Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 - 10 13 1 Atlanta Black Crackers 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 6 7 10 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Parnell Woods 3b 4 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 Johnny Ray cf 6 2 2 1 0 0 4 0 Jim Canada 1b 5 1 1 1 0 1 8 1 David Whatley rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 Melzar Williams lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Sylvester Owens 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Fred Bankhead ss 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 Harry Barnes c 5 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 Red Howard p 5 2 2 2 0 0 4 2 Totals 44 10 13 8 3 2 27 9 FIELDING - E: 1. Harry Barnes. BATTING - 2B: David Whatley, Harry Barnes, Red Howard. 3B: Melzar Williams. HR: Red Howard. Team LOB: 10 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gabby Kemp 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 1 Ormond Sampson ss 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 Babe Davis lf, rf 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 Joe Greene c 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 Bill Cooper c 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Jack Thornton 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 Hap Glenn 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 Donald Reeves rf, lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Red Hadley cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Ping Burke p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Telosh Howard p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Reese p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 6 7 6 2 1 27 7 FIELDING - E: 10. Ormond Sampson 2, Joe Greene, Bill Cooper 2, Jack Thornton, Donald Reeves 2, Telosh Howard, Jimmy Reese. BATTING - 3B: Hap Glenn. HR: Babe Davis. SH: Ormond Sampson, Joe Greene. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - SB: Gabby Kemp. CS: Bill Cooper. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Red Howard W 9 7 6 5 2 1 1 36 Totals 9 7 6 5 2 1 1 36 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ping Burke 6.2 6 4 1 2 2 0 31 Telosh Howard L 0.2 5 4 3 0 0 1 7 Jimmy Reese 1.2 2 2 0 1 0 0 9 Totals 9 13 10 4 3 2 1 47 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 2114 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 6/10/1937 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Atlanta Bl. Crackers (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Atlanta 1. P.Woods 3b G.Kemp 2b 2. J.Ray cf O.Sampson ss 3. J.Canada 1b B.Davis lf 4. D.Whatley rf J.Greene c 5. M.Williams lf J.Thornton 1b 6. S.Owens 2b H.Glenn 3b 7. F.Bankhead ss D.Reeves rf 8. H.Barnes c R.Hadley cf 9. R.Howard p P.Burke p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; P.Woods singled; J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 0. BL. CRACKERS 1ST: G.Kemp singled to center field; On a bunt O.Sampson singled [G.Kemp to second]; G.Kemp stole third; B.Davis struck out; J.Greene out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson to second]; J.Thornton walked; H.Glenn tripled [O.Sampson scored, J.Thornton scored]; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BLACK BARONS 2ND: M.Williams out on unknown play; S.Owens singled; S.Owens was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Greene [S.Owens to second]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 2ND: R.Hadley out on unknown play; P.Burke out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BLACK BARONS 3RD: R.Howard out on unknown play; P.Woods walked; J.Ray reached on an error by O.Sampson [P.Woods to second, J.Ray to first]; J.Canada struck out; D.Whatley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 3RD: O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: M.Williams out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 4TH: J.Thornton singled; H.Glenn out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: H.Barnes singled; R.Howard out on unknown play; P.Woods walked [H.Barnes to second]; J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Canada out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 3. BL. CRACKERS 5TH: P.Burke out on unknown play; G.Kemp singled; O.Sampson reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by H.Barnes [G.Kemp to second, O.Sampson to first]; B.Davis homered to centerfield [G.Kemp scored, O.Sampson scored (unearned)]; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 6. BLACK BARONS 6TH: D.Whatley reached on an error by O.Sampson [D.Whatley to first]; M.Williams out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 6. BL. CRACKERS 6TH: H.Glenn out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Bl. Crackers 6. BLACK BARONS 7TH: B.COOPER REPLACED J.GREENE (PLAYING C); H.Barnes out on unknown play; R.Howard doubled; P.Woods reached on an error by J.Thornton [R.Howard to third, P.Woods to first]; J.Ray singled to right field [R.Howard scored, P.Woods scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by D.Reeves), J.Ray to second]; J.Canada out on unknown play; D.Whatley doubled [J.Ray scored (unearned)]; T.HOWARD REPLACED P.BURKE (PITCHING); D.Whatley was picked off second, but was safe on an error by T.Howard [D.Whatley to third]; M.Williams tripled [D.Whatley scored (unearned)]; S.Owens out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Bl. Crackers 6. BL. CRACKERS 7TH: T.Howard out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Bl. Crackers 6. BLACK BARONS 8TH: B.DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); D.REEVES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); F.Bankhead out on unknown play; H.Barnes doubled; R.Howard homered [H.Barnes scored]; P.Woods singled; J.Ray singled to left field [P.Woods scored (no RBI) (error by D.Reeves) (error by B.Cooper), J.Ray to second]; J.REESE REPLACED T.HOWARD (PITCHING); J.Canada singled [J.Ray scored (unearned)]; D.Whatley out on unknown play; M.Williams walked [J.Canada to second]; S.Owens reached on an error by J.Reese [J.Canada to third, M.Williams to second, S.Owens to first]; F.Bankhead singled [J.Canada scored (unearned), M.Williams scored (unearned), S.Owens to second]; H.Barnes flied to D.Reeves; 6 R (3 ER), 6 H, 3 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 10, Bl. Crackers 6. BL. CRACKERS 8TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; B.Cooper walked; B.Cooper was caught stealing second (H.Barnes to F.Bankhead); J.Thornton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 10, Bl. Crackers 6. BLACK BARONS 9TH: B.Cooper dropped a foul fly hit by R.Howard; R.Howard out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 10, Bl. Crackers 6. BL. CRACKERS 9TH: H.Glenn out on unknown play; D.Reeves singled; R.Hadley out on unknown play; J.Reese out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 10, Bl. Crackers 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 10 13 1 10 Bl. Crackers 6 7 10 3
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