Newark Eagles 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 4 9 0 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 7 1 BATTING Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Wells ss 3 1 0 1 1 3 3 Dick Seay 2b 4 0 1 1 0 4 2 Ed Stone rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 Mule Suttles 1b 5 0 2 0 0 7 2 Monte Irvin 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Fred Wilson lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 Lennie Pearson cf 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 Biz Mackey c 4 1 3 1 0 5 0 Leon Day p 3 1 2 1 1 0 3 Totals 35 4 9 4 3 2 27 11 BATTING - 2B: Mule Suttles. 3B: Leon Day 2. SH: Dick Seay. SF: Willie Wells. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Wells. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 Sammy Hughes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 Red Moore 1b 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Wild Bill Wright rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 Bill Hoskins lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 Felton Snow 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 Tommy Butts ss 2 0 1 0 1 2 3 Bill Byrd ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Roy Campanella c 2 0 0 0 0 10 1 Emery Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jonas Gaines p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Oscar Boone ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 2 7 2 1 10 27 11 FIELDING - E: 1. Bill Hoskins. PB: 1. Roy Campanella. BATTING - HBP: Roy Campanella. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leon Day W 9 7 2 2 1 10 0 37 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 10 0 37 HBP: Leon Day. Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jonas Gaines L 9 9 4 3 3 2 0 40 Totals 9 9 4 3 3 2 0 40 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B - Kemp, 2B - , 3B - Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 3700 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/23/1939, game 1 -- Newark Eagles at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Newark Baltimore 1. W.Wells ss H.Kimbro cf 2. D.Seay 2b S.Hughes 2b 3. E.Stone rf R.Moore 1b 4. M.Suttles 1b W.Wright rf 5. M.Irvin 3b B.Hoskins lf 6. F.Wilson lf F.Snow 3b 7. L.Pearson cf T.Butts ss 8. B.Mackey c R.Campanella c 9. L.Day p J.Gaines p EAGLES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Wells out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 0, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 2ND: M.Suttles doubled; M.Irvin out on unknown play; F.Wilson singled (unknown fielder) [M.Suttles out at home, F.Wilson to second]; L.Pearson walked; B.Mackey singled [F.Wilson scored, L.Pearson to second]; R.Campanella allowed a passed ball [L.Pearson to third, B.Mackey to second]; L.Day walked; W.Wells out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; F.Snow singled; T.Butts singled [F.Snow to second]; R.Campanella was hit by a pitch [F.Snow to third, T.Butts to second]; J.Gaines struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 3RD: D.Seay singled; E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles singled [D.Seay to second]; M.Irvin reached on a fielder's choice [D.Seay to third, M.Suttles to second]; F.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; R.Moore singled; W.Wright reached on a fielder's choice [R.Moore to second]; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 1, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 4TH: B.Mackey singled; L.Day tripled to center field [B.Mackey scored]; W.Wells walked; W.Wells stole second; D.Seay out on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 5TH: M.Irvin out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Gaines out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 2, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 6TH: B.Mackey out on unknown play; L.Day tripled to deep right-center; W.Wells out on a sacrifice fly to B.Hoskins [L.Day scored]; D.Seay out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 3, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 7TH: E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; T.Butts walked; R.Campanella out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 3, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 8TH: F.Wilson out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Mackey singled; L.Day out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Eagles 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 3, Elite Giants 0. EAGLES 9TH: W.Wells reached on an error by B.Hoskins [W.Wells to second]; D.Seay out on a sacrifice bunt (J.Gaines to R.Moore) [W.Wells scored (unearned) (on throw)]; Wells was running with the pitch; E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: W.Wright singled; B.Hoskins forced W.Wright (L.Day to W.Wells) [B.Hoskins to first]; Wright broke up relay throw to 1B; F.Snow singled to center field [B.Hoskins to third]; B.BYRD BATTED FOR T.BUTTS; B.Byrd singled [B.Hoskins scored, F.Snow to third]; E.ADAMS BATTED FOR R.CAMPANELLA; E.Adams popped to W.Wells; Wells: great catch; O.BOONE BATTED FOR J.GAINES; O.Boone singled to left-center [F.Snow scored, B.Byrd to second]; H.Kimbro flied to L.Pearson; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Eagles 4, Elite Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Eagles 4 9 0 9 Elite Giants 2 7 1 8
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