Kansas City Monarchs 7 – 5 Chicago American Giants
4 July 1939 · CHI09
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | Turkey Stearnes | 1 in 462 player-games |
| 22 | final score 7–5 | 1 in 65 games | |
| 4 | 1 triple | Ted Strong | 1 in 39 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Monarchs | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| Chicago American Giants | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
Box score
Kansas City Monarchs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Milton | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Rainey Bibbs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Turkey Stearnes | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | HR, 2 2B |
| Willard Brown | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Ted Strong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3B |
| Buck O`Neil | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Greene | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Newt Allen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Bradley | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
Kansas City Monarchs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lefty Moses | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Bradley | 8.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Chicago American Giants batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Simms | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alex Radcliff | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernest Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Young | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Subby Byas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Red Hale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Bissant | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Horne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pepper Bassett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tommy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Cornelius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
Chicago American Giants pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Johnson | 2.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ted Trent | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Cornelius | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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