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Houston Eagles @ Baltimore Elite Giants

1949-08-16 · Night game · 2:25

Houston Eagles defeated Baltimore Elite Giants 5–1. Houston Eagles put up 2 in the 2nd. Johnny Davis went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOE	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11
BLG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

Houston Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jimmy Wilkes	5	0	1	0	0
Curley Williams	4	0	1	0	0
Bob Wilson	4	2	2	1	0
Johnny Davis	3	2	2	2	1
Johnny Washington	4	1	2	0	0
Raymon Lacy	4	0	1	0	0
(unknown)	4	0	1	1	0
Leon Ruffin	4	0	1	0	0
Max Manning	4	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Jim Gilliam	4	0	1	0	0
Tommy Butts	3	1	1	0	1
Henry Kimbro	3	0	2	1	1
Butch Davis	4	0	0	0	0
Lennie Pearson	3	0	0	0	1
Butch McCord	3	0	0	0	0
Ed Finney	3	0	0	0	0
Johnny Hayes	4	0	1	0	0
Joe Black	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Romby	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Byrd	1	0	1	0	0

Houston Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Manning	9.0	6	3	0

Baltimore Elite Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Black	9.0	11	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: S
Bob Wilson: 54(1)3/GDP#

Bot 1

Jim Gilliam: 99
Tommy Butts: W
Henry Kimbro: D.1-H
Butch Davis: 99
Lennie Pearson: W
Butch McCord: 99

Top 2

Johnny Davis: D
Johnny Washington: S4.2-H(E4/TH)(NR);B-2#
Raymon Lacy: 99
S.2-H
Leon Ruffin: 99
Max Manning: 99

Bot 2

Ed Finney: 99
Johnny Hayes: S
Joe Black: 99
Jim Gilliam: S.1-2
Tommy Butts: 99

Top 3

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99
Bob Wilson: S
Johnny Davis: HR.1-H
Johnny Washington: 99

Bot 3

Henry Kimbro: D
Butch Davis: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99
Butch McCord: 99

Top 4

Raymon Lacy: S
99
Leon Ruffin: 99
Max Manning: 99

Bot 4

Ed Finney: 99
Johnny Hayes: 99
Joe Black: 99

Top 5

Jimmy Wilkes: S
Curley Williams: 99
Bob Wilson: 99
Johnny Davis: 99

Bot 5

Jim Gilliam: 99
Tommy Butts: S4.B-2(E4/TH)#
Henry Kimbro: 99
Butch Davis: 99

Top 6

Johnny Washington: 99
Raymon Lacy: 99
99

Bot 6

Lennie Pearson: 99
Butch McCord: 99
Ed Finney: 99

Top 7

Leon Ruffin: S
Max Manning: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99

Bot 7

Johnny Hayes: 99
Joe Black: 99
Jim Gilliam: 99

Top 8

Bob Wilson: HR
Johnny Davis: W
Johnny Washington: S.1-2
Raymon Lacy: 99
46(1)3/GDP#

Bot 8

Tommy Butts: 99
Henry Kimbro: W
Butch Davis: PB.1-2#
Butch Davis: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99

Top 9

Leon Ruffin: 99
Max Manning: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99

Bot 9

Bob Romby: 99/F
Bill Byrd: S
Johnny Hayes: 99
Joe Black: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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