Cleveland Bears 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 8 2 Chicago American Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 4 BATTING Cleveland Bears AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 John Lyles ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 Parnell Woods 3b 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 Henry Turner c 4 0 2 1 0 3 0 Duke Cleveland rf 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 Ralph Coles lf 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 Mint Jones 1b 4 0 1 0 0 12 0 Al Frazier 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 Smoky Owens p 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 Totals 36 3 8 2 2 5 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. John Lyles, Parnell Woods, Mint Jones. E: 2. Al Frazier, Smoky Owens. BATTING - 3B: Parnell Woods. SH: Duke Cleveland. Team LOB: 9 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 John Bissant lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ed Young 1b 3 1 1 0 0 11 0 Subby Byas c 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 Donald Reeves rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Joe Sparks ss 3 0 1 1 0 3 2 Ernest Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Horne 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 Jesse Houston p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Totals 33 1 9 1 1 3 27 7 FIELDING - E: 4. Alex Radcliff, Ed Young, Donald Reeves, Billy Horne. BATTING - SH: Ed Young. GDP: Ed Young. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Ed Young. PITCHING Cleveland Bears IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Smoky Owens W 9 9 1 1 1 3 0 35 Totals 9 9 1 1 1 3 0 35 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jesse Houston L 9 8 3 3 2 5 0 39 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 5 0 39 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 2 -- 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. S.Owens p J.Houston p BEARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Ray reached on an error by E.Young [J.Ray to first]; J.Lyles out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. BEARS 2ND: D.Cleveland singled; R.Coles out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: E.Young singled to second base; E.Young stole second; S.Byas grounded out (J.Lyles to M.Jones); D.Reeves singled [E.Young to third]; J.Sparks grounded out (A.Frazier to M.Jones) [E.Young scored, D.Reeves to second]; B.Horne out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 1. BEARS 3RD: S.Owens 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 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Houston out on unknown play; W.Simms singled; W.Simms was picked off first (unknown fielder); A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 1. BEARS 4TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; H.Turner singled to third base [H.Turner to second (error by A.Radcliff)]; D.Cleveland out on unknown play; R.Coles walked; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: J.Bissant singled; E.Young out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Bissant to second]; S.Byas out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 1. BEARS 5TH: A.Frazier reached on an error by B.Horne [A.Frazier to first]; S.Owens out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Lyles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: J.Sparks out on unknown play; B.Horne singled to second base [B.Horne to second (error by A.Frazier)]; J.Houston out on unknown play; B.Horne was picked off second, but was safe on an error by S.Owens [B.Horne to third]; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, American Giants 1. BEARS 6TH: P.Woods tripled to left field; H.Turner singled to right field [P.Woods scored]; D.Cleveland out on a sacrifice bunt (A.Radcliff to E.Young) [H.Turner to second]; R.Coles struck out; M.Jones grounded out (B.Horne to E.Young); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 1, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 1, American Giants 1. BEARS 7TH: A.Frazier out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 1, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: S.Byas walked; D.Reeves singled to left field [S.Byas to second]; J.Sparks singled to third base [S.Byas to third, D.Reeves to second]; B.Horne popped to A.Frazier; J.Houston struck out; W.Simms flied to R.Coles; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Bears 1, American Giants 1. BEARS 8TH: J.Lyles grounded out (B.Horne to E.Young); P.Woods singled to center field; H.Turner flied to J.Bissant; D.Cleveland singled to right field [P.Woods scored (no RBI) (error by D.Reeves)]; R.Coles singled to center field [D.Cleveland scored]; M.Jones singled to left-center [R.Coles to third]; A.Frazier popped to B.Horne; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Bears 3, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: A.Radcliff singled to short centerfield; J.Bissant popped to S.Owens; E.Young grounded into a double play (P.Woods to J.Lyles to M.Jones) [A.Radcliff out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 3, American Giants 1. BEARS 9TH: S.Owens grounded out (A.Radcliff to E.Young); J.Ray walked; J.Lyles flied to W.Simms; P.Woods flied to W.Simms; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: S.Byas singled; D.Reeves lined to D.Cleveland; E.SMITH BATTED FOR J.SPARKS; E.Smith forced S.Byas (S.Owens to J.Lyles) [E.Smith to first]; B.Horne grounded out (A.Frazier to M.Jones); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, American Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Bears 3 8 2 9 American Giants 1 9 4 7
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