1948 Kansas City Monarchs - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1948 Kansas City Monarchs


62 - 32 - 2


60 - 30 - 2 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1949 (Team History)

Managed by:
Buck O'Neil (62-32-2)

Top Hitter


Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher


Jim
LaMarque

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
106
 2nd ERA+
118
 2nd
OPS
.778
 2nd ERA
3.80
 2nd
BA
.287
 2nd BA
.254
 1st
OBP
.359
 2nd K/BB
1.74
 1st
SLG
.418
 2nd K%
16.4%
 1st
BB%
9.3%
 1st BB%
9.4%
 4th
K%
HR%
0.5%
 1st
ISO
.131
 1st WHIP
1.41
 1st

Notes:


• First Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame


Wins Above Replacement
Glossary
Player
Age
Pos
PA
IP
WAR
Off
Fld
Pit
Adj
27
SP
53
112.0
3.7
0.4
0.0
3.3
0.0
33
CF
189
2.4
2.6
-0.1
0.0
0.0
22
RF
192
2.3
1.9
0.5
0.0
-0.1
29
SP
27
55.2
1.4
-0.1
0.0
1.5
0.0
41
SP
30
63.2
0.8
0.1
0.1
0.6
0.0
35
3B
197
0.8
0.2
0.6
0.0
0.0
25
C
158
0.6
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.1
34
LF
123
0.5
0.6
0.0
0.0
-0.1
23
SS
187
0.4
0.5
-0.3
0.0
0.2
1B
115
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.0
-0.1
25
RP
13
38.0
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
23
SP
23
56.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
-0.1
0.0
24
RF
2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
20
SP
16
39.1
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
19
LF
75
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.1
17
SP
1.2
-0.1
0.0
0.0
-0.1
0.0
36
1B
91
-0.3
-0.4
0.2
0.0
-0.1
SP
7
12.1
-0.5
-0.1
0.0
-0.4
0.0
18
2B
184
-0.6
-0.4
-0.3
0.0
0.1
19
1682
378.2
11.8
5.9
0.9
5.0
0.0

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Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James