1930 Chicago American Giants

53 - 55

43 - 46 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1931 (Team History)

Managed by:
Jim Brown (19-32)
Willie Foster (34-23)

Top Hitter

Sanford
Jackson

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	90	5th	ERA+	77	7th
OPS	.675	6th	ERA	4.72	6th
BA	.265	6th	BA	.292	7th
OBP	.328	6th	K/BB	1.23	8th
SLG	.346	7th	K%	11.0%	8th
BB%	7.7%	4th	BB%	8.9%	8th
K%			HR%	1.0%	4th
ISO	.082	8th	WHIP	1.54	7th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: South Side Park (Chicago, IL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• William Trimble (Owner) , Dizzy Dismukes (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	Mitchell Murray	34	35	118	109	11	38	8	0	1	12	0	7	0	2	.349	.388	.450	.837	135
1B	Jim Brown**	38	56	187	175	30	54	8	6	3	27	4	10	0	2	.309	.346	.474	.820	129
2B	Charley Williams^	33	77	290	263	22	69	3	2	1	34	1	12	0	15	.262	.295	.300	.595	68
3B	Harry Jeffries	31	56	185	169	18	35	2	1	0	7	2	10	1	5	.207	.256	.231	.486	38
SS	Buck Miller^	29	64	250	212	24	48	5	2	0	16	1	28	2	8	.226	.322	.269	.591	68
LF	Sandy Thompson*	35	73	278	244	35	63	7	2	0	25	0	27	1	6	.258	.335	.303	.638	81
CF	Sanford Jackson	30	78	329	298	47	77	9	5	0	20	5	20	4	7	.258	.314	.322	.636	80
RF	Steel Arm Davis*	34	76	286	245	39	81	14	5	7	59	8	26	4	11	.331	.404	.514	.918	157

RF	Malvin Powell	22	45	140	128	19	34	4	1	1	15	3	8	0	4	.266	.309	.336	.645	82
LF	Jelly Gardner*	34	34	128	100	17	23	3	0	0	9	1	19	4	5	.230	.374	.260	.634	82
CF	Rap Dixon	27	32	125	102	26	28	7	4	3	26	4	19	1	3	.275	.393	.510	.903	153
C	José María Fernández	34	32	118	103	13	41	5	2	0	27	0	8	1	6	.398	.446	.485	.932	163
SS	Saul Davis	29	23	78	66	10	13	3	0	0	5	2	8	1	3	.197	.293	.242	.536	53
SS	Chester Williams	24	9	35	30	4	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.267	.433	20
LF	John Hines	29	6	27	24	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.208	.296	.292	.588	66
1B	George McAllister*	30	6	26	21	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	.143	.280	.238	.518	47
3B	Cool Turner	28	4	16	14	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.357	.400	.500	.900	152
C	James Bray^	31	5	14	14	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.357	.429	.786	121
C	Lewis Anderson		7	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	-31
LF	Jabbo Andrews*	22	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
LF	Biff Clark^	26	3	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333	.429	.333	.762	118

SP	Willie Foster**	26	33	80	71	6	17	3	0	0	6	0	4	0	5	.239	.280	.282	.562	59
SP	George Mitchell	30	37	68	62	7	16	4	1	0	8	0	5	0	1	.258	.313	.355	.668	88
SP	Frog Holsey^	24	23	54	48	4	10	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	4	.208	.240	.292	.532	49
SP	Luther McDonald^	24	26	52	50	5	12	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.240	.240	.260	.500	41
SP	Yellow Horse Morris	28	13	28	21	4	5	0	1	1	3	0	5	0	2	.238	.385	.476	.861	141
SP	Dave Knight^		5	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	24
SP	George Harney	40	3	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	0
SP	Bun Hayes	26	2	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	13
SP	Murray Gillispie^	22	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	13
SP	Johnson^		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		1.000
SP	Joe Fleet^	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Carl Glass*	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Cliff Bell	33	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	34		873	2979	2627	352	695	94	35	17	312	31	230	20	102	.265	.328	.346	.675	90

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Sanford Jackson	30	CF	329	.294	.320	6.1%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.064	.115
Charley Williams^	33	2B	290	.265	.320	4.1%	7.3%	0.3%	1.3%	.038	.115
Steel Arm Davis*	34	RF	286	.399	.320	9.1%	7.3%	2.4%	1.3%	.184	.115
Sandy Thompson*	35	LF	278	.301	.320	9.7%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.045	.115
Buck Miller^	29	SS	250	.282	.320	11.2%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.042	.115
Jim Brown**	38	1B	187	.364	.320	5.3%	7.3%	1.6%	1.3%	.166	.115
Harry Jeffries	31	3B	185	.229	.320	5.4%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.024	.115
Malvin Powell	22	RF	140	.292	.320	5.7%	7.3%	0.7%	1.3%	.070	.115
Jelly Gardner*	34	LF	128	.312	.320	14.8%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.030	.115
Rap Dixon	27	CF	125	.397	.320	15.2%	7.3%	2.4%	1.3%	.235	.115
Mitchell Murray	34	C	118	.379	.320	5.9%	7.3%	0.8%	1.3%	.101	.115
José María Fernández	34	C	118	.409	.320	6.8%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.087	.115
Willie Foster**	26	SP	80	.250	.320	5.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.042	.115
Saul Davis	29	SS	78	.257	.320	10.3%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.045	.115
George Mitchell	30	SP	68	.306	.320	7.4%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.097	.115
Frog Holsey^	24	SP	54	.227	.320	3.7%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.083	.115
Luther McDonald^	24	SP	52	.223	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.020	.115
Chester Williams	24	SS	35	.163	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.100	.115
Yellow Horse Morris	28	SP	28	.363	.320	17.9%	7.3%	3.6%	1.3%	.238	.115
John Hines	29	LF	27	.283	.320	11.1%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.083	.115
George McAllister*	30	1B	26	.251	.320	11.5%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.095	.115
Cool Turner	28	3B	16	.383	.320	6.3%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.143	.115
James Bray^	31	C	14	.359	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.071	.115
Lewis Anderson		C	13	.130	.320	7.7%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Dave Knight^		SP	12	.218	.320	8.3%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
George Harney	40	SP	9	.187	.320	11.1%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Biff Clark^	26	LF	8	.328	.320	12.5%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Jabbo Andrews*	22	LF	8	.000	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Bun Hayes	26	SP	6	.156	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Murray Gillispie^	22	SP	5	.187	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Johnson^		SP	3	.250	.320	33.3%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%		.115
Carl Glass*	32	RP	1	.000	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Joe Fleet^	28	SP	1	.000	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
Cliff Bell	33	RP	1	.000	.320	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.115
34			2979	.307	.320	7.7%	7.3%	0.6%	1.3%	.082	.115