Philadelphia Stars 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 4 8 1 Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 - 5 11 3 BATTING Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Murray Watkins 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Nat Davis 1b 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Bus Clarkson ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Cash lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jim Jones cf 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 Stanley Glenn c 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ben Littles rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Art Hefner 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Ricks p 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 36 4 8 3 4 0 28 0 FIELDING - E: 1. Bill Ricks. BATTING - 2B: Jim Jones 2. SH: Bill Ricks 2. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Ben Littles, Bill Ricks. Indianapolis Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sherwood Brewer lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Jesse Williams ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Neil 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 Clyde Nelson 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Sam Hairston rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Goose Tatum 1b 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 Leonard Pigg c 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 Henry Merchant pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buster Haywood c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reinaldo Drake cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Butts p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Horace Garner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peanuts Davis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 5 11 4 2 0 30 2 FIELDING - TP: 1. , Sherwood Brewer, Ray Neil, Leonard Pigg. E: 3. Leonard Pigg, Harry Butts 2. BATTING - 2B: Sam Hairston. 3B: Jesse Williams. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Ricks L 9.1 11 5 4 2 0 0 42 Totals 9.1 11 5 4 2 0 0 42 WP: Bill Ricks. Indianapolis Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Harry Butts 9 8 4 2 4 0 0 39 Peanuts Davis W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 10 8 4 2 4 0 0 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 6/11/1949 -- Philadelphia Stars at Indianapolis Clowns (N) Starting Lineups: Philadelphia Indianapolis 1. M.Watkins 2b S.Brewer lf 2. N.Davis 1b J.Williams ss 3. B.Clarkson ss R.Neil 2b 4. B.Cash lf C.Nelson 3b 5. J.Jones cf S.Hairston rf 6. S.Glenn c G.Tatum 1b 7. B.Littles rf L.Pigg c 8. A.Hefner 3b R.Drake cf 9. B.Ricks p H.Butts p STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories; M.Watkins singled; N.Davis out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: S.Brewer singled; J.Williams out on unknown play; R.Neil out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 0, Clowns 0. STARS 2ND: J.Jones doubled; S.Glenn out on unknown play; B.Littles singled [J.Jones scored]; A.Hefner out on unknown play; B.Ricks out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; L.Pigg out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Clowns 0. STARS 3RD: M.Watkins out on unknown play; N.Davis out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 1, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 3RD: R.Drake singled; H.Butts out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 1, Clowns 0. STARS 4TH: B.Cash walked; J.Jones doubled [B.Cash scored]; S.Glenn singled [J.Jones to third]; B.Littles hit into a triple play (S.Brewer to L.Pigg to R.Neil) [J.Jones out at home, S.Glenn out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 4TH: R.Neil singled; C.Nelson out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 0. STARS 5TH: A.Hefner singled; B.Ricks out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Hefner to second]; M.Watkins walked; N.Davis out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 5TH: L.Pigg singled; R.Drake out on unknown play; H.Butts out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 0. STARS 6TH: B.Cash out on unknown play; J.Jones walked; S.Glenn out on unknown play; B.Littles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 6TH: J.Williams tripled; R.Neil out on unknown play; C.Nelson walked; S.Hairston doubled [J.Williams scored, C.Nelson to third]; G.Tatum singled [C.Nelson scored, S.Hairston scored]; L.Pigg out on unknown play; R.Drake out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 3. STARS 7TH: A.Hefner out on unknown play; B.Ricks out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 3. CLOWNS 7TH: H.Butts out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; J.Williams singled; R.Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 3. STARS 8TH: N.Davis walked; B.Clarkson singled [N.Davis to second]; B.Cash out on unknown play; J.Jones out on unknown play; S.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 3. CLOWNS 8TH: C.Nelson out on unknown play; S.Hairston out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 2, Clowns 3. STARS 9TH: B.Littles reached on an error by H.Butts [B.Littles to first]; A.Hefner out on unknown play; B.Ricks reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by H.Butts [B.Littles to second, B.Ricks to first]; M.Watkins out on unknown play; B.Littles stole third and B.Ricks stole second [B.Littles scored (unearned) (error by L.Pigg), B.Ricks to third]; N.Davis singled [B.Ricks scored (unearned)]; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Stars 4, Clowns 3. CLOWNS 9TH: L.Pigg singled; H.MERCHANT RAN FOR L.PIGG; On a bunt R.Drake popped to B.Ricks [H.Merchant to third (error by B.Ricks)]; H.GARNER BATTED FOR H.BUTTS; B.Ricks threw a wild pitch [H.Merchant scored (unearned)]; H.Garner out on unknown play; S.Brewer out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Clowns 4. STARS 10TH: P.DAVIS REPLACED H.GARNER (PITCHING); B.HAYWOOD REPLACED H.MERCHANT (PLAYING C); B.Cash out on unknown play; J.Jones out on unknown play; S.Glenn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 4, Clowns 4. CLOWNS 10TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; R.Neil singled; C.Nelson singled [R.Neil to second]; S.Hairston reached on a fielder's choice [R.Neil to third, C.Nelson to second]; G.Tatum walked [R.Neil scored, C.Nelson to third, S.Hairston to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Stars 4, Clowns 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Stars 4 8 1 8 Clowns 5 11 3 9
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