St. Louis Stars (SSA) 5 Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 1 (original) (raw)
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](./Boneib8011939.htm) 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
- L.Green cf H.Milton rf
- J.Ford 3b N.Allen 2b
- D.Wilson lf T.Stearnes cf
- B.Armour ss W.Brown lf
- E.Mayweather 1b T.Strong ss
- B.Bradford rf J.Greene c
- M.Riddle 2b R.Bibbs 3b
- B.Smith c B.O`Neil 1b
- 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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