1947 Kansas City Monarchs

52 - 36

49 - 29 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1948 (Team History)

Managed by:
Frank Duncan (52-36)

Top Hitter

Hank
Thompson

Top Pitcher

Ford
Smith

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	100	2nd	ERA+	95	3rd
OPS	.720	2nd	ERA	4.18	2nd
BA	.264	3rd	BA	.275	4th
OBP	.346	2nd	K/BB	1.56	2nd
SLG	.374	2nd	K%	13.6%	1st
BB%	9.8%	2nd	BB%	8.7%	4th
K%			HR%	0.6%	2nd
ISO	.110	2nd	WHIP	1.52	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Earl Taborn	24	28	95	81	18	25	8	0	0	11	1	10	3	1	.309	.404	.407	.812	127
1B	Buck O'Neil	35	36	144	127	27	34	6	1	2	15	9	13	1	3	.268	.340	.378	.718	100
2B	Chico Renfroe	24	34	136	103	16	24	4	1	0	8	3	20	3	10	.233	.373	.291	.664	86
3B	Herb Souell**	34	38	167	153	23	39	3	2	1	14	12	11	1	2	.255	.309	.320	.629	76
SS	Hank Thompson*	21	28	118	99	31	31	3	2	7	20	3	16	2	1	.313	.419	.596	1.015	182
LF	Johnny Scott*	33	41	159	145	19	30	4	2	1	14	7	14	0	0	.207	.277	.283	.559	56
CF	Willard Brown	32	29	124	114	22	42	8	6	4	36	5	9	0	1	.368	.415	.649	1.064	195
RF	Tom Cooper		33	117	97	21	23	4	0	1	13	5	14	0	6	.237	.333	.309	.643	80

RF	Ted Strong**	30	28	93	77	5	14	2	0	1	8	0	14	2	0	.182	.323	.247	.569	60
C	Joe Greene	35	26	91	73	12	19	3	1	0	8	1	13	2	3	.260	.386	.329	.715	100
SS	Curtis Roberts	17	13	53	49	9	17	2	2	1	8	0	2	0	2	.347	.373	.531	.903	151
LF	Thomas Favors*	26	5	21	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	.176	.300	.176	.476	34
SS	John Sanderson	17	6	20	18	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	.278	.350	.333	.683	91
1B	Lee Moody	30	1	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	40

SP	Jim LaMarque*	25	16	47	43	11	15	3	1	0	9	0	1	1	2	.349	.378	.465	.843	135
SP	Ford Smith**	28	12	34	30	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	2	.233	.281	.233	.515	44
SP	Hilton Smith	40	17	34	33	3	8	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	1	.242	.242	.333	.576	60
SP	Ted Alexander	34	7	15	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	.100	.308	.100	.408	16
RP	Connie Johnson	24	7	14	13	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.308	.357	.385	.742	107
RP	Cannonball Berry^	34	9	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	24
SP	Gene Richardson*	19	2	9	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	40
SP	Satchel Paige	40	5	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20
SP	John Scroggins^		2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Steve Wylie	36	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000
PH	Gene Collins*	22	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	83
	25		430	1522	1317	229	348	52	18	19	185	47	149	16	40	.264	.346	.374	.720	100

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Herb Souell**	34	3B	167	.303	.341	6.6%	9.0%	0.6%	0.8%	.065	.096
Johnny Scott*	33	LF	159	.276	.341	8.8%	9.0%	0.6%	0.8%	.076	.096
Buck O'Neil	35	1B	144	.340	.341	9.0%	9.0%	1.4%	0.8%	.110	.096
Chico Renfroe	24	2B	136	.318	.341	14.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.058	.096
Willard Brown	32	CF	124	.478	.341	7.3%	9.0%	3.2%	0.8%	.281	.096
Hank Thompson*	21	SS	118	.460	.341	13.6%	9.0%	5.9%	0.8%	.283	.096
Tom Cooper		RF	117	.305	.341	12.0%	9.0%	0.9%	0.8%	.072	.096
Earl Taborn	24	C	95	.392	.341	10.5%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.099	.096
Ted Strong**	30	RF	93	.299	.341	15.1%	9.0%	1.1%	0.8%	.065	.096
Joe Greene	35	C	91	.350	.341	14.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.068	.096
Curtis Roberts	17	SS	53	.401	.341	3.8%	9.0%	1.9%	0.8%	.184	.096
Jim LaMarque*	25	SP	47	.381	.341	2.1%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.116	.096
Ford Smith**	28	SP	34	.244	.341	5.9%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
Hilton Smith	40	SP	34	.260	.341	0.0%	9.0%	2.9%	0.8%	.091	.096
Thomas Favors*	26	LF	21	.250	.341	9.5%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
John Sanderson	17	SS	20	.337	.341	10.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.056	.096
Ted Alexander	34	SP	15	.219	.341	20.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
Connie Johnson	24	RP	14	.358	.341	7.1%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.077	.096
Cannonball Berry^	34	RP	10	.193	.341	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
Gene Richardson*	19	SP	9	.215	.341	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
Satchel Paige	40	SP	8	.121	.341	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
Gene Collins*	22	PH	5	.347	.341	20.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
Lee Moody	30	1B	4	.241	.341	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
John Scroggins^		SP	3	.000	.341	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.096
Steve Wylie	36	RP	1	.772	.341	100.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.8%		.096
25			1522	.340	.341	9.8%	9.0%	1.2%	0.8%	.110	.096

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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