Kansas City Monarchs

The Kansas City Monarchs were an American baseball team. They were the the longest-running team in the history of the Negro leagues. The team played in Kansas City, Missouri. It was owned by J. L. Wilkinson. They were members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. In 1930, the Monarchs became the first professional baseball team to use a portable lighting system. It was moved from game to game in trucks to play games at night. They used the system for five years before any major league team did.[1] The Monarchs won ten league championships before integration. They won the first Negro League World Series in 1924. The Monarchs had only one season without a winning record.[2] The team had more major league players than any other Negro league franchise.[3] It was disbanded in 1965.

Kansas City Monarchs
Information
League
  • Negro National League (1920–1931)
  • Independent (1932–1936)
  • Negro American League (1937–1961)
  • Independent (1962–1965)
LocationKansas City, Missouri
Ballpark
  • Association Park (1920–1923)
  • Muehlebach Field (1923–1955)
  • a.k.a. Ruppert Stadium (1937–1942)
  • a.k.a. Blues Stadium (1943–1954)
  • a.k.a. Municipal Stadium (1955)
  • Valley Field, Grand Rapids (1956–1965)
Year established1920
Year disbanded1965
Nickname(s)
League titles
  • 1923
  • 1924
  • 1925
  • 1929
  • 1937
  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1946
  • 1953
  • 1957
Negro World Series championships
  • 1924
  • 1942

Baseball Hall of Famers

Players and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a Monarchs cap insignia. An asterisk (*) denotes the player is depicted on Hall of Fame plaque without a cap insignia or with the cap insignia obscured but the Hall of Fame recognizes Monarchs as "Primary Team"

Kansas City Monarchs Hall of Famers
Inductee Position Years with the team Inducted
Ernie BanksSS/1B1950–19531977
Cool Papa BellCF19321974
Willard BrownOF1935–1944
1946–1949		2006
Andy CooperP1928–1929, 1931
1933–1939		2006
Bill FosterP19311996
Jose MendezP1917, 1920–19262006
Satchel Paige*P1935, 1940–19471971
Jackie Robinson2B19451962
Bullet RoganP/OF1920–1930
1933–1938		1998
Hilton Smith*P1937–19482001
Turkey StearnesOF1931, 1934
1938–1940		2000
Cristobal TorrienteOF1916–1917, 19262006
J.L. Wilkinson*Founder1920–19482006
Buck O’NeilExecutive1938-1943, 1946-19552022

Legacy

In February 2021, the team's name was revived by a Kansas City, Kansas, minor league team, the Kansas City T-Bones. The name was approved through a negotiation with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.[4]

MLB throwback jerseys

The Kansas City Royals have worn uniforms based on those worn by the Monarchs during regular-season baseball games several times. They have been worn on July 14, 2001 (at Pittsburgh), July 1, 2007, and May 30, 2009 (at home vs. Chicago White Sox), June 9, 2012 (at Pittsburgh), July 21, 2012, and June 23, 2019 (both at home vs. Minnesota), August 24, 2013 (at home vs. Washington), May 18, 2014 (at home vs. Baltimore), May 17, 2015 (at home vs. New York Yankees), May 15, 2016 (at home vs. Atlanta), May 7, 2017 (at home vs. Cleveland), and August 13, 2022 (at home vs. Los Angeles ). The jerseys worn during home games have usually been auctioned as a fundraiser for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.[5]

References
  1. Goldstein, Richard (2006-07-27). "Belated Recognition". The New York Times. pp. D5.
  2. "Negro Leagues Baseball EMuseum: Team Profiles: Kansas City Monarchs". K-State College of Education. Archived from the original on 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  3. Dulin, Pete (2020-01-27). "How the Kansas City Monarchs became the city's favorite sports team in the 1920s". Kansas City Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  4. Weinbaum, Dan (22 January 2021). "The Kansas City Monarchs are back! The T-Bones rebranded as famed Negro League baseball club". KMBZ Radio. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. "Celebrate with the Kansas City Royals as we pay tribute to the Negro Leagues". MLB.com. Kansas City Royals. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via Wayback Machine.

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