List of Kansas City Monarchs seasons

This list of Kansas City Monarchs seasons compiles games played by the Kansas City Monarchs. For seasons when the Monarchs were league members or an associate team, only games that counted in official league standings are included. Seasons when they had no league membership and played an independent/barnstorming schedule include games against primarily major-league-caliber teams.

Contemporary coverage of games and standings was spotty and inconsistent. Ongoing 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.

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
Season	Level	League	Full^[b]	Split^[c]	Games	Wins	Loses	Ties	Win%^[a]	Postseason	Ref
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 Clowns^E)	^[30]
1951^	Minor	NAL	1 (W)	—	70	42	28	0	.600	Lost NAL divisional playoff (Indianapolis Clowns^E) ?–?	^[31]
1952	Minor	NAL	4	DNQ	49	23	26	0	.469		^[31]
1953†	Minor	NAL	1	1st & 2nd	77	56	21	0	.727	Won pennant outright	^[31]
1954	Minor	NAL	6	DNQ	67	23	43	1	.348		^[31]
1955†	Minor	NAL	1	1st	15	11	4	0	.733	No second-half played; declared champion	^[32]
Kansas City Monarchs (based in Grand Rapids, Michigan)
1956	Minor	NAL	4	DNQ	15	6	9	0	.400		^[32]
1957†	Minor	NAL	1	—	43	34	9	0	.791	Won pennant outright	^[32]
1958^	Minor	NAL	1	1st	56	3	24	2	.556	No split-season playoff (Birmingham Black Barons²)	^[33]
1959	Minor	NAL	—	—							^[33]
1960	Minor	NAL	—	—							^[33]
1961	Minor	NAL	—	—							^[33]
1962	Minor	NAL	—	—							^[33]
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.

List of Kansas City Monarchs seasons

References

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