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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 6 St. Louis Stars (SSA) 1

Game played on Saturday, July 8, 1939 (N) at Griffith Field, Manhattan KS
Regular-Season game

St. Louis Stars                     0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0   -   1  3  1
Kansas City Monarchs                2 0 0  1 0 1  2 0 x   -   6  7  1

BATTING

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leslie Green cf                       4   1   0    0     0   0     0   0
Dan Wilson lf                         4   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Bill Bradford rf                      4   0   0    1     0   0     0   0
Buddy Armour ss                       3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Ed Mayweather 1b                      3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Marshall Riddle 2b                    3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Bobby Robinson 3b                     3   0   1    0     0   0     0   0
Raymond Taylor c                      3   0   0    0     0   0     0   0
Ossie Brown p                         2   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Totals                               29   1   3    1     1   0    24   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Bill Bradford. 

BATTING -
Team LOB:  2

BASERUNNING -
CS:  Buddy Armour. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Rainey Bibbs 2b                       3   2   2    0     1   0     0   0
Turkey Stearnes cf                    4   1   1    0     0   0     0   0
Willard Brown lf                      4   1   2    3     0   0     0   0
Ted Strong 3b                         4   1   1    1     0   0     0   0
Buck O`Neil 1b                        3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Joe Greene c                          3   1   0    0     1   0     0   0
Jesse Williams ss                     3   0   0    0     1   0     0   0
Andy Cooper p                         4   0   1    2     0   0     0   0
Totals                               31   6   7    6     5   0    27   0

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Buck O`Neil. 

BATTING -
2B:  Willard Brown. 
Team LOB:  6


PITCHING

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ossie Brown L                        8       7   6    5   5   0   0  36
Totals                               8       7   6    5   5   0   0  36


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Andy Cooper W                        9       3   1    0   1   0   0  30
Totals                               9       3   1    0   1   0   0  30



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Umpires: HP - ?

Time of Game: 0:00   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Saturday, 7/8/1939 --   at Kansas City Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Kansas City                   
1. L.Green             cf        H.Milton            rf        
2. D.Wilson            lf        R.Bibbs             2b        
3. B.Bradford          rf        T.Stearnes          cf        
4. B.Armour            ss        W.Brown             lf        
5. E.Mayweather        1b        T.Strong            3b        
6. M.Riddle            2b        B.O`Neil            1b        
7. B.Robinson          3b        J.Greene            c         
8. R.Taylor            c         J.Williams          ss        
9. O.Brown             p         A.Cooper            p         

 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown play;
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled;
T.Stearnes singled [R.Bibbs to third (error by B.Bradford),
T.Stearnes to second]; W.Brown singled [R.Bibbs scored,
T.Stearnes scored (unearned)]; T.Strong out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 2.

 2ND: B.Armour singled; B.Armour was caught stealing second
(unknown fielder); E.Mayweather out on unknown play; M.Riddle
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; A.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   0, Monarchs 2.

 3RD: B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; O.Brown walked; O.Brown was picked off first (unknown
fielder); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton walked; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Monarchs 2.

 4TH: L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown
play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.Strong singled; B.O`Neil walked [T.Strong to
second]; J.Greene out on unknown play [T.Strong to third,
B.O`Neil to second]; J.Williams walked; A.Cooper out on unknown
play [T.Strong scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.   0, Monarchs 3.

 5TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown
play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: R.Bibbs walked; T.Stearnes out on unknown play
[R.Bibbs to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out
on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Monarchs 3.

 6TH: B.Robinson out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown
play; O.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Greene walked;
J.Williams out on unknown play [J.Greene to second]; A.Cooper
singled [J.Greene scored]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Monarchs 4.

 7TH: L.Green reached on an error by B.O`Neil [L.Green to
first]; D.Wilson singled [L.Green to third]; B.Bradford out on
unknown play [L.Green scored (unearned)]; B.Armour out on
unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.   1, Monarchs 4.

MONARCHS 7TH: R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes out on unknown play;
W.Brown doubled [R.Bibbs scored, W.Brown to third (on throw)];
T.Strong out on unknown play [W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1, Monarchs 6.

 8TH: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Robinson singled;
R.Taylor out on unknown play; O.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   1, Monarchs 6.

MONARCHS 8TH: J.Greene out on unknown play; J.Williams out on
unknown play; A.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   1, Monarchs 6.

 9TH: L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson out on unknown
play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   1,
Monarchs 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  1   3   1   2
 Monarchs         6   7   1   6


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