1939 Kansas City Monarchs Batting Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

League Record: 38-22, Finished 1st in Negro American League

Overall Record: 60-35 (includes all games against top Black clubs)

Games with Player Stats: 51 (32-19) of 95 (53.7% of overall games)

Postseason: Won NAL Championship Series (4-1) over St. Louis Stars

Manager: Andy Cooper (60-35)

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

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
1	Joe Greene	27	C	0.4	32	117	105	11	24	3	2	2	11	0	11	.229	.308	.352	.660	90	.314	90	37	1	2
2	Buck O'Neil	27	1B	-0.3	48	180	162	19	30	5	4	1	24	3	16	.185	.267	.284	.551	59	.266	61	46	2	*3
3	Newt Allen	38	2B	0.4	48	186	174	20	39	6	1	0	14	1	12	.224	.274	.270	.544	57	.262	59	47	0	*4/67
4	Ted Strong#	22	SS	2.3	47	189	163	36	53	7	3	3	32	14	23	.325	.418	.460	.878	153	.423	152	75	3	6/35	AS,AS
5	Rainey Bibbs#	28	3B	0.4	44	174	165	33	48	10	2	1	18	3	9	.291	.328	.394	.722	108	.336	105	65	0	5/4
6	Willard Brown	24	LF	2.1	45	187	179	36	64	15	7	4	44	9	8	.358	.385	.587	.972	178	.446	168	105	0	*7/5
7	Turkey Stearnes*	38	CF	1.6	51	212	193	44	63	11	2	7	39	11	19	.326	.387	.513	.900	158	.421	152	99	0	*8	AS
8	Henry Milton*	28	RF	0.6	48	211	192	34	49	6	4	2	15	11	16	.255	.322	.359	.682	96	.330	97	69	3	*9/78	AS
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
9	Jesse Williams	26	UT	-0.3	26	74	70	8	15	3	0	0	5	3	4	.214	.257	.257	.514	48	.253	50	18	0	5/67
10	Lionel Decuir	24	C	-0.6	19	48	46	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	.109	.146	.130	.276	-20	.138	-18	6	0	2
11	Paul Hardy	28	UT	0.2	16	47	42	5	12	0	1	0	6	2	5	.286	.362	.333	.695	101	.339	104	14	0	/293
12	Langrum		UT	-0.2	7	25	25	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	50	.243	47	7	0	/74
13	Ziggy Marcell	22	C	0.0	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	16	.190	14	1	0
14	Martin		OF	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	/9
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
15	Hilton Smith	32	P	-0.1	26	53	52	3	9	0	1	0	2	0	1	.173	.189	.212	.400	15	.189	14	11	0	1/9	AS,AS
16	Frank Bradley	21	P	0.2	18	39	38	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	1	.263	.282	.289	.572	65	.272	64	11	0	1/6
17	George Walker	24	P	-0.1	22	31	30	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	.133	.161	.200	.361	4	.172	3	6	0	1
18	Floyd Kranson	25	P	0.0	12	18	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.176	.343	-1	.170	2	3	1	1
19	Big Train Jackson*	22	P	0.0	8	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.091	.167	.091	.258	-25	.141	-16	1	0	/1
20	Willie Hutchinson	24	P	0.0	6	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.100	.182	.100	.282	-18	.164	-7	1	0	/1
21	Lefty Moses	25	P	-0.1	9	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-36	.118	-37	1	0	/1
22	Andy Cooper	42	P	0.1	4	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	93	.316	91	3	0	/1
23	Elbert Treadway	23	P	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-104	0	0	/1
24	Willie Hudson*	21	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	/1
25	Charlie Beverly*	39	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	/1
	Team Totals			6.4	51	1839	1699	264	440	72	27	20	220	59	130	.259	.315	.368	.684	97	.326	96	626	10
	Non-Pitcher Totals			6.4		1655	1521	250	409	68	26	20	212	57	125	.269	.328	.387	.715	106	.340	104	589	9
	Pitcher Totals			-0.1		184	178	14	31	4	1	0	8	2	5	.174	.201	.208	.409	18	.198	18	37	1

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	Pos
1	Henry Milton*	28	5	20	19	5	3	1	1	0	3	1	1	.158	.200	.316	.516	6	0
2	Newt Allen	38	5	19	18	3	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	5	1
3	Ted Strong#	22	5	19	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	.263	.263	.316	.579	6	0
4	Rainey Bibbs#	28	5	18	17	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	.294	.333	.294	.627	5	0
5	Joe Greene	27	5	18	17	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	.235	.278	.353	.631	6	0
6	Turkey Stearnes*	38	5	18	13	3	3	1	0	1	5	0	3	.231	.375	.538	.913	6	2
7	Buck O'Neil	27	5	17	16	4	8	1	1	0	1	1	1	.500	.529	.688	1.217	11	0
8	Willard Brown	24	3	10	10	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	.300	.300	.600	.900	6	0
9	Andy Cooper	42	2	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	1	/1
10	Hilton Smith	32	3	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	/1
11	Jesse Williams	26	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0
12	Floyd Kranson	25	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	/1
13	Willie Hutchinson	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	/1
14	Ziggy Marcell	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
15	Langrum		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
	Team Totals		5	163	152	25	40	8	3	1	18	6	7	.263	.296	.375	.671	56	4