Kansas City Monarchs

Kansas City Monarchs
Kansas City Monarchs
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League	Negro National League (1920–1931); Independent (1932–1936); Negro American League (1937–1961); Independent (1962–1965); Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan 1956–65 but retained Kansas City as their name;
Location	Kansas 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);
Established	1920
Disbanded	1965
League titles	1923; 1924; 1925; 1929; 1937; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1946; 1953; 1957;
Negro World Series championships	1924; 1942;

The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by J. L. Wilkinson, they were charter members of the Negro National League from 1920 to 1930. Wilkinson was the first white owner at the time of the establishment of the team.^[1] In 1930, the Monarchs became the first professional baseball team to use a portable lighting system which was transported from game to game in trucks to play games at night, five years before any Major League Baseball team did.^[2] The Monarchs won ten league championships before integration, and triumphed in the first Negro World Series in 1924. The Monarchs had only one season in which they did not have a winning record^[3] and produced more major league players than any other Negro league franchise.^[4] It was disbanded in 1965.

^ Goldstein, Richard (27 July 2006). "Belated Recognition: The 17 Inductees". The New York Times.
^ Goldstein, Richard (2006-07-27). "Belated Recognition". The New York Times. pp. D5.
^ "Negro Leagues Baseball EMuseum: Team Profiles: Kansas City Monarchs". K-State College of Education. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
^ Dulin, Pete (2020-01-27). "How the Kansas City Monarchs became the city's favorite sports team in the 1920s". Kansas City Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-21.

[Goldstein-2006b-1] Goldstein, Richard (27 July 2006). "Belated Recognition: The 17 Inductees". The New York Times.

[Goldstein-2006a-2] Goldstein, Richard (2006-07-27). "Belated Recognition". The New York Times. pp. D5.

[K-State-3] "Negro Leagues Baseball EMuseum: Team Profiles: Kansas City Monarchs". K-State College of Education. Retrieved 2011-03-24.

[4] Dulin, Pete (2020-01-27). "How the Kansas City Monarchs became the city's favorite sports team in the 1920s". Kansas City Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-21.

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