⭐ Division Winner

1940 Kansas City Monarchs

38-13 • 0.745 Win% • 1st in NAL

📊 Season Record

38 Wins
13 Losses
0.745 Win %
1st Rank
236 R 144 RA
Diff +92

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⚡ Quick Stats

236 Runs Scored
144 Runs Allowed
+92 Run Diff
12 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1940 NAL Average

Batting Avg .286 15% above the 1940 league average (.248)
OBP .343 8% above the 1940 league average (.316)
SLG .313 17% above the 1940 league average (.268)
Team ERA 3.11 25% better than the 1940 league average (4.15)
Runs Scored 236 67% above the 1940 league average (141 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRuppert Stadium
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Home Games 26

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jesse Williams 0.368 2 Rainey Bibbs 0.358 3 Herb Souell 0.311 4 Buck O'Neil 0.276 5 Turkey Stearnes 0.271

Home Runs

1 Turkey Stearnes 5 2 Joe Greene 2 3 Frank Bradley 1 4 Lionel Decuir 1 5 Henry Milton 1

RBI

1 Turkey Stearnes 34 2 Jesse Williams 28 3 Buck O'Neil 26 4 Joe Greene 22 5 Herb Souell 15
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Buck O'Neil 40 145 24 40 0 0 1 26 8 0 8 0.276
Jesse Williams 40 136 24 50 0 0 1 28 11 1 5 0.368
Turkey Stearnes 38 133 24 36 0 0 5 34 19 0 4 0.271
Henry Milton 32 126 23 33 0 0 1 13 10 0 9 0.262
Herb Souell 35 122 19 38 0 0 0 15 16 1 8 0.311
Jesse Douglas 27 102 17 24 0 0 0 12 5 0 5 0.235
Joe Greene 28 91 26 24 0 0 2 22 15 0 5 0.264
Newt Allen 26 90 17 22 0 0 0 7 7 0 2 0.244
Fred McDaniel 22 81 17 16 0 0 0 8 11 0 4 0.198
Lionel Decuir 19 56 9 14 0 0 1 6 5 2 3 0.250
Rainey Bibbs 13 53 10 19 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0.358
Jack Matchett 18 37 6 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.324
Hilton Smith 19 30 2 14 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0.467
Frank Bradley 13 24 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0.292
George Walker 9 23 5 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.304
Leandy Young 6 18 3 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0.333
Floyd Kranson 9 17 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.353
Willard Brown 3 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.182
Jesse Warren 3 11 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0.273
Allen Bryant 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333
Satchel Paige 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.333
Frazier Robinson 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.667
Lefty Moses 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Leo Sanders 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Johnnie Dawson 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 George Walker 1.21 2 Frank Bradley 2.57 3 Jack Matchett 3.23 4 Hilton Smith 3.78 5 Floyd Kranson 4.82

Wins

1 Jack Matchett 7 2 Frank Bradley 6 3 George Walker 5 4 Floyd Kranson 4 5 Hilton Smith 4

Strikeouts

1 Hilton Smith 64 2 Jack Matchett 61 3 Frank Bradley 55 4 George Walker 40 5 Floyd Kranson 20
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jack Matchett 7 3 3.23 16 10 2 86.1 23 61
Hilton Smith 4 4 3.78 16 7 3 64.1 15 64
Frank Bradley 6 2 2.57 10 6 0 56.0 20 55
George Walker 5 1 1.21 9 4 0 52.0 7 40
Floyd Kranson 4 1 4.82 8 8 0 37.1 29 20
Allen Bryant 0 0 3.72 7 3 0 19.1 6 12
Lefty Moses 0 0 1.29 1 1 0 7.0 0 3
Satchel Paige 1 0 5.40 1 1 0 5.0 3 10

👥 Roster (25)

Newt Allen Rainey Bibbs Frank Bradley Willard Brown Allen Bryant Johnnie Dawson Lionel Decuir Jesse Douglas Joe Greene Floyd Kranson Jack Matchett Fred McDaniel +13 more

25 players

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