List of Kansas City Monarchs seasons

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

Contemporary coverage of games and won-loss standings was spotty and inconsistent. On-going 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.

Year by year

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
Full[b] Split[c]
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 ClownsE) [31]
1951^ Minor NAL 1 (W) — 70 42 28 0 .600 Lost NAL divisional playoff (Indianapolis ClownsE) ?–? [32]
1952 Minor NAL 4 DNQ 49 23 26 0 .469 [33]
1953† Minor NAL 1 1st & 2nd 77 56 21 0 .727 Won pennant outright [34]
1954 Minor NAL 6 DNQ 67 23 43 1 .348 [35]
1955† Minor NAL 1 1st 15 11 4 0 .733 No second-half played; declared champion [36]
Kansas City Monarchs (based in Grand Rapids, Michigan)
1956 Minor NAL 4 DNQ 15 6 9 0 .400 [37]
1957† Minor NAL 1 — 43 34 9 0 .791 Won pennant outright [38]
1958^ Minor NAL 1 1st 56 3 24 2 .556 No split-season playoff (Birmingham Black Barons2) [39]
1959 Minor NAL — — [40]
1960 Minor NAL — — [41]
1961 Minor NAL — — [42]
1962 Minor NAL — — [43]
1963 Independent — — —
1964 Independent — — —
1965 Independent — — —
Key
  1. ^ Placement in annual standings were generally decided by win percentage; "games behind" were never used.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.

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