1930 Chicago American Giants Statistics

1929 Season 1931 Season

Record: 53-49-0, Finished 4th in Negro National League

Manager: Jim Brown (54-54)

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	Mitchell Murray	34	35	114	109	11	38	7	0	0	16	0		5		.349	.377	.413	.790	113	45		0
2	1B	Jim Brown#	38	56	188	177	30	54	7	6	3	26	4		11		.305	.346	.463	.809	117	82		0
3	2B	Charley Williams?	33	77	275	263	22	68	3	2	1	35	1		12		.259	.291	.297	.587	59	78		0
4	SS	Eddie Miller?	29	64	242	212	24	48	5	2	0	16	1		30		.226	.322	.269	.591	61	57		0
5	3B	Harry Jeffries		56	184	170	18	35	2	1	0	7	2		14		.206	.266	.229	.496	35	39		0
6	LF	Sandy Thompson*	35	73	274	245	35	63	7	2	0	26	0		29		.257	.336	.302	.638	74	74		0
7	CF	Sanford Jackson	30	78	323	298	47	77	9	5	0	19	5		24		.258	.316	.322	.638	73	96		1
8	RF	Steel Arm Davis*	34	75	273	242	39	81	14	5	6	53	8		30		.335	.410	.508	.919	147	123		1
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		Rap Dixon	27	32	123	102	26	28	7	4	3	25	4		21		.275	.398	.510	.908	144	52		0
10	3B	Jelly Gardner*	34	34	119	99	17	23	3	0	0	9	1		20		.232	.361	.263	.624	71	26		0
11	C	José María Fernández	34	32	110	103	13	41	5	2	0	29	0		7		.398	.436	.485	.922	149	50		0
12	IF	Saul Davis	29	23	73	63	10	13	3	0	0	5	2		10		.206	.315	.254	.569	56	16		0
13	MI	Chester Williams	24	9	30	30	4	5	1	1	0	3	0		0		.167	.167	.267	.433	15	8		0
14	UT	John Hines	29	6	27	24	2	5	2	0	0	1	0		3		.208	.296	.292	.588	60	7		0
15	1B	George McAllister*	31	6	25	21	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		3		.143	.280	.238	.518	41	5		1
16	IF	Cool Turner	28	4	15	14	1	5	2	0	0	2	0		1		.357	.400	.500	.900	142	7		0
17	C	James Bray?	31	5	14	14	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		0		.357	.357	.357	.714	94	5		0
18	C	Lewis Anderson		7	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1		0
19		Jabbo Andrews*	22	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
20		Albert Clark?	19	3	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	81	2		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
21	P	Malvin Powell	22	45	135	128	19	34	3	1	1	16	3		7		.266	.304	.328	.632	71	42		0
22	P	Bill Foster#	26	33	75	71	6	17	3	0	0	6	0		4		.239	.280	.282	.562	52	20		0
23	P	George Mitchell	30	37	69	64	7	16	3	1	0	8	0		5		.250	.304	.328	.632	71	21		0
24	P	Luther McDonald?	24	26	49	49	5	12	1	0	0	2	0		0		.245	.245	.265	.510	38	13		0
25	P	Frog Holsey?	24	23	46	44	4	10	2	1	0	2	0		2		.227	.261	.318	.579	56	14		0
26	P	Yellow Horse Morris	28	13	23	21	4	5	0	1	1	3	0		2		.238	.304	.476	.781	108	10		0
27	P	Dave Knight?		5	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.182	.250	.182	.432	18	2		0
28	P	George Harney	40	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1		0
29	P	Murray Gillispie?	22	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1		0
30	P	Bun Hayes	26	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1		0
31	P	Carl Glass*	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
32	P	Cliff Bell	33	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
33	P	Joe Fleet?	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
34	P	John Wesley Johnson?		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
		Team Totals	31.3	102	2862	2618	352	694	89	35	15	312	31		241		.265	.328	.343	.671	82	898		3
		Rank in 9 NNL teams				2	5	2	5	6	6		7		2		6	4	7	6		5		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.8	102	2567	2337	325	629	80	32	14	290	31		227		.269	.335	.349	.683	85	815		3
		Pitcher Totals	26.8	102	295	281	27	65	9	3	1	22	0		14		.231	.268	.295	.563	52	83		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*	26	11	8	.579	3.73	26	15		13	1	2	161.2	151	75	67		57		133	2		3		127		1.287	8.4		3.2	7.4	2.33
2	SP	Frog Holsey?	24	6	10	.375	4.80	21	15		11	1	1	152.0	155	87	81		44		64	0		0		99		1.309	9.2		2.6	3.8	1.45
3	SP	Luther McDonald	24	5	9	.357	4.70	22	15		8	0	0	128.1	156	80	67		31		34	1		0		101		1.457	10.9		2.2	2.4	1.10
4	SP	George Mitchell	30	5	7	.417	4.94	18	15		7	0	0	113.0	123	76	62		58		49	2		2		96		1.602	9.8		4.6	3.9	0.84
5	SP	Yellow Horse Morris	28	3	4	.429	6.15	12	8		2	0	1	60.0	69	49	41		22		21	1		1		77		1.517	10.4		3.3	3.2	0.95
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	Steel Arm Davis*	34	0	0		5.19	5	0		0	0	0	8.2	7	6	5		8		6	2		1		95		1.731	7.3		8.3	6.2	0.75
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
7		Dave Knight?		1	2	.333	4.61	4	4		2	0	0	27.1	38	25	14		13		2	0		0		104		1.866	12.5		4.3	0.7	0.15
8		George Harney	40	1	2	.333	3.43	3	2		1	0	0	21.0	28	11	8		7		9	0		0		140		1.667	12.0		3.0	3.9	1.29
9		Murray Gillispie*	22	0	2	.000	6.06	2	2		1	0	0	16.1	20	14	11		6		5	0		1		80		1.592	11.0		3.3	2.8	0.83
10		Bun Hayes	26	0	1	.000	5.40	2	2		1	0	0	13.1	16	9	8		11		6	0		0		90		2.025	10.8		7.4	4.1	0.55
11		John Wesley Johnson?		0	0		4.26	2	1		0	0	0	6.1	4	3	3		6		2	0		0		117		1.579	5.7		8.5	2.8	0.33
12		Malvin Powell	22	0	2	.000	21.94	2	1		0	0	0	5.1	14	13	13		5		6	1		0		23		3.563	23.6		8.4	10.1	1.20
13		Cliff Bell	33	0	2	.000	12.46	2	0		0	0	0	4.1	11	9	6		3		3	0		0		41		3.231	22.8		6.2	6.2	1.00
14		Joe Fleet	28	0	1	.000	8.31	1	1		0	0	0	4.1	8	7	4		2		2	1		0		61		2.308	16.6		4.2	4.2	1.00
15		Carl Glass*	32	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	0	0		1		0	0		0				2.500	18.0		4.5	0.0	0.00
16		Jim Brown	38	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0		1		0	0		0				1.500	0.0		13.5	0.0	0.00
17		Jabbo Andrews*	22	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0		0		0	0		0
18		Eddie Miller	29	0	0			1	0		0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0		0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.5	32	50	.390	4.84	102	81		46	2	4	724.2	805	464	390		275		342	10		8		99		1.490	10.0		3.4	4.2	1.24
		Rank in 9 NNL teams		2	3		5				5	6	2	2	8	9	8	1	8		2
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