1937 Chicago American Giants Statistics

1938 Season

Record: 36-24-1, Finished 3rd in Negro American League

Postseason: Lost NAL Championship Series (5-1-1) to Kansas City Monarchs

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Subby Byas#	27	37	112	97	5	24	2	0	0	12	2		9		.247	.318	.268	.586	63	26		1	5		0
2	1B	Luther Gilyard?	27	29	109	101	7	20	3	0	0	9	0		6		.198	.257	.228	.485	35	23		2	0		0
3	2B	Joe Sparks*		29	103	88	8	13	2	2	0	8	2		11		.148	.242	.216	.458	27	19		0	4		0
4	SS	Alex Radcliff	31	43	175	165	17	50	4	9	3	35	11		6		.303	.335	.491	.826	126	81		2	2		1
5	3B	Ted Bond	33	41	173	150	40	38	4	4	0	13	7		18		.253	.337	.333	.671	86	50		1	4		0
6	LF	Wilson Redus	32	45	174	157	19	33	6	1	0	11	10		9		.210	.271	.261	.532	47	41		4	4		0
7	CF	Herman Dunlap*	29	37	141	130	24	34	7	1	3	15	3		7		.262	.304	.400	.704	93	52		1	3		0
8	RF	Jack Marshall	28	43	175	150	21	34	4	1	2	19	2		16		.227	.322	.307	.628	74	46		5	4		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Paul Hardy	26	18	58	52	9	12	2	1	0	6	1		2		.231	.286	.308	.593	64	16		2	2		0
10	OF	Roosevelt Tate	26	9	38	36	3	4	1	1	0	1	3		2		.111	.158	.194	.352	-3	7		0	0		0
11	UT	Malvin Powell	29	20	38	32	6	7	1	0	1	5	0		5		.219	.342	.344	.686	90	11		1	0		0
12	UT	Zack Clayton*	24	17	36	30	4	5	0	0	0	1	0		2		.167	.265	.167	.431	21	5		2	2		0
13	UT	Henry McCall*	29	8	29	29	3	7	2	0	0	0	0		0		.241	.241	.310	.552	51	9		0	0		0
14	OF	Zell Miles	27	9	24	21	3	5	0	1	0	2	0		2		.238	.333	.333	.667	85	7		1	0		0
15	IF	Ted Strong#	20	4	19	15	5	6	1	1	1	4	0		1		.400	.526	.800	1.326	262	12		3	0		0
16	UT	Henry Milton*	26	4	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		4		.143	.333	.143	.476	36	2		0	0		0
17	OF	Turkey Stearnes*	36	4	18	14	2	4	1	0	1	2	0		1		.286	.412	.571	.983	169	8		2	1		0
18	MI	Newt Allen	36	3	15	11	4	3	0	0	1	3	0		4		.273	.467	.545	1.012	179	6		0	0		0
19	C	Frank Duncan	36	4	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		.167	.231	.250	.481	33	3		0	0		0
20	OF	Willie Simms*	28	2	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		0		.286	.286	.429	.714	95	3		0	1		0
21	UT	Hilton Smith	30	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	-21	1		0	0		0
22	SS	R.S. Smith?		2	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	3	0		0		.333	.333	.833	1.167	213	5		0	0		0
23	3B	Roosevelt Cox	23	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0		.400	.400	.600	1.000	173	3		0	0		0
24	OF	Walker?		3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1		0	0		0
25	OF	Lonnie Williams?		3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
26	C	Jim Brown#	45	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.500	.500	.500	1.000	177	1		0	0		0
27		C. Hardy?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
28		Candy Jim Taylor	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			1.000				0		0	0		0
29		K.B. Ivory*	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
30	P	Willie Cornelius	30	20	43	39	4	3	0	0	1	4	0		2		.077	.143	.154	.297	-18	6		1	1		0
31	P	Bill Foster#	33	17	35	25	5	5	1	0	0	3	0		6		.200	.355	.240	.595	67	6		0	4		0
32	P	Ted Trent	33	15	27	27	1	3	1	0	0	3	1		0		.111	.111	.148	.259	-29	4		0	0		0
33	P	Cliff Blackmon	23	11	21	17	1	2	0	1	0	1	0		3		.118	.250	.235	.485	35	4		0	1		0
34	P	Walter Thomas	25	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
35	P	Andy Cooper	40	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
36	P	Joe Lillard#	32	1	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	540	4		0	0		0
37	P	Floyd Kranson	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
38	P	Porter Moss	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0		0
39	P	Howard?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0		0
40	P	Norman Cross*	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	29.5	61	1649	1465	199	328	46	23	14	166	42		118		.224	.294	.315	.610	68	462		28	38		1
		Rank in 8 NAL teams				2	3	3	3	4	2		2		2	8	8	7	7	7		3		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.4	61	1469	1309	181	305	42	22	12	149	41		102		.233	.301	.326	.628	73	427		26	32		1
		Pitcher Totals	29.9	61	180	156	18	23	4	1	2	17	1		16		.147	.236	.224	.460	28	35		2	6		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Willie Cornelius	30	5	4	.556	2.88	17	12	5	6	1	1	103.0	82	46	33	4	35	0	66	3	0	2	424	156	3.53	1.136	7.2	0.3	3.1	5.8	1.89
2	SP	Ted Trent	33	5	6	.455	2.59	15	8	5	5	3	2	73.0	75	34	21	2	15	0	41	2	0	2	311	174	3.13	1.233	9.2	0.2	1.8	5.1	2.73
3	SP	Cliff Blackmon	23	3	4	.429	5.50	11	6	1	4	1	0	54.0	71	42	33	2	26	0	27	0	0	0	251	82	4.13	1.796	11.8	0.3	4.3	4.5	1.04
4	SP	Malvin Powell	29	2	3	.400	5.70	11	7	4	1	0	0	36.1	42	28	23	0	14	0	10	4	0	0	165	79	4.14	1.541	10.4	0.0	3.5	2.5	0.71
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	RP	Bill Foster*	33	4	5	.444	3.90	16	8	6	3	2	0	80.2	77	44	35	4	30	1	46	2	0	2	358	115	3.90	1.326	8.6	0.4	3.3	5.1	1.53
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6		Walter Thomas	25	0	1	.000	3.75	2	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	10	8	5	1	6	0	11	0	0	3	52	123	3.95	1.333	7.5	0.8	4.5	8.3	1.83
7		Andy Cooper*	40	0	1	.000	8.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	9	9	8	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	37	58	5.42	1.556	9.0	1.0	5.0	4.0	0.80
8		Joe Lillard	32	0	1	.000	12.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	16	12	11	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	40	36	7.51	2.478	18.8	2.3	3.5	1.2	0.33
9		Porter Moss	27	0	1	.000	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	22	266	3.20	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
10		Floyd Kranson	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16		2.70	1.250	11.3	0.0	0.0	2.3
11		Zack Clayton*	24	0	0		7.71	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	2	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	15	67	10.06	3.429	19.3	3.9	11.6	11.6	1.00
12		Hilton Smith	30	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7		1.20	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
13		Norman Cross	26	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		3.20	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
14		Howard?		0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	17	12.20	15.000	108.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
15		Zell Miles	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		-2.80	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
16		Joe Sparks		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		Newt Allen	36	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.1	19	26	.422	4.01	61	46	25	20	7	4	390.1	405	235	174	17	139	1	216	12	0	10	1710	113	3.82	1.394	9.3	0.4	3.2	5.0	1.55
		Rank in 8 NAL teams		2	3		3				3	1	2	2	8	7	7	6	8		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W