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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width: 28em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">1948 Negro World Series</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><th scope="col" style="white-space:nowrap;"> Team (Wins)</th><th scope="col"> Manager(s)</th><th scope="col"></th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><th scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap;"> <b><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a></b> (<b>4</b>)</th><td> <a href="/wiki/Vic_Harris_(outfielder)" title="Vic Harris (outfielder)">Vic Harris</a></td><td></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><th scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap;"> <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Black_Barons" title="Birmingham Black Barons">Birmingham Black Barons</a> (1)</th><td> <a href="/wiki/Piper_Davis" title="Piper Davis">Piper Davis</a></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dates</th><td class="infobox-data">September 26–October 5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venue(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap">Kansas City: <a href="/wiki/Blues_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Blues Stadium">Blues Stadium</a> <small>(1)</small></span></li><li><span class="nowrap">Birmingham: <a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Rickwood Park">Rickwood Park</a> <small>(2,3,5)</small></span></li><li><span class="nowrap">New Orleans: <a href="/wiki/Pelican_Stadium" title="Pelican Stadium">Pelican Stadium</a> <small>(4)</small></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hall of Famers</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><b>Homestead:</b></i> <a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Buck Leonard</a><br /><i><b>Birmingham:</b></i> <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Streaming</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1947_Negro_World_Series" title="1947 Negro World Series">1947</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;" class=""><b><a href="/wiki/Negro_World_Series" title="Negro World Series">Negro World Series</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;" class="noprint"></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1948 Negro World Series</b> was the championship tournament for the 1948 season of <a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a>. It was the seventh edition of the second incarnation of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_World_Series" title="Negro World Series">Negro World Series</a> and the eleventh overall played. It was a best-of-seven playoff played between the <a href="/wiki/Homestead_Grays" title="Homestead Grays">Homestead Grays</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_National_League_(1933%E2%80%931948)" title="Negro National League (1933–1948)">Negro National League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Black_Barons" title="Birmingham Black Barons">Birmingham Black Barons</a>, champions of the <a href="/wiki/Negro_American_League" title="Negro American League">Negro American League</a>. The Homestead Grays played home games in both <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the fifth appearance for the Grays in the Series, the most for any team; Birmingham made their third appearance in the Series, with each being against the Grays (losing in <a href="/wiki/1943_Negro_World_Series" title="1943 Negro World Series">1943</a> and <a href="/wiki/1944_Negro_World_Series" title="1944 Negro World Series">1944</a>). The Grays won the series in five games. The Black Barons featured the 17-year-old <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> in his first professional season.<sup id="cite_ref-LastNegroWS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LastNegroWS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/1948_Washington_Homestead_Grays_season" title="1948 Washington Homestead Grays season">1948 Washington Homestead Grays season</a></div> <p>Interestingly, the Negro National League and Negro American League each had held a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Negro_league_baseball_postseason_games#1948" title="List of Negro league baseball postseason games">Championship Series</a> to determine their respective pennants, which was the first time since <a href="/wiki/List_of_Negro_league_baseball_postseason_games#1939" title="List of Negro league baseball postseason games">1939</a> (the National League held ten total series matchups, while the American League held just five matchups). There would not be an occasion again that baseball of any kind saw a "Championship Series" until <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> did so on a regular basis in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the NAL Championship Series, Birmingham faced the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a>. The Black Barons won the first three games by one run each, but Kansas City responded with wins in Game 4, 6, and 7; the fifth game had ended prematurely in the fifth inning in a 3–3 tie. The eighth and deciding game ended with the Black Barons winning 5–1 to clinch the championship. </p><p>In the NNL Championship Series, Homestead, managed by Vic Harris, faced the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Elite_Giants" title="Baltimore Elite Giants">Baltimore Elite Giants</a> (coincidentally, the last time Baltimore had competed in the postseason was against the Grays in 1939).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homestead won the first two games, but a controversial non-finish in the third game eventually led to the championship. In that game on September 17, the score was 8–4 with Homestead at bat in the top of the ninth inning, but the game was called because of an 11:00pm curfew, and the game had initially reverted to the score at the end of the last completed inning (i.e. 4-4 after eight innings). Game 4 happened two days later, and Homestead lost that game 11–3. After the game, the NNL ruled that Game 3 would be replayed from when that game was stopped - with Homestead up 8–4. Baltimore forfeited the game in response, and Homestead was awarded the NNL championship, the final one to be awarded. This was the tenth Negro National League pennant for the Grays, with Harris having led the team to eight of them as manager. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Homestead won the series, 4–1.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Date</th> <th>Score</th> <th>Location</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Attendance  </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td>September 26</td> <td>Birmingham Black Barons – 2, <b>Homestead Grays</b> – 3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City,_Missouri)" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)">Blues Stadium</a></td> <td>2:05</td> <td>5,370  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2</td> <td>September 29</td> <td><b>Homestead Grays</b> – 5, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Black_Barons" title="Birmingham Black Barons">Birmingham Black Barons</a> – 3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a></td> <td>—</td> <td>—  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3</td> <td>September 30</td> <td>Homestead Grays – 3, <b>Birmingham Black Barons</b> – 4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a></td> <td>—</td> <td>—  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4</td> <td>October 3</td> <td>Birmingham Black Barons – 1, <b>Homestead Grays</b> – 14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pelican_Stadium" title="Pelican Stadium">Pelican Stadium</a></td> <td>—</td> <td>—  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5</td> <td>October 5</td> <td><b>Homestead Grays</b> – 10, Birmingham Black Barons – 6 (ten innings)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a></td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The first three games of the series were close, with the Barons missing chances in the first two games to avoid losing in the ninth inning (losing Game 1 after a play at the plate and losing Game 2 while having the tying run at the plate with a groundout). The Black Barons won Game 3 with their young star Mays in hand, who aided the team with speed and the glove, and it was his groundball hit through the pitcher in the ninth inning, that helped drive the runner on second base home to win it for Birmingham. However, that proved to be the only gasp of magic the team had, as the Grays dominated the Barons in the following two games to win the Series.<sup id="cite_ref-retrosheet1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retrosheet1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Matchups">Matchups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Matchups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_1">Game 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Game 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Sunday, September 26, 1948 2:05 at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City,_Missouri)" title="Municipal Stadium (Kansas City, Missouri)">Blues Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a> </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Birmingham</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">2</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">8</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Homestead</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>X</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Alexander" title="Ted Alexander">Ted Alexander</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Newberry" title="Jimmy Newberry">Jimmy Newberry</a> (0–1)<br /><b>Attendance:</b> 5,370<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues/boxesetc/NgLg/B09260HOM1948.htm">Boxscore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Grays were out hit 8–6 (while facing four less batters than the Barons), but they had two doubles and one triple while the Barons had just one extra base hit (a double) as the Grays rode to victory on a three-run inning in the second. The hit leader for the game was catcher <a href="/wiki/Pepper_Bassett" title="Pepper Bassett">Pepper Bassett</a>, who hit 3-for-4 for the Barons; <a href="/wiki/Dave_Pope" title="Dave Pope">Dave Pope</a> made his one hit count for the Barons in scoring two runs on his triple in the third (he was then driven in by <a href="/wiki/Luis_M%C3%A1rquez_(baseball)" title="Luis Márquez (baseball)">Luis Marquez</a> three batters later). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_2">Game 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Game 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Wednesday, September 29, 1948 N/A at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Homestead</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">5</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">9</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Birmingham</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Thurman" title="Bob Thurman">Bob Thurman</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/William_Powell_(baseball)" title="William Powell (baseball)">William Powell</a> (0–1)<br /><b>Attendance:</b> N/A </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For Game 2, the series moved to <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a> for a night game. <a href="/wiki/Bob_Thurman" title="Bob Thurman">Bob Thurman</a> of the Grays faced <a href="/wiki/William_Powell_(baseball)" title="William Powell (baseball)">Bill Powell</a> of the Black Barons. Thurman pitched a complete game, but Powell was knocked out after <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">5<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> innings, and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Newberry" title="Jimmy Newberry">Jimmie Newberry</a> finished the game for Birmingham. The Black Barons took the lead in the bottom of the second when they loaded the bases on a single by <a href="/wiki/Piper_Davis" title="Piper Davis">Piper Davis</a>, a walk by <a href="/wiki/Ed_Steele" title="Ed Steele">Ed Steele</a>, and another single by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Zapp" title="Jim Zapp">Jim Zapp</a>. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Scott_(baseball)" title="Joe Scott (baseball)">Joe Scott</a> then hit a double, driving in two.<sup id="cite_ref-Puerzer_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puerzer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Grays scored five in the top of the fifth. <a href="/wiki/Luis_M%C3%A1rquez_(baseball)" title="Luis Márquez (baseball)">Luis Márquez</a> led off with a single, and <a href="/wiki/Luke_Easter_(baseball)" title="Luke Easter (baseball)">Luke Easter</a> followed with a double. <a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Buck Leonard</a> was intentionally walked to load the bases, and <a href="/wiki/Wilmer_Fields" title="Wilmer Fields">Wilmer Fields</a> hit into a fielder's choice that scored the first run. <a href="/wiki/Eudie_Napier" title="Eudie Napier">Eudie Napier</a> doubled, driving in two more, and the Grays' third baseman hit a home run to make it 5–2. The Black Barons scored one run in the ninth, but the Grays held on to win 5–3. The Grays were ahead two games to one.<sup id="cite_ref-Puerzer_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puerzer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_3">Game 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Game 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Thursday, September 30, 1948 N/A at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Homestead</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">3</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">9</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Birmingham</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">4</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">10</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">0 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Greason" title="Bill Greason">Bill Greason</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Ted_Alexander" title="Ted Alexander">Ted Alexander</a> (1–1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />WAS: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Easter_(baseball)" title="Luke Easter (baseball)">Luke Easter</a> (1)<br />BIR: None<br /><b>Attendance:</b> N/A </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Game 3 was played at Rickwood Field the following night. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Parker_(baseball)" title="Tom Parker (baseball)">Tom Parker</a> started for the Grays facing <a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Perry" title="Alonzo Perry">Alonzo Perry</a> of the Black Barons. Birmingham scored a run in the bottom of the third, and in the top of the fourth the Grays tied it with a solo home run by Luke Easter. In the bottom of the inning, Parker pulled a muscle, so <a href="/wiki/R.T._Walker" class="mw-redirect" title="R.T. Walker">R.T. Walker</a> came in to relieve. In the bottom of the sixth, Walker gave up two runs, giving the Black Barons a 3–1 lead.<sup id="cite_ref-Puerzer_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puerzer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the top of the eighth, Perry gave up two runs to the Grays, tying the game at 3 runs apiece. He was relieved by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Greason" title="Bill Greason">Bill Greason</a>, who held the Grays scoreless in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, 17-year-old <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a> came to bat with two runners on base and two outs. He drove the ball up the middle to drive in the walk-off, game-winning run. The Black Barons narrowed the Grays lead to two games to one.<sup id="cite_ref-Puerzer_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puerzer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_4">Game 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Game 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Sunday, October 3, 1948 N/A at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pelican_Stadium" title="Pelican Stadium">Pelican Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a> </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Birmingham</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">1</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">7</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Homestead</b></td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>X</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">14</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">19</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">1 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Wilmer_Fields" title="Wilmer Fields">Wilmer Fields</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Greason" title="Bill Greason">Bill Greason</a> (1–1)<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a>:</b><br />BIR: None<br />WAS: <a href="/wiki/Luke_Easter_(baseball)" title="Luke Easter (baseball)">Luke Easter</a> (2)<br /><b>Attendance:</b> N/A </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Game 4 moved to <a href="/wiki/Pelican_Stadium" title="Pelican Stadium">Pelican Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and was played on Sunday, October 3. <a href="/wiki/Wilmer_Fields" title="Wilmer Fields">Wilmer Fields</a> started for the Grays and pitched a complete game. Bill Greason started for the Black Barons, but he was knocked out early and <a href="/wiki/Jehosie_Heard" class="mw-redirect" title="Jehosie Heard">Jehosie Heard</a>, Jimmie Newberry, and <a href="/wiki/Nat_Pollard" title="Nat Pollard">Nat Pollard</a> took turns in relief. The Grays scored four runs in the second inning. In the fifth inning, they added on five, four of which came from a grand slam hit by Luke Easter, his second home run of the Series. The Grays added on three more runs in the fifth and two in the eighth for a 14–1 win. The lopsided win put the Grays ahead three games to one.<sup id="cite_ref-Puerzer_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puerzer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Game_5">Game 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Game 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption style="font-size:90%">Tuesday, October 5, 1948 N/A at <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rickwood_Field" title="Rickwood Field">Rickwood Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a> </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="border-right-width:2px; width:170px">Team</th> <th style="width:25px;">1</th> <th style="width:25px;">2</th> <th style="width:25px;">3</th> <th style="width:25px;">4</th> <th style="width:25px;">5</th> <th style="width:25px;">6</th> <th style="width:25px;">7</th> <th style="width:25px;">8</th> <th style="width:25px;">9</th> <th style="width:25px;">10</th> <th style="width:25px;border-left-width:2px"><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th style="width:25px;"><a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">E</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;"><b>Homestead</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">10</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">16</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-right-width:2px; text-align:left;">Birmingham</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td style="border-left-width:2px;font-weight:bold;">6</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">12</td> <td style="font-weight:bold;">4 </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:90%;"> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="34"><b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Winning_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">WP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/R._T._Walker" title="R. T. Walker">R. T. Walker</a> (1–0)   <b><a href="/wiki/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)#Losing_pitcher" title="Win–loss record (pitching)">LP</a>:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Greason" title="Bill Greason">Bill Greason</a> (1–2)<br /><b>Attendance:</b> N/A<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues/1948PS.html">Boxscore</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The teams returned to Birmingham for Game 5, a night game held on Tuesday, October 5. It was the last Negro World Series game, and the last game played by the Negro National League, which disbanded after the season. R.T. Walker was the starter for the Grays and Bill Powell for the Black Barons. Bill Greason relieved Powell in the sixth inning.<sup id="cite_ref-Puerzer_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puerzer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Entering the top of the ninth, the Grays trailed 6–5. They tied the game on a pair of doubles hit by Luis Márquez and Luke Easter. The game went to extra innings, the Grays scored four runs in the top of the 10th on three walks, two singles, and a double. The Black Barons brought in <a href="/wiki/Sam_Williams_(baseball)" title="Sam Williams (baseball)">Sam Williams</a> to relieve Greason, but it was too late. The Grays sent in Wilmer Fields to pitch the bottom of the 10th, and he shut down the Black Barons to secure the Series win.<sup id="cite_ref-Puerzer_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Puerzer-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Negro_World_Series&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This proved to be the last great moment for the Grays, who left for the <a href="/wiki/Negro_American_Association" title="Negro American Association">Negro American Association</a> when the Negro National League disbanded. Of the six team in the NNL, four teams joined the Negro American League: the <a href="/wiki/Newark_Eagles" title="Newark Eagles">Newark Eagles</a> (who moved to Houston), <a href="/wiki/New_York_Cubans" title="New York Cubans">New York Cubans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Stars_(baseball)" title="Philadelphia Stars (baseball)">Philadelphia Stars</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Elite_Giants" title="Baltimore Elite Giants">Baltimore Elite Giants</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Black_Yankees" title="New York Black Yankees">New York Black Yankees</a> did not stay on. The Grays played in the NAA for one season but found themselves in financial trouble, and they disbanded the following year. <a href="/wiki/Buck_Leonard" title="Buck Leonard">Buck Leonard</a> retired that same year and he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum</a> in 1972. The NAL continued on until 1962, barnstorming to lessened crowds, and the Barons won one further league title in 1955. 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color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DCDCDC, inset -2px -2px 0 #DCDCDC; !important;;;width:1%">Other play-off<br />appearances</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1930</li> <li>1939</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DCDCDC, inset -2px -2px 0 #DCDCDC; !important;;;background-color: #DCDCDC !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(39)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Homestead_Grays_seasons" title="List of Homestead Grays seasons"><span style="color:#000000">Seasons</span></a> (39)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DCDCDC, inset -2px -2px 0 #DCDCDC; !important;;;width:9em">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;"> 1910 · 1911</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=1912_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1912 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1913_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1913 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1914_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1914 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1915_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1915 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1916_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1916 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1917_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1917 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1919_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1919 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1919</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #DCDCDC, inset -2px -2px 0 #DCDCDC; !important;;;width:9em">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1920_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1920 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1921_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1921 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1922_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1922 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1923_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1923 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1925_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1925 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1926_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1926 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1927_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1927 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1928_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1928 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_Homestead_Grays_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 Homestead Grays season (page does not exist)">1929</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; 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