The 1943 Negro League World Series matched up the Homestead Grays (HOM) of the Negro National League against the Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) of the Negro American League.
Play-by-play accounts are deduced from newspaper game stories and box scores and may contain some uncertainties. September 21, 1943 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. BIR 200 100 100 4 11 0 HOM 100 000 001 2 5 3 WP: Saylor, LP: Wright Retrosheet box score and play-by-play September 23, 1943 at Bugle Field, Baltimore, Maryland BIR 000 202 010 000 5 12 4 HOM 002 000 201 000 5 12 1 Retrosheet box score and play-by-play September 24, 1943 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. BIR 000 003 000 00 3 5 4 HOM 030 000 000 01 4 9 2 WP: Brown, LP: Markham Retrosheet box score and play-by-play September 26, 1943 at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois HOM 011 016 000 9 10 0 BIR 000 000 000 0 5 3 WP: Wright, LP: McKinnis Retrosheet box score and play-by-play September 28, 1943 at Red Bird Stadium, Columbus, Ohio HOM 020 220 040 10 11 3 BIR 100 140 500 11 16 1 WP: Saylor, LP: Partlow No box score found yet September 29, 1943 at Victory Field, Indianapolis, Indiana HOM 000 120 500 8 8 1 BIR 000 000 000 0 8 4 WP: Wright, LP: Markham Retrosheet box score Newspaper coverage insufficient to generate deduced play-by-play account. October 3, 1943 at Rickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama HOM 000 000 000 00 0 8 1 BIR 000 000 000 01 1 10 1 WP: Markham, LP: Partlow Retrosheet box score and play-by-play Play-by-play account here contains more uncertainties than usual. October 5, 1943 at Crampton Bowl, Montgomery, Alabama HOM 100 001 042 8 12 2 BIR 002 011 000 4 8 4 WP: Brown, LP: Saylor Retrosheet box score and play-by-play After completing the best-of-seven World Series, the Grays and Black Barons played two additional exhibition games against each other in Birmingham. October 7, 1943 at Rickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama HOM 020 000 000 2 7 2 BIR 000 111 30x 6 12 3 WP: Jessup, LP: Partlow Retrosheet box score October 10, 1943 at Rickwood Field, Birmingham, Alabama HOM 330 120 000 9 14 2 BIR 001 300 000 4 9 5 WP: Carter, LP: Huber Retrosheet box score
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