St. Louis Stars 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 - 10 16 0
Chicago American Giants 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 11 0
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leslie Green cf 4 2 1 1 1 0 1 0
Dan Wilson lf 5 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
Buddy Armour ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Ford 2b 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0
Ed Mayweather 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Bradford rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0
Bob Smith c 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
George Mitchell 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Lefty Calhoun p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 16 10 2 0 27 0
BATTING -
3B: Leslie Green, Dan Wilson, Jimmy Ford.
SH: Bill Bradford, Lefty Calhoun.
GDP: Jimmy Ford.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
SB: Jimmy Ford.
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Willie Simms cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Billy Horne 2b, ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
Alex Radcliff 3b 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Young 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
Donald Reeves rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Joe Sparks ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Subby Byas ph, 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ernest Smith lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilson Redus ph, lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Pepper Bassett c 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Tommy Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Trent p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Bissant ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Cornelius p 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jesse Houston p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 11 5 2 1 27 2
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Billy Horne, Ed Young, Joe Sparks.
BATTING -
2B: Ed Young, Pepper Bassett.
3B: Pepper Bassett.
SH: Billy Horne.
SF: Donald Reeves.
HBP: Willie Simms.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
CS: Billy Horne.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Lefty Calhoun W 9 11 5 5 2 1 0 40
Totals 9 11 5 5 2 1 0 40
HBP: Lefty Calhoun.
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Tommy Johnson 1.1 7 5 5 0 0 0 11
Ted Trent 1.2 2 1 1 1 0 0 7
Willie Cornelius 4.2 7 4 4 1 0 0 22
Jesse Houston 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 9 16 10 10 2 0 0 44
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 2 -- at Chicago Am. Giants (D)
Starting Lineups:
Chicago
1. L.Green cf W.Simms cf
2. D.Wilson lf B.Horne 2b
3. B.Armour ss A.Radcliff 3b
4. J.Ford 2b E.Young 1b
5. E.Mayweather 1b D.Reeves rf
6. B.Bradford rf J.Sparks ss
7. B.Smith c E.Smith lf
8. G.Mitchell 3b P.Bassett c
9. L.Calhoun p T.Johnson p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories; L.Green
out on unknown play; D.Wilson singled; B.Armour singled
[D.Wilson to second]; J.Ford popped to B.Horne; E.Mayweather
singled [D.Wilson scored, B.Armour to second]; B.Bradford
singled [B.Armour scored, E.Mayweather to second]; B.Smith out
on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 2, Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled; B.Horne out on a sacrifice
bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Simms to second]; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
2, Am. Giants 0.
2ND: G.Mitchell singled; L.Calhoun out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [G.Mitchell to second]; L.Green tripled
[G.Mitchell scored]; D.Wilson tripled [L.Green scored]; T.TRENT
REPLACED T.JOHNSON (PITCHING); B.Armour singled [D.Wilson
scored]; J.Ford grounded into a double play (J.Sparks to B.Horne
to E.Young) [B.Armour out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 5,
Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 2ND: D.Reeves out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on
unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
5, Am. Giants 0.
3RD: E.Mayweather walked; B.Bradford out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [E.Mayweather to second]; B.Smith singled
[E.Mayweather scored]; G.Mitchell out on unknown play; L.Calhoun
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 6, Am. Giants 0.
AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Bassett tripled; J.BISSANT BATTED FOR
T.TRENT; J.Bissant out on unknown play; W.Simms walked; B.Horne
forced W.Simms (unknown fielder) [P.Bassett scored, B.Horne to
first]; B.Horne was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 6, Am. Giants 1.
4TH: W.CORNELIUS REPLACED J.BISSANT (PITCHING); L.Green out on
unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Armour out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 6, Am. Giants 1.
AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff singled; E.Young doubled [A.Radcliff
to third]; D.Reeves out on a sacrifice fly to B.Bradford
[A.Radcliff scored]; S.BYAS BATTED FOR J.SPARKS; S.Byas struck
out; W.REDUS BATTED FOR E.SMITH; W.Redus singled [E.Young
scored]; P.Bassett doubled [W.Redus scored]; W.Cornelius walked;
W.Simms was hit by a pitch [P.Bassett to third, W.Cornelius to
second]; B.Horne flied to L.Green; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 6,
Am. Giants 4.
5TH: S.BYAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); W.REDUS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); B.HORNE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
J.Ford singled; J.Ford stole second; E.Mayweather out on unknown
play; B.Bradford singled [J.Ford scored]; B.Smith out on unknown
play; G.Mitchell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 7,
Am. Giants 4.
AM. GIANTS 5TH: A.Radcliff singled; E.Young out on unknown
play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 7, Am. Giants 4.
6TH: L.Calhoun out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown
play; D.Wilson singled; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. 7, Am. Giants 4.
AM. GIANTS 6TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on
unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 7, Am. Giants 4.
7TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather singled;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 7, Am. Giants 4.
AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; B.Horne singled;
A.Radcliff singled [B.Horne to second]; E.Young singled [B.Horne
scored, A.Radcliff to second]; D.Reeves out on unknown play;
S.Byas out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 7, Am.
Giants 5.
8TH: G.Mitchell singled; L.Calhoun out on unknown play;
L.Green walked [G.Mitchell to second]; D.Wilson singled
[G.Mitchell to third, L.Green to second]; B.Armour out on
unknown play; J.Ford tripled [G.Mitchell scored, L.Green scored,
D.Wilson scored]; J.HOUSTON REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING);
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 10,
Am. Giants 5.
AM. GIANTS 8TH: W.Redus singled; P.Bassett out on unknown play;
J.Houston out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 10, Am. Giants 5.
9TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown
play; G.Mitchell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
10, Am. Giants 5.
AM. GIANTS 9TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
10, Am. Giants 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
10 16 0 7
Am. Giants 5 11 0 8
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