Birmingham Black Barons 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 6 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 8 0 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jose Burgos ss 4 0 1 1 1 3 1 Joe Scott lf 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 Willie Mays cf 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 Ed Steele rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 Piper Davis 1b 2 1 1 2 2 9 0 John Britton 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 Herman Bell c 3 1 1 0 1 7 1 Luther Branham 2b 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 Bill Greason p 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 Spoon Carter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alonzo Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 5 6 5 7 9 27 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Herman Bell. BATTING - 2B: Piper Davis, Bill Greason. SH: John Britton, Bill Greason. GDP: Willie Mays. Team LOB: 7 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 1 0 1 5 2 Herb Souell 3b 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bonnie Serrell 1b 4 0 1 0 0 8 1 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bob Thurman rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 Earl Taborn c 4 1 1 0 0 9 1 Elston Howard lf 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 1 1 1 1 6 Gene Collins p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Buck O'Neil ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Len Hunt pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 8 3 4 6 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Gene Baker, Bonnie Serrell. BATTING - Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Bob Thurman, Earl Taborn. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Greason W 8.1 8 3 3 2 5 0 34 Spoon Carter 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 Alonzo Perry SV 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 9 8 3 3 4 6 0 38 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Collins L 9 6 5 5 7 9 0 39 Totals 9 6 5 5 7 9 0 39 WP: Gene Collins 3. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Frank Duncan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Bob Motley Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 5805 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 6/26/1949, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. J.Burgos ss G.Baker ss 2. J.Scott lf H.Souell 3b 3. W.Mays cf B.Serrell 1b 4. E.Steele rf W.Brown cf 5. P.Davis 1b B.Thurman rf 6. J.Britton 3b E.Taborn c 7. H.Bell c E.Howard lf 8. L.Branham 2b C.Roberts 2b 9. B.Greason p G.Collins p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Burgos singled; J.Scott forced J.Burgos (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to first]; W.Mays walked [J.Scott to second]; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis doubled [J.Scott scored, W.Mays scored]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker singled; H.Souell forced G.Baker (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to first]; B.Serrell singled to center field [H.Souell to third, B.Serrell to second (on throw)]; W.Brown walked; B.Thurman out on unknown play [H.Souell scored]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Bell out on unknown play; L.Branham walked; G.Collins threw a wild pitch [L.Branham to second]; B.Greason out on unknown play; J.Burgos out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Howard out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; G.Collins singled; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis walked; J.Britton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Davis to second]; G.Collins threw a wild pitch [P.Davis to third]; H.Bell walked; L.Branham singled [P.Davis scored, H.Bell to second]; B.Greason doubled [H.Bell scored, L.Branham to third]; J.Burgos out on unknown play [L.Branham scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard singled; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis walked; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Bell dropped a foul fly hit by G.Collins; G.Collins out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: H.Bell singled; L.Branham out on unknown play; B.Greason out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Bell to second]; J.Burgos walked; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: W.Mays 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 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard singled; C.Roberts singled to right field (E.Steele to J.Britton) [E.Howard out at third]; G.Collins out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 8TH: J.Britton singled; G.Collins threw a wild pitch [J.Britton to second]; H.Bell out on unknown play; L.Branham out on unknown play; B.Greason out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 9TH: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; W.Mays grounded into a double play (G.Baker to B.Serrell) [J.Scott out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 9TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman singled; E.Taborn singled to left field [B.Thurman to second]; B.Thurman stole third and E.Taborn stole second; E.Howard walked; S.CARTER REPLACED B.GREASON (PITCHING); C.Roberts walked [B.Thurman scored, E.Taborn to third, E.Howard to second]; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR G.COLLINS; B.O'Neil forced C.Roberts (L.Branham to J.Burgos) [E.Taborn scored, E.Howard to third, B.O'Neil to first]; L.HUNT RAN FOR B.O'NEIL; G.Baker walked [L.Hunt to second]; A.PERRY REPLACED S.CARTER (PITCHING); Perry relieved Carter with the count 2-0 on Souell; H.Souell struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 5 6 1 7 Monarchs 3 8 0 8
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