1952 Kansas City Monarchs
Record: 61-83
Finish: 4th in PL North Division
Runs Scored: 695
Runs Allowed: 805
Exp W-L: 62-82
 
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 1,761,713
Manager: Don Money

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-57, 2nd in the Pioneer League
AA: 50-76, 10th in the Pioneer League
A: 64-62, 4th in the Pioneer League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Vinny Velazquez 28 138 517 109 157 31 3 33 86 1 5 73 76 .304 .399 .567 .965 104.9 16.8 3.6
2B #Edward Shiflett 29 126 516 68 133 29 4 4 41 16 9 48 96 .258 .321 .353 .674 60.2 5.1 3.8
LF  Daniel Johnson 36 133 481 71 106 13 1 14 52 0 0 81 117 .220 .332 .339 .671 58.3 4.3 2.3
CF *Robert Staub 33 131 501 69 127 28 7 12 62 7 5 28 107 .253 .296 .409 .705 60.0 4.9 2.4
2B  James Mickel 24 134 451 52 112 24 5 4 43 8 8 45 103 .248 .315 .350 .666 49.5 3.3 3.7
C #Luis Villalba 31 127 424 71 144 47 7 10 80 3 1 53 61 .340 .421 .554 .975 87.0 15.7 6.7
CF *Chad Furst 35 120 345 33 92 16 4 3 45 15 4 37 47 .267 .338 .362 .700 42.6 3.9 1.9
1B #Daniel St. George 26 83 277 45 87 30 0 14 58 0 0 38 43 .314 .404 .574 .978 58.1 10.3 0.9
1B  Cristobal Evangelista 33 103 236 36 59 12 2 6 34 0 0 36 46 .250 .354 .394 .748 32.8 3.4 0.6
SS #Ricky Casiano 28 94 213 32 54 8 1 7 30 2 2 12 32 .254 .293 .399 .692 22.8 1.6 1.8
RF  Brian Ropp 30 66 160 15 41 10 3 3 27 0 0 6 31 .256 .284 .413 .697 19.4 1.7 0.7
C  Jonathan Bianchi 29 55 146 17 35 8 1 1 21 0 0 13 28 .240 .321 .329 .650 15.5 1.0 2.4
LF *Jacob Cross 29 96 147 25 47 13 1 6 32 0 0 15 32 .320 .383 .544 .927 27.2 4.6 0.6
P  Osvaldo Valtierra 28 39 111 3 5 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 39 .045 .070 .072 .142 -5.3 0.0 0.0
P *Thomas Brownlow 38 38 96 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 .052 .081 .083 .164 -3.9 0.0 0.0
1B *Anthony Bergh 34 70 97 11 27 8 0 3 26 1 0 3 13 .278 .300 .454 .754 12.3 1.2 0.2
P  Wilber Gullett 31 36 88 6 11 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 31 .125 .154 .170 .324 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF *Manny Anguita 28 22 87 19 34 8 0 0 12 0 1 6 9 .391 .430 .483 .913 14.5 2.6 0.5
P  Matt Freeborn 31 29 79 4 11 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 22 .139 .148 .152 .300 0.4 0.0 0.0
LF  Chad East 25 18 32 4 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 1 .219 .306 .250 .556 2.5 0.0 0.1
3B  David Cooper 30 6 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .222 .364 .222 .586 1.0 0.1 0.0
P *Elbert Dickerman 30 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Barton Fitz 36 22 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Russell Kiel 26 15 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Andrew Allen 24 56 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *James George 25 22 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 1.3 0.4 0.0
P  Shelby Brinn 31 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Gary Lynch 28 32 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Isaac Noell 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 1881 5043 695 1300 297 40 120 670 53 35 509 977 .258 .329 .404 .733 660.7 80.9 32.5
  Rank among 10 PL teams 4 10 10 3 6 4 10 10 1 7 10 10 10 10 10 10  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Osvaldo Valtierra 28 17 18 .486 39 39 0 315.7 333 134 28 64 219 3.82 24.9
*Thomas Brownlow 38 9 19 .321 38 38 0 265.7 313 186 32 129 167 6.30 2.6
 Wilber Gullett 31 12 15 .444 36 36 0 241.0 320 154 26 58 116 5.75 8.2
 Matt Freeborn 31 10 14 .417 29 29 0 219.7 248 110 15 80 112 4.51 12.9
 Andrew Allen 24 3 1 .750 56 0 11 52.7 60 30 5 24 35 5.13 5.6
*Elbert Dickerman 30 2 5 .286 33 1 1 44.7 68 43 7 24 24 8.67 0.0
 Shelby Brinn 31 3 6 .333 36 0 8 40.0 41 13 2 22 29 2.93 7.0
 Barton Fitz 36 1 1 .500 22 0 0 32.0 27 14 1 13 21 3.94 2.5
*Gary Lynch 28 3 3 .500 32 0 4 30.7 46 25 7 3 19 7.34 0.7
*Russell Kiel 26 1 0 1.000 15 1 0 28.3 31 11 1 10 16 3.49 2.6
 James George 25 0 1 .000 21 0 2 23.7 27 8 1 8 9 3.04 2.7
Team Totals 29.8 61 83 .424 357 144 26 1294.0 1514 728 125 435 767 5.06 69.6
Rank among 10 PL teams 9 9 9 9 3 10 7 7 1 8 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 27.2
L.Villalba 966.3 106 120 577 79 14 0 .979 37.6
J.Bianchi 327.7 38 41 210 29 6 0 .976 34.3
Team Total 1294.0 144 161 787 108 20 0 .978 36.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.18
D.St. George 652.7 71 78 694 55 7 61 .991 10.33
C.Evangelista 490.7 59 66 531 38 9 37 .984 10.44
A.Bergh 147.3 14 34 167 8 0 11 1.000 10.69
J.Bianchi 3.3 0 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 21.62
Team Total 1294.0 144 179 1400 101 16 109 .989 10.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.24
E.Shiflett 1078.0 119 125 244 388 13 71 .980 5.28
J.Mickel 210.0 25 25 54 80 3 17 .978 5.74
J.Cross 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1294.0 144 151 298 468 16 88 .980 5.33
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 2.57
V.Velazquez 1188.7 133 135 77 280 16 20 .957 2.70
R.Casiano 85.0 9 12 2 17 3 3 .864 2.01
D.Cooper 16.0 2 2 1 3 1 0 .800 2.25
D.St. George 4.3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.16
Team Total 1294.0 144 150 80 302 20 23 .950 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.56
J.Mickel 893.0 109 109 122 311 23 48 .950 4.36
R.Casiano 398.0 35 74 63 151 3 26 .986 4.84
C.Furst 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Johnson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1294.0 144 185 185 463 26 74 .961 4.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.12
D.Johnson 1073.0 129 131 275 8 0 3 1.000 2.37
J.Cross 218.0 15 53 66 2 0 0 1.000 2.81
C.East 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Staub 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1294.0 144 186 341 10 0 3 1.000 2.44
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.71
C.Furst 867.3 95 108 237 3 3 0 .988 2.49
B.Ropp 255.3 29 37 61 1 1 0 .984 2.19
M.Anguita 169.3 20 20 58 0 0 0 1.000 3.08
R.Staub 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Bergh 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1294.0 144 167 356 4 4 0 .989 2.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.18
R.Staub 1115.7 128 129 303 6 6 0 .981 2.49
B.Ropp 122.0 10 22 30 2 0 0 1.000 2.36
C.East 55.3 6 11 19 0 1 0 .950 3.09
J.Bianchi 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1294.0 144 163 352 8 7 0 .981 2.50
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.90
O.Valtierra 315.7 39 39 21 45 4 5 .943 1.88
T.Brownlow 265.7 38 38 13 47 2 5 .968 2.03
W.Gullett 241.0 36 36 10 36 2 2 .958 1.72
M.Freeborn 219.7 29 29 15 39 2 1 .964 2.21
A.Allen 52.7 0 56 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.03
E.Dickerman 44.7 1 33 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.22
S.Brinn 40.0 0 36 2 5 1 1 .875 1.58
B.Fitz 32.0 0 22 1 9 0 2 1.000 2.81
G.Lynch 30.7 0 32 1 3 1 0 .800 1.17
R.Kiel 28.3 1 15 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.49
J.George 23.7 0 21 0 4 0 1 1.000 1.52
Team Total 1294.0 144 357 70 209 12 17 .959 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Villalba .340
On-Base Pct Villalba .421
Slugging Pct Velazquez .567
OPS Villalba .975
XR Velazquez 104.9
Games Velazquez 138
At-Bats Velazquez 517
Runs Velazquez 109
Hits Velazquez 157
Total Bases Velazquez 293
Singles Shiflett 96
Doubles Villalba 47
Triples Staub, Villalba 7
Homeruns Velazquez 33
RBIs Velazquez 86
Stolen Bases Shiflett 16
Caught Stealing Shiflett 9
Walks Johnson 81
Strikeouts Johnson 117
ERA Valtierra 3.82
Wins Valtierra 17
Losses Brownlow 19
Winning Pct Valtierra .486
Saves Allen 11
Games Pitched Allen 56
Games Started Valtierra 39
Complete Games Valtierra 17
Shutouts Valtierra 3
Innings Pitched Valtierra 315.7
Hits Allowed Valtierra 333
Homeruns Allowed Brownlow 32
Strikeouts Valtierra 219
Walks Allowed Brownlow 129
Walks per 9IP Valtierra 1.8
Hits per 9IP Valtierra 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Valtierra 6.2
WHiP Valtierra 1.26
OAVG Valtierra .273
OOBP Valtierra .314
OSLG Freeborn .411
OOPS Valtierra .732
Team All-Stars
Shelby Brinn
Vinny Velazquez
Player Salaries
Manny Anguita $ 6,770,000
Vinny Velazquez $ 6,770,000
Luis Villalba $ 6,340,000
Osvaldo Valtierra $ 6,220,000
Daniel Johnson $ 6,060,000
Wilber Gullett $ 4,080,000
Cristobal Evangelista $ 4,060,000
Thomas Brownlow $ 3,750,000
Matt Freeborn $ 2,600,000
Brain Emmer $ 2,120,000
Daniel St. George $ 1,964,286
Russell Kiel $ 1,485,714
Edward Shiflett $ 1,430,000
Elbert Dickerman $ 1,390,000
Gary Lynch $ 1,390,000
Shelby Brinn $ 1,210,000
James Ormond $ 780,000
Barton Fitz $ 780,000
Steven Rathbun $ 550,000
Brian Ropp $ 550,000
Ricky Casiano $ 520,000
Anthony Bergh $ 490,000
Victor Marlow $ 450,000
Walter Pegram $ 421,429
Shaun Whipple $ 380,000
Earl Griffin $ 350,000
James George $ 350,000
Chad East $ 300,000
Chad Furst $ 300,000
Jacob Cross $ 300,000
David Cooper $ 300,000
James Mickel $ 300,000
Andrew Allen $ 300,000
Isaac Noell $ 300,000
Robert Staub $ 300,000
Jonathan Bianchi $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
5/5 Released Laverne Byrns