1939 Kansas City Monarchs

60 - 35

38 - 22 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1940 (Team History)

Managed by:
Andy Cooper (60-35)

Top Hitter

Ted
Strong

Top Pitcher

George
Walker

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	97	4th	ERA+	119	1st
OPS	.682	3rd	ERA	3.15	1st
BA	.259	3rd	BA	.250	2nd
OBP	.313	6th	K/BB	2.32	2nd
SLG	.368	3rd	K%	16.9%	1st
BB%	6.9%	7th	BB%	7.3%	2nd
K%	0.9%	2nd	HR%	0.5%	2nd
ISO	.109	2nd	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	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Joe Greene	27	32	121	105	11	24	3	2	2	11	0	0	11		1	1	3	0	.229	.300	.352	.652	88
1B	Buck O'Neil	27	48	185	162	19	30	5	4	1	24	3	1	16		2	3	2	0	.185	.264	.284	.548	59
2B	Newt Allen	38	48	194	174	20	39	6	1	0	14	1	0	12		0	8	0	0	.224	.274	.270	.544	58
3B	Rainey Bibbs**	28	44	181	165	33	48	10	2	1	18	3	0	9		0	6	1	0	.291	.326	.394	.720	108
SS	Ted Strong**	22	47	194	163	36	53	7	3	3	32	14	0	23	1	3	2	3	0	.325	.411	.460	.872	152
LF	Willard Brown	24	45	188	179	36	64	15	7	4	44	9	0	8		0	0	1	0	.358	.383	.587	.970	179
CF	Turkey Stearnes*	38	51	215	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	11	0	19		0	3	0	0	.326	.387	.513	.900	159
RF	Henry Milton*	28	48	216	192	34	49	6	4	2	15	11	0	16		3	5	0	0	.255	.322	.359	.682	97

3B	Jesse Williams	26	26	76	70	8	15	3	0	0	5	3	0	4	1	0	1	1		.214	.253	.257	.510	48
C	Lionel Decuir	24	19	49	46	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2		0	1	0		.109	.146	.130	.276	-20
C	Paul Hardy	28	16	47	42	5	12	0	1	0	6	2	0	5	1	0	0	0		.286	.362	.333	.695	102
LF	Langrum^		7	26	25	2	6	1	0	0	2	0		0		0	1	0		.240	.240	.280	.520	50
C	Ziggy Marcell	22	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0		.200	.200	.200	.400	16

SP	Hilton Smith	32	26	54	52	3	9	0	1	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	1	.173	.185	.212	.397	15
SP	Frank Bradley	21	18	39	38	3	10	1	0	0	3	0		1		0	0	0		.263	.282	.289	.572	66
SP	George Walker	24	22	33	30	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	2	0	0	.133	.161	.200	.361	4
SP	Floyd Kranson	25	12	19	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		1	1	0		.118	.167	.176	.343	-1
SP	Big Train Jackson*	22	8	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	0	0		.091	.167	.091	.258	-24
SP	Willie Hutchinson	24	6	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		1		0	0	0		.100	.182	.100	.282	-17
SP	Lefty Moses^	25	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		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	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	0
RP	Charlie Beverly*	39	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0
	25		542	1885	1699	264	440	72	27	20	220	59	1	130	3	10	34	12	1	.259	.313	.368	.682	97

* = 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
Henry Milton*	28	RF	216	.319	.324	7.4%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.9%	0.7%	.104	.098
Turkey Stearnes*	38	CF	215	.412	.324	8.8%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	3.3%	0.7%	.187	.098
Ted Strong**	22	SS	194	.406	.324	11.9%	8.4%	0.5%	0.2%	23.00	40.20	1.5%	0.7%	.135	.098
Newt Allen	38	2B	194	.254	.324	6.2%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.046	.098
Willard Brown	24	LF	188	.441	.324	4.3%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	2.1%	0.7%	.229	.098
Buck O'Neil	27	1B	185	.261	.324	8.6%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.5%	0.7%	.099	.098
Rainey Bibbs**	28	3B	181	.327	.324	5.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.6%	0.7%	.103	.098
Joe Greene	27	C	121	.306	.324	9.1%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	1.7%	0.7%	.124	.098
Jesse Williams	26	3B	76	.243	.324	5.3%	8.4%	1.3%	0.2%	4.00	40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.043	.098
Hilton Smith	32	SP	54	.187	.324	1.9%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.038	.098
Lionel Decuir	24	C	49	.136	.324	4.1%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.022	.098
Paul Hardy	28	C	47	.340	.324	10.6%	8.4%	2.1%	0.2%	5.00	40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.048	.098
Frank Bradley	21	SP	39	.274	.324	2.6%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.026	.098
George Walker	24	SP	33	.162	.324	3.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.067	.098
Langrum^		LF	26	.235	.324	0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.040	.098
Floyd Kranson	25	SP	19	.162	.324	0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.059	.098
Big Train Jackson*	22	SP	12	.142	.324	8.3%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Willie Hutchinson	24	SP	11	.155	.324	9.1%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Lefty Moses^	25	SP	9	.106	.324	0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Andy Cooper	42	SP	9	.318	.324	0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Ziggy Marcell	22	C	5	.191	.324	0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Elbert Treadway^	23	SP	2	.000	.324	0.0%	8.4%		0.2%		40.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.098
Martin^		RF		.000	.324		8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.7%		.098
Willie Hudson*	21	RP		.000	.324		8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.7%		.098
Charlie Beverly*	39	RP		.000	.324		8.4%		0.2%		40.20		0.7%		.098
25			1885	.317	.324	6.9%	8.4%	0.9%	0.2%	10.67	40.20	1.1%	0.7%	.109	.098