Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 1 6 2 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Artie Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 John Britton 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Felix McLaurin cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Piper Davis 1b 4 0 0 0 0 10 1 Ed Steele rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Tommy Sampson 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 4 Lester Lockett lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Radcliffe c 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 Alvin Gipson p 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 30 0 3 0 0 15 24 14 FIELDING - DP: 2. Artie Wilson, John Britton, Piper Davis 2, Tommy Sampson 2. E: 2. Piper Davis, Ed Steele. BATTING - SH: John Britton. Team LOB: 4 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Newt Allen lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 Bonnie Serrell 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 Lee Moody cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dave Harper rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norman Young 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 Frank Duncan c 3 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 Satchel Paige p 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Booker McDaniel p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 28 1 6 1 4 0 27 8 FIELDING - E: 2. Jesse Williams, Norman Young. BATTING - 2B: Bonnie Serrell. GDP: Newt Allen, Bonnie Serrell. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Alvin Gipson L 8 6 1 1 4 0 0 32 Totals 8 6 1 1 4 0 0 32 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Satchel Paige 5 2 0 0 0 10 0 18 Booker McDaniel W 4 1 0 0 0 5 0 13 Totals 9 3 0 0 0 15 0 31 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 2070 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 8/21/1944 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. A.Wilson ss J.Williams ss 2. J.Britton 3b N.Allen lf 3. F.McLaurin cf H.Souell 3b 4. P.Davis 1b B.Serrell 1b 5. E.Steele rf L.Moody cf 6. T.Sampson 2b D.Harper rf 7. L.Lockett lf N.Young 2b 8. T.Radcliffe c F.Duncan c 9. A.Gipson p S.Paige p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled to shortstop [J.Britton to second (error by J.Williams)]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; H.Souell was picked off first, but was safe on an error by P.Davis [H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Moody out on unknown play; D.Harper out on unknown play; N.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: T.Radcliffe reached on an error by N.Young [T.Radcliffe to first]; A.Gipson out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: F.Duncan singled; S.Paige walked [F.Duncan to second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen grounded into a double play (T.Sampson to A.Wilson to P.Davis) [S.Paige out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: F.McLaurin out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell singled; B.Serrell grounded into a double play (J.Britton to T.Sampson to P.Davis) [H.Souell out at second]; L.Moody walked; D.Harper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: T.Sampson singled; L.Lockett out on unknown play; T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; A.Gipson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: N.Young out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; S.Paige singled to right field [S.Paige to second (error by E.Steele)]; J.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 6TH: B.MCDANIEL REPLACED S.PAIGE (PITCHING); A.Wilson singled; J.Britton out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [A.Wilson to second]; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell walked; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 7TH: E.Steele out on unknown play; T.Sampson out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 7TH: D.Harper out on unknown play; N.Young walked; F.Duncan out on unknown play; B.McDaniel out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 8TH: T.Radcliffe out on unknown play; A.Gipson out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; N.Allen singled; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell doubled [N.Allen scored]; L.Moody out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK BARONS 9TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; F.McLaurin out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 0 3 2 4 Monarchs 1 6 2 7
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