1942 Kansas City Monarchs Statistics

1941 Season 1943 Season

Record: 27-12-0, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

Postseason: Won World Series (4-0) over Homestead Grays

Manager: Frank Duncan (35-17)

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	30	24	97	84	17	19	5	1	4	18	1		12		.226	.323	.452	.775	137	38			1
2	1B	Buck O'Neil	30	36	148	143	20	40	7	1	1	23	2		5		.280	.304	.364	.668	105	52			0
3	2B	Bonnie Serrell*	22	33	124	114	22	41	4	5	3	22	2		8		.360	.402	.561	.963	195	64			2
4	SS	Bill Williams	29	36	140	125	13	29	5	2	2	14	2		14		.232	.309	.352	.661	103	44			1
5	3B	Herb Souell#	29	23	96	92	13	25	3	0	0	10	1		3		.272	.295	.304	.599	84	28			1
6	LF	Willie Simms*	33	36	166	152	22	29	4	2	0	5	3		11		.191	.245	.243	.489	51	37			3
7	CF	Willard Brown	27	35	150	142	25	48	6	2	4	26	2		8		.338	.373	.493	.866	165	70			0
8	RF	Ted Strong#	25	34	148	132	31	48	8	0	6	32	1		14		.364	.425	.561	.985	202	74			2
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	IF	Newt Allen	41	24	102	92	14	28	2	0	0	7	0		7		.304	.354	.326	.680	110	30			3
10	C	Frank Duncan	41	11	23	20	0	3	2	0	0	2	0		1		.150	.190	.250	.440	35	5			2
11	C	Johnnie Dawson?	27	9	21	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		1		.100	.143	.150	.293	-10	3			0
12	C	Frazier Robinson	32	2	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-23	1			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
13	P	Hilton Smith	35	13	35	34	5	11	3	0	0	9	0		1		.324	.343	.412	.755	132	14			0
14	P	Satchel Paige	35	11	29	28	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		0		.179	.179	.179	.357	10	5			1
15	P	Booker McDaniel	28	10	25	23	1	5	1	0	0	2	1		2		.217	.280	.261	.541	67	6			0
16	P	Jack Matchett*	34	10	22	22	2	6	1	0	0	5	0		0		.273	.273	.318	.591	81	7			0
17	P	Connie Johnson	19	7	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.154	.154	.154	.308	-5	2			0
18	P	Jim LaMarque*	21	6	7	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	0		0		.286	.286	.714	1.000	203	5			0
19	P	Gready McKinnis	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0			0
20	P	Norris Phillips*	26	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	208	1			0
21	P	Frank Bradley	24	1	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	664	3			0
		Team Totals	29.7	39	1361	1258	189	347	53	13	21	183	16		87		.276	.323	.389	.711	118	489			16
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				1	1	1	1	1	1		4		1		1	2	1	1		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.6	39	1223	1124	178	313	47	13	20	161	15		84		.278	.329	.397	.725	123	446			15
		Pitcher Totals	30.8	39	138	134	11	34	6	0	1	22	1		3		.254	.270	.321	.591	81	43			1
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	Satchel Paige	35	2	5	.286	2.12	11	11		5	0	0	72.1	62	23	17		11		56	1		1		184		1.009	7.7		1.4	7.0	5.09
2	SP	Jack Matchett	34	5	1	.833	1.92	10	8		3	1	1	51.2	43	13	11		17		27	4		0		203		1.161	7.5		3.0	4.7	1.59
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
3	RP	Hilton Smith	35	5	4	.556	4.69	11	5		4	0	0	71.0	79	46	37		15		42	0		1		83		1.324	10.0		1.9	5.3	2.80
4	RP	Booker McDaniel	28	5	1	.833	2.44	10	4		2	1	1	59.0	51	18	16		14		29	0		0		160		1.102	7.8		2.1	4.4	2.07
5	RP	Connie Johnson	19	4	0	1.000	2.97	7	2		1	0	0	30.1	28	13	10		15		26	0		0		132		1.418	8.3		4.5	7.7	1.73
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
6		Jim LaMarque*	21	2	0	1.000	3.46	2	2		1	1	0	13.0	9	6	5		4		12	0		0		115		1.000	6.2		2.8	8.3	3.00
7		Gready McKinnis*	28	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1		1	1	0	7.0	3	0	0		3		4	0		0				0.857	3.9		3.9	5.1	1.33
8		Norris Phillips	26	0	0		1.50	2	1		0	0	0	6.0	8	2	1		1		3	0		0		275		1.500	12.0		1.5	4.5	3.00
9		Frank Bradley	24	0	1	.000	6.75	1	1		0	0	0	4.0	5	3	3		1		4	0		0		63		1.500	11.3		2.3	9.0	4.00
		Team Totals	30.9	24	12	.667	2.86	39	35		17	4	2	314.1	288	124	100		81		203	5		2		137		1.174	8.2		2.3	5.8	2.51
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		2	6		1				2	1	2	1	4	4	4		4		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