1942 Chicago American Giants

18 - 54

8 - 36 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1943 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (7-36)

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Leroy
Sutton

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	73	5th	ERA+	82	5th
OPS	.547	5th	ERA	5.02	5th
BA	.223	5th	BA
OBP	.276	5th	K/BB	1.16	6th
SLG	.271	5th	K%	9.4%	6th
BB%	6.7%	3rd	BB%	8.0%	5th
K%			HR%
ISO	.048	5th	WHIP	1.58	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	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	John Huber*	34	20	61	60	8	11	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	.183	.197	.217	.413	31
1B	Army Rhodes^	24	5	19	18	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	.167	.167	.222	.389	23
2B	Walter Cannady	40	13	50	46	4	11	1	0	0	6	0	3	1	.239	.286	.261	.547	73
3B	Alex Radcliff	36	28	116	111	10	20	4	2	1	11	0	5	0	.180	.216	.279	.495	56
SS	Ralph Wyatt	24	24	97	90	11	24	1	2	0	4	1	6	1	.267	.313	.322	.635	101
LF	Art Pennington**	19	26	102	86	8	20	1	1	1	10	0	15	1	.233	.347	.302	.649	106
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	39	26	112	98	14	29	4	2	0	7	0	12	2	.296	.373	.378	.750	138
RF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	32	25	94	83	5	19	1	1	0	8	0	11	0	.229	.319	.265	.584	86

LF	John Bissant	28	13	44	43	6	8	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	.186	.205	.186	.391	24
LF	Jabbo Andrews*	34	11	44	43	2	10	4	0	0	4	0	1	0	.233	.250	.326	.576	81
2B	Lester Lockett	30	10	41	37	3	7	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	.189	.268	.216	.485	54
RF	Clyde Spearman*	29	12	41	35	5	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	.143	.231	.143	.374	19
2B	Henry Smith		9	39	36	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	.194	.237	.194	.431	37
C	Ernie Smith*	34	7	23	22	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.261	.227	.488	55
C	George Britt	46	9	22	21	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.238	.273	.238	.511	62
C	Ed Young	29	6	20	20	2	7	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	.350	.350	.400	.750	137
C	Ziggy Marcell	25	3	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	73
2B	Jimmy Ford	29	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-30
3B	John Britton*	23	2	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	41
RF	Burrows^		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	58
C	Bob Smith	35	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	58
C	Taylor^		1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	111
-	W. Miller^		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Cleo Benson	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Subby Byas**	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000
-	Candy Jim Taylor	58	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Ferrell^	28	12	27	26	1	7	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	.269	.296	.269	.566	79
SP	Ollie West*	28	7	20	17	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	.235	.350	.235	.585	87
SP	Charlie Shields*	19	6	17	16	3	3	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	.188	.188	.438	.625	95
SP	Leroy Sutton	21	5	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	6
SP	Sam Thompson	34	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-37
SP	Willie Cornelius	35	7	8	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	138
RP	Willie Burns*	26	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Gentry Jessup	27	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Tommy Johnson^	27	3	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	135
RP	Francis Jackson^	38	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Dave Hoskins*	24	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	217
RP	Ulysses Evans^	25	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	217
SP	Willie Hudson*	24	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		1.000
RP	P. Burgess^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Henry Merchant*	24	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C	Percy Howard^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

RP	Earl Little^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	43		321	1084	1000	98	223	22	10	2	84	9	73	11	.223	.276	.271	.547	73

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Alex Radcliff	36	3B	116	.235	.300	4.3%	6.9%	0.9%	0.7%	.099	.076
Cool Papa Bell**	39	CF	112	.356	.300	10.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.082	.076
Art Pennington**	19	LF	102	.321	.300	14.7%	6.9%	1.0%	0.7%	.070	.076
Ralph Wyatt	24	SS	97	.303	.300	6.2%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.056	.076
Jimmie Crutchfield*	32	RF	94	.293	.300	11.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.036	.076
John Huber*	34	C	61	.198	.300	1.6%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.033	.076
Walter Cannady	40	2B	50	.263	.300	6.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.022	.076
Jabbo Andrews*	34	LF	44	.271	.300	2.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.093	.076
John Bissant	28	LF	44	.191	.300	2.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Clyde Spearman*	29	RF	41	.189	.300	9.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Lester Lockett	30	2B	41	.246	.300	9.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.027	.076
Henry Smith		2B	39	.210	.300	5.1%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Willie Ferrell^	28	SP	27	.275	.300	3.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Ernie Smith*	34	C	23	.240	.300	4.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
George Britt	46	C	22	.251	.300	4.5%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Ollie West*	28	SP	20	.303	.300	15.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Ed Young	29	C	20	.355	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.076
Army Rhodes^	24	1B	19	.172	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.056	.076
Charlie Shields*	19	SP	17	.259	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.250	.076
Leroy Sutton	21	SP	12	.159	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Ziggy Marcell	25	C	11	.261	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Sam Thompson	34	SP	10	.096	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Jimmy Ford	29	2B	9	.106	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
John Britton*	23	3B	9	.212	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Willie Cornelius	35	SP	8	.358	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Bob Smith	35	C	4	.239	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Gentry Jessup	27	RP	4	.000	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Tommy Johnson^	27	RP	4	.340	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.250	.076
Willie Burns*	26	RP	4	.000	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Burrows^		RF	4	.239	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Taylor^		C	3	.319	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
W. Miller^		-	2	.000	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Ulysses Evans^	25	RP	2	.478	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Dave Hoskins*	24	SP	2	.478	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Willie Hudson*	24	SP	2	.373	.300	50.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%		.076
Francis Jackson^	38	RP	2	.000	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Cleo Benson	28	C	1	.000	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Candy Jim Taylor	58	-	1	.000	.300	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.076
Subby Byas**	32	C	1	.746	.300	100.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.7%		.076
Percy Howard^		C		.000	.300		6.9%		0.7%		.076
P. Burgess^		RP		.000	.300		6.9%		0.7%		.076
Earl Little^		RP		.000	.300		6.9%		0.7%		.076
Henry Merchant*	24	RP		.000	.300		6.9%		0.7%		.076
43			1084	.264	.300	6.7%	6.9%	0.2%	0.7%	.048	.076