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Kansas City Monarchs (KCM) 3 Chicago American Giants (CAG) 1

Game played on Thursday, May 8, 1947 (N) at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO
Regular-Season game

Chicago American Giants             0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0   -   1  4  0
Kansas City Monarchs                0 2 1  0 0 0  0 0 x   -   3  7  1

BATTING

Chicago American Giants              AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Bernell Longest 2b                    4   0   1    1     0   1     2   1
Tom Turner 1b                         5   0   0    0     0         6   0
Sam Hill lf                           4   0   0    0     0         2   0
Jim McCurine rf                       1   0   0    0     1         0   0
  Jacob Robinson ph, rf               1   0   1    0     1         0   0
Buddy Armour cf                       3   0   1    0     1         2   0
John Miles 3b                         4   0   0    0     0         3   4
Clyde McNeal ss                       4   0   1    0     0         2   1
Jake Tolbert c                        2   1   0    0     1         7   0
  John Bissant ph                     0   0   0    0     1         0   0
Earl Bumpus p                         2   0   0    0     0         0   1
  George Harris ph                    1   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               31   1   4    1     5  10    24   7


BATTING -
HBP:  Bernell Longest, Earl Bumpus. 
GDP:  Tom Turner. 
Team LOB:  10


Kansas City Monarchs                 AB   R   H  RBI    BB  SO    PO  A
Willard Brown cf                      3   0   1    0     2         3   0
Chico Renfroe 2b                      3   0   1    1     1         1   5
Buck O`Neil 1b                        4   0   1    0     0         5   1
Hank Thompson ss                      3   0   0    0     1         4   1
Johnie Scott lf                       4   1   1    0     0         0   0
Ted Strong 3b                         4   0   0    0     0         3   0
Joe Greene c                          3   1   2    1     1        10   0
Tom Cooper rf                         4   1   1    1     0         1   0
Larry Napoleon p                      4   0   0    0     0         0   3
  Jim LaMarque p                      0   0   0    0     0         0   0
Totals                               32   3   7    3     5   7    27  10

FIELDING -
DP: 1.  Chico Renfroe, Buck O`Neil, Hank Thompson. 
E: 1.  Ted Strong. 

BATTING -
2B:  Johnie Scott, Joe Greene 2. 
Team LOB:  10


PITCHING

Chicago American Giants              IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Earl Bumpus L                        8       7   3    3   5   7   0  37
Totals                               8       7   3    3   5   7   0  37


Kansas City Monarchs                 IP      H   R   ER  BB  SO  HR  BFP
Larry Napoleon W                     8       4   1    1   5  10   0  35
Jim LaMarque SV                      1       0   0    0   0   0   0  3
Totals                               9       4   1    1   5  10   0  38

Larry Napoleon pitched to 1 batters in the 9th inning
HBP:  Larry Napoleon, Jim LaMarque. 


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Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing.

Umpires: HP - Bullet Rogan, 1B - Sylvester Vaughn, 2B -  , 3B -  Fambro

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 0

Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account
Game of Thursday, 5/8/1947 -- Chicago Am. Giants at Kansas City
Monarchs (N)

Starting Lineups:

   Chicago                       Kansas City                   
1. B.Longest           2b        W.Brown             cf        
2. T.Turner            1b        C.Renfroe           2b        
3. S.Hill              lf        B.O`Neil            1b        
4. J.McCurine          rf        H.Thompson          ss        
5. B.Armour            cf        J.Scott             lf        
6. J.Miles             3b        T.Strong            3b        
7. C.McNeal            ss        J.Greene            c         
8. J.Tolbert           c         T.Cooper            rf        
9. E.Bumpus            p         L.Napoleon          p         

AM. GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories
and box sc; B.Longest out on unknown play; T.Turner out on
unknown play; S.Hill out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 1ST: W.Brown walked; C.Renfroe out on unknown play;
B.O`Neil singled [W.Brown to second]; H.Thompson walked [W.Brown
to third, B.O`Neil to second]; J.Scott out on unknown play;
T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Am. Giants
0, Monarchs 0.

AM. GIANTS 2ND: J.McCurine out on unknown play; B.Armour
walked; J.Miles out on unknown play; C.McNeal out on unknown
play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 0.

MONARCHS 2ND: J.Greene doubled; T.Cooper singled [J.Greene
scored]; L.Napoleon out on unknown play; W.Brown walked
[T.Cooper to second]; C.Renfroe singled [T.Cooper scored,
W.Brown to second]; B.O`Neil out on unknown play; H.Thompson out
on unknown play; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 2.

AM. GIANTS 3RD: J.Tolbert out on unknown play; E.Bumpus was hit
by a pitch; B.Longest out on unknown play; T.Turner out on
unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 2.

MONARCHS 3RD: J.Scott doubled; T.Strong out on unknown play;
J.Greene doubled [J.Scott scored]; T.Cooper reached on a
fielder's choice [J.Greene to third]; L.Napoleon out on unknown
play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am.
Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 4TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; J.McCurine walked;
B.Armour out on unknown play; J.Miles out on unknown play; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 4TH: C.Renfroe out on unknown play; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; H.Thompson out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 5TH: On a bunt C.McNeal singled to third base;
J.Tolbert reached on an error by T.Strong [C.McNeal to second,
J.Tolbert to first]; E.Bumpus out on unknown play; B.Longest
struck out; T.Turner flied to W.Brown; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 5TH: J.Scott out on unknown play; T.Strong out on
unknown play; J.Greene out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 6TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; J.ROBINSON BATTED
FOR J.MCCURINE; J.Robinson walked; B.Armour out on unknown play;
J.Miles out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants
0, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 6TH: J.ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); T.Cooper
out on unknown play; L.Napoleon out on unknown play; W.Brown
singled; C.Renfroe walked [W.Brown to second]; B.O`Neil out on
unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am. Giants 0, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 7TH: C.McNeal out on unknown play; J.Tolbert walked;
E.Bumpus out on unknown play [J.Tolbert to second]; B.Longest
singled [J.Tolbert scored]; T.Turner out on unknown play; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 7TH: H.Thompson out on unknown play; J.Scott out on
unknown play; T.Strong out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 8TH: S.Hill out on unknown play; J.Robinson singled;
B.Armour singled [J.Robinson to second]; J.Miles out on unknown
play; C.McNeal out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Am.
Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

MONARCHS 8TH: J.Greene walked; T.Cooper out on unknown play;
L.Napoleon out on unknown play; W.Brown out on unknown play; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

AM. GIANTS 9TH: J.BISSANT BATTED FOR J.TOLBERT; J.Bissant
walked; G.HARRIS BATTED FOR E.BUMPUS; J.LAMARQUE REPLACED
L.NAPOLEON (PITCHING); G.Harris forced J.Bissant (C.Renfroe to
H.Thompson) [G.Harris to first]; B.Longest was hit by a pitch
[G.Harris to second]; T.Turner grounded into a double play
(C.Renfroe to H.Thompson to B.O`Neil) [B.Longest out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Am. Giants 1, Monarchs 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Am. Giants       1   4   0  10
 Monarchs         3   7   1  10


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