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Homestead Grays @ Baltimore Elite Giants

1944-05-13 · Day game · Att: 1200 · 2:30

Homestead Grays defeated Baltimore Elite Giants 3–1.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	4	0	2	0	0	0
Buck Leonard	2	2	2	0	2	0
Josh Gibson	5	0	3	0	0	0
Sam Bankhead	3	0	0	0	2	1
David Whatley	4	1	1	2	1	0
Joe Spencer	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ray Battle	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Hubert	3	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Harris	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jud Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Henry Kimbro	4	1	1	0	0
Tommy Butts	4	0	1	0	0
Frank Russell	3	0	2	0	0
Roy Campanella	4	0	1	1	0
Bill Hoskins	4	0	2	0	0
Leonardo Chapman	3	0	0	0	0
Doc Dennis	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Clarke	4	0	1	0	0
Donald Troy	3	0	0	0	1
Bill Harvey	1	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Hubert	7.0	7	1	0
Johnny Johnson	2.0	2	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Donald Troy	9.0	9	5	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Cool Papa Bell: S
Jerry Benjamin: 99/SH.1-2#
Buck Leonard: W
Josh Gibson: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 1

Henry Kimbro: 99
Tommy Butts: 99
Frank Russell: S4.B-2(E4/TH)#
Roy Campanella: 99

Top 2

David Whatley: W
Joe Spencer: K+SB2
Ray Battle: E5/G.2-H(NR)(UR)
Willie Hubert: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99

Bot 2

Bill Hoskins: S
Leonardo Chapman: 6(1)3/GDP#
Doc Dennis: 99

Top 3

Jerry Benjamin: S
Buck Leonard: S.1-2
Josh Gibson: S.2-3;1-2
Sam Bankhead: K+PO1(23)/DP#
David Whatley: 99

Bot 3

Bob Clarke: S
Donald Troy: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
Tommy Butts: 99

Top 4

Joe Spencer: E5#
Ray Battle: 99
Willie Hubert: 99
Cool Papa Bell: HP.1-2
Jerry Benjamin: 99

Bot 4

Frank Russell: 99
Roy Campanella: S
Bill Hoskins: 99
Leonardo Chapman: 99

Top 5

Buck Leonard: S
Josh Gibson: S.1-2
Sam Bankhead: 99(1)/FO.2-3
David Whatley: S.3-H;1-3
Joe Spencer: 9/F
Ray Battle: 99

Bot 5

Doc Dennis: 99
Bob Clarke: 99
Donald Troy: 99

Top 6

Willie Hubert: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99
Jerry Benjamin: D
Buck Leonard: HP
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 6

Henry Kimbro: S
Tommy Butts: S.1-2
Frank Russell: 99/SH.2-3;1-2
Roy Campanella: 99/G.3-H;2-3
Bill Hoskins: 99

Top 7

Sam Bankhead: W
David Whatley: 99
Vic Harris: 64(1)3/GDP#

Bot 7

Leonardo Chapman: 99
Doc Dennis: D
Bob Clarke: 99
Donald Troy: W
Henry Kimbro: 99

Top 8

Ray Battle: 99
Jud Wilson: 99
Cool Papa Bell: 99

Bot 8

Tommy Butts: 99
Frank Russell: S
Roy Campanella: 99
Bill Hoskins: S.1-2
Bill Harvey: 99

Top 9

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Buck Leonard: W
Josh Gibson: S.1-3
Sam Bankhead: W.1-2
David Whatley: 99(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Vic Harris: 99

Bot 9

Doc Dennis: 99
Bob Clarke: 99
Donald Troy: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
BLG coach Scales ejected in 3rd inning for objecting to Umpire Fields tossing a ball out of play

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