1929 Chicago American Giants

62 - 42

48 - 38 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1930 (Team History)

Managed by:
Jim Brown (62-42)

Top Hitter

Pythias
Russ

Top Pitcher

Yellow Horse
Morris

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	89	5th	ERA+	86	5th
OPS	.676	5th	ERA	3.82	2nd
BA	.271	5th	BA	.272	2nd
OBP	.323	4th	K/BB	1.10	6th
SLG	.354	5th	K%	9.4%	6th
BB%	6.4%	6th	BB%	8.5%	6th
K%			HR%	0.9%	2nd
ISO	.082	6th	WHIP	1.36	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: South Side Park (Chicago, IL)
• 4 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• William Trimble (Owner)

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	Mitchell Murray	33	32	99	87	9	17	5	0	0	5	1	7	1	4	.195	.263	.253	.516	45
1B	Steel Arm Davis*	33	73	286	257	41	72	14	6	5	47	10	18	0	11	.280	.327	.440	.767	113
2B	Charley Williams^	32	76	302	279	21	77	7	3	0	26	5	12	1	10	.276	.308	.323	.631	77
3B	Harry Jeffries	30	55	195	176	19	40	3	0	2	19	2	11	1	7	.227	.277	.278	.555	56
SS	Pythias Russ	25	64	258	235	53	86	11	11	3	55	15	13	4	6	.366	.409	.545	.953	165
LF	Sandy Thompson*	34	72	291	258	30	77	10	2	0	32	6	14	1	18	.298	.337	.353	.690	94
CF	Jelly Gardner*	33	73	310	260	50	84	10	5	0	31	9	45	0	5	.323	.423	.400	.823	132
RF	Malvin Powell	21	43	152	139	12	33	5	2	0	13	1	6	0	7	.237	.269	.302	.571	60

2B	Saul Davis	28	47	173	159	23	33	3	2	1	12	4	8	1	5	.208	.250	.270	.520	46
1B	Jim Brown**	37	48	171	153	20	40	6	3	2	24	4	11	0	7	.261	.311	.379	.690	93
3B	Sanford Jackson	29	23	84	79	10	23	0	0	0	8	2	3	0	2	.291	.317	.291	.608	72
SS	Buck Miller^	28	16	64	57	8	15	1	1	0	5	2	4	1	2	.263	.323	.316	.638	80
C	Larry Brown**	27	6	23	21	3	6	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	.286	.348	.476	.824	129
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	26	4	18	17	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	13
LF	Mule Suttles	28	4	16	13	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	.231	.375	.385	.760	113
SS	Willie Wells	24	4	16	16	4	8	2	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	246
C	John Hines	28	4	12	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.091	.167	.182	.348	-2
1B	Ed Rile*	29	3	11	9	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	.333	.455	.667	1.121	210
SS	Francis Nance^	25	4	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70
RF	Willie Gay^	20	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	41
SS	Alex Radcliff	23	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	1
C	Ameal Brooks*	22	2	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	361
C	Sam Crawford	37	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Foster**	25	30	61	55	9	10	1	0	0	2	1	4	0	2	.182	.237	.200	.437	24
SP	Yellow Horse Morris	27	22	55	43	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	4	1	7	.209	.292	.233	.524	49
SP	Frog Holsey^	23	23	54	46	4	13	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	5	.283	.327	.304	.631	78
SP	Jack Marshall	34	15	37	32	3	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	5
SP	Webster McDonald*	29	5	17	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	14
SP	Herbert Gay^	20	10	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.091	.000	.091	-72
SP	Hubert Lockhart^	30	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Robert Poindexter	31	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	41
RP	Ted Radcliffe	26	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	232
PH	Walter Harper^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Roosevelt Davis	24	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	34		768	2755	2461	333	667	88	38	13	306	64	176	11	107	.271	.323	.354	.676	89

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jelly Gardner*	33	CF	310	.383	.319	14.5%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.077	.118
Charley Williams^	32	2B	302	.285	.319	4.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.047	.118
Sandy Thompson*	34	LF	291	.302	.319	4.8%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.054	.118
Steel Arm Davis*	33	1B	286	.332	.319	6.3%	7.2%	1.7%	1.6%	.160	.118
Pythias Russ	25	SS	258	.416	.319	5.0%	7.2%	1.2%	1.6%	.179	.118
Harry Jeffries	30	3B	195	.254	.319	5.6%	7.2%	1.0%	1.6%	.051	.118
Saul Davis	28	2B	173	.237	.319	4.6%	7.2%	0.6%	1.6%	.063	.118
Jim Brown**	37	1B	171	.303	.319	6.4%	7.2%	1.2%	1.6%	.118	.118
Malvin Powell	21	RF	152	.252	.319	3.9%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.065	.118
Mitchell Murray	33	C	99	.239	.319	7.1%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.057	.118
Sanford Jackson	29	3B	84	.282	.319	3.6%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Buck Miller^	28	SS	64	.293	.319	6.3%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.053	.118
Willie Foster**	25	SP	61	.207	.319	6.6%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.018	.118
Yellow Horse Morris	27	SP	55	.227	.319	7.3%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.023	.118
Frog Holsey^	23	SP	54	.272	.319	5.6%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.022	.118
Jack Marshall	34	SP	37	.151	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Larry Brown**	27	C	23	.368	.319	8.7%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.190	.118
Cool Papa Bell**	26	CF	18	.197	.319	5.6%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Webster McDonald*	29	SP	17	.185	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.059	.118
Mule Suttles	28	LF	16	.359	.319	18.8%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.154	.118
Willie Wells	24	SS	16	.552	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.250	.118
Herbert Gay^	20	SP	12	.062	.319	8.3%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
John Hines	28	C	12	.169	.319	8.3%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.091	.118
Francis Nance^	25	SS	11	.068	.319	9.1%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Ed Rile*	29	1B	11	.483	.319	18.2%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.333	.118
Hubert Lockhart^	30	SP	5	.000	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Alex Radcliff	23	SS	4	.187	.319	25.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Robert Poindexter	31	SP	4	.233	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Willie Gay^	20	RF	4	.233	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Ted Radcliffe	26	RP	3	.560	.319	33.3%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Sam Crawford	37	C	3	.000	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Ameal Brooks*	22	C	3	.739	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.333	.118
Walter Harper^		PH	1	.000	.319	0.0%	7.2%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.118
Roosevelt Davis	24	SP		.000	.319		7.2%		1.6%		.118
34			2755	.302	.319	6.4%	7.2%	0.5%	1.6%	.082	.118