1923 Kansas City Monarchs season

1923 Kansas City Monarchs
LeagueNegro National League
BallparkMuehlebach Field, Association Park, 1920
CityKansas City, Missouri
Record61–37 (.622)
League place1st
ManagersSam Crawford, José Méndez
Seasons 1924 →

The 1923 Kansas City Monarchs baseball team competed in the Negro National League during the 1923 baseball season. The Monarchs compiled a 61–37 (.622) record and won the Negro National League championship.[1] The team played its home games at Muehlebach Field and Association Park in Kansas City, Missouri.

The team's leading batters were:

  • Right fielder Heavy Johnson - .406 batting average, .722 slugging percentage, 20 home runs, 120 RBIs in 98 games
  • Shortstop Dobie Moore - .365 batting average, .534 slugging percentage, eight home runs, 79 RBIs in 95 games
  • Pitcher Bullet Rogan - .362 batting average, .551 slugging percentage, seven home runs, 44 RBIs in 68 games (Rogan was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame)
  • Center fielder Wade Johnston - .333 batting average, .402 slugging percentage, 29 RBIs in 63 games
  • Left fielder Hurley McNair - .327 batting average, .481 slugging percentage, eight home runs, 65 RBIs in 98 games[2]

The team's leading pitchers were Bullet Rogan (16–11, 2.94 ERA, 151 strikeouts in 248 innings pitched) and Reuben Currie (15–9, 3.24 ERA, 119 strikeouts in 213 innings pitched).[3]

References

  1. ^ "1923 Kansas City Monarchs". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1923 Kansas City Monarchs Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "1924 Kansas City Monarchs Pitching Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 6, 2020.