Chicago American Giants Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Chicago American Giants

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1479 - 1171 - 56 (.558)

2 Negro League World Series Championships
6 League Championships

Top Hitter

Cristóbal
Torriente

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Homeruns

#	Player	Years	HR
1	Cristóbal Torriente	1919-1925	47
2	Steel Arm Davis	1927-1935	30
3	Turkey Stearnes	1932-1938	29
4	Mule Suttles	1929-1935	21
5	Pete Hill	1911-1918	21
6	Jim Brown	1919-1937	19
7	John Beckwith	1922-1923	15
8	Pythias Russ	1926-1929	15
9	Alex Radcliff	1927-1944	15
10	Dave Malarcher	1920-1934	8

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

Advanced Pitching

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Results:

#	Player	Year	Team	Role	IP		WHIP	K%	BB%	K/BB	HR%
1	Willie Foster*	1927	CAG	SP	259.0		1.18	13.4%	7.3%	1.85	0.0%
2	Willie Foster*	1928	CAG	SP	230.0		1.27	14.4%	7.6%	1.90	1.1%
3	Willie Foster*	1926	CAG	RP	225.2		1.05	15.8%	8.7%	1.82	0.6%
4	George Harney	1927	CAG	RP	188.2		1.14	12.1%	4.2%	2.91	0.0%
5	Ed Rile	1923	CAG	RP	186.0		1.19	8.9%	6.6%	1.35	0.5%
6	Dave Brown*	1921	CAG	SP	183.0		0.99	17.8%	6.1%	2.89	0.3%
7	George Harney	1926	CAG	RP	179.2		1.20	10.7%	6.3%	1.70	0.7%
8	Rube Curry	1926	CAG	SP	177.0		1.23	9.3%	4.9%	1.89	0.7%
9	Willie Powell	1927	CAG	SP	171.1		1.17	13.1%	7.6%	1.74	0.8%
10	Juan Padrón*	1922	CAG	SP	171.0		1.09	11.6%	5.5%	2.10	0.6%
11	Willie Foster*	1930	CAG	RP	170.2		1.27	19.2%	7.9%	2.42	0.0%
12	Tom Johnson	1916	CAG	SP	165.0		1.21	10.7%	8.8%	1.22	0.7%
13	Tom Williams	1921	CAG	RP	163.0		1.12	12.0%	5.5%	2.19	1.0%
14	Tom Williams	1920	CAG	SP	157.0		1.04	10.3%	5.9%	1.76	0.3%
15	Dave Brown*	1922	CAG	RP	155.0		1.23	16.1%	8.6%	1.87	0.3%
16	Dick Redding	1917	CAG	SP	153.2		0.85	18.9%	7.5%	2.52	0.0%
17	Frog Holsey^	1930	CAG	SP	152.0		1.31	10.0%	6.9%	1.45
18	Dave Brown*	1920	CAG	SP	148.2		0.91	17.4%	8.8%	1.98	0.0%
19	Frank Wickware	1916	CAG	SP	146.2		1.15	12.8%	10.4%	1.23	0.0%
20	Willie Powell	1928	CAG	SP	144.0		1.06	18.7%	5.6%	3.33	1.0%
21	Willie Foster*	1929	CAG	SP	142.2		1.23	15.2%	8.0%	1.90	0.0%
22	George Harney	1928	CAG	SP	141.2		1.27	5.4%	3.8%	1.43	1.0%
23	Dick Whitworth	1922	CAG	RP	141.1		1.59	9.6%	10.7%	0.90	0.3%
24	Juan Padrón*	1924	CAG	SP	141.0		1.09	12.5%	5.0%	2.48	0.0%
25	Frog Holsey^	1929	CAG	RP	139.2		1.49	8.3%	7.3%	1.13	0.0%
26	Webster McDonald	1926	CAG	RP	135.0		1.21	13.9%	5.4%	2.58	1.4%
27	Frank Wickware	1915	CAG	SP	135.0		1.19	16.1%	6.5%	2.50	0.4%
28	Webster McDonald	1927	CAG	SP	134.2		1.10	12.5%	3.8%	3.24	1.4%
29	Willie Foster*	1932	CAG	SP	134.1		1.08	17.8%	5.0%	3.56	0.0%
30	Bill Lindsay	1913	CAG	SP	133.1		1.19	19.2%	7.1%	2.72	0.2%
31	Willie Cornelius	1937	CAG	SP	131.2		1.08	15.4%	7.9%	1.95	0.8%
32	Dick Whitworth	1915	CAG	RP	129.0		0.98	12.2%	9.3%	1.31	0.0%
33	Luther McDonald	1930	CAG	SP	128.1		1.46	6.1%	5.5%	1.10
34	Ed Rile	1922	CAG	SP	128.1		1.25	7.9%	6.5%	1.23	0.9%
35	Tom Williams	1917	CAG	SP	126.2		0.84	11.7%	6.0%	1.97	0.4%
36	George Harney	1924	CAG	RP	124.1		1.35	12.5%	7.7%	1.62	0.2%
37	Juan Padrón*	1925	CAG	SP	122.1		1.14	12.0%	6.0%	2.00
38	Tom Johnson	1921	CAG	SP	121.2		1.41	7.9%	8.1%	0.98	0.9%
39	Dick Whitworth	1916	CAG	RP	121.0		1.22	17.7%	13.1%	1.35	0.0%
40	Bill McCall*	1925	CAG	RP	119.0		1.20	12.3%	10.1%	1.22
41	George Harney	1925	CAG	RP	116.2		1.32	10.0%	8.0%	1.25
42	Ted Trent	1934	CAG	SP	115.0		1.01	16.9%	6.4%	2.62	1.3%
43	Eddie Miller	1924	CAG	RP	114.0		1.28	8.8%	10.1%	0.88	0.4%
44	Jack Marshall	1920	CAG	SP	113.1		1.35	13.2%	10.3%	1.29	0.0%
45	George Mitchell	1930	CAG	SP	113.0		1.60	9.6%	11.3%	0.84
46	Tom Johnson	1920	CAG	SP	112.1		1.03	12.5%	5.2%	2.39	0.2%
47	Aubry Owens	1923	CAG	SP	111.1		1.32	13.3%	8.7%	1.54	1.1%
48	Bill Gatewood	1913	CAG	RP	110.0		1.32	13.0%	7.2%	1.82	0.0%
49	Eddie Miller	1925	CAG	RP	109.1		1.40	6.9%	8.0%	0.87
50	Yellow Horse Morris	1929	CAG	SP	109.1		1.07	5.2%	6.6%	0.79
51	Willie Powell	1932	CAG	SP	108.2		1.34	6.2%	6.4%	0.97
52	Gentry Jessup	1943	CAG	SP	107.1		1.25	11.6%	6.7%	1.73	0.2%
53	Lee Wade	1914	CAG	SP	103.0		1.05	14.6%	5.4%	2.73	1.2%
54	Willie Cornelius	1938	CAG	RP	102.0		1.12	18.2%	7.1%	2.57	0.5%
55	Tom Williams	1923	CAG	RP	100.1		1.34	5.9%	9.0%	0.66	0.2%
56	Jack Marshall	1921	CAG	SP	99.1		1.23	8.9%	9.8%	0.90	1.4%
57	Willie Cornelius	1933	CAG	SP	98.2		1.51	11.2%	9.1%	1.23	0.9%
58	Tom Johnson	1917	CAG	SP	98.0		1.19	9.5%	8.5%	1.12	0.2%
59	Willie Cornelius	1934	CAG	SP	96.0		1.56	10.7%	8.8%	1.21	0.9%
60	Tommy Johnson	1938	CAG	RP	95.0		1.38	8.2%	7.7%	1.06	0.5%
61	Dick Whitworth	1919	CAG	RP	95.0		1.22	14.6%	11.7%	1.24	0.5%
62	Rube Curry	1927	CAG	SP	94.1		1.27	6.1%	5.1%	1.20	0.0%
63	Gentry Jessup	1944	CAG	SP	94.0		1.17	12.5%	5.5%	2.29	0.0%
64	Eddie Miller	1928	CAG	SP	92.1		1.25	5.0%	6.3%	0.80	0.5%
65	Ted Trent	1935	CAG	SP	91.1		1.42	10.2%	9.2%	1.11	1.8%
66	Willie Cornelius	1939	CAG	RP	89.0		1.25	12.2%	6.8%	1.80
67	Jack Marshall	1929	CAG	SP	88.2		1.74	9.0%	11.7%	0.77
68	Tom Williams	1924	CAG	RP	88.1		1.18	8.2%	6.3%	1.30	0.8%
69	Tom Johnson	1919	CAG	SP	87.1		1.18	8.1%	8.1%	1.00	0.8%
70	Willie Foster*	1937	CAG	RP	87.0		1.30	12.6%	8.1%	1.55	1.0%
71	Malvin Powell	1932	CAG	SP	86.2		1.18	8.1%	7.5%	1.07
72	Dick Whitworth	1918	CAG	RP	86.1		1.20	10.8%	10.0%	1.08	0.3%
73	Charles Dougherty*	1911	CAG	SP	85.0		1.13	16.0%	7.8%	2.04	0.0%
74	Willie Foster*	1933	CAG	SP	83.2		0.96	17.9%	5.0%	3.59	0.6%
75	Jack Marshall	1923	CAG	RP	83.1		1.63	9.0%	13.8%	0.65	1.3%
76	Willie Powell	1933	CAG	RP	82.2		1.25	10.7%	3.9%	2.77	0.3%
77	Willie Foster*	1935	CAG	SP	82.1		1.28	8.9%	9.2%	0.97	0.6%
78	Bill Gatewood	1915	CAG	RP	81.0		1.37	7.9%	6.8%	1.17	0.0%
79	Lewis Woolfolk	1923	CAG	SP	79.2		1.51	6.5%	6.0%	1.09	0.5%
80	Willie Powell	1926	CAG	SP	79.1		1.46	14.4%	9.2%	1.56	0.3%
81	Gentry Jessup	1945	CAG	SP	79.0		1.13	13.2%	7.4%	1.79	0.0%
82	Rube Foster	1914	CAG	SP	78.0		1.14	10.6%	8.1%	1.31	0.6%
83	Horace Jenkins^	1914	CAG	RP	78.0		1.28	13.1%	5.6%	2.33	0.6%
84	Bill Lindsay	1912	CAG	SP	77.1		1.07	12.7%	6.7%	1.90	0.3%
85	Aubry Owens	1925	CAG	RP	77.1		1.58	7.1%	8.8%	0.81
86	Webster McDonald	1925	CAG	RP	75.0		1.08	13.6%	5.6%	2.41
87	Frank Wickware	1912	CAG	SP	75.0		1.21	16.2%	5.1%	3.19	0.6%
88	Willie Foster*	1934	CAG	RP	74.1		1.30	11.8%	9.9%	1.19	0.0%
89	Rube Foster	1912	CAG	SP	74.1		1.12	10.4%	5.7%	1.82	0.0%
90	Dicta Johnson	1913	CAG	SP	74.1		1.43	13.0%	7.2%	1.79	0.0%
91	Bill Gatewood	1912	CAG	SP	74.0		1.16	11.9%	5.9%	2.00	0.0%
92	Frank Wickware	1911	CAG	SP	74.0		1.24	19.2%	10.1%	1.90	0.0%
93	Charles Dougherty*	1912	CAG	SP	73.0		1.22	12.1%	6.2%	1.95	0.0%
94	Ted Trent	1937	CAG	RP	73.0		1.23	13.2%	4.8%	2.73	0.6%
95	Dick Whitworth	1917	CAG	SP	73.0		1.08	10.3%	7.9%	1.30	0.0%
96	Eddie Miller	1927	CAG	RP	72.1		1.62	6.7%	7.3%	0.92	0.0%
97	Otis Starks*	1921	CAG	SP	70.2		1.43	11.2%	7.9%	1.42	2.6%
98	Aubry Owens	1924	CAG	SP	70.0		1.70	9.3%	11.9%	0.78	0.3%
99	Willie Foster*	1925	CAG	SP	69.0		1.07	16.1%	6.5%	2.50
100	Harold Treadwell	1928	CAG	SP	67.1		1.26	12.0%	9.8%	1.22	0.4%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

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