Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 7 8 1
Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
BATTING
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 5 2 2 1 0 2 0
Vic Harris lf 3 1 2 1 2 1 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 4 1 0 0 1 8 0
Josh Gibson c 4 1 1 3 0 9 1
Judy Johnson 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 1
Curtis Harris 2b 4 0 1 1 0 3 2
Ted Page rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chester Williams ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 6
Satchel Paige p 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7 4 4 27 10
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Oscar Charleston 2, Curtis Harris 2, Chester Williams 2.
E: 1. Curtis Harris.
BATTING -
2B: Vic Harris, Judy Johnson, Chester Williams.
3B: Josh Gibson.
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING -
SB: Cool Papa Bell.
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Turkey Stearnes cf 4 0 1 0 0 3 0
Willie Wells ss 3 0 0 0 1 3 3
Nat Rogers rf 3 0 2 0 1 2 0
Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mule Suttles 1b 3 0 1 0 0 13 2
Joe Lillard lf 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
Larry Brown c 3 0 0 0 0 2 2
Jack Marshall 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Ted Trent p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 29 0 4 0 2 9 27 15
BATTING -
GDP: Nat Rogers, Alex Radcliff.
Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING -
CS: Turkey Stearnes.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Satchel Paige W 9 4 0 0 2 9 0 31
Totals 9 4 0 0 2 9 0 31
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Ted Trent L 9 8 7 7 4 4 0 39
Totals 9 8 7 7 4 4 0 39
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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - John Craig, 1B - King
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 7000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/13/1934, game 1 -- at Chicago American
Giants (D)
Starting Lineups:
Chicago
1. C.Papa Bell cf T.Stearnes cf
2. V.Harris lf W.Wells ss
3. O.Charleston 1b N.Rogers rf
4. J.Gibson c A.Radcliff 3b
5. J.Johnson 3b M.Suttles 1b
6. C.Harris 2b J.Lillard lf
7. T.Page rf L.Brown c
8. C.Williams ss J.Marshall 2b
9. S.Paige p T.Trent p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; V.Harris singled;
O.Charleston out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Wells
out on unknown play; N.Rogers singled; A.Radcliff out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, American Giants 0.
2ND: J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown
play; T.Page out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0,
American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: M.Suttles out on unknown play; J.Lillard
out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. 0, American Giants 0.
3RD: C.Williams doubled; S.Paige walked; C.Papa Bell singled
[C.Williams scored, S.Paige to second]; V.Harris walked [S.Paige
to third, C.Papa Bell to second]; O.Charleston forced S.Paige
(unknown fielder) [C.Papa Bell to third, V.Harris to second,
O.Charleston to first]; J.Gibson tripled [C.Papa Bell scored,
V.Harris scored, O.Charleston scored]; J.Johnson out on unknown
play [J.Gibson scored]; C.Harris out on unknown play; 5 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: J.Marshall out on unknown play; T.Trent
out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
4TH: T.Page out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; S.Paige out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 5,
American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; N.Rogers
singled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
5TH: C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; V.Harris walked;
O.Charleston walked [V.Harris to second]; J.Gibson out on
unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: J.Lillard out on unknown play; L.Brown out
on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. 5, American Giants 0.
6TH: C.Harris out on unknown play; T.Page out on unknown play;
C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 5,
American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: T.Trent out on unknown play; T.Stearnes
singled; T.Stearnes was caught stealing second (J.Gibson to
C.Harris); W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
5, American Giants 0.
7TH: S.Paige out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown
play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 5,
American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: N.Rogers walked; A.Radcliff grounded into
a double play (C.Harris to C.Williams to O.Charleston) [N.Rogers
out at second]; M.Suttles singled to center field; J.Lillard
grounded out (J.Johnson to O.Charleston); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
5, American Giants 0.
8TH: O.Charleston out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown
play; J.Johnson doubled; C.Harris singled [J.Johnson scored];
T.Page out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 6, American
Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: L.Brown reached on an error by C.Harris
[L.Brown to first]; J.Marshall out on unknown play; T.Trent out
on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. 6, American Giants 0.
9TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown
play; C.Papa Bell singled to left field; C.Papa Bell stole
second; V.Harris doubled [C.Papa Bell scored]; O.Charleston
popped to W.Wells; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 7, American Giants 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: W.Wells walked; N.Rogers grounded into a
double play (C.Williams to C.Harris to O.Charleston) [W.Wells
out at second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 7, American Giants 0.
Final Totals R H E LOB
7 8 1 5
American Giants 0 4 0 4
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