Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 2 Cincinnati Clowns 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 x - 7 9 1 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 Clyde Spearman rf 5 0 2 1 0 2 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 Piper Davis 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 Alphonse Dunn lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoss Walker ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 John Taylor 1b 4 1 1 0 0 17 0 John Huber c 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 Alvin Gipson p 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 5 9 5 1 3 24 8 FIELDING - E: 2. Felix McLaurin, Hoss Walker. BATTING - 2B: Tommy Sampson. SH: John Huber. Team LOB: 7 Cincinnati Clowns AB R H RBI BB SO PO A John Britton 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Sylvester Snead ph, 3b 2 0 2 3 0 1 1 Henry Smith 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 Goose Tatum lf 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 Leroy Morney ss 4 1 2 1 0 2 3 Johnny Ray cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Leonard Lindsay 1b 4 1 1 2 0 13 0 Fred Wilson rf 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 Buster Haywood c 2 1 1 1 0 6 0 Peanuts Davis p 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 Totals 33 7 9 7 3 3 27 11 FIELDING - E: 1. Peanuts Davis. BATTING - 3B: Sylvester Snead, Leroy Morney, Johnny Ray. SH: Buster Haywood 2. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Goose Tatum. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alvin Gipson L 8 9 7 5 3 3 0 38 Totals 8 9 7 5 3 3 0 38 Cincinnati Clowns IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Peanuts Davis W 9 9 5 5 1 3 0 39 Totals 9 9 5 5 1 3 0 39 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 350 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 6/17/1943 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Cincinnati Clowns (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Cincinnati 1. F.McLaurin cf J.Britton 3b 2. C.Spearman rf H.Smith 2b 3. T.Sampson 2b G.Tatum lf 4. P.Davis 3b L.Morney ss 5. A.Dunn lf J.Ray cf 6. H.Walker ss L.Lindsay 1b 7. J.Taylor 1b F.Wilson rf 8. J.Huber c B.Haywood c 9. A.Gipson p P.Davis p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 1ST: J.Britton out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Clowns 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: P.Davis out on unknown play; A.Dunn out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Clowns 0. CLOWNS 2ND: J.Ray tripled; L.Lindsay out on unknown play [J.Ray scored]; F.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Clowns 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Taylor singled; J.Huber reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [J.Taylor to second]; A.Gipson out on unknown play [J.Taylor to third]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play [J.Taylor scored]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 1. CLOWNS 3RD: P.Davis walked; J.Britton out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; G.Tatum singled [P.Davis to second]; L.Morney singled [P.Davis scored, G.Tatum to second]; J.Ray out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 2. BLACK BARONS 4TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; P.Davis walked; A.Dunn out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 2. CLOWNS 4TH: L.Lindsay singled; F.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Haywood out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [L.Lindsay to second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Clowns 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Huber singled; A.Gipson singled [J.Huber to second]; F.McLaurin singled [J.Huber scored, A.Gipson to second]; C.Spearman out on unknown play; T.Sampson doubled [A.Gipson scored, F.McLaurin scored]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 2. CLOWNS 5TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; G.Tatum walked; G.Tatum was caught stealing second (J.Huber to H.Walker); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 2. BLACK BARONS 6TH: A.Dunn reached on an error by P.Davis [A.Dunn to first]; H.Walker out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 2. CLOWNS 6TH: L.Morney out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 2. BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Gipson out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 2. CLOWNS 7TH: F.Wilson reached on an error by F.McLaurin [F.Wilson to first]; B.Haywood reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [F.Wilson to second (error by H.Walker)]; P.Davis out on unknown play; S.SNEAD BATTED FOR J.BRITTON; S.Snead tripled [F.Wilson scored (unearned), B.Haywood scored (unearned)]; H.Smith out on unknown play; G.Tatum out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 4. BLACK BARONS 8TH: S.SNEAD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); P.Davis singled; A.Dunn out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; J.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 4. CLOWNS 8TH: L.Morney tripled; J.Ray out on unknown play; L.Lindsay reached on a fielder's choice [L.Morney scored]; F.Wilson walked [L.Lindsay to second]; B.Haywood singled [L.Lindsay scored, F.Wilson to second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; S.Snead singled [F.Wilson scored, B.Haywood to second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 4, Clowns 7. BLACK BARONS 9TH: J.Huber out on unknown play; A.Gipson singled; F.McLaurin out on unknown play [A.Gipson to second]; C.Spearman singled [A.Gipson scored]; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Clowns 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 5 9 2 7 Clowns 7 9 1 7
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