1942 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1942 Chicago American Giants

18 - 54

8 - 36 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1943 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (18-54)

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Leroy
Sutton

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting				Pitching
OPS+	73	5th		ERA+	82	5th
OPS	.547	5th		ERA	5.02	5th
BA	.223	5th		BA
OBP	.276	5th		K/BB	1.16	6th
SLG	.271	5th		K%	9.4%	6th
BB%	6.7%	3rd		BB%	8.0%	5th
K%				HR%
ISO	.048	5th		WHIP	1.58	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Horace Hall (Co-Owner & President) , J. B. Martin (C-Owner & Secretary-Treasurer)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Player	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
Cool Papa Bell	39	CF	112			0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Ralph Wyatt	24	SS	97			0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2
Leroy Sutton	21	SP	12	32.0		0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
Ulysses Evans	25	RP	2	6.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
Art Pennington	19	LF	102			0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Ed Young	29	C	20			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gentry Jessup	27	RP	4	13.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
Subby Byas	32	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Walter Cannady	40	2B	50			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Jimmie Crutchfield	32	RF	94			0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Taylor		C	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willie Cornelius	35	SP	8	23.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Percy Howard		C				0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tommy Johnson	27	RP	4	4.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ziggy Marcell	25	C	11			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cleo Benson	28	C	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bob Smith	35	C	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Candy Jim Taylor	58	-	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jabbo Andrews	34	LF	44			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Britton	23	3B	9			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lester Lockett	30	2B	41			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Burrows		RF	4			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
W. Miller		-	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Henry Merchant	24	RP		2.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
P. Burgess		RP		1.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willie Ferrell	28	SP	27	33.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ernie Smith	34	C	23			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jimmy Ford	29	2B	9			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Francis Jackson	38	RP	2	4.1		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
Sam Thompson	34	SP	10	24.2		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Henry Smith		2B	39			-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
Army Rhodes	24	1B	19			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
John Huber	34	C	61	9.2		-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
Charlie Shields	19	SP	17	30.0		-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Dave Hoskins	24	SP	2	5.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Willie Burns	26	RP	4	10.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Earl Little		RP		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Alex Radcliff	36	3B	116			-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Clyde Spearman	29	RF	41			-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
George Britt	46	C	22	8.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Willie Hudson	24	SP	2	0.2		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
John Bissant	28	LF	44			-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Ollie West	28	SP	20	43.2		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
43			1084	252.2		-1.0	0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0

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