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Chicago American Giants @ Kansas City Monarchs

1939-07-23 · Day game

Chicago American Giants defeated Kansas City Monarchs 7–6. Chicago American Giants put up 3 in the 9th. Turkey Stearnes went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAG	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	12
KCM	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	6	8

Chicago American Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Simms	4	1	0	0	1	0
Alex Radcliff	4	1	2	0	0	0
(unknown)	4	3	1	0	1	0
Ed Young	5	1	1	2	0	0
Subby Byas	2	1	1	0	2	1
Joe Sparks	4	0	2	2	0	1
Billy Horne	5	0	2	2	0	0
Pepper Bassett	5	1	1	0	0	1
Willie Cornelius	4	0	2	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Henry Milton	3	0	0	0	0
Rainey Bibbs	2	2	0	0	2
Turkey Stearnes	4	2	3	4	0
Willard Brown	3	0	0	1	0
(unknown)	4	3	2	0	0
Joe Greene	4	0	1	0	0
Newt Allen	2	0	0	1	1
Jesse Williams	3	0	1	0	0
Hilton Smith	2	0	0	0	0
Floyd Kranson	1	1	1	0	0
Buck O'Neil	1	0	0	0	0

Chicago American Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willie Cornelius	7.1	8	3	0
Tommy Johnson	1.2	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Hilton Smith	5.2	6	3	3
Floyd Kranson	3.1	6	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Willie Simms: W
Alex Radcliff: 99/SH.1-2
W
Ed Young: 99
Subby Byas: HP.2-3;1-2#
Joe Sparks: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Billy Horne: 99

Bot 1

Henry Milton: 99
Rainey Bibbs: 99
Turkey Stearnes: 99

Top 2

Pepper Bassett: S
Willie Cornelius: S.1-2
Willie Simms: E6.2-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Alex Radcliff: 99
99
Ed Young: 99

Bot 2

Willard Brown: 99
S8.BX2(84)#
Joe Greene: 99

Top 3

Subby Byas: K
Joe Sparks: K
Billy Horne: S
Pepper Bassett: K

Bot 3

Newt Allen: W
Jesse Williams: CS2(99)#
Jesse Williams: 99
Hilton Smith: 99

Top 4

Willie Cornelius: S
Willie Simms: 64(1)3/GDP#
Alex Radcliff: 99

Bot 4

Henry Milton: 99
Rainey Bibbs: W
Turkey Stearnes: HR.1-H
Willard Brown: 99
99

Top 5

D
Ed Young: 99
Subby Byas: W
Joe Sparks: E6.2-3;1-2#
Billy Horne: 99.3-H(UR)
Pepper Bassett: 99

Bot 5

Joe Greene: 99
Newt Allen: 99
Jesse Williams: S
Hilton Smith: 99

Top 6

Willie Cornelius: 99
Willie Simms: 99
Alex Radcliff: S
99

Bot 6

Henry Milton: 99
Rainey Bibbs: 99
Turkey Stearnes: HR
Willard Brown: 99

Top 7

Ed Young: 99
Subby Byas: W
Joe Sparks: 99/SH.1-2
Billy Horne: 99

Bot 7

S
Joe Greene: SB2
Joe Greene: S.2-3
Newt Allen: 7/SF.3-H
Jesse Williams: CS2(99)#
Jesse Williams: 99

Top 8

Pepper Bassett: 99
Willie Cornelius: 99
Willie Simms: 99

Bot 8

Floyd Kranson: D8
Henry Milton: 99/SH.2-3
Rainey Bibbs: W
Turkey Stearnes: S.3-H;1-3
Willard Brown: 9/SF.3-H#
99

Top 9

Alex Radcliff: S9
99
Ed Young: HR/9.1-H
Subby Byas: S
Joe Sparks: S.1-2
Billy Horne: S.2-H;1-2
Pepper Bassett: 7/F/DP.2X2(74)#

Bot 9

Joe Greene: 99
Newt Allen: 99
Buck O'Neil: 99

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
Hilton Smith left the game with a sore arm

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