Atlanta Black Crackers 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 - 9 8 2
St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 - 6 9 1
BATTING
Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Red Moore 1b 2 0 1 0 2 7 0
Babe Davis cf 2 2 0 0 1 1 0
Oscar Boone c 4 1 0 0 0 5 1
Jabbo Andrews lf 3 2 2 1 1 3 0
Donald Reeves rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 0
Gabby Kemp 2b 2 1 1 1 1 3 3
Tommy Butts ss 4 1 1 3 0 0 2
Spencer Davis 3b 2 0 0 0 2 2 3
Eddie Dixon p 4 0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 26 9 8 7 8 2 21 10
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Red Moore 2, Gabby Kemp, Tommy Butts, Spencer Davis, Eddie Dixon.
E: 2. Jabbo Andrews, Gabby Kemp.
PB: 1. Oscar Boone.
BATTING -
2B: Jabbo Andrews, Tommy Butts, Eddie Dixon.
3B: Donald Reeves.
SF: Gabby Kemp.
HBP: Babe Davis.
Team LOB: 6
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Buddy Armour ss 2 0 1 0 1 1 2
Malcolm ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Dan Wilson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
Quincy Trouppe lf 4 2 1 0 0 0 0
Ed Mayweather 1b 3 1 2 1 1 8 0
Raymond Taylor c 4 1 1 2 0 4 2
Bill Bradford rf 3 1 1 3 1 0 0
Marshall Riddle 2b 3 0 1 0 1 5 6
Bobby Robinson 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
Theolic Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Lefty Calhoun p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank McAllister p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6 5 3 21 14
FIELDING -
E: 1. Raymond Taylor.
BATTING -
2B: Marshall Riddle.
HR: Bill Bradford.
GDP: Raymond Taylor, Bobby Robinson.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
SB: Quincy Trouppe.
PITCHING
Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Eddie Dixon W 7 9 6 6 5 3 1 34
Totals 7 9 6 6 5 3 1 34
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Theolic Smith L 3 5 6 4 3 1 0 16
Lefty Calhoun 2.1 2 3 3 4 0 0 13
Frank McAllister 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7
Totals 7 8 9 7 8 2 0 36
Theolic Smith pitched to 4 batters in the 4th inning
HBP: Theolic Smith.
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Billy Donaldson
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/14/1939 -- 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. G.Kemp 2b B.Bradford rf
7. T.Butts ss M.Riddle 2b
8. S.Davis 3b B.Robinson 3b
9. E.Dixon p T.Smith p
BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; R.Moore walked; B.Davis was hit by a pitch
[R.Moore to second]; O.Boone forced R.Moore (unknown fielder)
[B.Davis to second, O.Boone to first]; J.Andrews reached on an
error by R.Taylor [B.Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI), O.Boone
scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Andrews to third]; D.Reeves
walked; J.Andrews advanced to and D.Reeves was out trying to
advance to second (unknown fielder); G.Kemp walked; J.Andrews
advanced to and G.Kemp was out trying to advance to second
(unknown fielder); 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers
2, 0.
1ST: B.Armour singled; D.Wilson out on unknown play [B.Armour
to second]; Q.Trouppe reached on an error by G.Kemp [B.Armour to
third, Q.Trouppe to second]; E.Mayweather walked; R.Taylor
grounded into a double play (E.Dixon to S.Davis to R.Moore)
[Q.Trouppe out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers
2, 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Davis out on
unknown play; E.Dixon out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Black Crackers 2, 0.
2ND: B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle walked;
B.Robinson grounded into a double play (T.Butts to G.Kemp to
R.Moore) [M.Riddle out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black
Crackers 2, 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: R.Moore singled; R.Moore was out trying to
advance to second (unknown fielder); B.Davis out on unknown
play; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black
Crackers 2, 0.
3RD: T.Smith 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 2, 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: J.Andrews singled to left field; D.Reeves
singled to left field [J.Andrews to second]; On a bunt G.Kemp
singled [J.Andrews to third, D.Reeves to second]; T.Butts
doubled to right-center [J.Andrews scored, D.Reeves scored,
G.Kemp scored]; L.CALHOUN REPLACED T.SMITH (PITCHING); S.Davis
out on unknown play; E.Dixon doubled to center field [T.Butts
scored]; R.Moore walked; B.Davis out on unknown play; O.Boone
out on unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 6, 0.
4TH: Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; E.Mayweather singled to
left field [E.Mayweather to second (error by J.Andrews)];
R.Taylor out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 6, 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: It started to rain; J.Andrews walked;
D.Reeves tripled to left field [J.Andrews scored]; G.Kemp out on
a sacrifice fly to unknown fielder [D.Reeves scored]; T.Butts
out on unknown play; S.Davis walked; E.Dixon out on unknown
play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 8, 0.
5TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Robinson singled;
L.Calhoun out on unknown play; B.Armour walked [B.Robinson to
second]; D.Wilson forced B.Armour (unknown fielder) [D.Wilson to
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 8, 0.
BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: Armour injured his ankle sliding into 2B;
REPLACED B.ARMOUR (PLAYING SS); R.Moore out on unknown play;
B.Davis walked; F.MCALLISTER REPLACED L.CALHOUN (PITCHING);
O.Boone out on unknown play; J.Andrews doubled to left field
[B.Davis scored]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Black Crackers 9, 0.
6TH: Q.Trouppe singled; O.Boone allowed a passed ball
[Q.Trouppe to second]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play
[Q.Trouppe to third]; R.Taylor out on unknown play [Q.Trouppe
scored]; B.Bradford walked; M.Riddle doubled to left field
[B.Bradford to third]; B.Robinson flied to J.Andrews; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 9, 1.
BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: Andrews: great catch; G.Kemp out on unknown
play; T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Davis walked; E.Dixon out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 9, 1.
7TH: F.McAllister out on unknown play; singled; D.Wilson
walked [ to second]; Q.Trouppe forced D.Wilson (unknown fielder)
[ to third, Q.Trouppe to first]; Q.Trouppe stole second;
E.Mayweather singled [ scored, Q.Trouppe to third]; R.Taylor
singled [Q.Trouppe scored, E.Mayweather to second]; B.Bradford
homered to very deep centerfield [E.Mayweather scored, R.Taylor
scored]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Black Crackers 9, 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Black Crackers 9 8 2 6
6 9 1 7
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