Kansas City Monarchs 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 9 0 Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 8 3 BATTING Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jesse Williams ss 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 Herb Souell 3b 5 0 2 0 0 2 3 Bonnie Serrell 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 Hilton Smith lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 George Walker pr, lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Willard Brown cf 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 4 1 1 0 0 10 0 Hank Thompson rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 Frank Duncan c 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Jack Matchett p 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 Satchel Paige p 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 34 4 9 2 2 4 27 9 BATTING - 2B: Hank Thompson. SH: Willard Brown. HBP: Jesse Williams. GDP: Jesse Williams. Team LOB: 7 BASERUNNING - SB: Herb Souell 2. CS: Hank Thompson. Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Ralph Wyatt ss 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 Lloyd Davenport cf 4 0 1 0 0 6 0 John Bissant lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 Alex Radcliff 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 Ed Young c 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 Art Pennington rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Bill Charter 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 10 1 Henry Smith 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 Gentry Jessup p 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 Ted Radcliffe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 8 3 0 3 27 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Ralph Wyatt, Bill Charter, Gentry Jessup. E: 3. Ralph Wyatt, Alex Radcliff, Bill Charter. PB: 1. Ed Young. BATTING - 2B: Lloyd Davenport, John Bissant, Bill Charter. HR: Alex Radcliff. Team LOB: 4 BASERUNNING - CS: John Bissant. PITCHING Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jack Matchett W 8 8 3 3 0 1 1 31 Satchel Paige SV 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Totals 9 8 3 3 0 3 1 34 Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup L 8.1 8 4 0 2 3 0 34 Ted Radcliffe 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 9 9 4 0 2 4 0 38 WP: Gentry Jessup. HBP: Ted Radcliffe. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Virgil Blueitt Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 18000 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/30/1943 -- Kansas City Monarchs at Chicago Am. Giants (D) Starting Lineups: Kansas City Chicago 1. J.Williams ss R.Wyatt ss 2. H.Souell 3b L.Davenport cf 3. B.Serrell 2b J.Bissant lf 4. H.Smith lf A.Radcliff 3b 5. W.Brown cf E.Young c 6. B.O`Neil 1b A.Pennington rf 7. H.Thompson rf B.Charter 1b 8. F.Duncan c H.Smith 2b 9. J.Matchett p G.Jessup p MONARCHS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 1ST: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport doubled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 0, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 2ND: H.Smith singled to left field; W.Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [H.Smith to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; E.Young allowed a passed ball [H.Smith to third]; G.Jessup threw a wild pitch [H.Smith scored (unearned)]; H.Thompson walked; F.Duncan out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Young out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 1, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 3RD: J.Matchett singled; J.Williams forced J.Matchett (B.Charter to R.Wyatt) [J.Williams to first]; H.Souell singled to left field [J.Williams to second]; B.Serrell flied to L.Davenport [J.Williams to third]; H.Souell stole second [J.Williams scored (unearned) (error by R.Wyatt)]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: H.Smith out on unknown play; G.Jessup out on unknown play; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0. MONARCHS 4TH: W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson doubled; H.Thompson was caught stealing third (E.Young to A.Radcliff); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: L.Davenport popped to B.O`Neil; J.Bissant doubled; A.Radcliff homered to leftfield [J.Bissant scored]; E.Young lined to J.Williams; A.Pennington popped to B.O`Neil in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2. MONARCHS 5TH: F.Duncan out on unknown play; J.Matchett singled; J.Williams grounded into a double play (G.Jessup to R.Wyatt to B.Charter) [J.Matchett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 5TH: B.Charter out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; G.Jessup singled; R.Wyatt out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2. MONARCHS 6TH: H.Souell singled; H.Souell stole second; B.Serrell walked; H.Smith out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 6TH: L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled; J.Bissant was caught stealing second (F.Duncan to J.Williams); A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2. MONARCHS 7TH: A.Radcliff dropped a foul fly hit by H.Thompson; H.Thompson out on unknown play; F.Duncan out on unknown play; J.Matchett out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 2. AM. GIANTS 7TH: E.Young out on unknown play; A.Pennington out on unknown play; B.Charter doubled; H.Smith singled [B.Charter scored]; G.Jessup grounded out (H.Souell to B.O`Neil); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Williams out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; B.Serrell out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 8TH: R.Wyatt out on unknown play; L.Davenport out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled; A.Radcliff out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Monarchs 2, Am. Giants 3. MONARCHS 9TH: H.Smith singled; G.WALKER RAN FOR H.SMITH; W.Brown popped to R.Wyatt; B.O`Neil singled to center field [G.Walker to second]; H.Thompson reached on an error by B.Charter [G.Walker to third, B.O`Neil to second, H.Thompson to first]; T.RADCLIFFE REPLACED G.JESSUP (PITCHING); F.Duncan struck out; J.Matchett singled to center field [G.Walker scored (unearned), B.O`Neil scored (unearned), H.Thompson to second]; J.Williams was hit by a pitch [H.Thompson to third, J.Matchett to second]; H.Souell grounded out (H.Smith to B.Charter); 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Monarchs 4, Am. Giants 3. AM. GIANTS 9TH: S.PAIGE REPLACED J.MATCHETT (PITCHING); G.WALKER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); E.Young grounded out (S.Paige to B.O`Neil); A.Pennington struck out; B.Charter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Monarchs 4, Am. Giants 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Monarchs 4 9 0 7 Am. Giants 3 8 3 4
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