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Birmingham Black Barons @ Homestead Grays

1944-09-24 · Night game · Griffith Stadium · Att: 10000 · 2:10

Homestead Grays defeated Birmingham Black Barons 4–2. Homestead Grays put up 3 in the 1st.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Felix McLaurin	4	0	1	0	0
Artie Wilson	4	0	0	0	0
John Britton	4	1	1	0	0
Piper Davis	4	0	0	0	1
Ed Steele	4	0	3	0	0
Ted Radcliffe	4	0	1	0	0
Lester Lockett	4	0	1	1	1
Leroy Morney	4	0	0	0	1
Alfred Saylor	1	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Boone	2	1	1	0	0
Johnny Markham	1	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cool Papa Bell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jerry Benjamin	3	1	2	1	1	0
Sam Bankhead	4	1	2	0	0	0
Buck Leonard	3	1	1	0	1	1
Dave Hoskins	4	0	1	1	0	0
Josh Gibson	2	0	1	0	2	0
Jud Wilson	2	0	1	2	0	0
Jelly Jackson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Welmaker	3	1	1	0	0	0
Walter Cannady	2	0	0	0	0	1

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alfred Saylor	3.1	7	3	0
Alonzo Boone	4.2	4	1	3

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Welmaker	9.0	8	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felix McLaurin: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: S
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 1

Cool Papa Bell: 8
Jerry Benjamin: S
Sam Bankhead: S.1-2#
Buck Leonard: IW.2-3;1-2
Dave Hoskins: 43.3-H;2-3;1-2
Josh Gibson: W
Jud Wilson: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2#
Jelly Jackson: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Ed Steele: D
Ted Radcliffe: 99
Lester Lockett: 99
Leroy Morney: 99

Bot 2

Roy Welmaker: 99
Cool Papa Bell: S
Jerry Benjamin: W.1-2
Sam Bankhead: 99
Buck Leonard: 99

Top 3

Alfred Saylor: 99
Felix McLaurin: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Bot 3

Dave Hoskins: 99
Josh Gibson: S
Jud Wilson: 99
Jelly Jackson: 99

Top 4

John Britton: E5
Piper Davis: 9
Ed Steele: S.1-2
Ted Radcliffe: S5.2-3;1-2
Lester Lockett: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR);2-3
Leroy Morney: CSH(262)

Bot 4

Roy Welmaker: D9
Cool Papa Bell: 3/SH.2-3
Jerry Benjamin: S7.3-H
Sam Bankhead: 9
Buck Leonard: K

Top 5

Leroy Morney: 9/FL
Alonzo Boone: S9
Felix McLaurin: S5.1-2
Artie Wilson: 14(1)/FO.2-3
John Britton: E5.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Piper Davis: WP.2-3;1-2
Piper Davis: K

Bot 5

Dave Hoskins: S7.BX2(74)
Josh Gibson: 9
Walter Cannady: K

Top 6

Ed Steele: S7
Ted Radcliffe: 54(1)/FO
Lester Lockett: K
Leroy Morney: 36(1)/FO

Bot 6

Jelly Jackson: K
Roy Welmaker: 53
Cool Papa Bell: S5
Jerry Benjamin: SB2
Jerry Benjamin: 53

Top 7

Alonzo Boone: 99
Felix McLaurin: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Bot 7

Sam Bankhead: S
Buck Leonard: S.1-2
Dave Hoskins: 8/F8D.2-3;1-2
Josh Gibson: IW
Walter Cannady: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Top 8

John Britton: 99
Piper Davis: 99
Ed Steele: E6
Ted Radcliffe: 5/L

Bot 8

Jelly Jackson: HP
Roy Welmaker: 99/SH.1-2
Cool Papa Bell: 6(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 9

Lester Lockett: S9
Leroy Morney: K
Johnny Markham: 16(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

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

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