1940 Kansas City Monarchs

43 - 21 - 3

38 - 13 - 1 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1941 (Team History)

Managed by:
Andy Cooper (43-21-3)

Top Hitter

Jesse
Williams

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	126	1st	ERA+	124	1st
OPS	.738	1st	ERA	3.11	1st
BA	.286	1st	BA	.227	2nd
OBP	.350	1st	K/BB	2.57	1st
SLG	.388	1st	K%	19.4%	1st
BB%	7.7%	6th	BB%	7.5%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.7%	6th
ISO	.101	1st	WHIP	1.17	2nd

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro American League
• First Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Second Half 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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Joe Greene	28	28	108	91	26	24	7	4	2	22	5	15	0	2	.264	.368	.495	.862	165
1B	Buck O'Neil	28	40	154	145	24	40	6	3	1	26	8	8	0	1	.276	.314	.379	.693	113
2B	Jesse Douglas*	24	27	111	102	17	24	3	0	0	12	5	5	2	2	.235	.284	.265	.549	69
3B	Herb Souell**	27	35	139	122	19	38	5	1	0	15	8	16	1	0	.311	.396	.369	.765	135
SS	Jesse Williams	27	40	154	136	24	50	6	3	1	28	5	11	2	5	.368	.423	.478	.901	176
LF	Newt Allen	39	26	100	90	17	22	3	0	0	7	2	7	1	2	.244	.306	.278	.584	79
CF	Turkey Stearnes*	39	38	154	133	24	36	6	3	5	34	4	19	1	1	.271	.366	.474	.840	158
RF	Henry Milton*	29	32	144	126	23	33	3	1	1	13	9	10	3	5	.262	.331	.325	.656	101

LF	Fred McDaniel*	27	22	97	81	17	16	2	0	0	8	4	11	4	1	.198	.323	.222	.545	67
C	Lionel Decuir	25	19	61	56	9	14	0	1	1	6	3	5	0	0	.250	.311	.339	.651	100
2B	Rainey Bibbs**	29	13	58	53	10	19	2	2	0	6	1	3	1	1	.358	.404	.472	.875	169
LF	Leandy Young	31	6	20	18	3	6	4	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	.333	.368	.556	.924	183
3B	Jesse Warren	25	3	12	11	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	86
LF	Willard Brown	25	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	12
C	Frazier Robinson	30	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	309
3B	Leo Sanders^	26	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	2
C	Johnnie Dawson^	25	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	820

SP	Jack Matchett*	32	18	38	37	6	12	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	.324	.324	.432	.757	132
SP	Hilton Smith	33	19	31	30	2	14	4	1	0	7	0	1	0	0	.467	.484	.667	1.151	253
SP	Frank Bradley	22	13	27	24	2	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	1	2	.292	.320	.500	.820	152
SP	George Walker	25	9	26	23	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.304	.304	.304	.609	87
SP	Floyd Kranson	26	9	17	17	4	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.353	.353	.471	.824	153
SP	Allen Bryant*	22	7	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	105
SP	Satchel Paige	33	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	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	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	25		412	1480	1323	236	379	54	22	12	207	55	114	16	27	.286	.350	.388	.738	126

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jesse Williams	27	SS	154	.422	.319	7.1%	9.1%	0.6%	0.6%	.110	.077
Turkey Stearnes*	39	CF	154	.400	.319	12.3%	9.1%	3.2%	0.6%	.203	.077
Buck O'Neil	28	1B	154	.333	.319	5.2%	9.1%	0.6%	0.6%	.103	.077
Henry Milton*	29	RF	144	.317	.319	6.9%	9.1%	0.7%	0.6%	.063	.077
Herb Souell**	27	3B	139	.382	.319	11.5%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.057	.077
Jesse Douglas*	24	2B	111	.271	.319	4.5%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.029	.077
Joe Greene	28	C	108	.402	.319	13.9%	9.1%	1.9%	0.6%	.231	.077
Newt Allen	39	LF	100	.289	.319	7.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.033	.077
Fred McDaniel*	27	LF	97	.290	.319	11.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.025	.077
Lionel Decuir	25	C	61	.320	.319	8.2%	9.1%	1.6%	0.6%	.089	.077
Rainey Bibbs**	29	2B	58	.414	.319	5.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.113	.077
Jack Matchett*	32	SP	38	.349	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.108	.077
Hilton Smith	33	SP	31	.544	.319	3.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.200	.077
Frank Bradley	22	SP	27	.359	.319	0.0%	9.1%	3.7%	0.6%	.208	.077
George Walker	25	SP	26	.263	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Leandy Young	31	LF	20	.413	.319	5.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.222	.077
Floyd Kranson	26	SP	17	.390	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.118	.077
Jesse Warren	25	3B	12	.308	.319	8.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Willard Brown	25	LF	11	.178	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Allen Bryant*	22	SP	6	.326	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Satchel Paige	33	SP	3	.326	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Frazier Robinson	30	C	3	.652	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Leo Sanders^	26	3B	3	.256	.319	33.3%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Lefty Moses^	26	SP	2	.000	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.077
Johnnie Dawson^	25	C	1	1.383	.319	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	0.6%	1.000	.077
25			1480	.355	.319	7.7%	9.1%	0.8%	0.6%	.101	.077