BIR @ HOM

September 21, 1943

Final Score: BIR 4 - HOM 2

Game Information

Ballpark
Griffith Stadium
Attendance
4,000
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
sayla101
Losing Pitcher
wrigj105

Umpires

Home Plate
Fred McCreary
First Base
Eggie Greenfield
Third Base
Ed Kemp

Line Score

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

BIR Batting

BIR @ HOM — 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
Leonard Lindsay 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333
Lester Lockett 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Felix McLaurin 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .400
Ted Radcliffe 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Tommy Sampson 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .600
Alfred Saylor 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000
Clyde Spearman 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Hoss Walker 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .333
Team Totals 35 4 11 2 4 10 3 0 0 2 .314

HOM Batting

BIR @ HOM — HOM Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Sam Bankhead 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Cool Papa Bell 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500
Jerry Benjamin 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250
Ray Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Howard Easterling 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Josh Gibson 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Vic Harris 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Buck Leonard 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jud Wilson 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Johnny Wright 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 29 2 5 2 4 4 0 1 0 1 .172

BIR Pitching

BIR @ HOM — BIR Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Alfred Saylor (W) W 9.0 5 2 2 4 4 0 2.00
Team Totals 9.0 5 2 2 4 4 0 2.00

HOM Pitching

BIR @ HOM — HOM Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ray Brown - 3.0 3 1 0 4 2 0 0.00
Johnny Wright (L) L 6.0 8 3 2 0 8 0 3.00
Team Totals 9.0 11 4 2 4 10 0 2.00

Birmingham Black Barons at Homestead Grays, September 21, 1943

This box score records a 4-2 win for the Birmingham Black Barons over the Homestead Grays at Griffith Stadium, September 21, 1943 in a championship series game. Retrosheet records a crowd of 4,000 and a night start for this game. The line score has the Birmingham Black Barons crossing the plate in the first, fourth, and seventh; the first brought 2 runs. The Homestead Grays scored single runs in the first and ninth innings. Hits were 11 for the Birmingham Black Barons and 5 for the Homestead Grays, with 0 and 3 errors. Sayla101 was the winning pitcher. The loss was charged to wrigj105. Johnny Wright led all pitchers with 8 strikeouts. Tommy Sampson led the Birmingham Black Barons at the plate: 3 for 5 and 1 RBI. Cool Papa Bell led the Homestead Grays at the plate: 2 for 4. Fred McCreary worked home plate.

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