1946 Kansas City Monarchs Statistics

1945 Season 1947 Season

League Record: 48-17-2, Finished 1st in Negro American League

Overall Record: 66-29-2 (includes all games against top Black clubs)

Games with Player Stats: 40 (25-14-1) of 97 (41.2% of overall games)

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

Manager: Frank Duncan (66-29-2)

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

Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting

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Standard Batting Table
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	SH	Pos	Awards
1	Joe Greene	34	C	1.2	26	95	71	14	21	2	1	2	12	1	22	.296	.462	.437	.899	165	.441	164	31	0	2	2/9
2	Buck O'Neil	34	1B	1.2	39	155	130	18	37	3	3	0	11	1	25	.285	.400	.354	.754	123	.377	126	46	0	0	3
3	Hank Thompson*	20	2B	0.3	24	99	91	14	24	2	3	1	7	3	6	.264	.309	.385	.694	104	.332	99	35	0	2	4/86
4	Chico Renfroe	23	SS	0.3	32	121	105	14	26	4	3	1	9	1	9	.248	.325	.371	.696	105	.337	103	39	3	4	6/429	AS
5	Herb Souell#	33	3B	0.2	39	165	156	18	40	2	0	0	13	7	9	.256	.297	.269	.566	67	.285	71	42	0	0	5/6
6	Johnie Scott*	32	LF	-0.1	38	156	138	29	35	2	1	0	15	4	13	.254	.327	.283	.609	80	.307	86	39	2	3	7	AS
7	Willard Brown	31	CF	2.0	38	153	145	30	48	11	6	3	27	3	7	.331	.362	.552	.914	169	.423	152	80	0	1	84
8	Ted Strong#	29	RF	1.7	34	133	110	30	40	2	2	3	23	2	19	.364	.466	.500	.966	185	.463	176	55	2	2	9/35
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	SH	Pos	Awards
9	Ford Smith#	27	OF	-0.4	25	79	71	9	13	3	1	0	10	0	7	.183	.256	.254	.510	50	.256	56	18	0	1	8/197
10	Jim Hamilton*	24	SS	0.3	19	64	60	5	12	1	1	0	6	2	2	.200	.226	.250	.476	40	.235	41	15	0	2	6/5
11	Earl Taborn	23	C	0.1	20	60	56	4	11	2	0	1	2	0	3	.196	.237	.286	.523	54	.254	54	16	0	1	2
12	Lee Moody	29	2B	0.4	7	24	22	1	10	3	0	0	6	0	1	.455	.478	.591	1.069	215	.508	203	13	0	1	/4
13	Larry Hubbard		OF	-0.1	1	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-25	.193	0	0	0	1	/9
14	Bill Duffy		OF	0.1	1	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	340	.673	293	4	0	0	/9
15	McKamey		SS	0.0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	.437	130	0	0	0	/6
16	Gilpin			0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-100	0	0	0
17	Bob Turner	19	C	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0
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	SH	Pos	Awards
18	Hilton Smith	39	P	0.4	16	34	33	4	13	2	0	0	10	0	1	.394	.412	.455	.866	155	.418	148	15	0	0	/19
19	Jim LaMarque*	25	P	-0.3	13	29	28	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.071	.071	.071	.143	-58	.070	-55	2	0	1	1/8
20	Connie Johnson	23	P	0.0	14	28	27	4	5	0	1	0	4	1	1	.185	.214	.259	.474	39	.232	40	7	0	0	1
21	Steve Wylie	35	P	0.0	10	25	24	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.200	.208	.408	20	.202	26	5	0	0	1
22	Satchel Paige	39	P	0.0	8	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	18	.195	21	3	0	0	/1
23	Ted Alexander	33	P	0.0	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	47	.243	37	1	0	1	/1
24	Allen Bryant*	28	P	0.1	1	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	194	.455	170	2	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			7.1	40	1455	1298	198	348	41	23	11	159	26	128	.268	.337	.361	.698	106	.341	104	468	7	22
	Non-Pitcher Totals			7.0		1315	1163	186	319	37	22	11	143	25	125	.274	.348	.372	.721	112	.352	111	433	7	20
	Pitcher Totals			0.2		139	134	12	29	4	1	0	16	1	3	.216	.234	.261	.495	46	.241	45	35	0	2

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1	Herb Souell#	33	7	32	32	5	11	0	0	0	5	0	0	.344	.344	.344	.688	11	0	0
2	Hank Thompson*	20	7	31	27	5	8	1	0	0	3	1	3	.296	.387	.333	.720	9	1	0
3	Chico Renfroe	23	7	30	28	5	12	0	1	0	2	1	1	.429	.467	.500	.967	14	1	0
4	Willard Brown	31	7	29	29	4	7	1	0	2	10	3	0	.241	.241	.483	.724	12	0	0
5	Buck O'Neil	34	7	29	27	4	9	0	1	2	5	2	2	.333	.379	.630	1.009	15	0	0
6	Johnie Scott*	32	7	28	25	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.160	.250	.240	.490	6	0	0
7	Earl Taborn	23	7	27	23	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	.174	.269	.261	.530	6	0	1
8	Ford Smith#	27	5	16	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	.308	.438	.308	.745	4	0	0	/1
9	Ted Strong#	29	4	16	15	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	.133	.188	.333	.521	4	0	0
10	Hilton Smith	39	3	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	/1
11	Jim LaMarque*	25	2	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	3	0	0	/1
12	Joe Greene	34	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
13	Satchel Paige	39	3	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	1	/1
14	Ted Alexander	33	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	/1
15	Jim Hamilton*	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0
16	Steve Wylie	35	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals		7	265	243	36	67	2	4	5	32	9	18	.276	.331	.379	.709	87	2	2

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
1	Jim LaMarque*	25	SP	0.2	4	5	.444	3.67	11	9	1	6	0	1	76.0	80	42	31	0	23	37	3	0	0	329	112	2.64	1.355	9.5	*0.0*	2.7	4.4	1.61
2	Connie Johnson	23	SP	0.1	5	4	.556	3.59	12	8	4	6	1	1	67.2	50	40	27	2	31	63	3	0	1	293	115	2.62	1.197	6.7	0.3	4.1	8.4	2.03
3	Steve Wylie	35	SP	-0.6	5	2	.714	5.11	10	6	1	4	0	0	56.1	55	40	32	0	37	26	3	0	3	261	81	3.80	1.633	8.8	*0.0*	5.9	4.2	0.70
4	Hilton Smith	39	SP	1.5	4	2	.667	1.39	8	6	2	3	0	1	51.2	40	15	8	1	10	16	0	1	0	206	296	2.80	0.968	7.0	0.2	1.7	2.8	1.60
5	Satchel Paige	39	SP	1.6	4	0	*1.000*	*1.29*	8	7	1	1	0	0	35.0	24	5	5	0	5	32	0	0	1	129	*322*	*1.19*	*0.829*	*6.2*	*0.0*	1.3	8.2	*6.40*
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
6	Ford Smith	27	RP	0.7	1	1	.500	2.97	6	2	4	2	0	1	30.1	26	11	10	1	7	19	1	0	0	123	140	2.56	1.088	7.7	0.3	2.1	5.6	2.71
7	Ted Alexander	33	RP	0.2	1	0	1.000	3.31	7	1	4	1	0	1	16.1	18	7	6	0	6	9	0	0	0	74	127	2.59	1.469	9.9	0.0	3.3	5.0	1.50
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
8	Allen Bryant*	28		-0.2	1	0	1.000	5.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	7	6	4	0	1	6	0	0	0	29	76	1.17	1.263	9.9	0.0	1.4	8.5	6.00
	Team Totals			3.6	25	14	.641	3.26	40	40	17	23	1	5	339.2	300	166	123	4	120	208	10	1	5	1444	127	2.66	1.237	7.9	0.1	3.2	5.5	1.73

Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Ford Smith	27	0	1	.000	3.14	2	2	0	1	14.1	11	7	5	1	12	4	0	0	64	5.45	1.605	6.9	0.6	7.5	2.5	0.33
2	Hilton Smith	39	1	0	1.000	1.29	2	2	0	1	14.0	15	2	2	0	3	7	0	0	57	2.23	1.286	9.6	0.0	1.9	4.5	2.33
3	Satchel Paige	39	1	1	.500	4.50	3	0	3	0	10.0	16	7	5	0	1	13	0	0	42	0.29	1.700	14.4	0.0	0.9	11.7	13.00
4	Ted Alexander	33	0	1	.000	2.89	2	1	1	0	9.1	10	5	3	2	2	3	0	0	34	5.37	1.286	9.6	1.9	1.9	2.9	1.50
5	Jim LaMarque*	25	1	0	1.000	6.75	2	2	0	1	9.1	7	8	7	0	6	8	3	0	43	3.77	1.393	6.8	0.0	5.8	7.7	1.33
6	Steve Wylie	35	0	1	.000	15.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	5	2	2	2	1	1	24	12.92	2.667	18.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
	Team Totals		3	4	.429	4.05	7	7	4	3	60.0	65	34	27	5	26	37	4	1	264	3.94	1.517	9.8	0.8	3.9	5.6	1.42