1944 Chicago American Giants Batting Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

League Record: 31-43, Finished 6th in Negro American League

Overall Record: 43-72-1 (includes all games against top Black clubs)

Games with Player Stats: 24 (7-17) of 116 (20.7% of overall games)

Managers: Bingo DeMoss (10-24) , Lloyd Davenport (24-28) and John Bissant (9-20-1)

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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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	Herb Barnhill	30	C	0.1	15	38	36	3	9	1	0	0	1	0	2	.250	.289	.278	.567	75	.279	76	10	0	0	2/79
2	Sam Jackson*	24	1B	0.1	5	18	18	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	.278	.278	.389	.667	104	.315	99	7	0	0	/3
3	Art Pennington#	21	2B	0.3	16	63	57	13	19	2	0	2	10	2	6	.333	.397	.474	.871	167	.418	162	27	0	0	/4536
4	Jesse Douglas*	28	SS	1.1	21	89	78	10	31	5	4	0	12	2	10	.397	.466	.564	1.030	216	.484	205	44	0	1	6/45
5	Clyde Nelson	22	3B	0.0	23	86	81	8	21	2	3	0	9	2	5	.259	.302	.358	.660	103	.317	100	29	0	0	35
6	John Bissant	30	LF	0.5	22	90	87	7	25	4	3	0	6	1	2	.287	.303	.402	.706	117	.333	110	35	0	1	7/4
7	Lloyd Davenport*	32	CF	0.2	20	83	78	7	22	1	0	0	10	1	4	.282	.317	.295	.612	89	.298	89	23	0	1	8/1	AS
8	Johnny Smith*	27	RF	0.7	12	44	41	1	13	1	0	0	7	1	2	.317	.349	.341	.690	113	.335	112	14	0	1	9/1
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	George Minor*	25	UT	0.5	19	50	42	9	14	1	2	0	2	4	7	.333	.429	.452	.881	171	.435	167	19	0	1	/879
10	Bob Smith	37	UT	0.1	13	41	36	3	8	1	0	0	1	0	5	.222	.317	.250	.567	75	.289	82	9	0	0	2/46
11	Ollie Waldon*	33	UT	-0.2	13	36	30	4	5	0	1	0	1	1	6	.167	.306	.233	.539	66	.281	77	7	0	0	/7549
12	Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	OF	0.0	9	35	32	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	3	.219	.286	.281	.567	75	.281	77	9	0	0	/9
13	Ralph Wyatt	26	SS	0.2	6	24	23	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	.304	.333	.348	.681	110	.330	108	8	0	0	/6
14	Willie Wells	21	IF	-0.3	7	23	18	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	.111	.238	.111	.349	8	.198	19	2	0	2	/65
15	Rufus Hatten	23	C	-0.2	4	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-97	0	0	0	/2
16	Nat Rogers*	50	OF	0.1	3	10	10	0	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	208	.496	202	5	0	0	/9
17	Henry McCall*	36	1B	0.2	3	9	9	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	.556	.556	.556	1.111	242	.535	236	5	0	0	/3
18	Walter Treherne	31	1B	0.0	4	9	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.222	.250	.472	45	.237	50	2	0	0	/3
19	Buck Felder	28	MI	-0.2	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-98	0	0	0	/46
20	T.J. Brown	28	SS	0.1	1	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	239	.569	239	2	1	0	/6
21	Rainey Bibbs#	33	3B	0.1	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	158	.426	167	1	0	0	/5
22	Alex Radcliff	38	3B	0.0	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-98	0	0	0	/5	AS
23	Longford		C	-0.1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-91	0	0	0	/2
24	Yann		C	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-91	0	0	0	/2
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
25	Gentry Jessup	29	P	-0.1	14	44	42	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	.167	.186	.214	.400	23	.194	22	9	0	1	1	AS
26	Gready McKinnis	30	P	-0.1	4	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-38	.096	-37	1	0	0	/1	AS
27	Pepper Sharpe#	25	P	0.1	6	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	85	.289	82	3	0	0	/13
28	Leroy Sutton	28	P	0.0	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-12	.138	-11	1	0	0	/1
29	Al Jones		P	0.0	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	3	.161	3	1	0	0	/1
30	Ollie West*	30	P	0.1	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	208	.482	202	2	0	0	/1
31	Buck Thomas		P	-0.1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-98	0	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			3.2	24	868	800	80	217	26	13	2	73	16	59	.271	.322	.344	.666	105	.324	104	275	1	8
	Non-Pitcher Totals			3.3		783	717	75	202	24	13	2	71	16	58	.282	.336	.360	.696	114	.338	113	258	1	7
	Pitcher Totals			-0.1		85	83	5	15	2	0	0	2	0	1	.181	.190	.205	.395	22	.191	21	17	0	1