1940 Kansas City Monarchs

37 - 16 - 3

36 - 11 - 3 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1941 (Team History)

Managed by:
Andy Cooper (37-16-3)

Top Hitter

Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	128	1st	ERA+	123	1st
OPS	.742	1st	ERA	3.17	1st
BA	.287	1st	BA	.231	2nd
OBP	.351	1st	K/BB	2.50	1st
SLG	.391	1st	K%	18.8%	1st
BB%	7.8%	6th	BB%	7.5%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.7%	5th
ISO	.104	1st	WHIP	1.19	2nd

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 6 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	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Joe Greene	28	26	100	85	24	24	7	4	2	22	4	14	0	1	0	.282	.384	.529	.913	181
1B	Buck O'Neil	28	38	147	138	24	39	6	3	1	26	8	8	0	1	0	.283	.322	.391	.713	119
2B	Jesse Douglas*	24	26	107	100	17	23	3	0	0	12	5	4	1	2	0	.230	.267	.260	.527	62
3B	Herb Souell**	27	34	135	118	19	37	5	1	0	14	8	16	1	0	0	.314	.400	.373	.773	138
SS	Jesse Williams	27	38	147	131	23	48	6	3	1	28	5	10	2	4	0	.366	.420	.481	.900	177
LF	Fred McDaniel*	27	22	97	81	17	16	2	0	0	8	4	11	4	1	0	.198	.323	.222	.545	68
CF	Turkey Stearnes*	39	36	146	126	22	33	6	2	5	33	4	18	1	1	0	.262	.359	.460	.819	152
RF	Henry Milton*	29	31	139	122	22	31	3	1	1	13	8	10	2	5	0	.254	.321	.320	.641	97

LF	Newt Allen	39	25	96	86	17	22	3	0	0	7	2	7	1	2	0	.256	.319	.291	.610	87
C	Lionel Decuir	25	19	61	56	9	14	0	1	1	6	3	5	0	0	0	.250	.311	.339	.651	100
2B	Rainey Bibbs**	29	12	54	49	10	18	2	2	0	6	1	3	1	1	0	.367	.415	.490	.905	178
RF	Leandy Young	31	5	16	14	3	5	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	.357	.400	.571	.971	198
3B	Jesse Warren	25	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	21
LF	Willard Brown	25	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Frazier Robinson	30	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	310
3B	Leo Sanders^	26	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	3
C	Johnnie Dawson^	25	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	821

SP	Jack Matchett*	32	16	35	34	5	11	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.324	.324	.441	.765	135
SP	Hilton Smith	33	18	30	29	2	14	4	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	.483	.500	.690	1.190	266
SP	Frank Bradley	22	12	26	23	2	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	.304	.333	.522	.855	163
SP	George Walker	25	8	25	22	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	.318	.318	.318	.636	96
SP	Floyd Kranson	26	9	17	17	4	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.471	.824	153
RP	Allen Bryant*	22	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	146
SP	Satchel Paige	33	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	105
SP	Lefty Moses^	26	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	25		390	1410	1261	227	362	53	21	12	200	52	110	14	25	0	.287	.351	.391	.742	128

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Buck O'Neil	28	1B	147	.342	.318	5.4%	9.0%	0.7%	0.6%	.109	.077
Jesse Williams	27	SS	147	.423	.318	6.8%	9.0%	0.7%	0.6%	.115	.077
Turkey Stearnes*	39	CF	146	.390	.318	12.3%	9.0%	3.4%	0.6%	.198	.077
Henry Milton*	29	RF	139	.308	.318	7.2%	9.0%	0.7%	0.6%	.066	.077
Herb Souell**	27	3B	135	.386	.318	11.9%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.059	.077
Jesse Douglas*	24	2B	107	.258	.318	3.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.030	.077
Joe Greene	28	C	100	.426	.318	14.0%	9.0%	2.0%	0.6%	.247	.077
Fred McDaniel*	27	LF	97	.290	.318	11.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.025	.077
Newt Allen	39	LF	96	.301	.318	7.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.035	.077
Lionel Decuir	25	C	61	.320	.318	8.2%	9.0%	1.6%	0.6%	.089	.077
Rainey Bibbs**	29	2B	54	.427	.318	5.6%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.122	.077
Jack Matchett*	32	SP	35	.351	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.118	.077
Hilton Smith	33	SP	30	.561	.318	3.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.207	.077
Frank Bradley	22	SP	26	.372	.318	0.0%	9.0%	3.8%	0.6%	.217	.077
George Walker	25	SP	25	.274	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Floyd Kranson	26	SP	17	.390	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.118	.077
Leandy Young	31	RF	16	.429	.318	6.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.214	.077
Jesse Warren	25	3B	8	.218	.318	12.5%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Willard Brown	25	LF	7	.000	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Allen Bryant*	22	RP	5	.391	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Satchel Paige	33	SP	3	.326	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Frazier Robinson	30	C	3	.652	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Leo Sanders^	26	3B	3	.256	.318	33.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Lefty Moses^	26	SP	2	.000	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Johnnie Dawson^	25	C	1	1.380	.318	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.6%	1.000	.077
25			1410	.356	.318	7.8%	9.0%	0.9%	0.6%	.104	.077