1947 Kansas City Monarchs Statistics
National Arena League (NAL)
Team Record: 47-29
Finished 2nd in the NAL
Ballpark: Blues Stadium
Manager: Frank Duncan (66-47)
1947 Kansas City Monarchs RosterTeam Record: 47-29
Finished 2nd in the NAL
Ballpark: Blues Stadium
Manager: Frank Duncan (66-47)
1947 Kansas City Monarchs Results
The Kansas City Monarchs of the National Arena League ended the 1947 season with a record of 47 wins and 29 losses, finishing second in the NAL.
Frank Duncan coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim LaMarque | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.39 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 122.0 | 125 | 63 | 46 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 531 |
| Hilton Smith | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.83 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 75.7 | 105 | 54 | 49 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 343 |
| Ford Smith | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 63.0 | 47 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 256 |
| Connie Johnson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.99 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 88 | 65 | 50 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 331 |
| Gene Richardson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Ted Alexander | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.50 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 49 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
| Steve Wylie | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.40 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 50 | 30 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 210 |
| Cannonball Berry | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.45 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 39.7 | 52 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Larry Napoleon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Gene Collins | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 114 |
| Joe Greene | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | |
| Satchel Paige | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.37 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| Johnnie Scroggins | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Totals | 39 | 26 | .600 | 4.47 | 107 | 65 | 27 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 549.3 | 597 | 350 | 273 | 14 | 242 | 0 | 338 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 2511 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herb Souell | 61 | 278 | 257 | 52 | 85 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | .331 | .379 | .416 | .795 | 107 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willard Brown | 48 | 216 | 200 | 42 | 75 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | .375 | .421 | .645 | 1.066 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck O'Neil | 60 | 246 | 218 | 54 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 0 | .284 | .361 | .450 | .810 | 98 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnie Scott | 65 | 262 | 241 | 42 | 62 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .257 | .317 | .373 | .690 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Thompson | 44 | 197 | 173 | 51 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .335 | .413 | .578 | .991 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chico Renfroe | 53 | 222 | 174 | 33 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | .282 | .410 | .362 | .772 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Cooper | 54 | 200 | 166 | 38 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 | .277 | .372 | .331 | .703 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Greene | 42 | 150 | 116 | 30 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | .328 | .469 | .500 | .969 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Taborn | 40 | 143 | 123 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .293 | .383 | .374 | .757 | 46 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Strong | 41 | 138 | 116 | 12 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .224 | .348 | .310 | .658 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Roberts | 18 | 76 | 70 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .357 | .392 | .557 | .949 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim LaMarque | 25 | 69 | 63 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .318 | .413 | .731 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilton Smith | 24 | 46 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .289 | .364 | .653 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ford Smith | 15 | 44 | 38 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .263 | .333 | .342 | .675 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Sanderson | 9 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Favors | 6 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .238 | .360 | .238 | .598 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Wylie | 10 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .368 | .579 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connie Johnson | 18 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .160 | .222 | .200 | .422 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Moody | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .308 | .417 | .724 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Richardson | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Collins | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cannonball Berry | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Alexander | 11 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Satchel Paige | 7 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Scroggins | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Napoleon | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Duffy | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 689 | 2488 | 2176 | 433 | 633 | 105 | 38 | 33 | 358 | 79 | 0 | 244 | 4 | .291 | .368 | .420 | .788 | 913 | 0 | 23 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck O'Neil | 1B | 57 | 55 | 472.3 | 507 | 24 | 9 | 38 | .983 | 1.118 | 9.316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Strong | 1B | 4 | 4 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.080 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Moody | 1B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 11.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Cooper | 1B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.000 | 13.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Favors | 1B | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chico Renfroe | 2B | 36 | 34 | 295.3 | 79 | 101 | 20 | 21 | .900 | 5.485 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Thompson | 2B | 13 | 13 | 98.0 | 28 | 34 | 2 | 8 | .969 | 5.694 | 4.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Cooper | 2B | 10 | 8 | 75.0 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 4.320 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Roberts | 2B | 9 | 9 | 68.0 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 4.368 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Moody | 2B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim LaMarque | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Souell | 3B | 61 | 61 | 513.3 | 61 | 97 | 13 | 9 | .924 | 2.770 | 2.590 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Strong | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chico Renfroe | 3B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Taborn | C | 38 | 37 | 307.0 | 224 | 30 | 9 | 3 | .966 | 7.446 | 6.684 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Joe Greene | C | 29 | 27 | 233.3 | 146 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .965 | 6.441 | 5.759 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bill Duffy | C | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnie Scott | OF | 65 | 64 | 542.3 | 110 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .958 | 1.908 | 1.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willard Brown | OF | 45 | 45 | 385.3 | 105 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .957 | 2.593 | 2.467 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Cooper | OF | 44 | 39 | 334.3 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.454 | 1.227 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Strong | OF | 31 | 29 | 235.0 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .891 | 1.570 | 1.323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Greene | OF | 8 | 8 | 56.7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | 1.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Favors | OF | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim LaMarque | OF | 6 | 3 | 30.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.187 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ford Smith | OF | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hank Thompson | OF | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim LaMarque | P | 17 | 15 | 122.0 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 3.467 | 2.765 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hilton Smith | P | 13 | 8 | 75.7 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.736 | 1.769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Connie Johnson | P | 13 | 7 | 64.3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.518 | 1.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ford Smith | P | 9 | 7 | 63.0 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 3.000 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Alexander | P | 11 | 7 | 54.0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.833 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wylie | P | 10 | 5 | 45.0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 2.400 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cannonball Berry | P | 16 | 4 | 39.7 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .813 | 2.950 | .813 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Richardson | P | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Collins | P | 4 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.150 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Satchel Paige | P | 5 | 4 | 19.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Napoleon | P | 3 | 2 | 12.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Scroggins | P | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Greene | P | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Thompson | SS | 31 | 31 | 266.3 | 64 | 97 | 22 | 18 | .880 | 5.441 | 5.194 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chico Renfroe | SS | 14 | 13 | 109.0 | 30 | 32 | 7 | 5 | .899 | 5.119 | 4.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Roberts | SS | 9 | 9 | 75.0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | .829 | 4.080 | 3.778 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Sanderson | SS | 9 | 9 | 74.0 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .857 | 3.649 | 3.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willard Brown | SS | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.960 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 650 | 587 | 4944.0 | 1648 | 702 | 133 | 132 | .946 | 4.278 | 3.615 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 |
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