Birmingham Black Barons 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 14 4 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 1 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bill Carter ss 5 1 3 2 0 1 2 Sylvester Owens cf 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 Melzar Williams lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jack Bruton 1b 4 2 1 0 1 15 1 Harry Barnes c 3 2 2 1 1 3 2 Melvin Coleman 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 Willie Ferrell rf 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 Bo Mitchell p 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 Totals 39 8 14 8 2 6 27 11 FIELDING - E: 4. Bill Carter, Fred Bankhead, Jack Bruton, Bo Mitchell. BATTING - 2B: Bill Carter, Melvin Coleman. 3B: Sylvester Owens, Willie Ferrell. GDP: Bill Carter. Team LOB: 6 Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bill Cooper 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 Ormond Sampson ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Babe Davis lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Don Pelham cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Greene c 4 1 1 0 0 8 0 Jack Thornton 1b 4 1 1 0 0 11 0 Red Hadley rf 4 0 1 2 0 3 0 Gabby Kemp 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 Jimmy Reese p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felix Evans p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Telosh Howard p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 34 2 5 2 1 2 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bill Cooper, Jack Thornton, Gabby Kemp. E: 1. Bill Cooper. BATTING - 2B: Joe Greene. 3B: Gabby Kemp. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bo Mitchell W 9 5 2 0 1 2 0 35 Totals 9 5 2 0 1 2 0 35 Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jimmy Reese L 1.2 5 4 4 1 0 0 11 Felix Evans 0.2 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 Telosh Howard 6.2 6 1 1 1 6 0 25 Totals 9 14 8 8 2 6 0 41 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3987 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/22/1937 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Atlanta Black Crackers (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Atlanta 1. B.Carter ss B.Cooper 3b 2. S.Owens cf O.Sampson ss 3. F.Bankhead 2b B.Davis lf 4. M.Williams lf D.Pelham cf 5. J.Bruton 1b J.Greene c 6. H.Barnes c J.Thornton 1b 7. M.Coleman 3b R.Hadley rf 8. W.Ferrell rf G.Kemp 2b 9. B.Mitchell p J.Reese p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Carter singled; S.Owens out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: B.Cooper out on unknown play; O.Sampson singled; B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.Bruton walked; H.Barnes singled [J.Bruton to second]; M.Coleman out on unknown play; W.Ferrell singled [J.Bruton scored, H.Barnes to second]; B.Mitchell out on unknown play; B.Carter doubled [H.Barnes scored, W.Ferrell scored]; S.Owens tripled [B.Carter scored]; F.EVANS REPLACED J.REESE (PITCHING); F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Thornton reached on an error by B.Carter [J.Thornton to first]; J.Thornton was picked off first, but was safe on an error by B.Mitchell [J.Thornton to third]; R.Hadley out on unknown play [J.Thornton scored (unearned)]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Black Crackers 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: M.Williams out on unknown play; J.Bruton singled to third base [J.Bruton to second (error by B.Cooper)]; H.Barnes singled [J.Bruton scored]; M.Coleman doubled [H.Barnes scored, M.Coleman to third (on throw)]; T.HOWARD REPLACED F.EVANS (PITCHING); W.Ferrell tripled [M.Coleman scored]; B.Mitchell singled [W.Ferrell scored]; B.Carter grounded into a double play (B.Cooper to G.Kemp to J.Thornton) [B.Mitchell out at second]; 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: T.Howard out on unknown play; B.Cooper walked; B.Cooper was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Bruton [B.Cooper to second]; O.Sampson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: S.Owens out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; M.Williams singled; M.Williams was picked off first (T.Howard to J.Thornton); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Greene doubled; J.Thornton out on unknown play; R.Hadley out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Bruton out on unknown play; H.Barnes walked; M.Coleman out on unknown play; W.Ferrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: G.Kemp tripled; T.Howard out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: B.Mitchell singled; B.Carter out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham out on unknown play; J.Greene flied to M.Williams; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: M.Williams out on unknown play; J.Bruton out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: J.Thornton popped to F.Bankhead; R.Hadley out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK BARONS 8TH: M.Coleman singled; W.Ferrell out on unknown play; B.Mitchell out on unknown play; B.Carter singled [M.Coleman to second]; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: T.Howard out on unknown play; B.Cooper out on unknown play; O.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK BARONS 9TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; J.Bruton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 1. BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham grounded out (F.Bankhead to J.Bruton); J.Greene reached on an error by F.Bankhead [J.Greene to first]; J.Thornton singled to center field [J.Greene to third]; R.Hadley singled to right field [J.Greene scored (unearned), J.Thornton to second]; G.Kemp flied to S.Owens; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 8, Black Crackers 2. BLACK BARONS 10TH: Game 2 of scheduled DH called due to Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 8 14 4 6 Black Crackers 2 5 1 6
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