St. Louis Stars 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 10 1
Memphis Red Sox 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leslie Green cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 0
Dan Wilson lf 5 2 3 1 0 4 0
Jimmy Ford ss 5 1 1 1 0 0 3
Ed Mayweather 1b 3 0 1 1 2 9 0
Marshall Riddle 2b 5 1 2 2 0 4 4
Bill Bradford rf 4 1 2 0 1 2 0
Bobby Robinson 3b 3 0 0 1 1 0 0
Raymond Taylor c 4 0 0 0 0 5 1
Theolic Smith p 4 1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals 36 7 10 6 5 9 27 10
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Jimmy Ford, Ed Mayweather, Marshall Riddle.
E: 1. Marshall Riddle.
BATTING -
2B: Marshall Riddle 2, Theolic Smith.
3B: Jimmy Ford.
SH: Leslie Green, Bobby Robinson.
Team LOB: 9
Memphis Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Marlin Carter 1b 5 0 1 0 0 11 0
Jelly Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 3
Lloyd Davenport rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Neil Robinson cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1
Nat Rogers lf 3 0 0 0 1 3 0
Larry Brown c 4 0 1 1 0 9 0
Fred Bankhead 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2
T.J. Brown ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 1
Ted Radcliffe p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Ross p 3 0 1 0 0 0 5
Totals 34 1 7 1 3 5 27 12
FIELDING -
E: 1. Nat Rogers.
BATTING -
2B: Marlin Carter, Neil Robinson.
SH: Fred Bankhead.
GDP: Lloyd Davenport.
Team LOB: 10
BASERUNNING -
SB: Lloyd Davenport 2.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Theolic Smith W 9 7 1 1 3 5 0 38
Totals 9 7 1 1 3 5 0 38
Memphis Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Ted Radcliffe L 3 7 6 5 2 5 0 17
Ralph Ross 6 3 1 1 3 4 0 26
Totals 9 10 7 6 5 9 0 43
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - West Buntyn, 1B - Giddon, 2B - , 3B - Benjamin
Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 3000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/1/1939 -- at Memphis Red Sox (N)
Starting Lineups:
Memphis
1. L.Green cf M.Carter 1b
2. D.Wilson lf J.Taylor 2b
3. J.Ford ss L.Davenport rf
4. E.Mayweather 1b N.Robinson cf
5. M.Riddle 2b N.Rogers lf
6. B.Bradford rf L.Brown c
7. B.Robinson 3b F.Bankhead 3b
8. R.Taylor c T.Brown ss
9. T.Smith p T.Radcliffe p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green walked; D.Wilson singled [L.Green to second]; J.Ford
out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; M.Riddle
doubled [L.Green scored, D.Wilson scored]; B.Bradford out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor singled;
L.Davenport grounded into a double play (J.Ford to M.Riddle to
E.Mayweather) [J.Taylor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
2, Red Sox 0.
2ND: B.Robinson walked; R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith
out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. 2, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 2ND: N.Robinson doubled; N.Rogers out on unknown play;
L.Brown singled [N.Robinson scored]; F.Bankhead out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Brown to second]; T.Brown
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Red Sox 1.
3RD: D.Wilson singled; J.Ford tripled [D.Wilson scored];
E.Mayweather singled to center field (N.Robinson to J.Taylor)
[J.Ford scored, E.Mayweather out at second]; M.Riddle doubled;
B.Bradford singled to left field [M.Riddle scored (no RBI)
(error by N.Rogers), B.Bradford to third]; B.Robinson out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Bradford scored (unearned)];
R.Taylor out on unknown play; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 6,
Red Sox 1.
RED SOX 3RD: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; M.Carter doubled;
J.Taylor walked; L.Davenport out on unknown play; N.Robinson out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 6, Red Sox 1.
4TH: R.ROSS REPLACED T.RADCLIFFE (PITCHING); T.Smith doubled;
L.Green out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Smith to
third]; D.Wilson singled [T.Smith scored]; J.Ford out on unknown
play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
7, Red Sox 1.
RED SOX 4TH: N.Rogers walked; L.Brown out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead singled [N.Rogers to second]; T.Brown out on unknown
play; R.Ross out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 7, Red
Sox 1.
5TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Bradford singled;
B.Robinson reached on a fielder's choice [B.Bradford to second];
R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 7, Red Sox 1.
RED SOX 5TH: M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on
unknown play; L.Davenport singled; L.Davenport stole second;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 7, Red
Sox 1.
6TH: L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown
play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 7, Red
Sox 1.
RED SOX 6TH: N.Rogers out on unknown play; L.Brown out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 7, Red Sox 1.
7TH: E.Mayweather walked; M.Riddle reached on a fielder's
choice [E.Mayweather to second]; B.Bradford out on unknown play;
B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 7, Red Sox 1.
RED SOX 7TH: T.Brown out on unknown play; R.Ross singled;
M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 7, Red Sox 1.
8TH: T.Smith out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown play;
D.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 7, Red Sox
1.
RED SOX 8TH: L.Davenport reached on an error by M.Riddle
[L.Davenport to first]; L.Davenport stole second; N.Robinson
reached on a fielder's choice [L.Davenport to third]; N.Rogers
out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 7, Red Sox 1.
9TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather walked; M.Riddle
out on unknown play; B.Bradford walked [E.Mayweather to second];
B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 7, Red
Sox 1.
RED SOX 9TH: T.Brown walked; R.Ross out on unknown play;
M.Carter out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 7, Red Sox 1.
Final Totals R H E LOB
7 10 1 9
Red Sox 1 7 1 10
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