Toledo Crawfords 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 - 8 15 4
Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 - 9 13 2
BATTING
Toledo Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Jimmie Crutchfield cf 6 0 1 0 0 1 0
Leroy Morney ss 5 3 3 0 1 4 6
Jim Williams rf 6 0 2 3 0 2 0
Tommie Dukes c 5 1 2 2 1 7 1
Bus Clarkson lf 5 1 2 1 1 2 0
Bill Harvey p 5 0 1 1 0 0 4
Spoon Carter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Henderson 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 3
Ben Hill 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 1
Harry Kincannon pr, 3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 5 1 3 1 0 10 0
Totals 45 8 15 8 5 5 28 15
FIELDING -
E: 4. Leroy Morney, Tommie Dukes, Curtis Henderson, Ben Hill.
BATTING -
2B: Leroy Morney 2, Oscar Charleston.
3B: Bus Clarkson.
Team LOB: 12
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Willie Simms cf 5 1 2 1 1 4 0
Alex Radcliff 3b 5 3 3 0 1 2 1
Ernest Smith lf 6 1 3 3 0 2 0
Ed Young 1b 3 0 0 1 1 9 0
Subby Byas rf 5 0 1 0 0 3 0
Red Hale ss 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Joe Sparks ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 1
Billy Horne 2b 5 2 3 0 0 1 2 1
Pepper Bassett c 4 0 0 1 1 6 0
Jesse Houston p 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ted Trent p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lemuel Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Redus ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Willie Cornelius p 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
Totals 42 9 13 8 5 4 30 10
FIELDING -
E: 2. Alex Radcliff, Red Hale.
BATTING -
2B: Willie Simms, Alex Radcliff, Wilson Redus.
3B: Alex Radcliff.
SF: Ed Young.
IW: Alex Radcliff.
Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING -
SB: Willie Simms, Ernest Smith, Subby Byas.
CS: Willie Simms.
PITCHING
Toledo Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bill Harvey 9 12 8 6 3 3 0 45
Spoon Carter L 0.1 1 1 1 2 1 0 3
Totals 9.1 13 9 7 5 4 0 48
IW: Spoon Carter.
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Jesse Houston 3.2 6 5 5 4 3 0 21
Ted Trent 2.2 4 1 1 0 1 0 12
Lemuel Williams 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Willie Cornelius W 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 13
Totals 10 15 8 8 5 5 0 50
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - ?
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 6500
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/9/1939, game 1 -- at Chicago American Giants
(D)
Starting Lineups:
Chicago
1. J.Crutchfield cf W.Simms cf
2. L.Morney ss A.Radcliff 3b
3. J.Williams rf E.Smith lf
4. T.Dukes c E.Young 1b
5. B.Clarkson lf S.Byas rf
6. B.Harvey p R.Hale ss
7. C.Henderson 2b B.Horne 2b
8. B.Hill 3b P.Bassett c
9. O.Charleston 1b J.Houston p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown
play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms doubled; A.Radcliff out on unknown
play; E.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, American Giants 0.
2ND: T.Dukes singled to shortstop [T.Dukes to second (error by
R.Hale)]; B.Clarkson singled [T.Dukes scored]; B.Harvey out on
unknown play; C.Henderson out on unknown play; B.Hill out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 1, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas out on unknown play; R.Hale out on
unknown play; B.Horne singled; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, American Giants 0.
3RD: J.SPARKS REPLACED R.HALE (PLAYING SS); O.Charleston out
on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; L.Morney
doubled; J.Williams singled [L.Morney scored]; T.Dukes walked
[J.Williams to second]; B.Clarkson walked [J.Williams to third,
T.Dukes to second]; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB. 2, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Houston out on unknown play; W.Simms out
on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. 2, American Giants 0.
4TH: C.Henderson out on unknown play; B.Hill walked;
O.Charleston singled [B.Hill to second]; J.Crutchfield out on
unknown play; L.Morney walked [B.Hill to third, O.Charleston to
second]; J.Williams singled [B.Hill scored, O.Charleston scored,
L.Morney to second]; T.TRENT REPLACED J.HOUSTON (PITCHING);
T.Dukes singled [L.Morney scored, J.Williams to second];
B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 5,
American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: E.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young
walked; S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
5TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Henderson out on unknown
play; B.Hill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 5,
American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett
reached on an error by L.Morney [P.Bassett to first]; T.Trent
out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
6TH: O.Charleston out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield singled
to third base [J.Crutchfield to second (error by A.Radcliff)];
L.Morney out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: A.Radcliff tripled; E.Smith out on unknown
play [A.Radcliff scored]; E.Young reached on an error by B.Hill
[E.Young to first]; S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 5, American Giants 1.
7TH: T.Dukes out on unknown play; B.Clarkson tripled; B.Harvey
singled [B.Clarkson scored]; L.WILLIAMS REPLACED T.TRENT
(PITCHING); C.Henderson walked [B.Harvey to second]; B.Hill out
on unknown play; O.Charleston singled [B.Harvey to third,
C.Henderson to second]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 6, American Giants 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: B.Horne singled; P.Bassett out on unknown
play; W.REDUS BATTED FOR L.WILLIAMS; W.Redus doubled [B.Horne
scored]; W.Simms singled [W.Redus scored]; A.Radcliff singled
[W.Simms to second]; E.Smith singled [W.Simms scored, A.Radcliff
to second]; E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown
play; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 6, American Giants 4.
8TH: W.CORNELIUS REPLACED W.REDUS (PITCHING); L.Morney
doubled; J.Williams out on unknown play [L.Morney to third];
T.Dukes out on unknown play [L.Morney scored]; B.Clarkson out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 7, American Giants 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: J.Sparks reached on an error by
C.Henderson [J.Sparks to first]; B.Horne singled [J.Sparks to
third, B.Horne to second (on throw)]; P.Bassett out on unknown
play [J.Sparks scored (unearned), B.Horne to third]; W.Cornelius
out on unknown play [B.Horne scored (unearned)]; W.Simms out on
unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 7, American Giants
6.
9TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Henderson out on unknown
play; B.Hill singled; H.KINCANNON RAN FOR B.HILL; O.Charleston
doubled [H.Kincannon scored]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 8, American Giants 6.
AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: H.KINCANNON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
A.Radcliff doubled to right field; E.Smith singled to second
base [A.Radcliff to third]; E.Young out on a sacrifice fly to
unknown fielder [A.Radcliff scored]; S.Byas singled [E.Smith to
third]; E.Smith stole home and S.Byas stole second; J.Sparks
walked; B.Horne struck out; P.Bassett walked [S.Byas to third,
J.Sparks to second]; W.Cornelius struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. 8, American Giants 8.
10TH: L.Morney singled; J.Williams out on unknown play;
T.Dukes out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 8, American Giants 8.
AMERICAN GIANTS 10TH: S.CARTER REPLACED B.HARVEY (PITCHING);
W.Simms walked; W.Simms stole second [W.Simms to third (error by
T.Dukes)]; A.Radcliff was walked intentionally; W.Simms was
caught stealing home (T.Dukes to C.Henderson to T.Dukes)
[A.Radcliff to second]; E.Smith singled to left field
[A.Radcliff scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 8, American Giants
9.
Final Totals R H E LOB
8 15 4 12
American Giants 9 13 2 11
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