1923 Kansas City Monarchs season
1923 baseball team performance in Missouri, United States
Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National League team season
1923 Kansas City Monarchs | ||||
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League | Negro National League | |||
Ballpark | Muehlebach Field, Association Park, 1920 | |||
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |||
Record | 61–37 (.622) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Managers | Sam Crawford, José Méndez | |||
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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]
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Kansas City Monarchs
- Operated 1920–1965
- Based in Kansas City, Missouri and Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Kansas City: Association Park
- Municipal Stadium
Grand Rapids: Valley Field
- Negro National League (I)
- Negro American League
- Denver Post Tournament
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championships (2)
pennants (13)
appearances
- 1926
- 1948
- 1951
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