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Kansas City Monarchs @ Indianapolis Clowns

1947-09-22 · Night game · Att: 1000 · 2:14

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Indianapolis Clowns 10–4. Kansas City Monarchs put up 5 in the 4th. Curt Roberts went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCM	1	2	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	10	18
IN9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	7

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Curt Roberts	5	1	3	3	1
Chico Renfroe	5	2	1	0	1
Herb Souell	5	1	2	2	0
Buck O'Neil	5	1	3	1	0
Willard Brown	5	1	0	0	0
Johnie Scott	5	2	4	1	0
Joe Greene	5	1	3	1	0
Tom Cooper	5	0	1	1	0
Gene Collins	5	1	1	0	0

Indianapolis Clowns — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Henry Merchant	4	2	1	0	1
Sherwood Brewer	4	0	0	0	1
Ray Neil	4	1	1	0	1
Sam Hairston	4	1	1	1	1
Goose Tatum	4	0	1	2	0
Robert Abernathy	4	0	1	0	0
Leonard Pigg	4	0	1	0	0
Vicente Villafañe	4	0	1	0	0
Armando Vázquez	1	0	0	0	0
Preacher Henry	3	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Collins	9.0	7	4	0

Indianapolis Clowns — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Armando Vázquez	3.1	10	1	0
Preacher Henry	5.2	8	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Curt Roberts: HR/78
Chico Renfroe: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Buck O'Neil: S
Willard Brown: 99

Bot 1

Henry Merchant: 99
Sherwood Brewer: 99
Ray Neil: W
Sam Hairston: 99

Top 2

Johnie Scott: S
Joe Greene: S.1-2
Tom Cooper: 99/G.2-3;1-2#
Gene Collins: 99
Curt Roberts: S.3-H;2-H
Chico Renfroe: 99

Bot 2

Goose Tatum: E4#
Robert Abernathy: 99
Leonard Pigg: 99
Vicente Villafañe: 99

Top 3

Herb Souell: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99
Willard Brown: E8#
Johnie Scott: D.1-3
Joe Greene: S.3-H(UR);2-3
Tom Cooper: 99

Bot 3

Armando Vázquez: 99
Henry Merchant: 99
Sherwood Brewer: 99

Top 4

Gene Collins: S
Curt Roberts: 99
Chico Renfroe: W.1-2
Herb Souell: S.2-H;1-3
Buck O'Neil: D.3-H;1-3
Willard Brown: 99
Johnie Scott: S.3-H;2-3
Joe Greene: SB2.3-H(TH)#
Joe Greene: S.2-3
Tom Cooper: S.3-H;1-2
Gene Collins: 99

Bot 4

Ray Neil: 99
Sam Hairston: W
Goose Tatum: 99
Robert Abernathy: S.1-2
Leonard Pigg: 99

Top 5

Curt Roberts: 99
Chico Renfroe: S
Herb Souell: D.1-H;B-3(TH)
Buck O'Neil: 6/P/DP.3XH(62)

Bot 5

Vicente Villafañe: 99
Preacher Henry: 99
Henry Merchant: D8
Sherwood Brewer: E3.2-H(E3/TH)(NR)(UR);B-2
Ray Neil: 99

Top 6

Willard Brown: 99
Johnie Scott: 99
Joe Greene: 99

Bot 6

Sam Hairston: HR
Goose Tatum: 99
Robert Abernathy: 99
Leonard Pigg: S
Vicente Villafañe: S.1-2
Preacher Henry: 99

Top 7

Tom Cooper: 3/L
Gene Collins: E6#
Curt Roberts: W.1-2
Chico Renfroe: 3/LDP.1X1(3)

Bot 7

Henry Merchant: W
Sherwood Brewer: 99
Ray Neil: S.1-2
Sam Hairston: WP.2-3;1-2
Sam Hairston: 99
Goose Tatum: S4.3-H;2-H
Robert Abernathy: 99

Top 8

Herb Souell: 99
Buck O'Neil: S
Willard Brown: 99
Johnie Scott: S.1-3
Joe Greene: SB2
Joe Greene: 99

Bot 8

Leonard Pigg: 99
Vicente Villafañe: 99
Preacher Henry: 99

Top 9

Tom Cooper: 99
Gene Collins: 99
Curt Roberts: S
Chico Renfroe: 99

Bot 9

Henry Merchant: 99
Sherwood Brewer: W
Ray Neil: 99
Sam Hairston: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score

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