# 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.
‡ Bold player inducted as a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

## A–D

| Player | Year(s) | Position(s) |
| Robert Abernathy (baseball) | 1945 | OF |
| Ben Adams (baseball) | 1956–1965 | P |
| Ted Alexander | 1943–1944, 1946–1947 | P |
| Newt Allen | 1922–1948 | 2B / SS |
| Samuel Allen (baseball) | 1957 | OF |
| George Altman | 1955 | OF |
| Bubbles Anderson | 1922–1923 | 2B |
| Juan Armenteros | 1953–1955 | C |
| Joaquín Arumís | 1920 | SS |
| Gene Baker | 1948–1949 | SS |
| Sam Bankhead | 1934 | |
| Ernie Banks‡ | 1950, 1953 | SS |
| Frank Barnes (right-handed pitcher) | 1949–1950 | P |
| Vet Barnes | 1937–1938 | P |
| Herb Barnhill | 1943 | C |
| Hop Bartlett | 1924–1925 | P |
| Cliff Bell | 1921–1926 | P |
| Cool Papa Bell‡ | 1932 | OF |
| William Bell (baseball) | 1923–1930 | P |
| William Bell Jr. (baseball) | 1949–1951, 1953 | P |
| Cannonball Berry | 1947 | P |
| Charles Beverly | 1931–1935, 1939 | P |
| Junius Bibbs | 1938–1941 | 2B / 3B |
| Hugh Blackburn (baseball) | 1920 | OF |
| Frank Blattner | 1920–1921 | 1B |
| Willie Bobo (baseball) | 1923 | 1B |
| Walt Bond | 1956 | OF |
| Randolph Bowe | 1938 | P |
| Ollie Boyd | 1933–1934 | P |
| Frank Bradley (baseball) | 1937–1942 | P |
| William Breda | 1950–1951 | OF |
| Gene Bremer | 1938 | P |
| Chet Brewer | 1925–1935, 1941 | P |
| Sherwood Brewer | 1953–1954 | IF / OF |
| Jess Brooks | 1937 | 3B |
| Clarence Brown (baseball) | 1941 | P |
| George Brown (pitcher) | 1927 | P |
| Ike Brown | 1961 | OF |
| Willard Brown‡ | 1935–1944, 1946–1951 | OF |
| Allen Bryant | 1940–1941, 1946 | P |
| Earl Bumpus | 1944 | OF |
| Walter Burch | 1936 | 3B |
| Sylvester Carlisle | 1945 | 2B |
| George Carr (baseball) | 1920–1922 | 1B / OF |
| Bill Charter | 1943 | 1B |
| Archie Cole | 1923 | P |
| Gene Collins | 1947–1950 | P |
| Alfred Cooper (baseball) | 1928–1931 | P |
| Andy Cooper‡ | 1928–1929, 1933–1939 | P |
| Tom Cooper (baseball) | 1947–1948 | IF / OF |
| Pete Córdova | 1921 | 3B |
| Willie Cornelius | 1937 | P |
| Roosevelt Cox | 1938 | 3B |
| Sam Crawford (pitcher) | 1920–1923 | P |
| Goose Curry | 1937 | OF |
| Rube Curry | 1920–1923, 1932 | P |
| Rosey Davis (baseball) | 1930 | P |
| Johnnie Dawson | 1938, 1940, 1942 | C |
| Nelson Dean | 1925–1926, 1932 | P |
| Lionel Decuir | 1939–1940 | C |
| Fred Dewitt | 1927 | OF |
| John Donaldson (pitcher) | 1920–1924, 1931 | OF / P |
| Jesse Douglas (baseball) | 1940 | 2B |
| Joe Douse | 1952–1953 | P |
| Bill Drake (baseball) | 1922–1925 | P |
| Frank Duncan (catcher) | 1921–1934, 1937–1938, 1941–1945 | C |
| Frank Duncan (pitcher) | 1941 | 1B |
| Melvin Duncan | 1949–1951, 1955 | P |
| Eddie Dwight | 1928–1929, 1933–1937 | OF |

## E–K

| Player | Year(s) | Position(s) |
| Harry Else | 1936–1938 | C |
| Frank Evans (baseball) | 1956 | |
| Clarence Everett | 1927 | SS |
| Bob Fagan | 1921 | 2B |
| Thomas Favors | 1947 | OF |
| Hooks Foreman | 1921, 1923, 1925 | C |
| Zack Foreman | 1920–1921 | P |
| Bill Foster (baseball)‡ | 1931 | P |
| George Giles (baseball) | 1927–1928, 1932–1934 | 1B |
| Pen Gilliard | 1938 | OF |
| Willie Gisentaner | 1922–1923 | P / OF |
| Butch Glass | 1927 | P |
| Bus Gordon | 1920 | 2B |
| Chappie Gray | 1920 | 2B |
| Chester Gray | 1945 | C |
| Willie Green (baseball) | 1924 | 3B |
| Joe Greene (baseball) | 1939–1943, 1946–1947 | C |
| Harold Hair | 1958 | IF |
| Red Haley | 1933 | OF |
| Charley Hall (outfielder) | 1948 | OF |
| Jim Hamilton (baseball) | 1946 | SS |
| Halley Harding | 1928–1930 | SS / OF |
| Paul Hardy (baseball) | 1939 | C |
| Chick Harper | 1920 | OF |
| Dave Harper (baseball) | 1944–1945 | OF |
| Curtis Harris (baseball) | 1931–1932, 1936 | 1B / OF |
| Earl Harrison (baseball) | 1930 | P |
| J. C. Hartman | 1955 | SS |
| Lemuel Hawkins | 1921–1927 | 1B |
| Sammy Haynes | 1943–1945 | C |
| Neale Henderson | 1950–1951 | SS |
| Pancho Herrera | 1952–1954 | 1B |
| Fred Hicks (baseball) | 1920 | 3B |
| Charley Hill (baseball) | 1924 | OF |
| Dozier Hood | 1944–1945 | C |
| Reginald Hopwood (baseball) | 1928 | OF |
| Tick Houston | 1920 | 2b |
| Elston Howard | 1948–1950 | OF |
| Frank Hudson (baseball) | 1939 | P |
| Bertrum Hunter | 1932 | P |
| Willie Hutchinson | 1939 | P |
| Big Train Jackson | 1938–1939 | P |
| Tincy Jamerson | 1948 | P |
| Bob Johnson (first baseman) | 1944 | 1B |
| Byron Johnson (baseball) | 1937–1938 | SS |
| Connie Johnson (baseball) | 1941–1942, 1946–1950 | P |
| Leonard Johnson (baseball) | 1948 | P |
| Lou Johnson | 1955 | OF |
| Oscar Johnson (baseball) | 1922–1924 | OF |
| Wade Johnston | 1923, 1925–1927 | OF |
| Hal Jones (baseball) | 1955 | |
| Newt Joseph | 1922–1935 | 3B |
| John Kennedy (shortstop) | 1955–1956 | |
| Harry Kenyon | 1928 | OF / P |
| Floyd Kranson | 1935–1940 | P |

## L–R

| Player | Year(s) | Position(s) |
| Jim LaMarque | 1941–1951 | P |
| Alto Lane | 1931 | P |
| Charley Lightner | 1920 | P |
| William Linder (baseball) | 1922 | P |
| L. D. Livingston | 1928–1930 | P |
| Eddie Locke (baseball) | 1943–1945 | P / 1B |
| Bob Madison (baseball) | 1935–1936 | P |
| Ziggy Marcell | 1939 | C |
| Johnny Markham | 1930, 1937–1938 | P |
| Enrique Maroto | 1954–1955 | P / OF |
| Jack Marshall (second baseman) | 1938 | 3B |
| Hank Mason | 1951–1952, 1954 | P |
| Garcia Massingale | 1944–1945 | C |
| Jack Matchett | 1940, 1942–1945 | P |
| Fran Matthews | 1942–1943 | |
| Dave Mays (baseball) | 1937 | OF |
| Ed Mayweather | 1935, 1937–1938 | 1B / OF |
| Bill McCall (baseball) | 1924 | P |
| William McCrary | 1946–1947 | SS |
| Booker McDaniel | 1941–1945 | P |
| Henry McHenry (baseball) | 1930–1931, 1937 | P |
| Hurley McNair | 1920–1927, 1934 | OF |
| José Méndez‡ | 1920–1926 | P |
| Percy Miller (pitcher) | 1922, 1926 | P |
| Henry Milton | 1935–1940 | OF |
| Bob Mitchell (baseball) | 1954–1957 | |
| George Mitchell (baseball) | 1927 | P |
| Lee Moody | 1944–1949 | 1B |
| Dobie Moore | 1920–1926 | SS |
| Barney Morris | 1936 | P |
| Yellowhorse Morris | 1924 | P |
| Lefty Moses | 1938–1940 | P |
| Porter Moss | 1937 | P |
| Dink Mothell | 1920, 1924–1934 | IF / OF |
| Larry Napoleon | 1947 | P |
| Buck O'Neil‡ | 1938–1943, 1946–1955 | 1B |
| Grady Orange | 1926–1927, 1931 | 2B |
| Clarence Orme | 1920 | 2B |
| Bill Owens (baseball) | 1926 | SS |
| Satchel Paige‡ | 1936, 1939–1948, 1950, 1955, 1959–1965 | P |
| Agustín Parpetti | 1921 | 1B |
| Pat Patterson (infielder, born 1911) | 1936 | 3B |
| Nat Peeples | 1949–1950 | C / OF |
| Norris Phillips | 1942–1943 | P |
| Bartolo Portuondo | 1920–1922 | 3B |
| Hank Presswood | 1951–1952 | |
| Mack Pride | 1956 | |
| Randolph Prim | 1926 | P |
| Ted Radcliffe | 1945 | C |
| Johnny Ray (outfielder) | 1945 | OF |
| Otto Ray | 1920–1921 | C |
| Wilson Redus | 1930 | OF |
| Chico Renfroe | 1945–1947, 1953 | 2B |
| Gene Richardson | 1947–1950, 1952–1953 | P |
| Ed Rile | 1921 | P |
| Curt Roberts | 1947–1948 | 2B |
| Frazier Robinson | 1942–1943 | C |
| Jackie Robinson‡ | 1945 | SS |
| Vicente Rodríguez (baseball) | 1920 | C |
| Bullet Rogan‡ | 1920–1938 | P / OF |
| Jesse Rogers | 1953–1954 | C / OF |
| Nat Rogers | 1931 | OF |
| Branch Russell | 1922 | OF |

## S–Z

| Player | Year(s) | Position(s) |
| Leo Sanders | 1940 | 3B |
| John Sanderson (baseball) | 1947 | SS |
| Bob Saunders (baseball) | 1926 | P |
| John Scott (1940s outfielder) | 1944–1948 | OF |
| Barney Serrell | 1942–1945 | 2B |
| Joe Siddle | 1944–1945 | |
| Bill Simms | 1937–1938, 1941–1943 | OF |
| Owen Smaulding | 1927 | P |
| Ernie Smith (baseball, born 1908) | 1938 | C |
| Ford Smith | 1941, 1946–1948 | P |
| Herbert Smith (baseball) | 1920–1921 | P |
| Hilton Smith‡ | 1936–1948 | P |
| Mance Smith | 1944 | OF |
| Sylvester Snead | 1941 | OF |
| Herb Souell | 1940–1950 | 3B |
| George Spriggs (baseball) | 1959–1960 | |
| Jim Starks | 1927, 1933 | OF |
| Turkey Stearnes‡ | 1931, 1938–1940 | OF |
| Toni Stone | 1954 | 2B |
| Ted Strong | 1937–1939, 1941–1942, 1946–1947 | OF / IF |
| Mickey Stubblefield | 1948–1949 | |
| Alfred Surratt | 1949–1951 | |
| George Sweatt | 1922–1925 | 2B / OF |
| Mickey Taborn | 1946–1948 | C |
| LeRoy Taylor | 1928–1930, 1932, 1935–1936 | OF |
| Raymond Taylor | 1938, 1944 | C |
| Samuel "Bay" Taylor | 1952–1954 | |
| Ewell Thomas | 1922 | 2B |
| Walter Thomas (baseball) | 1944–1945 | OF |
| Hank Thompson (baseball) | 1943, 1946–1948 | IF / OF |
| Sam Thompson (pitcher) | 1934 | P |
| Bob Thurman | 1949 | |
| Cristóbal Torriente‡ | 1926 | OF |
| Elbert Treadway | 1939 | P |
| Quincy Trouppe | 1932, 1935–1936 | OF |
| Clem Turner (baseball) | 1926, 1930 | 1B |
| Eugene Tyler | 1943 | OF |
| Steel Arm Tyler | 1927 | P |
| William Van Buren | 1953 | P / OF |
| Admiral Walker | 1927 | P |
| George Walker (1930s pitcher) | 1939–1941, 1943 | P |
| Jesse Warren | 1940 | 3B |
| Blue Washington | 1920 | 1B |
| Dan Webster (baseball) | 1936 | P |
| Willie Wells‡ | 1932 | SS |
| Davey Whitney | 1952–1954 | SS / 3B |
| Bob Wiggins | 1956–1960 | |
| Eli Williams (baseball) | 1945 | OF |
| Henry Williams (baseball) | 1923 | C |
| Jesse Williams (shortstop) | 1939–1947, 1951 | |
| Lawrence Williams (baseball) | 1954–1955 | OF |
| Hubert Wilson (baseball) | 1928–1929 | P |
| Woodrow Wilson (baseball) | 1936–1937 | P |
| Steve Wylie | 1944–1947 | P |
| Leandy Young | 1940 | OF |
| Maurice Young (baseball) | 1927 | P |
| Norman Young (baseball) | 1944 | SS |
| Tom Young (baseball) | 1926–1935, 1941 | C |