Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 2 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 x - 4 9 1 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bernell Longest 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 John Bissant lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 Jim McCurine rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Young 1b 2 2 0 0 1 13 2 Clyde Nelson 3b 4 0 2 0 0 2 5 John Miles cf 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 Walter Thomas ph, cf 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Bill Charter c 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Clyde McNeal ss 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 Harry Rhodes ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Red Howard p 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Ralph Wyatt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 5 0 6 7 24 15 FIELDING - DP: 3. Bernell Longest, Ed Young 3, Clyde Nelson, Clyde McNeal 2. E: 2. Bernell Longest, Red Howard. BATTING - HBP: Ed Young. GDP: Ralph Wyatt. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - SB: Ed Young. CS: Clyde Nelson. Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 Chico Renfroe ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 Johnie Scott lf 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 2 1 2 0 1 9 0 Ford Smith rf 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 Willard Brown cf 4 0 1 0 0 5 0 Lee Moody 2b 4 0 3 3 0 2 4 Earl Taborn c 4 0 0 0 0 6 2 Steve Wylie p 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 31 4 9 4 3 3 27 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Buck O`Neil, Lee Moody. E: 1. Earl Taborn. BATTING - 2B: Buck O`Neil. 3B: Buck O`Neil, Ford Smith. SH: Buck O`Neil. HBP: Johnie Scott. GDP: Herb Souell, Earl Taborn. Team LOB: 8 PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Red Howard L 8 9 4 3 3 3 0 36 Totals 8 9 4 3 3 3 0 36 HBP: Red Howard. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Steve Wylie W 9 5 2 1 6 7 0 37 Totals 9 5 2 1 6 7 0 37 WP: Steve Wylie. HBP: Steve Wylie. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - ? Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 1112 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Monday, 5/20/1946 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (N) Starting Lineups: Chicago Kansas City 1. B.Longest 2b H.Souell 3b 2. J.Bissant lf C.Renfroe ss 3. J.McCurine rf J.Scott lf 4. E.Young 1b B.O`Neil 1b 5. C.Nelson 3b F.Smith rf 6. J.Miles cf W.Brown cf 7. B.Charter c L.Moody 2b 8. C.McNeal ss E.Taborn c 9. R.Howard p S.Wylie p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; J.Scott walked; B.O`Neil walked [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith singled [J.Scott to third, B.O`Neil to second]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 2ND: E.Young out on unknown play; C.Nelson out on unknown play; J.Miles singled; B.Charter out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 2ND: L.Moody reached on an error by B.Longest [L.Moody to first]; E.Taborn grounded into a double play (C.McNeal to E.Young) [L.Moody out at second]; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 3RD: C.McNeal out on unknown play; R.Howard walked; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant walked [R.Howard to second]; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 4TH: E.Young walked; E.Young stole second; C.Nelson out on unknown play; J.Miles singled [E.Young to third]; S.Wylie threw a wild pitch [E.Young scored, J.Miles to second]; B.Charter out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 4TH: B.O`Neil doubled; F.Smith hit into a double play (C.Nelson to E.Young to C.Nelson) [B.O`Neil out at third]; W.Brown singled; L.Moody singled [W.Brown to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 5TH: R.Howard out on unknown play; B.Longest singled; J.Bissant out on unknown play; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 5TH: S.Wylie out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. AM. GIANTS 6TH: E.Young out on unknown play; C.Nelson singled; W.THOMAS BATTED FOR J.MILES; W.Thomas walked [C.Nelson to second]; B.Charter out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 6TH: W.THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); J.Scott out on unknown play; B.O`Neil tripled to center field; F.Smith tripled to left field [B.O`Neil scored]; W.Brown out on unknown play; L.Moody singled to left field [F.Smith scored]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 7TH: R.Howard out on unknown play; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant walked; J.McCurine out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 7TH: S.Wylie singled; H.Souell grounded into a double play (C.McNeal to B.Longest to E.Young) [S.Wylie out at second]; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 8TH: E.Young was hit by a pitch; C.Nelson singled [E.Young to third]; C.Nelson was caught stealing second (E.Taborn to L.Moody) [E.Young scored (unearned) (error by E.Taborn)]; W.Thomas out on unknown play; B.Charter out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 8TH: J.Scott was hit by a pitch; B.O`Neil out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.Scott to second]; F.Smith walked; W.Brown reached on a fielder's choice [J.Scott to third (error by R.Howard), F.Smith to second]; L.Moody singled to center field [J.Scott scored (unearned), F.Smith scored, W.Brown to second]; E.Taborn out on unknown play; S.Wylie out on unknown play; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 4. AM. GIANTS 9TH: H.RHODES BATTED FOR C.MCNEAL; H.Rhodes walked; R.WYATT BATTED FOR R.HOWARD; R.Wyatt grounded into a double play (L.Moody to B.O`Neil) [H.Rhodes out at second]; B.Longest out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 2 5 2 8 Monarchs 4 9 1 8
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