1942 Colored World Series

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The 1942 Colored World Series was a best-of-seven match-up between the Negro American League champion Kansas City Monarchs and the Negro National League champion Washington-Homestead Grays. In a six-game series, the Monarchs swept the Grays 4 games to none, with two additional games split between the teams not counted in the standings. It was the first World Series between eastern and western Negro Leagues teams since 1927.


Managers: Frank Duncan, Kansas City; Vic Harris, Washington-Homestead

Contents

[edit] Summary

[edit] Kansas City Monarchs vs. Washington-Homestead Grays

Monarchs win the Series, 4-0

Game Visitor Home Team Date Ballpark Attendance
1 Monarchs 8 Grays 0 September 8 Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC 22,129
2 Monarchs 8 Grays 4 September 10 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA 5,219
3 Monarchs 9 Grays 3 September 13 Yankee Stadium, New York, NY 25,290
4 Monarchs 9 Grays 5 September 29 Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA 14,029


[edit] Matchups

[edit] Game One

September 8, 1942, Griffith Stadium, Washington, DC

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 2 8 14 0
Washington-Homestead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
W: Jack Matchett (1-0)  L: Roy Welmaker (0-1)
HRs: none
Umpires: John Craig, -- Kemp, and Hosley "Scrip" Lee
Note: Satchel Paige started the game, but left after five innings with no score. Matchett gained the victory in relief.

[edit] Game Two

September 10, 1942, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, PA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 8 13 1
Washington-Homestead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 12 2
W: Hilton Smith (1-0)  L: Roy Partlow (0-1)  SV: Satchel Paige (1)
HRs: none
Umpires: John Craig, Raymond "Mo" Harris, and W. Harris
Note: Hilton Smith pitched five innings before giving way to Satchel Paige. Paige pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh inning by striking out Josh Gibson on three pitches. According to legend, Paige walked the bases loaded with two out to face Josh Gibson, but the box score and news accounts refute the story. Paige did not walk the two men before Gibson to set up the confrontation.

[edit] Game Three

September 13, 1942, Yankee Stadium, New York, NY

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 9 16 3
Washington-Homestead 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 4
W: Joe Matchett (2-0)  L: Ray Brown (0-1)  
HRs: KC – Ted Strong (1), Willard Brown (1); WAS-HOM – Howard Easterling (1)
Umpires: Fred McCreary, Bert Gholston, and John Craig
Note: Satchel Paige started the game but left after two innings. Matchett picked up his second victory in relief.

[edit] games played but not counted in Series

  • second game of double-header

September 13, 1942 (game 2), Yankee Stadium, New York, NY

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Kansas City 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 2
Washington-Homestead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
W: Gread McKinnis  L: Roy Partlow  
HRs: KC – Joe Greene
Umpires: Fred McCreary, Bert Gholston, and John Craig
Note: Second game of double-header, the game only went seven innings and was not counted toward the standings of the World Series.


  • game thrown out for use of ineligible "ringer" players

September 20, 1942, Ruppert Stadium, Kansas City, MO

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Washington-Homestead 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 9 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
W: Leon Day  L: Satchel Paige  
HRs: none
Umpires: Billy Donaldson and Bullet Rogan; a third umpire remains unidentified
Note: Homestead, riddled by injuries to key players, signed three players from the Newark Eagles (including winning pitcher Leon Day) and one from the New York Black Yankees before the game, without permission of the Monarchs. Kansas City chose to play the game for the fans who had shown up, but played under protest. The game was thrown out two days later by an interleague commission.


[edit] Game Four

September 29, 1942, Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 9 13 2
Washington-Homestead 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 1
W: Satchel Paige (2-0)  L: Johnny Wright (0-1)  
HRs: KC – Joe Greene (1)
Umpires: Fred McCreary, Franklin Forbes, and Phil Cockrell
Note: Satchel Paige relieved Joe Matchett in the fourth inning, and shut out the Grays without a hit for the remainder of the game.

[edit] Trivia

  • The Monarchs actually won the 1942 series 5-1. A second-game, seven-inning victory on the 13th by the Monarchs not counted, ostensibly because of being darkness-shortened. In the only game played in Kansas City, the Grays' only victory was thrown out for having used unauthorized players from other teams.
  • The Colored World Series resumed this year following a 13-year lapse after the collapse of the Eastern Colored League had ended the previous post-season meetings.
  • This was the Grays' first appearance ever in the Colored World Series, though this was their sixth consecutive NNL pennant. They would appear in the next three CWS, winning in 1943 and '44. It was the third appearance by the Monarchs (going back to 1924) in the CWS, their second championship, and their fourth consecutive NAL pennant. They would appear one more time, losing to the Newark Eagles in 1946.
  • In the four games that counted, Monarch second baseman William "Bonnie" Serrell made ten hits and shortstop Jesse Williams stole five bases. If these records were considered part of Major League canon, the former mark would have tied the record for a four-game World Series, set by Babe Ruth in 1928, while the latter would have established a new and as of yet unbroken four-game World Series mark.
  • The long gaps between games three and four reflect wartime restrictions on transportation and the fact that two games were scheduled in Kansas City and Chicago during that gap, as well as another exhibition game between the Grays and another team.
  • The final game of this series was played the day before the white World Series started.
  • Three members of the 1942 Monarchs are in the Baseball Hall of Fame: Satchel Paige, Hilton Smith, and Willard Brown. Four members of the Grays are likewise in the Hall: Josh Gibson, Jud Wilson, Ray Brown, and Buck Leonard. In addition, Hall of Famer Leon Day was one of the ineligible players used in the September 20 game, and Monarchs legend Bullet Rogan umpired in the game.

[edit] Sources

  • Books
    • Holway, John (2001). The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues. Fern Park: Hastings House. ISBN 0-8038-2007-0.
    • (1994) Clark, Dick and Lester, Larry: The Negro Leagues Book. Cleveland: SABR. ISBN 0-910137-55-2.
  • Newspapers
    • Baltimore Afro-American, September/October 1942
    • Chicago Defender, September/October 1942
    • Kansas City Call, September/October 1942
    • Kansas City Times, September 21, 1942
    • Philadelphia Inquirer, Septbember 30, 1942
    • Pittsburgh Courier, September/October 1942
    • Pittsburgh Press-Gazette, September 11, 1942
    • Pittsburgh Post, September 11, 1942
    • Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, September 11, 1942
    • The Sporting News, September/October 1942
    • Washington Post, September 9, 1942
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