Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 7 2 Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 8 1 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A David Whatley rf 4 1 3 1 0 2 0 Fred Bankhead 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 Parnell Woods 3b 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 Bert Johnson lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 Henry McCall 1b 5 0 1 1 0 13 0 Sylvester Owens cf 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Harry Barnes c 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 Andrew Cephas ss 3 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 Elbert Eatmon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thurston p 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 37 3 7 3 4 11 32 10 FIELDING - E: 2. David Whatley, Harry Barnes. BATTING - 2B: David Whatley, Parnell Woods. SH: Bert Johnson, Sylvester Owens, Harry Barnes. HBP: David Whatley. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: David Whatley, Andrew Cephas. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 Herman Dunlap rf 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 Wilson Redus lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 Subby Byas 1b 4 0 2 0 1 14 1 Ed Young 3b 4 0 1 1 1 0 2 Ernest Smith c 5 0 1 0 0 13 0 Rainey Bibbs 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 Billy Horne ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 Alex Radcliff ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Willie Cornelius p 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 Totals 35 4 8 3 8 2 33 13 FIELDING - E: 1. Willie Cornelius. BATTING - SH: Willie Simms, Herman Dunlap 2, Willie Cornelius. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - SB: Herman Dunlap. CS: Wilson Redus. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Elbert Eatmon 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 Thurston L 10.1 5 3 3 8 2 0 43 Totals 10.2 8 4 4 8 2 0 47 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius W 11 7 3 3 4 11 0 45 Totals 11 7 3 3 4 11 0 45 HBP: Willie Cornelius. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/3/1938, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Chicago 1. D.Whatley rf W.Simms cf 2. F.Bankhead 2b H.Dunlap rf 3. P.Woods 3b W.Redus lf 4. B.Johnson lf S.Byas 1b 5. H.McCall 1b E.Young 3b 6. S.Owens cf E.Smith c 7. H.Barnes c R.Bibbs 2b 8. A.Cephas ss B.Horne ss 9. E.Eatmon p W.Cornelius p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; D.Whatley out on unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; P.Woods doubled; B.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled to left field; H.Dunlap out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Simms to second]; W.Redus singled [W.Simms scored]; S.Byas singled [W.Redus to second]; REPLACED E.EATMON (PITCHING); E.Young flied to B.Johnson; E.Smith grounded out (F.Bankhead to H.McCall); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Am. Giants 1. BLACK BARONS 2ND: H.McCall out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; H.Barnes walked; A.Cephas walked [H.Barnes to second]; out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 0, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 2ND: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Am. Giants 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: D.Whatley singled to second base; F.Bankhead struck out while D.Whatley stole second; P.Woods out on unknown play [D.Whatley to third]; B.Johnson singled to right field [D.Whatley scored]; H.McCall out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Dunlap walked; H.Dunlap stole second; W.Redus out on unknown play; S.Byas walked; E.Young walked [H.Dunlap to third, S.Byas to second]; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: S.Owens out on unknown play; H.Barnes out on unknown play; A.Cephas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: out on unknown play; D.Whatley was hit by a pitch; D.Whatley was picked off first, but was safe on an error by W.Cornelius [D.Whatley to second]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Dunlap walked; W.Redus out on unknown play; S.Byas singled [H.Dunlap to second]; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: B.Johnson out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: E.Smith out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Am. Giants 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: H.Barnes out on unknown play; A.Cephas walked; A.Cephas stole second; grounded out (R.Bibbs to S.Byas) [A.Cephas to third]; D.Whatley singled to shortstop [A.Cephas scored]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Cornelius walked; W.Cornelius was picked off first, but was safe on an error by H.Barnes [W.Cornelius scored (error by D.Whatley)]; W.Simms walked; H.Dunlap out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Simms to second]; W.Redus singled [W.Simms to third]; S.Byas flied to S.Owens; E.Young singled to center field [W.Simms scored, W.Redus to third]; W.Redus was caught stealing home (H.Barnes to A.Cephas to H.Barnes); 2 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Am. Giants 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: P.Woods walked; B.Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Woods to second]; H.McCall singled to second base [P.Woods scored]; S.Owens out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.McCall to second]; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Smith out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 3. BLACK BARONS 9TH: A.Cephas out on unknown play; out on unknown play; D.Whatley doubled; F.Bankhead grounded out (S.Byas unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 9TH: W.Cornelius walked; W.Simms out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Cornelius to second]; H.Dunlap flied to S.Owens; W.Redus popped to A.Cephas; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 3. BLACK BARONS 10TH: P.Woods out on unknown play; B.Johnson out on unknown play; H.McCall out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 10TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; E.Smith singled; R.Bibbs grounded out (P.Woods to H.McCall); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 3. BLACK BARONS 11TH: S.Owens singled to left field; H.Barnes out on a sacrifice bunt (S.Byas to R.Bibbs) [S.Owens to second]; A.Cephas struck out; struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 11TH: A.RADCLIFF BATTED FOR B.HORNE; A.Radcliff walked; W.Cornelius out on a sacrifice bunt ( to H.McCall) [A.Radcliff to second]; W.Simms lined to A.Cephas; H.Dunlap singled to right field [A.Radcliff scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Am. Giants 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 3 7 2 9 Am. Giants 4 8 1 11
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