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St. Louis Stars (SSA) 3 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 21, 1939 (D) at Martin Stadium, Memphis TN
Regular-Season game

St. Louis Stars                     1 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0   -   3  5  0
Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0   -   1  7  2

BATTING

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Dan Wilson ss                         4   2   1    0     0         4   1
Bobby Robinson 3b                     2   0   0    0     0         1   1
Leslie Green cf                       4   0   0    1     0         2   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   0   1    0     0         5   1
Quincy Trouppe lf                     3   0   0    1     0         5   0
Bill Bradford rf                      3   0   0    0     1         2   0
Marshall Riddle 2b                    4   0   0    0     0         3   1
Raymond Taylor c                      4   1   2    0     0         5   0
Lefty Calhoun p                       3   0   1    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   3   5    2     1   5    27   4

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Dan Wilson, Bobby Robinson, Ed Mayweather 2, Marshall Riddle. 

BATTING -
2B:  Dan Wilson, Ed Mayweather. 
SH:  Bobby Robinson. 
SF:  Quincy Trouppe. 
HBP:  Bobby Robinson. 
GDP:  Lefty Calhoun. 
Team LOB:  5


Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Jelly Taylor 1b                       4   0   1    0     0         9   0
Fred Bankhead 3b                      4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Lloyd Davenport rf                    4   0   2    0     0         2   0
Neil Robinson cf, ss                  4   0   0    0     0   2     3   0
Babe Davis lf                         3   1   0    0     0         0   0
Larry Brown c                         4   0   2    0     0         6   0
Red Longley 2b                        3   0   1    1     0         3   1
T.J. Brown ss                         2   0   1    0     0         2   0
  Eugene Bremer ph, cf                1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Ted Radcliffe p                       2   0   0    0     1         0   3
Totals                               31   1   7    1     1   4    27   4

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Jelly Taylor, Red Longley, Ted Radcliffe. 
E: 2.  Fred Bankhead, Larry Brown. 

BATTING -
2B:  Lloyd Davenport. 
HBP:  Babe Davis. 
GDP:  Lloyd Davenport, Red Longley. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Lefty Calhoun W                      9       7   1    1   1   4   0  33
Totals                               9       7   1    1   1   4   0  33

HBP:  Lefty Calhoun. 

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Radcliffe L                      9       5   3    1   1   5   0  35
Totals                               9       5   3    1   1   5   0  35

WP:  Ted Radcliffe. 
HBP:  Ted Radcliffe. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/21/1939 --   at Memphis Red Sox (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Memphis                       
1. D.Wilson            ss        J.Taylor            1b        
2. B.Robinson          3b        F.Bankhead          3b        
3. L.Green             cf        L.Davenport         rf        
4. E.Mayweather        1b        N.Robinson          cf        
5. Q.Trouppe           lf        B.Davis             lf        
6. B.Bradford          rf        L.Brown             c         
7. M.Riddle            2b        R.Longley           2b        
8. R.Taylor            c         T.Brown             ss        
9. L.Calhoun           p         T.Radcliffe         p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; D.Wilson doubled to left-center; B.Robinson was hit by a
pitch; T.Radcliffe threw a wild pitch [D.Wilson to third,
B.Robinson to second]; L.Green reached on a fielder's choice;
E.Mayweather lined to R.Longley; Q.Trouppe out on a sacrifice
fly to N.Robinson [D.Wilson scored (unearned)]; B.Bradford out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.   1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: J.Taylor singled; F.Bankhead out on unknown play;
L.Davenport grounded into a double play (E.Mayweather to
D.Wilson to E.Mayweather) [J.Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.   1, Red Sox 0.

 2ND: M.Riddle out on unknown play; R.Taylor singled; L.Calhoun
grounded into a double play (T.Radcliffe to R.Longley to
J.Taylor) [R.Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on
unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  1, Red Sox 0.

 3RD: D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown
play; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: R.Longley out on unknown play; T.Brown singled;
T.Brown was out trying to advance to second (unknown fielder);
T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1, Red
Sox 0.

 4TH: E.Mayweather doubled; Q.Trouppe out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; L.Davenport singled; N.Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Red Sox 0.

 5TH: R.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Calhoun out on unknown
play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 5TH: B.Davis was hit by a pitch; L.Brown singled
[B.Davis to second]; R.Longley singled to right field [B.Davis
scored, L.Brown to second]; T.Brown out on unknown play;
T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   1, Red Sox 1.

 6TH: B.Robinson out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown
play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  
1, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Davenport
doubled; N.Robinson struck out; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Red Sox 1.

 7TH: Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown
play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1,
Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: L.Brown singled; R.Longley grounded into a double
play (B.Robinson to M.Riddle to E.Mayweather) [L.Brown out at
second]; E.BREMER BATTED FOR T.BROWN; E.Bremer out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1, Red Sox 1.

 8TH: E.BREMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); N.ROBINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); R.Taylor singled; L.Calhoun singled to
third base [R.Taylor to second]; D.Wilson forced L.Calhoun
(unknown fielder) [R.Taylor to third, D.Wilson to first];
B.Robinson reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt
[R.Taylor scored (no RBI) (error by L.Brown), D.Wilson to
third]; L.Green grounded out (T.Radcliffe to J.Taylor) [D.Wilson
scored (unearned), B.Robinson to second]; E.Mayweather out on
unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: T.Radcliffe walked; J.Taylor out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   3, Red Sox 1.

 9TH: Q.Trouppe out on unknown play; B.Bradford walked;
M.Riddle out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   3, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 9TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on
unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  3, Red Sox 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  3   5   0   5
 Red Sox          1   7   2   5


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