1947 Kansas City Monarchs

67 - 48 - 1

47 - 29 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1948 (Team History)

Managed by:
Frank Duncan (67-48-1)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Ford
Smith

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	110	2nd	ERA+	106	2nd
OPS	.787	2nd	ERA	4.45	2nd
BA	.291	1st	BA	.270	1st
OBP	.368	1st	K/BB	1.41	2nd
SLG	.418	2nd	K%	13.6%	1st
BB%	9.8%	2nd	BB%	9.7%	4th
K%			HR%	0.5%	1st
ISO	.127	2nd	WHIP	1.53	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 4 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• J. L. Wilkinson (Co-Owner) , Tom Baird (Co-Owner)

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	Joe Greene	35	43	155	120	31	39	7	1	4	26	6	30	2	3	.325	.467	.500	.967	159
1B	Buck O'Neil	35	61	251	222	55	63	15	3	5	38	16	25	2	2	.284	.361	.446	.807	115
2B	Chico Renfroe	24	54	227	178	33	50	10	2	0	20	3	36	3	10	.281	.410	.360	.770	107
3B	Herb Souell**	34	62	283	262	54	87	5	7	1	32	16	16	4	1	.332	.379	.416	.795	113
SS	Hank Thompson*	21	44	197	173	51	58	8	5	8	36	7	21	2	1	.335	.413	.578	.991	164
LF	Johnie Scott*	33	66	267	246	42	64	10	6	2	28	12	21	0	0	.260	.318	.374	.692	85
CF	Willard Brown	32	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12	15	1	0	.375	.421	.645	1.066	183
RF	Tom Cooper	28	55	205	171	40	49	7	0	1	27	6	24	1	9	.287	.378	.345	.723	94

C	Earl Taborn	24	41	148	127	22	37	10	0	0	21	1	14	5	2	.291	.384	.370	.754	102
RF	Ted Strong**	30	42	143	121	13	26	4	0	2	15	0	21	1	0	.215	.336	.298	.633	70
2B	Curtis Roberts	17	18	76	70	12	25	2	3	2	13	0	4	0	2	.357	.392	.557	.949	152
SS	John Sanderson	19	9	30	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	29
LF	Thomas Favors*	26	6	26	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	.238	.360	.238	.598	61
1B	Lee Moody	30	3	13	12	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.417	.724	93
C	W. C. Duffy	27	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	39

SP	Jim LaMarque*	26	25	69	63	13	18	4	2	0	12	0	2	1	3	.286	.318	.413	.731	95
SP	Hilton Smith	40	24	46	44	3	12	1	0	1	10	0	1	0	1	.273	.289	.364	.653	74
SP	Ford Smith**	28	15	44	38	8	10	0	0	1	9	0	4	0	2	.263	.333	.342	.675	81
SP	Connie Johnson	24	19	32	29	8	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	.172	.226	.207	.433	16
SP	Ted Alexander	34	11	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	.118	.250	.118	.368	0
SP	Steve Wylie	36	10	20	19	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.211	.211	.368	.579	53
RP	Cannonball Berry^	35	16	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18
SP	Gene Richardson*	19	3	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3
SP	Gene Collins*	22	8	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	16
SP	Satchel Paige	40	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41
SP	Larry Napoleon^	25	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Johnnie Scroggins^	24	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	27		698	2532	2216	441	645	107	38	33	365	81	248	23	45	.291	.368	.418	.787	110

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Herb Souell**	34	3B	283	.379	.355	5.7%	9.6%	0.4%	0.9%	.084	.105
Johnie Scott*	33	LF	267	.329	.355	7.9%	9.6%	0.7%	0.9%	.114	.105
Buck O'Neil	35	1B	251	.376	.355	10.0%	9.6%	2.0%	0.9%	.162	.105
Chico Renfroe	24	2B	227	.369	.355	15.9%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.079	.105
Willard Brown	32	CF	216	.479	.355	6.9%	9.6%	2.8%	0.9%	.270	.105
Tom Cooper	28	RF	205	.343	.355	11.7%	9.6%	0.5%	0.9%	.058	.105
Hank Thompson*	21	SS	197	.448	.355	10.7%	9.6%	4.1%	0.9%	.243	.105
Joe Greene	35	C	155	.451	.355	19.4%	9.6%	2.6%	0.9%	.175	.105
Earl Taborn	24	C	148	.367	.355	9.5%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.079	.105
Ted Strong**	30	RF	143	.320	.355	14.7%	9.6%	1.4%	0.9%	.083	.105
Curtis Roberts	17	2B	76	.421	.355	5.3%	9.6%	2.6%	0.9%	.200	.105
Jim LaMarque*	26	SP	69	.326	.355	2.9%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.127	.105
Hilton Smith	40	SP	46	.298	.355	2.2%	9.6%	2.2%	0.9%	.091	.105
Ford Smith**	28	SP	44	.314	.355	9.1%	9.6%	2.3%	0.9%	.079	.105
Connie Johnson	24	SP	32	.211	.355	6.3%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.034	.105
John Sanderson	19	SS	30	.245	.355	6.7%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Thomas Favors*	26	LF	26	.307	.355	11.5%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Ted Alexander	34	SP	22	.195	.355	13.6%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Steve Wylie	36	SP	20	.244	.355	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.158	.105
Cannonball Berry^	35	RP	15	.129	.355	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Lee Moody	30	1B	13	.334	.355	7.7%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.167	.105
Gene Richardson*	19	SP	12	.161	.355	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Gene Collins*	22	SP	12	.226	.355	8.3%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Satchel Paige	40	SP	10	.096	.355	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Larry Napoleon^	25	SP	5	.000	.355	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Johnnie Scroggins^	24	SP	4	.000	.355	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
W. C. Duffy	27	C	4	.392	.355	50.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
27			2532	.368	.355	9.8%	9.6%	1.3%	0.9%	.127	.105