Baltimore Elite Giants 2 1 1 1 0 4 0 2 0 - 11 12 0 Newark Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 7 5 BATTING Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 Sammy Hughes 2b 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 Red Moore 1b 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 Wild Bill Wright rf 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 Felton Snow 3b 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 Bill Hoskins lf 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Roy Campanella c 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 Jonas Gaines p 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 11 12 10 5 1 27 0 BATTING - 2B: Henry Kimbro, Sammy Hughes, Red Moore, Felton Snow, Bill Hoskins. HR: Sammy Hughes. SH: Red Moore, Tommy Butts. HBP: Bill Hoskins. IW: Wild Bill Wright. Team LOB: 8 Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Monte Irvin 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 Dick Seay 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 Willie Wells ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ed Stone cf 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 Mule Suttles 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 Lennie Pearson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Wilson rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 Biz Mackey c 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Harry Cozart pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leon Day p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felix Evans p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Echols ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 7 3 5 6 27 0 FIELDING - E: 5. Monte Irvin, Willie Wells, Lennie Pearson, Fred Wilson, Felix Evans. BATTING - HR: Mule Suttles. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Monte Irvin, Harry Cozart. PITCHING Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jonas Gaines W 9 7 3 3 5 6 1 37 Totals 9 7 3 3 5 6 1 37 Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leon Day L 5.2 9 9 6 5 1 1 33 Felix Evans 3.1 3 2 0 0 0 0 13 Totals 9 12 11 6 5 1 1 46 HBP: Leon Day. IW: Leon Day. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Cool Turner, 1B - Phil Cockrell Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 9/9/1939 -- Baltimore Elite Giants at Newark Eagles (N) Starting Lineups: Baltimore Newark 1. H.Kimbro cf M.Irvin 3b 2. S.Hughes 2b D.Seay 2b 3. R.Moore 1b W.Wells ss 4. W.Wright rf E.Stone cf 5. F.Snow 3b M.Suttles 1b 6. B.Hoskins lf L.Pearson lf 7. T.Butts ss F.Wilson rf 8. R.Campanella c B.Mackey c 9. J.Gaines p L.Day p ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Kimbro walked; S.Hughes walked [H.Kimbro to second]; R.Moore out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Kimbro to third, S.Hughes to second]; W.Wright was walked intentionally; F.Snow doubled to left field [H.Kimbro scored, S.Hughes scored, W.Wright to third]; B.Hoskins was hit by a pitch; T.Butts out on unknown play; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: M.Irvin singled; M.Irvin was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); D.Seay out on unknown play; W.Wells out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Eagles 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: J.Gaines out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; S.Hughes homered to centerfield; R.Moore singled; W.Wright out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 3, Eagles 0. EAGLES 2ND: E.Stone walked; M.Suttles out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 3, Eagles 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: F.Snow walked; B.Hoskins walked [F.Snow to second]; T.Butts out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Snow to third, B.Hoskins to second]; R.Campanella out on unknown play [F.Snow scored]; B.Hoskins was picked off second (unknown fielder); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Eagles 0. EAGLES 3RD: B.Mackey singled; L.Day out on unknown play; M.Irvin out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 4, Eagles 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Gaines singled; H.Kimbro doubled [J.Gaines scored]; S.Hughes out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 5, Eagles 0. EAGLES 4TH: W.Wells out on unknown play; E.Stone walked; M.Suttles out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 5, Eagles 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Hoskins out on unknown play; T.Butts singled to right field [T.Butts to second (error by F.Wilson)]; R.Campanella out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 5, Eagles 0. EAGLES 5TH: F.Wilson singled; B.Mackey out on unknown play; L.Day out on unknown play; M.Irvin singled [F.Wilson to second]; D.Seay out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 5, Eagles 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Gaines out on unknown play; H.Kimbro reached on an error by M.Irvin [H.Kimbro to first]; S.Hughes doubled to left field [H.Kimbro scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by L.Pearson), S.Hughes to third]; R.Moore doubled [S.Hughes scored]; W.Wright reached on an error by W.Wells [R.Moore to third, W.Wright to first]; F.Snow out on unknown play; B.Hoskins doubled [R.Moore scored (unearned), W.Wright scored (unearned)]; F.EVANS REPLACED L.DAY (PITCHING); T.Butts out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 9, Eagles 0. EAGLES 6TH: W.Wells walked; E.Stone walked [W.Wells to second]; M.Suttles out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; F.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 9, Eagles 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: R.Campanella out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 9, Eagles 0. EAGLES 7TH: B.Mackey out on unknown play; F.Evans out on unknown play; M.Irvin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 9, Eagles 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: S.Hughes singled; R.Moore singled [S.Hughes to second]; W.Wright forced S.Hughes (unknown fielder) [R.Moore to second, W.Wright to first]; F.Snow out on unknown play; W.Wright was picked off first, but was safe on an error by F.Evans [R.Moore to third, W.Wright to second]; B.Hoskins singled [R.Moore scored (unearned), W.Wright scored (unearned)]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 11, Eagles 0. EAGLES 8TH: D.Seay walked; W.Wells out on unknown play; E.Stone out on unknown play; M.Suttles homered to leftfield [D.Seay scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 11, Eagles 2. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: R.Campanella out on unknown play; J.Gaines out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 11, Eagles 2. EAGLES 9TH: F.Wilson singled; B.Mackey singled [F.Wilson to third]; H.COZART RAN FOR B.MACKEY; J.ECHOLS BATTED FOR F.EVANS; J.Echols out on unknown play [F.Wilson scored]; H.Cozart was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); M.Irvin out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 11, Eagles 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Elite Giants 11 12 0 8 Eagles 3 7 5 7
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