1948 Chicago American Giants Statistics

1947 Season

Record: 38-57-1, Finished 5th in Negro American League

Manager: Quincy Trouppe (27-50-1)

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	Quincy Trouppe#	35	8	35	30	5	12	4	0	0	6	0		5		.400	.486	.533	1.019	172	16		0	0
2	1B	John Williams?	26	11	39	37	2	5	1	1	0	1	0		1		.135	.158	.216	.374	-1	8		0	1
3	2B	Clyde McNeal	19	13	54	46	11	13	2	2	1	6	0		6		.283	.377	.478	.856	128	22		1	1
4	SS	Jim Pendleton	24	13	58	53	9	17	2	1	1	8	1		3		.321	.368	.453	.821	119	24		1	1
5	3B	Hank Baylis	25	9	38	35	3	15	1	0	0	3	0		2		.429	.474	.457	.931	150	16		1	0
6	LF	Alphonso Gerard*	31	7	26	25	3	8	0	0	0	2	1		0		.320	.320	.320	.640	72	8		0	1
7	CF	Sam Hill*	22	12	55	50	13	18	4	0	0	7	0		4		.360	.418	.440	.858	130	22		1	0
8	RF	Bienvenido Rodríguez	21	12	39	33	4	8	2	0	1	6	0		4		.242	.359	.394	.753	101	13		2	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	UT	Marlin Carter*	35	10	39	35	4	8	0	0	0	3	0		4		.229	.308	.229	.536	45	8		0	0
10	OF	John Miles	25	9	38	32	6	8	2	2	2	9	0		5		.250	.368	.625	.993	162	20		1	0
11	1B	Earl Bumpus*	34	5	17	14	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		3		.071	.235	.071	.307	-15	1		0	0
12	OF	Jim McCurine*	27	5	13	11	2	3	0	0	1	5	0		2		.273	.385	.545	.930	147	6		0	0
13	C	Jake Tolbert		5	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		.100	.182	.100	.282	-23	1		0	0
14	OF	Henderson?		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	34	1		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
15	P	Riley Stewart*	29	5	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1		.167	.231	.167	.397	8	2		0	0
16	P	Gentry Jessup	33	4	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		1		.273	.333	.364	.697	86	4		0	0
17	P	Harry Rhodes*	25	6	11	11	2	3	2	0	0	1	1		0		.273	.273	.455	.727	92	5		0	0
18	P	Roberto Vargas*	19	3	7	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		.286	.286	.286	.571	53	2		0	0
19	P	Clarence Locke	37	4	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0		.167	.167	.333	.500	32	2		0	0
20	P	Rafaelito Ortiz	33	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	1
21	P	Gardner?		1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	436	1		0	0
22	P	Freddie Shepard*	32	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0	0
23	P	Taylor Smith?		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0	0
		Team Totals	26.2	96	521	466	72	130	22	6	6	60	4		43		.279	.349	.391	.739	98	182		7	5
		Rank in 6 NAL teams				5	5	5	5	6	4		6		5	2	3	3	3	3		5		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	25.9	96	466	415	65	118	18	6	6	57	3		40		.284	.357	.400	.757	102	166		7	4
		Pitcher Totals	28.6	96	55	51	7	12	4	0	0	3	1		3		.235	.278	.314	.592	58	16		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

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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
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	RP	Riley Stewart	29	1	1	.500	7.30	4	1	3	1	0	0	24.2	31	27	20	0	12	0	18	3	0	2	124	67	3.12	1.743	11.3	0.0	4.4	6.6	1.50
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		Gentry Jessup	33	1	3	.250	6.00	4	3	1	3	0	0	24.0	28	18	16	1	10	0	14	0	0	0	114	81	3.38	1.583	10.5	0.4	3.8	5.3	1.40
3		Roberto Vargas*	19	0	1	.000	5.51	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.1	23	12	10	0	4	0	7	2	0	0	75	89	3.00	1.653	12.7	0.0	2.2	3.9	1.75
4		Earl Bumpus*	34	1	1	.500	7.59	2	1	1	0	0	0	10.2	17	9	9	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	51	65	4.35	2.156	14.3	0.8	5.1	5.9	1.17
5		Harry Rhodes*	25	0	2	.000	5.59	3	1	1	0	0	0	9.2	15	9	6	0	5	0	3	1	0	3	49	89	4.00	2.069	14.0	0.0	4.7	2.8	0.60
6		Clarence Locke	37	0	1	.000	8.68	3	2	1	1	0	0	9.1	21	11	9	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	52	57	3.19	2.679	20.3	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
7		Gardner?		0	1	.000	3.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	22	169	4.42	0.833	6.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	3.00
8		Rafaelito Ortiz	33	0	0		6.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	5	4	1	3	0	5	0	0	1	29	84	4.76	1.833	12.0	1.5	4.5	7.5	1.67
9		Freddie Shepard	32	0	0		20.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	29	9.51	3.750	13.5	0.0	20.3	0.0	0.00
10		Taylor Smith		0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	12	11.76	6.000	27.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.5	3	10	.231	6.81	96	13	8	5	0	0	108.1	150	99	82	4	49	0	61	6	0	7	528	73	3.63	1.837	12.5	0.3	4.1	5.1	1.24
		Rank in 6 NAL teams		6	3		6				5	3	4	6	2	1	2	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