New York Black Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 10 0 Homestead Grays 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 x - 7 11 1 BATTING New York Black Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 Sylvester Snead lf 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 Marvin Barker rf 5 0 3 1 0 2 0 Bud Barbee 1b 4 0 0 0 1 13 0 Clyde Parris 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Walter Hardy ss 4 0 2 0 0 4 3 Bill Perkins c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Seay 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 Clarence Palm ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Claude Poole pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Percy Forrest p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Curtis Henderson ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 1 10 1 3 4 24 15 FIELDING - DP: 1. Bud Barbee, Walter Hardy, Dick Seay. BATTING - 2B: Marvin Barker 2. Team LOB: 12 Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 4 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 Howard Easterling 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 Josh Gibson c 4 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 Eudie Napier c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Dan Wilson 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 Bob Thurman rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 Leroy Young ss 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 Frank Thompson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 33 7 11 7 3 0 27 6 FIELDING - E: 1. Leroy Young. BATTING - HR: Josh Gibson. SH: Frank Thompson. GDP: Bob Thurman. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING New York Black Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Percy Forrest L 8 11 7 7 3 0 1 37 Totals 8 11 7 7 3 0 1 37 Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank Thompson W 9 10 1 1 3 4 0 40 Totals 9 10 1 1 3 4 0 40 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Perkins, 1B - Kemp, 2B - , 3B - Eggie Greenfield Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/30/1946, game 1 -- New York Black Yankees at Homestead Grays (D) Starting Lineups: New York Homestead 1. F.McLaurin cf C.Bell lf 2. S.Snead lf J.Benjamin cf 3. M.Barker rf H.Easterling 3b 4. B.Barbee 1b B.Leonard 1b 5. C.Parris 3b J.Gibson c 6. W.Hardy ss D.Wilson 2b 7. B.Perkins c B.Thurman rf 8. D.Seay 2b L.Young ss 9. P.Forrest p F.Thompson p BLACK YANKEES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McLaurin walked; S.Snead singled [F.McLaurin to second]; M.Barker out on unknown play; B.Barbee out on unknown play; C.Parris out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 0. BLACK YANKEES 2ND: W.Hardy singled; B.Perkins out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown play; P.Forrest singled [W.Hardy to second]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 0. GRAYS 2ND: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson singled; D.Wilson singled [J.Gibson to second]; B.Thurman singled [J.Gibson scored, D.Wilson to third]; L.Young out on unknown play [D.Wilson scored]; F.Thompson out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 2. BLACK YANKEES 3RD: S.Snead walked; M.Barker out on unknown play; B.Barbee out on unknown play; C.Parris out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 2. GRAYS 3RD: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled; H.Easterling singled [J.Benjamin to second]; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson homered [J.Benjamin scored, H.Easterling scored]; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 5. BLACK YANKEES 4TH: W.Hardy singled to shortstop [W.Hardy to second (error by L.Young)]; B.Perkins out on unknown play; D.Seay out on unknown play; P.Forrest out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 5. GRAYS 4TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; L.Young out on unknown play; F.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 5. BLACK YANKEES 5TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; M.Barker doubled; B.Barbee out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 5. GRAYS 5TH: C.Bell singled; J.Benjamin singled [C.Bell to third]; H.Easterling out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play [C.Bell scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 6. BLACK YANKEES 6TH: C.Parris out on unknown play; W.Hardy out on unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 6. GRAYS 6TH: D.Wilson singled; B.Thurman grounded into a double play (W.Hardy to D.Seay to B.Barbee) [D.Wilson out at second]; L.Young walked; F.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 6. BLACK YANKEES 7TH: D.Seay out on unknown play; P.Forrest out on unknown play; F.McLaurin singled; S.Snead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 6. GRAYS 7TH: C.Bell walked; J.Benjamin singled [C.Bell to third]; H.Easterling out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play [C.Bell scored]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 7. BLACK YANKEES 8TH: E.NAPIER REPLACED J.GIBSON (PLAYING C); M.Barker doubled; B.Barbee walked; C.Parris out on unknown play; W.Hardy out on unknown play; B.Perkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 7. GRAYS 8TH: D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Thurman singled; L.Young walked [B.Thurman to second]; F.Thompson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Thurman to third, L.Young to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 0, Grays 7. BLACK YANKEES 9TH: C.PALM BATTED FOR D.SEAY; C.Palm singled; C.POOLE RAN FOR C.PALM; C.HENDERSON BATTED FOR P.FORREST; C.Henderson singled [C.Poole to second]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; S.Snead out on unknown play; M.Barker singled [C.Poole scored, C.Henderson to second]; B.Barbee out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Yankees 1, Grays 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Yankees 1 10 0 12 Grays 7 11 1 6
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