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Homestead Grays @ Baltimore Elite Giants

1943-05-19 · Night game

Homestead Grays and Baltimore Elite Giants played to a 4–4 tie. Willie Burns went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOM	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	12
BLG	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	9

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	4	0	2	0	1	1
Jerry Benjamin	4	1	1	0	1	0
Buck Leonard	4	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Gibson	4	1	1	0	1	0
Howard Easterling	4	1	2	1	1	0
Sam Bankhead	5	0	2	2	0	0
Robert Gaston	5	0	1	0	0	1
Joe Spencer	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ollie West	3	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Stevenson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Harvey Young	4	0	1	0	1
Frank Russell	5	0	1	1	0
Henry Kimbro	4	0	0	0	1
George Scales	5	0	1	0	0
Biggie Williams	4	0	1	0	0
Felton Snow	4	1	1	0	0
Bill Harvey	3	2	1	0	0
Bob Clarke	3	0	1	0	1
Willie Burns	4	1	2	3	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ollie West	6.2	7	3	0
Willie Stevenson	2.1	2	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Burns	9.0	12	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cool Papa Bell: K
Jerry Benjamin: W
Buck Leonard: 53/SH.1-2
Josh Gibson: W
Howard Easterling: S.2-H;1-2
Sam Bankhead: S.2-H;1-2
Robert Gaston: K

Bot 1

Harvey Young: S#
Frank Russell: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
George Scales: 99

Top 2

Joe Spencer: 99
Ollie West: 99
Cool Papa Bell: S#
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 2

Biggie Williams: 99
Felton Snow: S#
Bill Harvey: 99
Bob Clarke: W.1-2#
Willie Burns: 99

Top 3

Buck Leonard: 99
Josh Gibson: 99
Howard Easterling: W
Sam Bankhead: CS2(2E6)
Sam Bankhead: T.2-H(UR)
Robert Gaston: 99

Bot 3

Harvey Young: 99
Frank Russell: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99

Top 4

Joe Spencer: S
Ollie West: S.1-2
Cool Papa Bell: W.2-3;1-2
Jerry Benjamin: 5/L
Buck Leonard: 56(1)/FO.3-H(E6/TH)(NR)(UR);2-3
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 4

George Scales: S#
Biggie Williams: 99
Felton Snow: 99
Bill Harvey: 99

Top 5

Howard Easterling: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Robert Gaston: S#
Joe Spencer: S.1-2#
Ollie West: 99

Bot 5

Bob Clarke: S#
Willie Burns: 99
Harvey Young: 99
Frank Russell: 99

Top 6

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: S#
Buck Leonard: 99
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 6

Henry Kimbro: 99
George Scales: 99
Biggie Williams: 99

Top 7

Howard Easterling: S#
Sam Bankhead: 99
Robert Gaston: 99
Joe Spencer: 99

Bot 7

Felton Snow: 43/G
Bill Harvey: S8.B-2(E8)#
Bob Clarke: 8/F
Willie Burns: S.2-H
Harvey Young: W.1-2
Frank Russell: S.2-H;1-2
Henry Kimbro: W.2-3;1-2
George Scales: 99(1)/FO

Top 8

Willie Stevenson: 99
Cool Papa Bell: S#
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 8

Biggie Williams: D
Felton Snow: E4/P.2-2
Bill Harvey: FC1/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Clarke: 99(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Willie Burns: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Harvey Young: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Josh Gibson: S#
Howard Easterling: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Robert Gaston: 99

Bot 9

Frank Russell: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
George Scales: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
Game called due to WW2 blackout drill

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