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Birmingham Black Barons @ Baltimore Elite Giants

1945-08-14 · Night game

Baltimore Elite Giants defeated Birmingham Black Barons 6–2. Baltimore Elite Giants put up 5 in the 1st.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Ray	5	0	0	0	0	0
Artie Wilson	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ed Steele	4	1	1	0	0	0
Lester Lockett	4	0	1	1	0	1
Piper Davis	3	1	1	0	0	0
Earl Bumpus	4	0	1	1	0	0
Herman Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Buck Felder	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jimmie Newberry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pepper Bassett	0	0	0	0	1	0
Freddie Shepard	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alfred Saylor	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Henry Kimbro	4	1	1	0	1
Tommy Butts	5	1	1	1	0
Wild Bill Wright	3	0	0	0	1
Bill Hoskins	4	1	2	2	0
Roy Campanella	3	1	2	1	1
Harry Williams	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Robinson	4	1	0	0	0
Doc Dennis	4	0	1	1	0
Bill Byrd	4	1	1	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmie Newberry	6.0	8	3	0
Alfred Saylor	2.0	0	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Byrd	9.0	7	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Ray: 99
Artie Wilson: S
Ed Steele: 99
Lester Lockett: 99

Bot 1

Henry Kimbro: E4#
Tommy Butts: E1.1-2#
Wild Bill Wright: 99
Bill Hoskins: D.2-H(UR);1-H(UR)
Roy Campanella: D.2-H(UR)
Harry Williams: 99
Bobby Robinson: E9.2-H(NR)(UR)#
Doc Dennis: T.1-H(UR)
Bill Byrd: 99

Top 2

Piper Davis: 99
Earl Bumpus: 99
Herman Bell: 99

Bot 2

Henry Kimbro: W
Tommy Butts: 99
Wild Bill Wright: W.1-2
Bill Hoskins: 6(1)3/GDP#

Top 3

Buck Felder: 99
Jimmie Newberry: 99
Johnny Ray: 99

Bot 3

Roy Campanella: W
Harry Williams: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99
Doc Dennis: 99

Top 4

Artie Wilson: 99
Ed Steele: 99
Lester Lockett: 99

Bot 4

Bill Byrd: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
Tommy Butts: 99

Top 5

Piper Davis: 99
Earl Bumpus: 99
Herman Bell: 99

Bot 5

Wild Bill Wright: 99
Bill Hoskins: S
Roy Campanella: S.1-2
Harry Williams: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99

Top 6

Buck Felder: W
Jimmie Newberry: FC/SH.1-2#
Johnny Ray: 99
Artie Wilson: S.2-3;1-2
Ed Steele: 9/F9S
Lester Lockett: K

Bot 6

Doc Dennis: 99
Bill Byrd: S
Henry Kimbro: S.1-2
Tommy Butts: S.2-H;1-2
Wild Bill Wright: 99
Bill Hoskins: 99

Top 7

Piper Davis: S
Earl Bumpus: D.1-H
Herman Bell: 99
Buck Felder: S.2-3
Pepper Bassett: W.1-2
Johnny Ray: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Bot 7

Roy Campanella: 99
Harry Williams: E3#
Bobby Robinson: 99
Doc Dennis: 99

Top 8

Ed Steele: T
Lester Lockett: S.3-H
Freddie Shepard: 99/SH.1-2#
Earl Bumpus: 99
Herman Bell: 99

Bot 8

Bill Byrd: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
Tommy Butts: 99

Top 9

Buck Felder: 99
Alfred Saylor: 99
Johnny Ray: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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