Kansas City Monarchs all-time roster

The following is the list of players on the Kansas City Monarchs all-time roster. These are Kansas City Monarchs players who appeared in at least one game for the Monarchs from 1920 to 1965, while based in either Kansas City, Missouri or Grand Rapids, Michigan.

On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games (and the affected players), while some games and players may be lost forever. Therefore, some Negro league players' affiliations will likely remain incomplete and possibly disputed.

A–D PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefRobert Abernathy1945OFBen Adams1956–1965PTed Alexander1943–1944, 1946–1947PNewt Allen1922–19482B / SSSamuel Allen1957OFGeorge Altman1955OFBubbles Anderson1922–19232BJuan Armenteros1953–1955CJoaquín Arumís1920SSGene Baker1948–1949SSSam Bankhead1934Ernie Banks‡1950, 1953SSFrank Barnes1949–1950PVet Barnes1937–1938PHerb Barnhill1943CHop Bartlett1924–1925PCliff Bell1921–1926PCool Papa Bell‡1932OFWilliam Bell1923–1930PWilliam Bell Jr.1949–1951, 1953PCannonball Berry1947PCharles Beverly1931–1935, 1939PJunius Bibbs1938–19412B / 3BHugh Blackburn1920OFFrank Blattner1920–19211BWillie Bobo19231BWalt Bond1956OFRandolph Bowe1938POllie Boyd1933–1934PFrank Bradley1937–1942PWilliam Breda1950–1951OFGene Bremer1938PChet Brewer1925–1935, 1941PSherwood Brewer1953–1954IF / OFJess Brooks19373BClarence Brown1941PGeorge Brown1927PIke Brown1961OFWillard Brown‡1935–1944, 1946–1951OFAllen Bryant1940–1941, 1946PEarl Bumpus1944OFWalter Burch19363BSylvester Carlisle19452BGeorge Carr1920–19221B / OFBill Charter19431BArchie Cole1923PGene Collins1947–1950PArmy Cooper1928–1931PAndy Cooper‡1928–1929, 1933–1939PTom Cooper1947–1948IF / OFPete Córdova19213BWillie Cornelius1937PRoosevelt Cox19383BSam Crawford1920–1923PGoose Curry1937OFRube Curry1920–1923, 1932PRosey Davis1930PJohnnie Dawson1938, 1940, 1942CNelson Dean1925–1926, 1932PLionel Decuir1939–1940CFred Dewitt1927OFJohn Donaldson1920–1924, 1931OF / PJesse Douglas19402BJoe Douse1952–1953PBill Drake1922–1925PFrank Duncan Jr.1921–1934, 1937–1938, 1941–1945CFrank Duncan III19411BMelvin Duncan1949–1951, 1955PEddie Dwight1928–1929, 1933–1937OF

E–K PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefHarry Else1936–1938CFrank Evans1956Clarence Everett1927SSBob Fagan19212BThomas Favors1947OFHooks Foreman1921, 1923, 1925CZack Foreman1920–1921PBill Foster‡1931PGeorge Giles1927–1928, 1932–19341BPen Gilliard1938OFWillie Gisentaner1922–1923P / OFButch Glass1927PBus Gordon19202BChappie Gray19202BChester Gray1945CWillie Green19243BJoe Greene1939–1943, 1946–1947CHarold Hair1958IFRed Haley1933OFCharley Hall1948OFJim Hamilton1946SSHalley Harding1928–1930SS / OFPaul Hardy1939CChick Harper1920OFDave Harper1944–1945OFCurtis Harris1931–1932, 19361B / OFEarl Harrison1930PJ. C. Hartman1955SSLemuel Hawkins1921–19271BSammy Haynes1943–1945CNeale Henderson1950–1951SSPancho Herrera1952–19541BFred Hicks19203BCharley Hill1924OFDozier Hood1944–1945CReginald Hopwood1928OFTick Houston19202bElston Howard1948–1950OFWillie Hudson1939PBertrum Hunter1932PWillie Hutchinson1939PBig Train Jackson1938–1939PTincy Jamerson1948PBob Johnson19441BByron Johnson1937–1938SSConnie Johnson1941–1942, 1946–1950PLeonard Johnson1948PLou Johnson1955OFHeavy Johnson1922–1924OFWade Johnston1923, 1925–1927OFHal Jones1955Newt Joseph1922–19353BJohn Kennedy1955–1956Harry Kenyon1928OF / PFloyd Kranson1935–1940P

L–R PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefJim LaMarque1941–1951PAlto Lane1931PCharley Lightner1920PWilliam Linder1922PL. D. Livingston1928–1930PEddie Locke1943–1945P / 1BBob Madison1935–1936PZiggy Marcell1939CJohnny Markham1930, 1937–1938PEnrique Maroto1954–1955P / OFJack Marshall19383BHank Mason1951–1952, 1954PGarcia Massingale1944–1945CJack Matchett1940, 1942–1945PFran Matthews1942–1943Dave Mays1937OFEd Mayweather1935, 1937–19381B / OFBill McCall1924PWilliam McCrary1946–1947SSBooker McDaniel1941–1945PHenry McHenry1930–1931, 1937PHurley McNair1920–1927, 1934OFJosé Méndez‡1920–1926PPercy Miller1922, 1926PHenry Milton1935–1940OFBob Mitchell1954–1957George Mitchell1927PLee Moody1944–19491BDobie Moore1920–1926SSBarney Morris1936PYellowhorse Morris1924PLefty Moses1938–1940PPorter Moss1937PDink Mothell1920, 1924–1934IF / OFLarry Napoleon1947PBuck O'Neil‡1938–1943, 1946–19551BGrady Orange1926–1927, 19312BClarence Orme19202BWill Owens1926SSSatchel Paige‡1936, 1939–1948, 1950, 1955, 1959–1965PAgustín Parpetti19211BPat Patterson19363BNat Peeples1949–1950C / OFNorris Phillips1942–1943PBartolo Portuondo1920–19223BHank Presswood1951–1952Mack Pride1956Randolph Prim1926PTed Radcliffe1945CJohnny Ray1945OFOtto Ray1920–1921CWilson Redus1930OFChico Renfroe1945–1947, 19532BGene Richardson1947–1950, 1952–1953PEd Rile1921PCurt Roberts1947–19482BFrazier Robinson1942–1943CJackie Robinson‡1945SSVicente Rodríguez1920CBullet Rogan‡1920–1938P / OFJesse Rogers1953–1954C / OFNat Rogers1931OFBranch Russell1922OF

S–Z PlayerYear(s)Position(s)RefLeo Sanders19403BJohn Sanderson1947SSBob Saunders1926PJohnie Scott1944–1948OFBarney Serrell1942–19452BJoe Siddle1944–1945Bill Simms1937–1938, 1941–1943OFOwen Smaulding1927PErnie Smith1938CFord Smith1941, 1946–1948PHerbert Smith1920–1921PHilton Smith‡1936–1948PMance Smith1944OFSylvester Snead1941OFHerb Souell1940–19503BGeorge Spriggs1959–1960Jim Starks1927, 1933OFTurkey Stearnes‡1931, 1938–1940OFToni Stone19542BTed Strong1937–1939, 1941–1942, 1946–1947OF / IFMickey Stubblefield1948–1949Alfred Surratt1949–1951George Sweatt1922–19252B / OFMickey Taborn1946–1948CLeRoy Taylor1928–1930, 1932, 1935–1936OFRaymond Taylor1938, 1944CSamuel "Bay" Taylor1952–1954Ewell Thomas19222BWalter Thomas1944–1945OFHank Thompson1943, 1946–1948IF / OFSam Thompson1934PBob Thurman1949Cristóbal Torriente‡1926OFElbert Treadway1939PQuincy Trouppe1932, 1935–1936OFClem Turner1926, 19301BEugene Tyler1943OFSteel Arm Tyler1927PWilliam Van Buren1953P / OFAdmiral Walker1927PGeorge Walker1939–1941, 1943PJesse Warren19403BBlue Washington19201BDan Webster1936PWillie Wells‡1932SSDavey Whitney1952–1954SS / 3BBob Wiggins1956–1960Eli Williams1945OFHenry Williams1923CJesse Williams1939–1947, 1951Lawrence Williams1954–1955OFHubert Wilson1928–1929PWoodrow Wilson1936–1937PSteve Wylie1944–1947PLeandy Young1940OFMaurice Young1927PNorman Young1944SSTom Young1926–1935, 1941C

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