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Birmingham Black Barons @ Kansas City Monarchs

1948-09-21 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · 2:15

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Birmingham Black Barons 5–4. Kansas City Monarchs put up 2 in the 1st. Pepper Bassett went 2-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	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	4	6
KCM	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	14

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Artie Wilson	5	1	1	0	0
John Britton	4	1	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	0	1	2	0
Piper Davis	3	0	0	0	1
Ed Steele	4	1	1	0	0
Jim Zapp	4	0	1	0	0
Pepper Bassett	4	1	2	2	0
Alonzo Perry	4	0	0	0	0
Sammy Williams	1	0	0	0	3

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Herb Souell	4	1	2	1	1
Hank Thompson	5	0	3	0	0
Johnie Scott	5	1	2	1	0
Willard Brown	4	0	1	2	0
Elston Howard	4	0	1	0	0
Buck O'Neil	4	0	1	0	0
Gene Baker	4	1	1	0	0
Earl Taborn	3	1	1	0	0
Gene Collins	2	0	0	0	0
Gene Richardson	1	0	1	0	0
Hilton Smith	1	0	1	1	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sammy Williams	8.1	14	1	0
Jay Heard	0.1	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Collins	6.0	5	4	0
Gene Richardson	3.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Artie Wilson: S#
John Britton: 99
Willie Mays: 99
Piper Davis: W.1-2
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 1

Herb Souell: S
Hank Thompson: 99
Johnie Scott: D.1-3#
Willard Brown: D.3-H;2-H
Elston Howard: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99

Top 2

Jim Zapp: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99
Alonzo Perry: 99

Bot 2

Gene Baker: 99
Earl Taborn: S
Gene Collins: 99/G.1-2
Herb Souell: S.2-H
Hank Thompson: S.1-2#
Johnie Scott: 99

Top 3

Sammy Williams: W
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99
Willie Mays: 99

Bot 3

Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: S
Buck O'Neil: 16(1)3/GDP#

Top 4

Piper Davis: 99
Ed Steele: 99
Jim Zapp: 99

Bot 4

Gene Baker: 99
Earl Taborn: 99
Gene Collins: 99

Top 5

Pepper Bassett: HR/7
Alonzo Perry: 99
Sammy Williams: W
Artie Wilson: 99(1)/FO
John Britton: HP.1-2
Willie Mays: S.2-H;1-H
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 5

Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: S
Johnie Scott: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Ed Steele: S
Jim Zapp: 99/G.1-2
Pepper Bassett: S.2-H
Alonzo Perry: 99
Sammy Williams: W.1-2
Artie Wilson: 99

Bot 6

Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: 99
Buck O'Neil: S
Gene Baker: 99

Top 7

John Britton: 99
Willie Mays: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 7

Earl Taborn: 99
Gene Richardson: S
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Top 8

Ed Steele: 99
Jim Zapp: S#
Pepper Bassett: 99
Alonzo Perry: 99

Bot 8

Johnie Scott: S
Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99

Top 9

Sammy Williams: 99
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99

Bot 9

Gene Baker: S
Earl Taborn: 99/SH.1-2
Hilton Smith: D.2-H
Herb Souell: W
Hank Thompson: S.2-3;1-2
Johnie Scott: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3

Notes & reviews

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

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