Birmingham Black Barons 2 – 5 Kansas City Monarchs
27 June 1949 · KAN05
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 5-3-4 runs-hits-errors line | Kansas City Monarchs | 1 in 110,751 games |
| 17 | final score 5–2 | 1 in 34 games | |
| 11 | 5 walks allowed | Bill Powell | 1 in 30 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Black Barons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| Kansas City Monarchs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Box score
Birmingham Black Barons batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Burgos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Scott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Mays | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Ed Steele | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Piper Davis | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luther Branham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Herman Bell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Britton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norman Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Powell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pepper Bassett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Birmingham Black Barons pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Powell | 8.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Kansas City Monarchs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Baker | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Herb Souell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bonnie Serrell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Willard Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Thurman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Earl Taborn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elston Howard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Curt Roberts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim LaMarque | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 29 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Kansas City Monarchs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim LaMarque | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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