1921 Chicago American Giants

55 - 29 - 4

44 - 22 - 2 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1922 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (55-29-4)

Top Hitter

Cristóbal
Torriente

Top Pitcher

Dave
Brown

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	92	4th	ERA+	101	4th
OPS	.638	8th	ERA	3.35	1st
BA	.242	8th	BA	.242	1st
OBP	.314	7th	K/BB	1.74	2nd
SLG	.324	8th	K%	12.5%	2nd
BB%	8.2%	2nd	BB%	7.2%	5th
K%			HR%	0.9%	6th
ISO	.081	7th	WHIP	1.20	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)

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	George Dixon*	25	53	186	156	21	35	3	1	3	33	6	17	4	9	.224	.316	.314	.630	90
1B	Leroy Grant	32	79	284	259	30	65	9	2	2	31	2	12	5	8	.251	.297	.324	.621	87
2B	Bingo DeMoss	31	84	356	312	66	83	13	1	1	24	16	35	1	8	.266	.342	.324	.666	101
3B	Dave Malarcher**	26	81	344	296	47	62	6	2	1	30	15	35	3	10	.209	.299	.253	.553	67
SS	Bobby Williams	25	84	327	280	38	55	6	6	0	23	14	27	3	17	.196	.274	.261	.535	61
LF	Jimmie Lyons*	31	81	333	286	60	86	6	5	6	43	30	32	1	14	.301	.373	.420	.793	138
CF	Cristóbal Torriente*	27	84	340	290	74	102	8	13	12	74	19	36	4	10	.352	.430	.593	1.023	206
RF	Jelly Gardner*	25	70	265	228	22	54	2	0	0	26	16	27	3	7	.237	.326	.246	.571	73

C	Jim Brown**	29	53	186	166	33	48	8	3	2	30	7	13	1	6	.289	.344	.410	.754	126
LF	John Reese	26	26	74	63	7	10	2	1	0	4	1	8	1	2	.159	.264	.222	.486	47
C	Poindexter Williams	23	13	30	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.172	.200	.172	.372	12
LF	Willie Woods*	23	3	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	50
RF	Herbert Smith^		3	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	101

SP	Dave Brown*	24	26	72	69	6	12	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	.174	.197	.203	.400	20
SP	Tom Williams	24	31	60	57	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.088	.103	.088	.191	-42
SP	Tom Johnson	32	22	48	45	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	-42
SP	Jack Marshall	26	15	38	35	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.171	.171	.171	.343	3
SP	Otis Starks^	23	10	26	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	.045	.087	.045	.132	-60
SP	Bill Holland**	20	5	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	-28
SP	Sam Streeter	20	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-33
SP	Willie Gisentaner*	21	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Ben Harris^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	22		831	3014	2636	414	639	65	34	27	331	128	248	29	101	.242	.314	.324	.638	92

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Bingo DeMoss	31	2B	356	.318	.308	9.8%	7.0%	0.3%	0.8%	.058	.091
Dave Malarcher**	26	3B	344	.270	.308	10.2%	7.0%	0.3%	0.8%	.044	.091
Cristóbal Torriente*	27	CF	340	.454	.308	10.6%	7.0%	3.5%	0.8%	.241	.091
Jimmie Lyons*	31	LF	333	.360	.308	9.6%	7.0%	1.8%	0.8%	.119	.091
Bobby Williams	25	SS	327	.250	.308	8.3%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.064	.091
Leroy Grant	32	1B	284	.289	.308	4.2%	7.0%	0.7%	0.8%	.073	.091
Jelly Gardner*	25	RF	265	.283	.308	10.2%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.009	.091
Jim Brown**	29	C	186	.344	.308	7.0%	7.0%	1.1%	0.8%	.120	.091
George Dixon*	25	C	186	.294	.308	9.1%	7.0%	1.6%	0.8%	.090	.091
John Reese	26	LF	74	.241	.308	10.8%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.063	.091
Dave Brown*	24	SP	72	.190	.308	2.8%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.029	.091
Tom Williams	24	SP	60	.092	.308	1.7%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Tom Johnson	32	SP	48	.108	.308	2.1%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Jack Marshall	26	SP	38	.150	.308	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Poindexter Williams	23	C	30	.185	.308	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Otis Starks^	23	SP	26	.066	.308	3.8%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Willie Woods*	23	LF	13	.220	.308	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Bill Holland**	20	SP	13	.131	.308	7.7%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Sam Streeter	20	SP	9	.106	.308	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Herbert Smith^		RF	6	.318	.308	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Willie Gisentaner*	21	SP	4	.000	.308	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.091
Ben Harris^		RP		.000	.308		7.0%		0.8%		.091
22			3014	.299	.308	8.2%	7.0%	0.9%	0.8%	.081	.091