1942 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1942 Chicago American Giants


19 - 55


8 - 36 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1943 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (19-55)

Top Hitter


Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher


Leroy
Sutton

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
82
 5th ERA+
78
 6th
OPS
.594
 5th ERA
5.39
 6th
BA
.236
 5th BA
.297
 6th
OBP
.294
 5th K/BB
0.99
 6th
SLG
.300
 5th K%
8.5%
 6th
BB%
7.0%
 3rd BB%
8.7%
 6th
K%
HR%
0.8%
 4th
ISO
.064
 5th WHIP
1.67
 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)


Roster
Player
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Uni
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
23
SP
0.1
6'5"
213
R
10/23/1918 (Jacksonville, FL)
9/26/1948 (Tampa, FL)
34
LF
72
6'4"
198
L
L
12/23/1907 (Burnsville, AL)
7/30/1964 (death place unknown)
39
CF
170
5'11"
157
B
L
5/17/1903 (Starkville, MS)
3/7/1991 (St. Louis, MO)
28
C
1
6'0"
185
R
R
11/15/1913 (Grant, OK)
2/20/1978 (Portland, OR)
28
LF
49
5'8"
180
R
R
2/19/1914 (New Orleans, LA)
4/1/2006 (Houston, TX)
46
C
30
9.2
5'8"
175
R
R
7/6/1895 (Lexington, KY)
1/1981 (Erie, PA)
23
3B
17
5'8"
160
L
R
4/21/1919 (Mount Vernon, GA)
12/2/1990 (Chicago, IL)
RP
1.0
26
RP
7
15.1
6'0"
175
L
L
1/12/1916 (West Palm Beach, FL)
2/10/1966 (West Palm Beach, FL)
22
RF
4
5'8"
155
7/21/1919 (Centralia, IL)
6/19/1982 (death place unknown)
32
C
2
5'11"
180
B
R
3/19/1910 (Sabine County, TX)
10/8/1985 (Chicago, IL)
40
2B
55
5'11"
172
R
R
3/6/1902 (Norfolk, VA)
12/3/1981 (Fort Myers, FL)
35
SP
12
23.1
5'8"
180
R
R
9/3/1906 (Atlanta, GA)
10/30/1989 (Chicago, IL)
32
RF
149
5'7"
150
L
R
3/25/1910 (Ardmore, MO)
3/31/1993 (Chicago, IL)
25
RP
2
6.0
6'2"
178
R
3/6/1917 (Hawkinsville, GA)
12/1982 (Detroit, MI)
28
SP
46
60.0
5'11"
180
L
11/6/1913 (Empire, AL)
29
2B
9
5'8"
185
R
R
10/16/1912 (Memphis, TN)
1/1982 (Memphis, TN)
2B
12
24
SP
2
4.0
6'1"
175
L
R
8/4/1917 (Greenwood, MS)
4/2/1970 (Flint, MI)
C
2
34
C
93
22.0
5'9"
170
L
R
4/26/1908 (Lexington, KY)
1/31/1964 (Hartselle, AL)
24
SP
1
2.1
6'4"
197
L
L
6/2/1918 (Devereux, GA)
9/27/1943 (Cincinnati, OH)
38
RP
2
4.1
1904 (birthplace unknown)
27
RP
4
13.0
6'2"
180
R
R
7/11/1914 (Westfield, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MA)
27
RP
8
9.1
6'0"
190
R
3/23/1915 (Elmwood, MO)
3/9/1980 (St. Louis, MO)
30
2B
58
4
5'10"
185
R
R
3/25/1912 (Princeton, IN)
10/4/2005 (Chicago, IL)
25
C
11
6'3"
198
R
R
9/1/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
10/10/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
24
RP
2.0
6'3"
180
L
L
2/17/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
8/23/1982 (Cincinnati, OH)
PH
2
19
LF
154
13
5'11"
180
B
R
5/18/1923 (Memphis, TN)
1/4/2017 (Cedar Rapids, IA)
36
3B
169
5'11"
215
R
R
7/26/1905 (Mobile, AL)
11/13/1981 (Chicago, IL)
39
C
4
5'11"
186
R
R
7/7/1902 (Mobile, AL)
8/11/2005 (Chicago, IL)
24
1B
35
6'2"
179
6/2/1918 (Tuscaloosa, AL)
2/22/1985 (Flint, MI)
19
SP
24
44.0
6'2"
206
L
L
10/20/1922 (Whipple, WV)
10/18/1955 (Scarbro, WV)
34
C
43
5'11"
168
L
R
6/3/1908 (Alexandria, LA)
8/13/1973 (Alexandria, LA)
29
2B
95
5'8"
161
R
R
1913 (Houston, TX)
29
RF
40
5'9"
175
L
R
7/23/1912 (Arkadelphia, AR)
2/13/1955 (New York, NY)
26
SP
12
34.0
6'1"
178
R
R
12/24/1915 (Cairo, IL)
58
PH
1
5'5"
165
R
R
2/1/1884 (Anderson, SC)
4/3/1948 (Chicago, IL)
31
C
3
5'11"
158
R
R
5/7/1911 (Memphis, TN)
2/9/1954 (Memphis, TN)
34
SP
21
52.1
6'2"
158
R
R
5/27/1908 (Sulligent, AL)
1/29/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
28
SP
27
61.1
6'2"
195
L
R
12/28/1913 (Silsbee, TX)
12/10/1987 (Denver, CO)
24
SS
142
5'10"
160
R
R
9/17/1917 (Chicago, IL)
3/1990 (Auburn Park, IL)
29
C
21
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)
8/3/1967 (Chicago, IL)
33
C
2
5'10"
184
R
R
6/10/1909 (Dallas, TX)
2/4/1997 (Berkeley, CA)

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