Philadelphia Stars 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 0 - 10 17 0 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 10 2 BATTING Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Frank Austin ss 4 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 Gene Benson cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 Ed Stone rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jim West 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Marvin Williams 2b 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 Goose Curry lf 4 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 Henry Spearman 3b 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 Bill Cash c 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Ricks p 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 42 10 17 10 2 0 27 6 FIELDING - DP: 3. Frank Austin 2, Gene Benson, Jim West 2, Marvin Williams 2, Henry Spearman, Bill Ricks. BATTING - 2B: Gene Benson, Jim West, Marvin Williams 2, Henry Spearman. 3B: Frank Austin. HR: Henry Spearman. SH: Gene Benson. GDP: Gene Benson. Team LOB: 8 Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Felton Snow 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Roy Campanella rf, c 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Hoskins lf 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 George Scales 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Frank Russell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Clarke c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norman Robinson ph, rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Byrd p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 1 10 1 0 0 27 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Tommy Butts, Felton Snow, George Scales. E: 2. Tommy Butts, Felton Snow. BATTING - 2B: Roy Campanella, Bill Hoskins. GDP: Tommy Butts, Roy Campanella. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Roy Campanella. PITCHING Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Ricks W 9 10 1 1 0 0 0 33 Totals 9 10 1 1 0 0 0 33 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Byrd L 9 17 10 10 2 0 1 45 Totals 9 17 10 10 2 0 1 45 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Holloway Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/27/1944, game 1 -- Philadelphia Stars at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Philadelphia Baltimore 1. F.Austin ss H.Kimbro cf 2. G.Benson cf T.Butts ss 3. E.Stone rf F.Snow 2b 4. J.West 1b R.Campanella rf 5. M.Williams 2b B.Hoskins lf 6. G.Curry lf G.Scales 1b 7. H.Spearman 3b F.Russell 3b 8. B.Cash c B.Clarke c 9. B.Ricks p B.Byrd p STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.Austin tripled; G.Benson out on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown play [F.Austin scored]; J.West doubled; M.Williams out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro singled; T.Butts grounded into a double play (F.Austin to M.Williams to J.West) [H.Kimbro out at second]; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Elite Giants 0. STARS 2ND: G.Curry walked; H.Spearman singled [G.Curry to second]; B.Cash singled [G.Curry to third, H.Spearman to second]; B.Ricks out on unknown play; F.Austin out on unknown play [G.Curry scored]; G.Benson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 2, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: R.Campanella doubled; B.Hoskins hit into a double play (G.Benson to B.Ricks to H.Spearman) [R.Campanella out at third]; G.Scales out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 2, Elite Giants 0. STARS 3RD: E.Stone singled; J.West out on unknown play; M.Williams doubled [E.Stone scored]; G.Curry singled [M.Williams scored]; H.Spearman out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: F.Russell singled; B.Clarke out on unknown play; B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Elite Giants 0. STARS 4TH: B.Ricks singled to shortstop [B.Ricks to second (error by T.Butts)]; F.Austin singled [B.Ricks scored]; G.Benson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Austin to second]; E.Stone out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; F.Snow singled; R.Campanella grounded into a double play (M.Williams to F.Austin to J.West) [F.Snow out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 5, Elite Giants 0. STARS 5TH: M.Williams doubled; G.Curry out on unknown play; H.Spearman out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.Hoskins singled; G.Scales out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; N.ROBINSON BATTED FOR B.CLARKE; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Elite Giants 0. STARS 6TH: N.ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); R.CAMPANELLA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); B.Ricks out on unknown play; F.Austin walked; G.Benson grounded into a double play (F.Snow to T.Butts to G.Scales) [F.Austin out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 5, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.Byrd singled; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 5, Elite Giants 0. STARS 7TH: E.Stone out on unknown play; J.West singled; M.Williams singled [J.West to second]; G.Curry forced M.Williams (unknown fielder) [J.West to third, G.Curry to first]; H.Spearman homered [J.West scored, G.Curry scored]; B.Cash out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 8, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: R.Campanella singled; B.Hoskins singled [R.Campanella to second]; G.Scales out on unknown play; F.Russell out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 8, Elite Giants 0. STARS 8TH: B.Ricks singled to second base [B.Ricks to second (error by F.Snow)]; F.Austin singled [B.Ricks to third]; G.Benson doubled [B.Ricks scored, F.Austin scored]; E.Stone out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 10, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Byrd out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 10, Elite Giants 0. STARS 9TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; H.Spearman doubled; B.Cash out on unknown play; B.Ricks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 10, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; R.Campanella singled; R.Campanella stole second; B.Hoskins doubled (unknown fielder) [R.Campanella scored, B.Hoskins out at third]; G.Scales out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 10, Elite Giants 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Stars 10 17 0 8 Elite Giants 1 10 2 5
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