Chicago American Giants Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Chicago American Giants

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Record:
1439 - 1103 - 53 (.566)

2 Negro League World Series Championships
6 League Championships

Top Hitter

Cristóbal
Torriente

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

Leaders

Hits

#	Player	Years	H
1	Jim Brown	1919-1937	674
2	Jelly Gardner	1920-1930	668
3	Dave Malarcher	1920-1934	636
4	Cristóbal Torriente	1919-1925	574
5	Steel Arm Davis	1927-1935	512
6	Bingo DeMoss	1913-1925	481
7	Jesse Barber	1911-1919	447
8	Pete Hill	1911-1918	421
9	Alex Radcliff	1927-1944	419
10	Bobby Williams	1918-1928	413

Wins

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

Advanced Batting

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Results:

#	Player	Year	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Oscar Charleston*	1930	CAG	1B	4	.421	25.0%			0.0%	.000
2	Cristóbal Torriente*	1919	CAG	LF	190	.444	18.4%			1.6%	.168
3	Pete Hill*	1917	CAG	CF	245	.346	16.7%			0.0%	.073
4	Jelly Gardner*	1926	CAG	RF	377	.383	15.6%	7.1%	3.67	0.0%	.071
5	Jelly Gardner*	1924	CAG	CF	346	.394	15.6%			0.0%	.063
6	Cristóbal Torriente*	1925	CAG	LF	365	.361	15.1%			2.5%	.176
7	Jelly Gardner*	1929	CAG	CF	308	.376	14.9%			0.0%	.078
8	Cristóbal Torriente*	1924	CAG	LF	308	.484	14.9%			2.6%	.247
9	Art Pennington**	1945	CAG	1B	142	.422	14.8%			1.4%	.132
10	Ed Young	1939	CAG	1B	115	.368	14.8%			0.9%	.124
11	Art Pennington**	1942	CAG	LF	102	.321	14.7%			1.0%	.070
12	Subby Byas**	1939	CAG	RF	119	.339	14.3%			0.8%	.070
13	Bingo DeMoss	1919	CAG	2B	203	.335	14.3%			0.0%	.085
14	Mule Suttles	1935	CAG	LF	169	.399	14.2%			5.3%	.254
15	Cristóbal Torriente*	1923	CAG	CF	324	.455	13.9%			1.2%	.165
16	Dave Malarcher**	1927	CAG	3B	443	.299	13.8%	2.6%	5.00	0.2%	.042
17	Leroy Morney**	1940	CAG	SS	75	.254	13.3%			0.0%	.033
18	Ted Bond	1940	CAG	3B	84	.352	13.1%			0.0%	.108
19	Bill Francis	1916	CAG	3B	260	.303	13.1%			0.0%	.048
20	Bingo DeMoss	1922	CAG	2B	275	.288	12.7%			0.0%	.023
21	Jelly Gardner*	1923	CAG	RF	348	.334	12.6%			0.0%	.030
22	Bill Francis	1918	CAG	3B	103	.312	12.6%			0.0%	.046
23	Dave Malarcher**	1920	CAG	3B	265	.329	12.5%			0.0%	.054
24	Bill Francis	1917	CAG	3B	211	.301	12.3%			0.0%	.063
25	Dave Malarcher**	1925	CAG	3B	378	.358	12.2%			0.5%	.057
26	Bill Francis	1919	CAG	3B	182	.270	12.1%			0.0%	.056
27	Lou Dials*	1936	CAG	RF	58	.358	12.1%			0.0%	.059
28	Herman Dunlap*	1936	CAG	CF	58	.399	12.1%			0.0%	.041
29	Bingo DeMoss	1920	CAG	2B	283	.383	12.0%			0.0%	.076
30	Frank Duncan*	1918	CAG	LF	84	.343	11.9%			0.0%	.147
31	Willie Simms*	1939	CAG	CF	135	.379	11.9%			2.2%	.148
32	Willie Wells	1935	CAG	SS	213	.438	11.7%			2.3%	.213
33	Jimmie Crutchfield*	1942	CAG	RF	94	.293	11.7%			0.0%	.036
34	Dave Malarcher**	1926	CAG	3B	424	.318	11.6%	5.1%	2.25	0.2%	.043
35	Turkey Stearnes*	1935	CAG	CF	201	.471	11.4%			3.0%	.235
36	Pete Hill*	1916	CAG	CF	238	.398	11.3%			2.1%	.134
37	Bingo DeMoss	1918	CAG	2B	116	.267	11.2%			0.0%	.041
38	Jelly Gardner*	1922	CAG	RF	295	.297	11.2%			0.3%	.037
39	George Dixon*	1919	CAG	C	135	.294	11.1%			0.0%	.035
40	Cristóbal Torriente*	1920	CAG	CF	270	.496	11.1%			0.7%	.195
41	Jack Marshall	1935	CAG	2B	218	.331	11.0%			1.4%	.076
42	Steel Arm Davis*	1930	CAG	RF	284	.405	10.9%			2.1%	.171
43	Bill Francis	1915	CAG	3B	257	.278	10.9%			0.4%	.046
44	Nat Rogers*	1931	CC2	RF	83	.481	10.8%			0.0%	.122
45	Pete Hill*	1915	CAG	CF	260	.380	10.8%			2.7%	.173
46	Cool Papa Bell**	1942	CAG	CF	112	.356	10.7%			0.0%	.082
47	Cristóbal Torriente*	1921	CAG	CF	347	.456	10.7%	42.9%	0.33	3.7%	.253
48	Subby Byas**	1936	CAG	C	47	.368	10.6%			0.0%	.073
49	Jesse Douglas*	1944	CAG	SS	85	.482	10.6%			0.0%	.173
50	Willie Simms*	1940	CAG	CF	85	.310	10.6%			1.2%	.092
51	Ben Taylor*	1914	CAG	1B	19	.283	10.5%			0.0%	.063
52	George Sweatt	1927	CAG	CF	402	.322	10.4%	8.3%	0.67	0.5%	.117
53	George Sweatt	1926	CAG	CF	364	.324	10.4%	3.8%	4.00	0.0%	.072
54	Jelly Gardner*	1921	CAG	RF	269	.288	10.4%	0.0%		0.0%	.009
55	Jim Brown**	1926	CAG	1B	385	.365	10.4%	12.7%	0.80	1.3%	.136
56	Harry Bauchman	1916	CAG	2B	183	.252	10.4%			0.0%	.038
57	Sandy Thompson*	1930	CAG	LF	281	.302	10.3%			0.0%	.045
58	Pete Hill*	1913	CAG	CF	223	.387	10.3%			1.8%	.110
59	Turkey Stearnes*	1932	CAG	CF	204	.401	10.3%			2.9%	.185
60	Bruce Petway**	1916	CAG	C	215	.295	10.2%			0.9%	.088
61	Bingo DeMoss	1921	CAG	2B	363	.318	10.2%	28.6%	1.00	0.3%	.057
62	Dave Malarcher**	1921	CAG	3B	351	.267	10.0%	14.3%	0.00	0.3%	.043
63	Dave Malarcher**	1924	CAG	3B	335	.326	9.9%			0.0%	.045
64	Nat Rogers*	1932	CAG	RF	193	.364	9.8%			0.5%	.077
65	Dave Malarcher**	1923	CAG	3B	326	.365	9.8%			0.9%	.103
66	Ted Bond	1937	CAG	3B	194	.301	9.8%			0.0%	.077
67	John Bissant	1945	CAG	LF	133	.333	9.8%			0.0%	.092
68	Judy Gans*	1920	CAG	LF	236	.274	9.7%			0.0%	.059
69	Bingo DeMoss	1917	CAG	2B	250	.248	9.6%			0.0%	.019
70	Ed Young	1940	CAG	1B	73	.405	9.6%			1.4%	.108
71	Larry Brown**	1933	CAG	C	136	.341	9.6%			0.0%	.070
72	Bingo DeMoss	1924	CAG	2B	272	.277	9.6%			0.4%	.058
73	Wilson Redus	1938	CAG	LF	157	.365	9.6%			1.9%	.124
74	Pete Hill*	1918	CAG	CF	105	.335	9.5%			0.0%	.093
75	Alex Radcliff	1933	CAG	3B	168	.399	9.5%			1.2%	.155
76	Willie Wells	1934	CAG	SS	189	.284	9.5%			0.0%	.096
77	Leroy Grant	1917	CAG	1B	200	.330	9.5%			0.0%	.071
78	Wilson Redus	1935	CAG	RF	200	.242	9.5%			0.0%	.029
79	Jimmie Lyons*	1921	CAG	LF	340	.358	9.4%	14.3%	0.00	1.8%	.116
80	Mule Suttles	1933	CAG	1B	175	.338	9.1%			4.0%	.197
81	Turkey Stearnes*	1933	CAG	CF	197	.441	9.1%			3.6%	.246
82	Jelly Gardner*	1925	CAG	CF	367	.321	9.0%			0.5%	.068
83	Bill Francis	1914	CAG	3B	190	.315	8.9%			0.0%	.049
84	Alex Radcliff	1932	CAG	3B	179	.319	8.9%			0.6%	.070
85	Oscar Charleston*	1919	CAG	CF	192	.490	8.9%			4.2%	.253
86	Bingo DeMoss	1923	CAG	2B	351	.290	8.8%			0.3%	.055
87	Mule Suttles	1934	CAG	1B	183	.374	8.7%			2.2%	.139
88	Jim Brown**	1925	CAG	C	278	.282	8.6%			0.7%	.100
89	Frank Duncan*	1917	CAG	LF	221	.281	8.6%			0.0%	.047
90	Jim Brown**	1923	CAG	C	282	.294	8.5%			0.7%	.089
91	Jesse Barber*	1912	CAG	SS	200	.417	8.5%			0.0%	.112
92	Ralph Wyatt	1943	CAG	SS	130	.256	8.5%			0.8%	.060
93	Wesley Pryor*	1911	CAG	3B	142	.325	8.5%			0.0%	.047
94	John Henry Lloyd*	1914	CAG	SS	229	.371	8.3%			0.0%	.112
95	Billy Horne*	1939	CAG	2B	109	.274	8.3%			0.0%	.031
96	Jack Marshall	1937	CAG	RF	195	.301	8.2%			1.0%	.071
97	Frank Duncan*	1914	CAG	RF	184	.300	8.2%			0.0%	.054
98	Jesse Barber*	1917	CAG	RF	246	.293	8.1%			0.4%	.055
99	Hurley McNair*	1915	CAG	RF	247	.339	8.1%			0.0%	.068
100	Bobby Williams	1921	CAG	SS	334	.248	8.1%	28.6%	0.00	0.0%	.063

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

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