KCM @ BIR
Final Score: KCM 5 - BIR 6
Game Information
- Ballpark
- Rickwood Field
- Attendance
- 9,000
- Game Duration
- 135 minutes
- Day/Night
- Day
- Winning Pitcher
- Bill Greason
- Losing Pitcher
- smitf107
Umpires
- Home Plate
- Charles Moore
- First Base
- Austin
- Second Base
- (none)
- Third Base
- Poindexter Williams
Line Score
KCM Batting
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Baker | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 |
| Willard Brown | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .600 |
| Elston Howard | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Buck O'Neil | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Johnie Scott | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Ford Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Herb Souell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Hank Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .294 |
BIR Batting
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Britton | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Piper Davis | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .600 |
| Bill Greason | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Willie Mays | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| Alonzo Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Burt Scott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ed Steele | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Artie Wilson | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Jim Zapp | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .382 |
KCM Pitching
BIR Pitching
| Pitcher | Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Greason (W) | W | 6.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1.50 |
| Alonzo Perry | - | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2.25 |
| Team Totals | 10.0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1.80 | |
Kansas City Monarchs at Birmingham Black Barons, September 12, 1948
The Birmingham Black Barons beat the Kansas City Monarchs 6-5 at Rickwood Field on September 12, 1948 in the League Championship Series. It was decided by a single run. Retrosheet records a crowd of 9,000, a running time of 135 minutes, and a day start for this game. The Kansas City Monarchs' runs came in the second, fourth, and fifth innings, 3 of them in the second. The line score has the Birmingham Black Barons crossing the plate in the first, fourth, eighth, ninth, and tenth; the fourth brought 2 runs. The line score runs past nine, to the tenth inning. The Kansas City Monarchs had 11 hits and the Birmingham Black Barons 14, with 2 and 3 errors. The win went to Bill Greason, allowing 1 earned run on 8 hits in 6.0 innings. The loss was charged to smitf107. Ford Smith led all pitchers with 6 strikeouts. Willard Brown led the Kansas City Monarchs at the plate: 3 for 5, 1 home run, and 1 RBI. Herb Souell drove in 2 for the Kansas City Monarchs. The Kansas City Monarchs got another home run from Gene Baker. Piper Davis led the Birmingham Black Barons at the plate: 3 for 5, 1 home run, and 2 RBI. Behind the plate was umpire Charles Moore.
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