St. Louis Stars 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 3
Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 x - 6 14 4
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leslie Green cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
Bobby Robinson 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1
Dan Wilson lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 0
Ed Mayweather 1b 3 0 1 1 0 6 0
Jimmy Ford ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 3
Marshall Riddle 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 5
Bill Bradford rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Raymond Taylor c 3 1 0 0 1 10 0
Theolic Smith p 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Buddy Armour ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 5 2 4 6 24 15
FIELDING -
E: 3. Dan Wilson, Ed Mayweather, Theolic Smith.
BATTING -
3B: Bobby Robinson, Marshall Riddle.
SH: Ed Mayweather.
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING -
SB: Dan Wilson, Raymond Taylor.
CS: Bobby Robinson.
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Willie Simms cf 5 1 3 1 0 3 0
Alex Radcliff 3b 4 1 3 0 1 0 1
John Bissant lf, 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ed Young 1b 5 0 1 0 0 15 0
Donald Reeves rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 0
Joe Sparks ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ernest Smith ph, lf 4 1 0 0 0 2 0
Billy Horne 2b, ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 11
Pepper Bassett c 3 1 1 2 0 6 2
Lefty Bowe p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Subby Byas ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Willie Cornelius pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesse Houston p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 39 6 14 5 1 8 27 19
FIELDING -
E: 4. John Bissant, Ed Young 2, Joe Sparks.
BATTING -
2B: Willie Simms, Alex Radcliff, Pepper Bassett.
HR: Donald Reeves.
SF: Pepper Bassett.
IW: Alex Radcliff.
Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING -
SB: Willie Cornelius.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Theolic Smith L 8 14 6 4 1 8 1 41
Totals 8 14 6 4 1 8 1 41
IW: Theolic Smith.
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Lefty Bowe W 6 5 4 3 4 6 0 27
Jesse Houston SV 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Totals 9 5 4 3 4 6 0 36
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, 8/20/1939, game 1 -- at Chicago Am. Giants (D)
Starting Lineups:
Chicago
1. L.Green cf W.Simms cf
2. B.Robinson 3b A.Radcliff 3b
3. D.Wilson lf J.Bissant lf
4. E.Mayweather 1b E.Young 1b
5. J.Ford ss D.Reeves rf
6. M.Riddle 2b J.Sparks ss
7. B.Bradford rf B.Horne 2b
8. R.Taylor c P.Bassett c
9. T.Smith p L.Bowe p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green out on unknown play; B.Robinson tripled; D.Wilson
walked; D.Wilson stole second [B.Robinson scored (error by
J.Sparks), D.Wilson to third]; E.Mayweather out on a sacrifice
bunt (A.Radcliff to E.Young) [D.Wilson scored]; J.Ford walked;
M.Riddle tripled [J.Ford scored]; B.Bradford was called out on
strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 3, Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
doubled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 3, Am. Giants 0.
2ND: R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown
play; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 3,
Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 2ND: D.Reeves out on unknown play; E.SMITH BATTED
FOR J.SPARKS; E.Smith out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 3, Am. Giants 0.
3RD: E.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J.BISSANT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); B.HORNE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
B.Robinson out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather singled; E.Mayweather was picked off first, but was
safe on an error by E.Young [E.Mayweather to second]; J.Ford out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 3, Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; L.Bowe out on
unknown play; W.Simms singled; A.Radcliff singled [W.Simms to
second]; A.Radcliff was picked off first, but was safe on an
error by T.Smith [W.Simms to third, A.Radcliff to second];
J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 3, Am.
Giants 0.
4TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Bradford out on unknown
play; R.Taylor walked; R.Taylor stole second; T.Smith reached on
an error [R.Taylor scored (unearned) (no RBI), T.Smith to first
(error by E.Young; assist by B.Horne)]; L.Green out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 4, Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 4TH: E.Young singled; D.Reeves out on unknown play;
E.Smith out on unknown play; B.Horne singled [E.Young to
second]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
4, Am. Giants 0.
5TH: B.Robinson singled; B.Robinson was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); D.Wilson out on unknown play; E.Mayweather
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 5TH: L.Bowe out on unknown play; W.Simms out on
unknown play; A.Radcliff singled; J.Bissant reached on an error
by D.Wilson [A.Radcliff scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Bissant to
first]; E.Young out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. 4, Am. Giants 1.
6TH: J.Ford singled to second base [J.Ford to second (error by
J.Bissant)]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Bradford walked;
R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 4, Am. Giants 1.
AM. GIANTS 6TH: D.Reeves out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; B.Horne singled to second base; P.Bassett doubled
[B.Horne scored]; S.BYAS BATTED FOR L.BOWE; S.Byas singled
[P.Bassett to third]; W.CORNELIUS RAN FOR S.BYAS; W.Cornelius
stole second; W.Simms singled to pitcher [P.Bassett scored,
W.Cornelius to third]; A.Radcliff was walked intentionally
[W.Simms to second]; J.Bissant forced A.Radcliff (unknown
fielder) [J.Bissant to first]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 4, Am.
Giants 3.
7TH: J.HOUSTON REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); L.Green out on
unknown play; B.Robinson out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Am. Giants 3.
AM. GIANTS 7TH: E.Young out on unknown play; D.Reeves homered;
E.Smith reached on an error by E.Mayweather [E.Smith to first];
B.Horne singled [E.Smith to third]; P.Bassett out on a sacrifice
fly to unknown fielder [E.Smith scored (unearned)]; J.Houston
out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 4, Am.
Giants 5.
8TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown
play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4,
Am. Giants 5.
AM. GIANTS 8TH: W.Simms doubled; A.Radcliff grounded out
(J.Ford to E.Mayweather); J.Bissant singled to right field
[W.Simms scored]; E.Young out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Am. Giants 6.
9TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; B.ARMOUR BATTED FOR T.SMITH; B.Armour out on unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Am. Giants 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
4 5 3 5
Am. Giants 6 14 4 11
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