Philadelphia Stars 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 - 9 16 3
Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 10 2
BATTING
Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Mahlon Duckett 2b 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 5
Gene Benson cf 5 2 3 1 0 0 2 1
Frank Austin ss 5 2 3 4 0 0 6 5
Ed Stone rf, 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
Jim West 1b 5 1 3 2 0 0 8 0
Goose Curry lf 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
Bill Cash c 5 0 1 0 0 0 8 2
Moses Snowden 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Bill Johnson ph, rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Ricks p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Roy Partlow p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 16 9 2 0 27 16
FIELDING -
E: 3. Goose Curry, Moses Snowden, Roy Partlow.
BATTING -
2B: Gene Benson, Frank Austin 3.
3B: Jim West.
GDP: Mahlon Duckett.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: Goose Curry.
CS: Goose Curry.
Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Norman Robinson 3b 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Harry Williams 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
Henry Kimbro cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
Roy Campanella c, lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 8 1
Wild Bill Wright rf 4 0 2 2 0 0 2 0
Bill Hoskins lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Clarke ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Doc Dennis 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 11 0
Felton Snow ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Butts ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 5
Tom Glover p 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kessler ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 3 1 0 27 11
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Doc Dennis, Tommy Butts.
E: 2. Roy Campanella, Tom Glover.
BATTING -
2B: Wild Bill Wright.
3B: Norman Robinson.
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING -
CS: Wild Bill Wright.
PITCHING
Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bill Ricks 3 5 3 3 0 0 0 14
Roy Partlow W 6 5 1 0 1 0 0 23
Totals 9 10 4 3 1 0 0 37
Bill Ricks pitched to 3 batters in the 4th inning
Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Tom Glover L 9 16 9 7 2 0 0 44
Totals 9 16 9 7 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: 4000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/24/1945, game 1 -- at Baltimore Elite Giants
(D)
Starting Lineups:
Baltimore
1. M.Duckett 2b N.Robinson 3b
2. G.Benson cf H.Williams 2b
3. F.Austin ss H.Kimbro cf
4. E.Stone rf R.Campanella c
5. J.West 1b W.Wright rf
6. G.Curry lf B.Hoskins lf
7. B.Cash c D.Dennis 1b
8. M.Snowden 3b T.Butts ss
9. B.Ricks p T.Glover p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; M.Duckett singled; G.Benson out on unknown play; F.Austin
doubled [M.Duckett scored]; E.Stone walked; J.West singled
[F.Austin scored, E.Stone to second]; G.Curry forced J.West
(unknown fielder) [E.Stone to third, G.Curry to first]; G.Curry
stole second; B.Cash out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
2, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 1ST: N.Robinson out on unknown play; H.Williams
out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. 2, Elite Giants 0.
2ND: M.Snowden out on unknown play; B.Ricks out on unknown
play; M.Duckett singled; M.Duckett was picked off first, but was
safe on an error by R.Campanella [M.Duckett to second]; G.Benson
singled [M.Duckett scored (unearned)]; F.Austin out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 3, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 2ND: R.Campanella out on unknown play; W.Wright
out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. 3, Elite Giants 0.
3RD: E.Stone out on unknown play; J.West singled; G.Curry out
on unknown play; B.Cash singled [J.West to second]; M.Snowden
out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 3, Elite Giants 0.
ELITE GIANTS 3RD: D.Dennis out on unknown play; T.Butts
singled; T.Glover forced T.Butts (unknown fielder) [T.Glover to
first]; N.Robinson tripled [T.Glover scored]; H.Williams out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 3, Elite Giants 1.
4TH: B.Ricks singled; M.Duckett grounded into a double play
(T.Butts to D.Dennis) [B.Ricks out at second]; G.Benson doubled;
F.Austin doubled [G.Benson scored]; E.Stone out on unknown play;
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Elite Giants 1.
ELITE GIANTS 4TH: H.Kimbro singled; R.Campanella singled
[H.Kimbro to second]; W.Wright doubled [H.Kimbro scored,
R.Campanella scored]; R.PARTLOW REPLACED B.RICKS (PITCHING);
B.Hoskins out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on unknown play;
T.Butts out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Elite
Giants 3.
5TH: J.West out on unknown play; G.Curry singled; G.Curry was
caught stealing second (R.Campanella to T.Butts); B.Cash out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Elite Giants 3.
ELITE GIANTS 5TH: T.Glover out on unknown play; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; H.Williams singled to third base [H.Williams to
second (error by M.Snowden)]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 4, Elite Giants 3.
6TH: B.JOHNSON BATTED FOR M.SNOWDEN; B.Johnson out on unknown
play; R.Partlow singled; M.Duckett out on unknown play; G.Benson
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Elite Giants 3.
ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
E.STONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); R.Campanella out on
unknown play; W.Wright singled; B.CLARKE BATTED FOR B.HOSKINS;
W.Wright was caught stealing second (B.Cash to F.Austin);
B.Clarke out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Elite
Giants 3.
7TH: B.CLARKE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); R.CAMPANELLA CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); F.Austin out on unknown play; E.Stone
out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. 4, Elite Giants 3.
ELITE GIANTS 7TH: D.Dennis singled; T.Butts out on unknown
play; T.Glover out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Elite Giants 3.
8TH: G.Curry walked; B.Cash out on unknown play; B.Johnson out
on unknown play; R.Partlow out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 4, Elite Giants 3.
ELITE GIANTS 8TH: H.Williams out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out
on unknown play; R.Campanella singled to left field
[R.Campanella to second (error by G.Curry)]; R.Campanella was
picked off second, but was safe on an error by R.Partlow
[R.Campanella scored (unearned)]; W.Wright out on unknown play;
1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. 4, Elite Giants 4.
9TH: M.Duckett reached on an error by T.Glover [M.Duckett to
first]; G.Benson singled [M.Duckett to second]; F.Austin doubled
[M.Duckett scored (unearned), G.Benson scored]; E.Stone singled
[F.Austin scored]; J.West tripled [E.Stone scored]; G.Curry out
on unknown play [J.West scored]; B.Cash out on unknown play;
B.Johnson out on unknown play; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 9,
Elite Giants 4.
ELITE GIANTS 9TH: B.Clarke out on unknown play; F.SNOW BATTED
FOR D.DENNIS; F.Snow out on unknown play; T.Butts singled;
BATTED FOR T.GLOVER; walked [T.Butts to second]; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 9, Elite Giants 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
9 16 3 8
Elite Giants 4 10 2 6
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