St. Louis Stars 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 - 4 9 0
Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 10 2
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Les Pearson rf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Sparks 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Luther Gilyard 1b 5 2 3 1 0 1 0
Curtis Reed cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
Willie Davis 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Clarence Lamar ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 1
Ralph Shropshire c 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
Marcellus Thomas lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tommy Johnson p 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals 35 4 9 4 3 7 27 2
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Luther Gilyard, Clarence Lamar, Tommy Johnson.
BATTING -
2B: Willie Davis, Ralph Shropshire.
HR: Luther Gilyard.
SH: Clarence Lamar.
HBP: Les Pearson.
Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING -
CS: Les Pearson.
Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Henry Milton rf 4 2 1 0 1 0 0
Willie Simms cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0
Newt Allen 2b 5 0 3 2 0 0 0
Willard Brown lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 0
Jess Brooks 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ed Mayweather 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
Harry Else c 3 0 1 0 1 2 0
Mex Johnson ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
Henry McHenry p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Markham ph, p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bullet Rogan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Cooper p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 2 10 2 5 4 27 1
FIELDING -
E: 2. Newt Allen, Mex Johnson.
BATTING -
2B: Henry Milton.
GDP: Jess Brooks.
Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING -
SB: Henry Milton.
CS: Newt Allen.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Tommy Johnson W 9 10 2 2 5 4 0 40
Totals 9 10 2 2 5 4 0 40
Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Henry McHenry L 6 8 3 2 1 3 0 27
Johnny Markham 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 8
Andy Cooper 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Totals 9 9 4 3 3 7 1 40
HBP: Andy Cooper.
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - ?
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 6/19/1937 -- at Kansas City Monarchs (N)
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City
1. L.Pearson rf H.Milton rf
2. J.Sparks 2b W.Simms cf
3. L.Gilyard 1b N.Allen 2b
4. C.Reed cf W.Brown lf
5. W.Davis 3b J.Brooks 3b
6. C.Lamar ss E.Mayweather 1b
7. R.Shropshire c H.Else c
8. M.Thomas lf M.Johnson ss
9. T.Johnson p H.McHenry p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Pearson singled; J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard
singled [L.Pearson to second]; C.Reed out on unknown play;
W.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Monarchs
0.
MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton doubled; W.Simms out on unknown play;
H.Milton stole third; N.Allen singled [H.Milton scored]; W.Brown
singled [N.Allen to second]; J.Brooks grounded into a double
play (T.Johnson to C.Lamar to L.Gilyard) [W.Brown out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
2ND: C.Lamar out on unknown play; R.Shropshire out on unknown
play; M.Thomas walked; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; H.Else singled;
M.Johnson walked [H.Else to second]; H.McHenry out on unknown
play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0,
Monarchs 1.
3RD: L.Pearson singled; L.Pearson was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard
singled; C.Reed reached on an error by M.Johnson [L.Gilyard to
second, C.Reed to first]; W.Davis reached on an error by N.Allen
[L.Gilyard to third, C.Reed to second, W.Davis to first];
C.Lamar singled [L.Gilyard scored (unearned), C.Reed to third,
W.Davis to second]; R.Shropshire out on unknown play; 1 R (0
ER), 3 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. 1, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 3RD: W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen singled;
N.Allen was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); W.Brown
walked; J.Brooks out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1,
Monarchs 1.
4TH: M.Thomas out on unknown play; T.Johnson out on unknown
play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1,
Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 4TH: E.Mayweather walked; H.Else walked [E.Mayweather
to second]; M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.McHenry out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. 1, Monarchs 1.
5TH: J.Sparks out on unknown play; L.Gilyard out on unknown
play; C.Reed out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1,
Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 5TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
1, Monarchs 1.
6TH: W.Davis doubled; C.Lamar out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [W.Davis to third]; R.Shropshire doubled [W.Davis
scored]; M.Thomas out on unknown play; T.Johnson singled
(unknown fielder) [R.Shropshire scored, T.Johnson out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 3, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 6TH: J.Brooks singled; E.Mayweather out on unknown
play; H.Else out on unknown play; M.Johnson singled [J.Brooks to
second]; J.MARKHAM BATTED FOR H.MCHENRY; J.Markham out on
unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 3, Monarchs 1.
7TH: J.MARKHAM STAYED IN GAME (PITCHING); L.Pearson struck
out; J.Sparks struck out; L.Gilyard homered to rightfield;
C.Reed walked; W.Davis out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. 4, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 7TH: H.Milton walked; W.Simms singled [H.Milton to
second]; N.Allen singled [H.Milton scored, W.Simms to second];
W.Brown out on unknown play; J.Brooks out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 4,
Monarchs 2.
8TH: C.Lamar out on unknown play; R.Shropshire out on unknown
play; M.Thomas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4,
Monarchs 2.
MONARCHS 8TH: H.Else out on unknown play; M.Johnson singled;
B.ROGAN BATTED FOR J.MARKHAM; B.Rogan out on unknown play;
H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4,
Monarchs 2.
9TH: A.COOPER REPLACED B.ROGAN (PITCHING); T.Johnson walked;
L.Pearson was hit by a pitch [T.Johnson to second]; J.Sparks
flied to unknown fielder; L.Gilyard flied to unknown fielder;
C.Reed grounded out (A.Cooper to E.Mayweather); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. 4, Monarchs 2.
MONARCHS 9TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
4, Monarchs 2.
Final Totals R H E LOB
4 9 0 9
Monarchs 2 10 2 11
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