St. Louis Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 4
Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 x - 7 9 4
BATTING
St. Louis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Leslie Green cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
Dan Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jimmy Ford 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 0
Ed Mayweather 1b 4 0 2 0 0 6 1
Buddy Armour ss 4 0 2 0 0 4 1
Bill Bradford rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 0
Theolic Smith ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marshall Riddle 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 2
Bob Smith c 4 0 0 0 0 5 1
Lefty Calhoun p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank McAllister p 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bobby Robinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 7 0 1 9 24 7
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Ed Mayweather, Buddy Armour, Marshall Riddle.
E: 4. Jimmy Ford 2, Buddy Armour 2.
PB: 1. Bob Smith.
BATTING -
GDP: Buddy Armour.
Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING -
SB: Leslie Green.
Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A
Henry Milton rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 0
Newt Allen 2b 4 2 2 0 0 2 2
Turkey Stearnes cf 2 1 0 1 1 2 0
Willard Brown lf 4 0 1 3 0 1 0
Langrum lf 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ted Strong ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 1
Joe Greene c 3 1 2 0 1 7 2
Rainey Bibbs 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1
Buck O`Neil 1b 4 1 2 0 0 9 1
Andy Cooper p 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Hilton Smith p 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 5 2 5 27 9
FIELDING -
DP: 1. Newt Allen, Buck O`Neil.
E: 4. Newt Allen 2, Ted Strong, Andy Cooper.
BATTING -
2B: Joe Greene, Buck O`Neil.
3B: Willard Brown.
SF: Turkey Stearnes, Andy Cooper.
GDP: Rainey Bibbs.
Team LOB: 5
BASERUNNING -
SB: Newt Allen, Buck O`Neil.
CS: Ted Strong.
PITCHING
St. Louis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Lefty Calhoun L 5 6 4 1 1 3 0 23
Frank McAllister 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 13
Totals 8 9 7 1 2 5 0 36
Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP
Andy Cooper W 6 4 0 0 1 5 0 24
Hilton Smith SV 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 12
Totals 9 7 0 0 1 9 0 36
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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.
Umpires: HP - Billy Donaldson, 1B - Harry Holland
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 0
Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Monday, 9/4/1939 -- at Kansas City Monarchs (N)
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City
1. L.Green cf H.Milton rf
2. D.Wilson lf N.Allen 2b
3. J.Ford 3b T.Stearnes cf
4. E.Mayweather 1b W.Brown lf
5. B.Armour ss T.Strong ss
6. B.Bradford rf J.Greene c
7. M.Riddle 2b R.Bibbs 3b
8. B.Smith c B.O`Neil 1b
9. L.Calhoun p A.Cooper p
1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box
sc; L.Green singled; L.Green stole second; D.Wilson out on
unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; E.Mayweather out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 1ST: H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen singled;
B.Smith allowed a passed ball [N.Allen to second]; T.Stearnes
walked; W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown
play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
2ND: B.Armour singled; B.Armour was picked off first, but was
safe on an error by A.Cooper [B.Armour to second]; B.Bradford
out on unknown play; M.Riddle out on unknown play; B.Smith out
on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene singled; R.Bibbs out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil out on unknown play; A.Cooper out on unknown play; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
3RD: L.Calhoun out on unknown play; L.Green walked; D.Wilson
out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 3RD: 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.
4TH: E.Mayweather reached on an error by T.Strong
[E.Mayweather to first]; B.Armour grounded into a double play
(N.Allen to B.O`Neil) [E.Mayweather out at second]; B.Bradford
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
5TH: M.Riddle reached on an error by N.Allen [M.Riddle to
second (error by N.Allen)]; B.Smith out on unknown play;
L.Calhoun out on unknown play; L.Green out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 0.
MONARCHS 5TH: R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.O`Neil doubled;
B.O`Neil stole third; A.Cooper out on a sacrifice fly to L.Green
[B.O`Neil scored]; H.Milton singled; N.Allen singled [H.Milton
to second]; T.Stearnes reached on an error by J.Ford [H.Milton
to third, N.Allen to second, T.Stearnes to first]; W.Brown
tripled to right field [H.Milton scored (unearned), N.Allen
scored (unearned), T.Stearnes scored (unearned)]; T.Strong out
on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 4.
6TH: D.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Ford out on unknown play;
E.Mayweather singled; B.Armour singled [E.Mayweather to second];
B.Bradford out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0,
Monarchs 4.
MONARCHS 6TH: F.MCALLISTER REPLACED L.CALHOUN (PITCHING);
J.Greene walked; R.Bibbs grounded into a double play (B.Armour
to M.Riddle to E.Mayweather) [J.Greene out at second]; B.O`Neil
out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0, Monarchs 4.
7TH: H.SMITH REPLACED A.COOPER (PITCHING); M.Riddle out on
unknown play; B.Smith out on unknown play; F.McAllister out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 0, Monarchs 4.
MONARCHS 7TH: H.Smith reached on an error by B.Armour [H.Smith
to second]; H.Milton out on unknown play; N.Allen reached on an
error by B.Armour [H.Smith scored (unearned) (no RBI), N.Allen
to second]; N.Allen stole third; T.Stearnes out on a sacrifice
fly to B.Bradford [N.Allen scored (unearned)]; W.Brown out on
unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. 0, Monarchs 6.
8TH: REPLACED W.BROWN (PLAYING LF); L.Green out on unknown
play; D.Wilson out on unknown play; J.Ford singled; E.Mayweather
singled [J.Ford to second]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 0, Monarchs 6.
MONARCHS 8TH: T.Strong singled; T.Strong was caught stealing
second (unknown fielder); J.Greene doubled; R.Bibbs out on
unknown play; B.O`Neil singled to third base [J.Greene scored
(unearned) (no RBI) (error by J.Ford), B.O`Neil to second];
H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. 0,
Monarchs 7.
9TH: T.SMITH BATTED FOR B.BRADFORD; T.Smith out on unknown
play; M.Riddle singled; B.Smith out on unknown play; B.ROBINSON
BATTED FOR F.MCALLISTER; B.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 0, Monarchs 7.
MONARCHS 9TH: Monarchs win NAL Championship Series four games
Final Totals R H E LOB
0 7 4 9
Monarchs 7 9 4 5
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