Birmingham Black Barons 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 10 1 BATTING Birmingham Black Barons AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Norman Robinson cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 Artie Wilson ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 John Britton 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piper Davis 2b 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 Ed Steele rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Eli Chism lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lee Moody 1b 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 Orinthal Anderson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herman Bell c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmie Newberry p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alonzo Perry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Curtis Hollingsworth p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 38 2 8 2 6 0 31 0 FIELDING - E: 1. John Britton. BATTING - HR: Pepper Bassett. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - CS: Ed Steele, Lee Moody. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Curt Roberts 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jim LaMarque 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Herb Souell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Strong rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnie Scott cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Cooper lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Taborn c 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 John Sanderson ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 Ford Smith p 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 3 10 3 2 0 33 0 FIELDING - E: 1. John Sanderson. BATTING - SH: Earl Taborn. Team LOB: 10 PITCHING Birmingham Black Barons IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jimmie Newberry 8 7 2 2 2 0 0 34 Curtis Hollingsworth L 2.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 10 Totals 10.1 10 3 3 2 0 0 44 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith W 11 8 2 2 6 0 1 44 Totals 11 8 2 2 6 0 1 44 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Candy Smith, 1B - Charles Zomphier, 2B - M.T. Morris, 3B - John Brewer Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 20000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 8/4/1947, game 1 -- Birmingham Black Barons at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Birmingham Kansas City 1. N.Robinson cf C.Roberts 2b 2. A.Wilson ss H.Souell 3b 3. J.Britton 3b B.O`Neil 1b 4. P.Davis 2b T.Strong rf 5. E.Steele rf J.Scott cf 6. E.Chism lf T.Cooper lf 7. L.Moody 1b E.Taborn c 8. P.Bassett c J.Sanderson ss 9. J.Newberry p F.Smith p BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson walked; J.Britton out on unknown play [A.Wilson to second]; P.Davis singled to center field [A.Wilson scored]; E.Steele out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 2ND: E.Chism singled; L.Moody out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Newberry out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn walked; J.Sanderson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 3RD: N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson singled; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: F.Smith out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 4TH: 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 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: B.O`Neil reached on an error by J.Britton [B.O`Neil to first]; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 1, Monarchs 0. BLACK BARONS 5TH: P.Bassett homered to rightfield; J.Newberry out on unknown play; N.Robinson singled; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: E.Taborn walked; J.Sanderson singled [E.Taborn to third]; F.Smith singled [E.Taborn scored, J.Sanderson to third]; C.Roberts flied to N.Robinson [J.Sanderson scored]; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled [F.Smith to second]; T.Strong out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 6TH: P.Davis walked; E.Steele walked [P.Davis to second]; E.Chism out on unknown play; L.Moody walked [P.Davis to third, E.Steele to second]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.Newberry out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 7TH: N.Robinson singled; A.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 7TH: J.Sanderson singled; F.Smith singled [J.Sanderson to second]; H.SMITH BATTED FOR C.ROBERTS; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell singled [J.Sanderson to third, F.Smith to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 8TH: J.LAMARQUE REPLACED H.SMITH (PLAYING 2B); 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 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 9TH: P.Bassett singled to shortstop [P.Bassett to second (error by J.Sanderson)]; O.ANDERSON RAN FOR P.BASSETT; A.PERRY BATTED FOR J.NEWBERRY; A.Perry out on unknown play; N.Robinson out on unknown play; A.Wilson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 9TH: H.BELL REPLACED O.ANDERSON (PLAYING C); C.HOLLINGSWORTH REPLACED A.PERRY (PITCHING); J.Sanderson out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; J.LaMarque out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 10TH: J.Britton out on unknown play; P.Davis walked; P.Davis was picked off first (unknown fielder); E.Steele singled; E.Steele was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 10TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. BLACK BARONS 11TH: E.Chism out on unknown play; L.Moody walked; H.Bell out on unknown play; L.Moody was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 11TH: T.Cooper singled; E.Taborn out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Cooper to second]; J.Sanderson singled to right field [T.Cooper scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Barons 2, Monarchs 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Barons 2 8 1 9 Monarchs 3 10 1 10
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