Nashville Elite Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 12 4
Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 15 0
BATTING
Nashville Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Goose Curry lf, cf 5 0 0 0 0 4 0
Felton Stratton 2b 5 1 1 0 0 2 0
Sam Bankhead cf, ss 4 2 2 1 1 8 3
Nish Williams c 5 0 3 1 0 5 0
Felton Snow 3b 5 1 1 0 0 2 4
Wild Bill Wright rf 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
Willie Gisentaner ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tommie Dukes pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry Wright rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim West 1b 4 0 2 1 1 8 0
Hoss Walker ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ernest Finch ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Candy Jim Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Percy Miller lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Willis p 5 0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 43 4 12 4 2 6 33 9
FIELDING -
DP: 3. Sam Bankhead 3, Felton Snow, Jim West 2, Jim Willis.
E: 4. Felton Stratton, Felton Snow, Hoss Walker 2.
BATTING -
2B: Felton Stratton, Nish Williams, Jim West.
GDP: Hoss Walker, Candy Jim Taylor.
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING -
CS: Nish Williams, Jim West.
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 5 1 2 2 0 0 0
Judy Johnson 3b 5 1 2 0 0 4 2
Oscar Charleston 1b 5 1 2 0 0 13 1
Josh Gibson rf 5 1 2 0 0 3 0
Ted Page lf 5 0 3 1 0 1 1
Bill Perkins c 5 0 0 1 0 7 3
John Henry Russell 2b 5 0 2 0 0 3 5
Chester Williams ss 5 1 2 0 0 5 3
Satchel Paige p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Leroy Matlock p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 5 15 4 0 3 36 16
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Oscar Charleston 2, Bill Perkins, Chester Williams, Satchel Paige.
BATTING -
2B: Chester Williams.
HR: Cool Papa Bell.
SH: Cool Papa Bell, Satchel Paige.
GDP: Bill Perkins, Chester Williams.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: Ted Page 2.
PITCHING
Nashville Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Jim Willis L 11 15 5 4 0 3 1 46
Totals 11 15 5 4 0 3 1 46
Jim Willis pitched to 1 batters in the 12th inning
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Satchel Paige 8.1 11 4 4 2 5 0 34
Leroy Matlock W 3.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11
Totals 12 12 4 4 2 6 0 45
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Reehan, 1B - Murphy
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 10/1/1933, game 1 -- Nashville Elite Giants at
(D)
Starting Lineups:
Nashville
1. G.Curry lf C.Papa Bell cf
2. F.Stratton 2b J.Johnson 3b
3. S.Bankhead cf O.Charleston 1b
4. N.Williams c J.Gibson rf
5. F.Snow 3b T.Page lf
6. W.Wright rf B.Perkins c
7. J.West 1b J.Henry Russell 2b
8. H.Walker ss C.Williams ss
9. J.Willis p S.Paige p
ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc Pittsburgh Courier reported this doubleheader
as being part of a best-of-7 playoff series to determine
2nd-half champion; the winner would meet Chicago for the league
champ Pittsburgh swept this series and beat Chicago 1-0-1 before
t championship series was abandoned; G.Curry out on unknown
play; F.Stratton 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.Johnson out on unknown
play; O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Elite Giants 0, 0.
ELITE GIANTS 2ND: N.Williams singled; N.Williams was caught
stealing second (B.Perkins to C.Williams); F.Snow out on unknown
play; W.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite
Giants 0, 0.
2ND: J.Gibson singled to right field; T.Page singled to center
field [J.Gibson to third]; B.Perkins flied to S.Bankhead
[J.Gibson scored]; T.Page stole second; T.Page stole third;
J.Henry Russell hit into a double play (S.Bankhead to J.Willis
to F.Snow) [T.Page out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite
Giants 0, 1.
ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.West doubled; H.Walker out on unknown play;
J.West was caught stealing third (B.Perkins to J.Johnson);
J.Willis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite
Giants 0, 1.
3RD: C.Williams reached on an error by F.Stratton [C.Williams
to first]; S.Paige out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on
unknown play; J.Johnson singled [C.Williams to second];
O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Elite
Giants 0, 1.
ELITE GIANTS 4TH: G.Curry out on unknown play; F.Stratton
doubled to right field; S.Bankhead singled to center field
[F.Stratton scored]; N.Williams out on unknown play; F.Snow out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 1.
4TH: J.Gibson out on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown play;
B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite
Giants 1, 1.
ELITE GIANTS 5TH: W.Wright out on unknown play; J.West out on
unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 1, 1.
5TH: J.Henry Russell singled to shortstop [J.Henry Russell to
second (error by H.Walker)]; C.Williams out on unknown play;
S.Paige out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 1.
ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Willis singled to left field (T.Page to
J.Henry Russell) [J.Willis out at second]; G.Curry out on
unknown play; F.Stratton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 1, 1.
6TH: J.Johnson singled; O.Charleston singled [J.Johnson to
second]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; T.Page singled [J.Johnson
scored, O.Charleston to second]; B.Perkins out on unknown play;
J.Henry Russell out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Elite Giants 1, 2.
ELITE GIANTS 7TH: S.Bankhead walked; N.Williams singled to
center field [S.Bankhead scored]; F.Snow out on unknown play;
W.Wright singled [N.Williams to second]; J.West walked
[N.Williams to third, W.Wright to second]; H.Walker grounded
into a double play (S.Paige to B.Perkins to O.Charleston)
[N.Williams out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 2,
2.
7TH: C.Williams doubled; S.Paige out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [C.Williams to third]; C.Papa Bell out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Williams scored]; J.Johnson
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 3.
ELITE GIANTS 8TH: J.Willis out on unknown play; G.Curry out on
unknown play; F.Stratton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 2, 3.
8TH: O.Charleston singled to third base [O.Charleston to
second (error by F.Snow)]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; T.Page
reached on an error by H.Walker (unknown fielder) [O.Charleston
scored (unearned) (no RBI), T.Page out at third]; B.Perkins out
on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2,
4.
ELITE GIANTS 9TH: S.Bankhead singled to center field;
N.Williams popped to C.Williams; F.Snow singled to third base
[S.Bankhead to second]; W.GISENTANER BATTED FOR W.WRIGHT;
W.Gisentaner singled to left field [S.Bankhead scored, F.Snow to
second]; T.DUKES RAN FOR W.GISENTANER; J.West singled to center
field [F.Snow scored, T.Dukes to third]; E.FINCH BATTED FOR
H.WALKER; L.MATLOCK REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); C.TAYLOR BATTED
FOR E.FINCH; C.Taylor grounded into a double play (C.Williams to
O.Charleston) [J.West out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Elite Giants 4, 4.
9TH: H.WRIGHT REPLACED T.DUKES (PLAYING RF); P.MILLER REPLACED
C.TAYLOR (PLAYING LF); G.CURRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
S.BANKHEAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); J.Henry Russell out
on unknown play; C.Williams singled; L.Matlock out on unknown
play; C.Papa Bell singled [C.Williams to second]; J.Johnson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 4, 4.
ELITE GIANTS 10TH: J.Willis out on unknown play; G.Curry out on
unknown play; F.Stratton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 4, 4.
10TH: O.Charleston out on unknown play; J.Gibson singled;
T.Page singled [J.Gibson to second]; B.Perkins grounded into a
double play (S.Bankhead to J.West) [T.Page out at second]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 4, 4.
ELITE GIANTS 11TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; N.Williams
doubled; F.Snow out on unknown play; H.Wright out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 4, 4.
11TH: J.Henry Russell singled; C.Williams grounded into a
double play (S.Bankhead to J.West) [J.Henry Russell out at
second]; L.Matlock out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Elite Giants 4, 4.
ELITE GIANTS 12TH: J.West out on unknown play; P.Miller out on
unknown play; J.Willis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Elite Giants 4, 4.
12TH: C.Papa Bell hit an inside the park homer to center
field; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, 5.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Elite Giants 4 12 4 5
5 15 0 8
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