List of Kansas City Monarchs seasons
Appearance
This list of Kansas City Monarchs seasons compiles games played by the Kansas City Monarchs. Seasons in which the Monarchs were league members (or an associate team), only games that counted in official league standings are included. Seasons in which they had no league membership and played an independent/barnstorming schedule include games against primarily major-league-caliber teams.
Contemporary coverage of games and won-loss standings was spotty and inconsistent. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games, while some games are probably lost forever. Therefore, Negro league seasonal finishes will likely remain incomplete and subjective.
Year by year
[edit]Colored/Negro World Series Champions (1924–1927 & 1942–1948) ‡ |
League Champions † | Other playoff ^ |
Season | Level | League | Season finish | Games | Wins | Loses | Ties | Win%[a] | Postseason | Ref | |
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Full[b] | Split[c] | ||||||||||
Kansas City Monarchs | |||||||||||
1920 | Major | NNL1 | 3 | — | 79 | 44 | 33 | 2 | .571 | [1] | |
1921 | Major | NNL1 | 3 | — | 95 | 54 | 41 | 0 | .568 | [2] | |
1922 | Major | NNL1 | 2 | — | 80 | 47 | 31 | 2 | .603 | [3] | |
1923† | Major | NNL1 | 1 | — | 86 | 54 | 32 | 0 | .628 | Won pennant outright | [4] |
1924‡ | Major | NNL1 | 1 | — | 79 | 57 | 22 | 0 | .722 | Won Colored World Series (Hilldale Club) 5–4–1 Won pennant outright |
[5] |
1925† | Major | NNL1 | 1 | 1st | 84 | 59 | 23 | 2 | .720 | Lost Colored World Series (Hilldale Club) 5–1 Won NNL split-season playoff (St. Louis Stars2) 5–3 |
[6] |
1926^ | Major | NNL1 | 1 | 1st | 82 | 60 | 22 | 0 | .732 | Lost NNL split-season playoff (Chicago American Giants2) 5–4 | [7] |
1927 | Major | NNL1 | 3 | DNQ | 88 | 55 | 33 | 0 | .625 | [8] | |
1928 | Major | NNL1 | 2 | DNQ | 80 | 50 | 29 | 1 | .633 | [9] | |
1929† | Major | NNL1 | 1 | 1st & 2nd | 80 | 63 | 17 | 0 | .788 | Won pennant outright | [10] |
1930 | Major | NNL1 | 2 | DNQ | 63 | 40 | 23 | 0 | .635 | [11] | |
1931 | Independent | — | — | — | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .526 | [12] | |
1932 | Independent | — | — | — | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | [13] | |
1933 | Independent | — | — | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | [14] | |
1934 | Independent | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .333 | [15] | |
1935 | Independent | — | — | — | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .571 | [16] | |
1936 | Independent | — | — | — | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .824 | [17] | |
1937† | Major | NAL | 1 | 1st | 72 | 52 | 19 | 1 | .732 | Won NAL split-season playoff (Chicago American Giants2) 5–1–1 | [18] |
1938 | Major | NAL | 1 | DNQ | 73 | 45 | 27 | 1 | .625 | [19] | |
1939† | Major | NAL | 1 | 1st | 71 | 46 | 25 | 0 | .648 | Won NAL split-season playoff (St. Louis Stars2) 4–1 | [20] |
1940† | Major | NAL | 1 | — | 50 | 36 | 11 | 3 | .766 | Won pennant outright | [21] |
1941† | Major | NAL | 1 | — | 48 | 31 | 16 | 1 | .660 | Won Pennant outright | [22] |
1942‡ | Major | NAL | 1 | — | 39 | 27 | 12 | 0 | .692 | Won Negro World Series (Washington Homestead Grays) 4–0 Won pennant outright |
[23] |
1943 | Major | NAL | 1 | DNQ | 72 | 44 | 27 | 1 | .620 | [24] | |
1944 | Major | NAL | 4 | DNQ | 87 | 39 | 48 | 0 | .448 | [25] | |
1945 | Major | NAL | 3 | DNQ | 96 | 52 | 41 | 3 | .559 | [26] | |
1946† | Major | NAL | 1 | 1st & 2nd | 81 | 60 | 19 | 2 | .759 | Lost Negro World Series (Newark Eagles) 4–3 Won pennant outright |
[27] |
1947 | Major | NAL | 2 | — | 98 | 62 | 36 | 0 | .633 | [28] | |
1948^ | Major | NAL | 2 | 2nd | 104 | 67 | 34 | 3 | .663 | Lost NAL split-season playoff (Birmingham Black Barons1) 4–3–1 | [29] |
1949 | Minor | NAL | 1 (W) | — | 91 | 54 | 37 | 0 | .593 | Kansas City lost key players to the Majors and did not participate in the post-season | [30] |
1950^ | Minor | NAL | 1 (W) | 1st & 2nd | 73 | 52 | 21 | 0 | .712 | No divisional playoff (Indianapolis ClownsE) | [31] |
1951^ | Minor | NAL | 1 (W) | — | 70 | 42 | 28 | 0 | .600 | Lost NAL divisional playoff (Indianapolis ClownsE) ?–? | [32] |
1952 | Minor | NAL | 4 | DNQ | 49 | 23 | 26 | 0 | .469 | [33] | |
1953† | Minor | NAL | 1 | 1st & 2nd | 77 | 56 | 21 | 0 | .727 | Won pennant outright | [34] |
1954 | Minor | NAL | 6 | DNQ | 67 | 23 | 43 | 1 | .348 | [35] | |
1955† | Minor | NAL | 1 | 1st | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .733 | No second-half played; declared champion | [36] |
Kansas City Monarchs (based in Grand Rapids, Michigan) | |||||||||||
1956 | Minor | NAL | 4 | DNQ | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .400 | [37] | |
1957† | Minor | NAL | 1 | — | 43 | 34 | 9 | 0 | .791 | Won pennant outright | [38] |
1958^ | Minor | NAL | 1 | 1st | 56 | 3 | 24 | 2 | .556 | No split-season playoff (Birmingham Black Barons2) | [39] |
1959 | Minor | NAL | — | — | [40] | ||||||
1960 | Minor | NAL | — | — | [41] | ||||||
1961 | Minor | NAL | — | — | [42] | ||||||
1962 | Minor | NAL | — | — | [43] | ||||||
1963 | Independent | — | — | — | |||||||
1964 | Independent | — | — | — | |||||||
1965 | Independent | — | — | — |
- Key
- ^ Placement in annual standings were generally decided by win percentage; "games behind" were never used.
- ^ Finish in years when only a full season was indicates actual place in standings. Finish in years a split season was played indicates combined place in standings for both halves of the season.
- ^ Years with a "—" did not play a split season. "1st" or 2nd" indicate which half of the season was won. "DNQ" indicates team did not win either half and did not qualify for postseason.
References
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- ^ "1924 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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- ^ "1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database". www.seamheads.com. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
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