Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 8 12 1
Toledo Crawfords 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 11 1
BATTING
Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Henry Milton rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
Rainey Bibbs 3b 5 1 1 1 0 2 0
Turkey Stearnes cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 0
Willard Brown lf 4 3 2 0 0 1 0
Ted Strong ss 4 1 2 2 0 1 4
Joe Greene c 4 0 1 1 0 10 0
Newt Allen 2b 4 0 1 2 0 1 1
Buck O`Neil 1b 4 0 0 1 0 10 0
Hilton Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Cooper p 4 1 2 0 0 1 3
Totals 38 8 12 8 1 5 27 8
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Ted Strong, Buck O`Neil.
E: 1. Rainey Bibbs.
BATTING -
GDP: Rainey Bibbs.
Team LOB: 4
BASERUNNING -
CS: Ted Strong.
Toledo Crawfords AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Jimmie Crutchfield lf 4 0 2 1 1 0 0
Leroy Morney ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 1
Thad Christopher cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tommie Dukes c 4 0 2 0 0 7 1
Bus Clarkson 2b 4 2 1 0 0 1 5
Jim Williams rf 4 1 2 1 0 3 0
Oscar Charleston 1b 3 0 1 1 0 5 0
Jimmy Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Willie Spencer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Curtis Henderson 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 0
Harry Kincannon p 3 0 0 0 0 1 1
Spoon Carter ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 11 4 1 8 27 9
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Leroy Morney, Bus Clarkson, Oscar Charleston.
E: 1. Bus Clarkson.
BATTING -
2B: Bus Clarkson, Jim Williams.
3B: Jimmie Crutchfield, Curtis Henderson.
GDP: Thad Christopher.
Team LOB: 7
PITCHING
Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Hilton Smith 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Andy Cooper W 8 10 4 4 1 7 0 34
Totals 9 11 4 4 1 8 0 38
Toledo Crawfords IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Harry Kincannon L 9 12 8 7 1 5 0 39
Totals 9 12 8 7 1 5 0 39
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Liston, 1B - Rushin
Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 1400
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Tuesday, 8/1/1939 -- Kansas City Monarchs at (N)
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City
1. H.Milton rf J.Crutchfield lf
2. R.Bibbs 3b L.Morney ss
3. T.Stearnes cf T.Christopher cf
4. W.Brown lf T.Dukes c
5. T.Strong ss B.Clarkson 2b
6. J.Greene c J.Williams rf
7. N.Allen 2b O.Charleston 1b
8. B.O`Neil 1b C.Henderson 3b
9. H.Smith p H.Kincannon p
MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; H.Milton singled; R.Bibbs grounded into a double
play (B.Clarkson to L.Morney to O.Charleston) [H.Milton out at
second]; T.Stearnes singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, 0.
1ST: J.Crutchfield singled to third base [J.Crutchfield to
second (error by R.Bibbs)]; L.Morney out on unknown play;
T.Christopher out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, 0.
MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on
unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Monarchs 0, 0.
2ND: A.COOPER REPLACED H.SMITH (PITCHING); H. Smith had to
leave game with a split finger; B.Clarkson doubled; J.Williams
out on unknown play; O.Charleston singled [B.Clarkson scored];
C.Henderson out on unknown play; H.Kincannon out on unknown
play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, 1.
MONARCHS 3RD: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; A.Cooper singled;
H.Milton walked [A.Cooper to second]; R.Bibbs singled [A.Cooper
scored, H.Milton to second]; T.Stearnes singled [H.Milton
scored, R.Bibbs to second]; W.Brown reached on an error by
B.Clarkson [R.Bibbs to third, T.Stearnes to second, W.Brown to
first]; T.Strong singled [R.Bibbs scored, T.Stearnes scored,
W.Brown to third]; J.Greene out on unknown play [W.Brown scored
(unearned)]; T.Strong was caught stealing second (unknown
fielder); 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 5, 1.
3RD: J.Crutchfield walked; L.Morney out on unknown play;
T.Christopher out on unknown play; T.Dukes singled
[J.Crutchfield to second]; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 5, 1.
MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; A.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Monarchs 5, 1.
4TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; O.Charleston out on
unknown play; C.Henderson tripled; H.Kincannon out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 5, 1.
MONARCHS 5TH: 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. Monarchs 5, 1.
5TH: J.Crutchfield out on unknown play; L.Morney singled;
T.Christopher grounded into a double play (T.Strong to B.O`Neil)
[L.Morney out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 5, 1.
MONARCHS 6TH: W.Brown singled; T.Strong singled [W.Brown to
second]; J.Greene out on unknown play; N.Allen singled [W.Brown
scored, T.Strong to third]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play
[T.Strong scored]; A.Cooper out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Monarchs 7, 1.
6TH: T.Dukes singled; B.Clarkson forced T.Dukes (unknown
fielder) [B.Clarkson to first]; J.Williams doubled [B.Clarkson
scored]; O.Charleston out on unknown play; C.Henderson out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 7, 2.
MONARCHS 7TH: J.JOHNSON REPLACED O.CHARLESTON (PLAYING 1B);
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. Monarchs
7, 2.
7TH: H.Kincannon out on unknown play; J.Crutchfield out on
unknown play; L.Morney out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Monarchs 7, 2.
MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown singled; T.Strong out on unknown play;
J.Greene singled [W.Brown to third]; N.Allen out on unknown play
[W.Brown scored]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Monarchs 8, 2.
8TH: T.Christopher out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown
play; B.Clarkson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Monarchs 8, 2.
MONARCHS 9TH: A.Cooper singled; H.Milton out on unknown play;
R.Bibbs out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 8, 2.
9TH: J.Williams singled; W.SPENCER BATTED FOR J.JOHNSON;
W.Spencer out on unknown play [J.Williams to second];
C.Henderson out on unknown play; S.CARTER BATTED FOR
H.KINCANNON; S.Carter singled [J.Williams scored]; J.Crutchfield
tripled [S.Carter scored]; L.Morney out on unknown play; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 8, 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Monarchs 8 12 1 4
4 11 1 7
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