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Birmingham Black Barons @ Kansas City Monarchs

1949-06-27 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 2302 · 1:52

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Birmingham Black Barons 5–2. Kansas City Monarchs put up 2 in the 6th.

Line score

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

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
(unknown)	7	0	1	0	1
Joe Scott	4	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	1	2	0	0
Ed Steele	4	0	0	0	0
Piper Davis	4	0	2	1	0
Herman Bell	4	0	0	0	0
John Britton	3	0	1	0	0
Bill Powell	3	1	1	0	0
Bobby Robinson	1	0	0	0	0
Pepper Bassett	1	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Gene Baker	3	2	1	1	1
Herb Souell	4	1	1	0	0
Bonnie Serrell	3	0	0	1	1
Willard Brown	4	0	0	1	0
Bob Thurman	3	1	1	0	1
Earl Taborn	4	0	0	1	0
Elston Howard	3	0	0	0	1
Curt Roberts	2	0	0	0	1
Jim LaMarque	3	1	0	0	0

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Powell	8.0	3	5	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim LaMarque	9.0	7	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

99
Joe Scott: 99
Willie Mays: S
Ed Steele: PO1(E3).1-2#
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 1

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Top 2

Piper Davis: S
99
Herman Bell: 99
John Britton: 99

Bot 2

Willard Brown: 99
Bob Thurman: 99
Earl Taborn: 99

Top 3

Bill Powell: 99
99
Joe Scott: 99

Bot 3

Elston Howard: E1#
Curt Roberts: 99/SH.1-2#
Jim LaMarque: 99
Gene Baker: 99

Top 4

Willie Mays: T
Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: E6.3-H;B-2(E3)#
W
Herman Bell: 99
John Britton: 99

Bot 4

Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99
Willard Brown: 99

Top 5

Bill Powell: S
E3.1-2
Joe Scott: 99
Willie Mays: 99/G.2-3;1-2
Ed Steele: WP.3-H(UR);2-3#
Ed Steele: 99

Bot 5

Bob Thurman: T
Earl Taborn: 8/F.3-H
Elston Howard: 99
Curt Roberts: W
Jim LaMarque: 99

Top 6

Piper Davis: 99
S
Herman Bell: 99
John Britton: S.1-2
Bill Powell: 99

Bot 6

Gene Baker: W
Herb Souell: D.1-3
Bonnie Serrell: W
Willard Brown: 8/F8D.3-H;2-H(E6)(NR)(UR)#
Bob Thurman: W.1-2
Earl Taborn: E1.2-3;1-2#
Elston Howard: 99
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 7

99
Joe Scott: 99
Willie Mays: 99

Bot 7

Jim LaMarque: E3
Gene Baker: WP.1-2#
Gene Baker: S7.2-H(UR);B-2(E7)#
Herb Souell: 99/F.2-3
Bonnie Serrell: 99.3-H(UR)
Willard Brown: 99

Top 8

Ed Steele: 99
Piper Davis: S
14(1)3/GDP#

Bot 8

Bob Thurman: 99
Earl Taborn: 99
Elston Howard: W
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 9

Herman Bell: 99
Bobby Robinson: 99/F
Pepper Bassett: 99/G

Notes & reviews

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

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