1942 Negro World Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 8–29 | |||||||||
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Hall of Famers | Kansas City: Willard Brown, Buck O'Neil, Satchel Paige, Hilton Smith Homestead: Ray Brown, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Jud Wilson | |||||||||
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The 1942 Negro 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 four games to none, with two additional games not counted in the standings. The Monarchs actually won the 1942 series 5-1, but a second game played in Yankee Stadium on September 13 (a seven-inning victory by the Monarchs) was not counted by prior agreement, and the only game played in Kansas City was thrown out on appeal when the Grays used unauthorized players from other NNL teams.
It was the first World Series between eastern and western Negro leagues champions since 1927, resuming after a 14-year lapse since the collapse of the Eastern Colored League had ended the previous post-season meetings. The series featured eight members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, four each from the Monarchs (Satchel Paige, Hilton Smith, Buck O'Neil, and Willard Brown) and the Grays (Josh Gibson, Jud Wilson, Ray Brown, and Buck Leonard). One additional Hall of Famer, Leon Day, played in one of the games that was not counted, Monarchs legend Bullet Rogan umpired in that same game.
The Monarchs and Grays had met during the regular season in two exhibition games, in which the Grays had twice defeated Monarch ace Satchel Paige in extra innings. Some of the pre-Series publicity had concentrated on whether Paige would be seeking revenge for his losses or whether the Grays truly held a "jinx" over him and would continue to dominate him. Paige pitched in all four official games and earned one victory and one save in a series that saw four official games, an exhibition game, and a game called due to protest.
This was the Grays' first appearance ever in the Negro World Series, though this was their third consecutive NNL pennant, and fifth in six seasons. 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 fifth NAL pennant in six seasons. They would appear one more time, losing to the Newark Eagles in 1946.
Kansas City won the series, 4–0.
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | September 8 | Kansas City Monarchs – 8, Homestead Grays – 0 | Griffith Stadium | N/A | 22,129 |
2 | September 10 | Kansas City Monarchs – 8, Homestead Grays – 4 | Forbes Field | N/A | 5,219 |
3 | September 13 | Kansas City Monarchs – 9, Homestead Grays – 3 | Yankee Stadium | N/A | 25,290 |
4 | September 29 | Kansas City Monarchs – 9, Homestead Grays – 5 | Shibe Park | N/A | 14,029 |
Managers: Frank Duncan (Kansas City); Vic Harris (Washington-Homestead)
September 8, 1942, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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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 | |||||||||||||
September 10, 1942, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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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 Win Harris | |||||||||||||
September 13, 1942, at Yankee Stadium in New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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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 | |||||||||||||
September 13, 1942 (game 2) at Yankee Stadium in New York
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||
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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 | |||||||||||||
September 20, 1942, at Ruppert Stadium in Kansas City
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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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 Wilber "Bullet" Rogan; Hurley McNair | |||||||||||||
September 27, 1942, at Wrigley Field in Chicago
September 29, 1942, at Shibe Park in Philadelphia
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
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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 (1-0) L: Johnny Wright (0-1) | |||||||||||||
HRs: KC– Joe Greene (1) | |||||||||||||
Umpires: Fred McCreary, Frank Forbes, and Phil Cockrell | |||||||||||||
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