Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 9 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 x - 4 11 0 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gene Baker ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 Herb Souell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Len Hunt lf 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 Bonnie Serrell 1b 4 0 1 1 0 11 1 Gene Collins rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 Elston Howard cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Curt Roberts 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 Tom Cooper c 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Gene Richardson p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Frank Barnes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O'Neil ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 1 9 1 1 3 24 12 FIELDING - DP: 3. Gene Baker 2, Bonnie Serrell 3, Curt Roberts. E: 1. Gene Baker. BATTING - 2B: Len Hunt. SH: Len Hunt. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Gene Baker. Baltimore Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jim Gilliam 2b 4 2 3 2 0 2 1 Tommy Butts ss 4 0 2 2 0 1 5 Henry Kimbro cf 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 Lennie Pearson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 9 0 Butch Davis lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 Ed Finney 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 Butch McCord rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 Johnny Hayes c 2 1 1 0 1 5 0 Leon Day p 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 Totals 31 4 11 4 3 5 27 8 FIELDING - PB: 1. Johnny Hayes. BATTING - 2B: Jim Gilliam 2, Lennie Pearson. 3B: Jim Gilliam. GDP: Butch Davis, Butch McCord, Leon Day. Team LOB: 6 BASERUNNING - SB: Jim Gilliam. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gene Richardson L 6.2 10 4 4 2 5 0 28 Frank Barnes 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 Totals 8 11 4 4 3 5 0 34 Baltimore Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Leon Day W 9 9 1 1 1 3 0 37 Totals 9 9 1 1 1 3 0 37 WP: Leon Day. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Ted Lewis, 1B - Fred McCreary Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 8/28/1949, game 1 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Baltimore Elite Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Baltimore 1. G.Baker ss J.Gilliam 2b 2. H.Souell 3b T.Butts ss 3. L.Hunt lf H.Kimbro cf 4. B.Serrell 1b L.Pearson 1b 5. G.Collins rf B.Davis lf 6. E.Howard cf E.Finney 3b 7. C.Roberts 2b B.McCord rf 8. T.Cooper c J.Hayes c 9. G.Richardson p L.Day p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; G.Baker out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; L.Hunt walked; L.Day threw a wild pitch [L.Hunt to second]; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 1ST: J.Gilliam doubled; T.Butts out on unknown play; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: G.Collins out on unknown play; E.Howard singled; J.Hayes allowed a passed ball [E.Howard to second]; C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney singled; B.McCord grounded into a double play (G.Baker to B.Serrell) [E.Finney out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 3RD: G.Richardson out on unknown play; G.Baker 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: J.Hayes out on unknown play; L.Day singled to shortstop [L.Day to second (error by G.Baker)]; J.Gilliam out on unknown play; T.Butts out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 4TH: L.Hunt doubled; B.Serrell flied to B.McCord [L.Hunt to third]; G.Collins popped to E.Finney; E.Howard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: H.Kimbro singled; H.Kimbro was picked off first (G.Richardson to B.Serrell); L.Pearson doubled; B.Davis out on unknown play; E.Finney out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 5TH: C.Roberts singled; T.Cooper out on unknown play; G.Richardson singled [C.Roberts to second]; G.Baker forced G.Richardson (unknown fielder) [C.Roberts to third, G.Baker to first]; G.Baker stole second; H.Souell out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes singled; L.Day grounded into a double play (G.Baker to B.Serrell) [J.Hayes out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. MONARCHS 6TH: L.Hunt out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; G.Collins singled; E.Howard out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 0. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Gilliam tripled to center field; T.Butts singled [J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; L.Pearson walked [T.Butts to second]; B.Davis grounded into a double play (C.Roberts to B.Serrell) [L.Pearson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 1. MONARCHS 7TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper singled; G.Richardson out on unknown play; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: E.Finney out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; J.Hayes walked; L.Day singled [J.Hayes to second]; J.Gilliam doubled [J.Hayes scored, L.Day scored]; F.BARNES REPLACED G.RICHARDSON (PITCHING); J.Gilliam stole third; T.Butts singled [J.Gilliam scored]; H.Kimbro out on unknown play; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Elite Giants 4. MONARCHS 8TH: H.Souell singled; L.Hunt out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Souell to second]; B.Serrell singled [H.Souell scored]; G.Collins out on unknown play; E.Howard out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Elite Giants 4. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: L.Pearson out on unknown play; B.Davis walked; E.Finney out on unknown play; B.McCord out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Elite Giants 4. MONARCHS 9TH: C.Roberts out on unknown play; T.Cooper out on unknown play; B.O'NEIL BATTED FOR F.BARNES; B.O'Neil singled; G.Baker out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Elite Giants 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 1 9 1 9 Elite Giants 4 11 0 6
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