1938 Chicago American Giants

42 - 43 - 3

32 - 35 - 2 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (42-43-3)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	96	4th	ERA+	111	2nd
OPS	.657	6th	ERA	3.43	1st
BA	.249	6th	BA	.262	3rd
OBP	.313	5th	K/BB	1.83	4th
SLG	.345	5th	K%	13.5%	3rd
BB%	7.7%	3rd	BB%	7.3%	4th
K%			HR%	0.7%	2nd
ISO	.096	3rd	WHIP	1.32	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Horace Hall (Owner)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Subby Byas**	28	31	110	101	17	28	7	0	1	13	5	9	0	0	.277	.336	.376	.713	112
1B	Ed Young	25	29	112	102	18	27	3	2	2	16	1	6	2	2	.265	.318	.392	.710	111
2B	Rainey Bibbs**	27	28	117	109	13	28	2	1	0	15	4	5	0	3	.257	.289	.294	.583	74
3B	Alex Radcliff	32	38	162	152	25	39	7	5	1	20	4	9	1	0	.257	.302	.388	.691	105
SS	Ormond Sampson	28	18	69	64	4	16	1	1	0	10	1	3	0	2	.250	.284	.297	.580	73
LF	Wilson Redus	33	39	166	147	21	45	5	2	3	15	6	15	1	3	.306	.374	.429	.803	139
CF	Willie Simms*	29	20	96	86	13	20	3	1	0	7	3	9	0	1	.233	.305	.291	.596	78
RF	Herman Dunlap*	30	30	127	113	13	28	1	2	0	5	4	9	0	5	.248	.303	.292	.595	78

CF	Turkey Stearnes*	37	20	82	73	16	21	4	1	2	11	6	8	1	0	.288	.366	.452	.818	143
2B	Billy Horne*	22	18	69	61	9	16	3	1	1	10	0	5	0	3	.262	.318	.393	.712	111
C	Frank Duncan	37	16	66	53	9	16	3	1	2	11	2	9	2	2	.302	.422	.509	.931	177
SS	Joe Sparks	27	21	62	51	10	11	1	1	2	8	1	9	1	1	.216	.344	.392	.736	119
1B	Luther Gilyard^	28	18	59	52	8	11	2	1	0	3	0	6	0	1	.212	.293	.288	.582	74
RF	Ernie Smith*	30	11	42	39	8	13	2	0	0	8	4	0	1	2	.333	.350	.385	.735	119
C	Paul Hardy	27	8	17	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	-26
LF	Pen Gilliard*	34	6	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	75
3B	Johnny Reed^	22	3	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	37
3B	Jack Marshall	29	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	96
2B	Andrews^		1	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	230
CF	Howard Easterling**	26	1	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.750	.800	1.000	1.800	434
RF	Curtis Brinson^	22	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Carter^		1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	324
RF	Zell Miles	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	John Lyles**	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Smith^		1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	497

SP	Jesse Houston^	28	19	44	42	4	7	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	.167	.205	.238	.443	32
SP	Willie Cornelius	31	23	44	36	4	6	1	1	1	4	0	5	1	2	.167	.286	.333	.619	84
SP	Tommy Johnson^	23	20	38	34	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	.059	.111	.059	.170	-49
SP	Ted Trent	34	16	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.053	.053	.053	.105	-69
RP	Leland Davis^		12	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	-33
SP	Percy Forrest	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Vaughn^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	George White^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	33		455	1563	1402	202	349	47	21	15	168	42	120	10	31	.249	.313	.345	.657	96

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Wilson Redus	33	LF	166	.370	.313	9.0%	7.4%	1.8%	0.7%	.122	.093
Alex Radcliff	32	3B	162	.320	.313	5.6%	7.4%	0.6%	0.7%	.132	.093
Herman Dunlap*	30	RF	127	.277	.313	7.1%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.044	.093
Rainey Bibbs**	27	2B	117	.272	.313	4.3%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.037	.093
Ed Young	25	1B	112	.326	.313	5.4%	7.4%	1.8%	0.7%	.127	.093
Subby Byas**	28	C	110	.337	.313	8.2%	7.4%	0.9%	0.7%	.099	.093
Willie Simms*	29	CF	96	.287	.313	9.4%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.058	.093
Turkey Stearnes*	37	CF	82	.380	.313	9.8%	7.4%	2.4%	0.7%	.164	.093
Ormond Sampson	28	SS	69	.268	.313	4.3%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.047	.093
Billy Horne*	22	2B	69	.317	.313	7.2%	7.4%	1.4%	0.7%	.131	.093
Frank Duncan	37	C	66	.418	.313	13.6%	7.4%	3.0%	0.7%	.208	.093
Joe Sparks	27	SS	62	.344	.313	14.5%	7.4%	3.2%	0.7%	.176	.093
Luther Gilyard^	28	1B	59	.278	.313	10.2%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.077	.093
Willie Cornelius	31	SP	44	.283	.313	11.4%	7.4%	2.3%	0.7%	.167	.093
Jesse Houston^	28	SP	44	.210	.313	4.5%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.071	.093
Ernie Smith*	30	RF	42	.330	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.051	.093
Tommy Johnson^	23	SP	38	.090	.313	5.3%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Ted Trent	34	SP	20	.047	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Paul Hardy	27	C	17	.145	.313	11.8%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Leland Davis^		RP	14	.122	.313	7.1%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Pen Gilliard*	34	LF	10	.265	.313	10.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Johnny Reed^	22	3B	7	.243	.313	14.3%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Andrews^		2B	5	.530	.313	20.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Jack Marshall	29	3B	5	.341	.313	20.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Howard Easterling**	26	CF	5	.795	.313	20.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.250	.093
Curtis Brinson^	22	RF	4	.000	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Carter^		SS	4	.663	.313	25.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Percy Forrest	21	SP	3	.000	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Zell Miles	28	RF	1	.000	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Smith^		PH	1	.948	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
John Lyles**	26	PH	1	.000	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
Vaughn^		PH	1	.000	.313	0.0%	7.4%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
George White^		RP		.000	.313		7.4%		0.7%		.093
33			1563	.306	.313	7.7%	7.4%	1.0%	0.7%	.096	.093