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1948 Kansas City Monarchs Roster (40-man)

1947 Season

Record: 67-34-3, Finished 1st in Negro American League

Postseason: Lost NAL Championship Series (4-3-1) to Birmingham Black Barons

Manager: Buck O'Neil (62-32-2)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. 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. More about data coverage

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Gene Baker	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	170	Jun 15, 1925	1st	46		46		0	0	0	1	0	46	0	0	0	0			0.3
Willard Brown HOF	33	us US	R	R	5' 11"	200	Jun 26, 1915	11	46		46		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	0	46			2.6	All-Star
Gene Collins	23	us US	L	L	5' 8"	168	Jan 7, 1925	2	12		12		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.3
Tom Cooper			R	R	5' 11"	175	Unknown	2	31		31		0	4	25	1	0	0	1	0	3	4			0.5
Charley Hall	24	us US	B	R	5' 11"	182	Jul 30, 1923	1st	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.0
Elston Howard	19	us US	R	R	6' 2"	196	Feb 23, 1929	1st	20		20		0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	20			0.0
Tincy Jamerson	17	us US		R			May 14, 1931	1st	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Connie Johnson	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	200	Dec 27, 1922	6	12		12		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.5
Leonard Johnson	28	us US		R	5' 9"	165	Oct 19, 1919	2	3		3		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.9
Jim LaMarque	27	us US	L	L	6' 1"	173	Jul 29, 1920	6	18		18		16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1			3.9	All-Star
Buck O'Neil HOF	36	us US	R	R	5' 10"	190	Nov 13, 1911	10	25		25		0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.5
Gene Richardson	20	us US	L	L	5' 10"	170	Jan 26, 1928	2	8		8		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.4
Curt Roberts	18	us US	R	R	5' 8"	165	Aug 16, 1929	2	46		46		0	0	1	45	0	0	1	0	0	1			-0.2
Johnie Scott	34	us US	L	L	5' 10"	165	Aug 28, 1913	5	33		33		0	0	0	0	0	0	15	1	13	29			0.7
Ford Smith	29	us US	B	R	6' 1"	198	Jan 9, 1919	4	13		13		8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.5
Hilton Smith HOF	41	us US	R	R	6' 2"	180	Feb 27, 1907	13	13		13		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			1.0
Herb Souell	35	us US	B	R	5' 9"	150	Feb 5, 1913	9	46		46		0	0	0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0			0.8	All-Star
Mickey Taborn	25	us US	R	R	6' 0"	161	Jul 21, 1922	3	44		44		0	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.9
Hank Thompson	22	us US	L	R	5' 9"	174	Dec 8, 1925	4	47		47		0	0	0	2	1	2	10	1	32	43			2.1
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR