Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 1 4 0 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 Lloyd Davenport cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Art Pennington 2b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Ed Young 1b 3 0 0 0 0 10 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 Johnny Smith lf 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 John Bissant rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Radcliffe c 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 Gentry Jessup p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 28 0 1 0 1 4 24 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ralph Wyatt, Art Pennington, Ed Young. BATTING - Team LOB: 2 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 Clyde Spearman rf 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Lester Lockett lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 Piper Davis ss 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 Leonard Lindsay 1b 3 0 2 0 0 12 0 Hoss Walker 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 Herman Bell c 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 John Huber p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 27 1 4 1 0 3 27 9 BATTING - HBP: Piper Davis. GDP: Piper Davis. Team LOB: 3 PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup L 8 4 1 1 0 3 0 28 Totals 8 4 1 1 0 3 0 28 HBP: Gentry Jessup. Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP John Huber W 9 1 0 0 1 4 0 29 Totals 9 1 0 0 1 4 0 29 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - W. Moore, 1B - Poindexter Williams Time of Game: 1:29 Attendance: 5000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 9/19/1943 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Birmingham Black Barons (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Birmingham 1. R.Wyatt ss F.McLaurin cf 2. L.Davenport cf T.Sampson 2b 3. A.Pennington 2b C.Spearman rf 4. E.Young 1b L.Lockett lf 5. A.Radcliff 3b P.Davis ss 6. J.Smith lf L.Lindsay 1b 7. J.Bissant rf H.Walker 3b 8. T.Radcliffe c H.Bell c 9. G.Jessup p J.Huber p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Wyatt singled; L.Davenport out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; J.Smith out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis was hit by a pitch; L.Lindsay singled [P.Davis to third]; H.Walker flied to L.Davenport [P.Davis scored]; H.Bell out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: T.Radcliffe walked; G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 3RD: J.Huber out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 4TH: C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett singled; P.Davis grounded into a double play (R.Wyatt to A.Pennington to E.Young) [L.Lockett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 5TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; H.Bell singled; J.Huber out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 6TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: A.Pennington out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 7TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; L.Lindsay singled; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 8TH: J.Smith out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. BLACK BARONS 8TH: H.Bell out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. AM. GIANTS 9TH: G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Black Barons 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 0 1 0 2 Black Barons 1 4 0 3
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