1944 Kansas City Monarchs

49 - 74

26 - 45 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1945 (Team History)

Managed by:
Frank Duncan (49-74)

Top Hitter

Bonnie
Serrell

Top Pitcher

Satchel
Paige

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	100	3rd	ERA+	99	2nd
OPS	.629	4th	ERA	3.26	2nd
BA	.252	4th	BA	.229	1st
OBP	.302	5th	K/BB	1.80	1st
SLG	.328	3rd	K%	15.7%	1st
BB%	6.1%	5th	BB%	8.7%	6th
K%			HR%	0.1%	1st
ISO	.076	2nd	WHIP	1.24	3rd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Ruppert Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• J. L. Wilkinson (Co-Owner) , Tom Baird (Co-Owner) , Dizzy Dismukes (Business Manager)

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	Sammy Haynes	24	36	99	96	5	18	2	0	0	7	1	2	1	0	.188	.212	.208	.420	34
1B	Newt Allen	43	46	178	167	18	44	8	0	0	17	0	7	0	4	.263	.293	.311	.604	92
2B	Bonnie Serrell*	24	50	204	187	39	60	10	5	4	24	6	15	1	1	.321	.374	.492	.866	175
3B	Herb Souell**	31	53	219	200	33	57	5	2	2	17	4	18	0	1	.285	.344	.360	.704	124
SS	Jesse Williams	31	43	176	157	21	36	6	4	0	10	3	14	2	3	.229	.301	.318	.619	97
LF	Lee Moody	27	50	197	189	22	47	6	2	1	27	2	5	0	3	.249	.268	.317	.586	86
CF	Mance Smith	27	36	126	115	13	22	1	1	0	8	1	9	1	1	.191	.256	.217	.473	51
RF	Dave Harper	26	27	90	83	9	27	5	5	0	14	1	7	0	0	.325	.378	.506	.884	180

RF	Walter Thomas	32	19	69	62	10	14	4	1	0	8	1	4	1	2	.226	.284	.323	.606	92
SS	Norman Young	25	19	56	47	6	13	1	0	0	5	1	6	1	2	.277	.370	.298	.668	113
RF	Earl Bumpus*	30	20	55	52	4	11	1	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	.212	.255	.231	.485	54
C	Frank Duncan	43	20	52	37	2	8	4	0	0	5	1	9	2	4	.216	.396	.324	.720	129
C	Doc Wingo	31	15	30	29	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.241	.267	.241	.508	62
1B	Bob Johnson*		13	30	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.111	.172	.111	.284	-9
LF	Johnie Scott*	30	7	29	29	4	8	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	.276	.276	.414	.690	118
LF	Jim LaMarque*	23	16	29	27	5	8	1	0	1	6	1	2	0	0	.296	.345	.444	.789	150
CF	Bobby Vandever*	30	5	15	15	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	112
1B	Cecil Perkins		4	13	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	27
RF	Willard Brown	29	3	10	9	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	134
C	Garcia Massingale^	16	6	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-21
C	Raymond Taylor	33	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-21
1B	Clarence Locke	33	2	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.600	.800	152
C	Dozier Hood	31	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	112
C	Loggins^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Jack Matchett*	36	21	52	46	5	12	0	0	0	7	0	5	0	1	.261	.333	.261	.594	89
SP	Satchel Paige	37	16	41	39	2	7	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	.179	.200	.256	.456	45
SP	Hilton Smith	37	20	35	32	2	8	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	.250	.314	.344	.658	109
SP	Booker McDaniel	30	19	34	33	4	12	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	.364	.382	.424	.807	156
SP	Eddie Locke*	21	15	25	24	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.280	.292	.572	82
SP	Steve Wylie	33	6	11	11	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.182	.273	-14
SP	Dean Thomas^	31	4	8	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-9
SP	Ted Alexander	31	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Malone^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PR	Clark^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	34		601	1915	1764	226	444	59	24	9	184	27	116	10	25	.252	.302	.328	.629	100

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Herb Souell**	31	3B	219	.342	.303	8.2%	6.9%	0.9%	0.4%	.075	.069
Bonnie Serrell*	24	2B	204	.410	.303	7.4%	6.9%	2.0%	0.4%	.171	.069
Lee Moody	27	LF	197	.277	.303	2.5%	6.9%	0.5%	0.4%	.069	.069
Newt Allen	43	1B	178	.287	.303	3.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.048	.069
Jesse Williams	31	SS	176	.299	.303	8.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.089	.069
Mance Smith	27	CF	126	.238	.303	7.1%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.026	.069
Sammy Haynes	24	C	99	.207	.303	2.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.021	.069
Dave Harper	26	RF	90	.417	.303	7.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.181	.069
Walter Thomas	32	RF	69	.287	.303	5.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.097	.069
Norman Young	25	SS	56	.326	.303	10.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.021	.069
Earl Bumpus*	30	RF	55	.242	.303	3.6%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.019	.069
Frank Duncan	43	C	52	.340	.303	17.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.108	.069
Jack Matchett*	36	SP	52	.295	.303	9.6%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Satchel Paige	37	SP	41	.213	.303	2.4%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.077	.069
Hilton Smith	37	SP	35	.323	.303	8.6%	6.9%	2.9%	0.4%	.094	.069
Booker McDaniel	30	SP	34	.388	.303	2.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.061	.069
Bob Johnson*		1B	30	.146	.303	6.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Doc Wingo	31	C	30	.250	.303	3.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Jim LaMarque*	23	LF	29	.379	.303	6.9%	6.9%	3.4%	0.4%	.148	.069
Johnie Scott*	30	LF	29	.323	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.138	.069
Eddie Locke*	21	SP	25	.279	.303	4.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.042	.069
Bobby Vandever*	30	CF	15	.322	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Cecil Perkins		1B	13	.206	.303	7.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Steve Wylie	33	SP	11	.127	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.091	.069
Willard Brown	29	RF	10	.364	.303	10.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Garcia Massingale^	16	C	8	.121	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Raymond Taylor	33	C	8	.121	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Dean Thomas^	31	SP	8	.121	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Ted Alexander	31	SP	5	.000	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Clarence Locke	33	1B	5	.356	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.400	.069
Dozier Hood	31	C	3	.322	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Malone^		RP	2	.000	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Loggins^		C	1	.000	.303	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.069
Clark^		PR		.000	.303		6.9%		0.4%		.069
34			1915	.303	.303	6.1%	6.9%	0.5%	0.4%	.076	.069