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{{Infobox baseball team
|name            = Kansas City Monarchs
|cap_logo        = KCMonarchs42a.JPG
|logo            = 
|established     = [[1920 in baseball|1920]]
|disbanded       = [[1965 in baseball|1965]]
|city            = [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|league          = 
*[[Negro National League (1920–31)|Negro National League]] (1920–1931)
*Independent (1932–1936)
*[[Negro American League]] (1937–1961)
*Independent (1962–1965)
|nickname        = 
*Based in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]] 1956–65 but retained Kansas City as their name
|ballpark        = 
*[[Association Park]] (1920–1923)
*[[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)|Muehlebach Field]] (1923–1955)
*<small>a.k.a. Ruppert Stadium (1937–1942)</small>
*<small>a.k.a. Blues Stadium (1943–1954)</small>
*<small>a.k.a. Municipal Stadium (1955)</small>
*Valley Field, Grand Rapids (1956–1965)
|league_champ_type= League titles
|league_champs   = {{hlist|1923|[[1924 Colored World Series|1924]]|[[1925 Colored World Series|1925]]|1929|1937|1939|1940|1941|[[1942 Negro World Series|1942]]|[[1946 Negro World Series|1946]]|1953|1957}}
|series          = Negro World Series
|series_champs   = {{hlist|[[1924 Colored World Series|1924]]|[[1942 Colored World Series|1942]]}}
}}

The '''Kansas City Monarchs''' were an [[Americans|American]] [[baseball]] [[team]]. They were the the longest-running team in the history of the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]. The team played in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. It was owned by [[J. L. Wilkinson]]. They were members of the [[Negro National League (1920–31)|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 Baseball|major league]] team did.<ref name="auto">{{cite news | first = Richard | last = Goldstein | title = Belated Recognition | date = 2006-07-27 | work = [[The New York Times]] | pages = D5 }}</ref> The Monarchs won ten league championships before [[integration]]. They won the first [[Negro World Series|Negro League World Series]] in 1924. The Monarchs had only one [[Season (sports)|season]] without a winning record.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | url = http://coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/teams/kcmonarchs.html | title = Negro Leagues Baseball EMuseum: Team Profiles: Kansas City Monarchs | access-date = 2011-03-24 | publisher = K-State College of Education | archive-date = 2012-04-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120420043151/http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/teams/kcmonarchs.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> The team had more major league players than any other Negro league franchise.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dulin|first=Pete|date=2020-01-27|title=How the Kansas City Monarchs became the city's favorite sports team in the 1920s|url=https://www.kansascitymag.com/how-the-kansas-city-monarchs-became-the-citys-favorite-sports-team-in-the-1920s/|access-date=2020-06-21|website=Kansas City Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625023853/https://www.kansascitymag.com/how-the-kansas-city-monarchs-became-the-citys-favorite-sports-team-in-the-1920s/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was  disbanded in [[1965 in baseball|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"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=4 style="background:maroon; color:white;"|Kansas City Monarchs Hall of Famers
|-
! style="background:maroon; color:white;"|Inductee
! style="background:maroon; color:white;"|Position
! style="background:maroon; color:white;"|Years with the team
! style="background:maroon; color:white;"|Inducted
|-
| [[Ernie Banks]] || [[Shortstop|SS]]/[[First baseman|1B]] || 1950–1953 || 1977
|-
| [[Cool Papa Bell]]|| [[Center fielder|CF]] || 1932 || 1974
|-
| '''[[Willard Brown]]''' || [[Outfielder|OF]] || 1935–1944<br />1946–1949 || 2006
|-
| [[Andy Cooper]]|| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1928–1929, 1931<br />1933–1939 || 2006
|-
| [[Bill Foster (baseball)|Bill Foster]]|| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1931 || 1996
|-
| [[Jose Mendez]]|| [[Pitcher|P]] || 1917, 1920–1926 || 2006
|-
| '''[[Satchel Paige]]'''* || [[Pitcher|P]] || 1935, 1940–1947 || 1971
|-
| [[Jackie Robinson]] || [[Second baseman|2B]] || 1945 || 1962
|-
| [[Bullet Rogan]]|| [[Pitcher|P]]/[[Outfielder|OF]] ||1920–1930<br />1933–1938 || 1998
|-
| '''[[Hilton Smith]]'''* || [[Pitcher|P]] || 1937–1948 || 2001
|-
| [[Turkey Stearnes]]|| [[Outfielder|OF]] || 1931, 1934<br />1938–1940 || 2000
|-
| [[Cristobal Torriente]]|| [[Outfielder|OF]] || 1916–1917, 1926 || 2006
|-
| '''[[J.L. Wilkinson]]'''* || Founder || 1920–1948 || 2006
|-
| [[Buck O’Neil]]|| [[Senior management|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.<ref name="KMBZ">{{cite news |last1=Weinbaum |first1=Dan |title=The Kansas City Monarchs are back! The T-Bones rebranded as famed Negro League baseball club |url=https://www.audacy.com/kmbz/news/local/kansas-city-monarchs-return-in-rebranding-of-t-bones |access-date=13 April 2021 |work=KMBZ Radio |date=22 January 2021}}</ref>

===MLB throwback jerseys===
The [[Kansas City Royals]] have worn [[Baseball uniform|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 Pirates|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 Twins|Minnesota]]), August 24, 2013 (at home vs. [[Washington Nationals|Washington]]), May 18, 2014 (at home vs. [[Baltimore Orioles|Baltimore]]), May 17, 2015 (at home vs. [[New York Yankees]]), May 15, 2016 (at home vs. [[Atlanta Braves|Atlanta]]), May 7, 2017 (at home vs. [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland]]), and August 13, 2022 (at home vs. [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Los Angeles]] ). The jerseys worn during home games have usually been [[Auction|auctioned]] as a [[fundraiser]] for the [[Negro Leagues Baseball Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/kc/ticketing/negro_leagues.jsp |title=Celebrate with the Kansas City Royals as we pay tribute to the Negro Leagues |website=MLB.com |publisher=Kansas City Royals |access-date=15 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604235836/http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/kc/ticketing/negro_leagues.jsp |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==Other websites==
* [https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/organization.php?franchID=KCM Franchise history at Seamheads.com]
* [http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/aaa.html 1920 Kansas City Monarchs Calendar]
[[Category:Sports in Kansas City, Missouri]]
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