Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 5 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 7 1 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 Curt Roberts 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 Bonnie Serrell 1b 3 1 1 0 1 10 0 Willard Brown cf 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 Bob Thurman rf 3 1 1 2 1 2 0 Earl Taborn c 4 0 2 1 0 3 1 Elston Howard lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gene Baker ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 4 Frank Barnes p 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 31 4 5 3 3 6 27 12 FIELDING - E: 1. Gene Baker. BATTING - 2B: Bob Thurman, Earl Taborn 2. SH: Frank Barnes. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: Bonnie Serrell. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 Tommy Butts ss 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 Lester Lockett rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 Butch Davis lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Jim Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Henry Baylis 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 Bob Romby ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Johnny Hayes c 2 0 0 0 1 6 1 Bill Byrd ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Leon Day p 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 Totals 35 2 7 2 3 3 27 7 FIELDING - E: 1. Butch Davis. BATTING - 2B: Tommy Butts, Lester Lockett, Bob Romby. Team LOB: 9 PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Frank Barnes W 9 7 2 2 3 3 0 38 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 3 0 38 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leon Day L 9 5 4 3 3 6 0 35 Totals 9 5 4 3 3 6 0 35 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Fred McCreary, 1B - Pitkoff Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Wednesday, 5/4/1949 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Baltimore Elite Giants (N) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Baltimore 1. H.Souell 3b H.Kimbro cf 2. C.Roberts 2b T.Butts ss 3. B.Serrell 1b L.Pearson 1b 4. W.Brown cf L.Lockett rf 5. B.Thurman rf B.Davis lf 6. E.Taborn c J.Gilliam 2b 7. E.Howard lf H.Baylis 3b 8. G.Baker ss J.Hayes c 9. F.Barnes p L.Day p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; B.Serrell singled; B.Serrell was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts singled; L.Pearson reached on an error by G.Baker [T.Butts to second, L.Pearson to first]; L.Lockett out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; E.Taborn doubled; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: J.Gilliam out on unknown play; H.Baylis out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Baker out on unknown play; F.Barnes out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: L.Day out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts hit a ground rule double; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 4TH: C.Roberts singled; B.Serrell walked [C.Roberts to second]; W.Brown reached on an error by B.Davis [C.Roberts scored (no RBI), B.Serrell to third, W.Brown to second]; B.Thurman doubled to right-center [B.Serrell scored, W.Brown scored (unearned)]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: L.Lockett out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 5TH: F.Barnes out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 3, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: H.Baylis out on unknown play; J.Hayes walked; L.Day singled [J.Hayes to second]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 3, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 6TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman walked; E.Taborn doubled [B.Thurman scored]; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Lockett hit a ground rule double; B.Davis out on unknown play; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 7TH: G.Baker walked; F.Barnes out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [G.Baker to second]; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Roberts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: H.Baylis out on unknown play; J.Hayes out on unknown play; L.Day walked; H.Kimbro walked [L.Day to second]; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 8TH: B.Serrell out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.Thurman out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; L.Lockett out on unknown play; B.Davis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 9TH: E.Taborn out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: J.Gilliam singled; B.ROMBY BATTED FOR H.BAYLIS; B.Romby doubled [J.Gilliam to third]; B.BYRD BATTED FOR J.HAYES; B.Byrd grounded out (G.Baker to B.Serrell) [J.Gilliam scored]; L.Day singled to left field [B.Romby scored]; H.Kimbro forced L.Day (unknown fielder) [H.Kimbro to first]; T.Butts grounded out (F.Barnes to B.Serrell); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 4, Elite Giants 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 4 5 1 4 Elite Giants 2 7 1 9
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