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Birmingham Black Barons @ New York Cubans

1949-05-29 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 7500

Birmingham Black Barons defeated New York Cubans 8–4. Birmingham Black Barons put up 3 in the 1st.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BIR	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	8	11
NY6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	10

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Ed Steele	3	1	1	1	0
Joe Scott	5	1	2	0	0
(unknown)	8	5	5	3	1
Piper Davis	5	1	2	1	0
Bobby Robinson	4	0	0	0	1
Willie Mays	3	0	0	0	1
Pepper Bassett	4	0	0	0	0
Jimmie Newberry	4	2	1	0	0
Alonzo Perry	2	0	0	0	0

New York Cubans — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
(unknown)	5	5	3	0	0
Howard Easterling	4	0	0	0	0
Fernando Díaz	4	0	2	2	0
Ray Noble	4	0	0	0	0
Mario Ariosa	4	1	2	0	0
Cleveland Clark	1	0	1	0	0
Guillermo Vargas	3	0	0	0	1
Walter Hardy	4	0	0	1	0
Raúl López	2	0	0	0	0
Ray Dandridge	3	1	2	1	0
Lou Louden	1	0	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmie Newberry	9.0	10	1	0

New York Cubans — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Raúl López	4.1	7	2	0
(unknown)	4.2	4	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ed Steele: 99
Joe Scott: S
BK.1-2#
S.2-3
Piper Davis: WP.3-H;1-2#
Piper Davis: WP.2-3#
Piper Davis: T.3-H
Bobby Robinson: WP.3-H
Bobby Robinson: W
Willie Mays: 6(1)3/GDP#

Bot 1

D
Howard Easterling: 99
Fernando Díaz: S.2-H
Ray Noble: 99
Mario Ariosa: 99

Top 2

Pepper Bassett: 99
S
Jimmie Newberry: CS2(99)#
Jimmie Newberry: 99

Bot 2

Cleveland Clark: S
Guillermo Vargas: 6(1)3/GDP#
Walter Hardy: 99

Top 3

Ed Steele: 99
Joe Scott: 99
99

Bot 3

Raúl López: 99
S
Howard Easterling: 99
Fernando Díaz: T.1-H
Ray Noble: 99

Top 4

Piper Davis: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99
Willie Mays: W
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 4

Mario Ariosa: S
Ray Dandridge: D.1-H#
Guillermo Vargas: W
Walter Hardy: 99
Raúl López: 99
99

Top 5

99
Jimmie Newberry: D
Ed Steele: S.2-H
Joe Scott: S.1-2
S5.2-H(E5/TH)(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2#
Piper Davis: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99

Bot 5

Howard Easterling: 99
Fernando Díaz: 99
Ray Noble: 99

Top 6

Willie Mays: E5#
Pepper Bassett: 99
99
Jimmie Newberry: 99

Bot 6

Mario Ariosa: S
Ray Dandridge: 99
Guillermo Vargas: 99
Walter Hardy: 99

Top 7

Alonzo Perry: 99
Joe Scott: 99
W
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 7

99
S
Howard Easterling: 36(1)3/GDP#

Top 8

Bobby Robinson: 99
Willie Mays: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 8

Fernando Díaz: 99
Ray Noble: 99
Mario Ariosa: 99

Top 9

S
Jimmie Newberry: E5.1-2#
Alonzo Perry: 99
Joe Scott: 99
HR/IPHR.2-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Piper Davis: S
Bobby Robinson: 99

Bot 9

Ray Dandridge: T
Guillermo Vargas: 99
Walter Hardy: 99.3-H
Lou Louden: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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