Cleveland Buckeyes 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 - 6 10 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 BATTING Cleveland Buckeyes AB R H RBI BB SO PO A George Minor cf 4 1 1 1 1 3 0 Archie Ware 1b 5 0 1 1 0 8 0 Leon Kellman 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 Clyde Nelson 2b 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 Bill Reynolds 2b 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Willie Grace rf 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 Chico Renfroe ss 3 1 1 0 0 4 1 Tommy Harris c 3 0 2 3 0 7 0 Jack Bruton lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 Webbo Clarke p 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 Totals 32 6 10 6 5 5 27 7 FIELDING - E: 2. Archie Ware, Clyde Nelson. PB: 1. Tommy Harris. BATTING - 2B: Chico Renfroe, Webbo Clarke. 3B: Archie Ware. SH: Willie Grace, Chico Renfroe. HBP: Tommy Harris. GDP: Archie Ware. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - CS: Archie Ware, Jack Bruton. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 6 Herb Souell 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 Hank Thompson rf, cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Buck O'Neil 1b 4 0 0 0 0 12 0 Elston Howard lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 Earl Taborn c 3 1 1 1 1 6 1 Tom Cooper 1b, rf 3 1 1 0 1 3 0 Curtis Roberts 2b 4 0 1 1 0 3 3 Ford Smith p 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 35 4 7 3 4 7 27 16 FIELDING - DP: 1. Gene Baker, Buck O'Neil, Curtis Roberts. BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson. 3B: Elston Howard. HBP: Elston Howard. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Hank Thompson. PITCHING Cleveland Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Webbo Clarke W 9 7 4 3 4 7 0 40 Totals 9 7 4 3 4 7 0 40 BK: Webbo Clarke. HBP: Webbo Clarke. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Ford Smith L 9 10 6 6 5 5 0 40 Totals 9 10 6 6 5 5 0 40 WP: Ford Smith. HBP: Ford Smith. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Frank Duncan Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/29/1948 -- Cleveland Buckeyes at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Cleveland Kansas City 1. G.Minor cf G.Baker ss 2. A.Ware 1b H.Souell 3b 3. L.Kellman 3b H.Thompson rf 4. C.Nelson 2b W.Brown cf 5. W.Grace rf E.Howard lf 6. C.Renfroe ss E.Taborn c 7. T.Harris c T.Cooper 1b 8. J.Bruton lf C.Roberts 2b 9. W.Clarke p F.Smith p BUCKEYES 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; G.Minor out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman singled; F.Smith threw a wild pitch [L.Kellman to second]; C.Nelson walked; W.Grace out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson doubled; W.Brown walked; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 0, Monarchs 0. BUCKEYES 2ND: C.Renfroe doubled to center field; T.Harris singled to center field [C.Renfroe scored, T.Harris to second (on throw)]; J.Bruton out on unknown play; W.Clarke out on unknown play; G.Minor out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: E.Taborn walked; T.Cooper singled [E.Taborn to third]; C.Roberts flied to unknown fielder [E.Taborn scored]; W.Clarke balked [T.Cooper to second]; F.Smith flied to unknown fielder [T.Cooper to third]; G.Baker reached on an error by C.Nelson [T.Cooper scored (unearned) (no RBI), G.Baker to first]; H.Souell out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2. BUCKEYES 3RD: B.O'NEIL REPLACED W.BROWN (PLAYING 1B); H.THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); T.COOPER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Brown was pulled from the game for loafing in CF; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Thompson singled to right field; H.Thompson stole second; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; E.Howard tripled to center field [H.Thompson scored]; E.Taborn flied to G.Minor [E.Howard scored]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 1, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 4TH: W.Grace singled; C.Renfroe out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [W.Grace to second]; T.Harris out on unknown play; J.Bruton singled to center field [W.Grace scored]; J.Bruton was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Roberts singled; C.Roberts was picked off first, but was safe on an error by A.Ware [C.Roberts to second]; F.Smith out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell walked; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 5TH: W.Clarke out on unknown play; G.Minor walked; A.Ware grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to G.Baker to B.O'Neil) [G.Minor out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 5TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; E.Howard was hit by a pitch; E.Taborn out on unknown play; T.Cooper walked [E.Howard to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 2, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 6TH: L.Kellman walked; C.Nelson walked [L.Kellman to second]; W.Grace forced L.Kellman (unknown fielder) [C.Nelson to second, W.Grace to first]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play [C.Nelson to third, W.Grace to second]; T.Harris singled to right field [C.Nelson scored, W.Grace scored]; J.Bruton out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 6TH: F.Smith out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell singled; T.Harris allowed a passed ball [H.Souell to second]; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 7TH: W.Clarke singled; G.Minor out on unknown play; A.Ware out on unknown play; L.Kellman out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 7TH: B.O'Neil out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; E.Taborn singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 8TH: C.Nelson walked; W.Grace out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [C.Nelson to second]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; T.Harris was hit by a pitch; J.Bruton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 8TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; F.Smith out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 4, Monarchs 4. BUCKEYES 9TH: W.Clarke doubled to right field; G.Minor singled to center field [W.Clarke scored]; A.Ware tripled to right-center [G.Minor scored]; A.Ware was caught stealing home (unknown fielder); L.Kellman out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 6, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 9TH: B.REYNOLDS REPLACED C.NELSON (PLAYING 2B); H.Souell out on unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; B.O'Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Buckeyes 6, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Buckeyes 6 10 2 7 Monarchs 4 7 0 9
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