The 1944 Negro League World Series was a rematch of the 1943 World Series between the Homestead Grays (HOM) of the Negro National League and the Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) of the Negro American League.
Five Birmingham players were seriously injured in a car accident two weeks before the World Series. Artie Wilson and John Britton played in the series despite their injuries. Newspaper accounts of the World Series indicated that Britton was bandaged over his left eye and right wrist while Wilson had both wrists bandaged. Pepper Bassett, Tommy Sampson, and Leandy Young were too injured to play. The short-handed Black Barons were allowed to add local player Collins Jones to their World Series roster.
The Grays and Black Barons played four exhibition games following the conclusion of the World Series. Box scores have been found for three of these four games and are shown below. Play-by-play accounts have only been deduced for the five official World Series games.
September 17, 1944 at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL Postseason Championship Series Homestead Grays 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 - 8 11 3 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 11 3 WP: Roy Welmaker, LP: Johnny Markham Retrosheet game file September 19, 1944 at Pelican Stadium, New Orleans LA Postseason Championship Series Homestead Grays 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 - 6 8 3 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 WP: Edsall Walker, LP: Alfred Saylor Retrosheet game file September 21, 1944 at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL Postseason Championship Series Homestead Grays 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 - 9 11 2 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 3 WP: Ray Brown, LP: Earl Bumpus Retrosheet game file September 23, 1944 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh PA Postseason Championship Series Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 - 6 11 0 Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 1 WP: John Huber, LP: Spoon Carter Retrosheet game file September 24, 1944 at Griffith Stadium, Washington DC Postseason Championship Series Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 Homestead Grays 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 4 11 3 WP: Roy Welmaker, LP: Alfred Saylor Retrosheet game file
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