1937 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Chicago American Giants

39 - 37 - 1

36 - 24 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (39-37-1)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting				Pitching
OPS+	77	7th		ERA+	105	3rd
OPS	.610	7th		ERA	4.01	3rd
BA	.224	8th		BA	.266	3rd
OBP	.294	7th		K/BB	1.55	5th
SLG	.315	7th		K%	12.6%	3rd
BB%	7.2%	5th		BB%	8.1%	5th
K%				HR%	1.0%	5th
ISO	.091	7th		WHIP	1.39	3rd

Notes:

• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
• 4 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Horace Hall (Owner)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Player	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
Willie Cornelius	30	SP	43	103.0		2.1	-0.4	0.0	2.5	0.0
Alex Radcliff	31	SS	175			2.0	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.2
Ted Trent	33	SP	27	73.0		1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
Ted Bond	33	3B	173			1.2	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.1
Willie Foster	33	SP	35	80.2		1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
Jack Marshall	28	RF	175			0.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
Newt Allen	36	2B	15			0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Turkey Stearnes	36	CF	18			0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Ted Strong	20	1B	19			0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Zell Miles	27	LF	24	0.1		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
Floyd Kranson	23	RP	1	4.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
Herman Dunlap	29	CF	141			0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.0
Roosevelt Cox	23	3B	5			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Paul Hardy	26	C	58			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
R. S. Smith		SS	6			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hilton Smith	30	1B	7	2.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Subby Byas	27	C	112			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Norman Cross	26	RP		0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Candy Jim Taylor	53	PH	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Brown	45	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willie Simms	28	LF	8			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
K. B. Ivory	21	PH	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
C. Hardy		PH	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Duncan	36	C	13			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Walter Thomas	25	SP	7	12.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lonnie Williams		PH	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Porter Moss	27	SP	1	5.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
Henry McCall	29	1B	29			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Walker		LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Zack Clayton	24	1B	36	2.1		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0
Joe Lillard	32	SP	3	7.2		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
Wilson Redus	32	LF	174			-0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2
Malvin Powell	29	SP	38	36.1		-0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
Howard		RP		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Andy Cooper	40	SP	4	9.0		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Henry Milton	26	RF	18			-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Roosevelt Tate	26	CF	38			-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Cliff Blackmon	23	SP	21	54.0		-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
Luther Gilyard	27	1B	109			-0.6	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Joe Sparks	26	2B	103			-0.8	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.1
40			1649	390.1		6.8	1.7	1.3	3.7	0.0

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