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Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 4 Atlanta Black Crackers (ATN) 3

Game played on Sunday, May 22, 1938 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Atlanta Black Crackers              0 0 0  1 2 0  0  -   3  8  1
Birmingham Black Barons             1 0 2  0 1 0  x  -   4  6  3

BATTING

Atlanta Black Crackers               AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Gabby Kemp 2b, ss                     4   0   0    0     0         0   1
Leo Sims ss                           2   0   1    0     0         0   1
  Bill Cooper ph, c                   2   0   1    0     0         2   0
Donald Reeves rf                      3   1   2    0     1         1   0
  Red Hadley pr                       0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Nish Williams c, 2b                   4   2   2    1     0         7   0
Babe Davis lf                         3   0   1    1     0         0   0
Don Pelham cf                         3   0   0    0     0         2   0
Red Moore 1b                          2   0   0    0     1         5   1
Hap Glenn 3b                          3   0   1    1     0         1   1
Telosh Howard p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               29   3   8    3     2   3    18   4

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Gabby Kemp. 

BATTING -
3B:  Nish Williams. 
GDP:  Nish Williams. 
Team LOB:  7


Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Parnell Woods 3b                      4   1   1    0     0         2   4
Fred Bankhead 2b                      3   0   0    0     0         4   5
David Whatley rf                      2   1   2    1     1         0   0
Melzar Williams lf                    3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Lester Lockett ss                     1   1   0    0     2         0   4
Henry McCall 1b                       2   1   1    1     1         8   0
Sylvester Owens cf                    3   0   1    2     0         3   0
Harry Barnes c                        2   0   1    0     1         4   0
Elbert Eatmon p                       3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               23   4   6    4     5   7    21  14

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Fred Bankhead, Lester Lockett, Henry McCall. 
E: 3.  Parnell Woods, Lester Lockett 2. 

BATTING -
HR:  Henry McCall. 
SH:  Fred Bankhead. 
Team LOB:  7


PITCHING

Atlanta Black Crackers               IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Telosh Howard L                      6       6   4    4   5   7   1  29
Totals                               6       6   4    4   5   7   1  29


Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Elbert Eatmon W                      7       8   3    3   2   3   0  31
Totals                               7       8   3    3   2   3   0  31



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/22/1938, game 2 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at
Birmingham Black Barons (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Atlanta                       Birmingham                    
1. G.Kemp              2b        P.Woods             3b        
2. L.Sims              ss        F.Bankhead          2b        
3. D.Reeves            rf        D.Whatley           rf        
4. N.Williams          c         M.Williams          lf        
5. B.Davis             lf        L.Lockett           ss        
6. D.Pelham            cf        H.McCall            1b        
7. R.Moore             1b        S.Owens             cf        
8. H.Glenn             3b        H.Barnes            c         
9. T.Howard            p         E.Eatmon            p         

BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; G.Kemp out on unknown play; L.Sims singled;
D.Reeves singled to left field (M.Williams to P.Woods) [L.Sims
out at third]; N.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 1ST: P.Woods singled; F.Bankhead out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Woods to second]; D.Whatley
singled [P.Woods scored]; M.Williams out on unknown play;
L.Lockett walked [D.Whatley to second]; H.McCall out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: B.Davis reached on an error by L.Lockett
[B.Davis to second (error by L.Lockett)]; D.Pelham out on
unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 0, Black
Barons 1.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: S.Owens out on unknown play; H.Barnes singled
to second base [H.Barnes to second (error by G.Kemp)]; E.Eatmon
out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 1.

BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: T.Howard out on unknown play; G.Kemp
reached on an error by P.Woods [G.Kemp to first]; L.Sims out on
unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 1.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; D.Whatley
singled; M.Williams out on unknown play; L.Lockett walked
[D.Whatley to second]; H.McCall walked [D.Whatley to third,
L.Lockett to second]; S.Owens singled [D.Whatley scored,
L.Lockett scored, H.McCall to second]; H.Barnes walked [H.McCall
to third, S.Owens to second]; E.Eatmon out on unknown play; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Black Crackers 0, Black Barons 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: N.Williams singled; B.Davis singled
[N.Williams to second]; D.Pelham out on unknown play; R.Moore
walked [N.Williams to third, B.Davis to second]; H.Glenn singled
[N.Williams scored, B.Davis to third, R.Moore to second];
T.Howard out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out
on unknown play; D.Whatley walked; M.Williams out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Crackers 1, Black Barons 3.

BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: B.COOPER BATTED FOR L.SIMS; B.Cooper out on
unknown play; D.Reeves singled; N.Williams tripled [D.Reeves
scored]; B.Davis out on unknown play [N.Williams scored];
D.Pelham out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black
Crackers 3, Black Barons 3.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: B.COOPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C);
N.WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); G.KEMP CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); L.Lockett out on unknown play; H.McCall
homered to right-center; S.Owens out on unknown play; H.Barnes
out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Crackers 3,
Black Barons 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; H.Glenn out on
unknown play; T.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 4.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Eatmon out on unknown play; P.Woods out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 4.

BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: G.Kemp out on unknown play; B.Cooper
singled; D.Reeves walked [B.Cooper to second]; R.HADLEY RAN FOR
D.REEVES; N.Williams grounded into a double play (L.Lockett to
F.Bankhead to H.McCall) [R.Hadley out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Black Crackers 3, Black Barons 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Crackers   3   8   1   7
 Black Barons     4   6   3   7


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