Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 - 8 10 0
Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 8 2
BATTING
Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Jack Marshall 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 4
Alex Radcliff 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 0
Willie Wells ss 2 2 2 1 2 3 2
Turkey Stearnes cf 3 1 0 0 1 4 0
Mule Suttles lf 5 2 1 4 0 5 0
Steel Arm Davis 1b 5 1 1 1 0 7 0
Wilson Redus rf 4 1 2 1 1 1 1
Subby Byas c 3 0 0 0 0 4 1
Melvin Powell p 4 0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals 35 8 10 7 4 2 27 11
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Jack Marshall, Willie Wells 2, Steel Arm Davis 2.
BATTING -
3B: Willie Wells.
HR: Mule Suttles, Steel Arm Davis.
SH: Jack Marshall.
HBP: Willie Wells, Turkey Stearnes, Subby Byas.
GDP: Turkey Stearnes.
Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING -
SB: Jack Marshall.
Pittsburgh Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Cool Papa Bell cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 0
Sam Bankhead lf 3 0 1 0 2 2 0
Bill Perkins c 3 0 1 0 0 5 1
Josh Gibson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 11 0
Judy Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chester Williams 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 6
Jimmie Crutchfield rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
Ted Bond ss 4 0 1 0 0 6 3
Spoon Carter p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Harvey p 1 1 1 0 1 0 2
Totals 32 1 8 1 5 1 27 14
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Sam Bankhead, Josh Gibson, Chester Williams, Ted Bond.
E: 2. Sam Bankhead, Judy Johnson.
BATTING -
2B: Jimmie Crutchfield, Bill Harvey.
3B: Cool Papa Bell.
HBP: Bill Perkins.
GDP: Josh Gibson, Chester Williams.
Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING -
SB: Cool Papa Bell, Sam Bankhead, Chester Williams.
PITCHING
Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Melvin Powell W 9 8 1 1 5 1 0 38
Totals 9 8 1 1 5 1 0 38
HBP: Melvin Powell.
Pittsburgh Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Spoon Carter L 6 8 6 4 2 0 2 29
Bill Harvey 3 2 2 2 2 2 0 14
Totals 9 10 8 6 4 2 2 43
WP: Spoon Carter, Bill Harvey.
HBP: Spoon Carter 2, Bill Harvey.
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Art Fields, 1B - Carpenter
Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 700
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 5/21/1935 -- Chicago American Giants at (N)
Starting Lineups:
Chicago
1. J.Marshall 2b C.Papa Bell cf
2. A.Radcliff 3b S.Bankhead lf
3. W.Wells ss B.Perkins c
4. T.Stearnes cf J.Gibson 1b
5. M.Suttles lf J.Johnson 3b
6. S.Davis 1b C.Williams 2b
7. W.Redus rf J.Crutchfield rf
8. S.Byas c T.Bond ss
9. M.Powell p S.Carter p
AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
singled to left field [A.Radcliff to third (error by
S.Bankhead)]; W.Wells singled [A.Radcliff scored (unearned)];
T.Stearnes grounded into a double play (C.Williams to T.Bond to
J.Gibson) [W.Wells out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
American Giants 1, 0.
1ST: C.Papa Bell singled; C.Papa Bell stole second; S.Bankhead
walked; B.Perkins out on unknown play; J.Gibson grounded into a
double play (W.Wells to J.Marshall to S.Davis) [S.Bankhead out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 1, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: M.Suttles out on unknown play; S.Davis out
on unknown play; W.Redus walked; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 1, 0.
2ND: J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Williams walked;
C.Williams stole second; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play;
T.Bond out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American
Giants 1, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: M.Powell singled; J.Marshall out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Powell to second];
A.Radcliff out on unknown play; W.Wells was hit by a pitch;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American
Giants 1, 0.
3RD: S.Carter out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown
play; S.Bankhead singled; S.Bankhead stole second; B.Perkins was
hit by a pitch; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. American Giants 1, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: 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 1, 0.
4TH: J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Crutchfield doubled; T.Bond singled to right field
(W.Redus to S.Byas) [J.Crutchfield out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. American Giants 1, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; M.Powell
singled; J.Marshall singled [M.Powell to third]; J.Marshall
stole second; A.Radcliff hit into a double play (S.Bankhead
unassisted) [M.Powell out at third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
American Giants 1, 0.
5TH: S.Carter out on unknown play; C.Papa Bell out on unknown
play; S.Bankhead walked; B.Perkins singled [S.Bankhead to
second]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
American Giants 1, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: W.Wells walked; T.Stearnes was hit by a
pitch [W.Wells to second]; M.Suttles homered to right-center
[W.Wells scored, T.Stearnes scored]; S.Davis homered to
rightfield; W.Redus singled; S.Byas flied to unknown fielder;
M.Powell reached on an error by J.Johnson [W.Redus to second,
M.Powell to first]; J.Marshall forced M.Powell (unknown fielder)
[W.Redus to third, J.Marshall to first]; S.Carter threw a wild
pitch [W.Redus scored (unearned), J.Marshall to second];
A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 5 R (4 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
American Giants 6, 0.
6TH: J.Johnson out on unknown play; C.Williams out on unknown
play; J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
American Giants 6, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: B.HARVEY REPLACED S.CARTER (PITCHING);
W.Wells tripled; T.Stearnes walked; M.Suttles forced T.Stearnes
(unknown fielder) [W.Wells scored, M.Suttles to first]; B.Harvey
threw a wild pitch [M.Suttles to second]; S.Davis out on unknown
play; W.Redus singled [M.Suttles scored]; S.Byas was hit by a
pitch [W.Redus to second]; M.Powell out on unknown play; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. American Giants 8, 0.
7TH: T.Bond out on unknown play; B.Harvey walked; C.Papa Bell
out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. American Giants 8, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: J.Marshall out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
out on unknown play; W.Wells walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 8, 0.
8TH: B.Perkins out on unknown play; J.Gibson singled;
J.Johnson walked [J.Gibson to second]; C.Williams grounded into
a double play (W.Wells to S.Davis) [J.Johnson out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American Giants 8, 0.
AMERICAN GIANTS 9TH: 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 8, 0.
9TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; T.Bond out on unknown
play; B.Harvey doubled; C.Papa Bell tripled [B.Harvey scored];
S.Bankhead flied to M.Suttles; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. American
Giants 8, 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
American Giants 8 10 0 8
1 8 2 10
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