Nashville Elite Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 3 3
Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 3 7 5
BATTING
Nashville Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Goose Curry cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0
Sammy Hughes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2
Sam Bankhead ss 4 0 1 0 0 4 5
Tommie Dukes c 4 2 1 0 0 4 1
Felton Snow 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wild Bill Wright rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1
Jim West 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 10 0
Henry Wright lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Percy Bailey p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 2 3 0 1 7 24 11
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Sammy Hughes, Sam Bankhead.
E: 3. Goose Curry, Sam Bankhead, Tommie Dukes.
BATTING -
2B: Tommie Dukes.
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING -
SB: Wild Bill Wright.
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 0
John Henry Russell 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 6
Bill Perkins 1b 4 0 0 0 0 12 0
Josh Gibson c 2 0 2 0 2 7 1
Judy Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ted Page rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Chester Williams ss 3 1 0 0 0 2 2
Jimmie Crutchfield lf 3 1 2 0 0 1 0
Sam Streeter p 3 0 2 1 0 0 2
Totals 29 3 7 2 2 4 27 12
FIELDING -
E: 5. John Henry Russell, Bill Perkins 2, Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson.
BATTING -
3B: Ted Page.
SH: Cool Papa Bell.
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING -
CS: Josh Gibson.
PITCHING
Nashville Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Percy Bailey L 8 7 3 0 2 4 0 32
Totals 8 7 3 0 2 4 0 32
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Sam Streeter W 9 3 2 0 1 7 0 35
Totals 9 3 2 0 1 7 0 35
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Larrimore, 1B - Evans
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 900
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 8/31/1933 -- Nashville Elite Giants at (N)
Starting Lineups:
Nashville
1. G.Curry cf C.Papa Bell cf
2. S.Hughes 2b J.Henry Russell 2b
3. S.Bankhead ss B.Perkins 1b
4. T.Dukes c J.Gibson c
5. F.Snow 3b J.Johnson 3b
6. W.Wright rf T.Page rf
7. J.West 1b C.Williams ss
8. H.Wright lf J.Crutchfield lf
9. P.Bailey p S.Streeter p
ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; G.Curry out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on
unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 0, 0.
1ST: C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; J.Henry Russell out on
unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 0, 0.
ELITE GIANTS 2ND: T.Dukes doubled; F.Snow out on unknown play;
W.Wright reached on an error by B.Perkins [T.Dukes scored
(unearned) (no RBI), W.Wright to first]; W.Wright stole second;
J.West walked; H.Wright out on unknown play; P.Bailey out on
unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 0.
2ND: J.Gibson singled to right field (W.Wright to S.Bankhead)
[J.Gibson out at second]; J.Johnson out on unknown play; T.Page
tripled; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Elite Giants 1, 0.
ELITE GIANTS 3RD: G.Curry out on unknown play; S.Hughes
singled; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 0.
3RD: J.Crutchfield singled; S.Streeter singled [J.Crutchfield
to second]; C.Papa Bell lined into a double play (S.Bankhead to
S.Hughes) [J.Crutchfield out at second]; J.Henry Russell out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 0.
ELITE GIANTS 4TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; W.Wright out on
unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Elite Giants 1, 0.
4TH: B.Perkins out on unknown play; J.Gibson walked; J.Gibson
was caught stealing second (T.Dukes to S.Bankhead); J.Johnson
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 0.
ELITE GIANTS 5TH: H.Wright out on unknown play; P.Bailey out on
unknown play; G.Curry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Elite Giants 1, 0.
5TH: T.Page reached on an error by S.Bankhead [T.Page to
first]; C.Williams reached on an error by G.Curry [T.Page to
second, C.Williams to first]; J.Crutchfield singled [T.Page
scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by T.Dukes), C.Williams to
third, J.Crutchfield to second]; S.Streeter singled [C.Williams
scored (unearned), J.Crutchfield to third]; C.Papa Bell out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Crutchfield scored
(unearned), S.Streeter to second]; J.Henry Russell out on
unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3
E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
ELITE GIANTS 6TH: S.Hughes out on unknown play; S.Bankhead
singled; T.Dukes out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
6TH: J.Gibson singled; J.Johnson out on unknown play; T.Page
out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
ELITE GIANTS 7TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West reached
on an error by B.Perkins [J.West to first]; H.Wright out on
unknown play; P.Bailey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
7TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; S.Streeter out on
unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
ELITE GIANTS 8TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on
unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
8TH: J.Henry Russell out on unknown play; B.Perkins out on
unknown play; J.Gibson walked; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 3.
ELITE GIANTS 9TH: T.Dukes reached on an error by J.Johnson
[T.Dukes to first]; F.Snow out on unknown play [T.Dukes to
second]; W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West struck out while
[J.West to first (error by J.Gibson)]; West awarded 1B due to
obstruction by Gibson; H.Wright reached on a fielder's choice
(J.Johnson to J.Gibson) [T.Dukes scored (unearned) (no RBI)
(error by J.Henry Russell), J.West out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 3.
9TH: On final out ball was retrieved by a fan down the 3B
Final Totals R H E LOB
Elite Giants 2 3 3 6
3 7 5 5
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