St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 - 5 11 5
Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 x - 6 10 2
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leslie Green cf 2 1 2 0 2 3 0
Bobby Robinson 3b 5 0 0 1 0 0 3
Dan Wilson lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 0
Buddy Armour ss 5 1 2 2 0 1 4
Ed Mayweather 1b 3 1 1 2 2 13 0
Ossie Brown pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Bradford rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Riddle 2b 5 0 3 0 0 2 3
Raymond Taylor c 3 0 1 0 0 2 0
Sylvester Owens ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bob Smith c 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Theolic Smith p 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Totals 34 5 11 5 6 5 24 13
FIELDING -
DP: 3. Buddy Armour, Ed Mayweather 3, Marshall Riddle 2, Theolic Smith.
E: 5. Buddy Armour 2, Marshall Riddle, Raymond Taylor, Theolic Smith.
BATTING -
HR: Ed Mayweather.
SH: Leslie Green, Bill Bradford, Theolic Smith.
GDP: Dan Wilson, Ed Mayweather.
Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING -
SB: Leslie Green, Dan Wilson, Buddy Armour.
Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Henry Milton rf 5 3 2 1 0 0 0
Newt Allen 2b 3 0 1 0 0 3 2
Turkey Stearnes cf 3 0 1 1 1 1 0
Willard Brown lf 4 0 1 2 0 3 0
Ted Strong ss 4 0 1 0 0 3 4
Joe Greene c 4 0 0 0 0 6 1
Rainey Bibbs 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1
Buck O`Neil 1b 4 2 2 0 0 9 0
Floyd Kranson p 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
Hilton Smith p 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 35 6 10 5 1 3 27 10
FIELDING -
DP: 2. Newt Allen, Ted Strong 2, Buck O`Neil 2.
E: 2. Newt Allen, Rainey Bibbs.
BATTING -
2B: Henry Milton, Willard Brown, Hilton Smith.
3B: Henry Milton.
SH: Newt Allen.
GDP: Ted Strong, Rainey Bibbs, Buck O`Neil.
Team LOB: 7
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Theolic Smith L 8 10 6 5 1 3 0 37
Totals 8 10 6 5 1 3 0 37
BK: Theolic Smith.
Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Floyd Kranson 7 11 5 5 5 2 1 36
Hilton Smith W 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 7
Totals 9 11 5 5 6 5 1 43
Floyd Kranson pitched to 2 batters in the 8th inning
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Billy Donaldson, 1B - Harry Holland
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Sunday, 9/3/1939, game 1 -- at Kansas City Monarchs (D)
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City
1. L.Green cf H.Milton rf
2. B.Robinson 3b N.Allen 2b
3. D.Wilson lf T.Stearnes cf
4. B.Armour ss W.Brown lf
5. E.Mayweather 1b T.Strong ss
6. B.Bradford rf J.Greene c
7. M.Riddle 2b R.Bibbs 3b
8. R.Taylor c B.O`Neil 1b
9. T.Smith p F.Kranson p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green singled to third base [L.Green to second (error by
R.Bibbs)]; B.Robinson out on unknown play; D.Wilson walked;
B.Armour out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton reached on an error by B.Armour
[H.Milton to first]; N.Allen out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown
fielder) [H.Milton to second]; T.Stearnes walked; W.Brown
reached on an error by M.Riddle [H.Milton scored (unearned) (no
RBI), T.Stearnes to second, W.Brown to first]; T.Strong grounded
into a double play (M.Riddle to E.Mayweather) [W.Brown out at
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
2ND: B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled;
R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; R.Bibbs reached on
an error by B.Armour [R.Bibbs to first]; B.O`Neil grounded into
a double play (M.Riddle to E.Mayweather) [R.Bibbs out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
3RD: L.Green walked; B.Robinson reached on an error by N.Allen
[L.Green to second, B.Robinson to first]; D.Wilson grounded into
a double play (T.Strong to B.O`Neil) [L.Green to third,
B.Robinson out at second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 3RD: F.Kranson out on unknown play; H.Milton out on
unknown play; N.Allen singled; T.Smith balked [N.Allen to
second]; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
0, Monarchs 1.
4TH: E.Mayweather walked; B.Bradford out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [E.Mayweather to second]; M.Riddle singled
[E.Mayweather to third]; R.Taylor out on unknown play; T.Smith
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong singled;
J.Greene reached on an error by T.Smith [T.Strong to second,
J.Greene to first]; R.Bibbs grounded into a double play (T.Smith
to B.Armour to E.Mayweather) [J.Greene out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 1.
5TH: L.Green singled; B.Robinson out on unknown play; D.Wilson
singled [L.Green to second]; L.Green stole third and D.Wilson
stole second; B.Armour singled [L.Green scored, D.Wilson
scored]; E.Mayweather grounded into a double play (N.Allen to
T.Strong to B.O`Neil) [B.Armour out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 2, Monarchs 1.
MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil singled; F.Kranson singled [B.O`Neil to
second]; H.Milton doubled [B.O`Neil scored, F.Kranson to third];
N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play;
W.Brown doubled [F.Kranson scored, H.Milton scored]; T.Strong
out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 2, Monarchs 4.
6TH: B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle singled;
R.Taylor singled [M.Riddle to second]; T.Smith out on a
sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [M.Riddle to third, R.Taylor to
second]; L.Green walked; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB. 2, Monarchs 4.
MONARCHS 6TH: J.Greene reached on an error by R.Taylor
[J.Greene to first]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out
on unknown play; F.Kranson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. 2, Monarchs 4.
7TH: D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Armour singled; B.Armour
stole second; E.Mayweather homered to rightfield [B.Armour
scored]; B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown
play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 4, Monarchs 4.
MONARCHS 7TH: H.Milton tripled; N.Allen out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes singled [H.Milton scored]; W.Brown out on unknown
play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 4,
Monarchs 5.
8TH: S.OWENS BATTED FOR R.TAYLOR; S.Owens singled; T.Smith
walked [S.Owens to second]; H.SMITH REPLACED F.KRANSON
(PITCHING); L.Green out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder)
[S.Owens to third, T.Smith to second]; B.Robinson out on unknown
play [S.Owens scored]; D.Wilson out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 5, Monarchs 5.
MONARCHS 8TH: B.SMITH REPLACED S.OWENS (PLAYING C); J.Greene
out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.O`Neil
singled; H.Smith doubled [B.O`Neil scored]; H.Milton out on
unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 5, Monarchs 6.
9TH: B.Armour out on unknown play; E.Mayweather walked;
O.BROWN RAN FOR E.MAYWEATHER; B.Bradford out on unknown play;
M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 5,
Monarchs 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
5 11 5 11
Monarchs 6 10 2 7
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