1940 Kansas City Monarchs Statistics

1939 Season 1941 Season

Record: 36-11-3, Finished 1st in Negro American League

Manager: Andy Cooper (31-15-2)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Joe Greene	28	26	100	85	24	24	7	4	2	22	4		14		.282	.384	.529	.913	173	45	0	0	1		0
2	1B	Buck O'Neil	28	38	147	138	24	39	6	3	1	26	8		8		.283	.322	.391	.713	113	54	0	0	1		0
3	2B	Jesse Douglas*	24	26	107	100	17	23	3	0	0	12	5		4		.230	.267	.260	.527	58	26	0	1	2		0
4	SS	Bill Williams	27	38	147	131	23	48	6	3	1	28	5		10		.366	.420	.481	.900	169	63	0	2	4		0
5	3B	Herb Souell#	27	34	135	118	19	37	5	1	0	14	8		16		.314	.400	.373	.773	131	44	0	1	0		0
6	LF	Fred McDaniel*	27	22	97	81	17	16	2	0	0	8	4		11		.198	.323	.222	.545	63	18	0	4	1		0
7	CF	Turkey Stearnes*	39	36	146	126	22	33	6	2	5	33	4		18		.262	.359	.460	.819	145	58	0	1	1		0
8	RF	Henry Milton*	29	31	139	122	22	31	3	1	1	13	8		10		.254	.321	.320	.641	92	39	0	2	5		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Newt Allen	39	25	96	86	17	22	3	0	0	7	2		7		.256	.319	.291	.610	83	25	0	1	2		0
10	C	Lionel Decuir	25	19	61	56	9	14	0	1	1	6	3		5		.250	.311	.339	.651	95	19	0	0	0		0
11	IF	Rainey Bibbs#	29	12	54	49	10	18	2	2	0	6	1		3		.367	.415	.490	.905	171	24	0	1	1		0
12	OF	Leandy Young	31	5	16	14	3	5	3	0	0	2	0		1		.357	.400	.571	.971	191	8	0	0	1		0
13	3B	Jesse Warren	25	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.143	.250	.143	.393	18	1	0	0	0		0
14	OF	Willard Brown	25	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
15	C	Frazier Robinson	30	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0		.667	.667	.667	1.333	299	2	0	0	0		0
16	3B	Leo Sanders?	26	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0		0
17	C	Johnnie Dawson?	25	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	796	2	0	0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
18	P	Jack Matchett*	32	16	35	34	5	11	0	2	0	2	0		0		.324	.324	.441	.765	129	15	0	0	1		0
19	P	Hilton Smith	33	18	30	29	2	14	4	1	0	7	0		1		.483	.500	.690	1.190	256	20	0	0	0		0
20	P	Frank Bradley	22	12	26	23	2	7	2	0	1	4	0		0		.304	.333	.522	.855	156	12	0	1	2		0
21	P	George Walker	25	8	25	22	5	7	0	0	0	4	0		0		.318	.318	.318	.636	90	7	0	0	3		0
22	P	Floyd Kranson	26	9	17	17	4	6	0	1	0	2	0		0		.353	.353	.471	.824	146	8	0	0	0		0
23	P	Allen Bryant*	22	6	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.400	.400	.400	.800	139	2	0	0	0		0
24	P	Satchel Paige	33	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	100	1	0	0	0		0
25	P	Lefty Moses?	26	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.4	50	1410	1261	227	362	53	21	12	200	52		110		.287	.351	.391	.742	122	493	0	14	25		0
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				2	1	2	1	1	1		1		4	5	1	1	1	1		1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.5	50	1267	1126	209	314	47	17	11	180	52		109		.279	.349	.380	.729	118	428	0	13	19		0
		Pitcher Totals	28.0	50	143	135	18	48	6	4	1	20	0		1		.356	.365	.481	.846	153	65	0	1	6		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jack Matchett	32	6	3	.667	3.36	14	10	4	6	1	1	80.1	86	41	30	2	22	0	55	2	0	3	347	124	2.85	1.344	9.6	0.2	2.5	6.2	2.50
2	SP	Frank Bradley	22	6	2	.750	2.55	9	5	1	2	0	0	53.0	40	20	15	2	17	0	53	0	0	2	219	164	2.45	1.075	6.8	0.3	2.9	9.0	3.12
3	SP	Floyd Kranson	26	4	1	.800	4.78	8	8	0	2	0	0	37.2	42	25	20	1	29	0	20	3	0	0	184	88	4.83	1.885	10.0	0.2	6.9	4.8	0.69
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
4	CL	Hilton Smith	33	4	4	.500	3.98	15	7	8	4	0	2	61.0	53	31	27	1	14	0	57	1	0	0	251	105	2.08	1.098	7.8	0.1	2.1	8.4	4.07
5	RP	George Walker	25	4	1	.800	1.29	8	4	4	3	3	0	49.0	29	7	7	2	7	0	38	2	1	1	183	325	2.53	0.735	5.3	0.4	1.3	7.0	5.43
6	RP	Allen Bryant*	22	0	0		4.41	6	2	2	0	0	0	16.1	15	11	8	1	6	0	9	0	0	1	74	96	3.79	1.286	8.3	0.6	3.3	5.0	1.50
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7		Lefty Moses*	26	0	0		1.29	1	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	23	340	2.57	0.429	3.9	0.0	0.0	3.9
8		Satchel Paige	33	1	0	1.000	5.40	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	3	0	10	0	0	0	21	83	0.80	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	18.0	3.33
		Team Totals	28.0	25	11	.694	3.23	50	38	19	19	4	3	309.1	271	139	111	9	98	0	245	9	1	7	1302	130	2.83	1.193	7.9	0.3	2.9	7.1	2.50
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		1	7		1				2	1	2	2	5	3	4	7	5		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W