St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 4
Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 x - 5 3 0
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Dan Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0
Bobby Robinson 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
Buddy Armour ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
George Mitchell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 0
Bill Bradford rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Leslie Green cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Raymond Taylor c 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
Bob Smith ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Marshall Riddle 2b 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 5
Robert Dean p 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4
Frank McAllister ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ossie Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0 4 13 24 16
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Buddy Armour, George Mitchell, Marshall Riddle.
E: 4. Bill Bradford, Raymond Taylor, Marshall Riddle, Robert Dean.
BATTING -
HBP: Buddy Armour, Leslie Green.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
SB: Dan Wilson 2, Marshall Riddle.
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Willie Simms cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
Alex Radcliff 3b 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
Ernest Smith lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ed Young 1b 4 1 2 2 0 11 0
Subby Byas rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Sparks ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 1
Billy Horne 2b 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
Pepper Bassett c 2 0 0 0 1 13 1
Lefty Bowe p 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Totals 28 5 3 3 4 4 27 9
BATTING -
2B: Ed Young.
SH: Alex Radcliff.
GDP: Subby Byas.
Team LOB: 4
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Robert Dean L 6 3 5 2 4 4 0 27
Ossie Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Totals 8 3 5 2 4 4 0 33
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Lefty Bowe W 9 1 0 0 4 13 0 34
Totals 9 1 0 0 4 13 0 34
HBP: Lefty Bowe 2.
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - ?
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/18/1939, game 2 -- at Chicago American
Giants (D)
Starting Lineups:
Chicago
1. D.Wilson lf W.Simms cf
2. B.Robinson 3b A.Radcliff 3b
3. B.Armour ss E.Smith lf
4. G.Mitchell 1b E.Young 1b
5. B.Bradford rf S.Byas rf
6. L.Green cf J.Sparks ss
7. R.Taylor c B.Horne 2b
8. M.Riddle 2b P.Bassett c
9. R.Dean p L.Bowe p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; D.Wilson walked; D.Wilson stole second; D.Wilson stole
third; B.Robinson was called out on strikes; B.Armour was hit by
a pitch; G.Mitchell struck out; B.Bradford struck out (P.Bassett
to E.Young); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms walked; A.Radcliff out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Simms to second]; E.Smith
flied to D.Wilson; E.Young singled to center field [W.Simms
scored]; S.Byas grounded out (B.Robinson to G.Mitchell); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, American Giants 1.
2ND: L.Green out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; M.Riddle singled to center field; R.Dean struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, American Giants 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: J.Sparks reached on an error by M.Riddle
[J.Sparks to first]; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out
on unknown play; L.Bowe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. 0, American Giants 1.
3RD: D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown
play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
American Giants 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: 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. 0, American Giants 1.
4TH: G.Mitchell out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown
play; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
American Giants 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: E.Young doubled to center field; S.Byas
walked; J.Sparks reached on a fielder's choice [E.Young to third
(error by R.Dean), S.Byas to second]; B.Horne walked [E.Young
scored (unearned), S.Byas to third, J.Sparks to second];
P.Bassett forced S.Byas (B.Armour to R.Taylor) [J.Sparks scored
(unearned) (no RBI) (error by R.Taylor), B.Horne scored
(unearned) (no RBI), P.Bassett to second]; L.Bowe out on unknown
play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
0, American Giants 4.
5TH: R.Taylor struck out; M.Riddle walked; M.Riddle stole
second; R.Dean struck out; D.Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 0, American Giants 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: A.Radcliff singled to right field
[A.Radcliff to second (error by B.Bradford)]; E.Smith reached on
a fielder's choice [A.Radcliff to third]; E.Young forced E.Smith
(B.Armour to M.Riddle) [A.Radcliff scored, E.Young to first];
S.Byas grounded into a double play (B.Armour to M.Riddle to
G.Mitchell) [E.Young out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 0,
American Giants 5.
6TH: B.Robinson walked; B.Armour out on unknown play;
G.Mitchell out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, American Giants 5.
AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Horne out
on unknown play; P.Bassett walked; L.Bowe out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, American Giants 5.
7TH: L.Green was hit by a pitch; B.SMITH BATTED FOR R.TAYLOR;
B.Smith out on unknown play; M.Riddle walked [L.Green to
second]; F.MCALLISTER BATTED FOR R.DEAN; F.McAllister was called
out on strikes; D.Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0,
American Giants 5.
AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: O.BROWN REPLACED F.MCALLISTER (PITCHING);
B.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); 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. 0, American Giants 5.
8TH: B.Robinson struck out; B.Armour out on unknown play;
G.Mitchell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0, American
Giants 5.
AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on
unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, American Giants 5.
9TH: B.Bradford grounded out (L.Bowe to E.Young); L.Green
struck out; B.Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
American Giants 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
0 1 4 7
American Giants 5 3 0 4
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