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Homestead Grays @ Philadelphia Stars

1944-08-19 · Night game

Philadelphia Stars defeated Homestead Grays 4–3. Philadelphia Stars put up 2 in the 1st.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8
PH5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		4	10

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	5	0	1	0	0	1
Jerry Benjamin	5	1	1	0	0	0
Sam Bankhead	4	1	0	0	1	0
Buck Leonard	4	1	2	0	0	1
Josh Gibson	3	0	2	2	1	0
Walter Cannady	4	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Hoskins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jelly Jackson	1	0	0	1	2	0
Johnny Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Stars — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Austin	4	3	4	0	0	0
Gene Benson	3	1	2	1	2	0
Ed Stone	4	0	1	2	1	0
Jim West	4	0	0	0	0	1
Marvin Williams	3	0	1	0	1	0
Barney Brown	3	0	0	0	1	0
Henry Spearman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Cash	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Ricks	4	0	1	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Johnson	8.0	10	5	1

Philadelphia Stars — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Ricks	9.0	8	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 1

Frank Austin: S
Gene Benson: S.1-2
Ed Stone: S.2-H;1-3
Jim West: K
Marvin Williams: WP.3-H;1-2
Marvin Williams: W
Barney Brown: W.2-3;1-2
Henry Spearman: 3/P
Bill Cash: 8/F

Top 2

Buck Leonard: D
Josh Gibson: W
Walter Cannady: E3.2-3;1-2
Dave Hoskins: K
Jelly Jackson: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Johnny Johnson: K
Cool Papa Bell: K

Bot 2

Bill Ricks: 99
Frank Austin: T
Gene Benson: W
Ed Stone: 99(1)/FO.3-H
Jim West: 99

Top 3

Jerry Benjamin: T9
Sam Bankhead: 13
Buck Leonard: K
Josh Gibson: S.3-H
Walter Cannady: S.1-2
Dave Hoskins: 5/L

Bot 3

Marvin Williams: S8.B-2(E8)#
Barney Brown: 99
Henry Spearman: 99
Bill Cash: 99

Top 4

Jelly Jackson: 99
Johnny Johnson: 99
Cool Papa Bell: S
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 4

Bill Ricks: 99
Frank Austin: T
Gene Benson: T.3-H
Ed Stone: 99
Jim West: 99

Top 5

Sam Bankhead: 99
Buck Leonard: 99
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 5

Marvin Williams: FLE3#
Marvin Williams: 99
Barney Brown: 99
Henry Spearman: 99

Top 6

Walter Cannady: S
Dave Hoskins: 99
Jelly Jackson: W.1-2#
Johnny Johnson: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99

Bot 6

Bill Cash: S
Bill Ricks: S.1-2
Frank Austin: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Gene Benson: 3/P
Ed Stone: IW
Jim West: 3/G

Top 7

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: W
Buck Leonard: S.1-2
Josh Gibson: S.2-H;1-2
Walter Cannady: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Marvin Williams: 99
Barney Brown: 99
Henry Spearman: E9#
Bill Cash: 99

Top 8

Dave Hoskins: 99
Ray Brown: 99
Johnny Johnson: 99

Bot 8

Bill Ricks: 99
Frank Austin: T
Gene Benson: OA.3XH(21)
Gene Benson: W
Ed Stone: 99

Top 9

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score

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