Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2 Kansas City Monarchs 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 x - 6 12 0 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Norman Robinson cf 4 0 1 0 0 6 0 Artie Wilson ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 John Britton 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 Piper Davis 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 Ed Steele rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Eli Chism lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Lee Moody 1b 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Jehosie Heard p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Orinthal Anderson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 30 0 5 0 1 7 24 8 FIELDING - DP: 1. Piper Davis, Lee Moody. E: 2. Piper Davis, Eli Chism. BATTING - GDP: Ed Steele. Team LOB: 4 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 2 2 0 0 9 0 Hank Thompson 2b 4 2 2 4 0 3 3 Willard Brown ss 4 1 2 0 0 6 4 Ted Strong rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 Joe Greene c 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 Earl Taborn ph, c 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Johnie Scott lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 Tom Cooper cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 Ford Smith p 3 0 1 0 1 2 1 Totals 33 6 12 6 2 4 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck O`Neil, Hank Thompson, Willard Brown. BATTING - 2B: Buck O`Neil 2, Willard Brown. 3B: Johnie Scott. HR: Hank Thompson 2. SH: Herb Souell, Tom Cooper. GDP: Earl Taborn. Team LOB: 7 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jehosie Heard L 6.1 10 6 6 1 3 2 30 Orinthal Anderson 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 Totals 8 12 6 6 2 4 2 37 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith W 9 5 0 0 1 7 0 31 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 7 0 31 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Fambro Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/13/1947, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. N.Robinson cf H.Souell 3b 2. A.Wilson ss B.O`Neil 1b 3. J.Britton 3b H.Thompson 2b 4. P.Davis 2b W.Brown ss 5. E.Steele rf T.Strong rf 6. E.Chism lf J.Greene c 7. L.Moody 1b J.Scott lf 8. P.Bassett c T.Cooper cf 9. J.Heard p F.Smith p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; N.Robinson singled to center field (T.Cooper to W.Brown) [N.Robinson out at second]; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil doubled; H.Thompson homered to rightfield [B.O`Neil scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong singled; J.Greene out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Steele out on unknown play; E.Chism out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; F.Smith walked; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Heard out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 4TH: A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton singled; P.Davis singled [J.Britton to second]; E.Steele grounded into a double play (W.Brown to H.Thompson to B.O`Neil) [P.Davis out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong singled to second base [T.Strong to second (error by P.Davis)]; J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 5TH: E.Chism out on unknown play; L.Moody out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: F.Smith singled; H.Souell out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [F.Smith to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 6TH: J.Heard out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled; J.Britton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown doubled; T.Strong out on unknown play; E.TABORN BATTED FOR J.GREENE; E.Taborn out on unknown play; J.Scott tripled [W.Brown scored]; T.Cooper singled [J.Scott scored]; F.Smith out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 4. BLACK BARONS 7TH: E.TABORN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); P.Davis out on unknown play; E.Steele out on unknown play; E.Chism out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil doubled; H.Thompson homered to rightfield [B.O`Neil scored]; O.ANDERSON REPLACED J.HEARD (PITCHING); W.Brown singled to left field [W.Brown to second (error by E.Chism)]; T.Strong walked; E.Taborn grounded into a double play (P.Davis to L.Moody) [T.Strong out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 6. BLACK BARONS 8TH: L.Moody out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; O.Anderson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Scott singled; T.Cooper out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 6. BLACK BARONS 9TH: N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton walked; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 0, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 0 5 2 4 Monarchs 6 12 0 7
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