Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2 Newark Eagles 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 x - 11 13 0 BATTING Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bill Cooper 1b 3 0 1 0 1 5 0 Spencer Davis 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oscar Boone c 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 Donald Reeves rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jabbo Andrews lf 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 Gabby Kemp 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 Sylvester Owens cf 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 Tommy Butts ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Horatio Lamar ph, ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Eddie Dixon p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Felix Evans p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 0 5 0 2 7 21 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bill Cooper, Gabby Kemp, Tommy Butts. E: 2. Bill Cooper, Felix Evans. BATTING - SH: Spencer Davis. GDP: Gabby Kemp. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Sylvester Owens. Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Charlie Biot cf 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 Bucky Johnson 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 Willie Wells ss 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 Fred Wilson rf 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 Mule Suttles 1b 4 2 4 5 0 9 0 Lennie Pearson 3b 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 Joe Brown lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Hayes c 4 0 1 1 0 9 0 James Brown p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Evans ph, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 11 13 10 3 5 24 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bucky Johnson, Willie Wells, Mule Suttles. BATTING - 2B: Charlie Biot, Mule Suttles. 3B: Mule Suttles 2. GDP: Bucky Johnson. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Wells. PITCHING Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eddie Dixon L 4.1 6 6 6 2 5 0 21 Felix Evans 2.2 7 5 5 1 0 0 15 Totals 7 13 11 11 3 5 0 36 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP James Brown W 7 4 0 0 2 7 0 25 Bob Evans SV 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 8 5 0 0 2 7 0 29 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Prince, 1B - Floyd Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 4/27/1939 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at Newark Eagles (N) Starting Lineups: Atlanta Newark 1. B.Cooper 1b C.Biot cf 2. S.Davis 3b B.Johnson 2b 3. O.Boone c W.Wells ss 4. D.Reeves rf F.Wilson rf 5. J.Andrews lf M.Suttles 1b 6. G.Kemp 2b L.Pearson 3b 7. S.Owens cf J.Brown lf 8. T.Butts ss J.Hayes c 9. E.Dixon p J.Brown p BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Cooper walked; S.Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Cooper to second]; O.Boone out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: C.Biot reached on an error by B.Cooper [C.Biot to first]; B.Johnson grounded into a double play (T.Butts to G.Kemp to B.Cooper) [C.Biot out at second]; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Andrews singled; G.Kemp grounded into a double play (B.Johnson to W.Wells to M.Suttles) [J.Andrews out at second]; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 2ND: F.Wilson out on unknown play; M.Suttles singled; L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 0. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: T.Butts out on unknown play; E.Dixon singled; B.Cooper out on unknown play; S.Davis singled [E.Dixon to second]; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 3RD: J.Hayes out on unknown play; J.Brown out on unknown play; C.Biot out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 0. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: D.Reeves singled; J.Andrews out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 4TH: B.Johnson singled; W.Wells walked [B.Johnson to second]; F.Wilson walked [B.Johnson to third, W.Wells to second]; M.Suttles doubled to center field [B.Johnson scored, W.Wells scored, F.Wilson to third]; L.Pearson out on unknown play [F.Wilson scored]; J.Brown out on unknown play; J.Hayes singled [M.Suttles scored]; J.Brown out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 4. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: H.LAMAR BATTED FOR T.BUTTS; H.Lamar out on unknown play; E.Dixon out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 4. EAGLES 5TH: H.LAMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); C.Biot singled; B.Johnson out on unknown play; W.Wells singled [C.Biot to third]; F.EVANS REPLACED E.DIXON (PITCHING); W.Wells stole second; F.Wilson singled [C.Biot scored, W.Wells scored (no RBI) (error by F.Evans)]; M.Suttles tripled to center field [F.Wilson scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play [M.Suttles scored]; J.Brown singled; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 8. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: S.Davis out on unknown play; O.Boone out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 8. EAGLES 6TH: J.Brown out on unknown play; C.Biot doubled; B.Johnson singled [C.Biot to third]; W.Wells singled (unknown fielder) [C.Biot scored, B.Johnson out at third]; F.Wilson walked [W.Wells to second]; M.Suttles tripled to left-center [W.Wells scored, F.Wilson scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 11. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: J.Andrews out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; S.Owens walked; S.Owens was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 11. EAGLES 7TH: J.Brown out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; B.EVANS BATTED FOR J.BROWN; B.Evans out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 11. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: B.EVANS STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); H.Lamar out on unknown play; F.Evans out on unknown play; B.Cooper singled; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Eagles 11. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Crackers 0 5 2 5 Eagles 11 13 0 4
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