New York Cubans 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 6 11 2 Newark Eagles 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 7 12 0 BATTING New York Cubans AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Minnie Minoso 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pedro Pages cf 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 Lorenzo Cabrera 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 Silvio Garcia ss, p 5 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 Claro Duany rf 4 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 Fernando Diaz pr, rf, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Noble c 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Clark lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Rabbit Martinez 2b, ss 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 Martin Crue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Barnhill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Tiant p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Patricio Scantlebury ph, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mario Ariosa rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 6 11 6 6 0 25 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Lorenzo Cabrera, Silvio Garcia. E: 2. Silvio Garcia, Ray Noble. BATTING - 3B: Rabbit Martinez. SH: Pedro Pages. HBP: Minnie Minoso. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Silvio Garcia. CS: Rabbit Martinez. Newark Eagles AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jimmy Wilkes cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Leroy Williams ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Pat Patterson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Monte Irvin 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Davis lf 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 Bob Harvey rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Biz Mackey ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Charlie Parks c 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Rufus Lewis p 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 7 12 6 5 0 27 0 FIELDING - PB: 1. Charlie Parks. BATTING - 2B: Lennie Pearson 2. HR: Monte Irvin. SH: Leroy Williams. HBP: Pat Patterson, Monte Irvin, Johnny Davis. IW: Lennie Pearson. GDP: Bob Harvey. Team LOB: 11 PITCHING New York Cubans IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dave Barnhill 2 4 3 2 0 0 0 14 Luis Tiant 4 5 3 3 3 0 1 18 Patricio Scantlebury L 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 9 Silvio Garcia 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Martin Crue 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 8.1 12 7 6 5 0 1 43 Dave Barnhill pitched to 3 batters in the 3rd inning Patricio Scantlebury pitched to 2 batters in the 9th inning HBP: Dave Barnhill 3. IW: Silvio Garcia. Newark Eagles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Rufus Lewis W 9 11 6 6 6 0 0 42 Totals 9 11 6 6 6 0 0 42 WP: Rufus Lewis. HBP: Rufus Lewis. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Charles Moore, 2B - , 3B - Pete Strauch Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 6000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 8/15/1947 -- New York Cubans at Newark Eagles (N) Starting Lineups: New York Newark 1. M.Minoso 3b J.Wilkes cf 2. P.Pages cf L.Williams ss 3. L.Cabrera 1b P.Patterson 3b 4. S.Garcia ss M.Irvin 2b 5. C.Duany rf J.Davis lf 6. R.Noble c L.Pearson 1b 7. C.Clark lf B.Harvey rf 8. R.Martinez 2b C.Parks c 9. D.Barnhill p R.Lewis p CUBANS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 0. EAGLES 1ST: J.Wilkes singled; L.Williams out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Wilkes to second]; P.Patterson out on unknown play [J.Wilkes to third]; M.Irvin reached on an error by S.Garcia [J.Wilkes scored (unearned) (no RBI), M.Irvin to first]; J.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 0, Eagles 1. CUBANS 2ND: S.Garcia out on unknown play; C.Duany walked; R.Noble out on unknown play; R.Lewis threw a wild pitch [C.Duany to second]; C.Clark walked; R.Martinez tripled [C.Duany scored, C.Clark scored]; D.Barnhill out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 1. EAGLES 2ND: L.Pearson doubled; B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Parks singled [L.Pearson scored, C.Parks to second (error by R.Noble)]; R.Lewis singled [C.Parks scored]; J.Wilkes out on unknown play; L.Williams out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 3. CUBANS 3RD: M.Minoso was hit by a pitch; P.Pages out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Minoso to second]; L.Cabrera out on unknown play; S.Garcia out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 3. EAGLES 3RD: P.Patterson was hit by a pitch; M.Irvin was hit by a pitch [P.Patterson to second]; J.Davis was hit by a pitch [P.Patterson to third, M.Irvin to second]; L.TIANT REPLACED D.BARNHILL (PITCHING); J.Davis was picked off first (L.Tiant to L.Cabrera); L.Pearson walked; B.Harvey grounded into a double play (S.Garcia to L.Cabrera) [L.Pearson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 3. CUBANS 4TH: C.Duany singled; R.Noble out on unknown play; C.Clark singled (unknown fielder) [C.Duany out at third]; R.Martinez walked [C.Clark to second]; L.Tiant out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 3. EAGLES 4TH: C.Parks out on unknown play; R.Lewis singled; J.Wilkes singled [R.Lewis to second]; L.Williams out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 3. CUBANS 5TH: M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages walked; L.Cabrera singled [P.Pages to second]; S.Garcia singled (unknown fielder) [P.Pages out at home, L.Cabrera to second]; C.Duany out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 3. EAGLES 5TH: M.Irvin homered; J.Davis walked; L.Pearson doubled [J.Davis scored]; B.Harvey out on unknown play [L.Pearson to third]; C.Parks flied to unknown fielder [L.Pearson scored]; R.Lewis out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 6. CUBANS 6TH: R.Noble out on unknown play; C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Martinez singled; R.Martinez was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 6. EAGLES 6TH: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; L.Williams walked; P.Patterson singled [L.Williams to second]; M.Irvin out on unknown play; J.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 2, Eagles 6. CUBANS 7TH: P.SCANTLEBURY BATTED FOR L.TIANT; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; M.Minoso walked; C.Parks allowed a passed ball [M.Minoso to second]; P.Pages walked; L.Cabrera out on unknown play [M.Minoso to third, P.Pages to second]; S.Garcia singled [M.Minoso scored, P.Pages scored]; S.Garcia stole second; C.Duany singled [S.Garcia to third]; R.Noble out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 6. EAGLES 7TH: P.SCANTLEBURY STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); L.Pearson singled; B.Harvey out on unknown play; C.Parks out on unknown play; R.Lewis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 6. CUBANS 8TH: C.Clark out on unknown play; R.Martinez out on unknown play; P.Scantlebury out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 6. EAGLES 8TH: J.Wilkes out on unknown play; L.Williams out on unknown play; P.Patterson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubans 4, Eagles 6. CUBANS 9TH: M.Minoso out on unknown play; P.Pages out on unknown play; L.Cabrera singled; S.Garcia singled [L.Cabrera scored, S.Garcia to second (on throw)]; C.Duany singled [S.Garcia scored]; F.DIAZ RAN FOR C.DUANY; R.Noble out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubans 6, Eagles 6. EAGLES 9TH: F.DIAZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); M.Irvin singled; J.Davis walked [M.Irvin to second]; S.GARCIA CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); R.MARTINEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); F.DIAZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); M.ARIOSA REPLACED P.SCANTLEBURY (PLAYING RF); M.Irvin was picked off second (unknown fielder); L.Pearson was walked intentionally [J.Davis to second]; S.GARCIA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); M.CRUE REPLACED R.MARTINEZ (PITCHING); B.MACKEY BATTED FOR B.HARVEY; B.Mackey singled to left-center [J.Davis scored, L.Pearson to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubans 6, Eagles 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubans 6 11 2 9 Eagles 7 12 0 11
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 15, 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