1943 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1943 Chicago American Giants


42 - 38


35 - 34 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Ted Radcliffe (42-38)

Top Hitter


Lloyd
Davenport

Top Pitcher


Gentry
Jessup

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
114
 1st ERA+
111
 1st
OPS
.673
 1st ERA
3.28
 1st
BA
.274
 1st BA
.250
 3rd
OBP
.309
 4th K/BB
1.23
 5th
SLG
.364
 1st K%
8.8%
 6th
BB%
4.8%
 6th BB%
7.2%
 3rd
K%
HR%
0.3%
 1st
ISO
.090
 1st WHIP
1.28
 3rd

Notes:


• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)


Roster
Player
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Uni
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
29
LF
113
5'8"
180
R
R
2/19/1914 (New Orleans, LA)
4/1/2006 (Houston, TX)
28
2B
9
12/26/1914 (New Orleans, LA)
11/8/1976 (Little Rock, AR)
1B
87
14
36
SP
48
62.0
5'8"
180
R
R
9/3/1906 (Atlanta, GA)
10/30/1989 (Chicago, IL)
31
CF
155
2
5'5"
150
L
L
10/28/1911 (New Orleans, LA)
9/1985 (New Orleans, LA)
29
RF
26
9.0
5'11"
180
L
11/6/1913 (Empire, AL)
2B
4
3B
4
39
RP
2
5.0
1904 (birthplace unknown)
28
SP
44
94.1
6'2"
195
R
R
7/11/1914 (Mount Airy, NC)
3/23/1998 (Springfield, MO)
20
RP
2
2.0
5'11"
181
L
R
1/13/1923 (Gatesville, TX)
3/2/1992 (Corpus Christi, TX)
20
2B
127
5'11"
180
B
R
5/18/1923 (Memphis, TN)
1/4/2017 (Cedar Rapids, IA)
37
3B
126
40
5'11"
215
R
R
7/26/1905 (Mobile, AL)
11/13/1981 (Chicago, IL)
40
C
105
8.2
10
5'11"
186
R
R
7/7/1902 (Mobile, AL)
8/11/2005 (Chicago, IL)
20
1B
25
23.2
6'2"
206
L
L
10/20/1922 (Whipple, WV)
10/18/1955 (Scarbro, WV)
2B
34
5'9"
160
R
R
RF
99
L
L
22
SP
26
58.0
6'2"
190
R
R
9/12/1920 (Cairo, IL)
5/1984 (Hallsboro, NC)
29
SP
12
31.1
6'2"
195
L
R
12/28/1913 (Silsbee, TX)
12/10/1987 (Denver, CO)
25
SS
122
14
5'10"
160
R
R
9/17/1917 (Chicago, IL)
3/1990 (Auburn Park, IL)
30
1B
111
30
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)

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