Chicago American Giants Top 10 Career Pitching 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 for Pitchers †

1. Bill Foster 44.0

2. Dave Brown 15.0

3. George Harney 14.4

4. Juan Padrón 12.5

5. Webster McDonald 11.2

6. Tom Williams 10.5

7. Willie Powell 10.0

8. Ed Rile 8.9

9. Ted Trent 8.8

10. Gentry Jessup 7.4

Earned Run Average

1. Bill Foster 2.71

2. George Harney 3.24

3. Willie Powell 3.31

4. Willie Cornelius 4.24

Wins

1. Bill Foster 105

2. George Harney 46

3. Willie Cornelius 44

4. Willie Powell 42

5. Dave Brown 40

6. Tom Williams 38

7. Webster McDonald 31

8. Juan Padrón 30

9. Ed Rile 26

10. Gentry Jessup 22

Eddie Miller 22

Win-Loss %

1. Tom Williams .704

2. Bill Foster .665

3. Willie Powell .627

4. Juan Padrón .588

5. George Harney .561

6. Willie Cornelius .484

Walks & Hits per IP

1. Bill Foster 1.176

2. Willie Powell 1.258

3. George Harney 1.296

4. Willie Cornelius 1.384

Hits per 9 IP

1. Bill Foster 7.742

2. Willie Powell 8.702

3. Willie Cornelius 9.227

4. George Harney 9.374

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

1. George Harney 2.291

2. Willie Powell 2.619

3. Bill Foster 2.840

4. Willie Cornelius 3.229

Strikeouts per 9 IP

1. Bill Foster 5.562

2. Willie Powell 5.157

3. Willie Cornelius 4.740

4. George Harney 3.917

Games Played

1. Bill Foster 233

2. Willie Cornelius 137

3. George Harney 128

4. Tom Williams 91

5. Willie Powell 81

6. Juan Padrón 76

7. Ted Trent 73

8. Eddie Miller 69

9. Dave Brown 68

10. Malvin Powell 65

Saves

1. Bill Foster 15

2. George Harney 10

3. Tom Williams 9

4. Ted Trent 5

5. Willie Cornelius 4

Aubry Owens 4

7. Dave Brown 3

Juan Padrón 3

9. Rube Curry 2

Frog Holsey 2

Tommy Johnson 2

Jack Marshall 2

Eddie Miller 2

Innings Pitched

1. Bill Foster 1445.0

2. Willie Cornelius 780.1

3. George Harney 730.2

4. Willie Powell 563.2

5. Tom Williams 468.0

6. Dave Brown 448.1

7. Juan Padrón 439.1

8. Gentry Jessup 404.0

9. Eddie Miller 397.1

10. Ted Trent 393.0

Strikeouts

1. Bill Foster 893

2. Willie Cornelius 411

3. Willie Powell 323

4. George Harney 318

5. Dave Brown 315

6. Ted Trent 228

7. Juan Padrón 225

8. Gentry Jessup 216

9. Webster McDonald 197

10. Tom Williams 177

Games Started

1. Bill Foster 156

2. Willie Cornelius 97

3. George Harney 75

4. Willie Powell 69

5. Juan Padrón 53

6. Gentry Jessup 46

Ted Trent 46

8. Dave Brown 45

Tom Williams 45

10. Eddie Miller 42

Malvin Powell 42

Complete Games

1. Bill Foster 118

2. Willie Cornelius 50

3. George Harney 47

4. Willie Powell 43

5. Gentry Jessup 36

6. Dave Brown 34

Tom Williams 34

8. Juan Padrón 30

9. Ted Trent 29

10. Webster McDonald 28

Shutouts

1. Bill Foster 28

2. Willie Powell 12

3. Dave Brown 10

4. Juan Padrón 8

5. George Harney 7

6. Ted Trent 6

7. Tom Williams 5

8. Rube Curry 4

Gentry Jessup 4

Malvin Powell 4

Home Runs

1. Bill Foster 38

2. Willie Cornelius 26

3. George Harney 22

4. Willie Powell 19

Ted Trent 19

6. Malvin Powell 17

7. Webster McDonald 14

8. Frog Holsey 13

9. Jack Marshall 12

10. Aubry Owens 11

Tom Williams 11

Bases on Balls

1. Bill Foster 456

2. Willie Cornelius 280

3. George Harney 186

4. Jack Marshall 171

5. Willie Powell 164

6. Aubry Owens 141

7. Eddie Miller 140

8. Dave Brown 137

9. Malvin Powell 134

10. Gentry Jessup 128

Hits

1. Bill Foster 1243

2. Willie Cornelius 800

3. George Harney 761

4. Willie Powell 545

5. Tom Williams 425

6. Malvin Powell 415

7. Eddie Miller 403

8. Ted Trent 393

9. Juan Padrón 388

10. Gentry Jessup 370

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

1. Willie Powell 1.97

2. Bill Foster 1.958

3. George Harney 1.71

4. Willie Cornelius 1.468

Home Runs per 9 IP

1. Bill Foster 0.237

2. George Harney 0.271

3. Willie Cornelius 0.300

4. Willie Powell 0.303

Losses

1. Bill Foster 53

2. Willie Cornelius 47

3. George Harney 36

4. Ted Trent 30

5. Gentry Jessup 25

Willie Powell 25

7. Eddie Miller 21

Juan Padrón 21

9. Jack Marshall 20

10. Frog Holsey 18

Malvin Powell 18

Earned Runs

1. Bill Foster 435

2. Willie Cornelius 368

3. George Harney 263

4. Willie Powell 207

5. Malvin Powell 188

6. Eddie Miller 181

7. Ted Trent 155

Tom Williams 155

9. Aubry Owens 153

10. Jack Marshall 150

Wild Pitches

1. Willie Cornelius 14

2. Bill Foster 12

3. Riley Stewart 7

4. Tommy Johnson 5

Ted Trent 5

6. Walter McCoy 4

Harry Rhodes 4

8. Dave Brown 3

Ossie Brown 3

Jesse Houston 3

Gentry Jessup 3

Gready McKinnis 3

Ed Rile 3

Charlie Shields 3

Walter Thomas 3

Lewis Woolfolk 3

Hit By Pitch

1. Bill Foster 42

2. Malvin Powell 29

3. Dave Brown 28

4. Willie Cornelius 25

5. Gentry Jessup 20

6. George Harney 19

Willie Powell 19

8. Webster McDonald 15

9. Aubry Owens 14

Juan Padrón 14

Batters Faced

1. Bill Foster 5952

2. Willie Cornelius 3418

3. George Harney 3128

4. Willie Powell 2373

5. Tom Williams 1933

6. Juan Padrón 1818

7. Dave Brown 1786

8. Eddie Miller 1725

9. Gentry Jessup 1718

10. Ted Trent 1638

Games Finished

1. Bill Foster 51

2. George Harney 43

3. Tom Williams 25

4. Willie Cornelius 24

5. Ed Rile 21

6. Tommy Johnson 18

7. Aubry Owens 17

8. Dave Brown 16

Eddie Miller 16

10. Frog Holsey 12

Webster McDonald 12

Juan Padrón 12

Ted Trent 12

Adjusted ERA+

1. Bill Foster 162

2. George Harney 134

3. Willie Powell 127

4. Willie Cornelius 101

Fielding Independent Pitching

1. Bill Foster 3.33

2. Willie Powell 3.34

3. George Harney 3.50

4. Willie Cornelius 3.55

Adj. Pitching Runs

1. Bill Foster 270

2. Dave Brown 93

3. Juan Padrón 89

4. George Harney 82

5. Webster McDonald 69

6. Ed Rile 59

7. Tom Williams 57

8. Willie Powell 52

9. Ted Trent 48

10. Gentry Jessup 40

Adj. Pitching Wins

1. Bill Foster 26.2

2. Dave Brown 9.5

3. Juan Padrón 8.4

4. George Harney 8.1

5. Webster McDonald 6.9

6. Tom Williams 5.6

7. Ed Rile 5.5

8. Willie Powell 5.4

9. Ted Trent 4.4

10. Gentry Jessup 4.0

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