Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 - 9 14 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 - 10 10 4 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Norman Robinson cf 5 1 2 0 1 2 1 Artie Wilson ss 2 0 2 1 3 4 2 John Britton 3b 6 0 0 1 0 2 1 Piper Davis 2b 6 2 0 0 0 1 7 Ed Steele rf 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 Eli Chism lf 5 1 2 2 0 3 0 Lee Moody 1b 5 1 1 0 0 11 0 Pepper Bassett c 5 1 3 3 0 5 0 Alonzo Perry p 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 Jimmie Newberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 43 9 14 9 5 3 29 11 FIELDING - E: 1. Norman Robinson. PB: 1. Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: Ed Steele 2, Pepper Bassett. SH: Artie Wilson. GDP: John Britton. Team LOB: 10 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 5 1 2 3 1 1 2 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 1 1 1 1 7 2 Hank Thompson ss 5 1 2 2 0 3 4 Willard Brown cf 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 Ted Strong rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 Jim LaMarque pr, rf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Greene c 4 0 0 0 1 3 2 Johnie Scott lf 5 3 2 0 0 3 0 Chico Renfroe 2b 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 Tom Cooper 2b 1 1 0 0 2 5 1 Steve Wylie p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Cannonball Berry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Connie Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Ford Smith pr, p 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 40 10 10 8 6 5 30 18 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck O`Neil, Hank Thompson, Tom Cooper. E: 4. Hank Thompson 2, Willard Brown, Steve Wylie. PB: 1. Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson, Ted Strong. 3B: Johnie Scott, Steve Wylie. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alonzo Perry 8.1 5 7 5 5 4 0 36 Jimmie Newberry L 1.1 5 3 3 1 1 0 10 Totals 9.2 10 10 8 6 5 0 46 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Steve Wylie 7 8 6 3 4 3 0 33 Cannonball Berry 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 8 Connie Johnson 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 Ford Smith W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 10 14 9 5 5 3 0 49 Steve Wylie pitched to 3 batters in the 8th inning Cannonball Berry pitched to 2 batters in the 9th inning Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Fambro Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 2505 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 7/10/1947 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. N.Robinson cf H.Souell 3b 2. A.Wilson ss B.O`Neil 1b 3. J.Britton 3b H.Thompson ss 4. P.Davis 2b W.Brown cf 5. E.Steele rf T.Strong rf 6. E.Chism lf J.Greene c 7. L.Moody 1b J.Scott lf 8. P.Bassett c C.Renfroe 2b 9. A.Perry p S.Wylie p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; N.Robinson walked; A.Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell walked; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele singled; E.Chism out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Scott tripled; P.Bassett allowed a passed ball [J.Scott scored (unearned)]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled; A.Wilson walked [N.Robinson to second]; J.Greene allowed a passed ball [N.Robinson to third]; J.Britton out on unknown play [N.Robinson scored (unearned)]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; E.Chism singled; E.Chism was picked off first, but was safe on an error by S.Wylie [E.Chism to second]; L.Moody out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Thompson doubled; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong doubled [H.Thompson scored]; J.Greene reached on an error by N.Robinson [T.Strong scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Greene to first]; J.Scott out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: T.COOPER REPLACED C.RENFROE (PLAYING 2B); A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson walked; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil walked; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele doubled to center field [E.Steele to third (error by W.Brown)]; E.Chism out on unknown play [E.Steele scored (unearned)]; L.Moody out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: P.Bassett singled; A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled [P.Bassett to second]; A.Wilson singled [P.Bassett scored, N.Robinson to second]; J.Britton grounded into a double play (T.Cooper to H.Thompson to B.O`Neil) [A.Wilson out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; S.Wylie tripled; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis reached on an error by H.Thompson [P.Davis to first]; E.Steele walked [P.Davis to second]; E.Chism singled [P.Davis scored (unearned), E.Steele to second]; C.BERRY REPLACED S.WYLIE (PITCHING); L.Moody out on unknown play; P.Bassett singled [E.Steele scored, E.Chism to second]; A.Perry singled [E.Chism scored, P.Bassett to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson walked [P.Bassett to third, A.Perry to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 6, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 6, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis reached on an error by H.Thompson [P.Davis to first]; E.Steele doubled [P.Davis scored (unearned)]; C.JOHNSON REPLACED C.BERRY (PITCHING); E.Chism out on unknown play; L.Moody singled [E.Steele to third]; P.Bassett doubled [E.Steele scored, L.Moody scored]; A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 9, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 9TH: T.Strong walked; J.LAMARQUE RAN FOR T.STRONG; J.Greene walked [J.LaMarque to second]; J.Scott forced J.Greene (unknown fielder) [J.LaMarque to third, J.Scott to first]; T.Cooper walked [J.Scott to second]; H.SMITH BATTED FOR C.JOHNSON; H.Smith singled [J.LaMarque scored, J.Scott to third, T.Cooper to second]; F.SMITH RAN FOR H.SMITH; J.NEWBERRY REPLACED A.PERRY (PITCHING); H.Souell singled [J.Scott scored, T.Cooper scored, F.Smith to second]; B.O`Neil singled [F.Smith scored, H.Souell to third, B.O`Neil to second (on throw)]; H.Thompson singled to center field [H.Souell scored, B.O`Neil scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 9, Monarchs 9. BLACK BARONS 10TH: F.SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); J.LAMARQUE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); A.Wilson singled to center field (W.Brown to T.Cooper) [A.Wilson out at second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 9, Monarchs 9. MONARCHS 10TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Scott singled; T.Cooper walked [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell singled to right field [J.Scott scored, T.Cooper to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 9, Monarchs 10. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 9 14 1 10 Monarchs 10 10 4 7
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