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Birmingham Black Barons @ Chicago American Giants

1944-05-07 · Day game · Comiskey Park I · Att: 7500

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Chicago American Giants 5–3. Birmingham Black Barons put up 3 in the 4th. Art Pennington went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felix McLaurin	4	0	1	0	0	0
Artie Wilson	2	1	2	0	1	0
John Britton	4	0	1	0	0	1
Piper Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Sampson	3	1	1	1	0	0
Ed Steele	4	2	2	0	0	0
Lester Lockett	4	1	2	3	0	0
Ted Radcliffe	3	0	0	0	0	0
Alfred Saylor	4	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago American Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Ralph Wyatt	4	1	1	0
Jesse Douglas	3	0	1	0
Lloyd Davenport	4	0	1	1
Art Pennington	4	2	2	1
Clyde Nelson	4	0	1	0
John Bissant	4	0	1	0
Jimmie Crutchfield	1	0	1	1
Rufus Hatten	4	0	0	0
Gentry Jessup	4	0	1	0
George Minor	3	0	0	0
(unknown)	1	0	1	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alfred Saylor	9.0	10	0	0

Chicago American Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gentry Jessup	9.0	9	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felix McLaurin: 99
Artie Wilson: S
John Britton: S.1X3(99)#
Piper Davis: PO1(13)#

Bot 1

Ralph Wyatt: 99
Jesse Douglas: 99
Lloyd Davenport: 99

Top 2

Piper Davis: 99
Tommy Sampson: 99
Ed Steele: S6
Lester Lockett: SB2
Lester Lockett: S9.2-H
Ted Radcliffe: 99

Bot 2

Art Pennington: S9
Clyde Nelson: S8.1-2
John Bissant: 14(1)3/GDP.2-3
Jimmie Crutchfield: D9.3-H
Rufus Hatten: 99

Top 3

Alfred Saylor: 99
Felix McLaurin: S
Artie Wilson: W.1-2
John Britton: 99
Piper Davis: SB3;SB2
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 3

Gentry Jessup: D
Ralph Wyatt: 99
Jesse Douglas: 99
Lloyd Davenport: 99

Top 4

Tommy Sampson: HP
Ed Steele: S.1-3
Lester Lockett: S.3-H;1-H;B-2(TH)
Ted Radcliffe: 99/SH.2-3
Alfred Saylor: 5/F7S
Felix McLaurin: E6/G6.3-H(NR)(UR);BX2(99)

Bot 4

Art Pennington: HR/9
Clyde Nelson: 99
John Bissant: 99
George Minor: 99

Top 5

Artie Wilson: S5
John Britton: K
Piper Davis: 8/L78
Tommy Sampson: D9.1-H
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 5

Rufus Hatten: 99
Gentry Jessup: 99
Ralph Wyatt: 99

Top 6

Lester Lockett: 99
Ted Radcliffe: 99
Alfred Saylor: 99

Bot 6

Jesse Douglas: S
Lloyd Davenport: 99
Art Pennington: 99(1)/FO
Clyde Nelson: SB2
Clyde Nelson: 99

Top 7

Felix McLaurin: E3#
Artie Wilson: 99/SH.1-2
John Britton: 53/G/DP.2X3(36)#

Bot 7

John Bissant: S
George Minor: 99
Rufus Hatten: 99
Gentry Jessup: 99

Top 8

Piper Davis: 99
Tommy Sampson: 99
Ed Steele: 53

Bot 8

Ralph Wyatt: S8
S8.1-3;B-2(TH)
Lloyd Davenport: S.3-H;2-3
Art Pennington: 99
Clyde Nelson: 99
John Bissant: 99

Top 9

Lester Lockett: 99
Ted Radcliffe: 99
Alfred Saylor: 99

Bot 9

George Minor: 99
Rufus Hatten: 99
Gentry Jessup: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Crutchfield twisted his ankle sliding into 2B
Douglas injured his shoulder

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