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Homestead Grays @ Philadelphia Stars

1939-09-02 · Day game

Philadelphia Stars defeated Homestead Grays 6–5. Philadelphia Stars put up 3 in the 4th.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	8
PH5	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	6	10

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
David Whatley	3	2	1	0	2	0
Vic Harris	4	1	2	1	0	0
Sam Bankhead	4	0	1	0	0	0
Josh Gibson	3	1	1	1	0	0
Buck Leonard	3	0	2	2	1	0
Henry Spearman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jelly Jackson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Willie Ferrell	4	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Stars — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Roy Parnell	4	0	2	0	1
Chester Williams	5	0	1	2	0
Pat Patterson	3	1	0	0	1
Gene Benson	4	2	2	0	0
Jim West	3	1	1	2	0
Curtis Harris	4	0	1	1	0
Jake Dunn	4	0	1	0	0
Leon Ruffin	3	0	0	0	0
Henry Miller	3	1	1	0	0
Bill Cooper	1	1	1	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Ferrell	8.2	10	2	0

Philadelphia Stars — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Henry Miller	9.0	8	3	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

David Whatley: W
Vic Harris: 99/G.1-2
Sam Bankhead: 99
Josh Gibson: S.2-3
Buck Leonard: D9.3-H;1-H
Henry Spearman: 99

Bot 1

Roy Parnell: S
Chester Williams: 99
Pat Patterson: 99
Gene Benson: 99

Top 2

Ray Brown: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99
Willie Ferrell: 99

Bot 2

Jim West: 99
Curtis Harris: 99
Jake Dunn: 99

Top 3

David Whatley: 99
Vic Harris: S
Sam Bankhead: S.1-3
Josh Gibson: SB2
Josh Gibson: 99/SH.3-H;2-3
Buck Leonard: W
Henry Spearman: 99

Bot 3

Leon Ruffin: 99
Henry Miller: 99
Roy Parnell: 99

Top 4

Ray Brown: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99
Willie Ferrell: 99

Bot 4

Chester Williams: 99
Pat Patterson: W
Gene Benson: S.1-2
Jim West: S.2-H;1-2
Curtis Harris: S.2-H;1-3
Jake Dunn: 8/F.3-H(E2)(NR)(UR)
Leon Ruffin: 99

Top 5

David Whatley: S
Vic Harris: SB2
Vic Harris: S.2-3
Sam Bankhead: 54(1)3/GDP.3-H
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 5

Henry Miller: S
Roy Parnell: S.1-3
Chester Williams: 99.3-H#
Pat Patterson: 99
Gene Benson: 99

Top 6

Buck Leonard: 99
Henry Spearman: 99
Ray Brown: 99

Bot 6

Jim West: 99
Curtis Harris: 99
Jake Dunn: D
Leon Ruffin: 99

Top 7

Jelly Jackson: T
Willie Ferrell: 99
David Whatley: W#
Vic Harris: 99.3-H
Sam Bankhead: PO1(E3).1-2#
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 7

Henry Miller: 99
Roy Parnell: W
Chester Williams: 99
Pat Patterson: 99

Top 8

Josh Gibson: 99
Buck Leonard: S
Henry Spearman: 99
Ray Brown: 99

Bot 8

Gene Benson: T7
Jim West: 7/SF.3-H
Curtis Harris: 99
Jake Dunn: 99

Top 9

Jelly Jackson: K
Willie Ferrell: K
David Whatley: 3/G

Bot 9

Bill Cooper: S7
Henry Miller: 99/SH.1-2
Roy Parnell: 99
Chester Williams: S.2-H

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score Box score shows Gibson in CF and Ray Brown catching; reverse is much more plausible

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