1937 Chicago American Giants

39 - 38 - 1

35 - 23 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (39-38-1)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	80	7th	ERA+	105	3rd
OPS	.619	7th	ERA	4.02	3rd
BA	.226	8th	BA	.265	3rd
OBP	.296	7th	K/BB	1.61	4th
SLG	.323	7th	K%	12.8%	3rd
BB%	7.2%	5th	BB%	8.0%	5th
K%			HR%	1.0%	6th
ISO	.096	7th	WHIP	1.39	3rd

Notes:

• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
• 4 members 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**	27	38	116	102	6	27	3	0	0	13	2	9	1	4	.265	.330	.294	.624	83
1B	Luther Gilyard^	27	30	113	105	8	21	3	0	1	11	0	6	2	0	.200	.257	.257	.514	50
2B	Joe Sparks	26	29	103	88	8	13	2	2	0	8	2	11	0	4	.148	.242	.216	.458	34
3B	Ted Bond	33	42	178	154	41	40	4	4	0	14	7	19	1	4	.260	.345	.338	.682	99
SS	Alex Radcliff	31	44	180	169	18	51	4	10	3	36	11	7	2	2	.302	.337	.497	.834	140
LF	Wilson Redus	32	46	178	161	21	34	7	1	0	12	10	9	4	4	.211	.270	.267	.537	57
CF	Herman Dunlap*	29	38	146	134	24	36	7	1	3	15	4	8	1	3	.269	.315	.403	.718	108
RF	Jack Marshall	28	44	179	155	22	35	4	2	2	20	3	16	5	3	.226	.318	.316	.634	85

C	Paul Hardy	26	18	58	52	9	12	2	1	0	6	1	2	2	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	73
CF	Roosevelt Tate	26	9	38	36	3	4	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	.111	.158	.194	.352	2
1B	Zack Clayton*	24	17	36	30	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	.167	.265	.167	.431	28
1B	Henry McCall*	29	8	29	29	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.310	.552	60
LF	Zell Miles	27	9	24	21	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	.238	.333	.333	.667	95
1B	Ted Strong**	20	4	19	15	5	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	3	0	.400	.526	.800	1.326	282
RF	Henry Milton*	26	4	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	43
CF	Turkey Stearnes*	36	4	18	15	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	.267	.389	.533	.922	166
2B	Newt Allen	36	3	15	11	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	.273	.467	.545	1.012	194
C	Frank Duncan	36	4	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	40
LF	Willie Simms*	28	2	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	80
1B	Hilton Smith	30	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-17
SS	R. S. Smith^		2	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	230
3B	Roosevelt Cox	23	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	188
LF	Walker^		3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	17
C	Jim Brown**	45	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	192
PH	K. B. Ivory*	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Candy Jim Taylor	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000
PH	C. Hardy^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Cornelius	30	21	46	43	4	4	0	1	1	5	0	2	1	0	.093	.152	.209	.361	4
SP	Malvin Powell	29	21	42	36	8	8	1	0	1	5	0	5	1	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	95
SP	Willie Foster**	33	17	35	25	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	6	0	4	.200	.355	.240	.595	76
SP	Ted Trent	33	16	28	28	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.107	.107	.143	.250	-28
SP	Cliff Blackmon	23	11	21	17	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	.118	.250	.235	.485	42
SP	Walter Thomas	25	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Andy Cooper	40	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Joe Lillard**	32	1	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	574
SP	Porter Moss	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Floyd Kranson	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Carl Howard	32	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Norman Cross*	26	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PH	Lonnie Williams^		3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	40		505	1688	1506	208	341	48	26	15	174	44	121	28	33	.226	.296	.323	.619	80

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Alex Radcliff	31	SS	180	.367	.315	3.9%	7.2%	1.7%	0.9%	.195	.109
Jack Marshall	28	RF	179	.301	.315	8.9%	7.2%	1.1%	0.9%	.090	.109
Ted Bond	33	3B	178	.320	.315	10.7%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.078	.109
Wilson Redus	32	LF	178	.253	.315	5.1%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.056	.109
Herman Dunlap*	29	CF	146	.321	.315	5.5%	7.2%	2.1%	0.9%	.134	.109
Subby Byas**	27	C	116	.294	.315	7.8%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.029	.109
Luther Gilyard^	27	1B	113	.247	.315	5.3%	7.2%	0.9%	0.9%	.057	.109
Joe Sparks	26	2B	103	.220	.315	10.7%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.068	.109
Paul Hardy	26	C	58	.272	.315	3.4%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.077	.109
Willie Cornelius	30	SP	46	.169	.315	4.3%	7.2%	2.2%	0.9%	.116	.109
Malvin Powell	29	SP	42	.321	.315	11.9%	7.2%	2.4%	0.9%	.111	.109
Roosevelt Tate	26	CF	38	.166	.315	5.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.109
Zack Clayton*	24	1B	36	.217	.315	5.6%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Willie Foster**	33	SP	35	.274	.315	17.1%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.040	.109
Henry McCall*	29	1B	29	.251	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.069	.109
Ted Trent	33	SP	28	.113	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.036	.109
Zell Miles	27	LF	24	.320	.315	8.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.095	.109
Cliff Blackmon	23	SP	21	.230	.315	14.3%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.118	.109
Ted Strong**	20	1B	19	.569	.315	5.3%	7.2%	5.3%	0.9%	.400	.109
Henry Milton*	26	RF	18	.273	.315	22.2%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Turkey Stearnes*	36	CF	18	.415	.315	5.6%	7.2%	5.6%	0.9%	.267	.109
Newt Allen	36	2B	15	.459	.315	26.7%	7.2%	6.7%	0.9%	.273	.109
Frank Duncan	36	C	13	.230	.315	7.7%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.109
Willie Simms*	28	LF	8	.279	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.109
Walter Thomas	25	SP	7	.000	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Hilton Smith	30	1B	7	.134	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
R. S. Smith^		SS	6	.485	.315	0.0%	7.2%	16.7%	0.9%	.500	.109
Walker^		LF	5	.188	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Roosevelt Cox	23	3B	5	.447	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.109
Andy Cooper	40	SP	4	.000	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Lonnie Williams^		PH	3	.000	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Joe Lillard**	32	SP	3	1.058	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.333	.109
Jim Brown**	45	C	2	.470	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Porter Moss	27	SP	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
C. Hardy^		PH	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Candy Jim Taylor	53	PH	1	.759	.315	100.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%		.109
K. B. Ivory*	21	PH	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Floyd Kranson	23	RP	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.109
Norman Cross*	26	RP		.000	.315		7.2%		0.9%		.109
Carl Howard	32	RP		.000	.315		7.2%		0.9%		.109
40			1688	.287	.315	7.2%	7.2%	0.9%	0.9%	.096	.109