Kansas City Blues

• Location: Kansas City, MO
• League: Western Association 1888, 1890-1891; Western League 1894-1899; American League 1900; Western League 1901; American Association 1904-1954
• Affiliation: New York Yankees 1936-1954
• Ballpark: Association Park (1888-1901), Exposition Park (1888-1901), Parade Park (1899), Elm Ridge Race Track and Club House (1904-?), The Kansas City Speedway (1922-24), Muehlebach Field (1923-36), Ruppert Stadium (1937-42), Blues Stadium (1943-54)

The Kansas City Blues were a team in the minor-league version of the American League in 1900.

When the American Association was established as a new minor league in 1902, the Kansas City Blues were among the first members (playing as the Kansas City Cowboys in 1902-1903). Previously teams with that name had been active in the Western Association and Western League. From '02 through '54, the Blues were mainstays of the AA. They finished first in '18, '23, '29, '39, '40, '42 and '47. When the post-season was added to the AA, they played in '36, '38-'42, '47 and '51-'53. They won AA pennants in '18, '23, '29, '38, '52 and '53. In '23 and '29, they won the Little World Series and in '38 they won the Junior World Series. They lost the Junior World Series in '52 and '53. Among the famous players to appear for the team were Jake Beckley ('06 batting champ), Phil Rizzuto (Minor League Player of the Year in '40), Al Rosen ('48) and Mickey Mantle (40 games in '51). Minor league stars to appear included Joe Hauser (in 1927), Kal Segrist and Bunny Brief. The glory era of the team in the '38-'42 and '51-'53 stretches came as a farm club of the New York Yankees.

Source: "The American Association" by Bill O'Neal

Kansas City Ballparks

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs
1888	76-42	1st	Jim Manning	none League Champs
1890	78-39	1st	James Manning	none League Champs
1891	66-59	2nd	Jim Manning	none
1894	68-59	3rd	Jim Manning	none
1895	73-52	3rd	Jim Manning	none
1896	69-66	5th	Jim Manning	none
1897	40-99	7th	Jim Manning	none
1898	88-51	1st	Jim Manning	none League Champs
1899	53-70	7th (t)	Jim Manning	none
1900	69-70	5th	Jim Manning	none
1901	79-44	1st	George Tebeau	none League Champs
1904	60-91	7th	Dale Gear / Arthur Irwin	none
1905	44-102	8th	Arthur Irwin	none
1906	69-79	6th	Jimmy Burke	none
1907	78-76	4th	Jimmy Burke	none
1908	70-83	7th	Monte Cross	none
1909	71-93	8th	Monte Cross (8-12) / Jake Beckley (36-38) / Danny Shay (27-43)	none
1910	85-81	5th	Danny Shay	none
1911	94-70	2nd	Danny Shay	none
1912	85-82	4th	Charlie Carr	none
1913	69-98	6th (t)	Charlie Carr (59-80) / Tom Downey (10-18)	none
1914	84-84	6th	Bill Armour	none
1915	71-79	5th	Bill Armour (3-4) / Danny Shay (68-75)	none
1916	86-81	5th	Danny Shay	none
1917	66-86	7th	John Ganzel	none
1918	73-30	1st	John Ganzel	League suspended operations July 21
1919	86-65	2nd	John Ganzel	none
1920	60-106	8th	Alex McCarthy (18-45) / Otto Knabe (42-61)	none
1921	84-80	3rd	Otto Knabe	none
1922	92-76	3rd	Otto Knabe (28-27) / Wilbur Good (64-49)	none
1923	112-54	1st	Wilbur Good	none
1924	68-96	8th	Wilbur Good (34-46) / John "Doc" Lavan (34-50)	none
1925	80-87	5th	John "Doc" Lavan	none
1926	87-78	5th	Spencer Abbott	none
1927	99-69	2nd	Dutch Zwilling	none
1928	88-80	4th	Dutch Zwilling	none
1929	111-56	1st	Dutch Zwilling	none League Champs
1930	75-79	5th	Dutch Zwilling	none
1931	90-77	2nd	Dutch Zwilling	none
1932	81-86	6th	Dutch Zwilling	none
1933	57-93	8th	Tris Speaker (14-25) / Nick Allen (43-68)
1934	65-88	8th	Roger Peckinpaugh
1935	84-70	3rd (t)	Dutch Zwilling	none
1936	84-69	3rd	Dutch Zwilling	Lost in 1st round
1937	72-82	5th	Dutch Zwilling
1938	84-67	2nd	Bill Meyer	League Champs
1939	107-47	1st	Bill Meyer	Lost in 1st round
1940	95-57	1st	Bill Meyer	Lost League Finals
1941	85-69	3rd	Bill Meyer	Lost in 1st round
1942	84-69	1st	Johnny Neun	Lost in 1st round
1943	67-85	7th	Johnny Neun
1944	41-110	8th	Jack Saltzgaver
1945	65-86	7th	Casey Stengel
1946	67-82	7th	Bill Meyer (41-38) / Goldie Holt (7-7) / Burleigh Grimes (19-37)
1947	93-60	1st	Bill Meyer	Lost in 1st round
1948	64-88	6th	Dick Bartell
1949	71-80	5th	Bill Skiff
1950	54-99	8th	Joe Kuhel
1951	81-70	3rd	George Selkirk	Lost in 1st round
1952	89-65	2nd	George Selkirk	League Champs
1953	88-66	2nd	Harry Craft	League Champs
1954	74-80	6th	Harry Craft