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Kansas City Monarchs @ Atlanta Black Crackers

1938-08-31 · Night game

Atlanta Black Crackers defeated Kansas City Monarchs 4–3. Atlanta Black Crackers put up 2 in the 1st. Henry Milton went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCM	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	7
ATN	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	7

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Henry Milton	4	1	1	2	0	0
Newt Allen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Else	4	1	1	0	0	0
Turkey Stearnes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willard Brown	3	0	3	1	1	0
Ed Mayweather	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rainey Bibbs	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buck O'Neil	3	1	1	0	0	0
Big Train Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eugene Bremer	2	0	0	0	0	1
Hilton Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Black Crackers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Bill Cooper	4	2	2	0	0
Spencer Davis	3	1	0	0	0
Babe Davis	3	0	0	0	1
Don Pelham	4	0	1	1	0
Tommy Butts	4	0	1	1	0
Donald Reeves	4	0	2	0	0
Red Moore	3	0	0	0	1
Gabby Kemp	3	0	0	0	1
Felix Evans	3	1	1	0	1

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Big Train Jackson	3.0	5	1	0
Eugene Bremer	5.0	2	3	0

Atlanta Black Crackers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Felix Evans	9.0	7	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Henry Milton: 99
Newt Allen: 99
Harry Else: 99

Bot 1

Bill Cooper: S7
Spencer Davis: E1/TH/SH.1-3;B-2
Babe Davis: W
Don Pelham: 99/F.3-H(UR);2-3
Tommy Butts: 9/F.3-H(UR)
Donald Reeves: 99

Top 2

Turkey Stearnes: 99
Willard Brown: D8.BX3(85)#
Ed Mayweather: 99

Bot 2

Red Moore: 99
Gabby Kemp: 99
Felix Evans: S8
Bill Cooper: D.1-3
Spencer Davis: E5/TH.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);BX3(99)

Top 3

Rainey Bibbs: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99
Big Train Jackson: 99

Bot 3

Babe Davis: 99
Don Pelham: S
Tommy Butts: 99
Donald Reeves: S.1-2
Red Moore: 99

Top 4

Henry Milton: 99
Newt Allen: 99
Harry Else: 99

Bot 4

Gabby Kemp: W#
Felix Evans: W.1-2#
Bill Cooper: 99
Spencer Davis: 99
Babe Davis: 99

Top 5

Turkey Stearnes: 99
Willard Brown: S
Ed Mayweather: SB2
Ed Mayweather: 99
Rainey Bibbs: WP.2-3#
Rainey Bibbs: 99

Bot 5

Don Pelham: 99
Tommy Butts: 99
Donald Reeves: S
Red Moore: W.1-2#
Gabby Kemp: 99

Top 6

Buck O'Neil: 99
Eugene Bremer: 99
Henry Milton: 99

Bot 6

Felix Evans: 99
Bill Cooper: 99
Spencer Davis: 99

Top 7

Newt Allen: 99
Harry Else: S7
Turkey Stearnes: 99
Willard Brown: D.1-H
Ed Mayweather: 99

Bot 7

Babe Davis: 99
Don Pelham: 99
Tommy Butts: S
Donald Reeves: 99

Top 8

Rainey Bibbs: 99
Buck O'Neil: D
Eugene Bremer: K
Henry Milton: HR/IPHR.2-H
Newt Allen: 99

Bot 8

Red Moore: 99
Gabby Kemp: 99
Felix Evans: 99

Top 9

Harry Else: 4/P
Turkey Stearnes: S3/BG
Willard Brown: SB2
Willard Brown: IW
Ed Mayweather: 43/G.2-3;1-2
Hilton Smith: 13

Notes & reviews

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

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