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Houston Eagles @ Kansas City Monarchs

1949-08-07 · Day game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 4869 · 2:25

Houston Eagles defeated Kansas City Monarchs 5–4. Houston Eagles put up 3 in the 4th. Johnny Davis went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOE	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	9
KCM	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11

Houston Eagles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Wilkes	4	0	0	0	1	0
Curley Williams	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Wilson	5	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Davis	3	2	1	2	2	0
Bob Harvey	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Washington	4	1	2	0	0	0
(unknown)	4	0	2	2	0	0
Leon Ruffin	4	0	1	1	0	0
Max Manning	4	0	0	0	0	0
Raymon Lacy	1	1	1	0	1	0

Kansas City Monarchs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Baker	4	1	1	0	1	0
Herb Souell	5	1	3	1	0	1
Bonnie Serrell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Willard Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0
(unknown)	4	0	1	1	0	0
Elston Howard	4	0	1	0	0	0
Curt Roberts	3	0	1	0	1	0
Tom Cooper	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Barnes	4	1	2	0	0	1

Houston Eagles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Max Manning	8.2	11	2	1
Jay Heard	0.1	0	0	1

Kansas City Monarchs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Barnes	9.0	9	4	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Wilkes: W
Curley Williams: 99
Bob Wilson: 99
Johnny Davis: W.1-2
Bob Harvey: 99

Bot 1

Gene Baker: S
Herb Souell: S.1-2
Bonnie Serrell: 99
Willard Brown: 6(1)3/GDP#

Top 2

Johnny Washington: 99
S9.BX2(96)#
Leon Ruffin: 99

Bot 2

99
Elston Howard: S
Curt Roberts: S.1-2
Tom Cooper: 46(1)3/GDP#

Top 3

Max Manning: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99

Bot 3

Frank Barnes: S
Gene Baker: W.1-2
Herb Souell: S.2-H;1-2
Bonnie Serrell: SB3
Bonnie Serrell: S.3-H;1-3
Willard Brown: SBH;SB2
Willard Brown: 99
99
Elston Howard: 99

Top 4

Bob Wilson: S
Johnny Davis: HR/7.1-H
Bob Harvey: K.B-1(E2)#
Johnny Washington: D.1-3
99.3-H(UR)
Leon Ruffin: 99
Max Manning: 99

Bot 4

Curt Roberts: 99
Tom Cooper: 99
Frank Barnes: S
Gene Baker: 99

Top 5

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: 99
Bob Wilson: 99

Bot 5

Herb Souell: 99
Bonnie Serrell: S
Willard Brown: 4(1)3/GDP#

Top 6

Johnny Davis: W
Raymon Lacy: SB2
Raymon Lacy: W
Johnny Washington: S.2-3;1-2
99/F.3-H
Leon Ruffin: 99
Max Manning: 99

Bot 6

99
Elston Howard: 99
Curt Roberts: 99

Top 7

Jimmy Wilkes: 99
Curley Williams: S
Bob Wilson: SB2
Bob Wilson: 99
Johnny Davis: 99

Bot 7

Tom Cooper: 99
Frank Barnes: 99
Gene Baker: 99

Top 8

Raymon Lacy: S
Johnny Washington: 99(1)/FO
S.1-2
Leon Ruffin: S.2-H;1-2#
Max Manning: 99
Jimmy Wilkes: 99

Bot 8

Herb Souell: S
Bonnie Serrell: 99
Willard Brown: 99(1)/FO
T9.1-H
Elston Howard: 99

Top 9

Curley Williams: 99
Bob Wilson: 99
Johnny Davis: 99

Bot 9

Curt Roberts: W
Tom Cooper: E1.1-2
Frank Barnes: K/BF
Gene Baker: 9/F
Herb Souell: K

Notes & reviews

Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box score
O'Neil entered with the count 0-2; K charged to Barnes

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