1939 Kansas City Monarchs

62 - 35

40 - 22 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1940 (Team History)

Managed by:
Andy Cooper (62-35)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	97	3rd	ERA+	119	1st
OPS	.684	3rd	ERA	3.15	1st
BA	.259	3rd	BA	.249	2nd
OBP	.317	5th	K/BB	2.32	2nd
SLG	.367	3rd	K%	17.0%	1st
BB%	7.1%	7th	BB%	7.3%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.5%	2nd
ISO	.108	3rd	WHIP	1.23	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro American League
• First Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 5 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• J. L. Wilkinson (Co-Owner & President) , Tom Baird (Co-Owner & Secretary) , Quincy Gilmore (Secretary)

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	27	33	120	107	11	24	3	2	2	11	0	11	1	1	.224	.303	.346	.648	87
1B	Buck O'Neil	27	49	187	165	20	31	5	4	1	24	4	17	2	3	.188	.272	.285	.557	61
2B	Newt Allen	38	49	198	178	21	39	6	1	0	14	1	12	0	8	.219	.268	.264	.532	54
3B	Rainey Bibbs**	28	44	180	165	33	48	10	2	1	18	3	9	0	6	.291	.328	.394	.722	108
SS	Ted Strong**	22	48	195	167	36	55	7	3	3	33	14	23	3	2	.329	.420	.461	.881	155
LF	Willard Brown	24	46	191	183	37	65	15	7	4	44	9	8	0	0	.355	.382	.579	.961	176
CF	Turkey Stearnes*	38	51	215	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	11	19	0	3	.326	.387	.513	.900	159
RF	Henry Milton*	28	49	221	194	35	50	7	4	2	16	11	19	3	5	.258	.333	.366	.699	102

3B	Jesse Williams	26	27	79	73	9	17	3	0	0	6	3	5	0	1	.233	.282	.274	.556	61
C	Paul Hardy	28	17	49	44	5	12	0	1	0	6	2	5	0	0	.273	.347	.318	.665	93
C	Lionel Decuir	24	19	49	46	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	.109	.146	.130	.276	-20
LF	Langrum^		8	30	29	2	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.241	.241	.276	.517	49
C	Ziggy Marcell	22	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	16

SP	Hilton Smith	32	26	53	52	3	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	.173	.189	.212	.400	16
SP	Frank Bradley	21	18	39	38	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.263	.282	.289	.572	65
SP	George Walker	24	22	33	30	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.133	.161	.200	.361	4
SP	Floyd Kranson	25	13	23	20	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.100	.182	.150	.332	-3
SP	Big Train Jackson*	22	8	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	-24
SP	Willie Hutchinson	24	6	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	-17
SP	Lefty Moses^	25	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-36
SP	Andy Cooper	42	4	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	93
SP	Elbert Treadway^	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RF	Martin^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

RP	Willie Hudson*	21	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Charlie Beverly*	39	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	25		552	1910	1730	269	448	73	27	20	224	60	136	10	34	.259	.317	.367	.684	97

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Henry Milton*	28	RF	221	.328	.325	8.6%	8.4%	0.9%	0.7%	.108	.098
Turkey Stearnes*	38	CF	215	.412	.325	8.8%	8.4%	3.3%	0.7%	.187	.098
Newt Allen	38	2B	198	.249	.325	6.1%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.045	.098
Ted Strong**	22	SS	195	.414	.325	11.8%	8.4%	1.5%	0.7%	.132	.098
Willard Brown	24	LF	191	.439	.325	4.2%	8.4%	2.1%	0.7%	.224	.098
Buck O'Neil	27	1B	187	.268	.325	9.1%	8.4%	0.5%	0.7%	.097	.098
Rainey Bibbs**	28	3B	180	.329	.325	5.0%	8.4%	0.6%	0.7%	.103	.098
Joe Greene	27	C	120	.308	.325	9.2%	8.4%	1.7%	0.7%	.121	.098
Jesse Williams	26	3B	79	.268	.325	6.3%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.041	.098
Hilton Smith	32	SP	53	.190	.325	1.9%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.038	.098
Lionel Decuir	24	C	49	.136	.325	4.1%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.022	.098
Paul Hardy	28	C	49	.326	.325	10.2%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.045	.098
Frank Bradley	21	SP	39	.274	.325	2.6%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.026	.098
George Walker	24	SP	33	.162	.325	3.0%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.067	.098
Langrum^		LF	30	.236	.325	0.0%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.034	.098
Floyd Kranson	25	SP	23	.167	.325	4.3%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.098
Big Train Jackson*	22	SP	12	.142	.325	8.3%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Willie Hutchinson	24	SP	11	.155	.325	9.1%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Lefty Moses^	25	SP	9	.106	.325	0.0%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Andy Cooper	42	SP	9	.318	.325	0.0%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Ziggy Marcell	22	C	5	.191	.325	0.0%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Elbert Treadway^	23	SP	2	.000	.325	0.0%	8.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Martin^		RF		.000	.325		8.4%		0.7%		.098
Willie Hudson*	21	RP		.000	.325		8.4%		0.7%		.098
Charlie Beverly*	39	RP		.000	.325		8.4%		0.7%		.098
25			1910	.319	.325	7.1%	8.4%	1.0%	0.7%	.108	.098