Philadelphia Stars 0 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 - 12 19 1 Birmingham Black Barons 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 2 1 1 - 13 17 4 BATTING Philadelphia Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ben Littles rf 6 2 2 0 1 7 0 Art Hefner lf, 3b 6 2 3 2 0 2 0 Nat Davis 1b, 2b 6 1 3 5 0 6 1 Jim Jones cf 6 2 4 1 0 1 0 Bus Clarkson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 Wilmer Harris pr, 1b 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 Bill Cash c 5 1 2 3 1 3 0 Murray Watkins 3b, ss 4 1 0 1 1 4 4 Milt Smith ss 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 Barney Brown ph, p, lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jonas Gaines p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 Bill Ricks ph, p 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Griffith ph, lf, p 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 47 12 19 12 6 4 29 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Milt Smith. BATTING - 2B: Ben Littles, Art Hefner, Jim Jones, Bill Cash, Bob Griffith. HR: Bill Cash. SH: Bus Clarkson, Murray Watkins. GDP: Bill Cash. Team LOB: 13 BASERUNNING - CS: Bus Clarkson. Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jose Burgos ss 5 1 1 0 2 4 2 Ed Steele rf 7 1 1 1 0 3 0 Willie Mays cf 6 2 5 2 1 2 0 Piper Davis 1b, 2b 4 1 1 1 0 8 2 Norman Robinson lf 6 1 3 1 0 2 0 Henry Baylis 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 John Britton ph, 3b 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 Luther Branham 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 Joe Scott ph, 1b 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Bill Powell ph, 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Herman Bell c 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 Pepper Bassett ph, c 2 1 1 0 2 4 0 Sammy Williams pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Greason p 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 Spoon Carter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alonzo Perry p 4 1 2 3 0 0 2 Totals 45 13 17 11 9 3 30 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Jose Burgos, Joe Scott, Alonzo Perry. E: 4. Piper Davis 2, John Britton, Luther Branham. BATTING - 2B: Jose Burgos, Willie Mays. HR: Bill Greason. SH: Piper Davis, John Britton. HBP: Piper Davis. Team LOB: 15 PITCHING Philadelphia Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jonas Gaines 6 8 5 4 4 1 1 32 Bill Ricks 2 6 6 6 3 2 0 15 Barney Brown L 1.1 2 2 2 2 0 8 Bob Griffith 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 9.2 17 13 12 9 3 1 57 BK: Bill Ricks. HBP: Jonas Gaines. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Greason 4 8 7 5 3 1 0 22 Spoon Carter 0.1 1 1 1 2 0 1 4 Alonzo Perry W 5.2 10 4 2 1 3 0 29 Totals 10 19 12 8 6 4 1 55 Bill Greason pitched to 4 batters in the 5th inning Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Charles Moore, 1B - H.L. Moseley, 2B - , 3B - Austin Time of Game: 3:12 Attendance: 3612 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/10/1949 -- Philadelphia Stars at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Philadelphia Birmingham 1. B.Littles rf J.Burgos ss 2. A.Hefner lf E.Steele rf 3. N.Davis 1b W.Mays cf 4. J.Jones cf P.Davis 1b 5. B.Clarkson 2b N.Robinson lf 6. B.Cash c H.Baylis 3b 7. M.Watkins 3b L.Branham 2b 8. M.Smith ss H.Bell c 9. J.Gaines p B.Greason p STARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Littles out on unknown play; A.Hefner out on unknown play; N.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: J.Burgos doubled; E.Steele out on unknown play; W.Mays singled [J.Burgos to third]; P.Davis out on unknown play [J.Burgos scored]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 0, Black Barons 1. STARS 2ND: J.Jones out on unknown play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; B.Cash out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.Baylis out on unknown play; L.Branham out on unknown play; H.Bell walked; B.Greason homered [H.Bell scored]; J.Burgos out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Stars 0, Black Barons 3. STARS 3RD: M.Watkins reached on an error by P.Davis [M.Watkins to first]; M.Smith singled [M.Watkins to second]; J.Gaines out on unknown play; M.Smith was picked off first, but was safe on an error by P.Davis [M.Watkins to third, M.Smith to second]; B.Littles walked; A.Hefner singled [M.Watkins scored (unearned), M.Smith to third, B.Littles to second]; N.Davis out on unknown play [M.Smith scored (unearned)]; A.Hefner was picked off first (B.Greason to P.Davis); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 3RD: E.Steele out on unknown play; W.Mays doubled; P.Davis out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 2, Black Barons 3. STARS 4TH: J.Jones doubled; B.Clarkson singled [J.Jones to third]; B.Clarkson was caught stealing second (H.Bell to J.Burgos); B.Cash walked; M.Watkins out on unknown play [J.Jones scored]; M.Smith walked [B.Cash to second]; J.Gaines out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 3, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: H.Baylis out on unknown play; L.Branham singled; H.Bell walked [L.Branham to second]; B.Greason walked [L.Branham to third, H.Bell to second]; J.Burgos out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Stars 3, Black Barons 3. STARS 5TH: B.Littles singled; A.Hefner singled [B.Littles to second]; N.Davis singled [B.Littles scored, A.Hefner to second]; J.Jones singled [A.Hefner scored, N.Davis to second]; S.CARTER REPLACED B.GREASON (PITCHING); B.Clarkson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Davis to third, J.Jones to second]; B.Cash homered [N.Davis scored, J.Jones scored]; M.Watkins walked; M.Smith walked [M.Watkins to second]; A.PERRY REPLACED S.CARTER (PITCHING); J.Gaines singled [M.Watkins to third, M.Smith to second]; B.Littles out on unknown play; A.Hefner out on unknown play; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Stars 8, Black Barons 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: W.Mays singled; P.Davis was hit by a pitch [W.Mays to second]; N.Robinson singled [W.Mays to third, P.Davis to second]; H.Baylis out on unknown play [W.Mays scored]; L.Branham reached on an error by M.Smith [P.Davis scored (unearned) (no RBI), N.Robinson to second, L.Branham to first]; P.BASSETT BATTED FOR H.BELL; P.Bassett popped to unknown fielder; A.Perry out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Stars 8, Black Barons 5. STARS 6TH: P.BASSETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); N.Davis out on unknown play; J.Jones singled; B.Clarkson singled [J.Jones to second]; B.Cash out on unknown play; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 8, Black Barons 5. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Burgos walked; E.Steele out on unknown play; W.Mays out on unknown play; P.Davis singled [J.Burgos to second]; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 8, Black Barons 5. STARS 7TH: M.Smith out on unknown play; B.RICKS BATTED FOR J.GAINES; B.Ricks reached on an error by L.Branham [B.Ricks to first]; B.Littles doubled [B.Ricks to third]; A.Hefner out on unknown play; N.Davis singled [B.Ricks scored (unearned), B.Littles scored (unearned)]; J.Jones out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Stars 10, Black Barons 5. BLACK BARONS 7TH: B.RICKS STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); J.BRITTON BATTED FOR H.BAYLIS; J.Britton walked; J.SCOTT BATTED FOR L.BRANHAM; J.Scott struck out; P.Bassett walked [J.Britton to second]; A.Perry singled [J.Britton scored, P.Bassett to second]; J.Burgos out on unknown play; E.Steele singled [P.Bassett scored, A.Perry to third]; B.Ricks balked [A.Perry scored, E.Steele to second]; W.Mays singled [E.Steele scored]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 10, Black Barons 9. STARS 8TH: J.BRITTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); J.SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); P.DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); B.Clarkson reached on an error by J.Britton [B.Clarkson to first]; W.HARRIS RAN FOR B.CLARKSON; B.Cash grounded into a double play (A.Perry to J.Burgos to J.Scott) [W.Harris out at second]; M.Watkins out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Stars 10, Black Barons 9. BLACK BARONS 8TH: W.HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); N.DAVIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); N.Robinson singled; J.Britton singled [N.Robinson to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play; P.Bassett walked [N.Robinson to third, J.Britton to second]; A.Perry singled [N.Robinson scored, J.Britton scored, P.Bassett to second]; J.Burgos out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 10, Black Barons 11. STARS 9TH: B.BROWN BATTED FOR M.SMITH; B.Brown out on unknown play; B.GRIFFITH BATTED FOR B.RICKS; B.Griffith doubled; B.Littles out on unknown play; A.Hefner doubled [B.Griffith scored]; N.Davis singled [A.Hefner scored]; J.Jones singled [N.Davis to second]; W.Harris out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 12, Black Barons 11. BLACK BARONS 9TH: B.BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); B.GRIFFITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); A.HEFNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); M.WATKINS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); W.Mays walked; P.Davis out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Mays to second]; N.Robinson singled [W.Mays scored]; J.Britton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Robinson to second]; B.POWELL BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; B.Powell out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Stars 12, Black Barons 12. STARS 10TH: B.POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); B.Cash doubled; M.Watkins out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.Cash to third]; B.Brown out on unknown play; B.Griffith walked; B.Littles out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 12, Black Barons 12. BLACK BARONS 10TH: P.Bassett singled; S.WILLIAMS RAN FOR P.BASSETT; A.Perry out on unknown play; J.Burgos walked [S.Williams to second]; B.BROWN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); B.GRIFFITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PITCHING); E.Steele out on unknown play [S.Williams to third, J.Burgos to second]; W.Mays singled [S.Williams scored, J.Burgos to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Stars 12, Black Barons 13. Final Totals R H E LOB Stars 12 19 1 13 Black Barons 13 17 4 15
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