Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 8 1 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 17 3 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 Herb Souell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 Hank Thompson rf 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 Willard Brown cf 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 Elston Howard lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 Tom Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0 0 10 0 Buck O'Neil ph, 1b 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 5 1 2 2 0 4 6 Earl Taborn c 4 0 1 2 1 8 0 Jim LaMarque p 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 Gene Richardson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 4 8 4 3 9 32 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Tom Cooper, Curtis Roberts. E: 1. Jim LaMarque. BATTING - Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Hank Thompson, Willard Brown. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 5 0 3 1 2 2 3 John Britton 3b 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 Piper Davis 2b, c 6 1 4 0 1 2 3 Willie Mays cf 6 1 2 1 1 5 0 Ed Steele rf 6 0 1 0 0 6 0 Jim Zapp lf 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 2 1 1 9 0 Wiley Griggs pr, 2b 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Scott 1b 6 1 2 0 0 7 0 Bill Powell p 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 Bill Greason ph, p 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Jimmie Newberry p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 49 5 17 5 8 8 33 9 FIELDING - E: 3. John Britton, Willie Mays, Wiley Griggs. BATTING - 2B: Pepper Bassett, Joe Scott, Bill Powell. HBP: Pepper Bassett. GDP: Joe Scott. Team LOB: 21 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque 10 15 4 2 6 8 0 52 Gene Richardson L 0.2 2 1 1 2 0 0 6 Totals 10.2 17 5 3 8 8 0 58 WP: Gene Richardson. HBP: Jim LaMarque. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Powell 9 8 4 4 3 8 0 39 Bill Greason 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jimmie Newberry W 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 11 8 4 4 3 9 0 45 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 5300 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Saturday, 9/11/1948 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Birmingham 1. G.Baker ss A.Wilson ss 2. H.Souell 3b J.Britton 3b 3. H.Thompson rf P.Davis 2b 4. W.Brown cf W.Mays cf 5. E.Howard lf E.Steele rf 6. T.Cooper 1b J.Zapp lf 7. C.Roberts 2b P.Bassett c 8. E.Taborn c J.Scott 1b 9. J.LaMarque p B.Powell p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; G.Baker walked; H.Souell singled [G.Baker to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: A.Wilson singled; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis singled [A.Wilson to second]; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: J.Zapp out on unknown play; P.Bassett singled; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.Powell doubled [P.Bassett to third]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 3RD: 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. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis singled; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele singled [P.Davis to second]; J.Zapp out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown singled to center field [W.Brown to second (error by W.Mays)]; E.Howard out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Bassett walked; J.Scott grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to T.Cooper) [P.Bassett out at second]; B.Powell singled; A.Wilson singled [B.Powell to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn reached on an error by J.Britton [E.Taborn to first]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Davis singled; W.Mays singled [P.Davis to second]; E.Steele reached on an error by J.LaMarque [P.Davis to third, W.Mays to second, E.Steele to first]; J.Zapp walked [P.Davis scored, W.Mays to third, E.Steele to second]; P.Bassett was hit by a pitch [W.Mays scored (unearned), E.Steele to third, J.Zapp to second]; J.Scott forced E.Steele (unknown fielder) [J.Zapp to third, P.Bassett to second, J.Scott to first]; B.Powell out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled [J.Zapp scored (unearned), P.Bassett to third, J.Scott to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Barons 3. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Thompson walked; H.Thompson stole second; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard singled [H.Thompson to third]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled [H.Thompson scored, E.Howard to third, C.Roberts to second (on throw)]; E.Taborn singled [E.Howard scored, C.Roberts scored]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis singled; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Zapp walked [P.Davis to second]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 3. MONARCHS 7TH: 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. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Scott doubled; B.Powell out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, Black Barons 3. MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown singled; W.Brown stole second; E.Howard singled [W.Brown to third]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; C.Roberts singled [W.Brown scored, E.Howard to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis walked; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 3. MONARCHS 9TH: 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. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Bassett doubled; W.GRIGGS RAN FOR P.BASSETT; J.Scott out on unknown play; B.GREASON BATTED FOR B.POWELL; B.Greason singled [W.Griggs scored]; A.Wilson walked [B.Greason to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 10TH: P.DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); W.GRIGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); B.GREASON STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR T.COOPER; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 10TH: B.O'NEIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); W.Mays walked; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play; W.Griggs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 4. MONARCHS 11TH: J.NEWBERRY REPLACED B.GREASON (PITCHING); C.Roberts reached on an error by W.Griggs [C.Roberts to first]; C.Roberts was picked off first (unknown fielder); E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 4. BLACK BARONS 11TH: G.RICHARDSON REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); J.Scott singled; J.Newberry popped to G.Baker; A.Wilson walked [J.Scott to second]; G.Richardson threw a wild pitch [J.Scott to third, A.Wilson to second]; J.Britton walked; P.Davis popped to C.Roberts; W.Mays singled to second base [J.Scott scored, A.Wilson to third, J.Britton to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 4, Black Barons 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 4 8 1 8 Black Barons 5 17 3 21
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