Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 - 7 10 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 - 5 11 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jose Burgos ss 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 Ed Steele ph, rf 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 Joe Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 Willie Mays cf 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 Piper Davis 2b, ss 4 2 3 1 1 2 1 Norman Robinson lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 Luther Branham 3b, 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 John Britton rf, 3b 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 Pepper Bassett c 2 0 0 0 2 4 3 Herman Bell pr, c 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Bill Powell p 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Alonzo Perry p 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 Totals 38 7 10 6 6 7 27 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: John Britton. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Mays. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 Bonnie Serrell 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 Len Hunt cf 4 1 2 1 0 2 1 Bob Thurman rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 4 1 3 1 0 12 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 0 0 0 7 1 Elston Howard lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 Jim LaMarque p 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 Frank Barnes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Willard Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 36 5 11 5 2 8 27 12 FIELDING - E: 2. Gene Baker, Herb Souell. PB: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Jim LaMarque. 3B: Bonnie Serrell. SH: Gene Baker. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Len Hunt, Bob Thurman. CS: Bonnie Serrell. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Powell 5.2 8 5 5 1 4 0 26 Alonzo Perry W 3.1 3 0 0 1 4 0 13 Totals 9 11 5 5 2 8 0 39 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim LaMarque 6.1 5 3 3 4 5 0 28 Frank Barnes L 2.2 5 4 1 2 2 0 16 Totals 9 10 7 4 6 7 0 44 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: 2:40 Attendance: 4703 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Friday, 7/1/1949 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. J.Burgos ss G.Baker ss 2. J.Scott 1b H.Souell 3b 3. W.Mays cf B.Serrell 2b 4. P.Davis 2b L.Hunt cf 5. N.Robinson lf B.Thurman rf 6. L.Branham 3b B.O'Neil 1b 7. J.Britton rf E.Taborn c 8. P.Bassett c E.Howard lf 9. B.Powell p J.LaMarque p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; W.Mays walked; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: 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 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: N.Robinson out on unknown play; L.Branham out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Hunt singled; B.Thurman out on unknown play; B.O'Neil singled [L.Hunt to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: P.Bassett walked; B.Powell out on unknown play; J.Burgos out on unknown play; E.Taborn allowed a passed ball [P.Bassett to second]; J.Scott walked; W.Mays out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: J.LaMarque singled; G.Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.LaMarque to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: P.Davis singled; N.Robinson singled [P.Davis to third]; L.Branham out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play [P.Davis scored]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: L.Hunt out on unknown play; B.Thurman walked; B.Thurman stole second; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: B.Powell out on unknown play; J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Howard out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: W.Mays singled; W.Mays stole second; P.Davis singled to center field (L.Hunt to G.Baker) [W.Mays scored, P.Davis out at second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; L.Branham out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Souell singled to center field; B.Serrell tripled to right field [H.Souell scored]; L.Hunt singled to right field [B.Serrell scored]; L.Hunt stole second [L.Hunt to third (error by P.Bassett)]; B.Thurman out on unknown play; B.O'Neil singled to pitcher [L.Hunt scored]; E.Taborn out on unknown play [B.O'Neil to second]; E.Howard singled to center field [B.O'Neil scored]; A.PERRY REPLACED B.POWELL (PITCHING); J.LaMarque doubled to right field [E.Howard scored]; G.Baker out on unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 7TH: J.Britton doubled; P.Bassett reached on an error by G.Baker [J.Britton to third, P.Bassett to first]; A.Perry out on unknown play [J.Britton scored]; J.Burgos walked [P.Bassett to second]; F.BARNES REPLACED J.LAMARQUE (PITCHING); J.Scott struck out; W.Mays struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; B.Serrell was caught stealing second (P.Bassett to J.Burgos); L.Hunt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Davis walked; N.Robinson out on unknown play; L.Branham out on unknown play; J.Britton singled [P.Davis to second]; P.Bassett walked [P.Davis to third, J.Britton to second]; H.BELL RAN FOR P.BASSETT; A.Perry reached on an error by H.Souell [P.Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI), J.Britton to third, H.Bell to second, A.Perry to first]; E.STEELE BATTED FOR J.BURGOS; E.Steele singled to center field [J.Britton scored (unearned), H.Bell scored (unearned), A.Perry to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 6, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 8TH: E.STEELE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); P.DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); L.BRANHAM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); J.BRITTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); H.BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); B.Thurman out on unknown play; B.O'Neil singled; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 6, Monarchs 5. BLACK BARONS 9TH: W.Mays singled to right field; P.Davis singled to center field [W.Mays to third]; N.Robinson out on unknown play [W.Mays scored]; L.Branham singled to right field [P.Davis to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 7, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 9TH: W.BROWN BATTED FOR F.BARNES; W.Brown struck out; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 7, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 7 10 1 10 Monarchs 5 11 2 7
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