1939 Chicago American Giants Batting Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

Record: 40-34-0, Finished 2nd in Negro American League

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

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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	Pepper Bassett#	28	30	111	104	12	21	3	1	0	13	1		7		.202	.252	.250	.502	46	26
2	1B	Ed Young	26	28	114	97	16	26	7	1	1	17	8		17		.268	.377	.392	.769	124	38
3	2B	Billy Horne	23	27	105	96	12	23	1	1	0	8	3		9		.240	.305	.271	.576	68	26
4	SS	Joe Sparks*		29	93	85	9	18	2	3	1	11	1		8		.212	.280	.341	.621	80	29
5	3B	Alex Radcliff	33	34	144	135	21	35	6	3	1	15	1		9		.259	.306	.370	.676	96	50
6	LF	Ernie Smith*	39	35	126	120	12	34	2	1	0	11	7		6		.283	.317	.317	.634	85	38
7	CF	Willie Simms*	30	29	131	115	15	34	4	2	3	12	4		16		.296	.382	.443	.825	140	51
8	RF	Subby Byas#	29	33	117	100	15	26	4	0	1	8	3		17		.260	.368	.330	.698	104	33
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	C	Wilson Redus	34	19	51	47	6	8	2	0	0	2	1		4		.170	.235	.213	.448	31	10
10	2B	John Bissant	25	12	40	39	4	11	0	1	1	6	0		1		.282	.300	.410	.710	106	16
11	IF	Jesse Houston?	29	20	37	36	5	10	2	0	0	3	0		1		.278	.297	.333	.631	83	12
12	SS	Red Hale?	26	10	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	3		3		.080	.179	.080	.259	-24	2
13		Donald Reeves*	27	5	17	17	1	5	0	1	1	3	0		0		.294	.294	.588	.882	154	10
14	MI	Lester Lockett	27	4	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.077	.077	.077	.154	-55	1
15		Charles Robinson?		3	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		2		.200	.333	.200	.533	57	2
16	1B	Luther Gilyard?	29	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1		.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1
17	SS	Joe Williams?		2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1		.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1
18		Fresnell?		2	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1		0		.667	.667	1.333	2.000	475	4
19	1B	Johnny Reed?	23	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
20		Henry McCall*	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
21	SS	Langrum?		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
22		Zell Miles	29	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
23	P	Willie Cornelius	32	16	34	32	4	8	0	0	0	0	1		2		.250	.294	.250	.544	59	8
24	P	Lefty Bowe*	20	9	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.125	.125	.125	.250	-27	2
25	P	Tommy Johnson?	24	13	16	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		.125	.125	.188	.313	-10	3
26	P	Ted Trent	35	9	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
27	P	Lemuel Williams?		4	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0
28	P	Percy Forrest	22	3	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1		.400	.500	.400	.900	163	2
29	P	Rogers Pierre?	25	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		.333	.333	.667	1.000	187	2
30	P	Logan Hensley	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0
		Team Totals	29.7	74	1253	1147	138	275	35	15	9	117	35		106		.240	.304	.320	.624	82	367
		Rank in 7 NAL teams				2	2	2	2	2	2		2		2		6	6	6	6		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.9	74	1124	1023	126	250	31	15	9	112	34		101		.244	.312	.330	.643	87	338
		Pitcher Totals	28.0	74	129	124	12	25	4	0	0	5	1		5		.202	.233	.234	.466	36	29
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