1932 Chicago American Giants Statistics

1931 Season 1933 Season

Record: 34-12-0, Finished 1st in Negro Southern League

Postseason: Won NSL Championship Series (4-3) over Nashville Elite Giants

Manager: Dave Malarcher (50-32)

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

Negro Southern League Pennant

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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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	John Hines	31	34	126	115	13	33	4	2	0	14	4		9		.287	.344	.357	.701	120	41		1	1
2	1B	Steel Arm Davis*	36	43	181	163	21	48	6	4	4	29	2		13		.294	.350	.454	.804	151	74		1	4
3	2B	Jack Marshall	23	40	153	137	15	36	5	0	0	10	1		9		.263	.313	.299	.612	92	41		1	6
4	SS	Cool Turner	30	43	172	152	19	44	5	2	0	11	3		10		.289	.333	.349	.682	114	53		0	10
5	3B	Alex Radcliff	26	40	174	153	21	41	8	0	1	18	2		16		.268	.337	.340	.677	112	52		0	5
6	LF	Sandy Thompson*	37	41	161	147	23	46	7	1	0	17	2		10		.313	.357	.374	.731	129	55		0	4
7	CF	Turkey Stearnes*	31	44	194	168	43	49	9	2	4	25	11		21		.292	.374	.440	.814	154	74		1	4
8	RF	Nat Rogers*	38	44	184	159	20	52	10	0	0	18	4		19		.327	.399	.390	.789	148	62		0	6
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	Kermit Dial?	24	11	35	31	4	5	1	1	0	0	0		2		.161	.212	.258	.470	47	8		0	2
10	C	Ameal Brooks*	25	11	35	32	5	9	1	0	0	2	0		3		.281	.343	.313	.655	106	10		0	0
11	C	Andy Drake?	25	6	23	21	2	3	1	0	0	1	0		1		.143	.182	.190	.372	17	4		0	1
12	3B	Dave Malarcher#	37	2	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.125	.000	.125	-59	0		0	1
13	C	Clarence Palm	24	2	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.111	.111	.111	.222	-30	1		0	0
14	C	Bobby Campbell		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
15		Jim Brown#	40	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
16		Jimmie Lyons*	42	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
17	C	Subby Byas#	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
18	P	Bill Foster#	28	17	47	42	3	7	0	1	1	4	0		1		.167	.186	.286	.472	47	12		0	4
19	P	Malvin Powell	24	16	42	38	6	8	1	0	0	4	0		3		.211	.268	.237	.505	59	9		0	1
20	P	Willie Powell*	28	13	42	35	3	7	1	0	1	4	0		1		.200	.222	.314	.537	67	11		0	6
21	P	Joe Lillard#	27	12	24	23	0	5	0	0	0	1	0		1		.217	.250	.217	.467	47	5		0	0
22	P	Norman Cross*	21	6	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
		Team Totals	30.8	46	1622	1443	199	394	59	13	11	158	29		120		.273	.331	.355	.685	115	512		4	55
		Rank in 12 NSL teams				2	2	2	2	5	1		4		1		1	1	1	1		2		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	31.3	46	1460	1298	187	367	57	12	9	145	29		114		.283	.343	.366	.708	122	475		4	44
		Pitcher Totals	26.5	46	162	145	12	27	2	1	2	13	0		6		.186	.219	.255	.474	48	37		0	11
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	Bill Foster*	28	8	5	.615	2.09	17	13		13	2	1	116.1	101	39	27		24		76	0		0		167		1.074	7.8		1.9	5.9	3.17
2	SP	Willie Powell	28	7	4	.636	3.23	14	11		9	1	0	108.2	116	57	39		30		29	4		0		108		1.344	9.6		2.5	2.4	0.97
3	SP	Malvin Powell	24	8	3	.727	2.49	13	11		8	4	0	86.2	75	29	24		27		29	6		0		140		1.177	7.8		2.8	3.0	1.07
4	SP	Joe Lillard	27	2	2	.500	3.04	5	3		2	0	0	23.2	21	11	8		5		12	0		0		116		1.099	8.0		1.9	4.6	2.40
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
5	RP	Norman Cross	21	2	1	.667	3.66	6	2		1	1	0	19.2	23	11	8		1		5	0		0		97		1.220	10.5		0.5	2.3	5.00
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		Andy Drake	25	0	2	.000	11.12	2	2		2	0	0	17.0	24	23	21		10		5	3		0		32		2.000	12.7		5.3	2.6	0.50
7		Kermit Dial?	24	0	0		2.77	2	2		0	0	0	13.0	14	4	4		8		5	1		0		130		1.692	9.7		5.5	3.5	0.63
		Team Totals	26.4	27	17	.614	3.06	46	44		35	8	1	385.0	374	174	131		105		161	14		0		114		1.244	8.7		2.5	3.8	1.53
		Rank in 12 NSL teams		1	8		2				1	2	2	2	8	8	8		9		2
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