The Negro American League began play in 1937 playing a split season. The Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) won the first half-championship in NAL history while the Chicago American Giants (CAG) won the second half. The two teams met in a best-of-nine playoff series with the Monarchs winning in seven games, 5-1-1.
After finishing their playoff, the Monarchs and American Giants joined forces for a barnstorming tour against an NNL team composed primarily of the champion Homestead Grays. Box scores for the four games of that series for which we have found box scores can be found here.
September 8, 1937 at Hudson Field, Dayton OH League Championship Series Kansas City Monarchs 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 - 5 13 0 WP: Willie Cornelius, LP: Floyd Kranson Retrosheet game file September 12, 1937 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL League Championship Series Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 3 Chicago American Giants 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file September 13, 1937 at Athletic Park, Milwaukee WI League Championship Series Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 - 10 13 1 Chicago American Giants 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 11 2 WP: Hilton Smith, LP: Norman Cross Retrosheet game file September 14, 1937 at Athletic Park, Milwaukee WI League Championship Series Kansas City Monarchs 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 11 1 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 7 2 WP: Floyd Kranson, LP: Norman Cross Retrosheet game file September 15, 1937 at Victory Field, Indianapolis IN League Championship Series Kansas City Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 6 0 Chicago American Giants ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 3 0 WP: Johnny Markham, LP: Retrosheet game file September 17, 1937 at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO League Championship Series Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 4 WP: Hilton Smith, LP: Willie Cornelius Retrosheet game file
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