HOM @ BIR

September 21, 1944

Final Score: HOM 9 - BIR 0

Game Information

Ballpark
Rickwood Field
Attendance
6,300
Game Duration
132 minutes
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
Ray Brown
Losing Pitcher
bumpe101

Umpires

Home Plate
Harry Ward
First Base
Fred McCreary
Second Base
Poindexter Williams
Third Base
Mo Harris

Line Score

HOM @ BIR — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
HOM 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 9 11 2
BIR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

HOM Batting

HOM @ BIR — HOM Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Sam Bankhead 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Cool Papa Bell 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333
Jerry Benjamin 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Ray Brown 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Walter Cannady 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Josh Gibson 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Dave Hoskins 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400
Jelly Jackson 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Buck Leonard 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Team Totals 40 9 11 5 6 3 0 0 0 1 .275

BIR Batting

HOM @ BIR — BIR Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Earl Bumpus 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Piper Davis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Collins Jones 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Lester Lockett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Felix McLaurin 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Leroy Morney 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ted Radcliffe 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Ed Steele 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Artie Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 29 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 .034

HOM Pitching

HOM @ BIR — HOM Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ray Brown (W) W 9.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 0.00
Team Totals 9.0 1 0 0 3 5 0 0.00

BIR Pitching

HOM @ BIR — BIR Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Earl Bumpus (L) L 9.0 11 9 5 6 6 0 5.00
Team Totals 9.0 11 9 5 6 6 0 5.00

Homestead Grays at Birmingham Black Barons, September 21, 1944

The Homestead Grays beat the Birmingham Black Barons 9-0 at Rickwood Field on September 21, 1944, a championship series game. The Homestead Grays won comfortably. Retrosheet records attendance of 6,300, a running time of 132 minutes, and a night start for this game. The Homestead Grays scored in the second, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth innings, with the biggest frame a 4-run fifth. The Birmingham Black Barons did not score. Hits were 11 for the Homestead Grays and 1 for the Birmingham Black Barons, with 2 and 3 errors. The win went to Ray Brown, allowing 0 earned runs on 1 hit in 9.0 innings. Bumpe101 took the loss. Earl Bumpus led all pitchers with 6 strikeouts. Cool Papa Bell led the Homestead Grays at the plate: 2 for 6 and 1 RBI. Buck Leonard drove in 2 for the Homestead Grays. Harry Ward worked home plate.

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