1944 Chicago American Giants Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 33-54-0, Finished 6th in Negro American League

Manager: Bingo DeMoss (24-42)

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

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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	Bob Smith	37	13	41	36	3	8	1	0	0	1	0		5		.222	.317	.250	.567	75	9	1	0	0
2	1B	Sam Jackson*		4	17	17	2	5	2	0	0	3	0		0		.294	.294	.412	.706	116	7	0	0	0
3	2B	Art Pennington#	21	16	63	57	13	19	2	0	2	10	2		6		.333	.397	.474	.871	167	27	0	0	0
4	SS	Jesse Douglas*	28	20	85	75	10	30	5	4	0	12	2		9		.400	.464	.573	1.038	218	43	0	0	1
5	3B	Clyde Nelson	22	21	78	73	8	17	2	2	0	7	2		5		.233	.282	.315	.597	83	23	0	0	0
6	LF	John Bissant	30	21	88	85	7	25	4	3	0	6	1		2		.294	.310	.412	.722	121	35	1	0	1
7	CF	Lloyd Davenport*	32	19	78	72	7	21	1	0	0	8	1		4		.292	.329	.306	.635	95	22	0	0	2
8	RF	Johnny Smith*	27	11	40	37	1	13	1	0	0	7	1		2		.351	.385	.378	.763	135	14	0	0	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
9	OF	George Minor*	25	17	41	34	8	9	1	2	0	0	4		6		.265	.375	.412	.787	142	14	0	0	1
10	UT	Herb Barnhill	30	14	35	33	3	8	1	0	0	1	0		2		.242	.286	.273	.558	72	9	0	0	0
11	OF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	34	8	30	27	1	5	1	0	0	1	0		3		.185	.267	.222	.489	51	6	0	0	0
12	UT	Ollie Waldon*	33	11	29	25	3	5	0	1	0	1	0		4		.200	.310	.280	.590	82	7	0	0	0
13	SS	Ralph Wyatt	26	6	24	23	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		1		.304	.333	.348	.681	109	8	0	0	0
14	IF	Willie Wells	21	6	20	17	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		1		.118	.167	.118	.284	-12	2	0	0	2
15	1B	Henry McCall*	36	3	9	9	1	5	0	0	0	3	0		0		.556	.556	.556	1.111	242	5	0	0	0
16	C	Rufus Hatten	23	3	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
17	OF	Nat Rogers*	50	2	8	8	0	5	0	0	0	2	1		0		.625	.625	.625	1.250	285	5	0	0	0
18	MI	Buck Felder	28	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
19	1B	Walter Treherne	31	3	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		.250	.400	.500	.900	176	2	0	0	0
20	SS	T.J. Brown	28	1	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		.500	.600	.500	1.100	239	2	0	1	0
21	3B	Rainey Bibbs#	33	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.333	.500	.333	.833	158	1	0	0	0
22	3B	Alex Radcliff	38	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
23	C	Longford?		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
24	C	Yann?		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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	Gentry Jessup	29	13	40	38	2	6	2	0	0	2	0		1		.158	.179	.211	.390	20	8	0	0	1
26	P	Pepper Sharpe#	25	6	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		.300	.300	.300	.600	85	3	0	0	0
27	P	Gready McKinnis	30	4	10	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.100	.100	.100	.200	-38	1	0	0	0
28	P	Al Jones		3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.167	.167	.167	.333	3	1	0	0	0
29	P	Buck Thomas?		1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
30	P	Leroy Sutton	23	3	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	54	1	0	0	0
31	P	Ollie West*	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.4	87	796	733	76	200	25	12	2	67	15		53		.273	.323	.348	.671	106	255	2	1	9
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				6	6	6	5	3	5		4		6	3	1	1	2	1		5		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.4	87	722	661	72	188	23	12	2	65	15		52		.284	.338	.365	.702	116	241	2	1	8
		Pitcher Totals	28.0	87	74	72	4	12	2	0	0	2	0		1		.167	.178	.194	.373	14	14	0	0	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	Gentry Jessup	29	5	6	.455	2.68	11	11	0	10	0	0	94.0	89	37	28	0	21	0	48	3	0	0	385	128	2.43	1.170	8.5	0.0	2.0	4.6	2.29
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
2		Gready McKinnis*	30	0	4	.000	5.70	4	4	0	1	0	0	23.2	34	22	15	0	10	0	8	2	0	3	114	61	3.53	1.859	12.9	0.0	3.8	3.0	0.80
3		Al Jones		0	2	.000	3.71	3	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	19	13	7	1	8	0	9	0	0	0	79	95	3.80	1.588	10.1	0.5	4.2	4.8	1.13
4		Pepper Sharpe	25	0	2	.000	7.20	4	2	1	1	0	0	15.0	16	15	12	0	6	0	10	2	0	1	71	49	2.95	1.467	9.6	0.0	3.6	6.0	1.67
5		Leroy Sutton	23	1	0	1.000	2.19	3	1	0	1	0	0	12.1	15	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	53	162	2.52	1.378	10.9	0.0	1.5	2.9	2.00
6		Johnny Smith*	27	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	33		2.90	0.444	3.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.00
7		Buck Thomas*		0	1	.000	7.88	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	9	8	7	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	39	46	5.68	1.750	10.1	1.1	5.6	2.3	0.40
8		Lloyd Davenport*	32	0	0		3.60	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	21	103	1.88	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	3.6
9		Ollie West	30	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	7		3.18	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
		Team Totals	28.3	7	15	.318	3.58	87	22	4	17	0	0	186.0	191	101	74	2	54	0	86	8	0	4	802	98	2.90	1.317	9.2	0.1	2.6	4.2	1.59
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		6	2		4				4	6	6	6	1	3	1	1	1		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