Nashville Elite Giants 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 3
Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 x - 8 10 2
BATTING
Nashville Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Wild Bill Wright cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 1
Sam Bankhead ss 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 3
Sammy Hughes 2b 5 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
Roy Parnell rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Tom Parker lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1
Nish Williams c 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 2
Felton Snow 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
Jim West 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 9 1
Jim Willis p 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
Andy Porter p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Percy Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2 3 8 24 13
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Sammy Hughes, Nish Williams.
E: 3. Nish Williams 2, Jim West.
BATTING -
Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING -
CS: Felton Snow.
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 5 1 2 0 0 2 1
Ted Page rf 3 1 0 0 0 1 1
Jimmie Crutchfield rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 1 1 1 0 2 7 2
Josh Gibson 1b 1 1 1 0 0 2 1
Bill Perkins c 4 1 1 1 0 1 8 3
Judy Johnson 3b 3 1 1 2 1 1 0
Vic Harris lf 3 0 1 1 0 2 1
Chester Williams 2b 4 1 1 1 0 2 1
Leroy Morney ss 4 1 1 1 0 2 2
Leroy Matlock p 3 0 1 1 0 0 0
Satchel Paige p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 8 10 7 3 4 27 13
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Bill Perkins, Leroy Morney.
E: 2. Bill Perkins, Judy Johnson.
BATTING -
2B: Josh Gibson.
3B: Bill Perkins, Leroy Morney.
SH: Vic Harris.
Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING -
SB: Cool Papa Bell 2, Judy Johnson.
CS: Oscar Charleston.
PITCHING
Nashville Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Jim Willis L 6 9 8 5 3 2 0 31
Andy Porter 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
Percy Miller 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals 8 10 8 5 3 4 0 38
Jim Willis pitched to 2 batters in the 7th inning
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Leroy Matlock W 6 7 2 1 3 1 0 30
Satchel Paige SV 3 1 0 0 0 7 0 9
Totals 9 8 2 1 3 8 0 39
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Payne, 1B - Richardson
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 800
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 9/18/1934 -- Nashville Elite Giants at (N)
Starting Lineups:
Nashville
1. W.Wright cf C.Papa Bell cf
2. S.Bankhead ss T.Page rf
3. S.Hughes 2b O.Charleston 1b
4. R.Parnell rf B.Perkins c
5. T.Parker lf J.Johnson 3b
6. N.Williams c V.Harris lf
7. F.Snow 3b C.Williams 2b
8. J.West 1b L.Morney ss
9. J.Willis p L.Matlock p
ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; W.Wright struck out [W.Wright to second
(error by B.Perkins)]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play [W.Wright
to third]; S.Hughes out on unknown play [W.Wright scored
(unearned)]; R.Parnell out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 0.
1ST: C.Papa Bell singled; C.Papa Bell stole second; T.Page out
on unknown play; O.Charleston singled [C.Papa Bell to third];
B.Perkins struck out while O.Charleston was caught stealing
second (N.Williams to S.Hughes); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite
Giants 1, 0.
ELITE GIANTS 2ND: T.Parker out on unknown play; N.Williams
singled; F.Snow out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 0.
2ND: J.Johnson walked; V.Harris out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [J.Johnson to second]; J.Johnson stole third;
C.Williams singled [J.Johnson scored]; L.Morney tripled
[C.Williams scored]; L.Matlock popped to S.Bankhead [L.Morney
scored]; On a bunt C.Papa Bell singled; C.Papa Bell stole second
[C.Papa Bell to third (error by N.Williams)]; T.Page reached on
an error by N.Williams [T.Page to first]; O.Charleston walked
[T.Page to second]; B.Perkins reached on an error by J.West
[C.Papa Bell scored (unearned) (no RBI), T.Page to third,
O.Charleston to second, B.Perkins to first]; J.Johnson singled
[T.Page scored (unearned), O.Charleston scored (unearned),
B.Perkins to second]; V.Harris out on unknown play; 6 R (3 ER),
4 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 6.
ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Willis out on unknown play; W.Wright
reached on an error by J.Johnson [W.Wright to first]; S.Bankhead
out on unknown play; S.Hughes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 6.
3RD: C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown
play; L.Matlock singled; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 6.
ELITE GIANTS 4TH: R.Parnell out on unknown play; T.Parker out
on unknown play; N.Williams walked; F.Snow singled [N.Williams
to second]; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Elite Giants 1, 6.
4TH: T.Page out on unknown play; O.Charleston walked;
B.Perkins out on unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 1, 6.
ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Willis walked; W.Wright singled to right
field [J.Willis to third]; S.Bankhead singled to right field
[J.Willis scored, W.Wright to second]; S.Hughes out on unknown
play; R.Parnell walked [W.Wright to third, S.Bankhead to
second]; T.Parker out on unknown play; N.Williams out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 6.
5TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite
Giants 2, 6.
ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.CRUTCHFIELD REPLACED T.PAGE (PLAYING RF);
F.Snow out on unknown play; J.West singled; J.Willis singled
[J.West to second]; W.Wright out on unknown play; S.Bankhead
singled [J.West to third, J.Willis to second]; S.Hughes out on
unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 6.
6TH: L.Matlock out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown
play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Elite Giants 2, 6.
ELITE GIANTS 7TH: S.PAIGE REPLACED L.MATLOCK (PITCHING);
J.GIBSON REPLACED O.CHARLESTON (PLAYING 1B); R.Parnell struck
out (B.Perkins to J.Gibson); T.Parker struck out; N.Williams
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 6.
7TH: J.Gibson doubled to right field; B.Perkins tripled to
right field [J.Gibson scored]; A.PORTER REPLACED J.WILLIS
(PITCHING); J.Johnson out on unknown play; V.Harris singled
[B.Perkins scored]; C.Williams out on unknown play; L.Morney out
on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 8.
ELITE GIANTS 8TH: F.Snow singled; J.West struck out while
F.Snow was caught stealing second (B.Perkins to L.Morney);
A.Porter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 8.
8TH: P.MILLER REPLACED A.PORTER (PITCHING); S.Paige out on
unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 8.
ELITE GIANTS 9TH: W.Wright struck out (B.Perkins to J.Gibson);
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; S.Hughes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, 8.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Elite Giants 2 8 3 10
8 10 2 6
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