1946 Kansas City Monarchs Statistics

1945 Season 1947 Season

Record: 60-19-2, Finished 1st in Negro American League

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-3) to Newark Eagles

Manager: Frank Duncan (55-26-2)

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

Negro American League Pennant

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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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	34	26	95	71	14	21	2	1	2	12	1		22		.296	.462	.437	.899	165	31		0	2
2	1B	Buck O'Neil	34	39	155	130	18	37	3	3	0	11	1		25		.285	.400	.354	.754	122	46		0	0
3	2B	Hank Thompson*	20	24	99	91	14	24	2	3	1	7	3		6		.264	.309	.385	.694	104	35		0	2
4	SS	Chico Renfroe	23	32	121	105	14	26	4	3	1	9	1		9		.248	.325	.371	.696	105	39		3	4
5	3B	Herb Souell#	33	39	165	156	18	40	3	0	0	13	7		9		.256	.297	.276	.573	69	43		0	0
6	LF	Johnie Scott*	32	38	156	138	29	35	2	1	0	15	4		13		.254	.327	.283	.609	80	39		2	3
7	CF	Willard Brown	31	38	153	145	30	48	11	6	3	27	3		7		.331	.362	.552	.914	168	80		0	1
8	RF	Ted Strong#	29	34	133	110	30	40	2	2	3	23	2		19		.364	.466	.500	.966	184	55		2	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	OF	Ford Smith#	27	25	79	71	9	13	3	1	0	10	0		7		.183	.256	.254	.510	50	18		0	1
10	SS	Jim Hamilton*	24	19	64	60	5	12	1	1	0	6	2		2		.200	.226	.250	.476	40	15		0	2
11	C	Mickey Taborn	23	20	60	56	4	11	2	0	1	2	0		3		.196	.237	.286	.523	54	16		0	1
12	2B	Lee Moody	29	7	24	21	1	10	3	0	0	6	0		1		.476	.500	.619	1.119	229	13		0	2
13	OF	Larry Hubbard?		1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.250	.000	.250	-25	0		0	1
14	OF	Bill Duffy?		1	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0		0		.500	.500	1.000	1.500	339	4		0	0
15	SS	McKamey?		1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0		0	0
16		Gilpin?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
17	C	Turner?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
18	P	Hilton Smith	39	16	34	32	4	13	2	0	0	10	0		1		.406	.424	.469	.893	163	15		0	1
19	P	Jim LaMarque*	25	13	29	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.071	.071	.071	.143	-58	2		0	1
20	P	Connie Johnson	23	14	28	27	4	5	0	1	0	4	1		1		.185	.214	.259	.474	39	7		0	0
21	P	Steve Wylie	35	10	25	24	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		1		.167	.200	.208	.408	20	5		0	0
22	P	Satchel Paige	39	8	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	18	3		0	0
23	P	Ted Alexander	33	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	47	1		0	1
24	P	Allen Bryant*	28	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.667	1.000	193	2		0	0
		Team Totals	29.5	81	1455	1296	198	348	42	23	11	159	26		128		.269	.338	.362	.699	106	469		7	24
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				1	1	1	1	1	1		1		1	6	2	3	2	2		1		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.2	81	1316	1163	186	319	38	22	11	143	25		125		.274	.348	.373	.721	112	434		7	21
		Pitcher Totals	31.6	81	139	133	12	29	4	1	0	16	1		3		.218	.235	.263	.498	47	35		0	3
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	Jim LaMarque*	25	4	5	.444	3.67	11	9	1	6	0	1	76.0	80	42	31	0	23	0	37	3	0	0	329	113	2.64	1.355	9.5	0.0	2.7	4.4	1.61
2	SP	Connie Johnson	23	5	4	.556	3.59	12	8	4	6	1	1	67.2	50	40	27	2	31	0	63	3	0	1	293	115	2.61	1.197	6.7	0.3	4.1	8.4	2.03
3	SP	Steve Wylie	35	5	2	.714	5.11	10	6	1	4	0	0	56.1	55	40	32	0	37	0	26	3	0	3	261	81	3.79	1.633	8.8	0.0	5.9	4.2	0.70
4	SP	Hilton Smith	39	4	2	.667	1.57	8	6	2	3	0	1	51.2	40	15	9	1	10	0	16	0	1	0	206	264	2.80	0.968	7.0	0.2	1.7	2.8	1.60
5	SP	Satchel Paige	39	4	0	1.000	1.29	8	7	1	1	0	0	35.0	24	5	5	0	5	0	32	0	0	1	129	323	1.18	0.829	6.2	0.0	1.3	8.2	6.40
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	RP	Ford Smith	27	1	1	.500	2.97	6	2	4	2	0	1	30.1	26	11	10	1	7	0	19	1	0	0	123	140	2.55	1.088	7.7	0.3	2.1	5.6	2.71
7	RP	Ted Alexander	33	1	0	1.000	3.31	7	1	4	1	0	1	16.1	18	7	6	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	74	127	2.58	1.469	9.9	0.0	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
8		Allen Bryant*	28	1	0	1.000	5.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	6	4	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	29	77	1.16	1.263	9.9	0.0	1.4	8.5	6.00
		Team Totals	30.5	25	14	.641	3.29	81	40	17	23	1	5	339.2	300	166	124	4	120	0	208	10	1	5	1444	126	2.66	1.237	7.9	0.1	3.2	5.5	1.73
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		1	6		1				1	1	1	1	6	6	6	4	6		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