New York Cubans 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 2 Baltimore Elite Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fermin Valdes ss 5 0 2 0 0 3 2 Antonio Rodriguez 2b 2 1 1 0 1 3 1 Jose Vargas lf 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 Antonio Mirabal 1b 4 1 0 0 0 10 0 Ramon Heredia 3b 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 Cando Lopez cf 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 Esterio Caraballo rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jose Maria Fernandez c 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 Silvino Ruiz p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 33 5 10 5 3 4 27 4 FIELDING - DP: 1. Fermin Valdes, Antonio Rodriguez, Antonio Mirabal. E: 2. Fermin Valdes, Ramon Heredia. BATTING - HR: Ramon Heredia. SH: Antonio Rodriguez. GDP: Jose Vargas, Esterio Caraballo. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Antonio Rodriguez. CS: Fermin Valdes, Jose Vargas. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sammy Hughes 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 6 2 Wild Bill Wright rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Bill Hoskins lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Red Moore 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 Felton Snow ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 Charlie Rivera 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Roy Campanella ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oscar Boone c 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Jonas Gaines p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Hubert p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bill Byrd ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Emery Adams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 6 0 2 2 27 4 FIELDING - DP: 2. Sammy Hughes 2, Red Moore 2, Felton Snow 2. E: 1. Sammy Hughes. BATTING - GDP: Charlie Rivera. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Silvino Ruiz W 9 6 1 0 2 2 0 34 Totals 9 6 1 0 2 2 0 34 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jonas Gaines L 0.1 4 4 3 0 0 0 6 Willie Hubert 7.2 6 1 1 3 3 1 28 Emery Adams 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 9 10 5 4 3 4 1 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B - Cromwell Time of Game: 1:45 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/16/1939, game 1 -- New York Cubans at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: New York Baltimore 1. F.Valdes ss H.Kimbro cf 2. A.Rodriguez 2b S.Hughes 2b 3. J.Vargas lf W.Wright rf 4. A.Mirabal 1b B.Hoskins lf 5. R.Heredia 3b R.Moore 1b 6. C.Lopez cf F.Snow ss 7. E.Caraballo rf C.Rivera 3b 8. J.Fernandez c O.Boone c 9. S.Ruiz p J.Gaines p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.Valdes reached on an error by S.Hughes [F.Valdes to first]; A.Rodriguez singled [F.Valdes to second]; J.Vargas singled [F.Valdes to third, A.Rodriguez to second]; A.Mirabal forced F.Valdes (unknown fielder) [A.Rodriguez to third, J.Vargas to second, A.Mirabal to first]; R.Heredia singled [A.Rodriguez scored (unearned), J.Vargas scored, A.Mirabal to third, R.Heredia to second (on throw)]; C.Lopez singled [A.Mirabal scored, R.Heredia scored]; W.HUBERT REPLACED J.GAINES (PITCHING); E.Caraballo grounded into a double play (F.Snow to S.Hughes to R.Moore) [C.Lopez out at second]; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes walked; W.Wright forced S.Hughes (F.Valdes to A.Rodriguez) [W.Wright to first]; B.Hoskins reached on an error by R.Heredia [W.Wright scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Hoskins to second]; R.Moore out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 2ND: J.Fernandez singled; S.Ruiz out on unknown play [J.Fernandez to second]; F.Valdes out on unknown play [J.Fernandez to third]; A.Rodriguez walked; A.Rodriguez stole second; J.Vargas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: F.Snow singled; C.Rivera grounded into a double play (A.Rodriguez to F.Valdes to A.Mirabal) [F.Snow out at second]; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 3RD: A.Mirabal out on unknown play; R.Heredia out on unknown play; C.Lopez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: W.Hubert out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 4TH: E.Caraballo out on unknown play; J.Fernandez out on unknown play; S.Ruiz out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: W.Wright singled; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; F.Snow walked [W.Wright to second]; C.Rivera out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 5TH: F.Valdes singled; A.Rodriguez out on unknown play; J.Vargas grounded into a double play (F.Snow to S.Hughes to R.Moore) [F.Valdes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: O.Boone struck out; W.Hubert struck out; H.Kimbro singled; S.Hughes singled [H.Kimbro to second]; H.Kimbro was picked off second (F.Valdes unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 6TH: Kimbro was caught on hidden ball trick; A.Mirabal out on unknown play; R.Heredia singled; C.Lopez singled [R.Heredia to second]; E.Caraballo out on unknown play; J.Fernandez out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 7TH: S.Ruiz out on unknown play; F.Valdes singled; A.Rodriguez out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Valdes to second]; F.Valdes was caught stealing third (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; C.Rivera out on unknown play; O.Boone out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 8TH: J.Vargas walked; J.Vargas was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); A.Mirabal out on unknown play; R.Heredia homered to leftfield; C.Lopez walked; E.Caraballo out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.BYRD BATTED FOR W.HUBERT; B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Kimbro singled to center field (C.Lopez to A.Rodriguez) [H.Kimbro out at second]; S.Hughes reached on an error by F.Valdes [S.Hughes to first]; W.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1. CUBANS 9TH: E.ADAMS REPLACED B.BYRD (PITCHING); J.Fernandez out on unknown play; S.Ruiz out on unknown play; F.Valdes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: B.Hoskins singled; R.Moore out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; R.CAMPANELLA BATTED FOR C.RIVERA; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 5, Elite Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 5 10 2 5 Elite Giants 1 6 1 6
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