1929 Chicago American Giants Statistics

1928 Season 1930 Season

Record: 51-40-0, Finished 3rd in Negro National League

Manager: Jim Brown (62-42)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Mitchell Murray	33	31	87	83	8	17	5	0	0	5	1		4		.205	.241	.265	.506	32	22		0
2	1B	Steel Arm Davis*	33	70	263	246	39	69	15	6	5	45	9		17		.280	.327	.451	.778	101	111		0
3	2B	Saul Davis	28	44	161	149	23	34	3	2	1	16	4		12		.228	.286	.295	.581	52	44		0
4	SS	Pythias Russ	25	64	251	233	53	86	10	11	3	51	15		18		.369	.414	.545	.959	148	127		0
5	3B	Harry Jeffries		52	177	165	19	37	3	0	2	18	1		12		.224	.277	.279	.556	45	46		0
6	LF	Sandy Thompson*	34	69	260	246	27	72	10	0	0	26	5		14		.293	.331	.333	.664	74	82		0
7	CF	Jelly Gardner*	33	70	288	245	48	77	10	5	0	27	9		43		.314	.417	.396	.813	113	97		0
8	RF	Malvin Powell	21	40	140	133	12	28	5	2	0	10	1		7		.211	.250	.278	.528	37	37		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	IF	Charley Williams?	32	73	279	266	20	73	6	3	0	24	5		13		.274	.308	.320	.628	64	85		0
10	1B	Jim Brown#	37	48	160	149	19	37	7	2	2	21	4		11		.248	.300	.362	.662	72	54		0
11	3B	Sanford Jackson	29	23	82	79	10	23	0	0	0	9	2		3		.291	.317	.291	.608	60	23		0
12	IF	Eddie Miller?	28	16	59	57	8	15	1	1	0	5	2		2		.263	.288	.316	.604	57	18		0
13		Cool Papa Bell#	26	4	18	17	3	3	0	0	0	1	0		1		.176	.222	.176	.399	5	3		0
14	1B	Mule Suttles	28	4	16	13	2	3	2	0	0	2	0		3		.231	.375	.385	.760	98	5		0
15	SS	Willie Wells	24	4	16	16	4	8	2	1	0	4	1		0		.500	.500	.750	1.250	221	12		0
16	C	Larry Brown#	27	4	15	13	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		2		.231	.333	.308	.641	68	4		0
17	C	John Hines	28	4	12	11	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		1		.091	.167	.182	.348	-9	2		0
18	1B	Ed Rile*	29	3	11	9	2	3	1	1	0	2	0		2		.333	.455	.667	1.121	188	6		0
19	MI	Arthur Nance		3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
20		Willie Gay?	20	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1		0
21	C	Ameal Brooks*	22	2	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		.667	.667	1.000	1.667	328	3		0
22	SS	Alex Radcliff	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
23		Walter Harper?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
24		Leonard Nash?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
25	P	Bill Foster#	25	27	57	51	9	11	1	0	0	2	1		6		.216	.298	.235	.534	41	12		0
26	P	Frog Holsey?	23	23	48	47	4	12	1	0	0	2	1		1		.255	.271	.277	.547	43	13		0
27	P	Yellow Horse Morris	27	19	40	35	2	8	1	0	0	4	0		4		.229	.325	.257	.582	54	9		1
28	P	Jack Marshall	34	14	31	31	3	6	0	0	0	3	0		0		.194	.194	.194	.387	1	6		0
29	P	Webster McDonald*	29	5	17	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		.176	.176	.235	.412	6	4		0
30	P	Herbert Gay?	20	10	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.091	.000	.091	-74	0		0
31	P	Hubert Lockhart?	30	2	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
32	P	Robert Poindexter	31	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	31	1		0
33	P	Ted Radcliffe	26	1	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.500	.667	.500	1.167	209	1		0
34	P	Roosevelt Davis	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
		Team Totals	30.3	91	2529	2350	322	634	87	34	13	281	61		178		.270	.321	.352	.674	75	828		1
		Rank in 7 NNL teams				5	5	5	5	4	7		3		6		5	5	5	5		5		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.6	91	2314	2149	300	592	83	34	13	269	59		165		.275	.327	.364	.691	80	782		0
		Pitcher Totals	26.5	91	215	201	22	42	4	0	0	12	2		13		.209	.260	.229	.489	29	46		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Frog Holsey?	23	10	7	.588	3.98	23	14		10	1	1	133.1	157	76	59		43		48	3		1		108		1.500	10.6		2.9	3.2	1.12
2	SP	Bill Foster*	25	9	7	.563	2.70	23	16		13	2	3	133.1	123	63	40		46		82	2		1		159		1.268	8.3		3.1	5.5	1.78
3	SP	Yellow Horse Morris	27	8	4	.667	1.98	14	12		10	3	0	109.1	88	31	24		29		23	4		0		217		1.070	7.2		2.4	1.9	0.79
4	SP	Jack Marshall	34	4	6	.400	4.26	13	10		5	0	0	88.2	106	55	42		48		37	0		1		101		1.737	10.8		4.9	3.8	0.77
5	SP	Herbert Gay?	20	1	2	.333	7.09	10	6		2	0	0	39.1	41	33	31		31		10	2		1		61		1.831	9.4		7.1	2.3	0.32
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	RP	Malvin Powell	21	3	1	.750	4.56	8	4		3	0	0	51.1	61	37	26		21		25	3		0		95		1.597	10.7		3.7	4.4	1.19
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7		Webster McDonald	29	4	1	.800	1.02	5	5		4	2	0	44.1	27	6	5		10		16	0		0		425		0.835	5.5		2.0	3.2	1.60
8		Eddie Miller	28	0	2	.000	2.50	2	2		2	0	0	18.0	13	9	5		4		3	0		0		175		0.944	6.5		2.0	1.5	0.75
9		Hubert Lockhart*	30	1	1	.500	3.68	2	2		1	0	0	14.2	16	9	6		5		3	1		0		119		1.432	9.8		3.1	1.8	0.60
10		Robert Poindexter	31	0	2	.000	5.14	2	2		1	0	0	14.0	17	9	8		2		3	1		0		85		1.357	10.9		1.3	1.9	1.50
11		Ted Radcliffe	26	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0		0	0	0	6.2	4	0	0		2		2	0		0				0.900	5.4		2.7	2.7	1.00
12		Roosevelt Davis	24	0	0		36.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4		1		0	0		0		16		6.000	45.0		9.0	0.0	0.00
13		Ed Rile	29	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0		0		0	0		0
14		Cool Papa Bell*	26	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0		0		0	0		0
		Team Totals	26.1	41	33	.554	3.44	91	74		51	8	4	654.0	658	332	250		242		252	16		4		125		1.376	9.1		3.3	3.5	1.04
		Rank in 7 NNL teams		3	4		2				2	2	3	3	3	3	3		5		5
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W