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The Kansas City Monarchs started playing night baseball to try to get more people to come to the games. the first night game was in early march, 1930 in Lawrence, Kansas. The Monarchs had portable light systems that could be transported on the team's bus to any game. The lights were powered by portable generators and attached to retractable poles.
The 1924 Colored World Series was a best-of-nine match-up between the Negro National League champion Kansas City Monarchs and the Eastern Colored League champion Hilldale.In a ten-game series, the Monarchs narrowly defeated Hilldale 5 games to 4, with one tie game.
The T-Bones broke ground on the park now known as Legends Field on September 4, 2002, and played their first home game on June 6, 2003, just over nine months later. In their inaugural season, the team finished 43–46, but enjoyed a banner season from Eddie Pearson, who led the league in batting average (.362), RBIs (78), and hits (124) and was named 2003 Northern League Most Valuable Player.
The Kansas City Monarchs, fresh of their 1924 Colored World Series Championship, visited Rossville 99 years ago at Joe Campbell Memorial Stadium.
The original jersey worn by the 1924 Colored World Series champion Kansas City Monarchs in a display case as a part of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum’s “Kings of KC” exhibit.
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The 1942 Kansas City Monarchs baseball team represented the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro American League (NAL) during the 1942 baseball season. The team compiled a 35–17 (.673) record, won the NAL pennant, and defeated the Homestead Grays in the 1942 Negro World Series .
Here’s the latest postseason news about the KC minor-league baseball club.