Chicago American Giants Top 10 Career Batting Leaders

Team Names: Chicago American Giants, Chicago Columbia Giants

Seasons: 28 (1920 to 1948)

Record: 982-857, .534 W-L%

Playoff Appearances: 10

Pennants: 6

World Championships: 2

Winningest Manager: Rube Foster, 341-194, .637 W-L%

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Career Top 10 Leaders

WAR Position Players †

1. Cristóbal Torriente 18.4

2. Dave Malarcher 12.0

3. Jelly Gardner 11.7

4. Pythias Russ 10.9

5. Turkey Stearnes 9.1

6. Alex Radcliff 8.7

7. Bingo DeMoss 8.2

8. Steel Arm Davis 8.1

9. John Beckwith 5.0

10. Willie Wells 4.1

Offensive WAR †

1. Cristóbal Torriente 17.4

2. Steel Arm Davis 8.9

Dave Malarcher 8.9

4. Turkey Stearnes 8.7

5. Pythias Russ 8.3

6. Jelly Gardner 7.2

7. Alex Radcliff 7.1

8. Jim Brown 4.7

9. John Beckwith 4.4

10. Bingo DeMoss 3.9

Defensive WAR †

1. Bingo DeMoss 5.1

2. Dave Malarcher 4.7

3. Pythias Russ 3.8

4. Sanford Jackson 2.9

5. Jelly Gardner 2.2

6. Alex Radcliff 1.9

7. Bobby Williams 1.7

8. Willie Wells 1.4

9. Jimmie Lyons 1.1

Charley Williams 1.1

Batting Average

1. Cristóbal Torriente .341

2. Steel Arm Davis .319

3. Alex Radcliff .296

4. Jelly Gardner .287

5. Jim Brown .271

6. Dave Malarcher .270

7. Bingo DeMoss .251

8. Bobby Williams .227

On-Base%

1. Cristóbal Torriente .434

2. Jelly Gardner .383

3. Steel Arm Davis .375

4. Dave Malarcher .367

5. Bingo DeMoss .348

6. Alex Radcliff .338

7. Jim Brown .335

8. Bobby Williams .289

Slugging %

1. Cristóbal Torriente .539

2. Steel Arm Davis .474

3. Alex Radcliff .423

4. Jim Brown .368

5. Jelly Gardner .339

6. Dave Malarcher .324

7. Bingo DeMoss .304

8. Bobby Williams .287

On-Base Plus Slugging

1. Cristóbal Torriente .973

2. Steel Arm Davis .850

3. Alex Radcliff .761

4. Jelly Gardner .722

5. Jim Brown .704

6. Dave Malarcher .691

7. Bingo DeMoss .652

8. Bobby Williams .576

Games Played

1. Jim Brown 685

2. Jelly Gardner 623

3. Dave Malarcher 621

4. Bobby Williams 461

5. Cristóbal Torriente 425

6. Steel Arm Davis 408

7. Bingo DeMoss 401

8. Charley Williams 389

9. Alex Radcliff 369

10. John Hines 359

At Bats

1. Jim Brown 2253

2. Jelly Gardner 2230

3. Dave Malarcher 2193

4. Bobby Williams 1608

5. Steel Arm Davis 1487

6. Alex Radcliff 1482

7. Cristóbal Torriente 1471

8. Bingo DeMoss 1397

9. Charley Williams 1385

10. Sanford Jackson 1254

Plate Appearances

1. Jelly Gardner 2608

2. Dave Malarcher 2549

3. Jim Brown 2497

4. Bobby Williams 1797

5. Cristóbal Torriente 1738

6. Bingo DeMoss 1653

7. Steel Arm Davis 1629

8. Alex Radcliff 1596

9. Charley Williams 1469

10. Sanford Jackson 1339

Runs Scored

1. Jelly Gardner 432

2. Dave Malarcher 397

3. Jim Brown 355

4. Cristóbal Torriente 342

5. Bingo DeMoss 297

6. Steel Arm Davis 240

7. Bobby Williams 234

8. Alex Radcliff 218

9. Turkey Stearnes 195

10. Pythias Russ 191

Hits

1. Jelly Gardner 641

2. Jim Brown 610

3. Dave Malarcher 593

4. Cristóbal Torriente 502

5. Steel Arm Davis 474

6. Alex Radcliff 438

7. Bobby Williams 365

8. Charley Williams 361

9. Sandy Thompson 355

10. Bingo DeMoss 351

Total Bases

1. Jim Brown 830

2. Cristóbal Torriente 793

3. Jelly Gardner 756

4. Dave Malarcher 710

5. Steel Arm Davis 705

6. Alex Radcliff 627

7. Pythias Russ 478

8. Bobby Williams 461

9. Charley Williams 447

10. John Hines 443

Doubles

1. Jim Brown 102

2. Cristóbal Torriente 96

3. Steel Arm Davis 83

4. Alex Radcliff 78

5. Dave Malarcher 70

6. Jelly Gardner 67

7. Pythias Russ 63

8. John Hines 60

9. Bobby Williams 51

10. Bingo DeMoss 49

Triples

1. Cristóbal Torriente 39

2. Jim Brown 35

Steel Arm Davis 35

4. Alex Radcliff 30

5. Pythias Russ 24

6. Turkey Stearnes 22

7. Jelly Gardner 18

Bobby Williams 18

9. John Hines 17

10. Charley Williams 16

Home Runs

1. Cristóbal Torriente 39

2. Steel Arm Davis 26

Turkey Stearnes 26

4. Mule Suttles 20

5. Alex Radcliff 17

6. Jim Brown 16

7. John Beckwith 15

8. Pythias Russ 12

9. Ed Young 9

10. Jimmie Lyons 8

Art Pennington 8

Runs Batted In

1. Jim Brown 352

Cristóbal Torriente 352

3. Steel Arm Davis 281

4. Dave Malarcher 237

5. Jelly Gardner 208

Alex Radcliff 208

7. Bobby Williams 195

8. Pythias Russ 187

9. John Hines 182

10. Charley Williams 169

Bases on Balls

1. Jelly Gardner 333

2. Dave Malarcher 302

3. Cristóbal Torriente 222

4. Jim Brown 205

5. Bingo DeMoss 185

6. Bobby Williams 122

7. Steel Arm Davis 113

8. John Hines 92

Sandy Thompson 92

10. Alex Radcliff 87

Turkey Stearnes 87

Stolen Bases

1. Jelly Gardner 124

2. Dave Malarcher 118

3. Bingo DeMoss 75

4. Jim Brown 70

5. Cristóbal Torriente 69

6. Jimmie Lyons 67

7. Bobby Williams 62

8. Pythias Russ 48

9. Steel Arm Davis 43

10. Turkey Stearnes 34

Singles

1. Jelly Gardner 552

2. Dave Malarcher 503

3. Jim Brown 457

4. Steel Arm Davis 330

5. Cristóbal Torriente 328

6. Alex Radcliff 313

7. Sandy Thompson 307

8. Charley Williams 299

9. Bobby Williams 293

10. Bingo DeMoss 291

Adjusted OPS+

1. Cristóbal Torriente 165

2. Steel Arm Davis 128

3. Alex Radcliff 114

4. Jelly Gardner 95

5. Jim Brown 89

6. Dave Malarcher 88

7. Bingo DeMoss 80

8. Bobby Williams 58

Runs Created

1. Cristóbal Torriente 342

2. Jelly Gardner 290

3. Jim Brown 279

4. Steel Arm Davis 262

5. Dave Malarcher 259

6. Alex Radcliff 211

7. Pythias Russ 177

8. Turkey Stearnes 174

9. John Hines 148

Sandy Thompson 148

Adj. Batting Runs

1. Cristóbal Torriente 141

2. Turkey Stearnes 68

3. Steel Arm Davis 58

4. Pythias Russ 34

5. John Beckwith 31

6. Alex Radcliff 23

7. Art Pennington 16

Nat Rogers 16

9. Jesse Douglas 12

Ed Young 12

Adj. Batting Wins

1. Cristóbal Torriente 13.9

2. Turkey Stearnes 6.6

3. Steel Arm Davis 5.7

4. Pythias Russ 3.3

5. John Beckwith 2.9

6. Alex Radcliff 2.3

7. Art Pennington 1.7

8. Nat Rogers 1.6

9. Jesse Douglas 1.3

Ed Young 1.3

Extra Base Hits

1. Cristóbal Torriente 174

2. Jim Brown 153

3. Steel Arm Davis 144

4. Alex Radcliff 125

5. Pythias Russ 99

6. Turkey Stearnes 92

7. Dave Malarcher 90

8. Jelly Gardner 89

9. John Hines 84

10. Bobby Williams 72

Times On Base

1. Jelly Gardner 985

2. Dave Malarcher 927

3. Jim Brown 829

4. Cristóbal Torriente 742

5. Steel Arm Davis 609

6. Bingo DeMoss 558

7. Alex Radcliff 534

8. Bobby Williams 506

9. Sandy Thompson 455

10. Charley Williams 444

Offensive Win %

1. Cristóbal Torriente .785

2. Steel Arm Davis .666

3. Alex Radcliff .58

4. Jelly Gardner .508

5. Jim Brown .478

6. Dave Malarcher .465

7. Bingo DeMoss .391

8. Bobby Williams .281

Hit By Pitch

1. Dave Malarcher 32

2. Steel Arm Davis 22

Bingo DeMoss 22

4. Bobby Williams 19

5. Leroy Grant 18

Cristóbal Torriente 18

7. Jim Brown 14

Pythias Russ 14

9. Turkey Stearnes 12

10. Jelly Gardner 11

John Hines 11

Sacrifice Hits

1. Bingo DeMoss 49

2. Bobby Williams 48

3. Jimmie Lyons 36

4. Jelly Gardner 34

5. Jack Marshall 30

6. Leroy Grant 28

7. Cristóbal Torriente 27

8. Jim Brown 25

9. Dave Malarcher 22

10. Alex Radcliff 18

Power-Speed #

1. Cristóbal Torriente 49.8

2. Steel Arm Davis 32.4

3. Turkey Stearnes 29.5

4. Jim Brown 26.0

5. Alex Radcliff 20.2

6. Pythias Russ 19.2

7. Mule Suttles 15.8

8. John Beckwith 15.5

9. Jimmie Lyons 14.3

10. Dave Malarcher 13.2

AB per HR

1. Cristóbal Torriente 37.7

2. Steel Arm Davis 57.2

3. Alex Radcliff 87.2

4. Jim Brown 140.8

5. Dave Malarcher 313.3

6. Bingo DeMoss 465.7

7. Bobby Williams 536.0

8. Jelly Gardner 557.5

Outs Made

1. Jim Brown 1668

2. Jelly Gardner 1623

3. Dave Malarcher 1622

4. Bobby Williams 1291

5. Bingo DeMoss 1095

6. Alex Radcliff 1062

7. Charley Williams 1025

8. Steel Arm Davis 1020

9. Cristóbal Torriente 996

10. Sanford Jackson 941

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