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Birmingham Black Barons @ Homestead Grays

1943-09-24 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · 11 innings · Att: 7000

Homestead Grays defeated Birmingham Black Barons 4–3. Homestead Grays put up 3 in the 2nd.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

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

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	5	0	1	1	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	4	0	0	0	1	0
Buck Leonard	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jud Wilson	4	0	0	0	1	0
Howard Easterling	5	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Bankhead	4	1	2	0	1	0
Vic Harris	4	2	1	0	0	0
Robert Gaston	4	1	1	1	0	0
Roy Partlow	2	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Brown	3	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Gibson	0	0	0	0	1	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Johnny Markham	10.1	9	5	1

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Partlow	5.1	5	1	1
Ray Brown	5.2	0	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felix McLaurin: FLE2#
Felix McLaurin: S
Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: 99
Lester Lockett: 99

Bot 1

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: W#
Buck Leonard: S.1-2#
Jud Wilson: SB3;SB2#
Jud Wilson: 99
Howard Easterling: 99

Top 2

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

Bot 2

Sam Bankhead: W
Vic Harris: S7.1-2#
Robert Gaston: S8.2-H;1-H(E8/TH)(NR)(UR);B-H(E2/TH)(NR)(UR)
Roy Partlow: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Top 3

Ted Radcliffe: S#
Johnny Markham: 99
Felix McLaurin: W.1-2
Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: 99

Bot 3

Buck Leonard: 99
Jud Wilson: W
Howard Easterling: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Top 4

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

Bot 4

Vic Harris: 99
Robert Gaston: 99
Roy Partlow: S9.B-2(E9)#
Cool Papa Bell: 99

Top 5

Hoss Walker: 99
Ted Radcliffe: 99
Johnny Markham: 99

Bot 5

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Buck Leonard: W
Jud Wilson: 99
Howard Easterling: 99

Top 6

Felix McLaurin: S1
Tommy Sampson: 43.1-2
Clyde Spearman: S4.2-3
Lester Lockett: S9.3-H;1-2
Piper Davis: 31.2-3;1-2
Leonard Lindsay: E6/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR)
Hoss Walker: 7

Bot 6

Sam Bankhead: 99
Vic Harris: 99
Robert Gaston: 99

Top 7

Ted Radcliffe: 99
Johnny Markham: 99
Felix McLaurin: K

Bot 7

Ray Brown: S#
Cool Papa Bell: 99/SH.1-2#
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Top 8

Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: 99
Lester Lockett: 99

Bot 8

Jud Wilson: 99
Howard Easterling: S#
Sam Bankhead: S.1-2#
Vic Harris: 99
Robert Gaston: 99

Top 9

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

Bot 9

Ray Brown: K#
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Top 10

Ted Radcliffe: K
Johnny Markham: K
Felix McLaurin: 99

Bot 10

Buck Leonard: 99
Jud Wilson: 99
Howard Easterling: 99

Top 11

Tommy Sampson: W
Clyde Spearman: 99(1)/FO
Lester Lockett: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 11

Sam Bankhead: S8
Vic Harris: FC3/SH.1-3(E3/TH);B-2
Josh Gibson: IW
Ray Brown: 32(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Cool Papa Bell: S9.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
McLaurin overthrew 3B. Radcliffe retrieved the ball and threw home but nobody covered the plate.
McLaurin's single went off the fingertip of Partlow's throwing hand.

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