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St. Louis Stars (SSA) 14 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 11

Game played on Monday, May 15, 1939 (N) at National Park, St. Louis MO
Regular-Season game

Atlanta Black Crackers              0 0 4  3 0 3  1 0 0   -  11 10  1
St. Louis Stars                     2 0 0  0 3 3  6 0 x   -  14 19  7

BATTING

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Red Moore 1b                          4   1   0    0     2         8   2
  Sylvester Owens pr                  0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Babe Davis cf                         4   3   2    1     2         1   0
Oscar Boone c                         4   2   1    1     2         6   2
Jabbo Andrews lf                      6   2   2    1     0         2   0
Donald Reeves rf                      5   2   2    2     0         3   0
Nish Williams 2b                      5   1   2    4     0         3   2
Tommy Butts ss                        4   0   0    0     1         1   0
Spencer Davis 3b                      5   0   1    0     0         0   3
Claude Hayslett p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Telosh Howard p                     2   0   0    0     1         0   0
  Tee Mitchell p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Eddie Dixon p                       1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               40  11  10    9     8   2    24   9

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Red Moore 2, Oscar Boone 2, Spencer Davis. 
E: 1.  Babe Davis. 

BATTING -
2B:  Jabbo Andrews, Nish Williams. 
HR:  Babe Davis. 
SH:  Tee Mitchell. 
Team LOB:  11


St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Dan Wilson 2b                         6   1   1    1     0         5   4
Bobby Robinson 3b                     2   3   1    0     3         1   2
Bill Bradford lf, rf                  5   1   1    0     0         1   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      5   4   4    2     0        10   0
Quincy Trouppe c, lf                  5   2   5    6     0         3   0
Leslie Green cf                       5   2   5    4     0         1   0
Marshall Riddle ss                    4   0   0    0     1         4   6
Theolic Smith rf                      2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Raymond Taylor ph, c                3   1   1    1     0         2   0
Frank McAllister p                    2   0   1    0     0         0   4
  Robert Dean p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               42  14  19   14     4   4    27  16

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Dan Wilson, Ed Mayweather. 
E: 7.  Dan Wilson, Bobby Robinson, Quincy Trouppe, Leslie Green, Marshall Riddle 2, Raymond Taylor. 

BATTING -
2B:  Ed Mayweather 2, Quincy Trouppe 2, Leslie Green 2, Raymond Taylor. 
3B:  Quincy Trouppe. 
HR:  Leslie Green. 
Team LOB:  8


PITCHING

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Claude Hayslett                      1.2     4   2    2   2   1   0  11
Telosh Howard                        2.2     5   3    3   1   2   0  14
Tee Mitchell                         1       3   3    3   1   0   0  7
Eddie Dixon L                        2.2     7   6    6   0   1   1  14
Totals                               8      19  14   14   4   4   1  46

WP:  Telosh Howard. 

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Frank McAllister                     4       6   7    6   4   1   0  25
Robert Dean W                        5       4   4    1   4   1   1  24
Totals                               9      10  11    7   8   2   1  49



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 5/15/1939 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at   (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta                                                     
1. R.Moore             1b        D.Wilson            2b        
2. B.Davis             cf        B.Robinson          3b        
3. O.Boone             c         B.Bradford          lf        
4. J.Andrews           lf        E.Mayweather        1b        
5. D.Reeves            rf        Q.Trouppe           c         
6. N.Williams          2b        L.Green             cf        
7. T.Butts             ss        M.Riddle            ss        
8. S.Davis             3b        T.Smith             rf        
9. C.Hayslett          p         F.McAllister        p         

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; R.Moore out on unknown play; B.Davis out on
unknown play; O.Boone walked; J.Andrews out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 0,  0.

 1ST: D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Robinson walked;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather singled [B.Robinson
to second]; Q.Trouppe singled [B.Robinson scored, E.Mayweather
to second]; L.Green doubled [E.Mayweather scored, Q.Trouppe to
third]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Black Crackers 0,  2.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: D.Reeves singled to center field;
N.Williams out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play;
S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black
Crackers 0,  2.

 2ND: T.Smith out on unknown play; F.McAllister singled;
D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Robinson walked [F.McAllister to
second]; T.HOWARD REPLACED C.HAYSLETT (PITCHING); B.Bradford out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 0,  2.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: T.Howard out on unknown play; R.Moore
walked; B.Davis walked [R.Moore to second]; O.Boone singled
[R.Moore scored, B.Davis to second]; J.Andrews singled [B.Davis
scored, O.Boone to second]; D.Reeves out on unknown play
[O.Boone to third, J.Andrews to second]; N.Williams singled
[O.Boone scored, J.Andrews scored]; T.Butts reached on an error
by D.Wilson [N.Williams to second, T.Butts to first]; S.Davis
reached on an error by M.Riddle [N.Williams to third, T.Butts to
second, S.Davis to first]; T.Howard out on unknown play; 4 R, 3
H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Black Crackers 4,  2.

 3RD: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; Q.Trouppe singled;
L.Green singled to pitcher [Q.Trouppe to second]; M.Riddle hit
into a double play (S.Davis to R.Moore to O.Boone) [Q.Trouppe
out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 4,  2.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; B.Davis
singled; O.Boone walked [B.Davis to second]; J.Andrews out on
unknown play [B.Davis to third, O.Boone to second]; D.Reeves
singled [B.Davis scored, O.Boone scored, D.Reeves to second (on
throw)]; N.Williams reached on an error by L.Green [D.Reeves
scored (unearned) (no RBI), N.Williams to first]; T.Butts out on
unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 7,  2.

 4TH: T.Smith reached on an error by B.Davis [T.Smith to
first]; F.McAllister out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on
unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Crackers 7,  2.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: R.DEAN REPLACED F.MCALLISTER (PITCHING);
S.Davis reached on an error by B.Robinson [S.Davis to first];
T.Howard walked [S.Davis to second]; R.Moore out on unknown
play; B.Davis out on unknown play; O.Boone out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 7,  2.

 5TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather doubled;
Q.Trouppe tripled [E.Mayweather scored]; L.Green doubled
[Q.Trouppe scored]; T.Howard threw a wild pitch [L.Green to
third]; M.Riddle walked; T.MITCHELL REPLACED T.HOWARD
(PITCHING); R.TAYLOR BATTED FOR T.SMITH; R.Taylor out on unknown
play [L.Green scored]; R.Dean out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 7,  5.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: R.TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C);
Q.TROUPPE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); B.BRADFORD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); J.Andrews doubled; D.Reeves reached on
an error by M.Riddle [J.Andrews to third, D.Reeves to first];
N.Williams doubled [J.Andrews scored, D.Reeves scored
(unearned)]; T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Davis singled to
left field [N.Williams scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by
Q.Trouppe), S.Davis to second]; T.Mitchell out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Davis to third]; R.Moore out on
unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 10, 
5.

 6TH: D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Robinson walked;
B.Bradford singled [B.Robinson to second]; E.Mayweather doubled
[B.Robinson scored, B.Bradford to third]; Q.Trouppe doubled
[B.Bradford scored, E.Mayweather scored]; E.DIXON REPLACED
T.MITCHELL (PITCHING); L.Green singled [Q.Trouppe to third];
M.Riddle hit into a double play (O.Boone to R.Moore to O.Boone)
[Q.Trouppe out at home]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers
10,  8.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: R.Taylor dropped a foul fly hit by B.Davis;
B.Davis homered to centerfield (unearned); O.Boone out on
unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Black Crackers 11, 
8.

 7TH: R.Taylor doubled; R.Dean out on unknown play; D.Wilson
singled [R.Taylor scored]; B.Robinson singled [D.Wilson to
second]; B.Bradford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather singled
[D.Wilson scored, B.Robinson to second]; Q.Trouppe doubled
[B.Robinson scored, E.Mayweather scored]; L.Green homered
[Q.Trouppe scored]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Black Crackers 11,  14.

BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: N.Williams out on unknown play; T.Butts
walked; S.Davis out on unknown play; E.Dixon out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 11,  14.

 8TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; R.Dean out on unknown play;
D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Crackers 11,  14.

BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: R.Moore walked; S.OWENS RAN FOR R.MOORE;
B.Davis walked [S.Owens to second]; O.Boone out on unknown play;
J.Andrews lined into a double play (D.Wilson to E.Mayweather)
[B.Davis out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers
11,  14.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Crackers  11  10   1  11
                 14  19   7   8


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