Pittsburgh Crawfords 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 - 8 14 1
Philadelphia Stars 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 9 5
BATTING
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chester Williams 2b 5 2 2 0 0 1 2
Oscar Charleston 1b 5 2 2 0 0 2 0
Josh Gibson c 5 4 5 4 0 0 0
Judy Johnson 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vic Harris lf 5 0 2 2 0 0 0
Curtis Harris rf 5 0 2 1 0 0 0
Leroy Morney ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2
Harry Kincannon p 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 14 7 0 8 27 4
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Chester Williams 2, Oscar Charleston 2, Leroy Morney 2.
E: 1. Cool Papa Bell.
BATTING -
2B: Curtis Harris.
HR: Josh Gibson 2.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: Chester Williams, Josh Gibson.
Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Jake Stephens ss 4 0 2 0 1 0 0
Dewey Creacy 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chaney White lf 5 0 2 1 0 0 0
Jud Wilson 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mickey Casey c 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
Jake Dunn rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jones ph, rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Washington cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0
Dick Seay 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Slim Jones p 3 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2 5 3 27 0
FIELDING -
E: 5. Jake Stephens, Mickey Casey 2, Dick Seay 2.
BATTING -
GDP: Dewey Creacy, Jake Dunn.
Team LOB: 10
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Harry Kincannon W 9 9 2 2 5 3 0 39
Totals 9 9 2 2 5 3 0 39
Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Slim Jones L 9 14 8 7 0 8 2 43
Totals 9 14 8 7 0 8 2 43
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Judy Gans, 1B - John Craig
Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 2500
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 8/20/1934, game 1 -- at Philadelphia Stars (D)
Starting Lineups:
Philadelphia
1. C.Papa Bell cf J.Stephens ss
2. C.Williams 2b D.Creacy 3b
3. O.Charleston 1b C.White lf
4. J.Gibson c J.Wilson 1b
5. J.Johnson 3b M.Casey c
6. V.Harris lf J.Dunn rf
7. C.Harris rf P.Washington cf
8. L.Morney ss D.Seay 2b
9. H.Kincannon p S.Jones p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; C.Williams singled;
O.Charleston singled [C.Williams to second]; J.Gibson singled
[C.Williams scored, O.Charleston to third]; J.Gibson stole
second; J.Johnson out on unknown play; V.Harris singled
[O.Charleston scored, J.Gibson scored]; C.Harris out on unknown
play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 3, Stars 0.
STARS 1ST: J.Stephens out on unknown play; D.Creacy walked;
C.White out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 3, Stars 0.
2ND: L.Morney out on unknown play; H.Kincannon singled; C.Papa
Bell out on unknown play; C.Williams reached on an error by
J.Stephens [H.Kincannon to second, C.Williams to first];
O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 3,
Stars 0.
STARS 2ND: M.Casey out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown
play; P.Washington singled; D.Seay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 3, Stars 0.
3RD: J.Gibson singled; J.Johnson out on unknown play; V.Harris
out on unknown play; C.Harris doubled [J.Gibson scored];
L.Morney out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4, Stars 0.
STARS 3RD: S.Jones out on unknown play; J.Stephens out on
unknown play; D.Creacy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 4, Stars 0.
4TH: H.Kincannon out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on
unknown play; C.Williams singled; C.Williams stole second
[C.Williams to third (error by M.Casey)]; O.Charleston reached
on an error by D.Seay [C.Williams scored (unearned) (no RBI),
O.Charleston to second (error by D.Seay)]; J.Gibson singled
[O.Charleston to third]; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. 5, Stars 0.
STARS 4TH: C.White out on unknown play; J.Wilson singled;
M.Casey singled [J.Wilson to third]; J.Dunn out on unknown play
[J.Wilson scored]; P.Washington singled [M.Casey to second];
D.Seay out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 5, Stars 1.
5TH: V.Harris singled; C.Harris out on unknown play; L.Morney
out on unknown play; H.Kincannon out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. 5, Stars 1.
STARS 5TH: S.Jones out on unknown play; J.Stephens walked;
D.Creacy out on unknown play; C.White singled [J.Stephens to
second]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
5, Stars 1.
6TH: M.Casey dropped a foul fly hit by C.Papa Bell; C.Papa
Bell out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play;
O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 5,
Stars 1.
STARS 6TH: M.Casey walked; J.Dunn grounded into a double play
(L.Morney to C.Williams to O.Charleston) [M.Casey out at
second]; P.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
5, Stars 1.
7TH: J.Gibson homered; J.Johnson out on unknown play; V.Harris
out on unknown play; C.Harris singled; L.Morney out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 6, Stars 1.
STARS 7TH: D.Seay out on unknown play; S.Jones walked;
J.Stephens singled [S.Jones to second]; D.Creacy out on unknown
play; C.White singled [S.Jones scored, J.Stephens to second];
J.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 6, Stars 2.
8TH: H.Kincannon out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on
unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 6, Stars 2.
STARS 8TH: M.Casey singled to center field [M.Casey to second
(error by C.Papa Bell)]; BATTED FOR J.DUNN; out on unknown
play; P.Washington out on unknown play; D.Seay walked; S.Jones
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 6, Stars 2.
9TH: STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); O.Charleston singled;
J.Gibson homered [O.Charleston scored]; J.Johnson out on unknown
play; V.Harris out on unknown play; C.Harris out on unknown
play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 8, Stars 2.
STARS 9TH: J.Stephens singled; D.Creacy grounded into a double
play (C.Williams to L.Morney to O.Charleston) [J.Stephens out at
second]; C.White out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 8,
Stars 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
8 14 1 8
Stars 2 9 5 10
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