Integrated Baseball All-Stars

Eppa Rixey Sept. 3, 1923 (CHICAGO) - A left-handed pitching platoon with a right-handed closer shut down opposing bats for most of the game to give Kansas City a 7-5 win over Chicago here at Comiskey Park to win the fourth annual annual Integrated Baseball All-Star Game with teams of players from the National League, American League, Negro National League, and other negro leagues. Kansas City starting left-handed pitcher Eppa Rixey got the win and right-hander Rube Currie got the save as left-handed starter Herb Pennock took the loss for Chicago. Tank Carr Kansas City scored first in the top of the third inning when first baseman Tank Carr reached base on a single, stole second, and then stole third with a good lead on a swing-and-miss hit-and-run attempt by center fielder Cristobal Torriente. Carr then reached home on Torriente's ground out to first. Chicago answered in the bottom of the fourth when right-fielder Babe Ruth hit a lead-off home run off left-handed pi...

Smokey Joe Williams Sept. 4, 1922 (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) - Right-hander Smokey Joe Williams, considered by many to be black baseball's greatest pitcher, got the win when Chicago beat Kansas City 6-1 here at Association Park to win the third annual annual Integrated Baseball All-Star Game with teams of players from the National League, American League, Negro National League, and other negro leagues. Williams struck out six, and Babe Ruth, Jimmie Lyons, and Rabbit Maranville were caught looking. Herb Pennock Left-hander Herb Pennock, a Quaker from Pennyslvania, got the save for Chicago. Right-hander Pete Alexander took the loss for Kansas City as he allowed 12 hits, and left-handed reliever Dave Brown allowed six. Chicago scored the first run of the game in the top of the third when first baseman George Sisler reached second on a hit-and-run by catcher Louis Santop, and then center fielder Max Carey hit a well-placed single to send Sisler home. Kansas City answere...

Dave Bancroft Sept. 5, 1921 (CHICAGO) - Kansas City took the lead in the top of the fifth inning to beat Chicago 7-5 here at Cubs Park in the second annual Integrated Baseball All-Star Game with teams of players from the National League, American League, Negro National League, and other negro leagues. Kansas City took the game-winning lead in the top of the fifth when K.C. shortstop Dave Bancroft hit a two-run triple off Chicago starting right-handed pitcher Dick "Cannonball" Redding to score first baseman George Sisler and catcher Larry "Iron Man" Brown to give Kansas City's starting right-handed pitcher Red Faber the win. Waite Hoyt got the save, and Redding took the loss. Hurley McNair The game got going quickly in the top of the first inning when Kansas City left fielder Hurley McNair hit a two-run homer that followed second baseman Rogers Hornsby's lead-off double. But then in the bottom of the first, Kansas City ran into trouble when fou...

Frank Wickware Sept. 6, 1920 (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) - Relief pitcher Frank Wickware, a tall right-hander with a fearsome fastball, got the win for Chicago in the first annual Integrated Baseball All-Star Game. Chicago won 4-3 in a comeback victory over Kansas City at Association Park in Kansas City, Missouri. The cities of Chicago and Kansas City agreed to sponsor and Kansas City agreed to host this integrated game with teams of players from the National League, American League, Negro National League and other negro leagues. Spot Poles In the early innings, with Kansas City starting left-handed pitcher Rube Marquard on the mound, it looked as though Kansas City had the game well-in-hand for the home crowd. To keep things interesting for the fans, the umpires allowed Chicago third baseman Jose Mendez to pitch in relief for Kansas City. He caught right fielder Babe Ruth and second baseman Eddie Collins looking in a three-up, three-down inning. Mendez then returned to the Chicago ...