Cleveland Bears 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 2 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 2 BATTING Cleveland Bears AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray cf 5 1 2 1 0 4 0 John Lyles ss 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 Parnell Woods 3b 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 Henry Turner c 4 0 1 1 0 3 1 Duke Cleveland rf 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Ralph Coles lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Mint Jones 1b 2 1 0 0 1 10 0 Al Frazier 2b 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 Preacher Henry p 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 11 4 1 7 27 6 FIELDING - E: 2. Henry Turner, Duke Cleveland. BATTING - 2B: Preacher Henry. SH: Mint Jones, Al Frazier 2. Team LOB: 7 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 John Bissant lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Ed Young 1b 4 1 2 0 0 9 2 Subby Byas c 3 0 0 0 1 7 0 Donald Reeves rf 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 Joe Sparks ss 2 0 0 0 2 1 3 Billy Horne 2b 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 Willie Cornelius p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Lefty Bowe p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ernest Smith ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Tommy Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 5 1 4 2 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Alex Radcliff, Ed Young, Willie Cornelius. E: 2. Joe Sparks, Billy Horne. BATTING - 3B: Ed Young. SF: Donald Reeves. IW: Subby Byas. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - CS: Willie Simms. PITCHING Cleveland Bears IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Preacher Henry W 9 5 2 1 4 2 0 35 Totals 9 5 2 1 4 2 0 35 IW: Preacher Henry. Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius L 4.1 6 3 2 1 3 0 19 Lefty Bowe 2.2 4 1 0 0 2 0 12 Tommy Johnson 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 Totals 9 11 4 2 1 7 0 38 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, 8/13/1939, game 1 -- Cleveland Bears at Chicago American Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Chicago 1. J.Ray cf W.Simms cf 2. J.Lyles ss A.Radcliff 3b 3. P.Woods 3b J.Bissant lf 4. H.Turner c E.Young 1b 5. D.Cleveland rf S.Byas c 6. R.Coles lf D.Reeves rf 7. M.Jones 1b J.Sparks ss 8. A.Frazier 2b B.Horne 2b 9. P.Henry p W.Cornelius p BEARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Lyles singled; P.Woods hit into a double play (W.Cornelius to E.Young to A.Radcliff) [J.Lyles out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled; W.Simms was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. BEARS 2ND: H.Turner singled; D.Cleveland singled [H.Turner to second]; R.Coles out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: E.Young singled; E.Young was picked off first, but was safe on an error by H.Turner [E.Young to second]; S.Byas out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Sparks walked; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. BEARS 3RD: P.Henry out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: W.Cornelius out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. BEARS 4TH: P.Woods singled; H.Turner out on unknown play; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; R.Coles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: J.Bissant was called out on strikes; E.Young tripled to left field; S.Byas was walked intentionally; D.Reeves out on a sacrifice fly to J.Ray [E.Young scored]; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 1. BEARS 5TH: M.Jones walked; A.Frazier out on a sacrifice bunt (E.Young to B.Horne) [M.Jones to second]; P.Henry doubled to right field [M.Jones scored]; J.Ray singled to center field [P.Henry scored]; L.BOWE REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); J.Lyles reached on a fielder's choice [J.Ray to second (error by J.Sparks; assist by B.Horne)]; P.Woods singled to center field [J.Ray scored (unearned), J.Lyles to third]; H.Turner grounded out (J.Sparks to E.Young) [J.Lyles scored (unearned), P.Woods to second]; D.Cleveland popped to A.Radcliff in foul territory; 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: B.Horne walked; L.Bowe out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 1. BEARS 6TH: R.Coles singled; M.Jones out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Coles to second]; A.Frazier out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Coles to third]; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: J.Bissant out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 1. BEARS 7TH: J.Ray singled to center field (W.Simms to B.Horne) [J.Ray out at second]; J.Lyles singled; P.Woods out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Sparks walked; B.Horne forced J.Sparks (unknown fielder) [B.Horne to first]; E.SMITH BATTED FOR L.BOWE; E.Smith singled to right field [B.Horne scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by D.Cleveland)]; W.Simms popped to A.Frazier; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 2. BEARS 8TH: T.JOHNSON REPLACED E.SMITH (PITCHING); D.Cleveland out on unknown play; R.Coles out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 2. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled; E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 2. BEARS 9TH: A.Frazier singled to second base [A.Frazier to second (error by B.Horne)]; P.Henry out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 2. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 4, American Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Bears 4 11 2 7 American Giants 2 5 2 6
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