Homestead Grays 0 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 - 9 10 0 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 Jerry Benjamin cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 1 2 1 1 0 13 0 Josh Gibson c 3 2 1 3 2 0 5 1 Howard Easterling 2b, ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 Sam Bankhead ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Matt Carlisle ph, 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 Jud Wilson 3b 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 Vic Harris rf 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Johnny Wright p 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 38 9 10 9 5 0 27 14 FIELDING - DP: 2. Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, Howard Easterling 2, Sam Bankhead, Matt Carlisle. BATTING - 2B: Cool Papa Bell, Howard Easterling. 3B: Buck Leonard. SH: Jerry Benjamin. IW: Buck Leonard. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Josh Gibson, Howard Easterling. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 6 Clyde Spearman rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Lester Lockett lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Piper Davis ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 Leonard Lindsay 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 Hoss Walker 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Alphonse Dunn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Radcliffe c 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 Gready McKinnis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 John Huber p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 0 5 0 6 2 27 10 FIELDING - E: 3. Tommy Sampson, Leonard Lindsay, Gready McKinnis. BATTING - 2B: Felix McLaurin. SH: Gready McKinnis. GDP: Hoss Walker. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Clyde Spearman. CS: Piper Davis. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Wright W 9 5 0 0 6 2 0 35 Totals 9 5 0 0 6 2 0 35 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gready McKinnis L 5 5 3 3 3 0 0 24 John Huber 4 5 6 4 2 0 0 20 Totals 9 10 9 7 5 0 0 44 IW: John Huber. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Virgil Blueitt, 1B - Fred McCreary, 2B - T.J. Young, 3B - Margolis Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 4940 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/26/1943 -- Homestead Grays at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Homestead Birmingham 1. C.Bell lf F.McLaurin cf 2. J.Benjamin cf T.Sampson 2b 3. B.Leonard 1b C.Spearman rf 4. J.Gibson c L.Lockett lf 5. H.Easterling 2b P.Davis ss 6. S.Bankhead ss L.Lindsay 1b 7. J.Wilson 3b H.Walker 3b 8. V.Harris rf T.Radcliffe c 9. J.Wright p G.McKinnis p GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin walked; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 2ND: J.Gibson walked; H.Easterling doubled to left field [J.Gibson scored]; S.Bankhead popped to P.Davis; J.Wilson grounded out (T.Sampson to L.Lindsay); V.Harris out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 1, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 3RD: J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled to second base [J.Benjamin to second (error by T.Sampson)]; B.Leonard tripled to left-center [J.Benjamin scored]; J.Gibson walked; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Radcliffe singled; G.McKinnis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Radcliffe to second]; F.McLaurin hit into a double play (C.Bell to H.Easterling to S.Bankhead) [T.Radcliffe out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 4TH: S.Bankhead out on unknown play; J.Wilson walked; V.Harris out on unknown play; J.Wright out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: T.Sampson walked; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis singled [T.Sampson to third]; P.Davis was caught stealing second (J.Gibson to S.Bankhead); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 2, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 5TH: Bankhead was injured when Davis slid into him on this play; C.Bell singled to left field; J.Benjamin reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by G.McKinnis [C.Bell to second, J.Benjamin to first]; On a bunt B.Leonard singled to third base [C.Bell to third, J.Benjamin to second]; J.Gibson flied to F.McLaurin [C.Bell scored, J.Benjamin to third]; H.Easterling reached on a fielder's choice (L.Lindsay to T.Radcliffe) [J.Benjamin out at home, B.Leonard to second]; M.CARLISLE BATTED FOR S.BANKHEAD; M.Carlisle lined to F.McLaurin; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Grays 3, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: M.CARLISLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); H.EASTERLING CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); L.Lindsay walked; H.Walker grounded into a double play (H.Easterling to M.Carlisle to B.Leonard) [L.Lindsay out at second]; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 3, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 6TH: J.HUBER REPLACED G.MCKINNIS (PITCHING); J.Wilson reached on an error by L.Lindsay [J.Wilson to first]; V.Harris walked [J.Wilson to second]; On a bunt J.Wright singled to third base [J.Wilson to third, V.Harris to second]; C.Bell doubled to left field [J.Wilson scored (unearned), V.Harris scored, J.Wright to third]; J.Benjamin grounded out (T.Sampson to L.Lindsay); B.Leonard was walked intentionally; J.Gibson singled to right field [J.Wright scored, C.Bell scored, B.Leonard to second]; H.Easterling singled to center field [B.Leonard scored, J.Gibson to second]; J.Gibson stole third and H.Easterling stole second; M.Carlisle grounded out (T.Sampson to L.Lindsay) [J.Gibson scored (unearned), H.Easterling to third]; J.Wilson grounded out (T.Sampson to L.Lindsay); 6 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Huber singled; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman walked [J.Huber to second]; L.Lockett walked [J.Huber to third, C.Spearman to second]; P.Davis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 7TH: V.Harris out on unknown play; J.Wright out on unknown play; C.Bell singled; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled; J.Huber out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 8TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 8TH: F.McLaurin doubled; T.Sampson struck out; C.Spearman walked; L.Lockett flied to V.Harris [F.McLaurin to third]; C.Spearman stole second; P.Davis grounded out (B.Leonard unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 9TH: M.Carlisle out on unknown play; J.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 9TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; A.DUNN BATTED FOR H.WALKER; A.Dunn out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 9, Black Barons 0. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 9 10 0 8 Black Barons 0 5 3 8
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