Cleveland Bears 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 6
St. Louis Stars 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 x - 5 7 4
BATTING
Cleveland Bears AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Johnny Ray cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0
Parnell Woods 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 2
John Lyles ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 4
Henry Turner c 4 0 0 0 0 5 0
Mint Jones 1b 4 0 0 0 0 10 1
Dusty Decker rf 4 1 2 0 0 3 0
Ralph Coles lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 0
Al Frazier 2b 3 1 1 0 0 2 4
Red Howard p 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Smoky Owens ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 2 0 10 24 12
FIELDING -
DP: 2. John Lyles, Henry Turner, Mint Jones 2, Al Frazier.
E: 6. Parnell Woods, Henry Turner, Ralph Coles, Al Frazier 3.
BATTING -
2B: Parnell Woods.
SH: Red Howard, Smoky Owens.
HBP: Al Frazier.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
SB: Ralph Coles.
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leslie Green cf 4 0 2 0 0 2 0
Dan Wilson lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 0
Bill Bradford rf 4 2 1 0 0 1 0
Buddy Armour ss 4 1 0 1 0 2 3
Ed Mayweather 1b 4 0 0 0 0 7 0
Jimmy Ford 2b 4 1 2 1 0 3 2
Bobby Robinson 3b 1 0 0 1 2 0 1
Raymond Taylor c 4 0 1 1 0 11 0
Robert Dean p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Lefty Calhoun p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5 2 4 27 8
FIELDING -
E: 4. Dan Wilson, Jimmy Ford 2, Raymond Taylor.
BATTING -
3B: Jimmy Ford.
HR: Dan Wilson.
SH: Bobby Robinson.
GDP: Dan Wilson.
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING -
SB: Leslie Green, Bill Bradford.
PITCHING
Cleveland Bears IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Red Howard L 8 7 5 3 2 4 1 35
Totals 8 7 5 3 2 4 1 35
WP: Red Howard.
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Robert Dean W 6 6 2 1 0 6 0 25
Lefty Calhoun SV 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 12
Totals 9 7 3 1 0 10 0 37
HBP: Lefty Calhoun.
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Wessel, 1B - Coulter
Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Friday, 7/14/1939 -- Cleveland Bears at (N)
Starting Lineups:
Cleveland
1. J.Ray cf L.Green cf
2. P.Woods 3b D.Wilson lf
3. J.Lyles ss B.Bradford rf
4. H.Turner c B.Armour ss
5. M.Jones 1b E.Mayweather 1b
6. D.Decker rf J.Ford 2b
7. R.Coles lf B.Robinson 3b
8. A.Frazier 2b R.Taylor c
9. R.Howard p R.Dean p
BEARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and
box sc; J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play;
J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, 0.
1ST: L.Green singled; L.Green stole second; R.Howard threw a
wild pitch [L.Green to third]; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
B.Bradford hit into a double play (M.Jones to H.Turner) [L.Green
out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, 0.
BEARS 2ND: H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown
play; D.Decker singled; R.Coles singled [D.Decker to second];
A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0,
0.
2ND: B.Armour reached on an error by A.Frazier [B.Armour to
first]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown
play; B.Robinson walked [B.Armour to second]; R.Taylor singled
[B.Armour scored (unearned), B.Robinson to second]; R.Dean out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0, 1.
BEARS 3RD: R.Howard singled; R.Howard was picked off first, but
was safe on an error by R.Taylor [R.Howard to second]; J.Ray out
on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, 1.
3RD: L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson homered; B.Bradford
out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, 2.
BEARS 4TH: H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown
play; D.Decker singled; R.Coles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, 2.
4TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Ford tripled;
B.Robinson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Ford
scored]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Bears 0, 3.
BEARS 5TH: A.Frazier singled; R.Howard out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [A.Frazier to second]; J.Ray out on unknown
play; P.Woods doubled [A.Frazier scored]; J.Lyles reached on an
error by D.Wilson [P.Woods scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Lyles
to first]; H.Turner out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Bears 2, 3.
5TH: R.Dean out on unknown play; L.Green singled; D.Wilson
grounded into a double play (A.Frazier to J.Lyles to M.Jones)
[L.Green out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 2, 3.
BEARS 6TH: M.Jones out on unknown play; D.Decker out on unknown
play; R.Coles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears
2, 3.
6TH: B.Bradford reached on an error by P.Woods [B.Bradford to
first]; B.Bradford stole second [B.Bradford to third (error by
H.Turner)]; B.Armour out on unknown play [B.Bradford scored
(unearned)]; E.Mayweather reached on an error by A.Frazier
[E.Mayweather to second (error by A.Frazier)]; J.Ford out on
unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 4
E, 1 LOB. Bears 2, 4.
BEARS 7TH: L.CALHOUN REPLACED R.DEAN (PITCHING); 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 2, 4.
7TH: R.Taylor reached on an error by R.Coles [R.Taylor to
first]; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown
play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears
2, 4.
BEARS 8TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown
play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears
2, 4.
8TH: B.Bradford singled; B.Armour out on unknown play
[B.Bradford to second]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Ford
singled [B.Bradford scored]; B.Robinson walked [J.Ford to
second]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Bears 2, 5.
BEARS 9TH: M.Jones out on unknown play; D.Decker reached on an
error by J.Ford [D.Decker to second (error by J.Ford)]; R.Coles
singled [D.Decker scored (unearned)]; R.Coles stole second;
A.Frazier was hit by a pitch; S.OWENS BATTED FOR R.HOWARD;
S.Owens out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Coles to
third, A.Frazier to second]; J.Ray out on unknown play; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Bears 3, 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Bears 3 7 6 7
5 7 4 6
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