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The 1947 Negro World Series was the championship tournament for the 1947 season of the Negro leagues. It was the sixth edition of the second incarnation of the Series and the tenth overall played. It was a best-of-seven playoff played between the Negro National League New York Cubans and the Negro American League Cleveland Buckeyes.

The Cubans won the Series in six games, winning four while having one game called a tie due to rain after six innings. [1]

Background

The Cleveland Buckeyes were making their second appearance in the World Series after winning the NAL pennant (they subsequently beat Washington in four games for the title). In a time where both leagues had teams play an uneven amount of games, Cleveland had a winning percentage of .778 with their 42-12 record, which exceeded the Kansas City Monarchs (52-32, .619) for the pennant. [2]

As for the Cubans, they had started play in the NNL in 1935 but had disbanded for two years before returning in 1939. They were part of a distinct history that had employed many international players that ranged beyond just Cuba, such as Puerto Rico. With a record and percentage of 43-19-1 (.694), they outmatched the Newark Eagles (50-38-1, .568). [3]

This would ultimately prove to be the penultimate Series ever played by the two Negro leagues. Integration of black players into Major League Baseball in 1947 had shifted attention in the newspapers and crowds away from the Negro Leagues as defectors like Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby took center stage for the National League and American League. [4][5]

Game summaries

New York won the series, 4–1 (one tie).

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 September 19 Cleveland Buckeyes – 5, New York Cubans – 5 (6 innings) Polo Grounds N/A N/A 
2 September 21 Cleveland Buckeyes – 10, New York Cubans – 7 Yankee Stadium N/A N/A 
3 September 23 New York Cubans – 6, Cleveland Buckeyes – 0 Cleveland Stadium N/A N/A 
4 September 24 Cleveland Buckeyes – 4, New York Cubans – 9 Shibe Park N/A N/A 
5 September 26 New York Cubans – 9, Cleveland Buckeyes – 2 Comiskey Park N/A N/A 
6 September 27 New York Cubans – 6, Cleveland Buckeyes – 5 League Park N/A N/A


Game 1

Friday, September 19, 1947 N/A at Polo Grounds in New York, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 2 3 0 0 0 0 X X X 5 7 1
New York 0 1 0 1 3 0 X X X 5 8 3
Home runs:
CLE: Johnnie Cowan (1)
NYC: None
Attendance: 5,500
Boxscore

The first game of the series would end up proving very little, despite the potential for it. The Buckeyes chased the Cubans' starting pitcher in Dave Barnhill out after one inning on three runs in five hits, and they rocked Pat Scantlebury for two more runs for a total of five in two innings. However, Scantlebury settled down and allowed no further runner to score for the next four innings, and New York gradually chipped at the lead over the next few innings, which included three runs in the fifth off starter Chet Brewer. Both teams relied on chance hitting, since each had two extra base hits (Cleveland had five singles and New York had six). The best hitter of the day proved to be shortstop Silvio Garcia of the Cubans, who went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs. However, growing rain meant that the game was called a tie after six innings.

Game 2

Sunday, September 21, 1947 2:58 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 10 17 4
New York 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 3
WP: Doc Bracken (1–0)   LP: Lino Donoso (0–1)
Attendance: 9,000
Boxscore

Game 3

Tuesday, September 23, 1947 N/A at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 12 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
WP: Barney Morris (1–0)   LP: Sam Jones (0–1)
Attendance: 6,000
Boxscore

Game 4

Wednesday, September 24, 1947 1:57 at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 7 4
New York 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 X 9 12 0
WP: Dave Barnhill (1–0)   LP: Gene Bremer (0–1)
Home runs:
CLE: Ray Noble (1)
NYC: None
Attendance: 1,739
Boxscore

Game 5

Friday, September 26, 1947 N/A at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 1 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 9 14 1
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 4
WP: Lino Donoso (1–1)   LP: Chet Brewer (0–1)
Attendance: N/A
Boxscore

Game 6

Saturday, September 27, 1947 N/A at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 6 8 1
Cleveland 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 4
WP: Pat Scantlebury (1–0)   LP: Gene Smith (0–1)
Attendance: 4,500
Boxscore

References

  1. ^ Holway, John B. (2001), The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues: The Other Half of Baseball History, Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, pp. 449–450, ISBN 0803820070
  2. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NAL/1947.shtml
  3. ^ https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NN2/1947.shtml
  4. ^ https://www.retrosheet.org/NegroLeagues/1947PS.html/
  5. ^ https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/few-notice-as-the-negro-league-world-series-visits-chicago/
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