1917 Chicago American Giants

49 - 14

(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1911 / 1918 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (49-14)

Dick
Redding

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

Batting

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
SP	Sell Hall^	29	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Tom Williams	20	16	49	41	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	.146	.222	.171	.393	36
SP	Frank Wickware	28	4	13	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	94
SP	Dick Whitworth	21	9	28	28	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.214	.214	.250	.464	62
SP	Dick Redding	27	22	60	56	7	16	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	3	.286	.298	.321	.620	116
C	Bruce Petway**	31	42	140	122	9	19	3	0	0	6	3	11	1	6	.156	.231	.180	.412	43
SS	John Henry Lloyd*	33	57	228	206	26	62	12	7	1	39	6	15	0	7	.301	.348	.442	.790	175
SP	Tom Johnson	28	13	37	29	3	4	1	0	0	3	1	5	1	2	.138	.286	.172	.458	59
CF	Pete Hill*	34	58	245	193	29	47	8	3	0	25	9	41	2	9	.244	.381	.316	.697	142
RF	Jesse Barber*	29	58	246	219	31	49	9	0	1	24	7	20	4	3	.224	.300	.279	.579	101
1B	Leroy Grant	28	54	200	170	21	46	12	0	0	23	3	19	1	10	.271	.347	.341	.689	139
3B	Bill Francis	38	57	211	174	21	35	7	2	0	15	5	26	6	5	.201	.325	.264	.590	105
SP	Rube Foster	37	4	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.071	.071	.071	.143	-50
LF	Frank Duncan*	29	54	221	190	23	42	5	2	0	13	8	19	3	9	.221	.302	.268	.570	98
C	George Dixon*	21	40	129	109	10	27	7	0	0	12	2	15	1	4	.248	.344	.312	.656	128
2B	Bingo DeMoss	27	58	250	215	33	43	4	0	0	12	17	24	0	11	.200	.280	.219	.499	73
SP	George Britt	21	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	132
	17		548	2078	1784	218	407	72	14	2	182	61	201	19	74	.228	.313	.288	.600	108

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Bingo DeMoss	27	2B	250	.248	.283	9.6%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.019	.060
Jesse Barber*	29	RF	246	.293	.283	8.1%	8.0%	0.4%	0.2%	.055	.060
Pete Hill*	34	CF	245	.346	.283	16.7%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.073	.060
John Henry Lloyd*	33	SS	228	.377	.283	6.6%	8.0%	0.4%	0.2%	.141	.060
Frank Duncan*	29	LF	221	.281	.283	8.6%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.047	.060
Bill Francis	38	3B	211	.301	.283	12.3%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.063	.060
Leroy Grant	28	1B	200	.330	.283	9.5%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.071	.060
Bruce Petway**	31	C	140	.208	.283	7.9%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.025	.060
George Dixon*	21	C	129	.325	.283	11.6%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.064	.060
Dick Redding	27	SP	60	.291	.283	1.7%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.036	.060
Tom Williams	20	SP	49	.191	.283	8.2%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.024	.060
Tom Johnson	28	SP	37	.241	.283	13.5%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.034	.060
Dick Whitworth	21	SP	28	.229	.283	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.036	.060
Rube Foster	37	SP	15	.066	.283	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.000	.060
Frank Wickware	28	SP	13	.285	.283	7.7%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.000	.060
Sell Hall^	29	SP	3	.000	.283	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.000	.060
George Britt	21	SP	3	.329	.283	0.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0.2%	.000	.060
17			2078	.296	.283	9.7%	8.0%	0.1%	0.2%	.059	.060

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