1920 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1920 Chicago American Giants


49 - 21 - 3


43 - 17 - 2 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1921 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (49-21-3)

Top Pitcher


Dave
Brown

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
107
1st ERA+
129
1st
OPS
.657
3rd ERA
2.32
1st
BA
.254
4th BA
.220
1st
OBP
.335
1st K/BB
1.74
2nd
SLG
.322
4th K%
13.4%
1st
BB%
9.7%
1st BB%
7.7%
2nd
K%
HR%
0.3%
1st
ISO
.067
4th WHIP
1.09
1st

Notes:


• Champions of the Negro National League I
• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1 member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
Rube Foster (Owner & Business Manager)


Roster
Pos Uni Bats Throws
20
LF
28
5'8"
170
11/2/1899 (South Bend, IN)
2/16/1977 (New York, NY)
27
RF
8
5'5"
150
1/23/1893 (St. Louis, MO)
8/1962 (death place unknown)
23
SP
63
148.2
5'11"
165
L
L
6/9/1897 (Marquez, TX)
5/24/1985 (Los Angeles, CA)
28
C
193
5'11"
185
B
R
5/16/1892 (San Marcos, TX)
1/21/1943 (San Antonio, TX)
30
2B
283
5'11"
180
R
R
9/5/1889 (Topeka, KS)
1/25/1965 (Chicago, IL)
24
C
154
L
R
1/4/1896 (Greenwood, SC)
8/4/1940 (Cleveland, OH)
17
C
1
6'2"
200
L
R
1/31/1903 (Massillon, OH)
9/1/1979 (Schenectady, NY)
33
LF
236
5'11"
172
L
L
7/16/1886 (Washington, PA)
2/13/1949 (Philadelphia, PA)
24
RF
128
5'7"
160
L
R
9/27/1895 (Russellville, AR)
3/28/1977 (Chicago, IL)
-
1
31
1B
229
5'11"
174
R
R
4/15/1889 (Houston, TX)
5/7/1951 (Logansport, IN)
31
SP
49
112.1
6'0"
180
R
R
4/22/1889 (Bryan, TX)
9/22/1926 (Chicago, IL)
25
3B
265
5'7"
150
B
R
10/18/1894 (White Hall, LA)
5/11/1982 (Chicago, IL)
25
SP
41
113.1
5'9"
167
R
R
5/11/1895 (Carrollton, MO)
5/11/1961 (Wadsworth, KS)
22
C
13
6'0"
175
B
R
8/13/1897 (Topeka, KS)
4/24/1980 (Topeka, KS)
25
LF
158
R
R
4/19/1895 (Pensacola, FL)
10/5/1966 (Washington, DC)
20
SS
9
5'11"
169
B
R
2/7/1900 (Colp, IL)
3/8/1943 (New York, NY)
3B
4
26
CF
270
8.0
5'10"
190
L
L
11/16/1893 (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
4/11/1938 (New York, NY)
21
SS
13
5'7"
160
R
R
4/28/1899 (Pembroke, KY)
7/24/1932 (Pittsburgh, PA)
32
SP
27
58.2
5'10"
180
R
R
3/18/1888 (Girard, KS)
11/2/1967 (Schenectady, NY)
24
SS
237
5'5"
140
R
R
9/30/1895 (New Orleans, LA)
12/30/1978 (Pittsburgh, PA)
23
SP
59
157.0
R
R
9/28/1896 (Charleston, SC)
1/19/1937 (Bremen, IL)

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