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Baltimore Elite Giants @ Kansas City Monarchs

1949-07-17 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 7649 · 1:40

Kansas City Monarchs defeated Baltimore Elite Giants 5–4. Kansas City Monarchs put up 2 in the 7th. Earl Taborn went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

Baltimore Elite Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI
Henry Kimbro	4	0	1	0
Tommy Butts	4	0	1	0
Jim Gilliam	3	0	0	0
Lennie Pearson	4	1	1	0
Leon Day	4	1	0	0
Butch Davis	3	1	0	0
Ed Finney	3	1	1	2
Frazier Robinson	3	0	0	0
Toots Ferrell	3	0	0	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Gene Baker	4	2	3	0	0
Herb Souell	4	1	2	0	0
Bonnie Serrell	3	0	0	1	1
Willard Brown	3	0	2	2	1
Bob Thurman	3	1	0	0	1
Earl Taborn	4	1	1	1	0
Elston Howard	4	0	1	1	0
Curt Roberts	4	0	0	0	0
Jim LaMarque	3	0	0	0	1

Baltimore Elite Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Toots Ferrell	8.0	9	4	0

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim LaMarque	9.0	4	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Henry Kimbro: S
Tommy Butts: PO1(13)#
Tommy Butts: 99
Jim Gilliam: 99

Bot 1

Gene Baker: S1/G
Herb Souell: 8/F.1-2
Bonnie Serrell: 99
Willard Brown: S7.2-H
Bob Thurman: 99

Top 2

Lennie Pearson: S
Leon Day: E1.1-2
Butch Davis: E4/TH.2-H;1-3;B-2#
Ed Finney: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Frazier Robinson: 99/G.1-2
Toots Ferrell: 99.2-3
Henry Kimbro: WP.3-H(UR)
Henry Kimbro: 99

Bot 2

Earl Taborn: 99
Elston Howard: 99
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 3

Tommy Butts: S
Jim Gilliam: 99/SH.1-2
Lennie Pearson: 99
Leon Day: 99

Bot 3

Jim LaMarque: W
Gene Baker: CS2(24)#
Gene Baker: 99
Herb Souell: S
Bonnie Serrell: 99

Top 4

Butch Davis: 99
Ed Finney: 99
Frazier Robinson: 99

Bot 4

Willard Brown: W
Bob Thurman: W.1-2
Earl Taborn: 99
Elston Howard: 99
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 5

Toots Ferrell: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
Tommy Butts: 99

Bot 5

Jim LaMarque: 99
Gene Baker: D
Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: W
Willard Brown: 99

Top 6

Jim Gilliam: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99
Leon Day: 99

Bot 6

Bob Thurman: E6/TH
Earl Taborn: 53.1-2
Elston Howard: S8.2-H(UR)
Curt Roberts: 6(1)3/GDP#

Top 7

Butch Davis: 99
Ed Finney: 99
Frazier Robinson: 99

Bot 7

Jim LaMarque: 99
Gene Baker: S7
Herb Souell: S6.1-3(E6/TH);B-2#
Bonnie Serrell: 99.3-H
Willard Brown: D8/L.2-H
Bob Thurman: 99

Top 8

Toots Ferrell: 99
Henry Kimbro: 99
Tommy Butts: 99

Bot 8

Earl Taborn: HR/7
Elston Howard: 99
Curt Roberts: 99
Jim LaMarque: 99

Top 9

Jim Gilliam: 99
Lennie Pearson: 99
Leon Day: 99

Notes & reviews

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

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