TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; D.Cleveland walked;
D.Cleveland was caught stealing second (unknown fielder);
H.Turner singled; P.Holmes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 2, Bears 4.
8TH: J.Lyles was hit by a pitch; J.Lyles stole second;
B.Armour out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather walked; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. 2, Bears 4.
BEARS 8TH: F.SMITH REPLACED L.CALHOUN (PITCHING); D.Thomas out
on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 2, Bears 4.
9TH: L.Green out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled; M.Riddle
was picked off first, but was safe on an error by M.Jones
[M.Riddle to second]; Q.Trouppe walked; F.Smith out on unknown
play; J.Lyles walked [M.Riddle to third, Q.Trouppe to second];
B.Armour singled [M.Riddle scored, Q.Trouppe scored, J.Lyles to
second]; A.SARVIS REPLACED P.HENRY (PITCHING); D.Wilson out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 4, Bears 4.
BEARS 9TH: A.Sarvis out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown
play; P.Woods singled; P.Woods was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Bears 4.
10TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on
unknown play; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
4, Bears 4.
BEARS 10TH: D.Cleveland out on unknown play; H.Turner singled
to left field [H.Turner to second (error by D.Wilson)]; P.Holmes
out on unknown play; D.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. 4, Bears 4.
11TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe singled to third
base [Q.Trouppe to second (error by P.Woods)]; R.HOWARD REPLACED
A.SARVIS (PITCHING); R.Howard threw a wild pitch [Q.Trouppe
scored (unearned) (error by H.Turner)]; F.Smith out on unknown
play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.
5, Bears 4.
BEARS 11TH: M.Jones walked; Q.Trouppe allowed a passed ball
[M.Jones to second]; A.Frazier out on unknown play; A.MITCHELL
BATTED FOR R.HOWARD; A.Mitchell out on unknown play; J.Ray out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 5, Bears 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
5 10 3 8
Bears 4 7 3 9
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