1924 Chicago American Giants

56 - 27

51 - 26 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1925 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (56-27)

Top Hitter

Jelly
Gardner

Top Pitcher

Juan
Padrón

League Ranks (9 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	106	3rd	ERA+	101	4th
OPS	.706	5th	ERA	3.47	3rd
BA	.270	5th	BA	.256	3rd
OBP	.353	3rd	K/BB	1.22	5th
SLG	.353	6th	K%	10.6%	3rd
BB%	10.2%	1st	BB%	8.6%	9th
K%			HR%	0.3%	2nd
ISO	.084	6th	WHIP	1.35	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 3 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	Jim Brown**	32	67	241	218	31	58	12	3	0	32	6	17	2	4	.266	.325	.349	.674	96
1B	Willie Ware	24	51	174	159	11	34	3	1	0	15	0	6	1	8	.214	.247	.245	.492	43
2B	Bingo DeMoss	34	67	272	226	43	50	8	1	1	21	12	26	4	16	.221	.313	.279	.591	72
3B	Dave Malarcher**	29	78	338	288	70	80	11	1	0	37	23	34	4	12	.278	.362	.323	.685	100
SS	Bobby Williams	28	76	315	277	57	75	6	7	1	50	15	22	4	12	.271	.333	.354	.687	100
LF	Cristóbal Torriente*	30	75	311	258	60	94	28	6	8	82	12	46	3	4	.364	.466	.612	1.078	212
CF	Jelly Gardner*	28	78	350	290	66	93	10	4	0	29	13	54	0	6	.321	.427	.383	.810	136
RF	Lawrence Davis*	27	24	96	81	17	26	5	1	2	22	4	9	1	5	.321	.396	.481	.877	154

2B	Joe Hewitt*	38	36	145	107	27	25	1	1	0	11	9	29	2	7	.234	.406	.262	.667	96
C	John Hines	23	37	126	111	20	41	8	2	0	24	2	12	1	2	.369	.435	.477	.913	165
1B	Leroy Grant	35	29	104	89	12	16	2	0	0	12	2	8	5	2	.180	.284	.202	.487	43
RF	Vic Harris*	19	12	49	42	3	12	2	0	1	7	0	6	0	1	.286	.375	.405	.780	126
RF	Bill Evans**	25	8	28	24	4	5	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	.208	.269	.208	.478	40
C	Herman Roth	28	8	23	21	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	.238	.273	.238	.511	49
RF	Pinky Ward^		5	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Bobo Leonard^	26	3	12	11	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.455	.500	.545	1.045	203
C	George Dixon*	28	2	8	7	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	133
SS	Stewart^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Juan Padrón*	31	30	61	59	7	10	0	0	2	9	0	2	0	0	.169	.197	.271	.468	35
SP	George Harney	34	25	58	50	4	11	1	2	0	8	0	3	0	5	.220	.264	.320	.584	69
SP	Buck Miller^	23	19	50	43	4	7	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	3	.163	.234	.186	.420	23
SP	Aubrey Owens	28	13	35	28	3	7	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	2	.250	.364	.321	.685	100
RP	Tom Williams	27	23	31	24	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	.208	.345	.208	.553	63
SP	Ed Rile*	24	14	26	24	2	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	.167	.200	.292	.492	42
SP	Willie Foster**	20	12	21	19	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.158	.158	.158	.316	-8
SP	Harold Treadwell^	27	7	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	93
SP	Dick Whitworth	28	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Howard Ross^	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RF	Jimmie Lyons*	34	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	29		805	2905	2486	454	670	101	31	15	375	99	295	27	97	.270	.353	.353	.706	106

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jelly Gardner*	28	CF	350	.389	.318	15.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.062	.098
Dave Malarcher**	29	3B	338	.325	.318	10.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.045	.098
Bobby Williams	28	SS	315	.316	.318	7.0%	7.6%	0.3%	0.9%	.083	.098
Cristóbal Torriente*	30	LF	311	.484	.318	14.8%	7.6%	2.6%	0.9%	.248	.098
Bingo DeMoss	34	2B	272	.277	.318	9.6%	7.6%	0.4%	0.9%	.058	.098
Jim Brown**	32	C	241	.317	.318	7.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.098
Willie Ware	24	1B	174	.227	.318	3.4%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.031	.098
Joe Hewitt*	38	2B	145	.335	.318	20.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.028	.098
John Hines	23	C	126	.423	.318	9.5%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.108	.098
Leroy Grant	35	1B	104	.250	.318	7.7%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.022	.098
Lawrence Davis*	27	RF	96	.387	.318	9.4%	7.6%	2.1%	0.9%	.160	.098
Juan Padrón*	31	SP	61	.218	.318	3.3%	7.6%	3.3%	0.9%	.102	.098
George Harney	34	SP	58	.251	.318	5.2%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.100	.098
Buck Miller^	23	SP	50	.202	.318	8.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.023	.098
Vic Harris*	19	RF	49	.364	.318	12.2%	7.6%	2.0%	0.9%	.119	.098
Aubrey Owens	28	SP	35	.319	.318	14.3%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.071	.098
Tom Williams	27	RP	31	.276	.318	16.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Bill Evans**	25	RF	28	.224	.318	7.1%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Ed Rile*	24	SP	26	.217	.318	3.8%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.098
Herman Roth	28	C	23	.240	.318	4.3%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Willie Foster**	20	SP	21	.136	.318	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Pinky Ward^		RF	16	.000	.318	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Bobo Leonard^	26	LF	12	.491	.318	8.3%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.091	.098
Harold Treadwell^	27	SP	8	.333	.318	12.5%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
George Dixon*	28	C	8	.379	.318	12.5%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.143	.098
Dick Whitworth	28	SP	4	.000	.318	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Stewart^		SS	2	.000	.318	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Howard Ross^	21	RP	1	.000	.318	0.0%	7.6%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.098
Jimmie Lyons*	34	RF		.000	.318		7.6%		0.9%		.098
29			2905	.330	.318	10.2%	7.6%	0.5%	0.9%	.084	.098