Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 11 1 Chicago American Giants 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 x - 9 10 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 Newt Allen 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 Willie Simms cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Willard Brown lf 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 Ed Mayweather 1b 4 0 2 1 0 10 0 Frank Duncan II c 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Roosevelt Cox 3b 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 Mex Johnson ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 5 Buck O`Neil ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Floyd Kranson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Johnny Markham p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 McLemore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bullet Rogan ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 2 11 2 1 5 24 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Mex Johnson. BATTING - 2B: Henry Milton, Willard Brown, Ed Mayweather, Johnny Markham. GDP: Roosevelt Cox. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Henry Milton. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rainey Bibbs 2b 3 2 1 0 2 2 3 Herman Dunlap rf 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 3 1 2 1 1 4 2 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 3 3 4 0 2 0 Subby Byas 1b 4 1 0 0 0 7 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Ormond Sampson ss 4 1 2 3 0 0 5 Wilson Redus lf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 Paul Hardy c 4 0 1 1 0 5 0 Tommy Johnson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 Leland Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Cornelius p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 9 10 9 3 2 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Rainey Bibbs, Alex Radcliff, Subby Byas. E: 1. Ormond Sampson. PB: 1. Paul Hardy. BATTING - 2B: Alex Radcliff, Ormond Sampson. 3B: Turkey Stearnes. HR: Turkey Stearnes. SH: Wilson Redus. Team LOB: 5 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith L 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 8 Floyd Kranson 2.2 4 5 5 2 1 1 14 Johnny Markham 2.1 4 3 2 0 0 0 12 McLemore 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 Totals 8 10 9 8 3 2 1 38 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tommy Johnson W 6 7 1 1 0 4 0 24 Willie Cornelius SV 3 4 1 1 1 1 0 14 Totals 9 11 2 2 1 5 0 38 WP: Willie Cornelius. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Marshall Time of Game: 1:50 Attendance: 4000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 4/24/1938 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago American Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Chicago 1. H.Milton rf R.Bibbs 2b 2. N.Allen 2b H.Dunlap rf 3. W.Simms cf A.Radcliff 3b 4. W.Brown lf T.Stearnes cf 5. E.Mayweather 1b S.Byas 1b 6. F.Duncan II c O.Sampson ss 7. R.Cox 3b W.Redus lf 8. M.Johnson ss P.Hardy c 9. H.Smith p T.Johnson p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton doubled; N.Allen out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 0. AMERICAN GIANTS 1ST: R.Bibbs singled; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff doubled [R.Bibbs scored]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 1. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; R.Cox singled; M.Johnson singled [R.Cox to third]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 2ND: O.Sampson out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 1. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; W.Simms singled to shortstop [W.Simms to second (error by O.Sampson)]; P.Hardy allowed a passed ball [W.Simms to third]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 3RD: F.KRANSON REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING); T.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 1. MONARCHS 4TH: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; F.Duncan II singled; R.Cox grounded into a double play (A.Radcliff to R.Bibbs to S.Byas) [F.Duncan II out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 1. AMERICAN GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff singled; T.Stearnes singled [A.Radcliff to second]; S.Byas forced A.Radcliff (unknown fielder) [T.Stearnes to second, S.Byas to first]; O.Sampson doubled [T.Stearnes scored, S.Byas scored]; W.Redus out on unknown play; P.Hardy out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 3. MONARCHS 5TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 3. AMERICAN GIANTS 5TH: T.Johnson out on unknown play; R.Bibbs walked; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; A.Radcliff walked [R.Bibbs to second]; T.Stearnes homered to left-center [R.Bibbs scored, A.Radcliff scored]; J.MARKHAM REPLACED F.KRANSON (PITCHING); S.Byas out on unknown play; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, American Giants 6. MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; W.Brown doubled; E.Mayweather doubled [W.Brown scored]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 6. AMERICAN GIANTS 6TH: O.Sampson reached on an error by M.Johnson [O.Sampson to first]; W.Redus out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [O.Sampson to second]; P.Hardy singled [O.Sampson scored (unearned)]; L.DAVIS BATTED FOR T.JOHNSON; L.Davis out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 7. MONARCHS 7TH: W.CORNELIUS REPLACED L.DAVIS (PITCHING); R.Cox out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; J.Markham doubled; H.Milton singled [J.Markham to third]; H.Milton stole second; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 7. AMERICAN GIANTS 7TH: H.Dunlap singled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; T.Stearnes tripled [H.Dunlap scored]; S.Byas out on unknown play; O.Sampson singled [T.Stearnes scored]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 9. MONARCHS 8TH: L.GILYARD REPLACED S.BYAS (PLAYING 1B); W.Simms out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather singled; W.Cornelius threw a wild pitch [E.Mayweather to second]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 9. AMERICAN GIANTS 8TH: REPLACED J.MARKHAM (PITCHING); P.Hardy out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; R.Bibbs walked; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, American Giants 9. MONARCHS 9TH: R.Cox walked; B.O`NEIL BATTED FOR M.JOHNSON; B.O`Neil singled [R.Cox to third]; B.ROGAN BATTED FOR ; B.Rogan out on unknown play [R.Cox scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, American Giants 9. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 2 11 1 9 American Giants 9 10 1 5
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