1937 Kansas City Monarchs

54 - 22 - 1

52 - 19 - 1 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Andy Cooper (54-22-1)

Top Hitter

Newt
Allen

Top Pitcher

Hilton
Smith

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	108	2nd	ERA+	179	1st
OPS	.756	3rd	ERA	2.33	1st
BA	.282	3rd	BA	.220	1st
OBP	.351	2nd	K/BB	3.07	2nd
SLG	.405	3rd	K%	18.1%	1st
BB%	8.7%	1st	BB%	5.9%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.5%	3rd
ISO	.123	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	47	171	142	22	33	7	1	0	22	2	17	4	8	.232	.331	.296	.627	75
1B	Ed Mayweather*	27	53	205	192	31	53	7	6	3	33	3	12	0	1	.276	.319	.422	.741	104
2B	Newt Allen	36	54	232	210	38	70	8	4	1	47	13	17	3	2	.333	.391	.424	.815	126
3B	Jess Brooks^	24	56	222	197	36	52	14	6	2	30	0	23	0	2	.264	.341	.426	.767	111
SS	Mex Johnson	25	41	141	124	17	31	5	3	0	12	1	11	0	6	.250	.311	.339	.650	80
LF	Willard Brown	22	56	235	214	51	81	11	10	10	60	10	19	1	1	.379	.432	.664	1.095	200
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	52	229	199	61	55	7	4	2	29	33	26	2	2	.276	.366	.382	.748	107

CF	Willie Simms*	28	30	118	108	16	30	5	1	1	15	10	4	1	5	.278	.310	.370	.680	88
C	Harry Else	31	26	65	59	9	17	2	1	0	8	1	5	0	1	.288	.344	.356	.700	94
RF	Dave Mays^	26	17	61	54	9	14	2	2	0	7	2	4	0	3	.259	.310	.370	.681	88
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	2	8	8	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	103
CF	Goose Curry*	32	1	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.800	1.200	225
CF	Wright^		1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	178

SP	Hilton Smith	30	25	62	59	4	18	2	0	1	7	1	1	0	2	.305	.317	.390	.706	95
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	12
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	2	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	63
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	455
RP	Johnson^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	25		588	2067	1835	356	518	79	40	22	301	100	179	15	38	.282	.351	.405	.756	108

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Willard Brown	22	LF	235	.479	.331	8.1%	7.7%	4.3%	0.9%	.285	.113
Newt Allen	36	2B	232	.378	.331	7.3%	7.7%	0.4%	0.9%	.090	.113
Henry Milton*	26	RF	229	.351	.331	11.4%	7.7%	0.9%	0.9%	.106	.113
Jess Brooks^	24	3B	222	.349	.331	10.4%	7.7%	0.9%	0.9%	.162	.113
Ed Mayweather*	27	1B	205	.335	.331	5.9%	7.7%	1.5%	0.9%	.146	.113
Frank Duncan	36	C	171	.294	.331	9.9%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.063	.113
Mex Johnson	25	SS	141	.293	.331	7.8%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.089	.113
Eddie Dwight	32	CF	136	.354	.331	22.8%	7.7%	0.7%	0.9%	.040	.113
Willie Simms*	28	CF	118	.301	.331	3.4%	7.7%	0.8%	0.9%	.093	.113
Harry Else	31	C	65	.326	.331	7.7%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.068	.113
Hilton Smith	30	SP	62	.314	.331	1.6%	7.7%	1.6%	0.9%	.085	.113
Dave Mays^	26	RF	61	.300	.331	6.6%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.111	.113
Bullet Rogan	43	LF	36	.406	.331	11.1%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.129	.113
Vet Barnes^	25	SP	32	.332	.331	9.4%	7.7%	3.1%	0.9%	.179	.113
Henry McHenry	27	SP	28	.241	.331	3.6%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.037	.113
Floyd Kranson	23	SP	22	.206	.331	4.5%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Johnny Markham	28	RP	18	.201	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Andy Cooper	40	SP	17	.111	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Lefty Wilson^	20	SP	16	.118	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Ted Strong**	20	1B	8	.324	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.250	.113
Goose Curry*	32	CF	5	.512	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.400	.113
Frank Bradley	19	SP	5	.259	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.113
Wright^		CF	2	.471	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Porter Moss	27	RP	1	.941	.331	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.113
Johnson^		RP		.000	.331		7.7%		0.9%		.113
25			2067	.345	.331	8.7%	7.7%	1.1%	0.9%	.123	.113