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Philadelphia Stars @ Kansas City Monarchs

1949-05-23 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 500 · 2:14

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Philadelphia Stars 7–4. Kansas City Monarchs put up 3 in the 4th.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PH5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	5
KCM	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0		7	10

Philadelphia Stars — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Art Hefner	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jimmie Armstead	3	0	0	0	0	0
Marvin Williams	3	1	1	1	1	0
Buzz Clarkson	4	0	2	1	0	1
Ben Littles	4	0	0	0	0	1
(unknown)	6	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Cash	4	0	1	0	0	0
Murray Watkins	3	2	1	0	1	0
Bill Ricks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stanley Glenn	1	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Griffith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Gene Baker	4	1	1	0	1
Herb Souell	4	1	2	2	0
Bob Thurman	3	2	0	1	1
Willard Brown	4	1	1	1	0
Earl Taborn	2	0	2	0	2
Buck O'Neil	4	0	2	2	0
Elston Howard	4	0	0	1	0
Curt Roberts	4	0	0	0	0
Gene Collins	4	2	2	0	0

Philadelphia Stars — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Ricks	5.0	7	4	0
(unknown)	3.0	3	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gene Collins	9.0	5	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Art Hefner: W
Jimmie Armstead: 99
Marvin Williams: 16(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: 99
Bob Thurman: 99

Top 2

Buzz Clarkson: K
Ben Littles: K
K

Bot 2

Willard Brown: 99
Earl Taborn: W
Buck O'Neil: 5(B)3(1)/LDP#

Top 3

Bill Cash: 99
Murray Watkins: 99
Bill Ricks: 99

Bot 3

Elston Howard: 99
Curt Roberts: 99
Gene Collins: 99

Top 4

Art Hefner: 99
Jimmie Armstead: HP
Marvin Williams: CS2(99)#
Marvin Williams: W
Buzz Clarkson: 99

Bot 4

Gene Baker: W
Herb Souell: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Herb Souell: S5.3-H;B-3(E5/TH)#
Bob Thurman: W
Willard Brown: 99.3-H
Earl Taborn: W.1-2
Buck O'Neil: S.2-3;1-2
Elston Howard: E6.3-H;2-3;1-2
Curt Roberts: 5(2)4(1)/GDP#

Top 5

Ben Littles: 99
99
Bill Cash: 99

Bot 5

Gene Collins: D8
Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: S.2-3
Bob Thurman: 99(1)/FO.3-H
Willard Brown: S.1-2
Earl Taborn: S.2-3;1-2
Buck O'Neil: S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Elston Howard: 99

Top 6

Murray Watkins: W
K
Stanley Glenn: PO1(E2).1-2#
Stanley Glenn: 99.2-3#
Jimmie Armstead: E6.3-H(NR)(UR)#
Marvin Williams: 99

Bot 6

Curt Roberts: 99
Gene Collins: S
Gene Baker: S.1-3
Herb Souell: 99.3-H
Bob Thurman: 99

Top 7

Buzz Clarkson: S
Ben Littles: 99
99
Bill Cash: 99

Bot 7

Willard Brown: 99
Earl Taborn: S
Buck O'Neil: 99
Elston Howard: 99

Top 8

Murray Watkins: S
99
Stanley Glenn: W.1-2
Jimmie Armstead: 99
Marvin Williams: S.2-H;1-2
Buzz Clarkson: S7.2-H;1-H(E7)(NR)(UR)#
Ben Littles: 99

Bot 8

Curt Roberts: 99
Gene Collins: 99
Gene Baker: 99

Top 9

99
Bill Cash: S
Murray Watkins: PB.1-2#
Murray Watkins: 99
Bob Griffith: 99/G

Notes & reviews

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

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