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1947 Kansas City Monarchs

66 - 47 - 1

54 - 32 in the Negro American League

1920 / 1948 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Frank Duncan (66-47-1)

Top Hitter

Willard
Brown

Top Pitcher

Jim
LaMarque

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

110

2nd

ERA+

106

2nd

OPS

.788

2nd

ERA

4.47

2nd

BA

.291

1st

BA

.270

1st

OBP

.368

1st

K/BB

1.40

2nd

SLG

.420

2nd

K%

13.5%

1st

BB%

9.8%

2nd

BB%

9.6%

4th

K%

HR%

0.6%

1st

ISO

.129

2nd

WHIP

1.53

2nd

Notes:

Home Ballpark: Blues Stadium (Kansas City, MO)
4 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
J. L. Wilkinson (Co-Owner) , Tom Baird (Co-Owner)

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
C	Joe Greene	35	42	150	116	30	38	6	1	4	24	5	29	2	3	.328	.469	.500	.969	159
1B	Buck O'Neil	35	60	246	218	54	62	15	3	5	36	15	24	2	2	.284	.361	.450	.810	116
2B	Chico Renfroe	24	53	222	174	33	49	10	2	0	20	3	35	3	10	.282	.410	.362	.772	107
3B	Herb Souell **	34	61	278	257	52	85	5	7	1	32	16	16	4	1	.331	.379	.416	.795	113
SS	Hank Thompson *	21	44	197	173	51	58	8	5	8	36	7	21	2	1	.335	.413	.578	.991	164
LF	Johnie Scott *	33	65	262	241	42	62	10	6	2	27	12	21	0	0	.257	.317	.373	.690	84
CF	Willard Brown	32	48	216	200	42	75	22	7	6	64	12	15	1	0	.375	.421	.645	1.066	183
RF	Tom Cooper	28	54	200	166	38	46	6	0	1	26	6	24	1	9	.277	.372	.331	.703	89

C	Earl Taborn	24	40	143	123	22	36	10	0	0	20	1	13	5	2	.293	.383	.374	.757	103
RF	Ted Strong **	30	41	138	116	12	26	4	0	2	15	0	21	1	0	.224	.348	.310	.658	77
2B	Curtis Roberts	17	18	76	70	12	25	2	3	2	13	0	4	0	2	.357	.392	.557	.949	152
SS	John Sanderson	19	9	30	28	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	.214	.267	.214	.481	29
LF	Thomas Favors *	26	6	26	21	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	.238	.360	.238	.598	61
1B	Lee Moody	30	3	13	12	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.417	.724	93
C	Bill Duffy ^	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	39

SP	Jim LaMarque *	26	25	69	63	13	18	4	2	0	12	0	2	1	3	.286	.318	.413	.731	95
SP	Hilton Smith	40	24	46	44	3	12	1	0	1	10	0	1	0	1	.273	.289	.364	.653	74
SP	Ford Smith **	28	15	44	38	8	10	0	0	1	9	0	4	0	2	.263	.333	.342	.675	81
SP	Connie Johnson	24	18	28	25	7	4	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	.160	.222	.200	.422	13
SP	Ted Alexander	34	11	22	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	.118	.250	.118	.368	0
SP	Steve Wylie	36	10	20	19	3	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	.211	.211	.368	.579	53
RP	Cannonball Berry ^	35	16	15	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.154	.154	.154	.308	-18
SP	Gene Richardson *	19	3	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3
SP	Gene Collins *	22	8	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	16
SP	Satchel Paige	40	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40
SP	Larry Napoleon ^	25	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Johnnie Scroggins ^	24	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	27		689	2488	2176	433	633	105	38	33	358	79	244	23	45	.291	.368	.420	.788	110

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%
Herb Souell **	34	3B	278		.379	.355		5.8%	9.5%		0.4%	0.9%		.086	.105
Johnie Scott *	33	LF	262		.327	.355		8.0%	9.5%		0.8%	0.9%		.116	.105
Buck O'Neil	35	1B	246		.376	.355		9.8%	9.5%		2.0%	0.9%		.165	.105
Chico Renfroe	24	2B	222		.369	.355		15.8%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.080	.105
Willard Brown	32	CF	216		.479	.355		6.9%	9.5%		2.8%	0.9%		.270	.105
Tom Cooper	28	RF	200		.336	.355		12.0%	9.5%		0.5%	0.9%		.054	.105
Hank Thompson *	21	SS	197		.448	.355		10.7%	9.5%		4.1%	0.9%		.243	.105
Joe Greene	35	C	150		.452	.355		19.3%	9.5%		2.7%	0.9%		.172	.105
Earl Taborn	24	C	143		.367	.355		9.1%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.081	.105
Ted Strong **	30	RF	138		.332	.355		15.2%	9.5%		1.4%	0.9%		.086	.105
Curtis Roberts	17	2B	76		.421	.355		5.3%	9.5%		2.6%	0.9%		.200	.105
Jim LaMarque *	26	SP	69		.326	.355		2.9%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.127	.105
Hilton Smith	40	SP	46		.298	.355		2.2%	9.5%		2.2%	0.9%		.091	.105
Ford Smith **	28	SP	44		.314	.355		9.1%	9.5%		2.3%	0.9%		.079	.105
John Sanderson	19	SS	30		.245	.355		6.7%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Connie Johnson	24	SP	28		.206	.355		7.1%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.040	.105
Thomas Favors *	26	LF	26		.307	.355		11.5%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Ted Alexander	34	SP	22		.195	.355		13.6%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Steve Wylie	36	SP	20		.244	.355		0.0%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.158	.105
Cannonball Berry ^	35	RP	15		.129	.355		0.0%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Lee Moody	30	1B	13		.334	.355		7.7%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.167	.105
Gene Richardson *	19	SP	12		.161	.355		0.0%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Gene Collins *	22	SP	12		.226	.355		8.3%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Satchel Paige	40	SP	10		.096	.355		0.0%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Larry Napoleon ^	25	SP	5		.000	.355		0.0%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Johnnie Scroggins ^	24	SP	4		.000	.355		0.0%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
Bill Duffy ^	C	4		.392	.355		50.0%	9.5%		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
27			2488		.368	.355		9.8%	9.5%		1.3%	0.9%		.129	.105