1937 Kansas City Monarchs

55 - 22 - 1

52 - 18 - 1 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Andy Cooper (55-22-1)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	107	2nd	ERA+	184	1st
OPS	.755	3rd	ERA	2.30	1st
BA	.282	3rd	BA	.220	1st
OBP	.350	2nd	K/BB	3.08	2nd
SLG	.406	3rd	K%	18.5%	1st
BB%	8.6%	1st	BB%	6.0%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.5%	2nd
ISO	.124	3rd	WHIP	1.06	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro American League
• First Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Muehlebach Field (Kansas City, MO)
• 4 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	Frank Duncan	36	48	175	146	24	35	8	1	1	27	2	17	4	8	.240	.335	.329	.664	84
1B	Ed Mayweather*	27	54	210	196	33	55	7	7	3	34	3	13	0	1	.281	.325	.434	.759	108
2B	Newt Allen	36	55	237	214	40	70	8	4	1	47	13	18	3	2	.327	.387	.416	.803	122
3B	Jess Brooks^	24	57	227	202	37	52	14	6	2	30	0	23	0	2	.257	.333	.416	.749	106
SS	Mex Johnson	25	41	141	124	17	31	5	3	0	12	1	11	0	6	.250	.311	.339	.650	79
LF	Willard Brown	22	57	240	219	52	81	11	10	10	60	10	19	1	1	.370	.423	.648	1.071	192
CF	Eddie Dwight	32	35	136	101	38	23	1	0	1	11	22	31	2	2	.228	.418	.267	.685	93
RF	Henry Milton*	26	53	234	204	62	55	7	4	2	29	33	26	2	2	.270	.358	.373	.730	102

CF	Willie Simms*	28	31	122	112	17	31	5	1	1	16	10	4	1	5	.277	.308	.366	.674	85
C	Harry Else	31	26	65	59	9	17	2	1	0	8	1	5	0	1	.288	.344	.356	.700	93
RF	Dave Mays^	26	17	61	54	9	14	2	2	0	7	2	4	0	3	.259	.310	.370	.681	87
LF	Bullet Rogan	43	18	36	31	7	10	2	1	0	8	1	4	1	0	.323	.417	.452	.868	140
1B	Ted Strong**	20	3	13	13	3	5	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.692	1.077	192
CF	Goose Curry*	32	1	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	224
CF	Wright^		1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	177

SP	Hilton Smith	30	26	65	62	4	20	2	0	1	8	1	1	0	2	.323	.333	.403	.737	102
SP	Vet Barnes^	25	16	32	28	5	7	2	0	1	5	0	3	0	1	.250	.323	.429	.751	106
SP	Henry McHenry	27	15	28	27	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.222	.250	.259	.509	41
SP	Floyd Kranson	23	10	22	20	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.200	.238	.200	.438	22
RP	Johnny Markham	28	12	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	11
SP	Andy Cooper	40	11	17	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	-35
SP	Lefty Wilson^	20	6	16	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.133	.133	.133	.267	-26
SP	Frank Bradley	19	3	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	35
RP	Porter Moss	27	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	454
RP	Johnson^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	25		598	2109	1875	368	528	82	41	23	311	100	181	15	38	.282	.350	.406	.755	107

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Willard Brown	22	LF	240	.468	.331	7.9%	7.6%	4.2%	0.9%	.279	.115
Newt Allen	36	2B	237	.373	.331	7.6%	7.6%	0.4%	0.9%	.089	.115
Henry Milton*	26	RF	234	.343	.331	11.1%	7.6%	0.9%	0.9%	.103	.115
Jess Brooks^	24	3B	227	.341	.331	10.1%	7.6%	0.9%	0.9%	.158	.115
Ed Mayweather*	27	1B	210	.342	.331	6.2%	7.6%	1.4%	0.9%	.153	.115
Frank Duncan	36	C	175	.306	.331	9.7%	7.6%	0.6%	0.9%	.089	.115
Mex Johnson	25	SS	141	.293	.331	7.8%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.089	.115
Eddie Dwight	32	CF	136	.354	.331	22.8%	7.6%	0.7%	0.9%	.040	.115
Willie Simms*	28	CF	122	.299	.331	3.3%	7.6%	0.8%	0.9%	.089	.115
Hilton Smith	30	SP	65	.328	.331	1.5%	7.6%	1.5%	0.9%	.081	.115
Harry Else	31	C	65	.325	.331	7.7%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.068	.115
Dave Mays^	26	RF	61	.299	.331	6.6%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.115
Bullet Rogan	43	LF	36	.406	.331	11.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.129	.115
Vet Barnes^	25	SP	32	.331	.331	9.4%	7.6%	3.1%	0.9%	.179	.115
Henry McHenry	27	SP	28	.241	.331	3.6%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.037	.115
Floyd Kranson	23	SP	22	.205	.331	4.5%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Johnny Markham	28	RP	18	.201	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Andy Cooper	40	SP	17	.111	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Lefty Wilson^	20	SP	16	.118	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Ted Strong**	20	1B	13	.470	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.308	.115
Frank Bradley	19	SP	6	.215	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.167	.115
Goose Curry*	32	CF	5	.510	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.400	.115
Wright^		CF	2	.470	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Porter Moss	27	RP	1	.941	.331	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.115
Johnson^		RP		.000	.331		7.6%		0.9%		.115
25			2109	.344	.331	8.6%	7.6%	1.1%	0.9%	.124	.115