1939 Chicago American Giants 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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Top 12 Players

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Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	Pos	Awards
1	Pepper Bassett#	28	C	-0.3	30	111	104	12	21	3	1	0	13	1	7	.202	.252	.250	.502	46	.243	49	26	2	AS,AS
2	Ed Young	26	1B	0.7	28	114	97	16	26	7	1	1	17	8	17	.268	.377	.392	.769	124	.377	125	38	3/57
3	Billy Horne	23	2B	0.1	27	105	96	12	23	1	1	0	8	3	9	.240	.305	.271	.576	68	.282	73	26	4/6	AS,AS
4	Joe Sparks	28	SS	0.2	29	93	85	9	18	2	3	1	11	1	8	.212	.280	.341	.621	80	.292	79	29	6/45
5	Alex Radcliff	33	3B	0.4	34	144	135	21	35	6	3	1	15	1	9	.259	.306	.370	.676	96	.316	93	50	5/6	AS,AS
6	Ernie Smith*	39	LF	0.2	35	126	120	12	34	2	1	0	11	7	6	.283	.317	.317	.634	85	.310	86	38	7/892
7	Willie Simms*	30	CF	1.0	29	131	115	15	34	4	2	3	12	4	16	.296	.382	.443	.825	140	.388	136	51	8
8	Subby Byas#	29	RF	0.4	33	117	100	15	26	4	0	1	8	3	17	.260	.368	.330	.698	104	.342	109	33	9/327
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	Pos	Awards
9	Wilson Redus	34	C	-0.3	19	51	47	6	8	2	0	0	2	1	4	.170	.235	.213	.448	31	.223	37	10	7/92
10	John Bissant	25	2B	0.1	12	40	39	4	11	0	1	1	6	0	1	.282	.300	.410	.710	106	.328	100	16	/794
11	Jesse Houston	29	IF	0.2	20	37	36	5	10	2	0	0	3	0	1	.278	.297	.333	.631	83	.298	82	12	/13469
12	Red Hale	26	SS	-0.2	10	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	3	.080	.179	.080	.259	-24	.160	-8	2	/6
13	Donald Reeves*	27		0.1	5	17	17	1	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	.294	.294	.588	.882	154	.393	139	10	/9
14	Lester Lockett	27	MI	-0.2	4	13	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.077	.077	.154	-55	.073	-54	1	/46
15	Charles Robinson			0.0	3	12	10	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	57	.283	73	2	/87
16	Luther Gilyard	29	1B	0.0	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	.242	48	1	/3
17	Joe Williams		SS	0.0	2	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	.258	48	1	/6
18	Fresnell			0.1	2	3	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	475	.918	437	4	/8
19	Johnny Reed	23	1B	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-92	0	/3
20	Langrum		SS	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-92	0	/6
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	Pos	Awards
21	Willie Cornelius	32	P	0.2	16	34	32	4	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.294	.250	.544	59	.267	63	8	1
22	Tommy Johnson	24	P	-0.1	13	16	16	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.188	.313	-10	.143	-11	3	1
23	Lefty Bowe*	20	P	-0.1	9	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-27	.119	-26	2	/1
24	Ted Trent	35	P	-0.2	9	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-96	0	/1
25	Percy Forrest	22	P	0.1	3	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	163	.441	168	2	/1
26	Lemuel Williams		P	0.0	4	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	.125	-22	0	/1
27	Rogers Pierre	25	P	0.1	3	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	187	.447	171	2	/1
28	Logan Hensley	39	P	0.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								0	/1
	Team Totals			2.3	35	1251	1145	138	275	35	15	9	117	35	106	.240	.305	.321	.625	82	.302	83	367
	Non-Pitcher Totals			2.2		1122	1021	126	250	31	15	9	112	34	101	.245	.313	.331	.644	87	.310	89	338
	Pitcher Totals			0.2		129	124	12	25	4	0	0	5	1	5	.202	.233	.234	.466	36	.225	38	29

Team Pitching

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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	Willie Cornelius	32	4	8	.333	4.15	14	9		3	0	0	89.0	86	52	41		25		45	0				94		1.247	8.7		2.5	4.6	1.80
2	SP	Jesse Houston	29	2	5	.286	4.53	9	7		4	0	0	51.2	52	33	26		22		25	1				87		1.432	9.1		3.8	4.4	1.14
3	SP	Lefty Bowe*	20	2	2	.500	2.81	9	5		2	0	0	41.2	33	17	13		21		44	2				140		1.296	7.1		4.5	9.5	2.10
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
4	RP	Tommy Johnson	24	1	3	.250	3.35	13	6		1	1	2	48.1	51	27	18		20		20	1				117		1.469	9.5		3.7	3.7	1.00
5	RP	Ted Trent	35	2	3	.400	2.56	9	4		2	0	0	38.2	40	14	11		6		22	0				154		1.190	9.3		1.4	5.1	3.67
6	RP	Lemuel Williams?		2	0	1.000	4.30	4	1		1	0	0	14.2	14	11	7		9		6	0				93		1.568	8.6		5.5	3.7	0.67
7	RP	Rogers Pierre	25	0	0		1.23	3	0		0	0	0	7.1	6	1	1		1		3	0				334		0.955	7.4		1.2	3.7	3.00
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
8		Percy Forrest	22	0	1	.000	3.86	3	3		1	0	0	14.0	10	9	6		8		3	0				104		1.286	6.4		5.1	1.9	0.38
9		Logan Hensley	39	0	0		2.70	2	0		0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1		1		0	0				161		0.900	5.4		2.7	0.0	0.00
10		Donald Reeves*	27	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0		0		0	0
		Team Totals	28.3	13	22	.371	3.62	74	35		14	1	2	308.2	294	165	124		113		168	4				109		1.319	8.6		3.3	4.9	1.49
		Rank in 7 NAL teams		2	1		3				4	2	2	2	6	6	6		6		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