Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 1 0 - 10 13 0 Kansas City Monarchs 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 13 3 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Willie Simms cf 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Herman Dunlap rf 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Wilson Redus lf 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 Ed Young 1b 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 Frank Duncan II c 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Rainey Bibbs 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 Billy Horne ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 Jesse Houston p 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Willie Cornelius p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 42 10 13 8 4 0 27 2 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ed Young, Rainey Bibbs, Billy Horne. BATTING - 2B: Willie Simms, Rainey Bibbs, Jesse Houston. 3B: Willie Simms, Alex Radcliff. Team LOB: 9 BASERUNNING - SB: Ed Young. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Newt Allen 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Henry Milton lf 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Roosevelt Cox 3b 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ernest Smith rf, c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Else c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lefty Moses p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Mex Johnson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hilton Smith p, rf 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 13 6 0 0 27 0 FIELDING - E: 3. Roosevelt Cox, Willard Brown, Ernest Smith. BATTING - HR: Buck O`Neil, Hilton Smith 2. SH: Roosevelt Cox, Ernest Smith, Mex Johnson. GDP: Harry Else. Team LOB: 5 BASERUNNING - CS: Henry Milton. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jesse Houston W 7 12 6 6 0 0 3 32 Willie Cornelius SV 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 9 13 6 6 0 0 3 38 Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith L 4 6 4 4 1 0 0 19 Lefty Moses 5 7 6 4 3 0 0 27 Totals 9 13 10 8 4 0 0 46 Hilton Smith pitched to 2 batters in the 5th inning Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Shipley, 1B - Cavos Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 1200 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 7/24/1938, game 1 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Kansas City 1. W.Simms cf N.Allen 2b 2. H.Dunlap rf H.Milton lf 3. W.Redus lf R.Cox 3b 4. E.Young 1b W.Brown cf 5. A.Radcliff 3b E.Smith rf 6. F.Duncan II c H.Else c 7. R.Bibbs 2b B.O`Neil 1b 8. B.Horne ss M.Johnson ss 9. J.Houston p H.Smith p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; W.Simms out on unknown play; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; W.Redus walked; E.Young out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Milton singled; R.Cox singled [H.Milton to second]; W.Brown singled [H.Milton scored, R.Cox to second]; E.Smith out on unknown play; H.Else out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 1. AM. GIANTS 2ND: A.Radcliff out on unknown play; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 1. MONARCHS 2ND: B.O`Neil homered; M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.Smith homered; N.Allen singled; H.Milton singled [N.Allen to third]; R.Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [N.Allen scored, H.Milton to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 3RD: B.Horne out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 3RD: E.Smith singled; H.Else grounded into a double play (B.Horne to R.Bibbs to E.Young) [E.Smith out at second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 4TH: H.Dunlap out on unknown play; W.Redus singled; E.Young singled [W.Redus to second]; A.Radcliff tripled [W.Redus scored, E.Young scored]; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; R.Bibbs singled [A.Radcliff scored]; B.Horne out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 4TH: M.Johnson out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; N.Allen singled; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 5TH: J.Houston doubled; W.Simms doubled [J.Houston scored]; H.SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); E.SMITH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C); L.MOSES REPLACED H.ELSE (PITCHING); H.Dunlap out on unknown play; W.Redus out on unknown play; E.Young out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 5TH: R.Cox singled; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [R.Cox to second]; L.Moses out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 4, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 6TH: A.Radcliff singled; F.Duncan II out on unknown play; R.Bibbs doubled [A.Radcliff scored]; B.Horne singled [R.Bibbs scored]; J.Houston singled [B.Horne to third]; W.Simms out on unknown play [B.Horne scored]; H.Dunlap out on unknown play; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 4. MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil singled; M.Johnson out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [B.O`Neil to second]; H.Smith homered [B.O`Neil scored]; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 7, Monarchs 6. AM. GIANTS 7TH: W.Redus singled; E.Young walked [W.Redus to second]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; F.Duncan II reached on an error by R.Cox [W.Redus scored (unearned) (no RBI), E.Young to second, F.Duncan II to first]; R.Bibbs reached on an error by W.Brown [E.Young scored (unearned) (no RBI), F.Duncan II to second, R.Bibbs to first]; B.Horne out on unknown play; J.Houston out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 9, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 7TH: R.Cox out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; E.Smith out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 9, Monarchs 6. AM. GIANTS 8TH: W.Simms tripled; H.Dunlap singled [W.Simms scored]; W.Redus out on unknown play; E.Young forced H.Dunlap (unknown fielder) [E.Young to first]; E.Young stole second [E.Young to third (error by E.Smith)]; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 10, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 8TH: W.CORNELIUS REPLACED J.HOUSTON (PITCHING); L.Moses out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; M.Johnson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 10, Monarchs 6. AM. GIANTS 9TH: F.Duncan II walked; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.Horne walked [F.Duncan II to second]; W.Cornelius out on unknown play; W.Simms out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 10, Monarchs 6. MONARCHS 9TH: H.Smith out on unknown play; N.Allen out on unknown play; H.Milton singled; H.Milton was caught stealing second (unknown fielder); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 10, Monarchs 6. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 10 13 0 9 Monarchs 6 13 3 5
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