Cleveland Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 x - 2 7 0 BATTING Cleveland Bears AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 John Lyles ss 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 Henry Turner lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Mint Jones 1b 4 0 1 0 0 7 3 Ralph Coles rf 4 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 Walter Burch c 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 Al Frazier 2b 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 Red Howard p 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 Totals 32 0 7 0 0 8 24 10 BATTING - SH: Al Frazier. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Ralph Coles. CS: Walter Burch. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Philly Holmes ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 Gabby Kemp 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Red Moore 1b 3 0 0 0 0 13 1 Spencer Davis cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jabbo Andrews rf 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 Oscar Boone c 2 0 0 0 0 8 1 Sylvester Owens lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 Tommy Butts 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 Eddie Dixon p 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 Totals 28 2 7 2 0 3 27 15 BATTING - HR: Jabbo Andrews. SH: Oscar Boone. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - SB: Sylvester Owens. CS: Jabbo Andrews, Sylvester Owens. PITCHING Cleveland Bears IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Red Howard L 8 7 2 2 0 3 1 29 Totals 8 7 2 2 0 3 1 29 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eddie Dixon W 9 7 0 0 0 8 0 33 Totals 9 7 0 0 0 8 0 33 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Joe Doyle, 1B - Red Moore, 2B - , 3B - Time of Game: 1:47 Attendance: 1000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 6/14/1939 -- Cleveland Bears at Atlanta Black Crackers (N) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Atlanta 1. J.Ray cf P.Holmes ss 2. P.Woods 3b G.Kemp 2b 3. J.Lyles ss R.Moore 1b 4. H.Turner lf S.Davis cf 5. M.Jones 1b J.Andrews rf 6. R.Coles rf O.Boone c 7. W.Burch c S.Owens lf 8. A.Frazier 2b T.Butts 3b 9. R.Howard p E.Dixon p BEARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Ray struck out; P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: P.Holmes singled; G.Kemp out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BEARS 2ND: H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; R.Coles singled; W.Burch out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Andrews singled; O.Boone out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Andrews to second]; S.Owens out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BEARS 3RD: A.Frazier out on unknown play; R.Howard out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: E.Dixon out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BEARS 4TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; H.Turner singled; M.Jones singled [H.Turner to second]; R.Coles struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; J.Andrews singled; J.Andrews was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BEARS 5TH: W.Burch singled; A.Frazier out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Burch to second]; W.Burch was caught stealing third (O.Boone to T.Butts); R.Howard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: O.Boone out on unknown play; S.Owens singled; S.Owens was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BEARS 6TH: J.Ray grounded out (G.Kemp to R.Moore); P.Woods singled; J.Lyles singled [P.Woods to third]; H.Turner grounded out (R.Moore unassisted) [J.Lyles to second]; M.Jones grounded out (P.Holmes to R.Moore); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: E.Dixon out on unknown play; P.Holmes out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BEARS 7TH: R.Coles singled; R.Coles stole second; W.Burch out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; R.Howard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; J.Andrews homered to left-center; O.Boone out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 1. BEARS 8TH: J.Ray struck out; P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: S.Owens singled to right field; T.Butts popped to M.Jones; S.Owens stole second; E.Dixon grounded out (A.Frazier to M.Jones) [S.Owens to third]; P.Holmes singled [S.Owens scored]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 2. BEARS 9TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; R.Coles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, Black Crackers 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Bears 0 7 0 6 Black Crackers 2 7 0 3
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