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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 7 Birmingham Black Barons (BIR) 4

Game played on Sunday, May 30, 1937 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Birmingham Black Barons             2 2 0  0 0 0  0  -   4  6  3
Kansas City Monarchs                1 1 4  0 1 0  x  -   7  8  1

BATTING

Birmingham Black Barons              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Parnell Woods 3b                      3   2   1    0     1         0   2
Johnny Ray cf                         4   1   1    1     0         5   0
Jim Canada 1b                         3   0   2    3     0         7   0
David Whatley rf                      3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Sylvester Owens lf                    3   0   0    0     0         4   0
Melvin Coleman ss                     3   0   1    0     0         0   1
Fred Bankhead 2b                      3   0   0    0     0         0   0
Melzar Williams c                     3   1   1    0     0         2   0
Willie Ferrell p                      1   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Elbert Eatmon p                     2   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               28   4   6    4     1   2    18   5

FIELDING -
E: 3.  Jim Canada, Melvin Coleman 2. 

BATTING -
3B:  Johnny Ray. 
Team LOB:  4


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton lf                       4   1   2    0     0         1   0
Eddie Dwight cf                       3   1   0    0     1         1   0
Newt Allen 2b                         3   1   1    1     1         3   5
Ed Mayweather 1b                      3   1   1    1     0        10   0
Willard Brown ss                      3   2   2    3     0         1   0
Jess Brooks 3b                        3   0   0    1     0         1   1
Dave Mays rf                          3   1   1    0     0         1   0
Harry Else c                          0   0   0    0     0         1   0
  Frank Duncan c                      2   0   0    0     1         2   1
Johnny Markham p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   1
  Hilton Smith p                      3   0   1    1     0         0   2
Totals                               27   7   8    7     3   2    21  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Eddie Dwight. 

BATTING -
3B:  Henry Milton, Willard Brown. 
HR:  Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Dave Mays. 

PITCHING

Birmingham Black Barons              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Ferrell L                     2       5   6    6   2   0   0  14
Elbert Eatmon                        4       3   1    1   1   2   1  16
Totals                               6       8   7    7   3   2   1  30

Willie Ferrell pitched to 4 batters in the 3rd inning

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Johnny Markham                       1       4   2    2   0   1   0  7
Hilton Smith W                       6       2   2    2   1   1   0  22
Totals                               7       6   4    4   1   2   0  29



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Umpires: HP - Al Wallin, 1B -  McDonald

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 3000

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 5/30/1937, game 2 -- Birmingham Black Barons at
Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

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

BLACK BARONS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game
stories and box sc; P.Woods singled; J.Ray tripled [P.Woods
scored]; J.Canada singled [J.Ray scored]; D.Whatley out on
unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; M.Coleman singled
[J.Canada to second]; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton tripled; E.Dwight grounded out
(M.Coleman to J.Canada); N.Allen flied to J.Ray [H.Milton
scored]; E.Mayweather reached on an error by M.Coleman
[E.Mayweather to second (error by M.Coleman)]; W.Brown out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 2, Monarchs 1.

BLACK BARONS 2ND: F.DUNCAN REPLACED H.ELSE (PLAYING C); H.SMITH
REPLACED J.MARKHAM (PITCHING); M.Williams singled; W.Ferrell out
on unknown play; P.Woods walked [M.Williams to second]; J.Ray
out on unknown play [M.Williams to third, P.Woods to second];
J.Canada singled [M.Williams scored, P.Woods scored]; D.Whatley
out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 4,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Brooks out on unknown play; D.Mays singled;
D.Mays stole second; F.Duncan out on unknown play; H.Smith
singled [D.Mays scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 2.

BLACK BARONS 3RD: S.Owens out on unknown play; M.Coleman out on
unknown play; F.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: E.Dwight walked; N.Allen walked [E.Dwight to
second]; E.Mayweather singled [E.Dwight scored, N.Allen to
second]; W.Brown tripled to left field [N.Allen scored,
E.Mayweather scored]; E.EATMON REPLACED W.FERRELL (PITCHING);
J.Brooks flied to S.Owens [W.Brown scored]; D.Mays out on
unknown play; F.Duncan walked; H.Smith out on unknown play; 4 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 6.

BLACK BARONS 4TH: M.Williams out on unknown play; E.Eatmon out
on unknown play; P.Woods out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 4TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; E.Dwight out on
unknown play; N.Allen singled; E.Mayweather out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 6.

BLACK BARONS 5TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; J.Canada out on
unknown play; D.Whatley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 5TH: W.Brown homered to leftfield; J.Brooks out on
unknown play; D.Mays out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on
unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 7.

BLACK BARONS 6TH: S.Owens reached on an error by E.Dwight
[S.Owens to first]; M.Coleman out on unknown play; F.Bankhead
out on unknown play; M.Williams out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons 4, Monarchs 7.

MONARCHS 6TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton singled;
H.Milton was picked off first, but was safe on an error by
J.Canada [H.Milton to second]; E.Dwight out on unknown play;
N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Black Barons
4, Monarchs 7.

BLACK BARONS 7TH: E.Eatmon out on unknown play; P.Woods out on
unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Black Barons 4, Monarchs 7.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Black Barons     4   6   3   4
 Monarchs         7   8   1   5


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