Birmingham Black Barons 3 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 - 9 12 3
St. Louis Stars 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 5 - 10 12 4
BATTING
Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Parnell Woods 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Johnny Ray cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sylvester Owens 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Whatley rf 4 2 2 3 1 0 0 0
Melzar Williams lf 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
Jack Bruton 2b 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Fred Bankhead ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Harry Barnes c 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Willie Ferrell p 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 12 8 3 0 26 0
FIELDING -
E: 3. Parnell Woods, Sylvester Owens, Melzar Williams.
BATTING -
2B: Parnell Woods.
3B: David Whatley.
HR: David Whatley.
SH: Parnell Woods, Willie Ferrell.
Team LOB: 8
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Les Pearson rf 6 4 3 2 0 0 0 0
Joe Sparks 2b, 3b 4 2 1 3 2 0 0 0
Bill Carter 3b, 1b 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcellus Thomas ph, lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tenny Edwards ph, 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Henry Williams c 2 2 2 1 3 0 0 0
Willie Davis lf, 3b 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Dillard cf 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
Clarence Lamar ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Robert Dean p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Reed p 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 40 10 12 10 7 2 27 0
FIELDING -
E: 4. Luther Gilyard 2, Dillard, Clarence Lamar.
BATTING -
2B: Les Pearson 2, Dillard, Clarence Lamar.
3B: Bill Carter.
HR: Joe Sparks.
Team LOB: 11
PITCHING
Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Willie Ferrell L 8.2 12 10 7 7 2 1 47
Totals 8.2 12 10 7 7 2 1 47
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Robert Dean 5 7 7 6 1 0 1 25
Curtis Reed W 4 5 2 2 2 0 0 19
Totals 9 12 9 8 3 0 1 44
Robert Dean pitched to 3 batters in the 6th inning
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - ?
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 6/13/1937, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
(D)
Starting Lineups:
Birmingham
1. P.Woods 3b L.Pearson rf
2. J.Ray cf J.Sparks 2b
3. S.Owens 1b B.Carter 3b
4. D.Whatley rf L.Gilyard 1b
5. M.Williams lf H.Williams c
6. J.Bruton 2b W.Davis lf
7. F.Bankhead ss cf
8. H.Barnes c C.Lamar ss
9. W.Ferrell p R.Dean p
BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; P.Woods singled; J.Ray singled [P.Woods to
second]; S.Owens out on unknown play; D.Whatley homered [P.Woods
scored, J.Ray scored]; M.Williams out on unknown play; J.Bruton
out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, 0.
1ST: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Sparks walked; B.Carter
out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, 0.
BLACK BARONS 2ND: F.Bankhead walked; H.Barnes out on unknown
play; W.Ferrell out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[F.Bankhead to second]; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, 0.
2ND: H.Williams walked; W.Davis out on unknown play; doubled
[H.Williams to third]; C.Lamar out on unknown play; R.Dean out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, 0.
BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Owens out on
unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Black Barons 3, 0.
3RD: L.Pearson doubled; J.Sparks out on unknown play
[L.Pearson to third]; B.Carter out on unknown play [L.Pearson
scored]; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Black Barons 3, 1.
BLACK BARONS 4TH: M.Williams singled to center field
[M.Williams to third (error by )]; J.Bruton out on unknown play
[M.Williams scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; F.Bankhead out on
unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, 1.
4TH: H.Williams walked; W.Davis out on unknown play; out on
unknown play; C.Lamar doubled [H.Williams to third]; R.Dean out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 4, 1.
BLACK BARONS 5TH: W.Ferrell reached on an error by C.Lamar
[W.Ferrell to first]; P.Woods reached on an error on a sacrifice
bunt by L.Gilyard [W.Ferrell to second, P.Woods to first]; J.Ray
out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; D.Whatley out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 4, 1.
5TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown
play; B.Carter walked; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, 1.
BLACK BARONS 6TH: M.Williams singled; J.Bruton singled
[M.Williams to second]; F.Bankhead singled [M.Williams scored,
J.Bruton to second]; C.REED REPLACED R.DEAN (PITCHING); H.Barnes
out on unknown play; W.Ferrell singled [J.Bruton scored,
F.Bankhead to second]; P.Woods doubled [F.Bankhead scored,
W.Ferrell scored]; J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Owens out on
unknown play; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 8, 1.
6TH: H.Williams walked; W.Davis reached on an error by S.Owens
[H.Williams to second, W.Davis to first]; out on unknown play;
C.Lamar out on unknown play; C.Reed out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 8, 1.
BLACK BARONS 7TH: D.Whatley tripled; M.Williams singled
[D.Whatley scored]; M.Williams was picked off first, but was
safe on an error by L.Gilyard [M.Williams to second]; J.Bruton
walked; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown
play; W.Ferrell out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Black Barons 9, 1.
7TH: L.Pearson reached on an error by P.Woods [L.Pearson to
first]; J.Sparks walked [L.Pearson to second]; B.Carter out on
unknown play; M.THOMAS BATTED FOR L.GILYARD; M.Thomas out on
unknown play; H.Williams singled [L.Pearson scored (unearned),
J.Sparks to second]; W.Davis singled [J.Sparks scored
(unearned), H.Williams to second]; singled [H.Williams scored
(unearned), W.Davis to second]; C.Lamar out on unknown play; 3 R
(0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 9, 4.
BLACK BARONS 8TH: M.THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); W.DAVIS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); B.CARTER CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Ray singled;
S.Owens out on unknown play; D.Whatley walked [J.Ray to second];
M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black
Barons 9, 4.
8TH: C.Reed out on unknown play; L.Pearson singled; J.Sparks
out on unknown play; B.Carter tripled [L.Pearson scored];
T.EDWARDS BATTED FOR M.THOMAS; T.Edwards out on unknown play; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 9, 5.
BLACK BARONS 9TH: T.EDWARDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B);
J.SPARKS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); W.DAVIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); J.Bruton out on unknown play; F.Bankhead
out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 9, 5.
9TH: H.Williams singled to left field [H.Williams to second
(error by M.Williams)]; W.Davis walked; singled [H.Williams to
third, W.Davis to second]; C.Lamar struck out; C.Reed struck
out; L.Pearson hit a ground rule double to rightfield
[H.Williams scored, W.Davis scored, to third]; J.Sparks homered
to leftfield [ scored, L.Pearson scored]; 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Black Barons 9, 10.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Black Barons 9 12 3 8
10 12 4 11
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