BIR @ HOM

September 24, 1943

Final Score: BIR 3 - HOM 4

Game Information

Ballpark
Griffith Stadium
Attendance
7,000
Day/Night
Night
Winning Pitcher
Ray Brown
Losing Pitcher
markj101

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 10 11 R H E
BIR 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 4
HOM 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 9 2

BIR Batting

BIR @ HOM — BIR Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Piper Davis 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Leonard Lindsay 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Lester Lockett 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Johnny Markham 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000
Felix McLaurin 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Ted Radcliffe 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Tommy Sampson 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Clyde Spearman 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Hoss Walker 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 39 3 5 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 .128

HOM Batting

BIR @ HOM — HOM Batting
Player AB R H RBI BB SO 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Sam Bankhead 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Cool Papa Bell 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Jerry Benjamin 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Ray Brown 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Howard Easterling 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Robert Gaston 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Josh Gibson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Vic Harris 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Buck Leonard 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Roy Partlow 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Jud Wilson 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Team Totals 39 4 9 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 .231

BIR Pitching

BIR @ HOM — BIR Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnny Markham (L) L 10.1 9 4 1 5 1 0 0.87
Team Totals 10.1 9 4 1 5 1 0 0.87

HOM Pitching

BIR @ HOM — HOM Pitching
Pitcher Dec IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ray Brown (W) W 5.2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.00
Roy Partlow - 5.1 5 3 1 1 1 0 1.69
Team Totals 11.0 5 3 1 2 5 0 0.82

Birmingham Black Barons at Homestead Grays, September 24, 1943

The Homestead Grays beat the Birmingham Black Barons 4-3 at Griffith Stadium on September 24, 1943 in the championship series. It was decided by a single run. Retrosheet records attendance of 7,000 and a night start for this game. The Birmingham Black Barons scored 3 in the sixth and nowhere else. The line score has the Homestead Grays crossing the plate in the second and 11th; the second brought 3 runs. The line score runs past nine, to the 11th inning. Hits were 5 for the Birmingham Black Barons and 9 for the Homestead Grays, with 4 and 2 errors. Ray Brown was the winning pitcher, allowing 0 earned runs on 0 hits in 5.2 innings. Markj101 took the loss. Felix McLaurin led the Birmingham Black Barons at the plate: 2 for 4. For the Homestead Grays, Sam Bankhead went 2 for 4. Fred McCreary worked home plate.

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