1923 Kansas City Monarchs season

{{Short description|1923 baseball team performance in Missouri, United States}}

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{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Kansas City Monarchs

| season = 1923

| image =

| caption =

| record = 61–37 ({{Winning percentage|61|37|0}})

| league = Negro National League (1920–1931){{!}}Negro National League

| ballpark = Muehlebach Field, Association Park, 1920

| city = Kansas City, Missouri

| league_place = 1st

| managers= Sam Crawford, José Méndez

| owners =

}}

The 1923 Kansas City Monarchs baseball team competed in the Negro National League during the 1923 baseball season. The Monarchs compiled a 61–37 ({{Winning percentage|61|37|0}}) record and won the Negro National League championship.{{cite web|title=1923 Kansas City Monarchs|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1923&teamID=KCM&tab=roster}} The team played its home games at Muehlebach Field and Association Park in Kansas City, Missouri.

The team's leading batters were:

• Right fielder Heavy Johnson - .406 batting average, .722 slugging percentage, 20 home runs, 120 RBIs in 98 games
• Shortstop Dobie Moore - .365 batting average, .534 slugging percentage, eight home runs, 79 RBIs in 95 games
• Pitcher Bullet Rogan - .362 batting average, .551 slugging percentage, seven home runs, 44 RBIs in 68 games (Rogan was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Center fielder Wade Johnston - .333 batting average, .402 slugging percentage, 29 RBIs in 63 games
• Left fielder Hurley McNair - .327 batting average, .481 slugging percentage, eight home runs, 65 RBIs in 98 games{{cite web| title=1923 Kansas City Monarchs Batting|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1923&teamID=KCM&LGOrd=1&tab=bat&sort=BA_a}}

The team's leading pitchers were Bullet Rogan (16–11, 2.94 ERA, 151 strikeouts in 248 innings pitched) and Reuben Currie (15–9, 3.24 ERA, 119 strikeouts in 213 innings pitched).{{cite web|title=1924 Kansas City Monarchs Pitching Batting|publisher=Seamheads.com|accessdate=September 6, 2020|url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/team.php?yearID=1924&teamID=KCM&LGOrd=1&tab=pit&sort=W_a}}