Birmingham Black Barons 20 – 7 SSA
12 June 1937 · STL14
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | final score 20–7 | 1 in 16,119 games | |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | Joe Sparks | 1 in 462 player-games |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | Ben Henderson | 1 in 113 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Black Barons | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| SSA | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
Box score
Birmingham Black Barons batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parnell Woods | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Ray | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Red Howard | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sylvester Owens | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Whatley | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Melzar Williams | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Jack Bruton | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 2B |
| Fred Bankhead | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Melvin Coleman | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3B |
| Ben Henderson | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Totals | 43 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Birmingham Black Barons pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Henderson | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
SSA batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Pearson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Sparks | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | HR, 2 2B |
| Bill Carter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luther Gilyard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Willie Davis | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Reed | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry Williams | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 40 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
SSA pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Johnson | 4.1 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cornelius Augustus | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Griffin | 4.1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |