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, Ohio KCM 400 000 000 0 4 7 0 CAG 000 000 220 1 5 13 0 WP: Cornelius, LP: Kranson Retrosheet box score September 12, 1937 at Schorling Park, Chicago, Illinois KCM 000 000 200 000 000 00 2 9 3 CAG 200 000 000 000 000 00 2 10 0 Retrosheet box score September 13, 1937 at Athletic Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin KCM 010 400 0?? 10 [12] [1] CAG 025 000 000 7 [11] [2] WP: Smith, LP: Cross Retrosheet box score Game suspended with no outs in the top of the 8th inning. Game was completed the next night; final score was 10-7. Box score is only for game prior to suspension. September 14, 1937 at Borchert Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin KCM 110 100 100 4 11 1 CAG 000 000 100 1 7 2 WP: Kranson, LP: Cross No box score found yet September 15, 1937 at Indianapolis, Indiana KCM ??? ??? ??? 6 ? ? CAG ??? ??? ??? 3 ? ? No box score found yet September 17, 1937 at Muehlebach Field, Kansas City, Missouri CAG 000 010 000 1 6 2 KCM 100 000 00x 2 7 4 WP: Smith, LP: Cornelius Retrosheet box score
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