Chicago Union Giants Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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Record:
28 - 29 - 4 (.491)

0 League Championships

Top Hitter


Harry
Hyde

Top Pitcher


Bert
Jones

Leaders

Runs Scored

# Player Years R
1
George Hopkins
1894-1907
21
2
Harry Moore
1894-1900
19
3
Willis Jones
1896-1906
17
4
William Smith
1894-1897
17
5
Harry Hyde
1896-1906
16
6
Billy Holland
1894-1899
16
7
Robert Footes
1896-1900
14
8
Ginney Robinson
1907-1908
13
9
Harry Buckner
1896-1898
12
10
Louis Reynolds
1897-1899
12

Wins

# Player Years W
1
Harry Buckner
1896-1898
4
2
Harry Moore
1897-1897
2
3
Bert Jones
1898-1900
2
4
Will Horn
1899-1900
2
5
Walter Taylor
1905-1908
1
6
Frank Talbott
1908-1908
1
7
Johnny Davis
1906-1906
1
8
Tom Means
1908-1908
1
9
Wild Bill West
1908-1908
1
10
Clarence Lytle
1906-1906
1


Teams
Year
Team Lg
Rank
W
L
T
W%
LG
WS
Manager
Ballpark
WES
6
1
2
0
.333
W. S. Peters
No Home Ballpark
WES
7
0
2
0
.000
W. S. Peters
No Home Ballpark
WES
6
1
2
0
.333
W. S. Peters
No Home Ballpark
WES
8
0
2
0
.000
W. S. Peters
No Home Ballpark
WES
1
1
0
0
1.000
Sam Gordon
No Home Ballpark
WES
2
5
4
0
.556
W. S. Peters
No Home Ballpark
WES
2
1
0
0
1.000
Topeka Jack Johnson
Artesian Park (Chicago, IL)
WES
1
3
3
0
.500
W. S. Peters
No Home Ballpark
WES
1
1
1
2
.500
Topeka Jack Johnson
Ashland Park (Chicago, IL)
IND
1
5
1
1
.833
Grant Johnson
Union Park (Chicago, IL)
IND
3
3
5
0
.375
Harry Hyde
Union Park (Chicago, IL)
IND
2
1
2
1
.333
William Smith
Union Park (Chicago, IL)
IND
1
6
2
0
.750
Louis Reynolds
Union Park (Chicago, IL)
IND
2
0
2
0
.000
W. S. Peters
Union Park (Chicago, IL)
IND
2
0
1
0
.000
W. S. Peters
South Side City League Park (Chicago, IL)
15
1
28
29
4
.491
0
0

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.


Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James