Philadelphia Stars 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 3 9 2 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 4 10 4 BATTING Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Goose Curry lf 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Mahlon Duckett 2b 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jim West 1b 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Bus Clarkson ss 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 Henry Spearman 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Gene Benson cf 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Marvin Barker rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Clarence Palm c 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Joe Fillmore p 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barney Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 46 3 9 3 2 0 35 2 FIELDING - DP: 2. Goose Curry, Mahlon Duckett, Jim West, Bus Clarkson. E: 2. Marvin Barker, Joe Fillmore. BATTING - 2B: Bus Clarkson 2, Henry Spearman. GDP: Joe Fillmore. Team LOB: 9 Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Butts ss 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Sammy Hughes 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 George Scales 1b 5 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 Bill Hoskins lf 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Bill Byrd ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wild Bill Wright rf 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Felton Snow 3b 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Bob Clarke c 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Jonas Gaines p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Harvey p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 45 4 10 4 5 0 36 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Tommy Butts, Sammy Hughes, George Scales. E: 4. Tommy Butts 2, George Scales, Bill Hoskins. BATTING - 2B: Sammy Hughes, George Scales. SH: Sammy Hughes, Jonas Gaines. IW: Wild Bill Wright. GDP: Wild Bill Wright. Team LOB: 13 BASERUNNING - SB: Henry Kimbro, Tommy Butts. PITCHING Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Joe Fillmore L 11.1 9 4 2 4 0 0 49 Barney Brown 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 Totals 11.2 10 4 2 5 0 0 52 IW: Barney Brown. Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jonas Gaines 10.1 9 3 3 1 0 0 42 Bill Harvey W 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 Totals 12 9 3 3 2 0 0 48 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - John Craig, 1B - Crush Holloway Time of Game: 3:35 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/6/1942, game 1 -- Philadelphia Stars at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Philadelphia Baltimore 1. G.Curry lf H.Kimbro cf 2. M.Duckett 2b T.Butts ss 3. J.West 1b S.Hughes 2b 4. B.Clarkson ss G.Scales 1b 5. H.Spearman 3b B.Hoskins lf 6. G.Benson cf W.Wright rf 7. M.Barker rf F.Snow 3b 8. C.Palm c B.Clarke c 9. J.Fillmore p J.Gaines p STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; G.Curry out on unknown play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; J.West walked; B.Clarkson singled [J.West to second]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 0, Elite Giants 0. STARS 2ND: G.Benson out on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; C.Palm out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: G.Scales out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; W.Wright singled; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 0, Elite Giants 0. STARS 3RD: J.Fillmore out on unknown play; G.Curry out on unknown play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Clarke singled; J.Gaines out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Clarke to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 0, Elite Giants 0. STARS 4TH: J.West out on unknown play; B.Clarkson doubled; H.Spearman doubled [B.Clarkson scored]; G.Benson out on unknown play; M.Barker out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: S.Hughes singled; G.Scales doubled [S.Hughes scored]; B.Hoskins walked; W.Wright grounded into a double play (B.Clarkson to J.West) [G.Scales to third, B.Hoskins out at second]; F.Snow out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. STARS 5TH: C.Palm reached on an error by G.Scales [C.Palm to first]; J.Fillmore out on unknown play; G.Curry out on unknown play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. STARS 6TH: J.West reached on an error by T.Butts [J.West to second (error by T.Butts)]; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; G.Benson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. STARS 7TH: M.Barker out on unknown play; C.Palm out on unknown play; J.Fillmore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: B.Hoskins out on unknown play; W.Wright singled; F.Snow reached on a fielder's choice [W.Wright to second]; B.Clarke out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. STARS 8TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; J.West singled to left field [J.West to second (error by B.Hoskins)]; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: H.Kimbro reached on an error by J.Fillmore [H.Kimbro to first]; H.Kimbro stole second; T.Butts singled [H.Kimbro scored (unearned)]; T.Butts stole second; S.Hughes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Butts to third]; G.Scales out on unknown play; B.Hoskins walked; W.Wright out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 2. STARS 9TH: H.Spearman out on unknown play; G.Benson singled; M.Barker singled [G.Benson to second]; C.Palm singled [G.Benson scored, M.Barker to second]; J.Fillmore grounded into a double play (T.Butts to S.Hughes to G.Scales) [C.Palm out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Clarke walked; J.Gaines singled [B.Clarke to second]; H.Kimbro hit into a double play (G.Curry to M.Duckett) [B.Clarke out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Elite Giants 2. STARS 10TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 2, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 10TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 2, Elite Giants 2. STARS 11TH: B.Clarkson doubled to left field; H.Spearman out on unknown play; G.Benson singled [B.Clarkson scored]; B.HARVEY REPLACED J.GAINES (PITCHING); M.Barker out on unknown play; C.Palm walked [G.Benson to second]; J.Fillmore out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 3, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 11TH: B.Hoskins reached on an error by M.Barker [B.Hoskins to third]; W.Wright lined to M.Barker [B.Hoskins scored (unearned)]; F.Snow singled; B.Clarke reached on a fielder's choice [F.Snow to second]; B.Harvey out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Stars 3, Elite Giants 3. STARS 12TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; M.Duckett out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 3, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 12TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; S.Hughes doubled; G.Scales walked; B.BROWN REPLACED J.FILLMORE (PITCHING); B.BYRD BATTED FOR B.HOSKINS; B.Byrd out on unknown play [S.Hughes to third, G.Scales to second]; W.Wright was walked intentionally; F.Snow singled to center field [S.Hughes scored, G.Scales to third, W.Wright to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Stars 3, Elite Giants 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Stars 3 9 2 9 Elite Giants 4 10 4 13
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