Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 - 5 11 3 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Jethroe cf 5 1 3 0 0 3 1 Billy Horne ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 Jimmie Crutchfield rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Parnell Woods lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 Buddy Armour 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 Archie Ware 1b 4 0 1 1 1 12 0 Johnnie Cowan 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 6 Walter Burch c 5 0 1 0 0 7 2 Willie Jefferson p 4 1 0 0 0 1 3 Totals 40 4 10 4 3 6 28 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Archie Ware, Johnnie Cowan. E: 1. Sam Jethroe. BATTING - SH: Jimmie Crutchfield. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Jefferson. CS: Archie Ware. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 Buck Felder ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 George Minor ph, lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jesse Douglas 2b, ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 6 Art Pennington 3b 5 1 2 1 0 3 2 Lloyd Davenport cf 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 John Bissant lf, 2b 4 1 3 1 0 1 2 Johnny Smith rf 3 0 2 2 1 2 2 Clyde Nelson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 Henry McCall ph, 1b 3 0 1 1 0 12 1 Bob Smith c 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Ollie Waldon ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Herb Barnhill c 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gentry Jessup p 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 38 5 11 5 1 4 30 25 FIELDING - E: 3. Ralph Wyatt 2, Bob Smith. BATTING - 2B: Jesse Douglas, John Bissant. 3B: John Bissant 2. GDP: Art Pennington. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Johnny Smith. CS: John Bissant. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Jefferson L 9.1 11 5 5 1 4 0 39 Totals 9.1 11 5 5 1 4 0 39 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup W 10 10 4 1 3 6 0 44 Totals 10 10 4 1 3 6 0 44 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 10343 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/18/1944, game 1 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Chicago 1. S.Jethroe cf R.Wyatt ss 2. B.Horne ss J.Douglas 2b 3. J.Crutchfield rf A.Pennington 3b 4. P.Woods lf L.Davenport cf 5. B.Armour 3b J.Bissant lf 6. A.Ware 1b J.Smith rf 7. J.Cowan 2b C.Nelson 1b 8. W.Burch c B.Smith c 9. W.Jefferson p G.Jessup p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne walked; B.Horne was picked off first, but was safe on an error by B.Smith [B.Horne to second]; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: B.Armour singled; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Burch singled to right field (J.Smith to A.Pennington) [B.Armour out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant tripled; J.Smith walked; J.Bissant was caught stealing home (W.Burch to J.Cowan to W.Burch) [J.Smith to second]; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. BUCKEYES 3RD: W.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: B.Smith out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. BUCKEYES 4TH: J.Crutchfield singled; P.Woods walked [J.Crutchfield to second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Cowan out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Douglas reached on an error by S.Jethroe [J.Douglas to first]; A.Pennington grounded into a double play (J.Cowan to A.Ware) [J.Douglas out at second]; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Burch reached on an error by R.Wyatt [W.Burch to first]; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled [W.Burch to second]; B.Horne out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Bissant tripled to left field; J.Smith singled [J.Bissant scored]; H.MCCALL BATTED FOR C.NELSON; H.McCall out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 6TH: H.MCCALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); P.Woods singled; B.Armour out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; J.Cowan singled [P.Woods to second]; W.Burch out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Am. Giants 1. BUCKEYES 7TH: W.Jefferson reached on an error by R.Wyatt [W.Jefferson to first]; B.FELDER REPLACED R.WYATT (PLAYING SS); W.Jefferson stole second; S.Jethroe singled to pitcher [W.Jefferson to third]; B.Horne singled [W.Jefferson scored (unearned), S.Jethroe to second]; J.Crutchfield out on a sacrifice bunt (H.McCall to J.Douglas) [S.Jethroe to third, B.Horne to second]; P.Woods reached on a fielder's choice [S.Jethroe scored, B.Horne to third]; B.Armour grounded out (J.Douglas to H.McCall) [B.Horne scored (unearned), P.Woods to second]; A.Ware singled [P.Woods scored (unearned)]; J.Cowan grounded out (J.Douglas to H.McCall); 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: L.Davenport singled to left field; J.Bissant doubled to center field [L.Davenport scored]; J.Smith out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 2. BUCKEYES 8TH: W.Burch out on unknown play; W.Jefferson out on unknown play; S.Jethroe singled; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 8TH: G.Jessup out on unknown play; G.MINOR BATTED FOR B.FELDER; G.Minor out on unknown play; J.Douglas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 2. BUCKEYES 9TH: G.MINOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); J.DOUGLAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); J.BISSANT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 9TH: A.Pennington singled; L.Davenport singled [A.Pennington to second]; J.Bissant popped to W.Burch in foul territory; J.Smith singled [A.Pennington scored, L.Davenport to third]; J.Smith stole second; H.McCall singled to pitcher [L.Davenport scored, J.Smith to third]; O.WALDON BATTED FOR B.SMITH; O.Waldon struck out; G.Jessup struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 4. BUCKEYES 10TH: H.BARNHILL REPLACED O.WALDON (PLAYING C); A.Ware walked; A.Ware was caught stealing second (H.Barnhill to J.Douglas); J.Cowan out on unknown play; W.Burch out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 10TH: G.Minor out on unknown play; J.Douglas doubled to left field; A.Pennington singled to second base [J.Douglas scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Am. Giants 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 4 10 1 10 Am. Giants 5 11 3 6
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