Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 1 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 10 1 BATTING Homestead Grays AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cool Papa Bell lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Jerry Benjamin cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 Buck Leonard 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 Josh Gibson c 5 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 Howard Easterling 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 Jud Wilson 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Vic Harris rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 Roy Partlow p 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 0 8 0 1 0 32 13 FIELDING - E: 1. Jud Wilson. BATTING - 2B: Ralph Wyatt. SH: Buck Leonard. GDP: Cool Papa Bell. Team LOB: 7 Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Felix McLaurin cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Tommy Sampson 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 Clyde Spearman rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 Lester Lockett lf, 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 Piper Davis ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Ted Radcliffe c 5 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 Leonard Lindsay 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 11 1 Hoss Walker 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 Ed Steele lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Johnny Markham p 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 42 1 10 1 2 2 33 16 FIELDING - DP: 1. Tommy Sampson, Piper Davis, Leonard Lindsay. E: 1. Piper Davis. BATTING - 2B: Hoss Walker. 3B: Leonard Lindsay. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - CS: Tommy Sampson. PITCHING Homestead Grays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Roy Partlow L 10.2 10 1 1 2 2 0 44 Totals 10.2 10 1 1 2 2 0 44 Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Markham W 11 8 0 0 1 0 0 40 Totals 11 8 0 0 1 0 0 40 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - W. Moore, 3B - Poindexter Williams Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 10000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 10/3/1943 -- Homestead Grays at Birmingham Black Barons (N) Starting Lineups: Homestead Birmingham 1. C.Bell lf F.McLaurin cf 2. J.Benjamin cf T.Sampson 2b 3. B.Leonard 1b C.Spearman rf 4. J.Gibson c L.Lockett lf 5. H.Easterling 2b P.Davis ss 6. J.Wilson 3b T.Radcliffe c 7. V.Harris rf L.Lindsay 1b 8. R.Wyatt ss H.Walker 3b 9. R.Partlow p J.Markham p GRAYS 1ST: C.Bell out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 1ST: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson singled; T.Sampson was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); C.Spearman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 2ND: J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; J.Wilson singled; V.Harris out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: L.Lockett out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 3RD: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; R.Partlow out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 4TH: J.Benjamin singled; B.Leonard out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Benjamin to second]; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman walked; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 5TH: J.Wilson out on unknown play; V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Wyatt doubled to right field (H.Walker to T.Radcliffe) [R.Wyatt out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled; On a bunt L.Lindsay singled to catcher [T.Radcliffe to second]; H.Walker struck out; J.Markham reached on an error by J.Wilson [T.Radcliffe to third, L.Lindsay to second, J.Markham to first]; F.McLaurin popped to H.Easterling; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 6TH: R.Partlow singled; C.Bell grounded into a double play (P.Davis to T.Sampson to L.Lindsay) [R.Partlow out at second]; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled; L.Lockett walked [C.Spearman to second]; P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 7TH: B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: L.Lindsay out on unknown play; H.Walker doubled; J.Markham out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 8TH: J.Wilson singled; V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; R.Partlow walked [J.Wilson to second]; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 8TH: T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 9TH: J.Benjamin singled; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; H.Easterling singled [J.Benjamin to third]; J.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe singled; L.Lindsay out on unknown play; H.Walker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 10TH: E.STEELE REPLACED H.WALKER (PLAYING LF); L.LOCKETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); V.Harris out on unknown play; R.Wyatt singled; R.Partlow out on unknown play; C.Bell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 10TH: J.Markham singled; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; C.Spearman singled [J.Markham to second]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. GRAYS 11TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; B.Leonard out on unknown play; J.Gibson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 0. BLACK BARONS 11TH: P.Davis out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; L.Lindsay tripled to left field; E.Steele singled to right field [L.Lindsay scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Grays 0, Black Barons 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Grays 0 8 1 7 Black Barons 1 10 1 11
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