Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 2 0 Newark Eagles 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 x - 10 15 3 BATTING Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Wild Bill Wright rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bill Hoskins lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roy Campanella c 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Harry Williams 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felton Snow 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norman Robinson 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Doc Dennis 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Bill Byrd ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Andy Porter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Harvey p 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 2 0 7 0 24 0 BATTING - SH: Tommy Butts. Team LOB: 8 Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Fran Matthews 1b 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Murray Watkins ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Bob Harvey rf 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Davis cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monte Irvin 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Wilkes lf 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Biz Mackey c 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 Willie Wynn c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Humber 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Don Newcombe p 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 39 10 15 10 4 0 27 0 FIELDING - E: 3. Biz Mackey, Willie Wynn, Charlie Humber. BATTING - 2B: Charlie Humber. 3B: Biz Mackey. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Andy Porter L 0.1 3 5 5 2 0 0 6 Bill Harvey 7.2 12 5 5 2 0 0 37 Totals 8 15 10 10 4 0 0 43 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Don Newcombe W 9 2 3 0 7 0 0 38 Totals 9 2 3 0 7 0 0 38 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Pete Strauch, 2B - , 3B - Sorber Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 6000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/9/1945, game 1 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at Newark Eagles (D) Starting Lineups: Baltimore Newark 1. H.Kimbro cf F.Matthews 1b 2. T.Butts ss M.Watkins ss 3. W.Wright rf B.Harvey rf 4. B.Hoskins lf J.Davis cf 5. R.Campanella c M.Irvin 3b 6. H.Williams 2b J.Wilkes lf 7. N.Robinson 3b B.Mackey c 8. D.Dennis 1b C.Humber 2b 9. A.Porter p D.Newcombe p ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Kimbro walked; T.Butts reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by B.Mackey [H.Kimbro to second, T.Butts to first]; W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: F.Matthews singled; M.Watkins walked [F.Matthews to second]; B.Harvey singled [F.Matthews scored, M.Watkins to second]; J.Davis out on unknown play; M.Irvin singled [M.Watkins scored, B.Harvey to second]; J.Wilkes walked [B.Harvey to third, M.Irvin to second]; B.HARVEY REPLACED A.PORTER (PITCHING); B.Mackey tripled [B.Harvey scored, M.Irvin scored, J.Wilkes scored]; C.Humber doubled [B.Mackey scored]; D.Newcombe singled [C.Humber scored]; F.Matthews out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 7. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: W.WYNN REPLACED B.MACKEY (PLAYING C); H.Williams out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; D.Dennis walked; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 7. EAGLES 2ND: B.Harvey singled; J.Davis out on unknown play; M.Irvin singled [B.Harvey to second]; J.Wilkes singled [B.Harvey scored, M.Irvin to second]; W.Wynn out on unknown play; C.Humber out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 8. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; W.Wright walked; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 8. EAGLES 3RD: D.Newcombe out on unknown play; F.Matthews walked; M.Watkins out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 8. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: R.Campanella out on unknown play; H.Williams out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 8. EAGLES 4TH: J.Davis out on unknown play; M.Irvin out on unknown play; J.Wilkes singled; W.Wynn singled [J.Wilkes to second]; C.Humber out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 8. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: D.Dennis out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 8. EAGLES 5TH: F.SNOW REPLACED H.WILLIAMS (PLAYING 2B); D.Newcombe walked; F.Matthews singled [D.Newcombe to second]; M.Watkins singled [D.Newcombe scored, F.Matthews to second]; B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; M.Irvin singled [F.Matthews scored, M.Watkins to second]; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 10. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: T.Butts out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 10. EAGLES 6TH: W.Wynn singled; C.Humber out on unknown play; D.Newcombe out on unknown play; F.Matthews out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 10. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: R.Campanella walked; F.Snow out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; D.Dennis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 10. EAGLES 7TH: M.Watkins out on unknown play; B.Harvey out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 10. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: B.Harvey singled; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts singled [B.Harvey to second]; W.Wright out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 10. EAGLES 8TH: M.Irvin out on unknown play; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; W.Wynn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Eagles 10. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: R.Campanella out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; N.Robinson walked; B.BYRD BATTED FOR D.DENNIS; B.Byrd walked [N.Robinson to second]; B.Harvey walked [N.Robinson to third, B.Byrd to second]; H.Kimbro reached on an error by C.Humber [N.Robinson scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Byrd scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Harvey scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by W.Wynn), H.Kimbro to second]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 3, Eagles 10. Final Totals R H E LOB Elite Giants 3 2 0 8 Eagles 10 15 3 9
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