1945 Chicago American Giants Batting Statistics

1944 Season 1946 Season

League Record: 38-35-1, Finished 4th in Negro American League

Overall Record: 49-59-1 (includes all games against top Black clubs)

Games with Player Stats: 39 (19-20) of 109 (35.8% of overall games)

Manager: Candy Jim Taylor (49-59-1)

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	31	C	0.0	30	100	94	8	24	3	0	0	11	0	5	.255	.300	.287	.587	72	.286	77	27	1	0	2/3
2	Art Pennington#	22	1B	1.5	35	151	128	23	42	6	2	3	26	7	23	.328	.430	.477	.907	165	.431	159	61	0	0	3/45796
3	Jesse Douglas*	29	2B	0.8	32	142	132	23	40	2	1	1	14	5	10	.303	.352	.356	.708	107	.340	108	47	0	0	4/56
4	Ralph Wyatt	27	SS	0.6	35	147	133	25	38	1	3	2	22	1	11	.286	.340	.383	.724	111	.342	110	51	0	3	6/58
5	Clyde Nelson	23	3B	-0.1	29	118	103	20	23	4	0	1	18	0	13	.223	.316	.291	.608	78	.301	85	30	1	1	5/793
6	John Bissant	31	LF	0.3	33	137	122	30	33	7	2	0	13	1	14	.270	.346	.361	.706	107	.338	108	44	0	1	7/4
7	Jimmie Crutchfield*	35	CF	-0.1	38	160	146	15	34	6	1	0	14	0	13	.233	.300	.288	.588	72	.288	78	42	1	0	8
8	Johnny Smith*	28	RF	1.0	38	161	151	24	51	5	4	2	33	1	9	.338	.375	.464	.839	144	.390	138	70	0	1	9/71
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	Wilbert King	30	2B	0.3	17	60	53	13	13	0	4	0	3	0	6	.245	.322	.396	.718	109	.337	106	21	0	1	4/59
10	Tommie Dukes*	38	C	-0.1	16	56	55	7	14	1	2	0	8	0	1	.255	.268	.345	.613	79	.285	76	19	0	0	2/3
11	Henry McCall*	37	1B	0.1	9	37	34	2	11	2	0	0	4	1	2	.324	.361	.382	.743	118	.353	117	13	0	1	/3
12	Willie McMeans		UT	0.0	11	21	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	.133	.350	.133	.483	45	.283	74	2	0	1	/137
13	Clyde McNeal	16	UT	-0.3	7	19	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.118	.211	.118	.328	-3	.179	15	2	0	0	/76
14	Clarence Locke	34	1B	-0.3	9	18	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	-67	.053	-58	1	0	0	/13
15	Sam Jackson*	25	1B	0.0	4	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	60	.260	61	3	0	0	/3
16	Babe Charter	34	3B	0.1	2	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	193	.476	187	3	0	0	/5
17	Ollie Waldon*	34		0.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	333	.672	304	2	0	0
18	Shanks		SS	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-92	0	0	0	/6
19	Fred Johnson			0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-92	0	0	0
20	Chico Renfroe	22	2B	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-92	0	0	0
21	James Coachman		C	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	/2
22	Jesse Williams*	28	C	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	0	0	/2
23	Raymond Lott			0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								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
24	Gentry Jessup	30	P	-0.1	12	32	31	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	.194	.194	.194	.387	13	.184	15	6	0	1	1	AS
25	Willie Cornelius	38	P	0.6	17	31	25	5	11	2	1	0	6	0	5	.440	.533	.600	1.133	231	.525	220	15	0	1	1/7
26	Walter McCoy	25	P	-0.2	13	26	24	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.042	.115	.042	.157	-53	.094	-35	1	0	0	1
27	Gready McKinnis	31	P	-0.1	9	15	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	-22	.127	-16	2	0	0	/1
28	Ollie West*	31	P	0.1	9	13	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.273	.385	.273	.657	94	.335	105	3	0	0	/17
29	Charlie Shields*	22	P		2	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	95	.317	93	1	0	1
30	R. Smith		P	0.0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-285	0	0	1	/1
	Team Totals			4.2	39	1473	1334	211	359	40	20	9	180	16	123	.269	.332	.349	.682	99	.327	101	466	3	13
	Non-Pitcher Totals			3.8		1326	1206	195	332	37	19	9	168	16	109	.275	.337	.360	.697	104	.333	105	434	3	8
	Pitcher Totals			0.3		144	125	15	26	2	1	0	12	0	14	.208	.288	.240	.528	55	.265	63	30	0	5