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Cleveland Bears (CV9) 6 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 5

Game played on Tuesday, May 30, 1939 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

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. 


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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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