New York Black Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 3
Newark Eagles 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 x - 4 8 2
BATTING
New York Black Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Skin Down Robinson 3b 4 0 3 0 0 2 2
Rufus Baker ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bricktop Wright ph, rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Bradford cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Buster Johnson cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zack Clayton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
Marvin Barker 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2
Art Milton lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Obie Lackey rf, ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
Clarence Palm c 3 0 2 0 0 8 1
Bob Griffith p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals 34 0 7 0 0 5 24 12
FIELDING -
E: 3. Buster Johnson 2, Art Milton.
BATTING -
2B: Skin Down Robinson.
GDP: Bill Bradford.
Team LOB: 7
Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Earl Richardson ss 3 0 2 2 1 1 4
Murray Watkins 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 5
Lennie Pearson 1b 3 1 0 0 1 11 0
Johnny Davis cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2
Larry Doby 2b 4 0 1 0 0 4 1
Bob Harvey lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
James Brown rf 4 1 2 0 0 2 0
Leon Ruffin c 3 0 1 0 0 6 1
Leniel Hooker p 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 3 2 7 27 13
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Earl Richardson, Lennie Pearson, Larry Doby.
E: 2. Murray Watkins, Larry Doby.
BATTING -
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING -
SB: Leon Ruffin.
CS: Earl Richardson.
PITCHING
New York Black Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bob Griffith L 8 8 4 2 2 7 0 34
Totals 8 8 4 2 2 7 0 34
Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Leniel Hooker W 9 7 0 0 0 5 0 34
Totals 9 7 0 0 0 5 0 34
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - W. Moore, 1B - John Crawford
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/6/1943, game 1 -- at Newark Eagles (D)
Starting Lineups:
Newark
1. S.Down Robinson 3b E.Richardson ss
2. R.Baker ss M.Watkins 3b
3. B.Bradford cf L.Pearson 1b
4. Z.Clayton 1b J.Davis cf
5. M.Barker 2b L.Doby 2b
6. A.Milton lf B.Harvey lf
7. O.Lackey rf J.Brown rf
8. C.Palm c L.Ruffin c
9. B.Griffith p L.Hooker p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; S.Down Robinson doubled; R.Baker out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; Z.Clayton out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Eagles 0.
EAGLES 1ST: E.Richardson walked; M.Watkins out on unknown play;
L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Eagles 0.
2ND: M.Barker out on unknown play; A.Milton out on unknown
play; O.Lackey singled; C.Palm out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 0, Eagles 0.
EAGLES 2ND: L.Doby singled; B.Harvey out on unknown play;
J.Brown singled [L.Doby to second]; L.Ruffin forced J.Brown
(unknown fielder) [L.Doby to third, L.Ruffin to first]; L.Ruffin
stole second; L.Hooker out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. 0, Eagles 0.
3RD: B.Griffith out on unknown play; S.Down Robinson out on
unknown play; R.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
0, Eagles 0.
EAGLES 3RD: E.Richardson out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on
unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Eagles 0.
4TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; Z.Clayton out on unknown
play; M.Barker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
Eagles 0.
EAGLES 4TH: J.Davis singled to left field [J.Davis scored
(unearned) (error by A.Milton)]; L.Doby out on unknown play;
B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R
(-1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 0, Eagles 1.
5TH: A.Milton out on unknown play; O.Lackey out on unknown
play; C.Palm singled to third base [C.Palm to second (error by
M.Watkins)]; B.Griffith out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. 0, Eagles 1.
EAGLES 5TH: L.Ruffin out on unknown play; L.Hooker out on
unknown play; E.Richardson singled; E.Richardson was caught
stealing second (C.Palm to M.Barker); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
Eagles 1.
6TH: S.Down Robinson singled; R.Baker out on unknown play;
B.Bradford grounded into a double play (L.Doby to E.Richardson
to L.Pearson) [S.Down Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Eagles 1.
EAGLES 6TH: M.Watkins out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked;
J.Davis out on unknown play; L.Doby out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Eagles 1.
7TH: Z.Clayton reached on an error by L.Doby [Z.Clayton to
first]; M.Barker out on unknown play; A.Milton out on unknown
play; O.Lackey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 0,
Eagles 1.
EAGLES 7TH: B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Brown singled;
L.Ruffin singled [J.Brown to second]; L.Hooker forced L.Ruffin
(unknown fielder) [J.Brown to third, L.Hooker to first];
E.Richardson singled [J.Brown scored, L.Hooker scored];
M.Watkins out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Eagles
3.
8TH: C.Palm singled; B.Griffith singled [C.Palm to second];
S.Down Robinson singled [C.Palm to third, B.Griffith to second];
B.WRIGHT BATTED FOR R.BAKER; B.Wright struck out; B.Bradford
struck out; Z.Clayton struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 0,
Eagles 3.
EAGLES 8TH: B.JOHNSON REPLACED B.BRADFORD (PLAYING CF);
B.WRIGHT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); O.LACKEY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING SS); L.Pearson reached on an error by B.Johnson
[L.Pearson to third (error by B.Johnson)]; J.Davis out on
unknown play [L.Pearson scored (unearned)]; L.Doby out on
unknown play; B.Harvey singled; J.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. 0, Eagles 4.
9TH: M.Barker out on unknown play; A.Milton out on unknown
play; O.Lackey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
Eagles 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
0 7 3 7
Eagles 4 8 2 6
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