Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 5 8 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 5 5 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 Tommy Sampson 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 John Britton 3b 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 Piper Davis 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 Ed Steele rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lester Lockett cf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Johnie Scott lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 John Huber c 4 0 1 1 0 0 13 1 Fay Washington p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Leandy Young ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felix McLaurin pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alvin Gipson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 5 8 5 0 0 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 2. Artie Wilson, Tommy Sampson, Piper Davis, John Huber, Fay Washington. E: 2. Fay Washington 2. BATTING - 2B: John Britton, John Huber. 3B: Lester Lockett, Johnie Scott. SH: Tommy Sampson. HBP: Artie Wilson, Ed Steele. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Artie Wilson, Piper Davis. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 3 Herb Souell 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 Bonnie Serrell 2b 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 Lee Moody cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Walter Thomas lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Earl Bumpus rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 Doc Wingo c 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 Eddie Locke c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 Satchel Paige p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim LaMarque p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 32 4 5 3 2 1 27 17 FIELDING - E: 5. Herb Souell 2, Bonnie Serrell, Doc Wingo, Bob Johnson. BATTING - 2B: Jesse Williams. HR: Bonnie Serrell. GDP: Lee Moody. Team LOB: 3 BASERUNNING - SB: Jesse Williams, Herb Souell. CS: Herb Souell. PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Fay Washington W 8 5 4 3 2 1 1 31 Alvin Gipson SV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 9 5 4 3 2 1 1 34 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 12 Jim LaMarque L 6 5 4 2 0 0 0 28 Totals 9 8 5 3 0 0 0 40 HBP: Jim LaMarque 2. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Stablin, 1B - Manny Hord Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 2000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 7/19/1944 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss J.Williams ss 2. T.Sampson 2b H.Souell 3b 3. J.Britton 3b B.Serrell 2b 4. P.Davis 1b L.Moody cf 5. E.Steele rf W.Thomas lf 6. L.Lockett cf E.Bumpus rf 7. J.Scott lf D.Wingo c 8. J.Huber c B.Johnson 1b 9. F.Washington p S.Paige p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; J.Britton doubled; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele singled; L.Lockett forced E.Steele (unknown fielder) [L.Lockett to first]; J.Scott tripled [L.Lockett scored]; J.Huber out on unknown play; F.Washington out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Moody out on unknown play; W.Thomas out on unknown play; E.Bumpus singled; D.Wingo out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: D.Wingo dropped a foul fly hit by A.Wilson; A.Wilson out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: B.Johnson out on unknown play; S.Paige out on unknown play; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.LAMARQUE REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele was hit by a pitch; L.Lockett tripled [E.Steele scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; J.Huber doubled [L.Lockett scored]; F.Washington out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell walked; H.Souell was picked off first, but was safe on an error by F.Washington [H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell homered to rightfield [H.Souell scored]; L.Moody out on unknown play; W.Thomas out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: A.Wilson was hit by a pitch; T.Sampson singled [A.Wilson to second]; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: D.Wingo out on unknown play; B.Johnson out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 6TH: L.Lockett singled; J.Scott out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; F.Washington out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Williams doubled; J.Williams stole third; H.Souell reached on a fielder's choice [J.Williams scored]; B.Serrell struck out while H.Souell was caught stealing second (J.Huber to A.Wilson); L.Moody out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 3, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 7TH: A.Wilson reached on an error by B.Johnson [A.Wilson to first]; T.Sampson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Wilson to second]; A.Wilson stole third; J.Britton flied to unknown fielder [A.Wilson scored (unearned)]; P.Davis singled; P.Davis stole second; E.Steele out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 4, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 7TH: W.Thomas out on unknown play; E.Bumpus singled; D.Wingo out on unknown play; B.Johnson walked [E.Bumpus to second]; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 4, Monarchs 3. BLACK BARONS 8TH: E.LOCKE REPLACED D.WINGO (PLAYING C); H.Souell dropped a foul fly hit by L.Lockett; L.Lockett out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; J.Huber out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; H.Souell stole second; B.Serrell reached on an error by F.Washington [H.Souell scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.Serrell to first]; L.Moody grounded into a double play (F.Washington to T.Sampson to P.Davis) [B.Serrell out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 4, Monarchs 4. BLACK BARONS 9TH: L.YOUNG BATTED FOR F.WASHINGTON; L.Young reached on an error by H.Souell [L.Young to first]; F.MCLAURIN RAN FOR L.YOUNG; A.Wilson forced F.McLaurin (unknown fielder) [A.Wilson to first]; T.Sampson reached on an error by B.Serrell [A.Wilson to third, T.Sampson to first]; J.Britton flied to unknown fielder [A.Wilson scored (unearned)]; P.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 9TH: A.GIPSON REPLACED F.MCLAURIN (PITCHING); W.Thomas out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; E.Locke out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 5, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 5 8 2 8 Monarchs 4 5 5 3
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