1938 Kansas City Monarchs

50 - 36 - 1

42 - 27 - 1 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
Andy Cooper (50-36-1)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	113	1st	ERA+	114	1st
OPS	.739	1st	ERA	3.43	2nd
BA	.273	2nd	BA	.238	1st
OBP	.334	2nd	K/BB	3.40	1st
SLG	.406	1st	K%	19.8%	1st
BB%	7.7%	2nd	BB%	5.8%	1st
K%			HR%	0.9%	5th
ISO	.132	1st	WHIP	1.15	1st

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 6 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• J. L. Wilkinson (Owner) , Quincy Gilmore (Secretary)

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	Harry Else	32	32	111	98	18	28	2	2	1	11	4	11	2	0	.286	.369	.378	.747	117
1B	Buck O'Neil	26	48	185	163	31	42	9	3	3	24	11	19	0	3	.258	.335	.405	.740	114
2B	Newt Allen	37	40	166	151	28	41	8	1	1	21	4	13	0	2	.272	.329	.358	.687	99
3B	Roosevelt Cox	24	38	144	123	13	24	2	5	0	15	4	15	2	4	.195	.293	.293	.586	70
SS	Mex Johnson	26	42	150	133	24	30	3	4	0	12	4	12	0	5	.226	.290	.308	.598	73
LF	Henry Milton*	27	48	213	193	53	66	11	6	3	28	26	17	0	3	.342	.395	.508	.903	161
CF	Willard Brown	23	50	204	193	39	68	17	4	8	51	20	11	0	0	.352	.387	.606	.993	185
RF	Ed Mayweather*	28	32	114	104	16	30	8	4	1	19	3	8	1	1	.288	.345	.471	.816	135

2B	Rainey Bibbs**	27	21	91	78	17	27	4	0	0	9	7	11	2	0	.346	.440	.397	.837	144
C	Frank Duncan	37	20	72	61	10	12	2	0	0	3	1	7	1	3	.197	.290	.230	.519	52
CF	Turkey Stearnes*	37	16	71	63	11	17	3	3	1	19	2	6	0	2	.270	.333	.460	.794	129
LF	Bullet Rogan	44	14	33	29	5	6	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	1	.207	.281	.241	.523	52
3B	Jack Marshall	29	7	29	28	1	5	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	.179	.207	.250	.457	32
SS	Ted Strong**	21	3	15	13	6	5	1	2	1	6	0	2	0	0	.385	.467	1.000	1.467	318
CF	Willie Simms*	29	3	14	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	45
LF	Harlon Betts^	24	4	14	12	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	.167	.286	.250	.536	56
C	Ernie Smith*	30	4	13	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	-5
C	Johnnie Dawson^	23	5	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	45
C	Raymond Taylor	27	2	7	7	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	66
LF	Pen Gilliard*	34	1	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Hilton Smith	31	27	75	72	9	26	6	0	3	13	1	2	0	1	.361	.378	.569	.948	173
SP	Vet Barnes^	26	12	28	27	8	9	4	0	1	10	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.593	.926	165
SP	Frank Bradley	20	15	24	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.042	.042	.042	.083	-76
SP	Floyd Kranson	24	13	23	21	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.238	.273	.238	.511	49
RP	Johnny Markham	29	17	22	20	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.150	.150	.200	.350	1
SP	Lefty Moses^	24	7	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	-11
SP	Andy Cooper	41	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-3
SP	Blackburn^		2	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Big Train Jackson*	21	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Eugene Bremer	21	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	52
RP	McLemore^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Parker^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PH	Johnny Smith*	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	33		538	1860	1676	302	458	83	35	23	253	96	143	9	32	.273	.334	.406	.739	113

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Henry Milton*	27	LF	213	.409	.322	8.0%	7.6%	1.4%	0.7%	.166	.096
Willard Brown	23	CF	204	.446	.322	5.4%	7.6%	3.9%	0.7%	.254	.096
Buck O'Neil	26	1B	185	.341	.322	10.3%	7.6%	1.6%	0.7%	.147	.096
Newt Allen	37	2B	166	.322	.322	7.8%	7.6%	0.6%	0.7%	.086	.096
Mex Johnson	26	SS	150	.276	.322	8.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.083	.096
Roosevelt Cox	24	3B	144	.277	.322	10.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.098	.096
Ed Mayweather*	28	RF	114	.370	.322	7.0%	7.6%	0.9%	0.7%	.183	.096
Harry Else	32	C	111	.358	.322	9.9%	7.6%	0.9%	0.7%	.092	.096
Rainey Bibbs**	27	2B	91	.406	.322	12.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.051	.096
Hilton Smith	31	SP	75	.423	.322	2.7%	7.6%	4.0%	0.7%	.208	.096
Frank Duncan	37	C	72	.253	.322	9.7%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.033	.096
Turkey Stearnes*	37	CF	71	.352	.322	8.5%	7.6%	1.4%	0.7%	.190	.096
Bullet Rogan	44	LF	33	.252	.322	9.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.034	.096
Jack Marshall	29	3B	29	.214	.322	3.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.071	.096
Vet Barnes^	26	SP	28	.398	.322	0.0%	7.6%	3.6%	0.7%	.259	.096
Frank Bradley	20	SP	24	.040	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Floyd Kranson	24	SP	23	.239	.322	4.3%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Johnny Markham	29	RP	22	.146	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.096
Ted Strong**	21	SS	15	.611	.322	13.3%	7.6%	6.7%	0.7%	.615	.096
Willie Simms*	29	CF	14	.203	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Harlon Betts^	24	LF	14	.272	.322	7.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.083	.096
Lefty Moses^	24	SP	13	.146	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Ernie Smith*	30	C	13	.189	.322	15.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Johnnie Dawson^	23	C	8	.237	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Raymond Taylor	27	C	7	.271	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Andy Cooper	41	SP	6	.158	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Blackburn^		SP	5	.000	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Big Train Jackson*	21	SP	3	.000	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Pen Gilliard*	34	LF	3	.000	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Eugene Bremer	21	RP	3	.252	.322	33.3%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
Johnny Smith*	21	PH	1	.000	.322	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.096
McLemore^		RP		.000	.322		7.6%		0.7%		.096
Parker^		RP		.000	.322		7.6%		0.7%		.096
33			1860	.339	.322	7.7%	7.6%	1.2%	0.7%	.132	.096