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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

Stolen Bases

#	Player	Years	SB
1	Jelly Gardner	1920-1930	132
2	Dave Malarcher	1920-1934	125
3	Bingo DeMoss	1913-1925	110
4	Cristóbal Torriente	1919-1925	77
5	Jim Brown	1919-1937	77
6	Jimmie Lyons	1921-1932	67
7	Bobby Williams	1918-1928	66
8	Steel Arm Davis	1927-1935	50
9	Pythias Russ	1926-1929	48
10	Jesse Barber	1911-1919	36

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

Advanced Batting

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Results:

#	Player	Year	Team	Pos	PA	wOBA	BB%	K%	BB/K	HR%	ISO
1	Dave Malarcher**	1927	CAG	3B	443	.299	13.8%	2.6%	5.00	0.2%	.042
2	Dave Malarcher**	1926	CAG	3B	424	.318	11.6%	5.1%	2.25	0.2%	.043
3	Steel Arm Davis*	1927	CAG	LF	419	.440	6.2%	16.2%	0.17	1.4%	.172
4	Pythias Russ	1927	CAG	SS	415	.366	6.3%	5.1%	1.00	1.2%	.143
5	George Sweatt	1927	CAG	CF	402	.322	10.4%	8.3%	0.67	0.5%	.117
6	Sandy Thompson*	1926	CAG	LF	402	.334	7.7%	11.0%	0.56	0.2%	.063
7	Charley Williams^	1927	CAG	2B	399	.267	7.8%	11.4%	1.75	0.8%	.053
8	Sanford Jackson	1926	CAG	SS	396	.245	4.0%	4.3%	0.33	0.3%	.070
9	Jim Brown**	1926	CAG	1B	385	.365	10.4%	12.7%	0.80	1.3%	.136
10	Jim Brown**	1927	CAG	1B	378	.336	7.7%	10.5%	0.50	0.5%	.098
11	Dave Malarcher**	1925	CAG	3B	378	.358	12.2%			0.5%	.057
12	Jelly Gardner*	1926	CAG	RF	377	.383	15.6%	7.1%	3.67	0.0%	.071
13	Jelly Gardner*	1925	CAG	CF	367	.321	9.0%			0.5%	.068
14	Cristóbal Torriente*	1925	CAG	LF	365	.361	15.1%			2.5%	.176
15	Sanford Jackson	1927	CAG	CF	364	.263	4.4%	16.0%	0.25	0.0%	.030
16	George Sweatt	1926	CAG	CF	364	.324	10.4%	3.8%	4.00	0.0%	.072
17	Bingo DeMoss	1921	CAG	2B	363	.318	10.2%	28.6%	1.00	0.3%	.057
18	Charley Williams^	1926	CAG	2B	362	.252	6.1%	9.7%	1.14	0.3%	.055
19	Bobby Williams	1925	CAG	SS	353	.231	5.9%			0.6%	.059
20	Bingo DeMoss	1923	CAG	2B	351	.290	8.8%			0.3%	.055
21	Dave Malarcher**	1921	CAG	3B	351	.267	10.0%	14.3%	0.00	0.3%	.043
22	Jelly Gardner*	1923	CAG	RF	348	.334	12.6%			0.0%	.030
23	Cristóbal Torriente*	1921	CAG	CF	347	.456	10.7%	42.9%	0.33	3.7%	.253
24	Jelly Gardner*	1924	CAG	CF	346	.394	15.6%			0.0%	.063
25	Jimmie Lyons*	1921	CAG	LF	340	.358	9.4%	14.3%	0.00	1.8%	.116
26	Sanford Jackson	1930	CAG	CF	335	.302	7.5%			0.0%	.070
27	Dave Malarcher**	1924	CAG	3B	335	.326	9.9%			0.0%	.045
28	Bobby Williams	1921	CAG	SS	334	.248	8.1%	28.6%	0.00	0.0%	.063
29	Pythias Russ	1928	CAG	SS	330	.368	3.3%			1.2%	.103
30	Dave Malarcher**	1923	CAG	3B	326	.365	9.8%			0.9%	.103
31	Cristóbal Torriente*	1923	CAG	CF	324	.455	13.9%			1.2%	.165
32	Bobby Williams	1924	CAG	SS	311	.318	6.8%			0.3%	.084
33	John Beckwith	1923	CAG	1B	308	.374	6.2%			2.6%	.227
34	Jelly Gardner*	1929	CAG	CF	308	.376	14.9%			0.0%	.078
35	Cristóbal Torriente*	1924	CAG	LF	308	.484	14.9%			2.6%	.247
36	Charley Williams^	1929	CAG	2B	307	.278	4.2%			0.0%	.049
37	Jimmie Lyons*	1922	CAG	LF	304	.290	5.9%			0.3%	.069
38	Bobby Williams	1923	CAG	SS	301	.257	4.7%			0.0%	.033
39	Jelly Gardner*	1922	CAG	RF	295	.297	11.2%			0.3%	.037
40	Bobby Williams	1922	CAG	SS	295	.268	7.5%			0.0%	.063
41	Charley Williams^	1930	CAG	2B	291	.262	4.1%			0.3%	.038
42	Leroy Grant	1921	CAG	1B	290	.293	4.5%	16.7%	1.00	0.7%	.076
43	Steel Arm Davis*	1929	CAG	1B	285	.348	6.3%			1.8%	.166
44	Steel Arm Davis*	1930	CAG	RF	284	.405	10.9%			2.1%	.171
45	Charley Williams^	1928	CAG	2B	284	.304	5.3%			0.0%	.109
46	Bingo DeMoss	1920	CAG	2B	283	.383	12.0%			0.0%	.076
47	Jim Brown**	1923	CAG	C	282	.294	8.5%			0.7%	.089
48	Sandy Thompson*	1930	CAG	LF	281	.302	10.3%			0.0%	.045
49	Jesse Barber*	1915	CAG	1B	278	.290	7.2%			0.4%	.044
50	Jim Brown**	1925	CAG	C	278	.282	8.6%			0.7%	.100
51	Sanford Jackson	1928	CAG	CF	277	.291	4.7%			0.0%	.048
52	Steel Arm Davis*	1928	CAG	RF	275	.384	5.5%			1.1%	.156
53	Bingo DeMoss	1922	CAG	2B	275	.288	12.7%			0.0%	.023
54	Sandy Thompson*	1929	CAG	LF	274	.296	5.1%			0.0%	.041
55	Bingo DeMoss	1924	CAG	2B	272	.277	9.6%			0.4%	.058
56	Cristóbal Torriente*	1920	CAG	CF	270	.496	11.1%			0.7%	.195
57	Jelly Gardner*	1921	CAG	RF	269	.288	10.4%	0.0%		0.0%	.009
58	John Hines	1928	CAG	C	269	.323	5.2%			0.7%	.099
59	John Hines	1925	CAG	RF	268	.281	6.3%			0.7%	.117
60	John Henry Lloyd*	1916	CAG	SS	268	.380	7.8%			0.4%	.067
61	Leroy Grant	1922	CAG	1B	267	.304	7.5%			0.4%	.065
62	Dave Malarcher**	1920	CAG	3B	265	.329	12.5%			0.0%	.054
63	John Hines	1926	CAG	CF	262	.348	7.6%	11.3%	0.56	0.8%	.091
64	Frank Duncan*	1916	CAG	RF	260	.347	6.9%			0.4%	.057
65	Bill Francis	1916	CAG	3B	260	.303	13.1%			0.0%	.048
66	Pete Hill*	1915	CAG	CF	260	.380	10.8%			2.7%	.173
67	Bill Francis	1915	CAG	3B	257	.278	10.9%			0.4%	.046
68	Pythias Russ	1929	CAG	SS	257	.419	7.0%			1.2%	.176
69	John Beckwith	1922	CAG	3B	255	.437	7.8%			2.7%	.230
70	Willie Ware	1925	CAG	1B	254	.237	4.7%			0.0%	.096
71	Bingo DeMoss	1917	CAG	2B	250	.248	9.6%			0.0%	.019
72	Eddie Miller^	1930	CAG	SS	250	.283	12.0%			0.0%	.042
73	Jesse Barber*	1916	CAG	CF	249	.353	5.2%			0.0%	.088
74	Hurley McNair*	1915	CAG	RF	247	.339	8.1%			0.0%	.068
75	Jesse Barber*	1917	CAG	RF	246	.293	8.1%			0.4%	.055
76	Leroy Grant	1916	CAG	1B	246	.329	4.9%			0.4%	.097
77	Pete Hill*	1917	CAG	CF	245	.346	16.7%			0.0%	.073
78	Jesse Barber*	1913	CAG	RF	244	.342	3.7%			0.4%	.105
79	Jim Brown**	1924	CAG	C	241	.317	7.1%			0.0%	.083
80	Bingo DeMoss	1925	CAG	2B	240	.258	11.7%			0.0%	.031
81	Harry Bauchman	1915	CAG	2B	238	.282	6.7%			0.4%	.056
82	Pete Hill*	1916	CAG	CF	238	.398	11.3%			2.1%	.134
83	Bobby Williams	1920	CAG	SS	237	.259	8.0%			0.0%	.038
84	Judy Gans*	1920	CAG	LF	236	.274	9.7%			0.0%	.059
85	Jimmie Lyons*	1923	CAG	LF	236	.309	8.9%			0.4%	.088
86	Frank Duncan*	1913	CAG	LF	234	.303	6.0%			0.4%	.075
87	Candy Jim Taylor	1913	CAG	3B	234	.338	6.0%			0.0%	.070
88	Jim Brown**	1922	CAG	C	229	.315	7.0%			0.0%	.102
89	Leroy Grant	1920	CAG	1B	229	.272	7.9%			0.4%	.056
90	John Henry Lloyd*	1914	CAG	SS	229	.371	8.3%			0.0%	.112
91	John Henry Lloyd*	1917	CAG	SS	228	.377	6.6%			0.4%	.141
92	Alex Radcliff	1935	CAG	3B	228	.350	3.1%			1.8%	.143
93	Bruce Petway**	1913	CAG	C	226	.297	7.5%			0.0%	.035
94	Cristóbal Torriente*	1922	CAG	CF	225	.383	12.9%			3.6%	.184
95	Pete Hill*	1913	CAG	CF	223	.387	10.3%			1.8%	.110
96	John Hines	1927	CAG	RF	223	.294	7.6%			0.4%	.075
97	Frank Duncan*	1917	CAG	LF	221	.281	8.6%			0.0%	.047
98	Jelly Gardner*	1928	CAG	CF	220	.320	12.3%			0.0%	.016
99	Jack Marshall	1935	CAG	2B	218	.331	11.0%			1.4%	.076
100	Jesse Barber*	1914	CAG	1B	216	.371	6.5%			0.9%	.088

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

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