1937 Chicago American Giants 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

Top 12 Players

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1	Subby Byas#	27	C	0.2	38	116	102	6	27	3	0	0	13	2	9	.265	.330	.294	.624	73	.301	80	30	1	4	2/349	AS
2	Luther Gilyard	27	1B	-0.5	30	113	105	8	21	3	0	1	11	0	6	.200	.257	.257	.514	42	.247	49	27	2	0	3
3	Joe Sparks	26	2B	-0.7	29	103	88	8	13	2	2	0	8	2	11	.148	.242	.216	.458	27	.227	36	19	0	4	4
4	Alex Radcliff	31	SS	1.5	44	180	169	18	51	4	10	3	36	11	7	.302	.337	.497	.834	127	.376	120	84	2	2	65	AS
5	Ted Bond	33	3B	0.8	42	178	154	41	40	4	4	0	14	7	19	.260	.345	.338	.682	89	.327	94	52	1	4	56
6	Wilson Redus	32	LF	-0.5	46	178	161	21	34	7	1	0	12	10	9	.211	.270	.267	.537	48	.263	55	43	4	4	*79/8	AS
7	Herman Dunlap*	29	CF	0.1	38	146	134	24	36	7	1	3	15	4	8	.269	.315	.403	.718	96	.328	95	54	1	3	8/9
8	Jack Marshall	28	RF	0.2	44	179	155	22	35	4	2	2	20	3	16	.226	.318	.316	.634	75	.303	82	49	5	3	94/528
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
9	Paul Hardy	26	C	-0.1	18	58	52	9	12	2	1	0	6	1	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	63	.279	67	16	2	2	2
10	Malvin Powell	29	UT	0.2	21	42	36	8	8	1	0	1	5	0	5	.222	.333	.333	.667	84	.321	91	12	1	0	1/749
11	Roosevelt Tate	26	OF	-0.5	9	38	36	3	4	1	1	0	1	3	2	.111	.158	.194	.352	-3	.172	3	7	0	0	/89
12	Zack Clayton*	24	1B	-0.1	17	36	30	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	.167	.265	.167	.431	21	.228	35	5	2	2	3/17
13	Henry McCall*	29	UT	-0.1	8	29	29	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.310	.552	51	.251	51	9	0	0	/37
14	Zell Miles	27	OF	0.1	9	24	21	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	.238	.333	.333	.667	84	.319	90	7	1	0	/791
15	Ted Strong#	20	IF	0.3	4	19	15	5	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	.400	.526	.800	1.326	261	.569	233	12	3	0	/36	AS
16	Henry Milton*	26	UT	-0.2	4	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.333	.143	.476	35	.272	63	2	0	0	/94	AS
17	Turkey Stearnes*	36	OF	0.2	4	18	15	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	.267	.389	.533	.922	152	.415	145	8	2	0	/8	AS
18	Newt Allen	36	MI	0.3	3	15	11	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	4	.273	.467	.545	1.012	178	.459	170	6	0	0	/46	AS
19	Frank Duncan	36	C	0.0	4	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.231	.250	.481	32	.230	39	3	0	0	/2
20	Willie Simms*	28	OF	0.0	2	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	70	.279	67	3	0	0	/7
21	Hilton Smith	30	UT	-0.1	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-21	.134	-15	1	0	0	/139	AS
22	R.S. Smith		SS	0.1	2	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	212	.488	187	5	0	0	/6
23	Walker		OF	-0.1	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	.188	15	1	0	0	/7
24	Roosevelt Cox	23	3B	0.1	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	172	.446	162	3	0	0	/5
25	Lonnie Williams		OF	-0.1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-93	0	0	0	/9
26	Jim Brown#	45	C	0.0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	176	.469	173	1	0	0	/2
27	C. Hardy			0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-87	0	0	0
28	Candy Jim Taylor	53		0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1.000				.754	333	0	0	0
29	K.B. Ivory*	21		0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-87	0	0	0
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
30	Willie Cornelius	30	P	-0.2	21	46	43	4	4	0	1	1	5	0	2	.093	.152	.209	.361	-1	.169	4	9	1	0	1/97
31	Bill Foster#	33	P	0.3	17	35	25	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	6	.200	.355	.240	.595	67	.309	82	6	0	4	1
32	Ted Trent	33	P	-0.2	16	28	28	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	.107	.107	.143	.250	-32	.116	-27	4	0	0	1	AS
33	Cliff Blackmon	23	P	0.1	11	21	17	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	.118	.250	.235	.485	34	.241	43	4	0	1	1
34	Walter Thomas	25	P	-0.1	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-91	0	0	0	/1
35	Andy Cooper	40	P	-0.1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-93	0	0	0	/1
36	Joe Lillard#	32	P	0.2	1	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	538	1.056	514	4	0	0	/1
37	Porter Moss	27	P	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-87	0	0	0	/1	AS
38	Floyd Kranson	23	P	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-87	0	0	0	/1
39	Norman Cross*	26	P	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	/1
40	Carl Howard	32	P		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0
	Team Totals			1.2	47	1688	1506	208	341	48	26	15	174	44	121	.226	.296	.323	.619	70	.293	74	486	28	33
	Non-Pitcher Totals			1.1		1497	1339	188	316	44	24	13	156	43	104	.236	.304	.334	.637	75	.301	79	447	26	28
	Pitcher Totals			0.1		188	165	20	25	4	2	2	18	1	16	.152	.235	.236	.471	30	.230	38	39	2	5

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1	Ted Bond	33	4	21	18	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.211	.222	.433	4	0	2
2	Alex Radcliff	31	4	21	17	3	6	1	0	2	2	2	.353	.421	.412	.833	7	0	2
3	Jack Marshall	28	4	20	18	2	6	0	0	4	0	0	.333	.368	.333	.702	6	1	1
4	Wilson Redus	32	4	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.105	.150	.105	.255	2	0	0
5	Turkey Stearnes*	36	4	20	19	2	5	1	0	1	0	1	.263	.300	.316	.616	6	0	0
6	Subby Byas#	27	3	16	14	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	.357	.438	.357	.795	5	1	0
7	Herman Dunlap*	29	3	13	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	.300	.462	.400	.862	4	1	0
8	Zack Clayton*	24	4	12	12	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	4	0	0
9	Willie Cornelius	30	3	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	1	/1
10	Bill Hoskins*	23	3	10	9	4	5	1	1	3	0	1	.556	.600	.889	1.489	8	0	0
11	Luther Gilyard	27	2	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
12	Paul Hardy	26	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
13	Norman Cross*	26	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	/1
14	Bill Foster#	33	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	/1
15	Porter Moss	27	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	/1
	Team Totals		7	181	161	15	40	5	2	13	3	11	.248	.309	.304	.613	49	3	6

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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