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Chicago American Giants (CAG) 4 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 1

Game played on Saturday, May 20, 1939 (D) at South Side Park III, Chicago IL
Regular-Season game

Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0   -   1  5  2
Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  4 0 x   -   4  6  1

BATTING

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Willard Brown lf                      4   0   1    1     0   0     0   0
Ted Strong ss                         3   0   1    0     1   0     0   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Newt Allen 2b                         4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Lionel Decuir c                       2   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
  Paul Hardy ph, c                    1   0   0    0     0   0     2   0
Hilton Smith p                        3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Totals                               32   1   5    1     1   0    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 2.  Ted Strong 2. 

BATTING -
SH:  Rainey Bibbs. 
Team LOB:  6


Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willie Simms cf                       4   1   2    3     0   0     0   0
Alex Radcliff 3b                      4   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Ernest Smith lf, rf                   4   0   1    0     0   0     1   0
Ed Young 1b                           3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Subby Byas rf                         3   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
  Wilson Redus lf                     1   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Red Hale ss                           4   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Billy Horne 2b                        3   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Pepper Bassett c                      3   1   2    1     0   0     0   0
Ted Trent p                           3   0   0    0     0   1     0   0
Totals                               32   4   6    4     1   2    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Red Hale. 

BATTING -
HR:  Willie Simms. 
Team LOB:  5

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Willie Simms, Subby Byas. 

PITCHING

Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Hilton Smith L                       8       6   4    1   1   2   1  33
Totals                               8       6   4    1   1   2   1  33


Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ted Trent W                          9       5   1    1   1   0   0  34
Totals                               9       5   1    1   1   0   0  34



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 5/20/1939 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago
Am. Giants (D)

Starting Lineups:

   Kansas City                   Chicago                       
1. H.Milton            rf        W.Simms             cf        
2. R.Bibbs             3b        A.Radcliff          3b        
3. T.Stearnes          cf        E.Smith             lf        
4. W.Brown             lf        E.Young             1b        
5. T.Strong            ss        S.Byas              rf        
6. B.O`Neil            1b        R.Hale              ss        
7. N.Allen             2b        B.Horne             2b        
8. L.Decuir            c         P.Bassett           c         
9. H.Smith             p         T.Trent             p         

MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton singled to shortstop; R.Bibbs out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Milton to second];
T.Stearnes flied to E.Smith; W.Brown singled to center field
[H.Milton scored]; T.Strong flied to unknown fielder; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms singled; W.Simms stole second;
A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play;
E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1,
Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil reached on an error by R.Hale [B.O`Neil
to first]; N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Decuir out on unknown
play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 
Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas out on unknown play; R.Hale out on
unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on
unknown play; T.Stearnes singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Trent out on
unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong walked; B.O`Neil out on unknown play;
N.Allen out on unknown play; L.Decuir out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on
unknown play; E.Young walked; S.Byas out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 5TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: R.Hale out on unknown play; B.Horne out on
unknown play; P.Bassett singled; T.Trent out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong singled;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff reached
on an error by T.Strong [A.Radcliff to first]; E.Smith out on
unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0.

MONARCHS 7TH: P.HARDY BATTED FOR L.DECUIR; P.Hardy 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 1, Am. Giants 0.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: P.HARDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C); S.Byas
singled to right field; S.Byas stole second; R.Hale was called
out on strikes; B.Horne reached on an error by T.Strong [S.Byas
to third, B.Horne to first]; P.Bassett singled to shortstop
[S.Byas scored, B.Horne to second]; T.Trent struck out; W.Simms
homered to left-center (unearned) [B.Horne scored (unearned),
P.Bassett scored (unearned)]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 4
R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 8TH: W.REDUS REPLACED S.BYAS (PLAYING LF); E.SMITH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Smith singled; E.Young out on unknown play;
W.Redus out on unknown play; R.Hale out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4.

MONARCHS 9TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Monarchs         1   5   2   6
 Am. Giants       4   6   1   5


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