Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 7 13 0 Chicago American Giants 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 Rainey Bibbs 3b, 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 Turkey Stearnes cf 4 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 Willard Brown lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 Ted Strong ss 3 1 2 1 2 0 5 4 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 1 2 0 0 8 0 Joe Greene c 3 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 Newt Allen 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Jesse Williams 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lefty Moses p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Bradley p 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 36 7 13 7 5 0 27 11 BATTING - 2B: Henry Milton, Turkey Stearnes 2, Willard Brown, Joe Greene. 3B: Ted Strong. HR: Turkey Stearnes. SH: Buck O`Neil, Newt Allen. IW: Ted Strong. GDP: Newt Allen 2. Team LOB: 9 Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 4 1 1 0 1 5 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 Ernest Smith lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 Ed Young 1b 4 1 3 3 0 12 0 Subby Byas rf 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 Red Hale ss 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 John Bissant ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Joe Sparks ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Horne 2b 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 Tommy Johnson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ted Trent p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Cornelius p 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 Jesse Houston ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 5 8 4 5 4 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 2. Ed Young 2, Billy Horne, Pepper Bassett, Willie Cornelius. BATTING - 2B: Ed Young. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - SB: Ed Young, Red Hale. CS: Ed Young. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Moses 0.1 3 4 4 2 0 0 6 Frank Bradley W 8.2 5 1 1 3 4 0 31 Totals 9 8 5 5 5 4 0 37 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Tommy Johnson 2.1 6 4 4 1 0 1 14 Ted Trent 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 Willie Cornelius L 6 4 2 2 3 0 0 24 Totals 9 13 7 7 5 0 1 43 Ted Trent pitched to 2 batters in the 4th inning IW: Willie Cornelius. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Tuesday, 7/4/1939, game 1 -- 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. J.Greene c B.Horne 2b 8. N.Allen 2b P.Bassett c 9. L.Moses p T.Johnson p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton doubled to left field; R.Bibbs out on unknown play [H.Milton to third]; T.Stearnes doubled to right field [H.Milton scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong walked; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms walked; A.Radcliff singled to third base [W.Simms to second]; E.Smith singled to pitcher [W.Simms to third, A.Radcliff to second]; E.Young doubled to left field [W.Simms scored, A.Radcliff scored, E.Smith to third]; S.Byas popped to T.Strong; R.Hale walked; F.BRADLEY REPLACED L.MOSES (PITCHING); B.Horne flied to H.Milton [E.Smith scored, E.Young to third]; E.Young stole home and R.Hale stole second; P.Bassett walked; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene doubled; N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Greene to third]; F.Bradley out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 4. AM. GIANTS 2ND: W.Simms singled; A.Radcliff forced W.Simms (unknown fielder) [A.Radcliff to first]; E.Smith out on unknown play [A.Radcliff to second]; E.Young singled [A.Radcliff scored]; S.Byas out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 5. MONARCHS 3RD: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes hit an inside the park homer to right field; W.Brown singled; T.Strong tripled to left field [W.Brown scored]; T.TRENT REPLACED T.JOHNSON (PITCHING); B.O`Neil singled to left field [T.Strong scored]; J.Greene walked [B.O`Neil to second]; N.Allen grounded into a double play (B.Horne to E.Young) [J.Greene out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Am. Giants 5. AM. GIANTS 3RD: R.Hale out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Am. Giants 5. MONARCHS 4TH: F.Bradley singled to left field; H.Milton singled to right field [F.Bradley to third]; W.CORNELIUS REPLACED T.TRENT (PITCHING); R.Bibbs flied to E.Smith [F.Bradley scored]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 5. AM. GIANTS 4TH: W.Cornelius singled; W.Cornelius was picked off first (unknown fielder); W.Simms out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 5. MONARCHS 5TH: T.Strong singled; B.O`Neil out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [T.Strong to second]; J.Greene out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 5. AM. GIANTS 5TH: E.Smith out on unknown play; E.Young singled to left field; S.Byas walked [E.Young to second]; E.Young was picked off and caught stealing third (F.Bradley to N.Allen to R.Bibbs); R.Hale out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 5. MONARCHS 6TH: F.Bradley out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 5. AM. GIANTS 6TH: B.Horne walked; B.Horne was picked off first (unknown fielder); P.Bassett out on unknown play; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 5, Am. Giants 5. MONARCHS 7TH: T.Stearnes walked; W.Brown doubled to right field [T.Stearnes to third]; T.Strong was walked intentionally; B.O`Neil flied to S.Byas in foul territory [T.Stearnes scored]; J.Greene walked [W.Brown to third, T.Strong to second]; N.Allen grounded into a double play (W.Cornelius to P.Bassett to E.Young) [W.Brown out at home]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 6, Am. Giants 5. AM. GIANTS 7TH: Allen was ejected for arguing he was safe at 1B Allen struck the umpire before Manager Cooper could restrain; J.WILLIAMS REPLACED N.ALLEN (PLAYING 3B); R.BIBBS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); 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. Monarchs 6, Am. Giants 5. MONARCHS 8TH: F.Bradley out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled to first base; T.Stearnes doubled to right field [R.Bibbs scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 7, Am. Giants 5. AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Young out on unknown play; S.Byas out on unknown play; J.BISSANT BATTED FOR R.HALE; J.Bissant singled; B.Horne out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 7, Am. Giants 5. MONARCHS 9TH: J.SPARKS REPLACED J.BISSANT (PLAYING SS); T.Strong out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 7, Am. Giants 5. AM. GIANTS 9TH: P.Bassett out on unknown play; J.HOUSTON BATTED FOR W.CORNELIUS; J.Houston out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 7, Am. Giants 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 7 13 0 9 Am. Giants 5 8 0 5
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