Chicago American Giants 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 11 3 Kansas City Monarchs 2 0 3 2 4 1 0 1 x - 13 10 5 BATTING Chicago American Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Bernell Longest 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 John Bissant lf 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 Sam Hill rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Earl Bumpus 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 John Ritchey c 4 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 Buddy Armour cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Jacob Robinson 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jim McCurine ph, 3b 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Clyde McNeal ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 Lyons ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gentry Jessup p 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Leonard Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Jackson ph 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walter McCoy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harry Rhodes p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 34 3 11 3 1 0 24 14 FIELDING - E: 3. John Ritchey, Clyde McNeal 2. PB: 1. John Ritchey. BATTING - 2B: Gentry Jessup. SH: Walter McCoy. GDP: Sam Hill, Earl Bumpus, Harry Rhodes. Team LOB: 6 Kansas City Monarchs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Herb Souell 3b 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 Chico Renfroe 2b 1 3 0 0 3 3 5 Hank Thompson ss 2 3 1 3 2 2 6 Willard Brown cf 4 2 3 1 1 1 0 Buck O`Neil 1b 5 2 1 2 0 13 1 Johnie Scott lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 Joe Greene c 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 Tom Cooper rf 4 1 2 3 1 3 0 Hilton Smith p 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 33 13 10 10 9 5 27 16 FIELDING - DP: 3. Chico Renfroe 3, Hank Thompson 2, Buck O`Neil 3, Hilton Smith. E: 5. Chico Renfroe, Willard Brown 2, Buck O`Neil, Joe Greene. BATTING - 2B: Buck O`Neil, Joe Greene, Tom Cooper 2. HR: Hank Thompson. SH: Chico Renfroe. HBP: Herb Souell, Hank Thompson. Team LOB: 8 BASERUNNING - CS: Chico Renfroe, Hank Thompson. PITCHING Chicago American Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Gentry Jessup L 2.2 3 5 5 6 2 0 17 Leonard Johnson 1.1 2 2 2 1 2 1 7 Walter McCoy 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 12 Harry Rhodes 2 3 1 1 1 1 0 9 Totals 8 10 13 9 9 5 1 45 WP: Gentry Jessup. HBP: Walter McCoy, Harry Rhodes. Kansas City Monarchs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hilton Smith W 9 11 3 2 1 0 0 36 Totals 9 11 3 2 1 0 0 36 Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B - , 3B - Fambro Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 16463 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/4/1947 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City Monarchs (D) Starting Lineups: Chicago Kansas City 1. B.Longest 2b H.Souell 3b 2. J.Bissant lf C.Renfroe 2b 3. S.Hill rf H.Thompson ss 4. E.Bumpus 1b W.Brown cf 5. J.Ritchey c B.O`Neil 1b 6. B.Armour cf J.Scott lf 7. J.Robinson 3b J.Greene c 8. C.McNeal ss T.Cooper rf 9. G.Jessup p H.Smith p AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; B.Longest singled to second base [B.Longest to second (error by C.Renfroe)]; J.Bissant out on unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0. MONARCHS 1ST: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked; G.Jessup threw a wild pitch [C.Renfroe to second]; H.Thompson walked; W.Brown singled [C.Renfroe scored, H.Thompson to third]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play [H.Thompson scored]; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.Ritchey singled to center field [J.Ritchey to second (error by W.Brown)]; B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Robinson out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene walked; T.Cooper walked [J.Greene to second]; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 2. AM. GIANTS 3RD: G.Jessup doubled to right field; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant singled to left field [G.Jessup scored]; S.Hill singled [J.Bissant to second]; E.Bumpus grounded into a double play (C.Renfroe to H.Thompson to B.O`Neil) [S.Hill out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 2. MONARCHS 3RD: H.Thompson walked; W.Brown walked [H.Thompson to second]; B.O`Neil doubled [H.Thompson scored, W.Brown to third]; J.Scott out on unknown play [W.Brown scored]; J.Greene out on unknown play; T.Cooper doubled [B.O`Neil scored]; L.JOHNSON REPLACED G.JESSUP (PITCHING); H.Smith out on unknown play; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. AM. GIANTS 4TH: J.Greene dropped a foul fly hit by J.Ritchey; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Robinson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 5. MONARCHS 4TH: H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked; H.Thompson homered [C.Renfroe scored]; W.Brown singled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Scott out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 7. AM. GIANTS 5TH: C.McNeal singled; S.JACKSON BATTED FOR L.JOHNSON; S.Jackson forced C.McNeal (unknown fielder) [S.Jackson to first]; B.Longest singled to center field [S.Jackson to second]; J.Bissant singled to left field [S.Jackson scored, B.Longest to second]; S.Hill grounded into a double play (H.Thompson to C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [J.Bissant out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 7. MONARCHS 5TH: W.MCCOY REPLACED S.JACKSON (PITCHING); J.Greene walked; T.Cooper doubled [J.Greene scored]; H.Smith out on unknown play; H.Souell was hit by a pitch; C.Renfroe reached on an error on a sacrifice bunt by J.Ritchey [T.Cooper scored (unearned) (no RBI), H.Souell to third, C.Renfroe to second]; J.Ritchey allowed a passed ball [H.Souell scored (unearned), C.Renfroe to third]; H.Thompson out on unknown play [C.Renfroe scored (unearned)]; W.Brown out on unknown play; 4 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 11. AM. GIANTS 6TH: B.O`Neil dropped a foul fly hit by E.Bumpus; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; J.Ritchey out on unknown play; B.Armour out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 11. MONARCHS 6TH: B.O`Neil reached on an error by C.McNeal [B.O`Neil to first]; J.Scott out on unknown play; J.Greene doubled [B.O`Neil to third]; T.Cooper out on unknown play [B.O`Neil scored (unearned)]; H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 12. AM. GIANTS 7TH: J.MCCURINE BATTED FOR J.ROBINSON; J.McCurine walked; C.McNeal singled [J.McCurine to second]; W.McCoy out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [J.McCurine to third, C.McNeal to second]; B.Longest out on unknown play; J.Bissant out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 12. MONARCHS 7TH: J.MCCURINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); H.RHODES REPLACED W.MCCOY (PITCHING); H.Souell out on unknown play; C.Renfroe walked; C.Renfroe was caught stealing second (J.Ritchey to C.McNeal); H.Thompson was hit by a pitch; H.Thompson was caught stealing second (J.Ritchey to C.McNeal); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 2, Monarchs 12. AM. GIANTS 8TH: S.Hill singled to center field [S.Hill to second (error by W.Brown)]; E.Bumpus grounded out (C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [S.Hill to third]; J.Ritchey flied to T.Cooper [S.Hill scored (unearned)]; B.Armour out on unknown play; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 12. MONARCHS 8TH: W.Brown singled; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; J.Scott singled [W.Brown to second]; J.Greene singled to shortstop [W.Brown scored (no RBI) (error by C.McNeal), J.Scott to third, J.Greene to second]; T.Cooper out on unknown play; H.Smith out on unknown play; 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 13. AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.McCurine out on unknown play; BATTED FOR C.MCNEAL; singled; H.Rhodes grounded into a double play (H.Smith to C.Renfroe to B.O`Neil) [ out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Am. Giants 3, Monarchs 13. Final Totals R H E LOB Am. Giants 3 11 3 6 Monarchs 13 10 5 8
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