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West All Stars(W) (ASW) 4 East All Stars(E) (ASE) 2

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Game played on Sunday, August 6, 1939 (D) at Comiskey Park, Chicago IL
All-Star game

East All Stars(E)                   0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   2  5  0
West All Stars(W)                   0 0 0  0 0 0  1 3 x   -   4  8  1

BATTING

East All Stars(E)                    AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Wild Bill Wright cf                   4   0   2    0     0   0     0   0
Willie Wells ss                       3   0   1    0     1   2     0   4
Josh Gibson c                         3   0   0    0     1   0     6   1
Mule Suttles rf                       4   0   0    0     0   2     4   0
Buck Leonard 1b                       3   1   0    0     1   0     8   2
Pat Patterson 3b                      4   1   1    0     0   1     0   0
Sammy Hughes 2b                       3   0   1    2     0   0     3   2
Roy Parnell lf                        3   0   0    0     0   0     3   0
Bill Byrd p                           1   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
  Leon Day p                          1   0   0    0     0   0     0   1
  Roy Partlow p                       1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Bill Holland p                      0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               30   2   5    2     3   5    24  11


BATTING -
2B:  Wild Bill Wright. 
IW:  Josh Gibson. 
GDP:  Mule Suttles. 
Team LOB:  4

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Pat Patterson. 
CS:  Buck Leonard. 

West All Stars(W)                    AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       3   0   1    0     0   1     1   0
  Parnell Woods 3b                    0   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Dan Wilson lf                         3   1   1    2     0   1     3   0
Alex Radcliff 3b, ss                  4   1   1    0     0   1     0   2
Neil Robinson cf                      4   1   3    1     0   0     2   0
Ted Strong ss, 1b                     2   0   0    0     2   0     2   2
Jelly Taylor 1b                       2   0   0    0     0   1     4   1
  Billy Horne 2b                      1   0   1    1     0   0     2   0
Leroy Morney 2b, ss                   1   0   0    0     1   0     4   5
  Jim Williams ph, rf                 2   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
Pepper Bassett c                      1   0   0    0     0   0     3   1
  Larry Brown c                       2   0   0    0     0   0     3   1
Theolic Smith p                       0   0   0    0     1   0     1   1
  Hilton Smith p                      1   0   0    0     0   0     1   0
  Ted Radcliffe p                     1   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               27   4   8    4     4   4    27  13

FIELDING -
DP: 2.  Alex Radcliff, Jelly Taylor 2, Leroy Morney, Pepper Bassett, Theolic Smith. 
E: 1.  Ted Strong. 

BATTING -
2B:  Neil Robinson. 
HR:  Dan Wilson, Neil Robinson. 
SH:  Parnell Woods, Dan Wilson, Billy Horne. 
IW:  Ted Strong. 
Team LOB:  6

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Henry Milton. 

PITCHING

East All Stars(E)                    IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Bill Byrd                            3       2   0    0   1   1   0  11
Leon Day                             3       0   0    0   2   3   0  10
Roy Partlow L                        1.1     4   3    3   0   0   2  8
Bill Holland                         0.2     2   1    1   1   0   0  5
Totals                               8       8   4    4   4   4   2  34

IW:  Bill Holland. 

West All Stars(W)                    IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Theolic Smith                        3       4   2    2   1   1   0  13
Hilton Smith                         4       0   0    0   1   3   0  12
Ted Radcliffe W                      2       1   0    0   1   1   0  8
Totals                               9       5   2    2   3   5   0  33

IW:  Theolic Smith. 


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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 40000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 8/6/1939 -- East All Stars(E) at West All
Stars(W) (D)

Starting Lineups:

   East                          West                          
1. W.Wright            cf        H.Milton            rf        
2. W.Wells             ss        D.Wilson            lf        
3. J.Gibson            c         A.Radcliff          3b        
4. M.Suttles           rf        N.Robinson          cf        
5. B.Leonard           1b        T.Strong            ss        
6. P.Patterson         3b        J.Taylor            1b        
7. S.Hughes            2b        L.Morney            2b        
8. R.Parnell           lf        P.Bassett           c         
9. B.Byrd              p         T.Smith             p         

ALL STARS(E) 1ST: W.Wright grounded out (L.Morney to T.Smith);
W.Wells struck out; J.Gibson lined to D.Wilson; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(E) 0, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(W) 1ST: H.Milton singled to shortstop; D.Wilson out
on a sacrifice bunt (B.Byrd to B.Leonard) [H.Milton to second];
A.Radcliff struck out; N.Robinson singled to third base
[H.Milton to third]; H.Milton was caught stealing home (J.Gibson
to S.Hughes to J.Gibson); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  All Stars(E) 0,
All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(E) 2ND: M.Suttles grounded out (T.Strong to
J.Taylor); B.Leonard reached on an error by T.Strong [B.Leonard
to first]; P.Patterson singled to center field [B.Leonard to
third]; P.Patterson stole second; S.Hughes singled to center
field [B.Leonard scored, P.Patterson scored]; R.Parnell reached
on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play (A.Radcliff
to L.Morney to J.Taylor to L.Morney) [S.Hughes out at second,
R.Parnell out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  All Stars(E) 2,
All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(W) 2ND: T.Strong flied to R.Parnell; J.Taylor popped
to B.Leonard; L.Morney popped to J.Gibson in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(E) 3RD: B.Byrd flied to D.Wilson; W.Wright singled to
shortstop; W.Wells singled to right field [W.Wright to third];
J.Gibson was walked intentionally [W.Wells to second]; M.Suttles
grounded into a double play (T.Smith to P.Bassett to J.Taylor)
[W.Wright out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  All Stars(E) 2,
All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(W) 3RD: P.Bassett grounded out (W.Wells to
B.Leonard); T.Smith walked; H.Milton flied to R.Parnell;
D.Wilson flied to R.Parnell; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  All Stars(E)
2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(E) 4TH: H.SMITH REPLACED T.SMITH (PITCHING);
B.Leonard grounded out (L.Morney to J.Taylor); P.Patterson
struck out; S.Hughes grounded out (L.Morney to J.Taylor); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(W) 4TH: L.DAY REPLACED B.BYRD (PITCHING); A.Radcliff
flied to M.Suttles; N.Robinson grounded out (W.Wells to
B.Leonard); T.Strong walked; J.Taylor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(E) 5TH: L.BROWN REPLACED P.BASSETT (PLAYING C);
L.MORNEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); T.STRONG CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); B.HORNE REPLACED J.TAYLOR (PLAYING 2B);
R.Parnell popped to L.Morney; L.Day flied to N.Robinson;
W.Wright grounded out (T.Strong to H.Smith); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(W) 5TH: L.Morney walked; L.Morney was picked off
first (L.Day to B.Leonard to S.Hughes); L.Brown flied to
M.Suttles; H.Smith popped to B.Leonard; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(E) 6TH: W.Wells struck out; J.Gibson grounded out
(L.Morney to T.Strong); M.Suttles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(W) 6TH: H.Milton struck out; D.Wilson struck out;
A.Radcliff grounded out (W.Wells to B.Leonard); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(E) 7TH: B.Leonard walked; B.Leonard was caught
stealing second (L.Brown to L.Morney); P.Patterson flied to
H.Milton; S.Hughes popped to B.Horne; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  All
Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 0.

ALL STARS(W) 7TH: R.PARTLOW REPLACED L.DAY (PITCHING);
N.Robinson homered to leftfield; T.Strong popped to S.Hughes;
B.Horne singled to right field; J.WILLIAMS BATTED FOR L.MORNEY;
J.Williams flied to M.Suttles; L.Brown flied to M.Suttles; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 1.

ALL STARS(E) 8TH: J.WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
A.RADCLIFF CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); T.RADCLIFFE REPLACED
H.SMITH (PITCHING); P.WOODS REPLACED H.MILTON (PLAYING 3B);
R.Parnell grounded out (A.Radcliff to T.Strong); R.Partlow flied
to D.Wilson; W.Wright doubled to right-center; W.Wells walked;
J.Gibson popped to B.Horne; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  All Stars(E)
2, All Stars(W) 1.

ALL STARS(W) 8TH: T.Radcliffe singled to center field; P.Woods
out on a sacrifice bunt (B.Leonard to S.Hughes) [T.Radcliffe to
second]; D.Wilson homered to leftfield [T.Radcliffe scored];
B.HOLLAND REPLACED R.PARTLOW (PITCHING); A.Radcliff singled to
center field; N.Robinson doubled to right field [A.Radcliff to
third]; T.Strong was walked intentionally; B.Horne out on a
sacrifice bunt (B.Leonard unassisted) [A.Radcliff scored,
N.Robinson to third, T.Strong to second]; J.Williams grounded
out (W.Wells to B.Leonard); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  All Stars(E)
2, All Stars(W) 4.

ALL STARS(E) 9TH: M.Suttles struck out; B.Leonard flied to
J.Williams; P.Patterson flied to N.Robinson; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  All Stars(E) 2, All Stars(W) 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 All Stars(E)     2   5   0   4
 All Stars(W)     4   8   1   6


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