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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 10 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 1

Game played on Sunday, May 9, 1937 (D) at Rickwood Field , Birmingham AL
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                3 0 0  0 3 2  2  -  10 10  3
Birmingham Black Barons             0 0 0  0 0 1  0  -   1  6  2

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       4   2   1    0     0         3   0
Eddie Dwight cf                       2   2   1    1     2         4   0
Newt Allen 2b                         4   2   1    1     0         2   2
Willard Brown ss                      3   0   1    1     1         2   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   1   1    2     0         6   0
Jess Brooks 3b                        4   1   1    0     0         1   0
Dave Mays rf                          3   1   2    1     0         0   0
Frank Duncan c                        3   1   1    0     0         3   0
Johnny Markham p                      2   0   1    1     0         0   2
Totals                               29  10  10    7     3   3    21   4

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Newt Allen, Ed Mayweather, Johnny Markham. 
E: 3.  Henry Milton, Newt Allen, Willard Brown. 

BATTING -
3B:  Jess Brooks, Dave Mays. 
HR:  Ed Mayweather. 
SH:  Johnny Markham. 
Team LOB:  2

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Milton. 

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Parnell Woods 3b                      3   1   0    0     0         0   0
Johnny Ray cf                         3   0   2    0     0         5   1
Sylvester Owens lf                    3   0   1    0     0         0   0
David Whatley rf                      3   0   1    0     0   1     1   0
Jim Canada 1b                         2   0   1    1     0         6   0
Melvin Coleman ss                     3   0   0    0     0   1     1   1
Fred Bankhead 2b                      3   0   1    0     0         3   2
Harry Barnes c                        3   0   0    0     0         4   0
Red Howard p                          1   0   0    0     0         1   1
  Willie Ferrell p                    2   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               26   1   6    1     0   3    21   5

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Johnny Ray, Jim Canada. 
E: 2.  Johnny Ray, Melvin Coleman. 

BATTING -
SH:  Jim Canada. 
GDP:  Sylvester Owens. 
Team LOB:  5


PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Markham W                     7       6   1    0   0   3   0  27
Totals                               7       6   1    0   0   3   0  27


Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Red Howard L                         5       9   8    5   2   3   0  25
Willie Ferrell                       2       1   2    2   1   0   1  8
Totals                               7      10  10    7   3   3   1  33

Red Howard pitched to 2 batters in the 6th inning


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP -  Montgomery, 1B -  Moore

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 5000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/9/1937, game 2 -- Kansas City Monarchs at
Birmingham Black Barons (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Birmingham                    
1. H.Milton            lf        P.Woods             3b        
2. E.Dwight            cf        J.Ray               cf        
3. N.Allen             2b        S.Owens             lf        
4. W.Brown             ss        D.Whatley           rf        
5. E.Mayweather        1b        J.Canada            1b        
6. J.Brooks            3b        M.Coleman           ss        
7. D.Mays              rf        F.Bankhead          2b        
8. F.Duncan            c         H.Barnes            c         
9. J.Markham           p         R.Howard            p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton singled; H.Milton stole second; E.Dwight
singled [H.Milton scored]; N.Allen reached on an error by
M.Coleman [E.Dwight scored (no RBI), N.Allen to second]; W.Brown
singled [N.Allen scored (unearned)]; E.Mayweather out on unknown
play; J.Brooks out on unknown play; D.Mays out on unknown play;
3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 1ST: P.Woods out on unknown play; J.Ray singled;
S.Owens grounded into a double play (J.Markham to N.Allen to
E.Mayweather) [J.Ray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: F.Duncan out on unknown play; J.Markham out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: D.Whatley singled to second base [D.Whatley
to second (error by N.Allen)]; J.Canada out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [D.Whatley to third]; M.Coleman out on unknown
play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: E.Dwight out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: H.Barnes out on unknown play; R.Howard out on
unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on
unknown play; D.Mays singled; D.Mays was picked off first
(R.Howard to J.Canada); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 3, Black
Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; S.Owens out on
unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 3, Black Barons 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: F.Duncan singled; J.Markham singled [F.Duncan to
second]; H.Milton forced J.Markham (unknown fielder) [F.Duncan
to third, H.Milton to first]; E.Dwight walked [H.Milton to
second]; N.Allen singled to center field [F.Duncan scored,
H.Milton scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Ray), E.Dwight
scored (unearned) (no RBI), N.Allen to second]; W.Brown walked;
E.Mayweather hit into a double play (J.Ray to J.Canada) [W.Brown
out at first]; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 6, Black
Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Canada out on unknown play; M.Coleman out
on unknown play; F.Bankhead singled to left field [F.Bankhead to
second (error by H.Milton)]; H.Barnes out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 6, Black Barons 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: J.Brooks tripled; D.Mays tripled [J.Brooks
scored]; W.FERRELL REPLACED R.HOWARD (PITCHING); F.Duncan out on
unknown play; J.Markham out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [D.Mays scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Black Barons 0.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: W.Ferrell out on unknown play; P.Woods
reached on an error by W.Brown [P.Woods to first]; J.Ray singled
[P.Woods to second]; S.Owens singled [P.Woods to third, J.Ray to
second]; D.Whatley struck out; J.Canada singled [P.Woods scored
(unearned), J.Ray to third, S.Owens to second]; M.Coleman struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Monarchs 8, Black Barons 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: E.Dwight walked; N.Allen forced E.Dwight (unknown
fielder) [N.Allen to first]; W.Brown out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather homered to rightfield [N.Allen scored]; J.Brooks
out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 10, Black
Barons 1.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: F.Bankhead out on unknown play; H.Barnes out
on unknown play; W.Ferrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Monarchs 10, Black Barons 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs        10  10   3   2
 Black Barons     1   6   2   5


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