Retrosheet


Chicago American Giants (CAG) 8 Memphis Red Sox (MEM) 6

Game played on Thursday, August 26, 1943 (N) at Texas League Park, Oklahoma City OK
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 1 1  2 1 0  0 1 2   -   8 14  2
Memphis Red Sox                     0 0 0  1 0 0  1 0 4   -   6 11  3

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Ralph Wyatt ss                        5   0   0    0     0         4   4
Lloyd Davenport cf                    5   1   1    0     0         3   0
Art Pennington 2b                     5   0   2    1     0         4   2
Ed Young 1b                           5   2   1    0     0         8   1
Alex Radcliff 3b                      5   1   2    1     0         1   1
Johnny Smith rf                       5   0   0    0     0         1   0
John Bissant lf                       5   2   4    2     0         0   0
Bill Charter c                        4   1   1    2     0         5   1
Charlie Shields p                     4   1   3    0     0         1   3
  Gentry Jessup p                     0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               43   8  14    6     0   8    27  12

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Bill Charter, Charlie Shields. 

BATTING -
2B:  Alex Radcliff, Bill Charter. 
3B:  John Bissant 2, Charlie Shields. 
Team LOB:  8


Memphis Red Sox                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Fred Bankhead 2b                      4   2   2    1     1         4   2
Fred McDaniel lf                      4   1   1    3     1         1   0
Cowan Hyde rf                         3   0   1    0     0         0   0
  Emmett Wilson rf                    2   0   0    0     0         1   0
Marlin Carter 3b                      5   1   1    1     0         2   0
Red Longley 1b                        5   0   3    0     0         8   0
Neil Robinson ss                      4   0   1    0     1         0   7
Verdell Mathis cf                     5   0   1    0     0         2   0
Larry Brown c                         3   0   1    0     1         9   0
  Robert Keyes pr                     0   1   0    0     0         0   0
Willie Hutchinson p                   3   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Porter Moss ph                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Casey Jones pr                      0   1   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               39   6  11    5     4   6    27  10

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Fred McDaniel, Neil Robinson, Verdell Mathis. 

BATTING -
2B:  Fred Bankhead 2, Fred McDaniel. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Charlie Shields W                    8.2    11   6    4   4   6   0  42
Gentry Jessup SV                     0.1     0   0    0   0   0   0  1
Totals                               9      11   6    4   4   6   0  43

WP:  Charlie Shields. 

Memphis Red Sox                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Hutchinson L                  9      14   8    7   0   8   0  43
Totals                               9      14   8    7   0   8   0  43



Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 2500

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 8/26/1943 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Memphis Red
Sox (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Memphis                       
1. R.Wyatt             ss        F.Bankhead          2b        
2. L.Davenport         cf        F.McDaniel          lf        
3. A.Pennington        2b        C.Hyde              rf        
4. E.Young             1b        M.Carter            3b        
5. A.Radcliff          3b        R.Longley           1b        
6. J.Smith             rf        N.Robinson          ss        
7. J.Bissant           lf        V.Mathis            cf        
8. B.Charter           c         L.Brown             c         
9. C.Shields           p         W.Hutchinson        p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on
unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on
unknown play; C.Hyde out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Am. Giants 0, Red Sox 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Young out on unknown play; A.Radcliff
singled; J.Smith out on unknown play [A.Radcliff to second];
J.Bissant singled [A.Radcliff scored]; B.Charter out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: M.Carter out on unknown play; R.Longley singled;
N.Robinson out on unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Red Sox 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: C.Shields tripled; R.Wyatt reached on an error
by N.Robinson [C.Shields scored (no RBI), R.Wyatt to first];
L.Davenport out on unknown play; A.Pennington singled [R.Wyatt
to second]; E.Young out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: L.Brown singled; W.Hutchinson out on unknown play;
F.Bankhead out on unknown play; F.McDaniel out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 2, Red Sox 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; J.Bissant tripled;
B.Charter doubled [J.Bissant scored]; C.Shields singled
[B.Charter to third]; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport
reached on an error by F.McDaniel [B.Charter scored (unearned)
(no RBI), C.Shields to second, L.Davenport to first];
A.Pennington out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Am. Giants 4, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: C.Hyde singled; M.Carter forced C.Hyde (unknown
fielder) [M.Carter to first]; R.Longley singled [M.Carter to
second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; V.Mathis singled
[M.Carter scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by B.Charter),
R.Longley to third, V.Mathis to second]; L.Brown out on unknown
play; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 4, Red Sox 1.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: E.Young singled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play
[E.Young to second]; J.Smith out on unknown play; J.Bissant
singled [E.Young scored]; B.Charter out on unknown play; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; F.Bankhead
walked; F.McDaniel walked [F.Bankhead to second]; C.Hyde out on
unknown play; M.Carter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 1.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: E.WILSON REPLACED C.HYDE (PLAYING RF);
C.Shields out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play;
L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am.
Giants 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: R.Longley singled; N.Robinson walked [R.Longley to
second]; V.Mathis out on unknown play; L.Brown out on unknown
play; W.Hutchinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 1.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; E.Young out
on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: F.Bankhead doubled; C.Shields threw a wild pitch
[F.Bankhead to third]; F.McDaniel out on unknown play
[F.Bankhead scored]; E.Wilson out on unknown play; M.Carter out
on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Am. Giants 5, Red Sox 2.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; J.Bissant tripled;
B.Charter out on unknown play [J.Bissant scored]; C.Shields
singled; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am.
Giants 6, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 8TH: R.Longley out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on
unknown play; V.Mathis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 6, Red Sox 2.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: L.Davenport singled to center field
[L.Davenport to second (error by V.Mathis)]; A.Pennington
singled [L.Davenport scored]; E.Young forced A.Pennington
(unknown fielder) [E.Young to first]; A.Radcliff doubled
[E.Young scored]; J.Smith out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on
unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 8, Red Sox 2.

RED SOX 9TH: L.Brown walked; R.KEYES RAN FOR L.BROWN; P.MOSS
BATTED FOR W.HUTCHINSON; P.Moss reached on a fielder's choice
[R.Keyes to second (error by C.Shields)]; C.JONES RAN FOR
P.MOSS; F.Bankhead doubled [R.Keyes scored (unearned), C.Jones
to third]; F.McDaniel doubled [C.Jones scored, F.Bankhead
scored]; E.Wilson out on unknown play; M.Carter singled
[F.McDaniel scored]; R.Longley forced M.Carter (unknown fielder)
[R.Longley to first]; N.Robinson singled [R.Longley to second];
G.JESSUP REPLACED C.SHIELDS (PITCHING); V.Mathis out on unknown
play; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 8, Red Sox 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       8  14   2   8
 Red Sox          6  11   3  10


Back to Main Page for 1943 Negro League Season

Back to Main Page for Negro League Baseball

Data are shown for games which have been identified by Retrosheet. Missing data are not shown. Negro Leagues data should be viewed as incomplete.


Retrosheet website last updated August 4, 2025.
All data contained at this site is copyright 1996-2025 by Retrosheet. All Rights Reserved. Click here for information about the use of Retrosheet data

Send comments and suggestions to Tom Thress: tthress-ATsign-retrosheet.org.
Join the Retrosheet Discussion group here: RetroList
Retrosheet is an all-volunteer organization and a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. To volunteer, please e-mail Tom Thress. To make a donation, you can visit here: Donation Page