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Birmingham Black Barons @ Homestead Grays

1943-09-21 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 4000

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Homestead Grays 4–2. Birmingham Black Barons put up 2 in the 1st. Tommy Sampson went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felix McLaurin	5	1	2	0	0	1
Tommy Sampson	5	0	3	1	0	0
Clyde Spearman	4	1	1	0	1	0
Lester Lockett	4	1	1	0	0	1
Piper Davis	4	0	1	0	0	1
Leonard Lindsay	3	0	1	1	1	2
Hoss Walker	3	1	1	0	1	2
Ted Radcliffe	4	0	1	0	0	1
Alfred Saylor	3	0	0	0	1	2

Homestead Grays — batting

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

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alfred Saylor	9.0	5	4	4

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Wright	6.0	8	0	8
Ray Brown	3.0	3	4	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felix McLaurin: D9
Tommy Sampson: S9.2-H
Clyde Spearman: CS2(99)
Clyde Spearman: D
Lester Lockett: 99
Piper Davis: S.2-3
Leonard Lindsay: PB.3-H(UR);1-2
Leonard Lindsay: K

Bot 1

Cool Papa Bell: T7
Jerry Benjamin: K#
Buck Leonard: 8.3-H
Josh Gibson: S#
Howard Easterling: 99

Top 2

Hoss Walker: K
Ted Radcliffe: K#
Alfred Saylor: K#

Bot 2

Sam Bankhead: K#
Jud Wilson: K#
Vic Harris: 99

Top 3

Felix McLaurin: K#
Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: 99

Bot 3

Johnny Wright: K
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Top 4

Lester Lockett: D7
Piper Davis: K
Leonard Lindsay: S7.2-H
Hoss Walker: K
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Bot 4

Buck Leonard: W
Josh Gibson: 64(1)3/GDP#
Howard Easterling: 99

Top 5

Alfred Saylor: 99
Felix McLaurin: S#
Tommy Sampson: PO1(99)#
Tommy Sampson: S
Clyde Spearman: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Clyde Spearman: 99

Bot 5

Sam Bankhead: 99
Jud Wilson: 99
Vic Harris: 99

Top 6

Lester Lockett: 99
Piper Davis: 99
Leonard Lindsay: K

Bot 6

Ray Brown: 99
Cool Papa Bell: S7.BX2(74)#
Jerry Benjamin: S#
Buck Leonard: SB2
Buck Leonard: W
Josh Gibson: 99

Top 7

Hoss Walker: S
Ted Radcliffe: S.1-2#
Alfred Saylor: K
Felix McLaurin: E6.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2#
Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: W.2-3;1-2
Lester Lockett: K

Bot 7

Howard Easterling: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Jud Wilson: 99

Top 8

Piper Davis: 99
Leonard Lindsay: W
Hoss Walker: W.1-2
Ted Radcliffe: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Vic Harris: 99
Ray Brown: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99

Top 9

Alfred Saylor: W
Felix McLaurin: 64(1)3/GDP#
Tommy Sampson: S
Clyde Spearman: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Clyde Spearman: 99

Bot 9

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Buck Leonard: W
Josh Gibson: W.1-2
Howard Easterling: S9.2-H;1-3;BX2(94)
Sam Bankhead: 99/F

Notes & reviews

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

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