1944 Chicago American Giants

43 - 72 - 1

31 - 43 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1945 (Team History)

Managed by:
Bingo DeMoss (10-24)
Lloyd Davenport (24-28)
John Bissant (9-20-1)

Top Hitter

Johnny
Smith

Top Pitcher

Gentry
Jessup

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	105	2nd	ERA+	95	3rd
OPS	.649	2nd	ERA	3.44	3rd
BA	.264	3rd	BA	.268	4th
OBP	.317	3rd	K/BB	1.56	5th
SLG	.332	2nd	K%	10.5%	4th
BB%	7.0%	3rd	BB%	6.7%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.1%	2nd
ISO	.069	3rd	WHIP	1.34	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
• J. B. Martin (Owner & President) , R. S. Simmons (Business Manager)

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	Herb Barnhill	30	15	38	36	3	9	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.250	.289	.278	.567	79
1B	Clyde Nelson	22	22	81	77	5	18	2	2	0	7	1	4	0	0	.234	.272	.312	.583	84
2B	Art Pennington**	21	16	63	57	13	19	2	0	2	10	2	6	0	0	.333	.397	.474	.871	174
3B	Alex Radcliff	38	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Jesse Douglas*	28	21	89	78	10	31	5	4	0	12	2	10	0	1	.397	.466	.564	1.030	224
LF	John Bissant	30	21	85	82	6	24	4	3	0	6	0	2	0	1	.293	.310	.415	.724	128
CF	Lloyd Davenport*	32	20	83	78	7	22	1	0	0	10	1	4	0	1	.282	.317	.295	.612	93
RF	Johnny Smith*	27	12	44	41	1	13	1	0	0	7	1	2	0	1	.317	.349	.341	.690	118

CF	George Minor*	25	18	45	37	7	11	1	1	0	2	4	7	0	1	.297	.409	.378	.787	148
C	Bob Smith	37	12	37	32	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	.156	.270	.156	.427	35
LF	Ollie Waldon*	33	13	36	30	4	5	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	0	.167	.306	.233	.539	70
RF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	9	35	32	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.219	.286	.281	.567	79
SS	Ralph Wyatt	26	6	24	23	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.304	.333	.348	.681	115
SS	Willie Wells Jr.	21	6	18	13	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	.154	.313	.154	.466	48
1B	Sam Jackson*	24	4	13	13	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231	.385	21
C	Rufus Hatten	32	4	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1B	Henry McCall*	36	3	9	9	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.556	.556	.556	1.111	250
1B	Walter Treherne	31	4	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	49
LF	Nat Rogers*	50	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	26
2B	Buck Felder	28	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	T. J. Brown	28	1	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	247
3B	Rainey Bibbs**	33	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	164

SP	Gentry Jessup	29	14	44	42	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	.167	.186	.214	.400	26
SP	Gready McKinnis	30	4	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-37
SP	Pepper Sharpe**	25	6	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	89
SP	Leroy Sutton	23	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-10
SP	Al Jones		3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	5
SP	Ollie West*	30	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	215
	28		246	826	759	73	200	24	11	2	66	13	58	1	8	.264	.317	.332	.649	105

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jesse Douglas*	28	SS	89	.481	.306	11.2%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.167	.070
John Bissant	30	LF	85	.339	.306	2.4%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.122	.070
Lloyd Davenport*	32	CF	83	.297	.306	4.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.013	.070
Clyde Nelson	22	1B	81	.282	.306	4.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.078	.070
Art Pennington**	21	2B	63	.418	.306	9.5%	6.9%	3.2%	0.4%	.140	.070
George Minor*	25	CF	45	.380	.306	15.6%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.081	.070
Johnny Smith*	27	RF	44	.329	.306	4.5%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.024	.070
Gentry Jessup	29	SP	44	.190	.306	2.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.048	.070
Herb Barnhill	30	C	38	.279	.306	5.3%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.028	.070
Bob Smith	37	C	37	.231	.306	13.5%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Ollie Waldon*	33	LF	36	.281	.306	16.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.067	.070
Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	RF	35	.281	.306	8.6%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.063	.070
Ralph Wyatt	26	SS	24	.331	.306	4.2%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.043	.070
Willie Wells Jr.	21	SS	18	.231	.306	16.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Sam Jackson*	24	1B	13	.182	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.077	.070
Rufus Hatten	32	C	13	.000	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Gready McKinnis	30	SP	10	.097	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Pepper Sharpe**	25	SP	10	.290	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Henry McCall*	36	1B	9	.537	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Walter Treherne	31	1B	9	.238	.306	11.1%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.125	.070
Leroy Sutton	23	SP	7	.138	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Al Jones		SP	6	.161	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Nat Rogers*	50	LF	5	.193	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Buck Felder	28	2B	5	.000	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
T. J. Brown	28	SS	5	.543	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Alex Radcliff	38	3B	4	.000	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Ollie West*	30	SP	4	.483	.306	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
Rainey Bibbs**	33	3B	4	.428	.306	25.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.070
28			826	.314	.306	7.0%	6.9%	0.2%	0.4%	.069	.070