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Homestead Grays @ Baltimore Elite Giants

1946-09-02 · Day game · Att: 2000

Homestead Grays defeated Baltimore Elite Giants 6–1. Homestead Grays put up 2 in the 8th. Josh Gibson went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

Homestead Grays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jerry Benjamin	5	0	1	1	0
Sam Bankhead	5	1	1	0	0
Howard Easterling	4	0	0	0	0
Josh Gibson	4	2	3	3	0
Buck Leonard	4	1	1	1	0
Dan Wilson	4	1	1	0	0
Dave Hoskins	4	1	2	0	0
Luis Marquez	3	0	1	1	1
Bob Thurman	4	0	1	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Henry Kimbro	4	0	2	0	0
Tommy Butts	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Washington	3	0	0	0	0
Willie Wells	3	0	0	0	1
Felton Snow	3	0	0	0	1
Bobby Robinson	4	1	1	0	0
Jim Gilliam	4	0	2	1	0
Bob Clarke	2	0	0	0	1
Bill Byrd	3	0	0	0	0
George Scales	1	0	0	0	0

Homestead Grays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Thurman	9.0	5	3	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Byrd	9.0	11	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jerry Benjamin: S
Sam Bankhead: 99
Howard Easterling: 99
Josh Gibson: S.1-2
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 1

Henry Kimbro: 99
Tommy Butts: 99
Johnny Washington: 99

Top 2

Dan Wilson: 99
Dave Hoskins: 99
Luis Marquez: W
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 2

Willie Wells: 99
Felton Snow: 99
Bobby Robinson: D
Jim Gilliam: T.2-H
Bob Clarke: W
Bill Byrd: 99

Top 3

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: 99
Howard Easterling: 99

Bot 3

Henry Kimbro: S
Tommy Butts: 99(1)/FO
Johnny Washington: SB2
Johnny Washington: 99
Willie Wells: 99

Top 4

Josh Gibson: HR
Buck Leonard: 99
Dan Wilson: 99
Dave Hoskins: 99

Bot 4

Felton Snow: W
Bobby Robinson: 46(1)3/GDP#
Jim Gilliam: 99

Top 5

Luis Marquez: 99
Bob Thurman: S
Jerry Benjamin: 16(1)3/GDP#

Bot 5

Bob Clarke: 99
Bill Byrd: 99
Henry Kimbro: S
Tommy Butts: 99

Top 6

Sam Bankhead: 99
Howard Easterling: 99
Josh Gibson: 99

Bot 6

Johnny Washington: 99
Willie Wells: W
Felton Snow: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99

Top 7

Buck Leonard: HR
Dan Wilson: 99
Dave Hoskins: S
Luis Marquez: 99
Bob Thurman: 99

Bot 7

Jim Gilliam: S
Bob Clarke: 99
Bill Byrd: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99

Top 8

Jerry Benjamin: 99
Sam Bankhead: S
Howard Easterling: 99
Josh Gibson: HR.1-H
Buck Leonard: 99

Bot 8

Tommy Butts: 99
George Scales: 99
Willie Wells: 99

Top 9

Dan Wilson: S
Dave Hoskins: S.1-2
Luis Marquez: S.2-H;1-3
Bob Thurman: 99
Jerry Benjamin: 99.3-H
Sam Bankhead: 99

Bot 9

Felton Snow: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99
Jim Gilliam: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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