Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 3 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 x - 4 9 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Sam Hill lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 Tom Turner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 11 0 Bernell Longest 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Jim McCurine rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Ritchey c 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 Buddy Armour cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 Jacob Robinson ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gentry Jessup ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Tolbert ss 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Miles 3b 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 John Bissant ph, 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walter McCoy p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 3 1 1 8 24 2 FIELDING - E: 3. Buddy Armour, John Miles 2. BATTING - 2B: Sam Hill. Team LOB: 4 Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Tommy Butts ss 3 1 2 1 0 3 3 Felix Guilbe rf 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 Henry Kimbro cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Luis Villodas c 4 0 0 0 0 7 0 Johnny Washington 1b 4 1 2 2 0 9 0 Lester Lockett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 Butch Davis lf 4 1 3 1 0 1 0 Joe Wiley 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 Bob Romby p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Frazier Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jose Pereira p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 4 9 4 1 3 27 7 FIELDING - E: 1. Tommy Butts. BATTING - 2B: Butch Davis. SH: Tommy Butts, Henry Kimbro, Bob Romby. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Felix Guilbe. CS: Tommy Butts. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Walter McCoy L 8 9 4 4 1 3 0 36 Totals 8 9 4 4 1 3 0 36 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bob Romby W 8 1 0 0 1 7 0 27 Jose Pereira SV 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 Totals 9 3 1 1 1 8 0 32 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 4/13/1947 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Baltimore 1. S.Hill lf T.Butts ss 2. T.Turner 1b F.Guilbe rf 3. B.Longest 2b H.Kimbro cf 4. J.McCurine rf L.Villodas c 5. J.Ritchey c J.Washington 1b 6. B.Armour cf L.Lockett 3b 7. J.Robinson ss B.Davis lf 8. J.Miles 3b J.Wiley 2b 9. W.McCoy p B.Romby p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; S.Hill walked; T.Turner out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: T.Butts out on unknown play; F.Guilbe reached on an error by J.Miles [F.Guilbe to first]; F.Guilbe stole second; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Villodas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Ritchey out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: J.Washington reached on an error by J.Miles [J.Washington to first]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Wiley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Miles out on unknown play; W.McCoy out on unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: B.Romby singled; T.Butts out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Romby to second]; F.Guilbe reached on a fielder's choice [B.Romby to third]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Villodas out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: T.Turner out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Washington out on unknown play; L.Lockett reached on an error by B.Armour [L.Lockett to first]; B.Davis singled [L.Lockett to second]; J.Wiley out on unknown play; B.Romby out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Ritchey out on unknown play; B.Armour singled; J.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: T.Butts singled; F.Guilbe singled [T.Butts to second]; H.Kimbro out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Butts to third, F.Guilbe to second]; L.Villodas out on unknown play; J.Washington singled to center field (B.Armour to J.Robinson) [T.Butts scored, F.Guilbe scored, J.Washington out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 6TH: W.McCoy out on unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; T.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 2. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; B.Davis singled; J.Wiley walked [B.Davis to second]; B.Romby out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Davis to third, J.Wiley to second]; T.Butts singled [B.Davis scored, J.Wiley to third]; T.Butts was caught stealing second (J.Ritchey to B.Longest); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 7TH: B.Longest out on unknown play; J.McCurine out on unknown play; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Guilbe out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Villodas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 8TH: B.Armour reached on an error by T.Butts [B.Armour to first]; G.JESSUP BATTED FOR J.ROBINSON; G.Jessup out on unknown play; J.BISSANT BATTED FOR J.MILES; J.Bissant out on unknown play; W.McCoy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: J.TOLBERT REPLACED G.JESSUP (PLAYING SS); J.BISSANT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); J.Washington singled; L.Lockett out on unknown play; B.Davis doubled [J.Washington scored]; J.Wiley out on unknown play; F.ROBINSON BATTED FOR B.ROMBY; F.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Elite Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.PEREIRA REPLACED F.ROBINSON (PITCHING); S.Hill doubled; T.Turner out on unknown play; B.Longest singled [S.Hill scored]; J.McCurine out on unknown play; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Elite Giants 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 1 3 3 4 Elite Giants 4 9 1 8
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