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1939 Kansas City Monarchs

60 - 35

50 - 28 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	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	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