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Birmingham Black Barons @ Atlanta Black Crackers

1937-08-22 · Day game · Att: 3987

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Atlanta Black Crackers 8–2. Birmingham Black Barons put up 4 in the 2nd. Bill Carter went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BIR	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14
ATN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Carter	5	1	3	2	0
Sylvester Owens	5	0	1	1	0
Fred Bankhead	5	0	0	0	0
Melzar Williams	5	0	1	0	0
Jack Bruton	4	2	1	0	1
Harry Barnes	3	2	2	1	1
Melvin Coleman	4	1	2	1	0
Willie Ferrell	4	2	2	2	0
Bo Mitchell	4	0	2	1	0

Atlanta Black Crackers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Cooper	3	0	0	0	1
Ormond Sampson	4	0	1	0	0
Babe Davis	4	0	0	0	0
Don Pelham	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Greene	4	1	1	0	0
Jack Thornton	4	1	1	0	0
Red Hadley	4	0	1	2	0
Gabby Kemp	4	0	1	0	0
Telosh Howard	3	0	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bo Mitchell	9.0	5	1	0

Atlanta Black Crackers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Jimmy Reese	1.2	5	1
Felix Evans	0.2	3	0
Telosh Howard	6.2	6	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Carter: S
Sylvester Owens: 99
Fred Bankhead: 99
Melzar Williams: 99

Bot 1

Bill Cooper: 99
Ormond Sampson: S
Babe Davis: 99
Don Pelham: 99

Top 2

Jack Bruton: W
Harry Barnes: S.1-2
Melvin Coleman: 99
Willie Ferrell: S.2-H;1-2
Bo Mitchell: 99
Bill Carter: D.2-H;1-H
Sylvester Owens: T.2-H
Fred Bankhead: 99

Bot 2

Joe Greene: 99
Jack Thornton: E6#
Red Hadley: PO1(E1).1-3#
Red Hadley: 99.3-H(UR)
Gabby Kemp: 99

Top 3

Melzar Williams: 99
Jack Bruton: S5.B-2(E5/TH)#
Harry Barnes: S.2-H
Melvin Coleman: D.1-H;B-3(TH)
Willie Ferrell: T.3-H
Bo Mitchell: S.3-H
Bill Carter: 54(1)3/GDP#

Bot 3

Telosh Howard: 99
Bill Cooper: W
Ormond Sampson: PO1(E3).1-2#
Ormond Sampson: 99
Babe Davis: 99

Top 4

Sylvester Owens: 99
Fred Bankhead: 99
Melzar Williams: S
Jack Bruton: PO1(13)#

Bot 4

Don Pelham: 99
Joe Greene: D
Jack Thornton: 99
Red Hadley: 99

Top 5

Jack Bruton: 99
Harry Barnes: W
Melvin Coleman: 99
Willie Ferrell: 99

Bot 5

Gabby Kemp: T
Telosh Howard: 99
Bill Cooper: 99
Ormond Sampson: 99

Top 6

Bo Mitchell: S
Bill Carter: 99
Sylvester Owens: 99
Fred Bankhead: 99

Bot 6

Babe Davis: 99
Don Pelham: 99
Joe Greene: 7/F7D

Top 7

Melzar Williams: 99
Jack Bruton: 99
Harry Barnes: 99

Bot 7

Jack Thornton: 4/F9S
Red Hadley: 99
Gabby Kemp: 99

Top 8

Melvin Coleman: S
Willie Ferrell: 99
Bo Mitchell: 99
Bill Carter: S.1-2
Sylvester Owens: 99

Bot 8

Telosh Howard: 99
Bill Cooper: 99
Ormond Sampson: 99

Top 9

Fred Bankhead: 99
Melzar Williams: 99
Jack Bruton: 99

Bot 9

Babe Davis: 99/G
Don Pelham: 43
Joe Greene: E4#
Jack Thornton: S8.1-3
Red Hadley: S9.3-H(UR);1-2
Gabby Kemp: 8

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Game 2 of scheduled DH called due to darkness with ATN leading 5-3 in 4th inning

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