The 1946 offseason saw one of the most extensive and iconic series of interracial barnstorming games. Hall-of-Fame pitchers Bob Feller and Satchel Paige organized All-Star teams and barnstormed across the country against each other. Each team featured four Hall-of-Famers who participated in at least part of the tour. The Paige All-Stars (ASP) and Feller All-Stars (ASF) played at least 17 games against each other, of which Retrosheet has found box scores for 12. When the tour reached the West Coast, the Paige All-Stars dispersed and Paige hooked up with a California-based barnstorming team, the Kansas City Royals (KCR), who played the Feller All-Stars (at least) three times.
There was one other interesting barnstorming team of note in the 1946 offseason. Jackie Robinson, fresh off his season with the Montreal Royals, put together a barnstorming team that included several former teammates, from both the Kansas City Monarchs as well as the Montreal Royals. The latter included Royals' starting shortstop and future Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis. The integrated Jackie Robinson All-Stars played several teams, including Feller's All-Stars. These games are not included here, primarily because Robinson's team included several players who never rose beyond the minor leagues.
The 15 games involving the Bob Feller All-Stars for which we have box scores are summarized below with links to box scores. Play-by-play accounts have been deduced for eleven of these games using newspaper game stories and box scores. The box score files, event files, and team rosters for these games can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page.
September 30, 1946 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ASP 001 000 101 3 5 4 ASF 100 000 000 1 2 5 WP: B. Brown, LP: Lemon Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 1, 1946 at Idora Park, Youngstown, Ohio ASF 200 030 501 11 12 3 ASP 011 000 000 2 7 3 WP: Chandler, LP: Manning Retrosheet box score October 1, 1946 at Cleveland Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio ASP 000 000 000 0 2 2 ASF 111 010 01x 5 10 0 WP: Chandler, LP: Paige Retrosheet box score October 4, 1946 at Yankee Stadium, New York, New York ASF 001 000 010 2 4 10 2 ASP 000 010 010 0 2 7 0 WP: Lemon, LP: B. Brown Retrosheet box score October 6, 1946 at Yankee Stadium, New York, New York ASP 010 010 020 4 9 1 ASF 000 000 000 0 7 0 WP: Paige, LP: Feller Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 6, 1946 at Bugle Field, Baltimore, Maryland ASF 400 000 000 4 8 9 ASP 001 302 10x 7 9 3 WP: Jessup, LP: Lemon Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 8, 1946 at Hudson Field, Dayton, Ohio ASF 600 000 001 7 8 1 ASP 100 230 000 6 11 4 WP: Chandler, LP: LaMarque Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 10, 1946 at Municipal Stadium, Richmond, Indiana ASP 320 000 000 5 13 0 ASF 020 002 30x 7 13 1 WP: Leonard, LP: B. Brown Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 12, 1946 at American Legion Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa ASP 000 200 000 2 8 1 ASF 012 000 000 3 13 1 WP: Harder, LP: LaMarque Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 12, 1946 at Lawrence Field, Wichita, Kansas ASF 000 300 200 5 10 1 ASP 100 000 020 3 8 2 WP: Sain, LP: Jessup Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 13, 1946 at Blues Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri ASF 000 001 010 2 10 2 ASP 000 000 003 3 6 0 WP: H. Smith, LP: Chandler Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 14, 1946 at Blues Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri ASP 000 000 010 1 9 0 ASF 100 010 02x 4 6 1 WP: Feller, LP: Paige Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 16, 1946 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California ASF 001 300 000 4 3 3 KCR 012 000 000 3 5 1 WP: Feller, LP: Paige Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 17, 1946 at Lane Field, San Diego, California KCR 000 000 000 0 5 1 ASF 010 100 000 2 5 3 WP: Feller, LP: Paige Retrosheet box score and play-by-play October 23, 1946 at Sam Lynn Park, Bakersfield, California KCR 000 101 002 4 11 1 ASF 003 610 200 12 12 4 WP: Chandler, LP: Paige Retrosheet box score
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