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Chicago American Giants @ Birmingham Black Barons

1949-05-11 · Night game · Att: 1862 · 1:57

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Chicago American Giants 4–3. Birmingham Black Barons put up 3 in the 8th.

Line score

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

Chicago American Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jesse Douglas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Felix McLaurin	3	1	2	0	1	0
Lyman Bostock	3	1	1	0	0	0
Art Pennington	4	1	3	1	0	0
Lonnie Summers	3	0	2	1	1	0
Sam Hill	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy Sampson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Clyde McNeal	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gready McKinnis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Lloyd Davenport	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gentry Jessup	1	0	0	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
(unknown)	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Steele	4	1	1	1	0	0
John Britton	4	0	1	2	0	0
Joe Scott	4	1	1	0	0	0
Piper Davis	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Robinson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Mays	2	0	1	0	1	0
Herman Bell	2	1	0	0	1	0
Sammy Williams	3	1	0	0	0	0
Pepper Bassett	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago American Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gready McKinnis	8.0	6	2	1

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sammy Williams	8.1	9	2	0
(unknown)	0.0	0	1	0
Alonzo Perry	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jesse Douglas: E4#
Felix McLaurin: W.1-2
Lyman Bostock: 4(B)6(2)/LDP#
Art Pennington: 99

Bot 1

99
Ed Steele: 99
John Britton: 99

Top 2

Lonnie Summers: W
Sam Hill: 99.1-2#
Tommy Sampson: 6(B)4(2)/LDP#

Bot 2

Joe Scott: 99
Piper Davis: S
Bobby Robinson: 54(1)3/GDP#

Top 3

Clyde McNeal: 99
Gready McKinnis: S
Jesse Douglas: 99
Felix McLaurin: 99

Bot 3

Willie Mays: 99
Herman Bell: 99
Sammy Williams: 99

Top 4

Lyman Bostock: S
Art Pennington: S.1-2
Lonnie Summers: 99
Sam Hill: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Tommy Sampson: SBH;SB2#
Tommy Sampson: 99

Bot 4

99
Ed Steele: 99
John Britton: 99

Top 5

Clyde McNeal: 99
Gready McKinnis: 99
Jesse Douglas: 99

Bot 5

Joe Scott: S9.B-2(E9)#
Piper Davis: 99
Bobby Robinson: S.2-3
Willie Mays: SBH;SB2#
Willie Mays: W
Herman Bell: 99
Sammy Williams: 99

Top 6

Felix McLaurin: S
Lyman Bostock: 99/SH.1-2#
Art Pennington: D.2-H
Lonnie Summers: S.2-H
Sam Hill: 54(1)3/GDP#

Bot 6

99
Ed Steele: 99
John Britton: 99

Top 7

Tommy Sampson: 99
Clyde McNeal: 99
Gready McKinnis: 99

Bot 7

Joe Scott: 99
Piper Davis: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99

Top 8

Jesse Douglas: 99
Felix McLaurin: S
Lyman Bostock: 36(1)3/GDP#

Bot 8

Willie Mays: D
Herman Bell: W
Sammy Williams: 99(2)/FO.1-2
Pepper Bassett: K
Ed Steele: S.2-H;1-2
John Britton: D.2-H;1-H
Joe Scott: 99

Top 9

Art Pennington: S
Lonnie Summers: S.1-2
Sam Hill: 99/SH.2-3;1-2#
Lloyd Davenport: W
Clyde McNeal: K
Gentry Jessup: 3/P

Notes & reviews

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

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