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1927 Chicago American Giants Statistics

1926 Season 1928 Season

Record: 61-32-1, Finished 1st in Negro National League

Postseason:
Won World Series (5-3-1) over Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Won NNL Championship Series (4-1) over Birmingham Black Barons

Manager: Dave Malarcher (61-32-1)

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

League Register

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	James Bray?	28	56	160	135	18	44	6	4	2	28	2		25		.326	.431	.474	.905	145	64		0
2	1B	Jim Brown#	35	76	308	281	50	84	16	5	0	35	12		27		.299	.360	.391	.752	104	110		0
3	2B	Charley Williams?	30	89	334	310	21	73	10	0	2	39	7		24		.235	.290	.287	.578	57	89		0
4	SS	Pythias Russ	23	86	347	323	52	105	30	3	4	58	16		24		.325	.372	.474	.845	127	153		0
5	3B	Dave Malarcher#	32	88	360	307	55	77	7	2	1	21	17		53		.251	.361	.296	.658	80	91		0
6	LF	Steel Arm Davis*	31	84	350	323	60	128	21	9	3	68	14		24		.396	.443	.545	.988	166	176		3
7	CF	George Sweatt	33	88	340	300	45	79	20	5	2	44	9		40		.263	.350	.383	.733	98	115		0
8	RF	John Hines	26	55	216	199	26	51	10	1	1	29	12		17		.256	.315	.332	.646	75	66		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	SS	Sanford Jackson	27	79	314	299	39	78	6	1	0	16	6		15		.261	.296	.288	.584	59	86		0
10	IF	Eddie Miller?	26	33	77	73	8	12	2	1	0	3	2		4		.164	.208	.219	.427	16	16		0
11		Nat Rogers*	33	15	58	53	7	17	3	2	0	9	0		5		.321	.379	.453	.832	124	24		0
12	C	Larry Brown#	25	13	35	32	3	11	2	0	0	3	0		3		.344	.400	.406	.806	119	13		0
13		Lou Dials*	23	7	21	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		2		.263	.333	.316	.649	77	6		0
14	2B	Alex Radcliff	21	2	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3		.500	.800	.500	1.300	260	1		0
15		Earl Gurley*	28	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0		.500	.500	.750	1.250	234	3		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
16	P	Bill Foster#	23	39	90	86	11	20	1	1	0	7	0		4		.233	.267	.267	.534	45	23		0
17	P	Willie Powell*	23	20	60	57	6	12	1	0	0	0	0		3		.211	.250	.228	.478	30	13		0
18	P	George Harney	37	29	57	56	2	7	2	0	0	1	0		1		.125	.140	.161	.301	-19	9		0
19	P	Webster McDonald*	27	20	51	48	2	9	0	0	0	3	0		3		.188	.235	.188	.423	16	9		0
20	P	Rube Curry	28	18	47	44	5	6	2	0	0	4	0		3		.136	.191	.182	.373	2	8		0
		Team Totals	29.4	94	3234	2951	414	821	141	34	15	370	97		280		.278	.341	.364	.706	91	1075		3
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				4	5	5	2	5	5		1		4		5	4	5	5		5		3
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.7	94	2852	2587	380	755	133	32	15	352	95		262		.292	.358	.385	.743	101	997		3
		Pitcher Totals	26.9	94	382	364	34	66	8	2	0	18	2		18		.181	.220	.214	.434	18	78		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	Bill Foster*	23	21	5	.808	2.03	31	25		21	6	1	217.0	187	70	49		65		119	6		2		184		1.161	7.8		2.7	4.9	1.83
2	SP	George Harney	37	8	9	.471	2.64	27	15		10	2	4	160.1	159	63	47		24		78	3		0		142		1.141	8.9		1.3	4.4	3.25
3	SP	Willie Powell	23	12	4	.750	2.25	18	18		11	4	0	140.0	124	55	35		41		78	3		0		166		1.179	8.0		2.6	5.0	1.90
4	SP	Webster McDonald	27	9	5	.643	2.72	17	13		10	1	0	119.0	106	44	36		18		58	4		1		137		1.042	8.0		1.4	4.4	3.22
5	SP	Rube Curry	28	5	4	.556	2.92	14	12		6	2	1	92.1	100	40	30		20		24	2		1		128		1.300	9.7		1.9	2.3	1.20
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	RP	Eddie Miller	26	4	2	.667	4.13	13	6		3	0	0	72.0	93	44	33		24		22	1		0		91		1.625	11.6		3.0	2.8	0.92
		Team Totals	27.2	59	29	.670	2.59	94	89		61	15	6	800.2	769	316	230		192		379	19		4		145		1.200	8.6		2.2	4.3	1.97
		Rank in 8 NNL teams		2	8		1				1	1	1	4	4	3	2		3		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