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Birmingham Black Barons @ Kansas City Monarchs

1948-08-01 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 5044 · 1:55

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Birmingham Black Barons 6–2. Kansas City Monarchs put up 3 in the 3rd. Hank Thompson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Artie Wilson	4	0	2	0	0	0
John Britton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Steele	4	0	1	0	0	0
Piper Davis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pepper Bassett	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bobby Robinson	4	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Scott	2	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Greason	1	0	0	0	0	1
Herman Bell	1	0	0	1	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Gene Baker	4	1	1	1	0
Herb Souell	4	1	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	1	3	2	0
Willard Brown	4	1	1	0	0
Elston Howard	4	0	2	1	0
Tom Cooper	3	0	0	0	1
Curt Roberts	4	1	1	0	0
Earl Taborn	3	0	0	0	0
Jim LaMarque	3	1	2	1	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Powell	6.0	6	1	0
Alonzo Perry	2.0	4	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim LaMarque	9.0	6	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Artie Wilson: S
John Britton: 46(1)3/GDP
Ed Steele: S
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 1

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: S
Willard Brown: SB2
Willard Brown: 99

Top 2

Pepper Bassett: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99
Joe Scott: 99

Bot 2

Elston Howard: 99
Tom Cooper: W
Curt Roberts: PB.1-2
Curt Roberts: 99
Earl Taborn: 99

Top 3

Willie Mays: S7
Bill Powell: 99/SH.1-2
Artie Wilson: S7.2-3
John Britton: SBH;SB2
John Britton: 99
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 3

Jim LaMarque: S
Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99(1)/FO
Hank Thompson: HR7/78/IPHR.1-H
Willard Brown: D7
Elston Howard: S8.2-H
Tom Cooper: 99

Top 4

Piper Davis: 99
Pepper Bassett: HP
Bobby Robinson: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Curt Roberts: 99
Earl Taborn: 99
Jim LaMarque: 99

Top 5

Joe Scott: C/E2
Willie Mays: D.1-3
Bill Powell: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99

Bot 5

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Top 6

Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: 99
Pepper Bassett: W
Bobby Robinson: 99

Bot 6

Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: S
Tom Cooper: CS2(99)
Tom Cooper: 99

Top 7

Joe Scott: 99
Willie Mays: E4
Bill Greason: K
Artie Wilson: 99

Bot 7

Curt Roberts: D7
Earl Taborn: 99
Jim LaMarque: D.2-H
Gene Baker: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Herb Souell: E9/F.2-H(NR)(UR)
Hank Thompson: D.1-3
Willard Brown: PO3(99)
Willard Brown: 99

Top 8

John Britton: 99
Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 8

Elston Howard: 99
Tom Cooper: 99
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 9

Pepper Bassett: 99
Bobby Robinson: T8
Herman Bell: 43.3-H
Willie Mays: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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