1942 Chicago American Giants

19 - 55

8 - 36 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1943 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (19-55)

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Leroy
Sutton

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	82	5th	ERA+	78	6th
OPS	.594	5th	ERA	5.39	6th
BA	.236	5th	BA	.297	6th
OBP	.294	5th	K/BB	0.99	6th
SLG	.300	5th	K%	8.5%	6th
BB%	7.0%	2nd	BB%	8.7%	6th
K%			HR%	0.8%	4th
ISO	.063	5th	WHIP	1.67	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Horace Hall (Co-Owner & President) , J. B. Martin (C-Owner & Secretary-Treasurer)

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	John Huber*	34	29	93	91	11	19	4	1	0	6	1	1	0	1	.209	.217	.275	.492	50
1B	Army Rhodes^	24	10	35	31	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	.097	.152	.129	.281	-14
2B	Henry Smith	29	24	95	89	6	16	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	.180	.215	.180	.395	21
3B	Alex Radcliff	36	40	169	159	15	38	8	2	2	21	0	8	1	1	.239	.280	.352	.632	92
SS	Ralph Wyatt	24	35	142	130	17	32	3	2	0	10	2	8	0	4	.246	.290	.300	.590	80
LF	Art Pennington**	19	38	154	127	13	33	2	2	1	12	0	22	2	3	.260	.377	.331	.708	117
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	39	39	170	141	24	44	7	3	0	11	4	27	0	2	.312	.423	.404	.827	153
RF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	32	38	149	132	13	36	0	3	1	11	4	16	0	1	.273	.351	.341	.692	112

LF	Jabbo Andrews*	34	18	72	68	4	16	6	1	0	6	0	4	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	92
2B	Lester Lockett	30	16	58	54	5	11	2	1	1	10	1	4	0	0	.204	.259	.333	.592	80
2B	Walter Cannady	40	14	55	51	7	13	1	0	0	6	3	2	0	2	.255	.283	.275	.558	71
LF	John Bissant	28	14	49	48	7	10	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	.208	.224	.229	.454	39
C	Ernie Smith*	34	14	43	42	3	9	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	.214	.233	.262	.494	51
RF	Clyde Spearman*	29	13	40	35	6	5	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	22
C	George Britt	46	13	30	27	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	.259	.333	.296	.630	93
C	Ed Young	29	6	21	20	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	.350	.381	.400	.781	139
3B	John Britton*	23	4	17	17	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	8
2B	Charlie Harris^		4	12	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	53
C	Ziggy Marcell	25	4	11	11	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	67
2B	Jimmy Ford	29	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-32
RF	Samuel Burris^	22	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	53
C	Ted Radcliffe	39	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-20
C	Raymond Taylor	31	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	104
C	Leandy Young	33	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	206
C	Percy Howard^		3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Subby Byas**	32	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	60
C	Cleo Benson	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Candy Jim Taylor	58	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Ferrell^	28	20	46	45	4	13	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	.289	.304	.289	.593	82
SP	Ollie West*	28	13	27	25	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.160	.192	.160	.352	8
SP	Charlie Shields*	19	11	24	23	5	7	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	.304	.304	.565	.870	162
SP	Sam Thompson	34	9	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.150	.150	.150	.300	-8
SP	Willie Cornelius	35	10	12	11	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.364	.417	.545	.962	193
SP	Leroy Sutton	21	5	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	2
RP	Tommy Johnson^	27	6	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.286	.536	63
RP	Willie Burns*	26	5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	-54
RP	Gentry Jessup	27	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Ulysses Evans^	25	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	206
SP	Dave Hoskins*	24	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	206
RP	Francis Jackson^	38	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Willie Hudson*	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000
PH	Wadel Miller^		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	Henry Merchant*	24	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	P. Burgess^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SP	Hosea Allen^	23	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	45		480	1613	1472	157	348	40	19	5	132	23	113	7	21	.236	.294	.300	.594	82

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	LG	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Cool Papa Bell**	39	CF	170	.394	.308	15.9%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.092	.089
Alex Radcliff	36	3B	169	.295	.308	4.7%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	1.2%	0.7%	.113	.089
Art Pennington**	19	LF	154	.343	.308	14.3%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.6%	0.7%	.071	.089
Jimmie Crutchfield*	32	RF	149	.333	.308	10.7%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.7%	0.7%	.068	.089
Ralph Wyatt	24	SS	142	.275	.308	5.6%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.054	.089
Henry Smith	29	2B	95	.192	.308	4.2%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
John Huber*	34	C	93	.227	.308	1.1%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.066	.089
Jabbo Andrews*	34	LF	72	.295	.308	5.6%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.118	.089
Lester Lockett	30	2B	58	.278	.308	6.9%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	1.7%	0.7%	.130	.089
Walter Cannady	40	2B	55	.259	.308	3.6%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.020	.089
John Bissant	28	LF	49	.217	.308	2.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.021	.089
Willie Ferrell^	28	SP	46	.285	.308	2.2%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Ernie Smith*	34	C	43	.234	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.048	.089
Clyde Spearman*	29	RF	40	.213	.308	12.5%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Army Rhodes^	24	1B	35	.136	.308	2.9%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.032	.089
George Britt	46	C	30	.311	.308	6.7%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.037	.089
Ollie West*	28	SP	27	.169	.308	3.7%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Charlie Shields*	19	SP	24	.369	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.261	.089
Ed Young	29	C	21	.371	.308	4.8%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.089
Sam Thompson	34	SP	21	.136	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
John Britton*	23	3B	17	.168	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Charlie Harris^		2B	12	.237	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Leroy Sutton	21	SP	12	.158	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Willie Cornelius	35	SP	12	.444	.308	8.3%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.182	.089
Ziggy Marcell	25	C	11	.259	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Jimmy Ford	29	2B	9	.106	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Tommy Johnson^	27	RP	8	.261	.308	12.5%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.143	.089
Willie Burns*	26	RP	7	.112	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Gentry Jessup	27	RP	4	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Samuel Burris^	22	RF	4	.237	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Ted Radcliffe	39	C	4	.188	.308	25.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Raymond Taylor	31	C	3	.317	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Leandy Young	33	C	2	.475	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Wadel Miller^		PH	2	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Francis Jackson^	38	RP	2	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Percy Howard^		C	2	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Dave Hoskins*	24	SP	2	.475	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Ulysses Evans^	25	RP	2	.475	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Subby Byas**	32	C	2	.375	.308	50.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Willie Hudson*	24	SP	1	.750	.308	100.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%		.089
Candy Jim Taylor	58	PH	1	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Cleo Benson	28	C	1	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.1%	98.20	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.089
Henry Merchant*	24	RP		.000	.308		6.9%	0.1%	98.20		0.7%		.089
P. Burgess^		RP		.000	.308		6.9%	0.1%	98.20		0.7%		.089
Hosea Allen^	23	SP		.000	.308		6.9%	0.1%	98.20		0.7%		.089
45			1613	.283	.308	7.0%	6.9%			0.3%	0.7%	.063	.089