HOM @ BIR

September 26, 1943

Final Score: HOM 9 - BIR 0

Game Information

Ballpark
Comiskey Park I
Attendance
4,940
Day/Night
Day
Winning Pitcher
wrigj105
Losing Pitcher
mckig101

Umpires

Home Plate
Virgil Blueitt
First Base
Fred McCreary
Second Base
T.J. Young
Third Base
Margolis

Line Score

HOM @ BIR — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
HOM 0 1 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 9 10 0
BIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3

HOM Batting

HOM @ BIR — HOM Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Sam Bankhead 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cool Papa Bell 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .600
Jerry Benjamin 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Matt Carlisle 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Howard Easterling 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .400
Josh Gibson 3 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Vic Harris 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Buck Leonard 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .500
Jud Wilson 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnny Wright 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Team Totals 38 9 10 9 5 0 2 1 0 2 .263

BIR Batting

HOM @ BIR — BIR Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Piper Davis 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Alphonse Dunn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
John Huber 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Leonard Lindsay 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lester Lockett 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gready McKinnis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Felix McLaurin 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Ted Radcliffe 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Tommy Sampson 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Clyde Spearman 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Hoss Walker 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 28 0 5 0 6 2 1 0 0 1 .179

HOM Pitching

HOM @ BIR — HOM Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnny Wright (W) W 9.0 5 0 0 6 3 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 5 0 0 6 3 0 0.00

BIR Pitching

HOM @ BIR — BIR Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
John Huber - 4.0 5 6 4 2 1 0 9.00
Gready McKinnis (L) L 5.0 5 3 3 3 2 0 5.40
Team Totals 9.0 10 9 7 5 3 0 7.00

Homestead Grays at Birmingham Black Barons, September 26, 1943

The Homestead Grays beat the Birmingham Black Barons 9-0 at Comiskey Park I on September 26, 1943 in a championship series game. The Homestead Grays won comfortably. The information panel shows a crowd of 4,940 and a day start. The Homestead Grays' runs came in the second, third, fifth, and sixth innings, 6 of them in the sixth. The Birmingham Black Barons did not score. The Homestead Grays had 10 hits and the Birmingham Black Barons 5, with 0 and 3 errors. Wrigj105 was the winning pitcher. The loss was charged to mckig101. Cool Papa Bell led the Homestead Grays at the plate: 3 for 5, 1 double, and 2 RBI. Josh Gibson drove in 3 for the Homestead Grays. For the Birmingham Black Barons, Ted Radcliffe went 2 for 4. Behind the plate was umpire Virgil Blueitt.

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