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Homestead Grays @ Birmingham Black Barons

1943-09-26 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 4940

Homestead Grays defeated Birmingham Black Barons 9–0. Homestead Grays put up 6 in the 6th. Josh Gibson went 1-for-3 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Cool Papa Bell	5	2	3	2	0
Jerry Benjamin	4	1	1	0	0
Buck Leonard	4	1	2	1	1
Josh Gibson	3	2	1	3	2
Howard Easterling	5	0	2	2	0
Sam Bankhead	2	0	0	0	0
Jud Wilson	4	1	0	0	1
Vic Harris	4	1	0	0	1
Johnny Wright	4	1	1	0	0
Matt Carlisle	3	0	0	1	0

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Felix McLaurin	3	1	1	0
Tommy Sampson	3	0	1	1
Clyde Spearman	2	0	2	0
Lester Lockett	3	0	1	0
Piper Davis	4	1	0	1
Leonard Lindsay	3	0	1	0
Hoss Walker	3	0	0	0
Ted Radcliffe	4	2	0	0
Gready McKinnis	0	0	0	0
John Huber	2	1	0	0
Alphonse Dunn	1	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Wright	9.0	5	6	2

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gready McKinnis	5.0	5	3	0
John Huber	4.0	5	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 1

Felix McLaurin: W
Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: 99
Lester Lockett: 99

Top 2

Josh Gibson: W
Howard Easterling: D7.1-H
Sam Bankhead: 6
Jud Wilson: 43
Vic Harris: 99

Bot 2

Piper Davis: 99
Leonard Lindsay: 99
Hoss Walker: 99

Top 3

Johnny Wright: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: S4.B-2(E4/TH)
Buck Leonard: T/78.2-H
Josh Gibson: W
Howard Easterling: 99

Bot 3

Ted Radcliffe: S
Gready McKinnis: 99/SH.1-2
Felix McLaurin: 7/F/DP.2X2(746)

Top 4

Sam Bankhead: 99
Jud Wilson: W
Vic Harris: 99
Johnny Wright: 99

Bot 4

Tommy Sampson: W
Clyde Spearman: 99
Lester Lockett: 99
Piper Davis: S.1-3
Leonard Lindsay: CS2(26)

Top 5

Cool Papa Bell: S7
Jerry Benjamin: E1/SH.1-2
Buck Leonard: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Josh Gibson: 8.3-H;2-3
Howard Easterling: FC3.3XH(32);1-2
Matt Carlisle: 8/L

Bot 5

Leonard Lindsay: W#
Hoss Walker: 64(1)3/GDP#
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Top 6

Jud Wilson: E3/TH
Vic Harris: W.1-2
Johnny Wright: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Cool Papa Bell: D7.3-H(UR);2-H;1-3
Jerry Benjamin: 43
Buck Leonard: IW
Josh Gibson: S9.3-H;2-H;1-2#
Howard Easterling: S8.2-H;1-2
Matt Carlisle: SB3;SB2
Matt Carlisle: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Jud Wilson: 43

Bot 6

John Huber: S
Felix McLaurin: 99
Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: W.1-2
Lester Lockett: W.2-3;1-2
Piper Davis: K

Top 7

Vic Harris: 99
Johnny Wright: 99
Cool Papa Bell: S
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 7

Leonard Lindsay: 99
Hoss Walker: 99
Ted Radcliffe: S
John Huber: 99

Top 8

Buck Leonard: 99
Josh Gibson: 99
Howard Easterling: 99

Bot 8

Felix McLaurin: D
Tommy Sampson: K
Clyde Spearman: W
Lester Lockett: 9.2-3
Piper Davis: SB2
Piper Davis: 3/G

Top 9

Matt Carlisle: 99
Jud Wilson: 99
Vic Harris: 99

Bot 9

Leonard Lindsay: 99
Alphonse Dunn: 99
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Bankhead was injured when Davis slid into him on this play

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