1942 Kansas City Monarchs season
Negro American League team season
1942 Kansas City Monarchs | ||||
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League | Negro American League | |||
Ballpark | Ruppert Stadium | |||
City | Kansas City, Missouri | |||
Record | 35–17 (.673) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Managers | Frank Duncan | |||
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The 1942 Kansas City Monarchs baseball team represented the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro American League (NAL) during the 1942 baseball season. The team compiled a 35–17 (.673) record, won the NAL pennant, and defeated the Homestead Grays in the 1942 Negro World Series.[1]
The team featured three players who were later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: center fielder Willard Brown; and pitchers Hilton Smith and Satchel Paige.[1]
The team's leading batters were:
- Right fielder Ted Strong - .364 batting average, .561 slugging percentage, six home runs, 32 RBIs in 34 games
- Second baseman Bonnie Serrell - .360 batting average, .561 slugging percentage, 22 RBIs in 33 games
- Willard Brown - .338 batting average, .493 slugging percentage, four home runs, 26 RBIs in 35 games
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The team's leading pitchers were Jack Matchett (5–1, 1.92 ERA) and Booker McDaniel (5–1, 2.44 ERA).[3]
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Kansas City Monarchs 1942 Negro World Series champions
- Newt Allen
- Willard Brown
- Johnnie Dawson
- Joe Greene
- Connie Johnson
- Jim LaMarque
- Jack Matchett
- Booker McDaniel
- Buck O'Neil
- Satchel Paige
- Frazier Robinson
- Barney Serrell
- Bill Simms
- Hilton Smith
- Herb Souell
- Ted Strong
- Bill Williams
- Manager
- Frank Duncan