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St. Louis Stars (SSA) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 1

Game played on Sunday, September 3, 1939 (D) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
League Championship Series

St. Louis Stars                     0 0 3  0 0 1  1  -   5 10  0
Kansas City Monarchs                1 0 0  0 0 0  0  -   1  3  1

BATTING

St. Louis Stars                      AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Leslie Green cf                       4   1   1    1     0         2   0
Jimmy Ford 3b                         3   1   1    1     1         0   0
Dan Wilson lf                         4   1   2    1     0         1   0
Buddy Armour ss                       4   0   1    0     0         0   1
Ed Mayweather 1b                      4   0   1    1     0         9   0
Bill Bradford rf                      2   0   0    0     0         0   0
  Theolic Smith rf                    1   1   1    0     1         1   0
Marshall Riddle 2b                    3   1   1    0     1         3   6
Bob Smith c                           2   0   1    1     0         5   0
Ossie Brown p                         3   0   1    0     0         0   2
Totals                               30   5  10    5     3   3    21   9


BATTING -
2B:  Dan Wilson, Theolic Smith. 
SH:  Bob Smith. 
Team LOB:  8

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Leslie Green 2, Bob Smith. 

Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Henry Milton rf                       2   1   0    0     1         1   0
Newt Allen 2b                         3   0   0    0     0         0   4
Turkey Stearnes cf                    2   0   1    1     0         1   0
Willard Brown lf                      2   0   1    0     0         1   0
  Ziggy Marcell lf                    1   0   0    0     0         2   0
Ted Strong ss                         3   0   0    0     0         2   3
Joe Greene c                          3   0   0    0     0         4   0
Rainey Bibbs 3b                       3   0   0    0     0         0   1
Buck O`Neil 1b                        2   0   1    0     0        10   0
Willie Hutchinson p                   2   0   0    0     0         0   2
Totals                               23   1   3    1     1   4    21  10

FIELDING -
E: 1.  Ted Strong. 

BATTING -
2B:  Turkey Stearnes. 
SF:  Turkey Stearnes. 
Team LOB:  3

BASERUNNING -
SB:  Henry Milton. 

PITCHING

St. Louis Stars                      IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Ossie Brown W                        7       3   1    1   1   4   0  25
Totals                               7       3   1    1   1   4   0  25


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Willie Hutchinson L                  7      10   5    5   3   3   0  34
Totals                               7      10   5    5   3   3   0  34



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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 2 --   at Kansas City Monarchs (D)

Starting Lineups:

                                 Kansas City                   
1. L.Green             cf        H.Milton            rf        
2. J.Ford              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. B.Smith             c         B.O`Neil            1b        
9. O.Brown             p         W.Hutchinson        p         

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

MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton walked; H.Milton stole second; N.Allen
out on unknown play [H.Milton to third]; T.Stearnes out on a
sacrifice fly to unknown fielder [H.Milton scored]; W.Brown
singled; T.Strong out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  
0, Monarchs 1.

 2ND: B.Armour out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown
play; B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   0,
Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil singled; W.Hutchinson out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   0, Monarchs 1.

 3RD: M.Riddle singled; B.Smith out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [M.Riddle to second]; O.Brown out on unknown
play; L.Green singled [M.Riddle scored]; L.Green stole second;
L.Green stole third; J.Ford singled [L.Green scored]; D.Wilson
doubled [J.Ford scored]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.   3, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 3RD: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; T.Stearnes doubled; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.   3, Monarchs 1.

 4TH: Z.MARCELL REPLACED W.BROWN (PLAYING LF); E.Mayweather
singled to shortstop [E.Mayweather to second (error by
T.Strong)]; B.Bradford out on unknown play; M.Riddle walked;
B.Smith out on unknown play; O.Brown singled [E.Mayweather to
third, M.Riddle to second]; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.   3, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 4TH: T.SMITH REPLACED B.BRADFORD (PLAYING RF);
T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play;
R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.   3, Monarchs
1.

 5TH: J.Ford walked; D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Armour out
on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.   3, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 5TH: B.O`Neil out on unknown play; W.Hutchinson out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   3, Monarchs 1.

 6TH: T.Smith doubled; M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Smith
singled [T.Smith scored]; B.Smith stole second; O.Brown out on
unknown play; L.Green out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
  4, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; Z.Marcell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.   4, Monarchs 1.

 7TH: J.Ford out on unknown play; D.Wilson singled; B.Armour
singled [D.Wilson to third]; E.Mayweather out on unknown play
[D.Wilson scored]; T.Smith walked [B.Armour to second]; M.Riddle
out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.   5, Monarchs 1.

MONARCHS 7TH: T.Strong out on unknown play; J.Greene out on
unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
  5, Monarchs 1.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
                  5  10   0   8
 Monarchs         1   3   1   3


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