Atlanta Black Crackers 1 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 - 10 9 4
St. Louis Stars 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 6 1
BATTING
Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Red Moore 1b 3 2 0 1 1 8 1
Babe Davis cf 4 2 2 2 1 4 0
Oscar Boone c 4 0 1 1 0 4 0
Jabbo Andrews lf 4 1 2 3 0 3 0
Sylvester Owens lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donald Reeves rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 0
Nish Williams 2b 3 1 1 1 0 3 3
Tommy Butts ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 2
Spencer Davis 3b 3 2 1 0 1 1 2
Tee Mitchell p 4 1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals 33 10 9 8 5 3 27 9
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Red Moore, Nish Williams, Spencer Davis.
E: 4. Red Moore 2, Nish Williams, Spencer Davis.
BATTING -
SH: Oscar Boone.
HBP: Red Moore, Nish Williams.
Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING -
SB: Donald Reeves, Nish Williams.
CS: Spencer Davis.
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Buddy Armour ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 6
Dan Wilson cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Quincy Trouppe lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
Ed Mayweather 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 9 1
Raymond Taylor c 4 1 1 1 0 0 6 1
Bill Bradford rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 3
Marshall Riddle 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 1
Bobby Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Evans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Theolic Smith p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Drake p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4 3 0 27 13
FIELDING -
E: 1. Theolic Smith.
BATTING -
3B: Ed Mayweather, Raymond Taylor.
GDP: Quincy Trouppe.
Team LOB: 4
PITCHING
Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Tee Mitchell W 9 6 4 4 3 0 0 35
Totals 9 6 4 4 3 0 0 35
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Theolic Smith L 3.1 6 7 7 3 2 0 21
Andy Drake 5.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 20
Totals 9 9 10 10 5 3 0 41
WP: Andy Drake.
HBP: Theolic Smith, Andy Drake.
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 Friday, 5/12/1939 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at (N)
Starting Lineups:
Atlanta
1. R.Moore 1b B.Armour ss
2. B.Davis cf D.Wilson cf
3. O.Boone c Q.Trouppe lf
4. J.Andrews lf E.Mayweather 1b
5. D.Reeves rf R.Taylor c
6. N.Williams 2b B.Bradford rf
7. T.Butts ss M.Riddle 2b
8. S.Davis 3b B.Robinson 3b
9. T.Mitchell p T.Smith p
BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; R.Moore was hit by a pitch; B.Davis walked
[R.Moore to second]; O.Boone out on unknown play; J.Andrews
singled [R.Moore scored, B.Davis to second]; D.Reeves out on
unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Black Crackers 1, 0.
1ST: R.Moore dropped a foul fly hit by B.Armour; B.Armour out
on unknown play; D.Wilson walked; Q.Trouppe grounded into a
double play (S.Davis to N.Williams to R.Moore) [D.Wilson out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 1, 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: T.Butts walked; S.Davis forced T.Butts
(unknown fielder) [S.Davis to first]; T.Mitchell singled
[S.Davis to third]; R.Moore out on unknown play [S.Davis
scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Black Crackers 2, 0.
2ND: S.Davis dropped a foul fly hit by E.Mayweather;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black
Crackers 2, 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: O.Boone reached on an error by T.Smith
[O.Boone to first]; J.Andrews out on unknown play; D.Reeves out
on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. Black Crackers 2, 0.
3RD: M.Riddle walked; B.Robinson out on unknown play; T.Smith
singled [M.Riddle to second]; B.Armour singled [M.Riddle scored,
T.Smith to second]; D.Wilson out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 2, 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Davis
singled; T.Mitchell singled [S.Davis to second]; R.Moore walked
[S.Davis to third, T.Mitchell to second]; B.Davis singled
[S.Davis scored, T.Mitchell scored, R.Moore to second]; O.Boone
singled [R.Moore scored, B.Davis to third]; A.DRAKE REPLACED
T.SMITH (PITCHING); J.Andrews forced O.Boone (unknown fielder)
[B.Davis scored, J.Andrews to first]; D.Reeves walked [J.Andrews
to second]; N.Williams singled [J.Andrews scored, D.Reeves to
third, N.Williams to second (on throw)]; D.Reeves stole home and
N.Williams stole third; A.Drake threw a wild pitch [N.Williams
scored]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Black Crackers 9, 1.
4TH: R.Moore dropped a foul fly hit by E.Mayweather;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black
Crackers 9, 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: S.Davis walked; S.Davis was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); T.Mitchell out on unknown play;
R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black
Crackers 9, 1.
5TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown
play; A.Drake singled to second base [A.Drake to second (error
by N.Williams)]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Black Crackers 9, 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: B.Davis singled; O.Boone out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Davis to second]; J.Andrews singled to
right field (unknown fielder) [B.Davis scored, J.Andrews out at
second]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Black Crackers 10, 1.
6TH: D.Wilson out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe walked;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 10, 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: N.Williams was hit by a pitch; N.Williams
was picked off first (unknown fielder); T.Butts out on unknown
play; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black
Crackers 10, 1.
7TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown
play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Black Crackers 10, 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: T.Mitchell out on unknown play; R.Moore out
on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Black Crackers 10, 1.
8TH: S.OWENS REPLACED J.ANDREWS (PLAYING LF); A.Drake out on
unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 10, 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: O.Boone out on unknown play; S.Owens out on
unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Black Crackers 10, 1.
9TH: Q.Trouppe singled; E.Mayweather tripled [Q.Trouppe
scored]; R.Taylor tripled [E.Mayweather scored]; B.Bradford out
on unknown play [R.Taylor scored]; M.Riddle out on unknown play;
BATTED FOR B.ROBINSON; out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Black Crackers 10, 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Black Crackers 10 9 4 4
4 6 1 4
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