1937 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Chicago American Giants


39 - 37 - 1


36 - 24 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (39-37-1)

Top Hitter


Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher


Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting Pitching
OPS+
77
7th ERA+
105
3rd
OPS
.610
7th ERA
4.01
3rd
BA
.224
8th BA
.266
3rd
OBP
.294
7th K/BB
1.55
5th
SLG
.315
7th K%
12.6%
3rd
BB%
7.2%
5th BB%
8.1%
5th
K%
HR%
1.0%
5th
ISO
.091
7th WHIP
1.39
3rd

Notes:


• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
• 4 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Horace Hall (Owner)


Roster
Pos Uni Bats Throws
36
2B
15
5'8"
160
R
R
5/19/1901 (Austin, TX)
6/9/1988 (Cincinnati, OH)
23
SP
21
54.0
6'0"
180
R
R
3/25/1914 (Mobile, AL)
12/17/1995 (Mobile, AL)
33
3B
173
5'6"
155
R
R
1/25/1904 (Kimball, WV)
12/18/1997 (Chicago, IL)
45
C
2
5'11"
185
B
R
5/16/1892 (San Marcos, TX)
1/21/1943 (San Antonio, TX)
27
C
112
5'11"
180
B
R
3/19/1910 (Sabine County, TX)
10/8/1985 (Chicago, IL)
24
1B
36
2.1
6'0"
192
L
L
4/17/1913 (Gloucester County, VA)
11/20/1997 (Philadelphia, PA)
40
SP
4
9.0
5'10"
200
R
L
4/24/1897 (Washington County, TX)
6/3/1941 (Waco, TX)
30
SP
43
103.0
5'8"
180
R
R
9/3/1906 (Atlanta, GA)
10/30/1989 (Chicago, IL)
23
3B
5
R
R
26
RP
0.2
L
R
8/16/1910 (New Orleans, LA)
4/25/1982 (Chicago, IL)
36
C
13
6'0"
175
R
R
2/14/1901 (Kansas City, MO)
12/4/1973 (Kansas City, MO)
29
CF
141
5'11"
161
L
L
3/10/1908 (Stonewall, MS)
5/15/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
33
SP
35
80.2
6'0"
190
B
L
6/12/1904 (Calvert, TX)
9/16/1978 (Lorman, MS)
27
1B
109
5'6"
171
2/20/1910 (Fort Smith, AR)
9/20/1976 (Detroit, MI)
PH
1
26
C
58
5'10"
162
R
R
9/17/1910 (Meridian, MS)
8/28/1979 (Chicago, IL)
RP
0.1
21
PH
1
5'8"
158
L
L
1916 (Dyersburg, TN)
23
RP
1
4.0
6'1"
180
R
R
7/24/1913 (Natchitoches, LA)
9/3/1967 (Alameda, CA)
32
SP
3
7.2
5'11"
190
B
R
6/15/1905 (Tulsa, OK)
9/18/1978 (New York, NY)
28
RF
175
5'9"
172
R
R
8/7/1908 (Montgomery, AL)
8/31/1990 (Chicago, IL)
29
1B
29
6'1"
201
L
L
11/19/1907 (Ellisville, MS)
12/5/1998 (Chicago, IL)
27
LF
24
0.1
5'11"
180
R
R
10/6/1909 (birthplace unknown)
12/18/1970 (death place unknown)
26
RF
18
5'9"
155
L
R
6/2/1911 (Winona, MS)
6/25/1943 (Crown Point, IN)
27
SP
1
5.0
5'11"
202
R
R
6/10/1910 (Cincinnati, OH)
7/16/1944 (Jackson, TN)
29
SP
38
36.1
5'5"
150
R
R
9/6/1907 (Edwards, MS)
31
SS
175
5'11"
215
R
R
7/26/1905 (Mobile, AL)
11/13/1981 (Chicago, IL)
32
LF
174
5'5"
160
R
R
1/29/1905 (Tullahassee, OK)
3/23/1979 (Fort Worth, TX)
28
LF
8
5'9"
160
L
R
12/23/1908 (Shreveport, LA)
5/10/2002 (Perris, CA)
30
1B
7
2.0
6'2"
180
R
R
2/27/1907 (Giddings, TX)
11/18/1983 (Kansas City, MO)
SS
6
26
2B
103
5'8"
160
R
R
9/1/1910 (Oklahoma City, OK)
36
CF
18
6'1"
185
L
L
5/8/1901 (Nashville, TN)
9/4/1979 (Detroit, MI)
20
1B
19
6'3"
198
B
R
1/2/1917 (South Bend, IN)
3/3/1978 (Chicago, IL)
26
CF
38
5'9"
160
R
R
3/10/1911 (Bessemer, AL)
12/25/1968 (Bessemer, AL)
53
PH
1
5'5"
165
R
R
2/1/1884 (Anderson, SC)
4/3/1948 (Chicago, IL)
25
SP
7
12.0
5'8"
170
R
R
10/22/1911 (Mobile, AL)
9/28/1983 (Big Rapids, MI)
33
SP
27
73.0
6'3"
185
R
R
12/17/1903 (Jacksonville, FL)
1/10/1944 (Chicago, IL)
LF
5
PH
3

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