1916 Chicago American Giants

40 - 26

(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1911 / 1917 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (40-26)

Dick
Whitworth

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

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Pos	Player	Age	W	L	W%	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
SP	Tom Johnson	27	14	4	.778	24	18	12	0	156.0	68	59	130	3	56	73	1	0	640	3.40	71
SP	Dick Whitworth	20	12	3	.800	20	13	11	3	121.0	30	23	83	0	65	88	1	4	498	1.71	142
SP	Frank Wickware	28	6	7	.462	21	16	10	4	146.2	53	35	107	0	61	75	2	1	584	2.15	113
SP	Judy Gans*	29	4	1	.800	9	5	4	0	50.2	16	14	37	0	24	23	0	1	209	2.49	97
SP	Rube Foster	36	1	1	.500	2	2	2	0	18.0	6	2	17	0	9	8	0	0	79	1.00	242
SP	Steven Dixon		0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	9.0	3	2	4	0	3	3	0	0	34	2.00	121
SP	Juan Padrón*	23	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	1	9.0	0	0	4	0	0	8	0	0	30	0.00
SP	Death Valley Scott^		0	2	.000	2	2	1	0	13.1	19	14	20	0	9	1	0	1	71	9.45	26
SP	Ruby Tyrees	24	0	2	.000	3	3	1	0	11.1	5	4	14	0	3	8	0	1	51	3.18	76
RP	Sam Crawford	24	0	0		1	0	0	0	6.0	3	2	5	0	2	4	0	0	23	3.00	81
SP	Davis^		0	0		1	1	0	0	0.1	2	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	54.00	4
	11		38	21	.644	85	62	43	8	541.1	205	157	424	3	232	292	4	8	2223	2.61	93

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

Advanced Pitching

Player	Age	Role	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
Tom Johnson	27	SP	156.0	1.19	1.09	11.4%	13.7%	8.8%	8.7%	1.30	1.58	0.5%	0.4%
Frank Wickware	28	SP	146.2	1.15	1.09	12.8%	13.6%	10.4%	8.6%	1.23	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Dick Whitworth	20	SP	121.0	1.22	1.09	17.7%	13.4%	13.1%	8.5%	1.35	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Judy Gans*	29	SP	50.2	1.20	1.09	11.0%	12.9%	11.5%	8.2%	0.96	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Rube Foster	36	SP	18.0	1.44	1.09	10.1%	12.7%	11.4%	8.0%	0.89	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Death Valley Scott^		SP	13.1	2.18	1.09	1.4%	12.7%	12.7%	8.0%	0.11	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Ruby Tyrees	24	SP	11.1	1.50	1.09	15.7%	12.6%	5.9%	8.0%	2.67	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Steven Dixon		SP	9.0	0.78	1.09	8.8%	12.6%	8.8%	8.0%	1.00	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Juan Padrón*	23	SP	9.0	0.44	1.09	26.7%	12.6%	0.0%	8.0%		1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Sam Crawford	24	RP	6.0	1.17	1.09	17.4%	12.6%	8.7%	8.0%	2.00	1.58	0.0%	0.4%
Davis^		SP	0.1	9.00	1.09	25.0%	12.6%	0.0%	8.0%		1.58	0.0%	0.4%
11			541.1	1.21	1.09	13.1%	13.4%	10.4%	8.5%	1.26	1.58	0.1%	0.4%

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

Opponent's Batting

Player	Age	Role	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Tom Johnson	27	SP	24	640	562	68	130	22	7	3	5	56	73	0	22	10	.231	.301	.311	.612
Frank Wickware	28	SP	21	584	507	53	107	14	7	0	5	61	75	1	15	13	.211	.297	.266	.563
Dick Whitworth	20	SP	20	498	417	30	83	12	2	0	3	65	88	4	12	10	.199	.313	.237	.550
Judy Gans*	29	SP	9	209	176	16	37	4	1	0	5	24	23	1	8	8	.210	.308	.244	.553
Rube Foster	36	SP	2	79	67	6	17	0	0	0	0	9	8	0	3	2	.254	.342	.254	.596
Death Valley Scott^		SP	2	71	58	19	20	3	1	0	0	9	1	1	3	2	.345	.441	.431	.872
Ruby Tyrees	24	SP	3	51	45	5	14	0	2	0	0	3	8	1	2	0	.311	.367	.400	.767
Steven Dixon		SP	1	34	30	3	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	.133	.212	.133	.345
Juan Padrón*	23	SP	1	30	30	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	.133	.133	.233	.367
Sam Crawford	24	RP	1	23	20	3	5	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	.250	.318	.250	.568
Davis^		SP	1	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.000	1.750
11			85	2223	1916	205	424	57	21	3	18	232	292	8	67	46	.221	.308	.278	.586

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown