Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 - 4 7 1 Chicago American Giants 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 2 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Milton rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 Rainey Bibbs 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 Turkey Stearnes cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Willard Brown lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Ted Strong ss 4 2 1 0 0 3 6 Joe Greene c 3 1 1 1 1 5 0 Newt Allen 2b 3 1 1 1 0 5 5 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 George Walker p 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 Hilton Smith p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 33 4 7 2 3 4 27 17 FIELDING - DP: 2. Rainey Bibbs, Ted Strong 2, Newt Allen, Buck O`Neil. E: 1. Newt Allen. BATTING - 2B: Ted Strong. 3B: Rainey Bibbs. SH: Newt Allen. GDP: Hilton Smith. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Ted Strong 2. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 Billy Horne 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 Subby Byas rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 John Bissant lf 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Joe Sparks ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 Ernest Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luther Gilyard 1b 3 0 1 1 0 14 0 Jesse Houston ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Pepper Bassett c 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 Wilson Redus ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lefty Bowe p 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 Tommy Johnson p 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Red Hale ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 30 2 7 2 2 5 27 22 FIELDING - DP: 1. Billy Horne, Alex Radcliff, Luther Gilyard. E: 2. Willie Simms, Joe Sparks. BATTING - 2B: Tommy Johnson. SH: John Bissant, Joe Sparks. SF: Wilson Redus. HBP: John Bissant. GDP: Billy Horne. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Billy Horne. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP George Walker 4 4 1 1 1 2 0 19 Hilton Smith W 5 3 1 1 1 3 0 17 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 5 0 36 George Walker pitched to 2 batters in the 5th inning HBP: George Walker. Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Lefty Bowe 3.2 2 1 1 3 1 0 16 Tommy Johnson L 5.1 5 3 1 0 3 0 21 Totals 9 7 4 2 3 4 0 37 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Virgil Blueitt Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/30/1939, 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 B.Horne 2b 3. T.Stearnes cf A.Radcliff 3b 4. W.Brown lf S.Byas rf 5. T.Strong ss J.Bissant lf 6. J.Greene c J.Sparks ss 7. N.Allen 2b L.Gilyard 1b 8. B.O`Neil 1b P.Bassett c 9. G.Walker p L.Bowe p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Milton singled; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes walked [H.Milton to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: W.Simms out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Bissant was hit by a pitch; J.Sparks singled to right field [J.Bissant to third]; L.Gilyard singled to left field [J.Bissant scored, J.Sparks to second]; P.Bassett out on unknown play; L.Bowe out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 1. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Walker walked; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 3RD: W.Simms out on unknown play; B.Horne out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 1. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown singled to center field [W.Brown to second (error by W.Simms)]; T.Strong reached on a fielder's choice (L.Bowe to A.Radcliff) [W.Brown out at third]; T.Strong stole second; T.Strong stole third; J.Greene walked; N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (L.Bowe to L.Gilyard) [T.Strong scored, J.Greene to second]; Strong was coming home on the pitch; Game stories and box score credit Strong with an SBH on the ; T.JOHNSON REPLACED L.BOWE (PITCHING); B.O`Neil grounded out (B.Horne to L.Gilyard); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 4TH: S.Byas walked; J.Bissant reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by N.Allen [S.Byas to second, J.Bissant to first]; J.Sparks out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [S.Byas to third, J.Bissant to second]; L.Gilyard out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. MONARCHS 5TH: G.Walker out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs tripled; T.Stearnes grounded out (B.Horne to L.Gilyard); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 5TH: T.Johnson doubled to center field; W.Simms singled to shortstop [T.Johnson to third]; H.SMITH REPLACED G.WALKER (PITCHING); B.Horne grounded into a double play (N.Allen to T.Strong to B.O`Neil) [W.Simms out at second]; A.Radcliff grounded out (N.Allen to B.O`Neil); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 6TH: S.Byas out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.Sparks out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. MONARCHS 7TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 7TH: L.Gilyard out on unknown play; P.Bassett out on unknown play; T.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Milton out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 8TH: W.Simms singled; On a bunt B.Horne forced W.Simms (H.Smith to T.Strong) [B.Horne to first]; B.Horne stole second; A.Radcliff reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play (R.Bibbs to T.Strong to R.Bibbs to T.Strong) [B.Horne out at third, A.Radcliff out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 1. MONARCHS 9TH: T.Strong doubled; J.Greene singled [T.Strong scored]; N.Allen singled [J.Greene to third]; B.O`Neil reached on a fielder's choice [J.Greene scored (unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Sparks), N.Allen to third]; H.Smith grounded into a double play (A.Radcliff to B.Horne to L.Gilyard) [N.Allen scored (unearned) (no RBI), B.O`Neil out at second]; H.Milton out on unknown play; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Am. Giants 1. AM. GIANTS 9TH: S.Byas singled; J.Bissant walked [S.Byas to second]; E.SMITH BATTED FOR J.SPARKS; E.Smith flied to W.Brown; J.HOUSTON BATTED FOR L.GILYARD; J.Houston singled to third base [S.Byas to third, J.Bissant to second]; W.REDUS BATTED FOR P.BASSETT; W.Redus out on a sacrifice fly to H.Milton [S.Byas scored]; R.HALE BATTED FOR T.JOHNSON; R.Hale was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 4, Am. Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 4 7 1 6 Am. Giants 2 7 2 7
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