Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 x - 4 5 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Newt Allen ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 Harry Else c 3 0 0 0 1 10 1 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Willard Brown 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 Ed Mayweather rf 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Rainey Bibbs 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 0 0 0 9 1 Johnny Markham p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 0 4 0 2 7 24 8 FIELDING - E: 1. Newt Allen. BATTING - 2B: Henry Milton. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - SB: Rainey Bibbs. Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Red Moore 1b 4 0 0 0 0 13 0 Spencer Davis 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Babe Davis lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 Don Pelham cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Joe Greene c 3 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 Donald Reeves rf 4 0 1 1 0 3 0 Tommy Butts ss 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Gabby Kemp 2b 3 0 1 2 0 3 4 Telosh Howard p 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 Totals 30 4 5 4 2 10 27 14 FIELDING - DP: 1. Red Moore, Spencer Davis. E: 1. Babe Davis. PB: 1. Joe Greene. BATTING - HBP: Don Pelham. IW: Joe Greene. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Donald Reeves. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Johnny Markham L 3.2 3 4 1 2 4 0 17 Hilton Smith 4.1 2 0 0 0 6 0 16 Totals 8 5 4 1 2 10 0 33 HBP: Hilton Smith. IW: Johnny Markham. Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Telosh Howard W 9 4 0 0 2 7 0 31 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 7 0 31 WP: Telosh Howard. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - B.T. Harvey, 1B - Lewis Means Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Thursday, 9/1/1938 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Atlanta Black Crackers (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Atlanta 1. H.Milton lf R.Moore 1b 2. N.Allen ss S.Davis 3b 3. H.Else c B.Davis lf 4. T.Stearnes cf D.Pelham cf 5. W.Brown 3b J.Greene c 6. E.Mayweather rf D.Reeves rf 7. R.Bibbs 2b T.Butts ss 8. B.O`Neil 1b G.Kemp 2b 9. J.Markham p T.Howard p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen singled; T.Howard threw a wild pitch [N.Allen to second]; H.Else walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: R.Moore out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; B.Davis singled; D.Pelham out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled; R.Bibbs stole second; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Markham out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton doubled to left field (B.Davis to T.Butts to J.Greene) [H.Milton out at home]; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: G.Kemp out on unknown play; T.Howard out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. MONARCHS 4TH: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather walked; J.Greene allowed a passed ball [E.Mayweather to second]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 0. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: S.Davis grounded out (W.Brown to B.O`Neil); B.Davis walked; D.Pelham singled to right field [B.Davis to third, D.Pelham to second (on throw)]; J.Greene was walked intentionally; D.Reeves flied to H.Milton [B.Davis scored]; T.Butts reached on an error by N.Allen [D.Pelham to third, J.Greene to second, T.Butts to first]; G.Kemp singled to right field [D.Pelham scored (unearned), J.Greene scored (unearned), T.Butts to second]; H.SMITH REPLACED J.MARKHAM (PITCHING); T.Howard singled to center field [T.Butts scored (unearned), G.Kemp to second]; R.Moore out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: S.Davis struck out; B.Davis out on unknown play; D.Pelham was hit by a pitch; J.Greene struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: D.Reeves singled; D.Reeves stole second; T.Butts struck out; G.Kemp out on unknown play; T.Howard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 7TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: R.Moore out on unknown play; S.Davis out on unknown play; B.Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 8TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Smith singled; H.Milton lined into a double play (S.Davis to R.Moore) [H.Smith out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: D.Pelham struck out; J.Greene out on unknown play; D.Reeves out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. MONARCHS 9TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Else grounded out (T.Butts to R.Moore); T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Black Crackers 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 0 4 1 4 Black Crackers 4 5 1 5
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