1939 Chicago American Giants

45 - 42

32 - 31 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1940 (Team History)

Managed by:
Felton Snow (0-1)
Candy Jim Taylor (45-41)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Lefty
Bowe

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	97	4th	ERA+	86	5th
OPS	.660	5th	ERA	4.07	4th
BA	.251	5th	BA	.269	5th
OBP	.315	5th	K/BB	1.38	4th
SLG	.345	4th	K%	11.8%	5th
BB%	7.6%	6th	BB%	8.5%	4th
K%			HR%	0.8%	3rd
ISO	.094	5th	WHIP	1.42	5th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
• Horace Hall (President)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Pepper Bassett**	28	35	130	121	13	27	5	1	0	14	1	5	1	2	1	.223	.258	.281	.539	61
1B	Ed Young	26	36	148	128	20	35	9	1	2	19	10	16	3	0	1	.273	.365	.406	.771	130
2B	Billy Horne*	23	32	127	112	16	26	1	1	0	13	4	11	0	3	1	.232	.298	.259	.557	67
3B	Alex Radcliff	33	40	177	161	24	46	9	4	1	16	1	12	0	4	0	.286	.335	.410	.745	122
SS	Joe Sparks	28	35	114	101	12	20	3	4	1	13	2	8	1	4	0	.198	.264	.337	.600	79
LF	Ernie Smith*	31	41	160	146	15	40	3	2	0	15	7	8	2	3	1	.274	.318	.322	.640	92
CF	Willie Simms*	30	36	164	143	20	42	5	2	3	14	6	15	1	5	0	.294	.365	.420	.784	134
RF	Subby Byas**	29	39	152	125	18	31	5	1	2	11	3	22	3	2	0	.248	.373	.352	.725	117

LF	Wilson Redus	34	25	72	64	10	13	2	0	0	7	2	4	1	2	1	.203	.257	.234	.492	47
LF	John Bissant	25	17	65	60	8	17	2	1	2	8	0	3	1	1	0	.283	.328	.450	.778	131
SS	Red Hale^	26	14	44	37	2	6	0	2	0	2	2	4	1	2	0	.162	.262	.270	.532	59
RF	Donald Reeves*	27	6	25	23	2	7	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	.304	.320	.522	.842	149
1B	Luther Gilyard^	29	6	22	20	2	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	.250	.286	.400	.686	104
2B	Lester Lockett	27	4	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.077	.077	.077	.154	-54
CF	Charley Robinson^	24	3	13	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0		.200	.385	.200	.585	77
SS	Joe Williams^		2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.143	.167	.310	-8
CF	Fresnell^		2	3	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1.000	1.000	1.667	2.667	689
1B	Johnny Reed^	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Candy Jim Taylor	55	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Langrum^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Zell Miles	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Jesse Houston^	29	27	55	52	8	16	3	1	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	.308	.345	.404	.749	123
SP	Willie Cornelius	32	19	41	34	4	9	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	0	.265	.342	.265	.607	82
SP	Tommy Johnson^	24	17	20	19	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.211	.211	.421	.632	86
RP	Ted Trent	35	12	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Lefty Bowe*	20	10	16	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	.375	12
RP	Rogers Pierre^	25	5	6	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	228
SP	Percy Forrest	22	3	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		.400	.500	.400	.900	170
RP	Henry Williams^		4	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-48
PH	Henry McCall*	31	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Eggie Hensley	39	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	31		479	1609	1429	180	358	52	22	13	150	41	122	15	36	7	.251	.315	.345	.660	97

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Alex Radcliff	33	3B	177	.342	.314	6.8%	8.1%	0.6%	0.7%	.124	.095
Willie Simms*	30	CF	164	.360	.314	9.1%	8.1%	1.8%	0.7%	.126	.095
Ernie Smith*	31	LF	160	.302	.314	5.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.048	.095
Subby Byas**	29	RF	152	.352	.314	14.5%	8.1%	1.3%	0.7%	.104	.095
Ed Young	26	1B	148	.367	.314	10.8%	8.1%	1.4%	0.7%	.133	.095
Pepper Bassett**	28	C	130	.254	.314	3.8%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.058	.095
Billy Horne*	23	2B	127	.269	.314	8.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.027	.095
Joe Sparks	28	SS	114	.274	.314	7.0%	8.1%	0.9%	0.7%	.139	.095
Wilson Redus	34	LF	72	.236	.314	5.6%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.031	.095
John Bissant	25	LF	65	.356	.314	4.6%	8.1%	3.1%	0.7%	.167	.095
Jesse Houston^	29	SP	55	.353	.314	5.5%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.096	.095
Red Hale^	26	SS	44	.250	.314	9.1%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.108	.095
Willie Cornelius	32	SP	41	.283	.314	9.8%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Donald Reeves*	27	RF	25	.374	.314	4.0%	8.1%	4.0%	0.7%	.217	.095
Luther Gilyard^	29	1B	22	.306	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.150	.095
Tommy Johnson^	24	SP	20	.270	.314	0.0%	8.1%	5.0%	0.7%	.211	.095
Lefty Bowe*	20	SP	16	.179	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Ted Trent	35	RP	16	.000	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Charley Robinson^	24	CF	13	.320	.314	23.1%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Lester Lockett	27	2B	13	.073	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Joe Williams^		SS	7	.136	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Rogers Pierre^	25	RP	6	.508	.314	16.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.200	.095
Percy Forrest	22	SP	6	.443	.314	16.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Henry Williams^		RP	6	.125	.314	16.7%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Fresnell^		CF	3	1.200	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.667	.095
Johnny Reed^	23	1B	2	.000	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Henry McCall*	31	PH	2	.000	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Zell Miles	29	PH	1	.000	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Candy Jim Taylor	55	PH	1	.000	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Langrum^		PH	1	.000	.314	0.0%	8.1%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.095
Eggie Hensley	39	SP		.000	.314		8.1%		0.7%		.095
31			1609	.309	.314	7.6%	8.1%	0.8%	0.7%	.094	.095