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Birmingham Black Barons @ Kansas City Monarchs

1948-09-22 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · 2:10

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Birmingham Black Barons 5–3. Kansas City Monarchs put up 3 in the 1st. Hank Thompson 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	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
KCM	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	8

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

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

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

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

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Powell	0.2	3	1	0
Jimmie Newberry	7.2	5	1	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Connie Johnson	4.0	3	4	0
Gene Richardson	5.0	2	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 1

Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: W
Johnie Scott: S.1-2#
Willard Brown: S.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)#
Elston Howard: 99.3-H#
Buck O'Neil: S.2-H
Gene Baker: 99

Top 2

Ed Steele: W
Willie Mays: 99
Pepper Bassett: D.1-H
Jim Zapp: 99
Alonzo Perry: 99

Bot 2

Earl Taborn: E5#
Connie Johnson: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Top 3

Jimmie Newberry: W
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 3

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

Top 4

Ed Steele: W
Willie Mays: W.1-2
Pepper Bassett: S.2-H;1-3
Jim Zapp: 99
Alonzo Perry: 99.3-H
Jimmie Newberry: 99

Bot 4

Gene Baker: HP
Earl Taborn: 99
Connie Johnson: W.1-2
Herb Souell: 99
Hank Thompson: 99

Top 5

Artie Wilson: S
John Britton: 54(1)3/GDP#
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 5

Johnie Scott: E5#
Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99

Top 6

Ed Steele: W#
Willie Mays: 99
Pepper Bassett: 99
Jim Zapp: 99

Bot 6

Gene Baker: 99
Earl Taborn: D#
Gene Richardson: 99
Herb Souell: 99

Top 7

Alonzo Perry: 99
Jimmie Newberry: S#
Artie Wilson: 99
John Britton: 99

Bot 7

Hank Thompson: S#
Johnie Scott: 99
Willard Brown: 99
Elston Howard: 99

Top 8

Piper Davis: S#
Ed Steele: 99
Willie Mays: W.1-2#
Pepper Bassett: 99
Jim Zapp: 99

Bot 8

Buck O'Neil: 99
Gene Baker: 99
Earl Taborn: 99

Top 9

Alonzo Perry: 99
Jimmie Newberry: 99
Artie Wilson: 99

Bot 9

Gene Richardson: 99
Herb Souell: S
Hank Thompson: HR/9.1-H

Notes & reviews

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

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