Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 x - 3 7 0 BATTING Atlanta Black Crackers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Red Moore 1b 4 0 2 0 0 13 1 Babe Davis cf 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 Oscar Boone c 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Nish Williams c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jabbo Andrews rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sylvester Owens lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 Spencer Davis 3b 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 Tommy Butts ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 Gabby Kemp 2b 2 0 0 0 1 3 5 Eddie Dixon p 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 26 0 4 0 5 4 24 17 FIELDING - DP: 4. Red Moore 3, Babe Davis, Spencer Davis, Tommy Butts, Gabby Kemp 4, Eddie Dixon. E: 2. Nish Williams, Eddie Dixon. PB: 2. Oscar Boone 2. BATTING - SH: Tommy Butts. GDP: Babe Davis, Jabbo Andrews, Tommy Butts, Eddie Dixon. Team LOB: 5 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rainey Bibbs 3b 2 2 1 0 2 1 4 Turkey Stearnes cf 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 Willard Brown lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Ted Strong ss 2 1 1 0 1 2 6 Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 1 1 0 17 0 Newt Allen 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 6 Joe Greene c 3 0 1 0 0 4 1 Lefty Moses p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Hilton Smith p 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 26 3 7 2 4 1 27 21 FIELDING - DP: 4. Rainey Bibbs, Ted Strong 3, Buck O`Neil 4, Newt Allen 3, Lefty Moses. BATTING - 2B: Buck O`Neil. SH: Turkey Stearnes. HBP: Ted Strong. GDP: Ted Strong, Buck O`Neil, Joe Greene. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Henry Milton, Rainey Bibbs, Willard Brown, Ted Strong. PITCHING Atlanta Black Crackers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Eddie Dixon L 8 7 3 3 4 1 0 32 Totals 8 7 3 3 4 1 0 32 HBP: Eddie Dixon. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Moses W 6 4 0 0 5 2 0 23 Hilton Smith SV 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 Totals 9 4 0 0 5 4 0 32 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - McDonald, 1B - Al Wallin Time of Game: 1:50 Attendance: 3500 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/28/1939, game 1 -- Atlanta Black Crackers at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Atlanta Kansas City 1. R.Moore 1b H.Milton rf 2. B.Davis cf R.Bibbs 3b 3. O.Boone c T.Stearnes cf 4. J.Andrews rf W.Brown lf 5. S.Owens lf T.Strong ss 6. S.Davis 3b B.O`Neil 1b 7. T.Butts ss N.Allen 2b 8. G.Kemp 2b J.Greene c 9. E.Dixon p L.Moses p BLACK CRACKERS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; R.Moore out on unknown play; B.Davis singled; O.Boone walked [B.Davis to second]; J.Andrews grounded into a double play (T.Strong to N.Allen to B.O`Neil) [O.Boone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown singled [R.Bibbs to third]; O.Boone allowed a passed ball [R.Bibbs scored, W.Brown to second]; W.Brown stole third; T.Strong walked; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK CRACKERS 2ND: S.Owens walked; S.Davis walked [S.Owens to second]; T.Butts grounded into a double play (L.Moses to R.Bibbs to B.O`Neil) [S.Owens out at third, S.Davis to second]; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: N.Allen singled; J.Greene grounded into a double play (G.Kemp to T.Butts to R.Moore) [N.Allen out at second]; L.Moses out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK CRACKERS 3RD: E.Dixon out on unknown play; R.Moore singled; B.Davis grounded into a double play (N.Allen to T.Strong to B.O`Neil) [R.Moore out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes walked; O.Boone allowed a passed ball [T.Stearnes to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK CRACKERS 4TH: O.Boone out on unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong was hit by a pitch; B.O`Neil grounded into a double play (E.Dixon to G.Kemp to R.Moore) [T.Strong out at second]; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK CRACKERS 5TH: S.Davis singled; T.Butts out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Davis to second]; G.Kemp walked; E.Dixon grounded into a double play (T.Strong to N.Allen to B.O`Neil) [G.Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 5TH: J.Greene singled; L.Moses out on unknown play; H.Milton forced J.Greene (unknown fielder) [H.Milton to first]; H.Milton stole second; R.Bibbs walked; R.Bibbs was picked off first, but was safe on an error by E.Dixon [H.Milton to third, R.Bibbs to second]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. BLACK CRACKERS 6TH: R.Moore singled; B.Davis walked [R.Moore to second]; O.Boone out on unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: N.WILLIAMS REPLACED O.BOONE (PLAYING C); W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong singled; T.Strong stole second; B.O`Neil doubled [T.Strong scored]; N.Allen hit into a double play (B.Davis to G.Kemp) [B.O`Neil out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK CRACKERS 7TH: H.SMITH REPLACED L.MOSES (PITCHING); S.Davis out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; G.Kemp out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 7TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 2. BLACK CRACKERS 8TH: E.Dixon out on unknown play; R.Moore out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: R.Bibbs walked; R.Bibbs stole second [R.Bibbs to third (error by N.Williams)]; T.Stearnes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Bibbs scored]; W.Brown singled; T.Strong grounded into a double play (S.Davis to G.Kemp to R.Moore) [W.Brown out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 3. BLACK CRACKERS 9TH: N.Williams out on unknown play; J.Andrews out on unknown play; S.Owens out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Black Crackers 0, Monarchs 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Black Crackers 0 4 2 5 Monarchs 3 7 0 5
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