Kansas City Monarchs Team History & Encyclopedia

Team Name: Kansas City Monarchs

Seasons: 24 (1920 to 1948)

Record: 1144-621, .648 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 12

Pennants: 10

World Championships: 2

Winningest Manager: Frank Duncan, 281-212, .570 W-L%

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Past Franchise Names

All-Time Top 12 Players

Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images.

Franchise History

Franchise History
Year	Tm	Lg	G	W	L	Ties	W-L%	pythW-L%	Finish	GB	Playoffs	R	RA	BatAge	PAge	#Bat	#P	Top Player	Managers
1948	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	104	67	34	3	.663	.609	1st of 6	1.0	Lost ALC (4-3-1)	307	241	27.2	27.6	19	8	J.LaMarque (3.9)	B.O'Neil (62-32)
1947	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	98	62	36	0	.633	.596	2nd of 6	6.0		433	350	29.6	30.3	27	13	J.LaMarque (2.7)	F.Duncan (56-41)
1946	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	81	60	19	2	.759	.580	1st of 6	--	Lost WS (4-3)	198	166	29.4	30.9	24	8	W.Brown (2.0)	F.Duncan (55-26)
1945	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	96	52	41	3	.559	.567	2nd of 6	17.5		261	225	30.1	31.9	30	9	B.McDaniel (3.4)	F.Duncan (49-38)
1944	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	87	39	48	0	.448	.496	4th of 6	17.0		215	217	30.3	32.5	34	12	S.Paige (4.0)	F.Duncan (35-51)
1943	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	72	44	27	1	.620	.533	1st of 6	--		216	201	29.8	33.3	28	10	W.Brown (2.8)	F.Duncan (51-39)
1942	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	39	27	12	0	.692	.684	2nd of 6	1.5	Won WS (4-0)	189	124	29.7	31.1	21	9	J.Matchett (2.0)	F.Duncan (35-17)
1941	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	48	31	16	1	.660	.711	1st of 6	--		196	120	29.9	28.4	24	11	H.Smith (3.7)	N.Allen (34-13)
1940	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	50	36	11	3	.766	.710	1st of 7	--		227	139	29.3	28.2	25	8	G.Walker (2.5)	A.Cooper (31-15)
1939	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	71	46	25	0	.648	.629	1st of 7	--	Won LCS (4-1)	243	182	28.6	26.1	26	11	G.Walker (2.8)	A.Cooper (42-25)
1938	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	73	45	27	1	.625	.672	1st of 7	--		284	192	28.6	26.3	32	14	H.Smith (4.6)	A.Cooper (47-27)
1937	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	72	52	19	1	.732	.777	1st of 8	--	Won LCS (5-1-1)	356	180	28.5	28.1	25	13	H.Smith (5.8)	A.Cooper (53-22)
1931	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	0	0	0	0			3rd of 7	13.5				0.0	0.0	0	0
1930	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	63	40	23	0	.635	.582	2nd of 9	13.5		387	323	28.3	25.2	18	7	W.Bell (4.1)	B.Rogan (26-10) and D.Mothell (16-28)
1929	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	80	63	17	0	.788	.740	1st of 7	--		497	281	28.2	28.5	15	6	C.Brewer (6.7)	B.Rogan (66-17)
1928	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	80	50	29	1	.633	.621	2nd of 8	8.0		385	294	26.6	28.6	19	7	B.Rogan (4.3)	B.Rogan (50-29)
1927	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	88	55	33	0	.625	.665	3rd of 8	3.5		460	316	28.5	26.7	26	10	B.Rogan (6.5)	B.Rogan (55-33)
1926	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	82	60	22	0	.732	.680	1st of 8	--	Lost NNC (5-4)	442	293	28.9	27.6	23	10	W.Bell (5.8)	B.Rogan (60-22)
1925	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	84	59	23	2	.720	.694	1st of 8	--	Lost WS (5-1)	447	286	28.4	28.0	18	8	B.Rogan (9.2)	J.Méndez (60-25)
1924	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	79	57	22	0	.722	.717	1st of 9	--	Won WS (5-4-1)	530	319	27.7	28.3	22	10	B.Rogan (4.8)	J.Méndez (57-22)
1923	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	86	54	32	0	.628	.653	1st of 11	--		636	450	27.0	28.6	22	11	B.Rogan (8.6)	S.Crawford (26-17) and J.Méndez (35-20)
1922	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	80	47	31	2	.603	.605	1st of 8	--		504	399	27.0	26.3	23	11	B.Rogan (9.0)	S.Crawford (50-33)
1921	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	95	54	41	0	.568	.569	2nd of 8	4.5		543	467	27.9	26.4	23	11	B.Rogan (8.1)	S.Crawford (57-44)
1920	Kansas City Monarchs	NNL	79	44	33	2	.571	.557	2nd of 8	7.5		394	348	27.4	26.4	26	11	S.Crawford (4.0)	J.Méndez (44-33)