Chicago American Giants 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 - 7 9 1
Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 2
BATTING
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Jack Marshall 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 4
Alex Radcliff 3b 5 1 2 3 0 2 1
Willie Wells ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 0
Turkey Stearnes cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0
Mule Suttles lf 4 1 1 2 0 2 0
Steel Arm Davis 1b 4 1 1 0 0 9 0
Wilson Redus rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Larry Brown c 3 1 1 0 1 10 3
Willie Cornelius p 3 1 0 1 1 0 3
Ted Trent p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7 4 5 27 11
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Steel Arm Davis, Larry Brown, Willie Cornelius.
E: 1. Willie Cornelius.
BATTING -
2B: Alex Radcliff 2, Turkey Stearnes, Steel Arm Davis.
HR: Mule Suttles.
SH: Turkey Stearnes, Mule Suttles, Wilson Redus.
Team LOB: 7
BASERUNNING -
SB: Turkey Stearnes.
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 0
Sam Bankhead lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 7 1
Josh Gibson c 3 2 2 2 1 0 6 2
Judy Johnson 3b 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 2
Bill Perkins rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 0
Chester Williams 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 1
Ted Bond ss 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
Roosevelt Davis p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Sam Streeter p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmie Crutchfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4 5 8 27 8
FIELDING -
E: 2. Sam Bankhead, Chester Williams.
BATTING -
2B: Oscar Charleston.
SH: Oscar Charleston.
HBP: Sam Bankhead.
GDP: Roosevelt Davis.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: Josh Gibson 2.
PITCHING
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Willie Cornelius W 8.2 7 4 4 5 7 0 38
Ted Trent SV 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 9 7 4 4 5 8 0 39
HBP: Willie Cornelius.
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Roosevelt Davis L 6 8 7 6 4 2 1 31
Sam Streeter 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 10
Totals 9 9 7 6 4 5 1 41
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B - Pete Cleague
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 5/18/1935 -- Chicago American Giants at (D)
Starting Lineups:
Chicago
1. J.Marshall 2b C.Papa Bell cf
2. A.Radcliff 3b S.Bankhead lf
3. W.Wells ss O.Charleston 1b
4. T.Stearnes cf J.Gibson c
5. M.Suttles lf J.Johnson 3b
6. S.Davis 1b B.Perkins rf
7. W.Redus rf C.Williams 2b
8. L.Brown c T.Bond ss
9. W.Cornelius p R.Davis p
AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
1ST: C.Papa Bell struck out; S.Bankhead struck out;
O.Charleston out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
American Giants 0, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: T.Stearnes walked; M.Suttles out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Stearnes to second]; S.Davis
out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
2ND: J.Gibson singled to pitcher [J.Gibson to third (error by
W.Cornelius)]; J.Johnson struck out; B.Perkins singled [J.Gibson
scored]; C.Williams singled [B.Perkins to second]; T.Bond walked
[B.Perkins to third, C.Williams to second]; R.Davis grounded
into a double play (W.Cornelius to L.Brown to S.Davis)
[B.Perkins out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. American Giants
0, 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: L.Brown reached on an error by C.Williams
[L.Brown to second]; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; J.Marshall
out on unknown play; A.Radcliff doubled [L.Brown scored
(unearned)]; W.Wells out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. American Giants 1, 1.
3RD: C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; S.Bankhead walked;
O.Charleston doubled [S.Bankhead to third]; J.Gibson singled
[S.Bankhead scored, O.Charleston scored]; J.Gibson stole second;
J.Gibson stole third; J.Johnson flied to unknown fielder
[J.Gibson scored]; B.Perkins struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
American Giants 1, 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: T.Stearnes doubled to center field;
T.Stearnes stole third; M.Suttles homered [T.Stearnes scored];
S.Davis doubled to center field; W.Redus out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [S.Davis to third]; L.Brown walked;
W.Cornelius forced L.Brown (J.Johnson to C.Williams) [S.Davis
scored, W.Cornelius to first]; J.Marshall singled [W.Cornelius
to second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. American Giants 4, 4.
4TH: C.Williams struck out; T.Bond walked; R.Davis out on
unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. American Giants 4, 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: W.Wells walked; T.Stearnes out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Wells to second]; M.Suttles
out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. American Giants 4, 4.
5TH: S.Bankhead singled; O.Charleston out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [S.Bankhead to second]; J.Gibson out on
unknown play; J.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. American Giants 4, 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Brown out
on unknown play; W.Cornelius walked; J.Marshall singled to left
field [W.Cornelius to third, J.Marshall to second (error by
S.Bankhead)]; A.Radcliff doubled [W.Cornelius scored, J.Marshall
scored]; W.Wells singled [A.Radcliff scored]; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 7, 4.
6TH: B.Perkins struck out; C.Williams out on unknown play;
T.Bond out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American
Giants 7, 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: S.STREETER REPLACED R.DAVIS (PITCHING);
M.Suttles out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play;
W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American
Giants 7, 4.
7TH: S.Streeter out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell singled;
S.Bankhead out on unknown play; O.Charleston out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 7, 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: L.Brown singled; W.Cornelius out on
unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 7, 4.
8TH: J.Gibson walked; J.Johnson struck out; B.Perkins out on
unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. American Giants 7, 4.
AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; T.Stearnes
out on unknown play; M.Suttles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. American Giants 7, 4.
9TH: T.Bond walked; J.CRUTCHFIELD BATTED FOR S.STREETER;
J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown
play; S.Bankhead was hit by a pitch [T.Bond to second]; T.TRENT
REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); O.Charleston struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 7, 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
American Giants 7 9 1 7
4 7 2 8
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