1948 Kansas City Monarchs Statistics

National Arena League (NAL)
Team Record: 49-28
Finished 2nd in the NAL
Ballpark: Blues Stadium
- Lost to Birmingham Black Barons 4-3
Manager: Buck O'Neil (69-37)

1948 Kansas City Monarchs Roster
1948 Kansas City Monarchs Results

The Kansas City Monarchs of the National Arena League ended the 1948 season with a record of 49 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the NAL.

Buck O'Neil 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	SO	HBP	WP	BF
Jim LaMarque	9	4	.692	3.20	16	13	3	12	1	1	118.0	117	52	42	3	24	80	8	3	495
Ford Smith	4	2	.667	2.43	8	7	1	6	1	1	55.7	49	24	15	0	13	41	5	3	229
Hilton Smith	4	2	.667	4.38	11	7	3	4	0	0	63.7	72	39	31	2	21	39	1	1	283
Gene Collins	4	4	.500	4.18	11	7	3	4	1	1	56.0	33	43	26	0	60	62	5	2	270
Connie Johnson	3	1	.750	4.21	10	4	4	3	0	2	47.0	53	28	22	2	19	29	2	3	213
Gene Richardson	2	3	.400	3.43	8	5	3	1	0	0	44.7	47	27	17	1	16	37	0	0	198
Leonard Johnson	1	2	.333	12.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.0	27	25	20	2	7	3	2	0	82
Tincy Jamerson	0	0		16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	4	3	3	1	4	0	1	0	14
Totals	27	18	.600	3.94	68	47	17	30	3	5	401.7	402	241	176	11	164	291	24	12	1784

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
Willard Brown	46	197	174	43	71	23	2	7	54	8	22	3	.408	.477	.684	1.161	119	0	1	0
Hank Thompson	47	206	176	50	59	13	5	5	29	12	27	0	.335	.429	.551	.980	97	0	2	1
Herb Souell	46	211	196	41	56	8	6	2	22	6	14	0	.286	.336	.418	.755	82	0	1	0
Gene Baker	46	200	181	39	45	9	7	3	28	5	15	0	.249	.306	.425	.732	77	0	0	4
Earl Taborn	44	170	148	15	44	10	0	0	23	2	21	2	.297	.385	.365	.749	54	0	0	1
Curtis Roberts	46	196	181	26	44	10	1	0	20	5	14	1	.243	.297	.309	.607	56	0	0	1
Johnie Scott	33	129	110	24	33	6	1	1	23	7	16	1	.300	.398	.400	.798	44	0	2	1
Tom Cooper	31	128	107	17	31	2	3	1	13	2	16	0	.290	.387	.393	.780	42	0	1	4
Elston Howard	20	84	80	16	20	5	3	1	13	1	3	0	.250	.286	.425	.711	34	0	1	0
Buck O'Neil	25	96	89	8	19	1	0	0	11	2	7	0	.213	.271	.225	.496	20	0	0	0
Jim LaMarque	18	55	46	9	15	3	0	1	11	0	7	0	.326	.426	.457	.882	21	0	1	1
Hilton Smith	13	30	28	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	1	0	.321	.345	.464	.809	13	1	0	1
Gene Collins	12	23	20	4	6	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	.300	.391	.450	.841	9	0	1	0
Ford Smith	13	27	26	4	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	.192	.222	.308	.530	8	0	1	0
Connie Johnson	12	18	18	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.167	.167	.222	.389	4	0	0	0
Gene Richardson	8	19	18	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.056	.105	.111	.216	2	0	0	0
Leonard Johnson	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Charley Hall	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Tincy Jamerson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0
Totals	465	1799	1608	307	461	100	29	21	257	51	166	7	.287	.357	.424	.782	682	1	11	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS%
Tom Cooper	1B	25	25	199.0	212	9	6	17	.974	9.995	8.840	0	0
Buck O'Neil	1B	23	21	186.7	205	12	1	11	.995	1.463	9.435	0	0
Curtis Roberts	1B	1	1	9.0	15	0	0	0	1.000	15.000	15.000	0	0
Ford Smith	1B	1	1	7.0	6	0	1	1	.857	7.714	6.000	0	0
Curtis Roberts	2B	45	44	375.7	107	117	12	22	.949	5.366	4.978	0	0
Hank Thompson	2B	2	2	13.0	5	6	0	1	1.000	7.615	5.500	0	0
Tom Cooper	2B	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000	0	0
Gene Baker	2B	1	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.000	0	0
Herb Souell	3B	46	46	392.7	36	90	9	7	.933	2.888	2.739	0	0
Hank Thompson	3B	1	1	9.0	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000	2.000	0	0
Earl Taborn	C	44	44	370.7	293	36	10	3	.971	7.988	7.477	8	39	0.0
Tom Cooper	C	4	3	31.0	26	2	2	0	.933	8.129	7.000	0	8	0.0
Willard Brown	OF	46	46	384.7	68	7	8	3	.904	1.755	1.630	0	0
Hank Thompson	OF	43	42	358.7	52	5	3	1	.950	1.430	1.326	0	0
Johnie Scott	OF	29	29	249.7	38	0	1	0	.974	1.370	1.310	0	0
Elston Howard	OF	20	20	169.0	24	0	3	0	.889	1.278	1.200	0	0
Tom Cooper	OF	4	2	25.0	3	0	1	0	.750	1.080	.750	0	0
Curtis Roberts	OF	1	1	8.0	2	0	1	0	.667	2.250	2.000	0	0
Charley Hall	OF	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.800	1.000	0	0
Hilton Smith	OF	1	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	2.000	0	0
Jim LaMarque	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0
Jim LaMarque	P	16	13	118.0	5	38	1	3	.977	3.280	2.688	0	0
Hilton Smith	P	11	7	63.7	1	12	0	0	1.000	1.838	1.182	0	0
Gene Collins	P	11	7	56.0	1	12	4	0	.765	2.089	1.182	0	0
Ford Smith	P	8	7	55.7	1	14	3	2	.833	2.425	1.875	0	0
Connie Johnson	P	10	4	47.0	0	10	1	0	.909	1.915	1.000	0	0
Gene Richardson	P	8	5	44.7	2	11	1	1	.929	2.619	1.625	0	0
Leonard Johnson	P	3	3	15.0	0	7	0	0	1.000	4.200	2.333	0	0
Tincy Jamerson	P	1	1	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0
Gene Baker	SS	46	46	387.7	90	118	20	17	.912	4.829	4.522	0	0
Hank Thompson	SS	2	1	14.0	4	7	2	2	.846	7.071	5.500	0	0
Totals		456	424	3615.0	1203	517	91	91	.950	4.282	3.772	8	47	0.0

Postseason - Pitching:

Player	Rnd	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Totals		3	3	.500	3.39	13	7	6	1	0	1	61.0	60	27	23	2	32	0	51	3	0	1	272

Postseason - Batting:

Player	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Totals		72	256	231	26	56	8	0	4	22	5	0	18	1	.242	.303	.329	.632	76	0	2	5	0	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Player	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
Totals			70	65	549.0	183	71	7	21	.973	4.164	3.629

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