1917 Chicago American Giants

49 - 14 - 2

(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1911 / 1918 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (49-14-2)

Dick
Redding

• 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	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
SP	Dick Redding	27	14	3	.824	22	16	15	5	3	153.2	19	14	87	0	44	111	1	587	0.82	223
SP	Tom Williams	20	13	2	.867	16	14	12	3	1	126.2	26	18	77	2	29	57	3	487	1.28	143
SP	Tom Johnson	28	7	3	.700	13	12	8	3	0	98.0	34	28	83	1	34	38	1	402	2.57	71
SP	Dick Whitworth	21	3	4	.429	9	8	5	0	0	73.0	28	17	56	0	23	30	1	292	2.10	87
SP	Frank Wickware	29	2	1	.667	4	3	3	1	0	29.2	8	4	28	0	10	14	0	122	1.21	151
SP	Rube Foster	37	2	1	.667	3	3	3	0	0	27.0	11	10	21	0	11	11	0	111	3.33	55
SP	George Britt	21	1	0	1.000	1	1	1	0	0	9.0	3	0	8	0	2	6	1	40	0.00
SP	Sell Hall	29	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	1	0	5	0	4	3	0	29	0.00
	8		43	14	.754	69	58	47	12	4	524.0	130	91	365	3	157	270	7	2070	1.56	117

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown

Advanced Pitching

Player	Age	Role	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
Dick Redding	27	SP	153.2	0.85	0.96	18.9%	12.6%	7.5%	7.5%	2.52	1.68	0.0%	0.3%
Tom Williams	20	SP	126.2	0.84	0.96	11.7%	12.4%	6.0%	7.4%	1.97	1.68	0.4%	0.2%
Tom Johnson	28	SP	98.0	1.19	0.96	9.5%	12.3%	8.5%	7.3%	1.12	1.68	0.2%	0.2%
Dick Whitworth	21	SP	73.0	1.08	0.96	10.3%	12.1%	7.9%	7.2%	1.30	1.68	0.0%	0.2%
Frank Wickware	29	SP	29.2	1.28	0.96	11.5%	11.8%	8.2%	7.0%	1.40	1.68	0.0%	0.2%
Rube Foster	37	SP	27.0	1.19	0.96	9.9%	11.8%	9.9%	7.0%	1.00	1.68	0.0%	0.2%
George Britt	21	SP	9.0	1.11	0.96	15.0%	11.7%	5.0%	7.0%	3.00	1.68	0.0%	0.2%
Sell Hall	29	SP	7.0	1.29	0.96	10.3%	11.7%	13.8%	7.0%	0.75	1.68	0.0%	0.2%
8			524.0	1.00	0.96	13.0%	12.3%	7.6%	7.3%	1.72	1.68	0.1%	0.2%

* = 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
Dick Redding	27	SP	22	587	531	19	87	8	8	0	5	44	111	1	11	6	.164	.229	.209	.438
Tom Williams	20	SP	16	487	441	26	77	7	1	2	7	29	57	3	14	4	.175	.230	.209	.439
Tom Johnson	28	SP	13	402	359	34	83	17	1	1	6	34	38	1	9	7	.231	.299	.292	.592
Dick Whitworth	21	SP	9	292	259	28	56	7	7	0	1	23	30	1	9	9	.216	.283	.297	.580
Frank Wickware	29	SP	4	122	107	8	28	5	1	0	0	10	14	0	5	3	.262	.325	.327	.652
Rube Foster	37	SP	3	111	96	11	21	2	0	0	0	11	11	0	4	2	.219	.299	.240	.539
George Britt	21	SP	1	40	34	3	8	0	0	0	1	2	6	1	3	1	.235	.297	.235	.533
Sell Hall	29	SP	1	29	23	1	5	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	2	1	.217	.333	.217	.551
8			69	2070	1850	130	365	46	18	3	22	157	270	7	57	33	.197	.263	.246	.509

* = Left-handed pitcher ^ = Unknown