Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 0
Philadelphia Bacharach Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 x - 4 8 0
BATTING
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Curtis Harris rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
Josh Gibson c 3 2 1 1 0 1 10 0
Judy Johnson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Vic Harris lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chester Williams 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
Leroy Morney ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 2
Jimmie Crutchfield pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leroy Matlock p 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 4
Clarence Palm ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 8 3 3 2 24 10
BATTING -
2B: Cool Papa Bell, Chester Williams.
HR: Josh Gibson, Leroy Matlock.
SH: Vic Harris.
HBP: Josh Gibson.
GDP: Josh Gibson, Leroy Morney.
Team LOB: 6
Philadelphia Bacharach Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Gene Benson rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 6 0
Obie Lackey 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 4
Crush Holloway cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Javier Perez ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4
Ed Stone lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Joe Wiggins 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Zack Clayton 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 13 1
Harry Jeffries c 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0
Luther Farrell p 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1
Totals 31 4 8 4 1 6 27 12
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Obie Lackey, Javier Perez, Joe Wiggins, Zack Clayton 2.
BATTING -
2B: Obie Lackey 2, Crush Holloway.
HBP: Ed Stone.
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING -
SB: Harry Jeffries.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Leroy Matlock L 8 8 4 4 1 6 0 33
Totals 8 8 4 4 1 6 0 33
HBP: Leroy Matlock.
Philadelphia Bacharach Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Luther Farrell W 9 8 3 3 3 2 2 36
Totals 9 8 3 3 3 2 2 36
HBP: Luther Farrell.
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - James Crump, 1B - John Craig
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 4000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 8/4/1934, game 1 -- at Philadelphia
Bacharach Giant (D)
Starting Lineups:
Philadelphia
1. C.Papa Bell cf G.Benson rf
2. C.Harris rf O.Lackey 2b
3. O.Charleston 1b C.Holloway cf
4. J.Gibson c J.Perez ss
5. J.Johnson 3b E.Stone lf
6. V.Harris lf J.Wiggins 3b
7. C.Williams 2b Z.Clayton 1b
8. L.Morney ss H.Jeffries c
9. L.Matlock p L.Farrell p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown
play; O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
0, Bacharach Giant 0.
BACHARACH GIANT 1ST: G.Benson struck out; O.Lackey out on
unknown play; C.Holloway out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Bacharach Giant 0.
2ND: J.Gibson was hit by a pitch; J.Johnson singled [J.Gibson
to second]; V.Harris out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[J.Gibson to third, J.Johnson to second]; C.Williams flied to
unknown fielder [J.Gibson scored]; L.Morney out on unknown play;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Bacharach Giant 0.
BACHARACH GIANT 2ND: J.Perez struck out; E.Stone out on unknown
play; J.Wiggins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1,
Bacharach Giant 0.
3RD: L.Matlock homered; C.Papa Bell doubled; C.Harris out on
unknown play; O.Charleston walked; J.Gibson grounded into a
double play (J.Wiggins to Z.Clayton) [C.Papa Bell out at third];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 0.
BACHARACH GIANT 3RD: Z.Clayton out on unknown play; H.Jeffries
out on unknown play; L.Farrell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
2, Bacharach Giant 0.
4TH: J.Johnson out on unknown play; V.Harris walked;
C.Williams singled [V.Harris to second]; L.Morney grounded into
a double play (J.Perez to O.Lackey to Z.Clayton) [C.Williams out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 0.
BACHARACH GIANT 4TH: G.Benson out on unknown play; O.Lackey
doubled; C.Holloway struck out; J.Perez walked; E.Stone out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 0.
5TH: L.Matlock struck out; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play;
C.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 2,
Bacharach Giant 0.
BACHARACH GIANT 5TH: J.Wiggins struck out; Z.Clayton singled;
H.Jeffries out on unknown play; L.Farrell singled [Z.Clayton to
second]; G.Benson singled [Z.Clayton scored, L.Farrell to
third]; G.Benson was picked off first (L.Matlock to
O.Charleston); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 1.
6TH: O.Charleston singled; O.Charleston was picked off first
(L.Farrell to Z.Clayton); J.Gibson struck out; J.Johnson out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 1.
BACHARACH GIANT 6TH: O.Lackey out on unknown play; C.Holloway
out on unknown play; J.Perez out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 1.
7TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; C.Williams doubled;
L.Morney walked; L.Matlock out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 1.
BACHARACH GIANT 7TH: E.Stone struck out; J.Wiggins out on
unknown play; Z.Clayton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 2, Bacharach Giant 1.
8TH: C.Harris out on unknown play; O.Charleston out on unknown
play; J.Gibson homered; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. 3, Bacharach Giant 1.
BACHARACH GIANT 8TH: H.Jeffries singled; H.Jeffries stole
second; L.Farrell singled [H.Jeffries scored]; G.Benson out on
unknown play; O.Lackey doubled [L.Farrell scored]; C.Holloway
doubled [O.Lackey scored]; J.Perez out on unknown play; E.Stone
was hit by a pitch; J.Wiggins out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. 3, Bacharach Giant 4.
9TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; L.Morney singled; J.CRUTCHFIELD RAN FOR L.MORNEY; C.PALM
BATTED FOR L.MATLOCK; C.Palm out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. 3, Bacharach Giant 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
3 8 0 6
Bacharach Giant 4 8 0 5
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