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Birmingham Black Barons @ Kansas City Monarchs

1943-07-09 · Night game · Att: 3800

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Birmingham Black Barons 4–3.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Felix McLaurin	4	1	1	0	0
Tommy Sampson	3	2	2	1	1
Clyde Spearman	5	0	2	1	0
Lester Lockett	4	0	1	1	0
Piper Davis	3	0	1	0	1
Alphonse Dunn	3	0	0	0	0
Hoss Walker	3	0	0	0	1
Paul Hardy	2	0	0	0	0
Johnny Markham	1	0	0	0	0
Gready McKinnis	1	0	1	0	0
John Huber	2	0	0	0	0
Alvin Gipson	1	0	0	0	1
Johnny Williams	1	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jesse Williams	3	0	0	0	1
Willie Simms	0	1	0	0	0
Herb Souell	4	0	1	0	0
Willard Brown	3	0	1	1	1
Bonnie Serrell	3	0	0	0	1
Buck O'Neil	3	2	1	0	1
Hank Thompson	4	0	2	1	0
Herb Barnhill	4	1	2	0	0
Jack Matchett	3	0	0	0	1
Newt Allen	3	0	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Johnny Markham	3.0	2	2
Gready McKinnis	3.0	3	3
Alvin Gipson	2.0	2	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Matchett	9.0	8	4	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felix McLaurin: 99
Tommy Sampson: S
Clyde Spearman: 99/G.1-2
Lester Lockett: S.2-H
Piper Davis: S.1-2
Alphonse Dunn: 99

Bot 1

Jesse Williams: 99
Willie Simms: HP
Herb Souell: SB2.1-H(E2/TH)(E8/TH)(UR)
Herb Souell: 99
Willard Brown: 99

Top 2

Hoss Walker: 99
Paul Hardy: 99
Johnny Markham: 99

Bot 2

Bonnie Serrell: W
Buck O'Neil: CS2(24)#
Buck O'Neil: W
Hank Thompson: SB2
Hank Thompson: S.2-H
Herb Barnhill: 99
Jack Matchett: 99

Top 3

Felix McLaurin: 99
Tommy Sampson: W
Clyde Spearman: S7.1-H
Lester Lockett: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 3

Jesse Williams: FLE2#
Jesse Williams: 99
Newt Allen: 99
Herb Souell: S
Willard Brown: 99

Top 4

Alphonse Dunn: 99
Hoss Walker: 99
Paul Hardy: 99

Bot 4

Bonnie Serrell: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Top 5

Gready McKinnis: S
Felix McLaurin: 99
Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde Spearman: S.1-2
Lester Lockett: 99

Bot 5

Herb Barnhill: T9
Jack Matchett: W
Jesse Williams: W.1-2
Newt Allen: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Willard Brown: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Top 6

Piper Davis: FLE2#
Piper Davis: 99
Alphonse Dunn: 99
Hoss Walker: W
John Huber: 99

Bot 6

Buck O'Neil: S
Hank Thompson: S1/BG.1-H(E1/TH)(E1/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Herb Barnhill: 99
Jack Matchett: 99
Jesse Williams: 99

Top 7

Alvin Gipson: 99
Felix McLaurin: S1/BG.B-2(E1/TH)
Tommy Sampson: S.2-H(UR)
Clyde Spearman: 99
Lester Lockett: 99

Bot 7

Newt Allen: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Willard Brown: S
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Top 8

Piper Davis: W
Alphonse Dunn: 99/SH.1-2
Hoss Walker: 99
John Huber: 99

Bot 8

Buck O'Neil: 99
Hank Thompson: 99
Herb Barnhill: S
Jack Matchett: 99

Top 9

Alvin Gipson: W
Felix McLaurin: 99/SH.1-2
Johnny Williams: 99
Clyde Spearman: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
McKinnis threw wild to 2B then threw wild again to home
Sampson left the game with a sprained ankle

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