HOM @ BIR

October 05, 1943

Final Score: HOM 8 - BIR 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Cramton Bowl
Attendance
4,000
Game Duration
140 minutes
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
Ray Brown
Losing Pitcher
sayla101

Umpires

Home Plate
Poindexter Williams
First Base
Fred McCreary
Third Base
Bill Moore

Line Score

HOM @ BIR — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
HOM 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 8 12 2
BIR 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 8 4

HOM Batting

HOM @ BIR — HOM Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Sam Bankhead 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Cool Papa Bell 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Jerry Benjamin 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ray Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Howard Easterling 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Josh Gibson 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .600
Vic Harris 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .667
Buck Leonard 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .667
Jud Wilson 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200
Johnny Wright 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Team Totals 35 8 12 7 4 0 3 1 0 1 .343

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 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Alphonse Dunn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Leonard Lindsay 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lester Lockett 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Gready McKinnis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Felix McLaurin 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Ted Radcliffe 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Tommy Sampson 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Alfred Saylor 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Clyde Spearman 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Ed Steele 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Team Totals 36 4 8 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222

HOM Pitching

HOM @ BIR — HOM Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ray Brown (W) W 3.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Johnny Wright - 6.0 6 4 3 3 9 0 4.50
Team Totals 9.0 8 4 3 3 9 0 3.00

BIR Pitching

HOM @ BIR — BIR Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gready McKinnis - 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Alfred Saylor (L) L 8.0 10 6 6 4 0 0 6.75
Team Totals 9.0 12 8 6 4 0 0 6.00

Homestead Grays at Birmingham Black Barons, October 5, 1943

The Homestead Grays beat the Birmingham Black Barons 8-4 at Cramton Bowl on October 5, 1943 in the championship series. The information panel shows attendance of 4,000, a game time of 140 minutes, and a night start. The Homestead Grays scored in the first, sixth, eighth, and ninth innings, with the biggest frame a 4-run eighth. The line score has the Birmingham Black Barons crossing the plate in the third, fifth, and sixth; the third brought 2 runs. The Homestead Grays had 12 hits and the Birmingham Black Barons 8, with 2 and 4 errors. The win went to Ray Brown, allowing 0 earned runs on 2 hits in 3.0 innings. Sayla101 took the loss. No pitcher struck out more than Johnny Wright, who had 9. Josh Gibson led the Homestead Grays at the plate: 3 for 5, 1 double, and 1 RBI. Sam Bankhead drove in 2 for the Homestead Grays. Clyde Spearman led the Birmingham Black Barons at the plate: 2 for 4 and 1 RBI. The home-plate umpire was Poindexter Williams.

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