CAG @ BLG

September 16, 1949

Final Score: CAG 1 - BLG 9

Game Information

Ballpark
Bugle Field
Game Duration
105 minutes
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
Bill Byrd
Losing Pitcher
jessg101

Umpires

Home Plate
Ted Lewis
First Base
Fred McCreary
Second Base
(none)
Third Base
Cottman

Line Score

CAG @ BLG — Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CAG 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 2
BLG 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 x 9 12 2

CAG Batting

CAG @ BLG — CAG Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Lyman Bostock 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Jesse Douglas 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Dave Hoskins 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Clyde McNeal 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ted Radcliffe 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lonnie Summers 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500
Team Totals 23 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .217

BLG Batting

CAG @ BLG — BLG Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Tommy Butts 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Bill Byrd 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Butch Davis 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Ed Finney 3 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .333
Jim Gilliam 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Johnny Hayes 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Henry Kimbro 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500
Butch McCord 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Team Totals 30 7 9 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 .300

BLG Pitching

CAG @ BLG — BLG Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Bill Byrd (W) W 9.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 1.00
Team Totals 9.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 1.00

Chicago American Giants at Baltimore Elite Giants, September 16, 1949

At home, the Baltimore Elite Giants won 9-1 over the Chicago American Giants on September 16, 1949, a League Championship Series game. The Baltimore Elite Giants won comfortably. Retrosheet records a game time of 105 minutes and a night start for this game. The Chicago American Giants' only run came in the seventh inning. The Baltimore Elite Giants scored in the first, second, and seventh innings, with the biggest frame a 3-run first. The Chicago American Giants had 7 hits and the Baltimore Elite Giants 12, with 2 and 2 errors. The win went to Bill Byrd, allowing 1 earned run on 7 hits in 9.0 innings. The loss was charged to jessg101. For the Chicago American Giants, Lonnie Summers went 2 for 4. Henry Kimbro led the Baltimore Elite Giants at the plate: 2 for 4 and 2 RBI. Ed Finney drove in 3 for the Baltimore Elite Giants. The home-plate umpire was Ted Lewis.

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