Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 8 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 3 0 1 0 x - 4 7 0 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jose Burgos ss 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 John Britton 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Willie Mays cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ed Steele rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis 2b 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 Alonzo Perry 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 Joe Scott lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Pepper Bassett ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herman Bell c 2 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 Bill Greason p 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 Totals 29 3 8 3 6 0 18 4 FIELDING - E: 1. Alonzo Perry. BATTING - 2B: Piper Davis, Alonzo Perry. Team LOB: 11 Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 Leon Day 3b 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 Henry Kimbro cf 3 0 1 2 0 2 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 Butch Davis lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Butch McCord rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Tommy Butts ss 3 0 2 0 0 3 2 Johnny Hayes c 1 1 1 0 1 5 0 Bob Romby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Black p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 4 7 4 1 6 21 6 BATTING - 2B: Leon Day. 3B: Leon Day. SH: Johnny Hayes. Team LOB: 6 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bill Greason L 6 7 4 4 1 6 0 28 Totals 6 7 4 4 1 6 0 28 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bob Romby 2.1 1 0 0 4 0 0 12 Joe Black W 4.2 7 3 3 2 0 0 23 Totals 7 8 3 3 6 0 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Ted Lewis Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/7/1949, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Baltimore 1. J.Burgos ss J.Gilliam 2b 2. J.Britton 3b L.Day 3b 3. W.Mays cf H.Kimbro cf 4. E.Steele rf L.Pearson 1b 5. P.Davis 2b B.Davis lf 6. A.Perry 1b B.McCord rf 7. J.Scott lf T.Butts ss 8. H.Bell c J.Hayes c 9. B.Greason p B.Romby p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Burgos walked; J.Britton walked [J.Burgos to second]; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam reached on an error by A.Perry [J.Gilliam to first]; L.Day out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: A.Perry out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; H.Bell walked; B.Greason out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Britton walked; W.Mays singled [J.Britton to second]; J.BLACK REPLACED B.ROMBY (PITCHING); E.Steele out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.Hayes singled; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam singled [J.Hayes to second]; L.Day tripled [J.Hayes scored, J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play [L.Day scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3. BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Perry out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; H.Bell singled; B.Greason out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: B.Davis out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; T.Butts singled; J.Hayes walked [T.Butts to second]; J.Black out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Burgos out on unknown play; J.Britton singled; W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 3. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; L.Day doubled; H.Kimbro singled [L.Day scored]; L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Elite Giants 4. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis doubled; A.Perry singled [P.Davis to third]; J.Scott out on unknown play; H.Bell walked [A.Perry to second]; B.Greason out on unknown play [P.Davis scored]; J.Burgos walked [A.Perry to third, H.Bell to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 1, Elite Giants 4. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: B.McCord out on unknown play; T.Butts singled; J.Hayes reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [T.Butts to second]; J.Black out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Elite Giants 4. BLACK BARONS 7TH: W.Mays out on unknown play; E.Steele singled; P.Davis singled [E.Steele to second]; A.Perry doubled [E.Steele scored, P.Davis scored]; P.BASSETT BATTED FOR J.SCOTT; P.Bassett out on unknown play; H.Bell out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Elite Giants 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 8 1 11 Elite Giants 4 7 0 6
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