1937 Chicago American Giants Pitching Statistics

1938 Season

League Record: 35-23-1, Finished 3rd in Negro American League

Overall Record: 39-38-1 (includes all games against top Black clubs)

Games with Player Stats: 47 (20-26-1) of 78 (60.3% of overall games)

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

Manager: Candy Jim Taylor (39-38-1)

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

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

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Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
1	Willie Cornelius	30	SP	3.3	6	4	.600	2.86	18	13	5	6	1	1	110.0	86	48	35	5	35	70	3	0	2	448	160	3.58	1.100	7.0	0.4	2.9	5.7	2.00
2	Cliff Blackmon	23	SP	-0.1	3	4	.429	5.50	11	6	1	4	1	0	54.0	71	42	33	2	26	27	0	0	0	251	83	4.15	1.796	11.8	0.3	4.3	4.5	1.04
3	Malvin Powell	29	SP	0.0	2	3	.400	5.70	11	7	4	1	0	0	36.1	42	28	23	0	14	10	4	0	0	165	81	4.16	1.541	10.4	*0.0*	3.5	2.5	0.71
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
4	Ted Trent	33	CL	1.9	5	6	.455	2.76	16	8	6	5	3	3	75.0	79	36	23	2	15	45	2	0	2	321	166	3.05	1.253	9.5	0.2	1.8	5.4	3.00	AS
5	Bill Foster*	33	RP	1.6	4	5	.444	3.90	16	8	6	3	2	0	80.2	77	44	35	4	30	46	2	0	2	358	117	3.92	1.326	8.6	0.4	3.3	5.1	1.53
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB	Awards
6	Walter Thomas	25		0.1	0	1	.000	3.75	2	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	10	8	5	1	6	11	0	0	3	52	125	3.97	1.333	7.5	0.8	4.5	8.3	1.83
7	Andy Cooper*	40		-0.2	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	9	9	8	1	5	4	0	0	0	37	53	5.72	1.750	10.1	1.1	5.6	4.5	0.80
8	Joe Lillard	32		-0.3	0	1	.000	12.91	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	16	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	40	37	7.53	2.478	18.8	2.3	3.5	1.2	0.33
9	Porter Moss	27		0.0	0	1	.000	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	4	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	22	270	3.22	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00	AS
10	Floyd Kranson	23		0.2	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16		2.72	1.250	11.3	0.0	0.0	2.3
11	Zack Clayton*	24		-0.2	0	0		7.71	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	15	68	10.08	3.429	19.3	3.9	11.6	11.6	1.00
12	Hilton Smith	30		0.1	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7		1.22	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		AS
13	Norman Cross	26		0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		3.22	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
14	Carl Howard	32		-0.2	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	17	12.22	15.000	108.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
15	Zell Miles	27		0.0	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		-2.78	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
	Team Totals			6.4	20	26	.435	4.02	47	47	26	20	7	5	398.1	413	239	178	18	139	224	12	0	10	1744	115	3.82	1.386	9.3	0.4	3.1	5.1	1.61

Standard Pitching Table
Rk	Player	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/BB
1	Willie Cornelius	30	1	1	.500	1.88	3	2	1	2	28.2	18	6	6	0	7	16	2	3	109	3.05	0.872	5.7	0.0	2.2	5.0	2.29
2	Bill Foster*	33	0	0		1.42	1	1	0	0	6.1	5	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	24	3.07	0.947	7.1	0.0	1.4	2.8	2.00
3	Norman Cross	26	0	1	.000	6.75	1	0	1	0	4.0	7	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	22	4.72	2.250	15.8	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
4	Porter Moss	27	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	3.0	5	4	3	1	1	3	0	0	17	6.56	2.000	15.0	3.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
	Team Totals		1	2	.333	2.79	7	4	2	2	42.0	35	16	13	1	11	21	2	4	172	3.46	1.095	7.5	0.2	2.4	4.5	1.91