Kansas City Monarchs

The Kansas City Monarchs were an American baseball team. They were 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. 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. The team had more major league players than any other Negro league franchise. It was  disbanded in 1965.

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 FamersInducteePositionYears with the teamInducted Ernie Banks  SS/1B  1950–1953  1977 Cool Papa Bell CF  1932  1974 Willard Brown  OF  1935–19441946–1949  2006 Andy Cooper P  1928–1929, 19311933–1939  2006 Bill Foster P  1931  1996 Jose Mendez P  1917, 1920–1926  2006 Satchel Paige*  P  1935, 1940–1947  1971 Jackie Robinson  2B  1945  1962 Bullet Rogan P/OF 1920–19301933–1938  1998 Hilton Smith*  P  1937–1948  2001 Turkey Stearnes OF  1931, 19341938–1940  2000 Cristobal Torriente OF  1916–1917, 1926  2006 J.L. Wilkinson*  Founder  1920–1948  2006 Buck O’Neil Executive 1938-1943, 1946-1955  2022

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.

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.

References

Other websites
 Franchise history at Seamheads.com
 1920 Kansas City Monarchs Calendar
Category:Sports in Kansas City, Missouri
Category:1920 establishments in the United States
Category:Baseball teams in the United States