Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 - 5 10 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 5 1 2 0 0 4 2 John Britton 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 5 Willie Mays cf 4 1 1 1 1 1 0 Pepper Bassett c 4 1 2 1 1 5 1 Piper Davis 2b 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 Ed Steele rf 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 Jim Zapp lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alonzo Perry 1b 4 0 1 0 0 10 0 Bill Greason p 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 Totals 36 5 10 5 5 8 27 13 FIELDING - E: 1. John Britton. PB: 1. Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: Pepper Bassett, Bill Greason. SH: John Britton. Team LOB: 10 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 Hank Thompson 2b 3 0 0 1 1 5 1 Johnie Scott rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Elston Howard lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 4 0 1 0 0 9 0 Gene Baker ss 3 1 0 0 1 3 6 Earl Taborn c 3 0 1 0 1 8 0 Jim LaMarque p 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ford Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 30 1 3 1 5 5 27 14 FIELDING - E: 2. Jim LaMarque 2. BATTING - 2B: Buck O'Neil. SH: Jim LaMarque. IW: Herb Souell. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Gene Baker. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Greason W 9 3 1 1 5 5 0 36 Totals 9 3 1 1 5 5 0 36 IW: Bill Greason. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque L 8.1 10 5 4 5 8 0 40 Ford Smith 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 9 10 5 4 5 8 0 42 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 3B - Bullet Rogan Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 9/23/1948 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss H.Souell 3b 2. J.Britton 3b H.Thompson 2b 3. W.Mays cf J.Scott rf 4. P.Bassett c W.Brown cf 5. P.Davis 2b E.Howard lf 6. E.Steele rf B.O'Neil 1b 7. J.Zapp lf G.Baker ss 8. A.Perry 1b E.Taborn c 9. B.Greason p J.LaMarque p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson singled; A.Wilson was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.LaMarque [A.Wilson to second]; J.Britton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Wilson to third]; W.Mays walked; P.Bassett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play; A.Perry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: B.Greason walked; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled [B.Greason to second]; W.Mays out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Baker walked; G.Baker stole second; E.Taborn walked; J.LaMarque out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [G.Baker to third, E.Taborn to second]; H.Souell was walked intentionally; H.Thompson forced H.Souell (unknown fielder) [G.Baker scored, E.Taborn to third, H.Thompson to first]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis walked; E.Steele walked [P.Davis to second]; J.Zapp out on unknown play; A.Perry singled [P.Davis to third, E.Steele to second]; B.Greason out on unknown play [P.Davis scored]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; B.O'Neil doubled; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; W.Mays singled; W.Mays was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.LaMarque [W.Mays to second]; P.Bassett singled [W.Mays scored (unearned)]; P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Zapp out on unknown play; A.Perry out on unknown play; B.Greason out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Thompson walked; J.Scott singled [H.Thompson to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; W.Mays out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled; P.Bassett allowed a passed ball [E.Taborn to second]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Bassett doubled; P.Davis singled [P.Bassett scored]; E.Steele out on unknown play; J.Zapp out on unknown play; A.Perry out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Brown walked; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 9TH: B.Greason doubled; A.Wilson singled [B.Greason to third]; J.Britton singled [B.Greason scored, A.Wilson to third]; W.Mays out on unknown play [A.Wilson scored]; P.Bassett walked [J.Britton to second]; F.SMITH REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 9TH: B.O'Neil reached on an error by J.Britton [B.O'Neil to first]; G.Baker out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 5 10 1 10 Monarchs 1 3 2 8
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