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Chicago American Giants

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1390 - 1044 - 52 (.571)

2 Negro League World Series Championships
6 League Championships

Top Hitter

Cristóbal
Torriente

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Years	R
1	Jelly Gardner	1920-1930	454
2	Dave Malarcher	1920-1934	436
3	Bingo DeMoss	1913-1925	407
4	Jim Brown	1919-1937	389
5	Cristóbal Torriente	1919-1925	388
6	Pete Hill	1911-1918	285
7	Steel Arm Davis	1927-1935	262
8	Bobby Williams	1918-1928	262
9	Jesse Barber	1911-1919	254
10	Alex Radcliff	1927-1944	212

Innings

#	Player	Years	IP
1	Willie Foster	1923-1937	1624.1
2	Willie Cornelius	1933-1946	840.2
3	George Harney	1923-1931	799.1
4	Tom Johnson	1914-1921	664.2
5	Dick Whitworth	1915-1924	655.2
6	Tom Williams	1917-1924	635.1
7	Frank Wickware	1911-1920	628.1
8	Willie Powell	1925-1933	615.0
9	Dave Brown	1919-1922	501.0
10	Juan Padrón	1916-1925	443.1

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#	Player	Years	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	Cristóbal Torriente*	1919-1925	CF	489	2029	1683	388	574	108	45	47	418	77	0	277	3		14	55			.341	.438	.542	.981	186
2	Turkey Stearnes*	1932-1938	CF	206	913	803	202	275	43	23	29	157	36		85		0	10	15			.342	.412	.562	.974	182
3	John Beckwith	1922-1923	1B	142	563	508	81	165	43	14	15	131	16		39			2	14			.325	.375	.553	.928	159
4	Pete Hill*	1911-1918	CF	370	1585	1359	285	421	75	18	21	218	33		166			8	51	1		.310	.388	.438	.826	158
5	John Henry Lloyd*	1914-1917	SS	193	801	721	116	229	37	14	3	122	20		60			2	18	0		.318	.372	.420	.792	155
6	Steel Arm Davis*	1927-1935	RF	429	1742	1570	262	512	90	42	30	308	50	0	122	6	0	13	37	0	0	.326	.379	.494	.874	151
7	Pythias Russ	1926-1929	SS	290	1203	1090	207	360	65	24	15	206	48	0	70	2	0	9	33	1	0	.330	.375	.475	.850	141
8	Nat Rogers*	1927-1944	RF	167	689	618	94	199	33	9	2	103	14	1	54	1	0	1	16	0	0	.322	.377	.414	.792	138
9	Mule Suttles	1929-1935	1B	138	564	497	86	142	25	7	21	113	13		60			0	7			.286	.363	.491	.854	136
10	Jesse Barber*	1911-1919	RF	380	1661	1507	254	447	62	18	8	166	36		107			7	40			.297	.346	.378	.724	126
11	Alex Radcliff	1927-1944	3B	361	1561	1445	212	419	74	28	15	199	29		87		1	6	23	0	0	.290	.333	.411	.744	119
12	Willie Wells	1929-1935	SS	136	610	543	119	158	33	16	5	83	31		51			5	11			.291	.357	.438	.796	118
13	Frank Duncan*	1911-1918	LF	325	1372	1223	184	341	59	14	3	152	18		98			15	36	0		.279	.340	.357	.697	116
14	John Hines	1924-1934	RF	386	1451	1289	181	365	61	19	7	197	34	1	103	9	0	10	48	1	0	.283	.341	.376	.717	110
15	Larry Brown**	1927-1935	C	143	524	452	62	129	20	7	4	73	3	0	45	6	0	6	21	0	0	.285	.358	.387	.745	109
16	Jelly Gardner*	1920-1930	RF	655	2780	2339	454	668	69	18	3	220	132	2	356	6	0	7	77	1	0	.286	.381	.334	.716	106
17	Jimmie Lyons*	1921-1932	LF	224	881	772	143	214	25	11	8	98	67	0	71	1		1	37			.277	.339	.369	.708	106
18	George Dixon*	1917-1925	C	237	823	707	82	176	26	8	5	123	16	0	78	1		9	29			.249	.331	.330	.661	105
19	George Sweatt	1926-1927	CF	193	766	649	95	171	36	10	2	98	16	3	80	6	0	5	32	0	3	.263	.349	.359	.708	105
20	Sandy Thompson*	1926-1932	LF	349	1411	1249	171	370	40	8	1	166	26	3	101	9	0	6	55	0	0	.296	.352	.343	.695	103
21	Jim Brown**	1919-1937	C	753	2807	2480	389	674	112	38	19	381	77	2	223	14	0	14	89	1	1	.272	.335	.371	.706	103
22	Leroy Grant	1911-1924	1B	481	1796	1587	186	408	69	11	6	214	29	1	115	1		25	69	0		.257	.317	.326	.643	98
23	Dave Malarcher**	1920-1934	3B	681	2864	2396	436	636	72	13	8	252	125	5	322	6	0	30	116	0	0	.265	.360	.316	.676	97
24	Bill Francis	1914-1925	3B	328	1294	1067	151	236	39	5	1	109	20		152			20	55	0		.221	.329	.270	.599	91
25	Jack Marshall	1931-1938	2B	230	946	822	112	210	23	9	5	98	18		78		0	12	34			.255	.329	.324	.653	90
26	Bingo DeMoss	1913-1925	2B	557	2381	1978	407	481	69	10	3	188	110	2	259	2		22	122			.243	.337	.293	.630	89
27	Judy Gans*	1914-1920	LF	223	876	775	98	179	26	10	3	87	12		71			4	26	0		.231	.299	.302	.601	87
28	Bill Monroe	1911-1914	2B	147	608	555	66	147	11	2	1	73	4		37			2	14			.265	.313	.297	.610	83
29	Bruce Petway**	1911-1918	C	259	965	844	122	199	24	4	2	78	23		75			3	43	0		.236	.300	.281	.581	79
30	Charley Williams^	1926-1931	2B	431	1678	1523	141	381	45	18	5	180	25	2	96	11	0	4	55	0	0	.250	.296	.313	.610	74
31	Sanford Jackson	1926-1936	CF	378	1549	1407	207	355	33	17	1	112	34	3	79	7	0	6	55	2	1	.252	.295	.302	.597	72
32	Malvin Powell	1929-1937	RF	186	527	479	58	111	14	6	3	51	5		32		0	2	14			.232	.283	.305	.587	66
33	Wilson Redus	1934-1940	LF	185	688	608	70	133	13	5	3	50	17		55		0	9	16		0	.219	.293	.271	.565	64
34	Bobby Williams	1918-1928	SS	536	2132	1864	262	413	54	19	3	223	66	0	147	2		17	104			.222	.285	.276	.560	64
35	Eddie Miller^	1924-1930	SS	191	586	517	55	113	15	7	0	34	7	0	47	0	0	0	22	0	0	.219	.284	.275	.558	60
36	Willie Foster**	1923-1937	P	283	691	617	71	134	14	6	3	50	1	0	38	2	0	0	36	0	1	.217	.263	.274	.537	54
37	Willie Ware	1924-1926	1B	148	540	491	48	107	16	7	0	50	3		21			1	27			.218	.251	.279	.530	50

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

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