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Kansas City Monarchs @ Chicago American Giants

1938-07-31 · Day game · South Side Park III

Chicago American Giants defeated Kansas City Monarchs 7–2. Chicago American Giants put up 3 in the 2nd. Willie Simms went 2-for-5 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Rainey Bibbs	4	0	0	0	0
Henry Milton	2	1	1	0	2
Harry Else	3	0	0	0	0
Ed Mayweather	3	1	0	0	1
Willard Brown	4	0	1	1	0
Buck O'Neil	4	0	0	0	0
Roosevelt Cox	3	0	0	0	0
Mex Johnson	2	0	0	0	1
Floyd Kranson	2	0	0	0	0
Frank Bradley	1	0	0	0	0
Johnnie Dawson	1	0	0	0	0
Bullet Rogan	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago American Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Simms	5	2	2	3	0	0
(unknown)	5	0	3	3	0	0
Wilson Redus	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Young	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Radcliff	3	1	0	0	1	0
Frank Duncan	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Sparks	3	2	1	0	1	0
Billy Horne	4	1	2	1	0	0
Willie Cornelius	4	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Floyd Kranson	5.2	9	3	1
Frank Bradley	2.1	1	0	1

Chicago American Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Cornelius	9.0	2	4	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rainey Bibbs: 99
Henry Milton: 99
Harry Else: 99

Bot 1

Willie Simms: E4.B-2
S.2-H(UR)
Wilson Redus: 99
Ed Young: CS2(26)#
Ed Young: 99

Top 2

Ed Mayweather: W
Willard Brown: SB2
Willard Brown: E5/TH.2-3
Buck O'Neil: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(UR)#
Roosevelt Cox: 99

Bot 2

Alex Radcliff: W
Frank Duncan: SB2
Frank Duncan: S.2-3
Joe Sparks: W.1-2
Billy Horne: 9/F.3-H
Willie Cornelius: FC1.2-3;1-2
Willie Simms: S5.3-H;2-3;1-2
7/F.3-H
Wilson Redus: 13

Top 3

Mex Johnson: 99
Floyd Kranson: 99
Rainey Bibbs: 99

Bot 3

Ed Young: 99
Alex Radcliff: 99
Frank Duncan: 99

Top 4

Henry Milton: W
Harry Else: 99
Ed Mayweather: 99
Willard Brown: 99

Bot 4

Joe Sparks: D
Billy Horne: 99
Willie Cornelius: 99
Willie Simms: 99

Top 5

Buck O'Neil: 99
Roosevelt Cox: 99
Mex Johnson: 99

Bot 5

S
Wilson Redus: 99/SH.1-2
Ed Young: 99
Alex Radcliff: 99

Top 6

Floyd Kranson: 99
Rainey Bibbs: 99
Henry Milton: D
Harry Else: 99

Bot 6

Frank Duncan: W
Joe Sparks: 16(1)/FO
Billy Horne: S7.1-3;B-2(E7)
Willie Cornelius: K
Willie Simms: S8.3-H;2-H;B-2(TH)
S9.2-H
Wilson Redus: S7.1-2
Ed Young: SB3;SB2
Ed Young: K

Top 7

Ed Mayweather: 99
Willard Brown: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99

Bot 7

Alex Radcliff: 99
Frank Duncan: 99
Joe Sparks: 99

Top 8

Roosevelt Cox: 99
Mex Johnson: W
Frank Bradley: 99
Rainey Bibbs: 99

Bot 8

Billy Horne: D
Willie Cornelius: 99
Willie Simms: 99
99

Top 9

Henry Milton: W
Johnnie Dawson: E3.1-2
Ed Mayweather: 99(1)/FO.2-3
Willard Brown: D7.3-H;1-3
Buck O'Neil: 5/FL
Bullet Rogan: 63

Notes & reviews

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

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