1947 Kansas City Monarchs

66 - 47 - 1

54 - 32 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1948 (Team History)

Managed by:
Frank Duncan (66-47-1)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	109	2nd	ERA+	106	2nd
OPS	.788	2nd	ERA	4.47	2nd
BA	.291	1st	BA	.270	1st
OBP	.368	1st	K/BB	1.40	2nd
SLG	.420	2nd	K%	13.5%	1st
BB%	9.8%	2nd	BB%	9.6%	4th
K%	0.4%	4th	HR%	0.6%	1st
ISO	.129	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	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Joe Greene	35	42	150	116	30	38	6	1	4	24	5		29	1	2	3	.328	.469	.500	.969	158
1B	Buck O'Neil	35	60	246	218	54	62	15	3	5	37	15		24	0	2	2	.284	.361	.450	.810	115
2B	Chico Renfroe	24	53	222	174	33	49	10	2	0	20	3		35		3	10	.282	.410	.362	.772	107
3B	Herb Souell**	34	61	278	257	52	85	5	7	1	32	16		16	1	4	1	.331	.379	.416	.795	112
SS	Hank Thompson*	21	44	197	173	51	58	8	5	8	36	7		21		2	1	.335	.413	.578	.991	163
LF	Johnie Scott*	33	65	262	241	42	62	10	6	2	27	12		21		0	0	.257	.317	.373	.690	84
CF	Willard Brown	32	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12		15		1	0	.375	.421	.645	1.066	182
RF	Tom Cooper	28	54	200	166	38	46	6	0	1	25	6		24		1	9	.277	.372	.331	.703	88

C	Earl Taborn	24	40	143	123	22	36	10	0	0	20	1	0	13	0	5	2	.293	.383	.374	.757	102
RF	Ted Strong**	30	41	138	116	12	26	4	0	2	15	0		21		1	0	.224	.348	.310	.658	76
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	92
C	Bill Duffy^		1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		2		0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	38

SP	Jim LaMarque*	26	25	69	63	13	18	4	2	0	13	0		2		1	3	.286	.318	.413	.731	94
SP	Hilton Smith	40	24	46	44	3	12	1	0	1	10	0		1	0	0	1	.273	.289	.364	.653	73
SP	Ford Smith**	28	15	44	38	8	10	0	0	1	9	0	0	4	1	0	2	.263	.333	.342	.675	80
SP	Connie Johnson	24	18	28	25	7	4	1	0	0	2	0		2		0	1	.160	.222	.200	.422	13
SP	Ted Alexander	34	11	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3		0	2	.118	.250	.118	.368	-1
SP	Steve Wylie	36	10	20	19	3	4	1	1	0	3	0		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	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	27		689	2488	2176	433	633	105	38	33	359	79	0	244	4	23	45	.291	.368	.420	.788	109

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Herb Souell**	34	3B	278	.378	.356	5.8%	9.6%	0.4%	0.1%	16.00	121.80	0.4%	0.9%	.086	.105
Johnie Scott*	33	LF	262	.327	.356	8.0%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.8%	0.9%	.116	.105
Buck O'Neil	35	1B	246	.376	.356	9.8%	9.6%	0.0%	0.1%		121.80	2.0%	0.9%	.165	.105
Chico Renfroe	24	2B	222	.369	.356	15.8%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.080	.105
Willard Brown	32	CF	216	.479	.356	6.9%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	2.8%	0.9%	.270	.105
Tom Cooper	28	RF	200	.336	.356	12.0%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.5%	0.9%	.054	.105
Hank Thompson*	21	SS	197	.448	.356	10.7%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	4.1%	0.9%	.243	.105
Joe Greene	35	C	150	.452	.356	19.3%	9.6%	0.7%	0.1%	29.00	121.80	2.7%	0.9%	.172	.105
Earl Taborn	24	C	143	.367	.356	9.1%	9.6%	0.0%	0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.081	.105
Ted Strong**	30	RF	138	.332	.356	15.2%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	1.4%	0.9%	.086	.105
Curtis Roberts	17	2B	76	.421	.356	5.3%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	2.6%	0.9%	.200	.105
Jim LaMarque*	26	SP	69	.326	.356	2.9%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.127	.105
Hilton Smith	40	SP	46	.298	.356	2.2%	9.6%	0.0%	0.1%		121.80	2.2%	0.9%	.091	.105
Ford Smith**	28	SP	44	.314	.356	9.1%	9.6%	2.3%	0.1%	4.00	121.80	2.3%	0.9%	.079	.105
John Sanderson	19	SS	30	.245	.356	6.7%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Connie Johnson	24	SP	28	.206	.356	7.1%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.040	.105
Thomas Favors*	26	LF	26	.307	.356	11.5%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Ted Alexander	34	SP	22	.195	.356	13.6%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Steve Wylie	36	SP	20	.244	.356	0.0%	9.6%	0.0%	0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.158	.105
Cannonball Berry^	35	RP	15	.129	.356	0.0%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Lee Moody	30	1B	13	.334	.356	7.7%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.167	.105
Gene Richardson*	19	SP	12	.161	.356	0.0%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Gene Collins*	22	SP	12	.226	.356	8.3%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Satchel Paige	40	SP	10	.096	.356	0.0%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Larry Napoleon^	25	SP	5	.000	.356	0.0%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Johnnie Scroggins^	24	SP	4	.000	.356	0.0%	9.6%	25.0%	0.1%	0.00	121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
Bill Duffy^		C	4	.392	.356	50.0%	9.6%		0.1%		121.80	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.105
27			2488	.368	.356	9.8%	9.6%	0.4%	0.1%	21.75	121.80	1.3%	0.9%	.129	.105