1948 Kansas City Monarchs

69 - 37 - 3

65 - 35 - 3 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1949 (Team History)

Managed by:
Buck O'Neil (69-37-3)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	107	2nd	ERA+	117	2nd
OPS	.782	2nd	ERA	3.94	2nd
BA	.287	2nd	BA	.256	1st
OBP	.357	2nd	K/BB	1.77	2nd
SLG	.424	2nd	K%	16.3%	1st
BB%	9.2%	1st	BB%	9.2%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.6%	1st
ISO	.137	1st	WHIP	1.41	1st

Notes:

• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 3 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+
CF	Willard Brown	33	46	197	174	43	71	23	2	7	54	8	22	1	0	.408	.477	.684	1.161	205
RF	Hank Thompson*	22	47	206	176	50	59	13	5	5	29	12	27	2	1	.335	.429	.551	.980	158
SS	Gene Baker	23	46	200	181	39	45	9	7	3	28	5	15	0	4	.249	.306	.425	.732	92
C	Earl Taborn	25	44	170	148	15	44	10	0	0	23	2	21	0	1	.297	.385	.365	.749	99
LF	Johnie Scott*	34	33	129	110	24	33	6	1	1	23	7	16	2	1	.300	.398	.400	.798	112
3B	Herb Souell**	35	46	211	196	41	56	8	6	2	22	6	14	1	0	.286	.336	.418	.755	99
2B	Curtis Roberts	18	46	196	181	26	44	10	1	0	20	5	14	0	1	.243	.297	.309	.607	61
1B	Tom Cooper	29	31	128	107	17	31	2	3	1	13	2	16	1	4	.290	.387	.393	.780	107
LF	Elston Howard	19	20	84	80	16	20	5	3	1	13	1	3	1	0	.250	.286	.425	.711	86
SP	Jim LaMarque*	27	18	55	46	9	15	3	0	1	11	0	7	1	1	.326	.426	.457	.882	133
1B	Buck O'Neil	36	25	96	89	8	19	1	0	0	11	2	7	0	0	.213	.271	.225	.496	32
SP	Hilton Smith	41	13	30	28	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	.321	.345	.464	.809	113
SP	Ford Smith**	29	13	27	26	4	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	39
SP	Connie Johnson	25	12	18	18	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.222	.389	2
SP	Gene Collins*	23	12	23	20	4	6	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	.300	.391	.450	.841	122
SP	Leonard Johnson^	28	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Gene Richardson*	20	8	19	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.056	.105	.111	.216	-43
SP	Tincy Jamerson^	17	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RF	Charley Hall^	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	19		465	1799	1608	307	461	100	29	21	257	51	166	11	14	.287	.357	.424	.782	107

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Herb Souell**	35	3B	211	.350	.354	6.6%	9.0%	0.9%	0.9%	.133	.116
Hank Thompson*	22	RF	206	.445	.354	13.1%	9.0%	2.4%	0.9%	.216	.116
Gene Baker	23	SS	200	.326	.354	7.5%	9.0%	1.5%	0.9%	.177	.116
Willard Brown	33	CF	197	.517	.354	11.2%	9.0%	3.6%	0.9%	.276	.116
Curtis Roberts	18	2B	196	.291	.354	7.1%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.066	.116
Earl Taborn	25	C	170	.363	.354	12.4%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.068	.116
Johnie Scott*	34	LF	129	.382	.354	12.4%	9.0%	0.8%	0.9%	.100	.116
Tom Cooper	29	1B	128	.363	.354	12.5%	9.0%	0.8%	0.9%	.103	.116
Buck O'Neil	36	1B	96	.249	.354	7.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.011	.116
Elston Howard	19	LF	84	.320	.354	3.6%	9.0%	1.2%	0.9%	.175	.116
Jim LaMarque*	27	SP	55	.411	.354	12.7%	9.0%	1.8%	0.9%	.130	.116
Hilton Smith	41	SP	30	.357	.354	3.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.143	.116
Ford Smith**	29	SP	27	.245	.354	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.115	.116
Gene Collins*	23	SP	23	.396	.354	8.7%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.150	.116
Gene Richardson*	20	SP	19	.109	.354	5.3%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.056	.116
Connie Johnson	25	SP	18	.178	.354	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.056	.116
Leonard Johnson^	28	SP	8	.000	.354	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.116
Charley Hall^	24	RF	2	.000	.354	0.0%	9.0%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.116
Tincy Jamerson^	17	SP		.000	.354		9.0%		0.9%		.116
19			1799	.362	.354	9.2%	9.0%	1.2%	0.9%	.137	.116