St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 8 5
Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 x - 4 8 0
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leslie Green cf 2 0 1 1 1 1 0
Dan Wilson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
Buddy Armour ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 3
Ed Mayweather 1b 3 0 1 0 1 5 1
Bill Bradford rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
Marshall Riddle 2b 3 0 0 0 0 4 0
Jimmy Ford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Robinson 3b 3 1 2 0 0 2 1
Theolic Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raymond Taylor c 3 0 1 0 0 7 2
Lefty Calhoun p 4 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 32 1 8 1 2 12 24 8
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Marshall Riddle.
E: 5. Dan Wilson, Buddy Armour 3, Bobby Robinson.
BATTING -
3B: Leslie Green.
SH: Leslie Green, Raymond Taylor.
GDP: Bill Bradford.
Team LOB: 8
Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Henry Milton rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Newt Allen 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 6
Turkey Stearnes cf 4 1 0 1 0 3 0
Ted Strong ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 0
Joe Greene c 3 1 1 0 0 12 1
Rainey Bibbs 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 4
Buck O`Neil 1b 3 0 2 0 0 10 0
Jesse Williams lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hilton Smith p 3 0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals 31 4 8 3 0 5 27 15
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Newt Allen, Rainey Bibbs, Buck O`Neil.
PB: 1. Joe Greene.
BATTING -
2B: Newt Allen, Ted Strong, Joe Greene.
3B: Buck O`Neil.
Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING -
CS: Newt Allen, Ted Strong.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Lefty Calhoun L 8 8 4 2 0 5 0 31
Totals 8 8 4 2 0 5 0 31
Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Hilton Smith W 9 8 1 1 2 12 0 36
Totals 9 8 1 1 2 12 0 36
Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates.
Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Dewey, 1B - Perkins
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 3000
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 8/31/1939 -- at Kansas City Monarchs (N)
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City
1. L.Green cf H.Milton rf
2. D.Wilson lf N.Allen 2b
3. B.Armour ss T.Stearnes cf
4. E.Mayweather 1b T.Strong ss
5. B.Bradford rf J.Greene c
6. M.Riddle 2b R.Bibbs 3b
7. B.Robinson 3b B.O`Neil 1b
8. R.Taylor c J.Williams lf
9. L.Calhoun p H.Smith p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green walked; D.Wilson out on unknown play; B.Armour out
on unknown play; E.Mayweather singled [L.Green to second];
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0,
Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen out on
unknown play; T.Stearnes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
2ND: M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Robinson singled;
R.Taylor out on unknown play; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 2ND: T.Strong singled to shortstop [T.Strong to second
(error by B.Armour)]; T.Strong was caught stealing third
(R.Taylor to B.Robinson); J.Greene out on unknown play; R.Bibbs
out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
3RD: L.Green out on unknown play; D.Wilson singled; B.Armour
out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 3RD: B.O`Neil tripled; J.Williams out on unknown play;
H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
4TH: B.Bradford singled; J.Greene allowed a passed ball
[B.Bradford to second]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Robinson
out on unknown play; R.Taylor out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 4TH: N.Allen doubled; N.Allen was caught stealing
third [N.Allen to third (error by B.Robinson; assist by
R.Taylor)]; T.Stearnes reached on an error by B.Armour [N.Allen
scored (unearned) (RBI), T.Stearnes to second (error by
B.Armour)]; T.Strong doubled [T.Stearnes scored (unearned)];
J.Greene out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 3 E, 1 LOB. 0,
Monarchs 2.
5TH: L.Calhoun singled; L.Green out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [L.Calhoun to second]; D.Wilson out on unknown
play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0,
Monarchs 2.
MONARCHS 5TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Smith out on
unknown play; H.Milton out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Monarchs 2.
6TH: E.Mayweather walked; B.Bradford grounded into a double
play (R.Bibbs to N.Allen to B.O`Neil) [E.Mayweather out at
second]; M.Riddle out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
0, Monarchs 2.
MONARCHS 6TH: N.Allen out on unknown play; T.Stearnes out on
unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Monarchs 2.
7TH: B.Robinson singled; R.Taylor out on a sacrifice bunt
(unknown fielder) [B.Robinson to second]; L.Calhoun out on
unknown play; L.Green tripled [B.Robinson scored]; D.Wilson out
on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 1, Monarchs 2.
MONARCHS 7TH: J.Greene doubled; R.Bibbs singled [J.Greene
scored]; B.O`Neil singled to left field [R.Bibbs scored (no RBI)
(error by D.Wilson), B.O`Neil to second]; J.Williams lined into
a double play (M.Riddle unassisted) [B.O`Neil out at second];
H.Smith singled; H.Milton out on unknown play; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. 1, Monarchs 4.
8TH: 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. 1,
Monarchs 4.
MONARCHS 8TH: 5-minute rain delay; N.Allen out on unknown play;
T.Stearnes out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 1, Monarchs 4.
9TH: J.FORD BATTED FOR M.RIDDLE; J.Ford out on unknown play;
T.SMITH BATTED FOR B.ROBINSON; T.Smith out on unknown play;
R.Taylor singled; L.Calhoun out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. 1, Monarchs 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
1 8 5 8
Monarchs 4 8 0 3
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