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Homestead Grays @ Birmingham Black Barons

1944-09-21 · Night game · Att: 6300 · 2:12

Homestead Grays defeated Birmingham Black Barons 9–0. Homestead Grays put up 4 in the 5th.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	6	1	2	1	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	4	1	1	0	1	0
Sam Bankhead	4	3	1	0	1	0
Buck Leonard	4	1	1	2	1	0
Dave Hoskins	5	1	2	1	0	1
Josh Gibson	3	0	1	1	2	0
Walter Cannady	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jelly Jackson	4	0	0	0	1	1
Ray Brown	5	1	2	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Leroy Morney	4	0	0	0
Artie Wilson	4	0	0	0
Felix McLaurin	3	0	1	0
Ed Steele	2	0	2	0
Piper Davis	4	0	0	0
Ted Radcliffe	3	1	0	1
Lester Lockett	3	0	0	0
Collins Jones	3	0	0	1
Earl Bumpus	3	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Brown	9.0	1	3	2

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Bumpus	9.0	11	6	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: W
Sam Bankhead: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 1

Leroy Morney: 99
Artie Wilson: E5/TH
Felix McLaurin: W.1-2
Ed Steele: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Dave Hoskins: S8
Josh Gibson: S8.1-H
Walter Cannady: 6
Jelly Jackson: 63.1-2
Ray Brown: FC5.2X2(54)

Bot 2

Piper Davis: 99
Ted Radcliffe: S7
Lester Lockett: 3
Collins Jones: K/C

Top 3

Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 3

Earl Bumpus: 99
Leroy Morney: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Top 4

Buck Leonard: W
Dave Hoskins: 99
Josh Gibson: W.1-2
Walter Cannady: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99

Bot 4

Felix McLaurin: 99
Ed Steele: W
Piper Davis: 99(1)/FO
Ted Radcliffe: SB2
Ted Radcliffe: K/C

Top 5

Ray Brown: S7
Cool Papa Bell: S1.1-2
Jerry Benjamin: 34/SH.2-3;1-2
Sam Bankhead: HP
Buck Leonard: E4/TH.3-H;2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Dave Hoskins: K/C
Josh Gibson: E5/TH.2-H(NR)(UR)
Walter Cannady: K/C

Bot 5

Lester Lockett: 99
Collins Jones: 99
Earl Bumpus: 99

Top 6

Jelly Jackson: W
Ray Brown: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 6

Leroy Morney: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
Felix McLaurin: 99

Top 7

Sam Bankhead: S8
Buck Leonard: WP.1-2
Buck Leonard: 3/G
Dave Hoskins: 5
Josh Gibson: WP.2-H
Josh Gibson: W
Walter Cannady: S8.1-2#
Jelly Jackson: 53

Bot 7

Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: 99
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Top 8

Ray Brown: 63
Cool Papa Bell: 43
Jerry Benjamin: S1
Sam Bankhead: W.1-2
Buck Leonard: S9.2-H;1-2#
Dave Hoskins: S8.2-H;1-2#
Josh Gibson: 7/L

Bot 8

Lester Lockett: 63
Collins Jones: 8
Earl Bumpus: E9
Leroy Morney: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Walter Cannady: E6
Jelly Jackson: K
Ray Brown: S7.1-2#
Cool Papa Bell: S7.2-H(UR);1-3
Jerry Benjamin: SB2
Jerry Benjamin: 13
Sam Bankhead: 63

Bot 9

Artie Wilson: 99
Felix McLaurin: 99
Ed Steele: W
Piper Davis: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

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

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