Cleveland Bears 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 - 6 9 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 8 2 BATTING Cleveland Bears AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Johnny Ray cf 5 1 1 1 0 6 0 Parnell Woods 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 Eugene Tyler rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 Henry Turner c 5 1 1 1 0 6 1 Mint Jones 1b 3 2 2 1 2 11 0 Joe Royal lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 Al Frazier 2b 3 1 1 1 0 1 4 Clarence Lamar ss 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 Preacher Henry p 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 35 6 9 5 3 12 27 12 FIELDING - E: 2. Mint Jones, Al Frazier. BATTING - 3B: Henry Turner. SH: Parnell Woods, Clarence Lamar. HBP: Al Frazier, Clarence Lamar. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Johnny Ray, Parnell Woods 2, Joe Royal. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 Rainey Bibbs 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 Turkey Stearnes cf 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 Willard Brown lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 Ted Strong ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 0 8 1 Newt Allen 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 Joe Greene c 3 0 0 0 0 10 1 Paul Hardy c 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 Hilton Smith p 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 George Walker p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lionel Decuir ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 5 8 5 3 7 27 9 FIELDING - E: 2. Joe Greene, Hilton Smith. PB: 1. Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Rainey Bibbs, Newt Allen. HR: Turkey Stearnes. SF: Ted Strong, Hilton Smith. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Henry Milton, Rainey Bibbs. PITCHING Cleveland Bears IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Preacher Henry W 9 8 5 5 3 7 1 40 Totals 9 8 5 5 3 7 1 40 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith L 6.2 7 6 3 2 10 0 31 George Walker 2.1 2 0 0 1 2 0 11 Totals 9 9 6 3 3 12 0 42 WP: Hilton Smith. HBP: Hilton Smith, George Walker. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - McDonald, 1B - Al Wallin Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 4300 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 5/30/1939, game 1 -- Cleveland Bears at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. J.Ray cf H.Milton rf 2. P.Woods 3b R.Bibbs 3b 3. E.Tyler rf T.Stearnes cf 4. H.Turner c W.Brown lf 5. M.Jones 1b T.Strong ss 6. J.Royal lf B.O`Neil 1b 7. A.Frazier 2b N.Allen 2b 8. C.Lamar ss J.Greene c 9. P.Henry p H.Smith p BEARS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods singled; P.Woods stole second; E.Tyler out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton singled; R.Bibbs doubled [H.Milton to third]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown walked; T.Strong out on a sacrifice fly to unknown fielder [H.Milton scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Bears 0, Monarchs 1. BEARS 2ND: M.Jones singled; M.Jones was picked off first, but was safe on an error by J.Greene [M.Jones to second]; J.Royal out on unknown play; A.Frazier singled [M.Jones scored (unearned)]; C.Lamar was hit by a pitch [A.Frazier to second]; P.Henry reached on an error by H.Smith [A.Frazier scored (unearned) (no RBI), C.Lamar to third, P.Henry to first]; J.Ray out on unknown play [C.Lamar scored (unearned)]; P.Woods out on unknown play; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: N.Allen doubled; J.Greene flied to unknown fielder [N.Allen to third]; H.Smith out on a sacrifice fly to unknown fielder [N.Allen scored]; H.Milton walked; H.Milton stole second; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 2. BEARS 3RD: E.Tyler out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 2. BEARS 4TH: J.Royal out on unknown play; A.Frazier out on unknown play; C.Lamar singled; H.Smith threw a wild pitch [C.Lamar to second]; P.Henry out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; H.Smith singled; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 2. BEARS 5TH: J.Ray out on unknown play; P.Woods walked; J.Greene allowed a passed ball [P.Woods to second]; E.Tyler out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 5TH: R.Bibbs reached on an error by M.Jones [R.Bibbs to first]; R.Bibbs stole second; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 3, Monarchs 2. BEARS 6TH: M.Jones walked; J.Royal singled [M.Jones to third]; J.Royal stole second; A.Frazier out on unknown play; C.Lamar out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Jones scored, J.Royal to third]; P.Henry out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 4, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 4, Monarchs 2. BEARS 7TH: J.Ray singled; J.Ray stole second; P.Woods out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Ray to third]; E.Tyler out on unknown play; H.Turner tripled [J.Ray scored]; G.WALKER REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING); M.Jones singled [H.Turner scored]; J.Royal out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 6, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 7TH: G.Walker out on unknown play; H.Milton singled; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 6, Monarchs 2. BEARS 8TH: P.HARDY REPLACED J.GREENE (PLAYING C); A.Frazier was hit by a pitch; C.Lamar out on unknown play; P.Henry out on unknown play; J.Ray out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Bears 6, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown reached on an error by A.Frazier [W.Brown to first]; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Bears 6, Monarchs 2. BEARS 9TH: P.Woods singled; P.Woods stole second; E.Tyler out on unknown play; H.Turner out on unknown play; M.Jones walked; J.Royal out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Bears 6, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 9TH: P.Hardy singled; L.DECUIR BATTED FOR G.WALKER; L.Decuir out on unknown play; H.Milton walked [P.Hardy to second]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes homered to rightfield [P.Hardy scored, H.Milton scored]; W.Brown grounded out (C.Lamar to M.Jones); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Bears 6, Monarchs 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Bears 6 9 2 9 Monarchs 5 8 2 8
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