Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1
Akron Grays 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 1 7 0
BATTING
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
John Henry Russell rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 2
Josh Gibson c 3 0 0 0 1 9 2
Judy Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Crutchfield lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0
Chester Williams ss 3 0 0 0 0 5 2
Bill Perkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Cooper 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 1
William Bell p 2 0 1 0 1 1 0
Totals 30 0 6 0 3 2 24 7
FIELDING -
E: 1. Judy Johnson.
PB: 1. Josh Gibson.
BATTING -
SH: Judy Johnson.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
CS: Cool Papa Bell, Judy Johnson.
Akron Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Charley Looney 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3
Townsend Tapley ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 1
Lou Dials rf 4 0 3 0 0 1 0
Clarence Palm c 3 0 0 0 1 4 3
Abe Mitchell 1b 3 0 0 0 0 8 2
Joe Ware cf 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
Bucky Williams 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clarence Lewis lf 2 1 0 0 1 5 0
Bert Hunter p 3 0 2 1 0 2 0
Totals 29 1 7 1 2 9 27 9
BATTING -
2B: Lou Dials, Bert Hunter.
3B: Bert Hunter.
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING -
CS: Townsend Tapley, Joe Ware.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
William Bell L 8 7 1 1 2 9 0 31
Totals 8 7 1 1 2 9 0 31
Akron Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Bert Hunter W 9 6 0 0 3 2 0 34
Totals 9 6 0 0 3 2 0 34
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Edwards, 1B - Larrimore
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 984
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 7/30/1933, game 1 -- at Akron Grays (D)
Starting Lineups:
Akron
1. C.Papa Bell cf C.Looney 2b
2. J.Henry Russell rf T.Tapley ss
3. O.Charleston 1b L.Dials rf
4. J.Gibson c C.Palm c
5. J.Johnson 3b A.Mitchell 1b
6. J.Crutchfield lf J.Ware cf
7. C.Williams ss B.Williams 3b
8. A.Cooper 2b C.Lewis lf
9. W.Bell p B.Hunter p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell singled; C.Papa Bell was caught stealing second
(C.Palm to T.Tapley); J.Henry Russell out on unknown play;
O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
Grays 0.
GRAYS 1ST: C.Looney out on unknown play; T.Tapley out on
unknown play; L.Dials doubled; C.Palm walked; A.Mitchell out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Grays 0.
2ND: J.Gibson walked; J.Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Gibson to second]; J.Crutchfield out on
unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 0, Grays 0.
GRAYS 2ND: J.Ware out on unknown play; B.Williams out on
unknown play; C.Lewis walked; J.Gibson allowed a passed ball
[C.Lewis to second]; B.Hunter tripled [C.Lewis scored]; C.Looney
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 1.
3RD: A.Cooper out on unknown play; W.Bell singled; C.Papa Bell
out on unknown play; J.Henry Russell walked [W.Bell to second];
O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0,
Grays 1.
GRAYS 3RD: T.Tapley singled; T.Tapley was caught stealing
second (J.Gibson to C.Williams); L.Dials singled; C.Palm out on
unknown play; A.Mitchell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 0, Grays 1.
4TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown
play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
0, Grays 1.
GRAYS 4TH: J.Ware singled; J.Ware was caught stealing second
(J.Gibson to C.Williams); B.Williams out on unknown play;
C.Lewis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0, Grays 1.
5TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; A.Cooper singled; W.Bell
out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 1.
GRAYS 5TH: B.Hunter doubled; C.Looney out on unknown play;
T.Tapley out on unknown play; L.Dials out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 1.
6TH: J.Henry Russell singled; O.Charleston out on unknown
play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 1.
GRAYS 6TH: C.Palm out on unknown play; A.Mitchell out on
unknown play; J.Ware out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
0, Grays 1.
7TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; C.Williams out on
unknown play; A.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Grays 1.
GRAYS 7TH: B.Williams out on unknown play; C.Lewis out on
unknown play; B.Hunter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Grays 1.
8TH: W.Bell walked; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; J.Henry
Russell out on unknown play; O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 1.
GRAYS 8TH: C.Looney out on unknown play; T.Tapley out on
unknown play; L.Dials singled to third base [L.Dials to second
(error by J.Johnson)]; C.Palm out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays 1.
9TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; J.Johnson singled;
J.Johnson was caught stealing second (C.Palm to T.Tapley);
J.Crutchfield singled; B.PERKINS BATTED FOR C.WILLIAMS;
B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Grays
1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
0 6 1 7
Grays 1 7 0 6
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