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Birmingham Black Barons @ Kansas City Monarchs

1949-07-01 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 4703 · 2:40

Birmingham Black Barons defeated Kansas City Monarchs 7–5. Birmingham Black Barons put up 3 in the 8th.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BIR	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	7	10
KCM	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	5	11

Birmingham Black Barons — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
(unknown)	8	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Scott	4	0	0	0	1	1
Willie Mays	4	2	2	0	1	1
Piper Davis	4	2	3	1	1	0
Bobby Robinson	5	0	1	1	0	0
John Britton	5	2	2	1	0	0
Pepper Bassett	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bill Powell	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alonzo Perry	2	0	0	1	0	0
Ed Steele	1	0	1	2	0	0
Herman Bell	1	1	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Baker	4	0	0	0	0	0
Herb Souell	4	1	1	0	1	0
Bonnie Serrell	5	1	2	1	0	0
(unknown)	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Thurman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Buck O'Neil	4	1	3	1	0	0
Earl Taborn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Elston Howard	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jim LaMarque	3	0	2	1	0	0
Willard Brown	1	0	0	0	0	1

Birmingham Black Barons — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Powell	5.2	8	1	0
Alonzo Perry	3.1	3	1	1

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim LaMarque	6.1	5	4	0
Frank Barnes	2.2	5	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

99
Joe Scott: 99
Willie Mays: W#
Piper Davis: 99

Bot 1

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

Top 2

Bobby Robinson: 99
99
John Britton: 99

Bot 2

S
Bob Thurman: 99
Buck O'Neil: S.1-2
Earl Taborn: 99
Elston Howard: 99

Top 3

Pepper Bassett: W#
Bill Powell: 99
99
Joe Scott: PB.1-2#
Joe Scott: W#
Willie Mays: 99

Bot 3

Jim LaMarque: S
Gene Baker: 99/SH.1-2
Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Top 4

Piper Davis: S
Bobby Robinson: S.1-3
99
John Britton: 99.3-H
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 4

99
Bob Thurman: W
Buck O'Neil: SB2
Buck O'Neil: 99
Earl Taborn: 99

Top 5

Bill Powell: 99
99
Joe Scott: 99

Bot 5

Elston Howard: 99
Jim LaMarque: 99
Gene Baker: 99

Top 6

Willie Mays: S
Piper Davis: SB2
Piper Davis: S8.2-H;BX2(86)#
Bobby Robinson: 99
99

Bot 6

Herb Souell: S8
Bonnie Serrell: T9.1-H
S9.3-H
Bob Thurman: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Bob Thurman: 99
Buck O'Neil: S1.3-H
Earl Taborn: 99.1-2
Elston Howard: S8.2-H
Jim LaMarque: D9.1-H
Gene Baker: 99

Top 7

John Britton: D
Pepper Bassett: E6.2-3#
Alonzo Perry: 99.3-H
W.1-2
Joe Scott: K
Willie Mays: K

Bot 7

Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: S
CS2(26)#
99

Top 8

Piper Davis: W
Bobby Robinson: 99
99
John Britton: S.1-2
Pepper Bassett: W.2-3;1-2
Alonzo Perry: E5.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3;1-2#
Ed Steele: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2
Joe Scott: 99

Bot 8

Bob Thurman: 99
Buck O'Neil: S
Earl Taborn: 99
Elston Howard: 99

Top 9

Willie Mays: S9
Piper Davis: S8.1-3
Bobby Robinson: 99.3-H
S9.1-2
John Britton: 99
Herman Bell: 99#

Bot 9

Willard Brown: K
Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: W#
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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