Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 12 4 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 4 12 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Fresnell pr, cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 6 0 1 0 0 1 4 Ernest Smith lf, rf 4 0 3 0 2 0 0 Ed Young 1b 4 3 2 0 0 22 1 Subby Byas rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Wilson Redus ph, lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 Red Hale ss 4 0 0 1 0 3 5 Jesse Houston ph, ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 Billy Horne 2b 6 0 0 0 0 2 5 Pepper Bassett c 6 0 1 0 0 7 2 Willie Cornelius p 4 0 2 0 0 0 8 Ted Trent p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 45 3 12 3 3 10 36 27 FIELDING - E: 4. Alex Radcliff, Ed Young 2, Pepper Bassett. BATTING - 2B: Jesse Houston. 3B: Ernest Smith. SH: Willie Simms 2, Wilson Redus. HBP: Ed Young 2. Team LOB: 11 BASERUNNING - SB: Willie Simms, Ed Young. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 6 0 1 1 0 5 1 Rainey Bibbs 3b 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 Turkey Stearnes cf 5 0 1 0 1 1 0 Willard Brown lf 6 0 2 1 0 1 0 Ted Strong ss 5 0 1 0 1 4 6 Buck O`Neil 1b 6 1 1 0 0 13 1 Joe Greene c 4 0 2 0 0 9 0 Jesse Williams pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Lionel Decuir c 2 1 2 1 0 3 1 Newt Allen 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 Hilton Smith p 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 Metz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Bradley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ziggy Marcell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 George Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 49 4 12 4 2 5 39 18 FIELDING - DP: 1. Henry Milton, Ted Strong, Buck O`Neil. E: 1. Newt Allen. BATTING - 2B: Henry Milton, Willard Brown, Buck O`Neil, Lionel Decuir. SH: Newt Allen. Team LOB: 12 BASERUNNING - CS: Ted Strong. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Willie Cornelius 8.1 8 2 2 2 3 0 36 Ted Trent L 3.2 4 2 2 0 2 0 16 Totals 12 12 4 4 2 5 0 52 Ted Trent pitched to 2 batters in the 13th inning Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith 9 10 2 1 2 8 0 36 Frank Bradley 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 George Walker W 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 Totals 13 12 3 2 3 10 0 53 HBP: Frank Bradley, George Walker. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - McDonald, 1B - Greenie Walls Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 15000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/2/1939, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Kansas City 1. W.Simms cf H.Milton rf 2. A.Radcliff 3b R.Bibbs 3b 3. E.Smith lf T.Stearnes cf 4. E.Young 1b W.Brown lf 5. S.Byas rf T.Strong ss 6. R.Hale ss B.O`Neil 1b 7. B.Horne 2b J.Greene c 8. P.Bassett c N.Allen 2b 9. W.Cornelius p H.Smith p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith tripled; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton reached on an error by E.Young [H.Milton to first]; H.Milton was picked off first, but was safe on an error by P.Bassett [H.Milton to second]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas singled; R.Hale hit into a double play (H.Milton to T.Strong to B.O`Neil) [S.Byas out at second]; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong singled; T.Strong was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Greene singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: P.Bassett out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith singled; E.Young singled [E.Smith to second]; S.Byas lined to T.Strong; R.Hale flied to W.Brown; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: T.Stearnes walked; W.Brown singled to right field [T.Stearnes to second]; T.Strong reached on an error [T.Stearnes to third, W.Brown to second, T.Strong to first (error by E.Young; assist by A.Radcliff)]; B.O`Neil popped to B.Horne; J.Greene forced T.Stearnes (unknown fielder) [W.Brown to third, T.Strong to second, J.Greene to first]; N.Allen grounded out (W.Cornelius to E.Young); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett singled; W.Cornelius singled [P.Bassett to second]; W.Simms out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Bassett to third, W.Cornelius to second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes singled [R.Bibbs to second]; W.Brown doubled [R.Bibbs scored, T.Stearnes to third]; T.Strong walked; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: E.Smith walked; E.Young forced E.Smith (unknown fielder) [E.Young to first]; W.REDUS BATTED FOR S.BYAS; W.Redus singled [E.Young to third]; R.Hale out on unknown play [E.Young scored]; B.Horne out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 6TH: W.REDUS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); E.SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); J.Greene out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; W.Cornelius singled; W.Simms out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Cornelius to second]; A.Radcliff singled [W.Cornelius to third]; A.Radcliff was picked off first (unknown fielder); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 7TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Smith walked; E.Smith was picked off first (unknown fielder); E.Young singled to second base [E.Young to second (error by N.Allen)]; E.Young stole third; W.Redus out on unknown play [E.Young scored (unearned)]; R.Hale out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 9TH: B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 9TH: J.Greene singled; J.WILLIAMS RAN FOR J.GREENE; N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Williams to second]; H.Smith singled [J.Williams scored]; RAN FOR H.SMITH; T.TRENT REPLACED W.CORNELIUS (PITCHING); H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 10TH: L.DECUIR REPLACED J.WILLIAMS (PLAYING C); F.BRADLEY REPLACED (PITCHING); Box score suggests Big Train Jackson may have been announced as pitcher but faced no batters.; W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 10TH: T.Stearnes reached on an error by A.Radcliff [T.Stearnes to first]; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 11TH: E.Young was hit by a pitch; W.Redus out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [E.Young to second]; J.HOUSTON BATTED FOR R.HALE; J.Houston doubled [E.Young scored]; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 11TH: J.HOUSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); L.Decuir singled; N.Allen out on unknown play; Z.MARCELL BATTED FOR F.BRADLEY; Z.Marcell out on unknown play; H.Milton doubled [L.Decuir scored]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3. AM. GIANTS 12TH: G.WALKER REPLACED Z.MARCELL (PITCHING); T.Trent out on unknown play; W.Simms walked; W.Simms stole second; RAN FOR W.SIMMS; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; E.Smith singled [ to third]; E.Young was hit by a pitch [E.Smith to second]; W.Redus out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 12TH: STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3. AM. GIANTS 13TH: J.Houston out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 3. MONARCHS 13TH: B.O`Neil doubled; L.Decuir doubled [B.O`Neil scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 3 12 4 11 Monarchs 4 12 1 12
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