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Chicago American Giants

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1439 - 1103 - 53 (.566)

2 Negro League World Series Championships
6 League Championships

Top Hitter

Cristóbal
Torriente

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Runs Batted In

#	Player	Years	RBI
1	Cristóbal Torriente	1919-1925	418
2	Jim Brown	1919-1937	381
3	Steel Arm Davis	1927-1935	308
4	Dave Malarcher	1920-1934	252
5	Bobby Williams	1918-1928	223
6	Jelly Gardner	1920-1930	220
7	Pete Hill	1911-1918	218
8	Leroy Grant	1911-1924	214
9	Pythias Russ	1926-1929	206
10	Alex Radcliff	1927-1944	199

Wins

#	Player	Years	W
1	Willie Foster	1923-1937	119
2	Tom Williams	1917-1924	53
3	Dick Whitworth	1915-1924	53
4	George Harney	1923-1931	52
5	Tom Johnson	1914-1921	51
6	Willie Powell	1925-1933	46
7	Willie Cornelius	1933-1946	45
8	Dave Brown	1919-1922	45
9	Frank Wickware	1911-1920	34
10	Webster McDonald	1925-1929	31

All-Single Season Team

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Glossary

Left Field	Year	Team	WAR
Steel Arm Davis	1927	CAG	5.8
Cristóbal Torriente	1924	CAG	5.1
Jimmie Lyons	1921	CAG	3.9
Cristóbal Torriente	1919	CAG	3.6
Jimmie Lyons	1922	CAG	3.3
Cristóbal Torriente	1925	CAG	2.0
Sandy Thompson	1926	CAG	1.6

Center Field	Year	Team	WAR
Cristóbal Torriente	1921	CAG	6.1
Cristóbal Torriente	1920	CAG	6.0
Jelly Gardner	1924	CAG	5.6
Cristóbal Torriente	1923	CAG	5.3
Oscar Charleston	1919	CAG	4.8
Turkey Stearnes	1934	CAG	4.0
Pete Hill	1916	CAG	3.7

Right Field	Year	Team	WAR
Jelly Gardner	1926	CAG	3.9
Steel Arm Davis	1930	CAG	2.6
Hurley McNair	1915	CAG	2.5
Andrew Payne	1911	CAG	2.2
Jelly Gardner	1922	CAG	2.0
Steel Arm Davis	1928	CAG	2.0
Nat Rogers	1932	CAG	1.9

Shortstop	Year	Team	WAR
Pythias Russ	1928	CAG	4.5
John Henry Lloyd	1916	CAG	4.4
John Henry Lloyd	1917	CAG	4.3
Pythias Russ	1927	CAG	4.0
Pythias Russ	1929	CAG	3.7
Willie Wells	1935	CAG	2.8
John Henry Lloyd	1914	CAG	2.6

Second Base	Year	Team	WAR
Bingo DeMoss	1921	CAG	4.3
Bingo DeMoss	1920	CAG	4.2
Bingo DeMoss	1923	CAG	3.8
Bingo DeMoss	1922	CAG	2.0
Bingo DeMoss	1919	CAG	1.5
Bingo DeMoss	1918	CAG	1.2
Bill Monroe	1911	CAG	1.1

Third Base	Year	Team	WAR
John Beckwith	1922	CAG	4.9
Dave Malarcher	1924	CAG	3.3
Dave Malarcher	1923	CAG	3.2
Dave Malarcher	1926	CAG	3.1
Dave Malarcher	1925	CAG	2.9
Dave Malarcher	1920	CAG	2.5
Dave Malarcher	1927	CAG	2.2

First Base	Year	Team	WAR
Jim Brown	1927	CAG	2.3
Steel Arm Davis	1932	CAG	2.1
Bill Pierce	1912	CAG	1.9
Art Pennington	1945	CAG	1.7
John Beckwith	1923	CAG	1.6
Leroy Grant	1917	CAG	1.6
Steel Arm Davis	1929	CAG	1.5

Catcher	Year	Team	WAR
Bruce Petway	1916	CAG	3.0
John Hines	1928	CAG	2.9
James Bray	1927	CAG	2.1
Jim Brown	1922	CAG	2.0
George Dixon	1920	CAG	1.9
Bruce Petway	1913	CAG	1.8
Pythias Russ	1926	CAG	1.7

Starting Pitcher	Year	Team	WAR
Willie Foster	1927	CAG	6.0
Dave Brown	1921	CAG	4.1
Dick Redding	1917	CAG	3.9
Willie Powell	1928	CAG	3.2
Yellow Horse Morris	1929	CAG	3.1
Dave Brown	1920	CAG	3.0
Willie Foster	1933	CAG	3.0
Willie Foster	1932	CAG	2.9
Juan Padrón	1925	CAG	2.9
Rube Curry	1926	CAG	2.8
Juan Padrón	1924	CAG	2.8
Willie Powell	1927	CAG	2.8
Willie Foster	1935	CAG	2.6
Willie Cornelius	1937	CAG	2.5
Tom Williams	1920	CAG	2.4
Gentry Jessup	1945	CAG	2.2
Willie Foster	1925	CAG	2.2
Willie Foster	1928	CAG	2.1
Webster McDonald	1927	CAG	2.0
Ted Trent	1934	CAG	1.9

Relief Pitcher	Year	Team	WAR
Willie Foster	1926	CAG	6.6
Ed Rile	1923	CAG	3.5
Willie Cornelius	1938	CAG	2.9
Dick Whitworth	1919	CAG	2.8
George Harney	1926	CAG	2.8
Dick Whitworth	1916	CAG	2.6
Bill McCall	1925	CAG	2.5
Bill Gatewood	1913	CAG	2.4
George Harney	1927	CAG	2.3
Webster McDonald	1925	CAG	2.1
Willie Foster	1930	CAG	2.1
Tom Williams	1921	CAG	1.9
George Harney	1925	CAG	1.9
Eddie Miller	1924	CAG	1.8
Dick Whitworth	1918	CAG	1.6
Willie Powell	1933	CAG	1.5
Tom Williams	1923	CAG	1.5
Ted Trent	1937	CAG	1.3
Dave Brown	1922	CAG	1.3
Willie Foster	1937	CAG	1.2

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