1914 Chicago American Giants

43 - 14

(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1911 / 1915 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (39-14)
Pete Hill (4-0)

Top Hitter

John Henry
Lloyd

Top Pitcher

Frank
Wickware

League Ranks (9 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	108	2nd	ERA+	126	2nd
OPS	.691	4th	ERA	2.27	1st
BA	.281	1st	BA	.227	1st
OBP	.333	2nd	K/BB	1.96	1st
SLG	.358	4th	K%	12.7%	2nd
BB%	6.7%	7th	BB%	6.5%	1st
K%			HR%	0.5%	2nd
ISO	.077	7th	WHIP	1.08	1st

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rube Foster (Owner & Business Manager)

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	Pete Booker	28	30	98	86	9	21	2	0	0	10	0	5	0	7	.244	.286	.267	.553	67
1B	Jesse Barber*	26	43	198	179	38	59	9	0	2	21	6	12	0	7	.330	.372	.413	.785	136
2B	Bill Monroe	36	43	178	162	16	44	3	0	0	24	0	12	0	4	.272	.322	.290	.612	85
3B	Bill Francis	35	45	174	148	30	43	6	1	0	18	0	15	1	10	.291	.360	.345	.704	112
SS	John Henry Lloyd*	30	48	211	188	36	57	12	5	0	30	7	19	0	4	.303	.367	.420	.787	136
LF	Judy Gans*	27	45	186	169	22	41	8	1	1	18	2	13	1	3	.243	.301	.320	.620	87
CF	Pete Hill*	31	44	194	172	35	53	12	4	2	29	2	14	2	6	.308	.367	.459	.826	148
RF	Frank Duncan*	26	42	183	165	27	42	9	0	0	22	0	15	1	2	.255	.320	.309	.630	90

C	Jack Watts	27	20	73	67	8	15	3	0	0	5	0	3	0	3	.224	.257	.269	.526	58
C	Bruce Petway**	28	13	44	39	8	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	.231	.286	.231	.516	56
2B	Bingo DeMoss	24	3	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	20
LF	Sam Bennett	30	3	14	13	5	5	3	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	.385	.429	.846	1.275	278
3B	Jim Norman^	31	3	14	12	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	.250	.308	.250	.558	69
CF	Jesse Briscoe^	32	3	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.167	.231	.167	.397	21
C	Dan Kennard	30	1	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	141
1B	Champ Cooper*		1	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750	424
CF	Maxwell^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Horace Jenkins^	23	22	70	64	11	17	1	1	0	7	0	1	2	3	.266	.299	.313	.611	84
SP	Rube Foster	34	13	47	45	9	19	2	0	3	11	1	1	0	1	.422	.435	.667	1.101	229
SP	Lee Wade^	28	11	37	35	5	10	1	0	1	6	0	1	0	1	.286	.306	.400	.706	111
SP	Bill Lindsay^	23	8	24	20	7	10	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	1	.500	.565	.500	1.065	222
SP	Frank Wickware	26	5	19	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	-51
SP	Arthur Gilliard^	26	3	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Charles Dougherty*	34	4	8	7	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.571	1.000	199
SP	Tom Johnson	25	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Charley Hill^		1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	201
SP	Sam Crawford	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Bookman^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	28		459	1836	1646	274	462	73	12	10	216	20	123	7	60	.281	.333	.358	.691	108

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
John Henry Lloyd*	30	SS	211	.362	.308	9.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.117	.095
Jesse Barber*	26	1B	198	.357	.308	6.1%	7.6%	1.0%	0.9%	.084	.095
Pete Hill*	31	CF	194	.371	.308	7.2%	7.6%	1.0%	0.9%	.151	.095
Judy Gans*	27	LF	186	.292	.308	7.0%	7.6%	0.5%	0.9%	.077	.095
Frank Duncan*	26	RF	183	.302	.308	8.2%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.055	.095
Bill Monroe	36	2B	178	.291	.308	6.7%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.019	.095
Bill Francis	35	3B	174	.320	.308	8.6%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.054	.095
Pete Booker	28	C	98	.249	.308	5.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.023	.095
Jack Watts	27	C	73	.241	.308	4.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.045	.095
Horace Jenkins^	23	SP	70	.279	.308	1.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.047	.095
Rube Foster	34	SP	47	.490	.308	2.1%	7.6%	6.4%	0.9%	.244	.095
Bruce Petway**	28	C	44	.244	.308	6.8%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Lee Wade^	28	SP	37	.318	.308	2.7%	7.6%	2.7%	0.9%	.114	.095
Bill Lindsay^	23	SP	24	.488	.308	12.5%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Frank Wickware	26	SP	19	.089	.308	5.3%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Bingo DeMoss	24	2B	16	.212	.308	12.5%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Jim Norman^	31	3B	14	.256	.308	7.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Sam Bennett	30	LF	14	.557	.308	7.1%	7.6%	7.1%	0.9%	.462	.095
Jesse Briscoe^	32	CF	14	.189	.308	7.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Arthur Gilliard^	26	SP	11	.000	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Charles Dougherty*	34	SP	8	.403	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.143	.095
Tom Johnson	25	SP	6	.000	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Dan Kennard	30	C	5	.378	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Champ Cooper*		1B	4	.805	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.250	.095
Charley Hill^		SP	3	.315	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Maxwell^		CF	2	.000	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Sam Crawford	22	SP	2	.000	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
Bookman^		SP	1	.000	.308	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.095
28			1836	.318	.308	6.7%	7.6%	0.5%	0.9%	.077	.095