Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 1 8 0
BATTING
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Jack Marshall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 5 3
Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1
Willie Wells ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 6
Turkey Stearnes cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
Mule Suttles lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
Wilson Redus rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Brown c 3 0 0 0 0 5 0
Zack Clayton 1b 2 0 0 0 0 11 0
Jim Brown ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Steel Arm Davis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ted Trent p 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Melvin Powell ph, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 31 0 4 0 2 6 24 16
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Jack Marshall 2, Willie Wells 2, Zack Clayton, Steel Arm Davis.
E: 1. Alex Radcliff.
BATTING -
2B: Alex Radcliff.
Team LOB: 6
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 3 0 1 0 1 4 0
Sam Bankhead lf 2 1 2 0 0 1 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 3 0 2 1 1 9 0
Josh Gibson c 4 0 0 0 0 6 0
Judy Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Chester Williams 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Jimmie Crutchfield rf 3 0 3 0 0 5 0
Ted Bond ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 4
Leroy Matlock p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 8 1 2 4 27 10
BATTING -
2B: Sam Bankhead, Jimmie Crutchfield.
3B: Sam Bankhead.
SH: Sam Bankhead 2.
GDP: Josh Gibson, Judy Johnson.
Team LOB: 6
PITCHING
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Ted Trent L 7 6 1 1 2 4 0 27
Melvin Powell 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 8 8 1 1 2 4 0 31
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Leroy Matlock W 9 4 0 0 2 6 0 33
Totals 9 4 0 0 2 6 0 33
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Pete Cleague, 1B - Cool Turner
Time of Game: 1:45 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/19/1935, game 1 -- 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. W.Redus rf C.Williams 2b
7. L.Brown c J.Crutchfield rf
8. Z.Clayton 1b T.Bond ss
9. T.Trent p L.Matlock p
AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
doubled; W.Wells out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
1ST: C.Papa Bell singled; S.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [C.Papa Bell to second]; O.Charleston out on
unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: M.Suttles out on unknown play; W.Redus out
on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
2ND: J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Crutchfield doubled; T.Bond out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: Z.Clayton out on unknown play; T.Trent out
on unknown play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
3RD: L.Matlock out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell walked;
S.Bankhead out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Papa
Bell to second]; O.Charleston walked; J.Gibson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff singled; W.Wells out on unknown
play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; M.Suttles lined to
J.Crutchfield; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
4TH: J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Crutchfield singled; J.Crutchfield was picked off first
(T.Trent to Z.Clayton); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American Giants
0, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: W.Redus out on unknown play; L.Brown out
on unknown play; Z.Clayton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
5TH: T.Bond out on unknown play; L.Matlock out on unknown
play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
American Giants 0, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: T.Trent out on unknown play; J.Marshall
out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. American Giants 0, 0.
6TH: S.Bankhead tripled; O.Charleston singled to center field
[S.Bankhead scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; J.Johnson
grounded into a double play (W.Wells to J.Marshall to Z.Clayton)
[O.Charleston out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. American
Giants 0, 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; T.Stearnes
singled; M.Suttles singled [T.Stearnes to second]; W.Redus out
on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. American Giants 0, 1.
7TH: C.Williams out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield singled to
third base [J.Crutchfield to second (error by A.Radcliff)];
T.Bond out on unknown play; L.Matlock out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: J.BROWN BATTED FOR Z.CLAYTON; J.Brown
walked; M.POWELL BATTED FOR T.TRENT; M.Powell out on unknown
play; J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, 1.
8TH: S.DAVIS REPLACED J.BROWN (PLAYING 1B); M.POWELL STAYED IN
GAME (PITCHING); C.Papa Bell out on unknown play; S.Bankhead
doubled; O.Charleston singled [S.Bankhead to third]; J.Gibson
grounded into a double play (W.Wells to J.Marshall to S.Davis)
[O.Charleston out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American
Giants 0, 1.
AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; T.Stearnes
out on unknown play; M.Suttles walked; W.Redus out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 0, 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
American Giants 0 4 1 6
1 8 0 6
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