Chicago American Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 4 Cleveland Bears 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 x - 5 11 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 Ernest Smith rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Ed Young 1b 3 1 1 0 0 12 1 Wilson Redus lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 Joe Sparks ss 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 Jesse Houston 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 Tommy Johnson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Zell Miles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Trent p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Henry McCall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Logan Hensley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 1 4 1 0 1 24 14 FIELDING - E: 4. Willie Simms, Ed Young, Wilson Redus, Joe Sparks. BATTING - 2B: Pepper Bassett. SH: Wilson Redus. GDP: Ed Young. Team LOB: 2 BASERUNNING - SB: Ed Young. Cleveland Bears AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Parnell Woods 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 John Lyles rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Henry Turner c 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 Mint Jones 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 Clarence Lamar ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 Duke Cleveland lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 Al Frazier 2b 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 5 Smoky Owens p 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 Totals 37 5 11 4 1 0 27 16 FIELDING - DP: 1. Mint Jones, Al Frazier, Smoky Owens. E: 1. Parnell Woods. BATTING - 2B: Johnny Ray. HR: Henry Turner. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tommy Johnson L 5 7 2 1 0 0 0 23 Ted Trent 2 3 3 1 0 0 1 10 Logan Hensley 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 Totals 8 11 5 2 1 0 1 38 Cleveland Bears IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Smoky Owens W 9 4 1 1 0 1 0 30 Totals 9 4 1 1 0 1 0 30 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Gerald Hayes, 1B - Thomas, 2B - , 3B - Harry Porter Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 7000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/14/1939, game 2 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Cleveland Bears (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Cleveland 1. W.Simms cf J.Ray cf 2. A.Radcliff 3b P.Woods 3b 3. E.Smith rf J.Lyles rf 4. E.Young 1b H.Turner c 5. W.Redus lf M.Jones 1b 6. P.Bassett c C.Lamar ss 7. J.Sparks ss D.Cleveland lf 8. J.Houston 2b A.Frazier 2b 9. T.Johnson p S.Owens p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bears 0. BEARS 1ST: J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Lyles singled; H.Turner singled [J.Lyles to second]; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Bears 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Young singled; W.Redus out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [E.Young to second]; E.Young stole third; P.Bassett doubled [E.Young scored]; J.Sparks out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 0. BEARS 2ND: C.Lamar out on unknown play; D.Cleveland singled; A.Frazier forced D.Cleveland (unknown fielder) [A.Frazier to first]; S.Owens singled to left field [A.Frazier scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by W.Redus), S.Owens to second]; J.Ray out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Woods dropped a foul fly hit by T.Johnson; T.Johnson out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 1. BEARS 3RD: P.Woods reached on an error by J.Sparks [P.Woods to first]; J.Lyles out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: E.Smith singled; E.Young grounded into a double play (S.Owens to A.Frazier to M.Jones) [E.Smith out at second]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 1. BEARS 4TH: C.Lamar out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 1. BEARS 5TH: S.Owens singled; J.Ray doubled [S.Owens to third]; P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; H.Turner singled [S.Owens scored, J.Ray to third, H.Turner to second (on throw)]; M.Jones out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 2. AM. GIANTS 6TH: Z.MILES BATTED FOR T.JOHNSON; Z.Miles out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 2. BEARS 6TH: T.TRENT REPLACED Z.MILES (PITCHING); C.Lamar reached on an error by E.Young [C.Lamar to first]; D.Cleveland singled to center field [C.Lamar to third (error by W.Simms), D.Cleveland to second]; A.Frazier singled to center field [C.Lamar scored (unearned), D.Cleveland scored (unearned)]; S.Owens out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 4. AM. GIANTS 7TH: E.Smith singled; E.Young out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 4. BEARS 7TH: J.Lyles out on unknown play; H.Turner homered to leftfield; M.Jones out on unknown play; C.Lamar out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 5. AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Sparks out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; H.MCCALL BATTED FOR T.TRENT; H.McCall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 5. BEARS 8TH: L.HENSLEY REPLACED H.MCCALL (PITCHING); D.Cleveland singled; A.Frazier walked [D.Cleveland to second]; S.Owens out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 5. AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Bears 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 1 4 4 2 Bears 5 11 1 9
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