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Kansas City Monarchs @ Birmingham Black Barons

1947-05-13 · Night game · Att: 3500

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Kansas City Monarchs 5–3. Birmingham Black Barons put up 3 in the 2nd. Willard Brown went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chico Renfroe	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	1	1	1	0	0
(unknown)	3	0	0	0	1	0
Willard Brown	4	0	3	2	0	0
Buck O'Neil	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnie Scott	4	0	1	0	0	0
Herb Souell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Taborn	4	1	1	0	0	0
Larry Napoleon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Wylie	3	0	0	0	0	1

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Eli Chism	4	0	1	0	0
John Britton	4	1	1	0	0
Artie Wilson	4	1	2	0	0
Piper Davis	3	1	1	0	1
John Thomas	4	0	1	2	0
Ed Steele	4	1	2	0	0
Tommy Sampson	4	1	1	1	0
Pepper Bassett	4	0	2	1	0
Jimmie Newberry	4	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Napoleon	2.0	5	1	0
Steve Wylie	6.0	6	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jimmie Newberry	9.0	9	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chico Renfroe: 99
Hank Thompson: 99
99

Bot 1

Eli Chism: 99
John Britton: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Top 2

Willard Brown: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99
Johnie Scott: 99

Bot 2

Piper Davis: W
John Thomas: 99
Ed Steele: S.1-2
Tommy Sampson: S.2-H;1-2
Pepper Bassett: S.2-H;1-3
Jimmie Newberry: 99.3-H
Eli Chism: 99

Top 3

Herb Souell: 99
Earl Taborn: 99
Larry Napoleon: 99

Bot 3

John Britton: S
Artie Wilson: S/BG.1-2
Piper Davis: 99/G.2-3;1-2
John Thomas: S.3-H;2-H
Ed Steele: 99
Tommy Sampson: 99

Top 4

Chico Renfroe: 99
Hank Thompson: 99
99

Bot 4

Pepper Bassett: 99
Jimmie Newberry: 99
Eli Chism: S#
John Britton: 99

Top 5

Willard Brown: S#
Buck O'Neil: 99
Johnie Scott: S.1-2#
Herb Souell: 64(1)3/GDP#

Bot 5

Artie Wilson: 99
Piper Davis: S#
John Thomas: 99
Ed Steele: 99

Top 6

Earl Taborn: E6
Steve Wylie: 99
Chico Renfroe: S.1-2
Hank Thompson: 99
W.2-3;1-2#
Willard Brown: S.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Buck O'Neil: 99

Bot 6

Tommy Sampson: 99
Pepper Bassett: S#
Jimmie Newberry: 99
Eli Chism: 99

Top 7

Johnie Scott: 99
Herb Souell: S#
Earl Taborn: CS2(99)#
Earl Taborn: 99

Bot 7

John Britton: 99
Artie Wilson: S#
Piper Davis: 99
John Thomas: 99

Top 8

Steve Wylie: K
Chico Renfroe: D
Hank Thompson: D.2-H
7/F
Willard Brown: D.2-H
Buck O'Neil: 13

Bot 8

Ed Steele: S#
Tommy Sampson: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99
Jimmie Newberry: 99

Top 9

Johnie Scott: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Earl Taborn: S#
Steve Wylie: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories

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