Kansas City Monarchs History
by Jeff Proctor, 2009-01-22T20:58:56.000-08:00January 22 2009, at 08:58 PM PST
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The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball’s Negro Leagues. Operating in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by J.L. Wilkinson, they were charter 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 to play games at night, five ye...
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