Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 x - 6 10 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 4 0 2 0 0 3 1 John Britton 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ed Steele rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Piper Davis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Pepper Bassett c 2 0 0 0 1 7 1 Norman Robinson cf 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 Joe Scott 1b 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 Herman Bell ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Willie Mays lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 Bill Powell p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Bill Greason ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Alonzo Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 1 1 6 24 9 FIELDING - E: 1. Ed Steele. PB: 1. Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: Willie Mays. 3B: Norman Robinson. SH: Bill Powell. HBP: Pepper Bassett. GDP: John Britton, Norman Robinson. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Artie Wilson, Willie Mays. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 1 1 1 0 3 2 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hank Thompson rf 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Elston Howard lf 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 Tom Cooper 1b 3 0 0 0 1 13 2 Curtis Roberts 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 7 Earl Taborn c 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 Jim LaMarque p 3 1 2 1 0 1 4 Totals 33 6 10 5 1 7 27 15 FIELDING - DP: 2. Gene Baker, Tom Cooper 2, Curtis Roberts 2, Jim LaMarque. E: 2. Curtis Roberts, Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson, Willard Brown, Curtis Roberts, Jim LaMarque. HR: Hank Thompson. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Hank Thompson. CS: Elston Howard. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Powell L 6 6 3 3 1 4 1 24 Alonzo Perry 2 4 3 2 0 3 0 10 Totals 8 10 6 5 1 7 1 34 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque W 9 6 2 2 1 6 0 35 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 6 0 35 HBP: Jim LaMarque. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Frank Duncan, 2B - , 3B - Sylvester Vaughn Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 5044 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/1/1948, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss G.Baker ss 2. J.Britton 3b H.Souell 3b 3. E.Steele rf H.Thompson rf 4. P.Davis 2b W.Brown cf 5. P.Bassett c E.Howard lf 6. N.Robinson cf T.Cooper 1b 7. J.Scott 1b C.Roberts 2b 8. W.Mays lf E.Taborn c 9. B.Powell p J.LaMarque p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson singled; J.Britton grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to G.Baker to T.Cooper) [A.Wilson out at second]; E.Steele singled; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson singled; H.Thompson stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Bassett out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper walked; P.Bassett allowed a passed ball [T.Cooper to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: W.Mays singled to left field; B.Powell out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Mays to second]; A.Wilson singled to left field [W.Mays to third]; W.Mays stole home and A.Wilson stole second; J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque singled; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell forced J.LaMarque (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to first]; H.Thompson hit an inside the park homer to left field [H.Souell scored]; W.Brown doubled to left field; E.Howard singled to center field [W.Brown scored]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; P.Bassett was hit by a pitch; N.Robinson grounded into a double play (J.LaMarque to C.Roberts to T.Cooper) [P.Bassett out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Scott reached on catcher's interference by E.Taborn; W.Mays doubled [J.Scott to third]; B.Powell out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 5TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; P.Bassett walked; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard singled; E.Howard was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Mays reached on an error by C.Roberts [W.Mays to first]; B.GREASON BATTED FOR B.POWELL; B.Greason struck out; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: A.PERRY REPLACED B.GREASON (PITCHING); C.Roberts doubled to left field; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque doubled [C.Roberts scored]; G.Baker singled to left field [J.LaMarque scored, G.Baker to second (on throw)]; H.Souell reached on an error by E.Steele [G.Baker scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Souell to first]; H.Thompson doubled [H.Souell to third]; H.Souell was picked off third (unknown fielder); W.Brown out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 6. BLACK BARONS 8TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 6. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; N.Robinson tripled to center field; H.BELL BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; H.Bell grounded out (C.Roberts to T.Cooper) [N.Robinson scored]; W.Mays out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 2 6 1 6 Monarchs 6 10 2 4
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