1927 Chicago American Giants

63 - 31 - 1

60 - 31 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1928 (Team History)

Managed by:
Dave Malarcher (63-31-1)

Top Hitter

Steel Arm
Davis

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	102	5th	ERA+	116	1st
OPS	.705	5th	ERA	2.75	1st
BA	.276	5th	BA	.256	1st
OBP	.341	4th	K/BB	2.03	1st
SLG	.363	5th	K%	11.8%	2nd
BB%	8.1%	3rd	BB%	5.8%	1st
K%			HR%	0.7%	1st
ISO	.087	5th	WHIP	1.21	1st

Notes:

• Negro League World Series Champions
• Champions of the Negro National League I
• First Half Champions of the Negro National League I
• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• John Schorling (Owner) , William Trimble (Owner)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	James Bray^	28	56	165	135	18	44	6	4	2	27	2	20	2	8	.326	.420	.474	.894	156
1B	Jim Brown**	35	76	320	279	46	80	15	5	0	32	9	30	0	11	.287	.356	.376	.732	110
2B	Charley Williams^	30	89	344	309	23	73	10	0	2	39	7	20	1	14	.236	.285	.288	.573	64
3B	Dave Malarcher**	32	88	387	312	56	78	7	3	1	24	19	54	2	19	.250	.364	.301	.665	92
SS	Pythias Russ	23	86	357	322	51	103	30	3	4	51	20	26	2	7	.320	.374	.469	.843	140
LF	Steel Arm Davis*	31	84	368	327	59	128	21	9	3	63	15	23	7	11	.391	.443	.538	.981	180
CF	George Sweatt	33	88	358	298	43	77	21	5	2	46	10	37	2	21	.258	.344	.383	.727	108
RF	John Hines	26	55	221	199	26	50	10	1	1	27	9	17	0	5	.251	.310	.327	.637	82

SS	Sanford Jackson	27	79	333	297	40	79	6	2	0	18	8	17	2	17	.266	.310	.300	.610	75
1B	Buck Miller^	26	33	80	71	8	11	2	1	0	2	1	4	0	5	.155	.200	.211	.411	18
LF	Nat Rogers*	33	16	66	56	7	18	3	2	0	9	0	5	1	4	.321	.387	.446	.834	138
C	Larry Brown**	25	13	38	32	3	11	2	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	.344	.432	.406	.839	141
RF	Lou Dials*	23	7	23	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	.263	.364	.316	.679	96
2B	Alex Radcliff	21	2	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	173
RF	Earl Gurley*	28	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	254

SP	Willie Foster**	23	40	89	82	11	19	1	1	0	8	0	3	0	4	.232	.259	.268	.527	51
SP	Willie Powell*	23	20	60	56	6	12	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	.214	.254	.232	.486	40
SP	George Harney	37	29	58	55	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.127	.143	.164	.306	-12
SP	Webster McDonald*	27	20	55	48	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	4	.188	.235	.188	.423	22
SP	Rube Curry	28	19	52	45	5	6	2	0	0	4	0	2	0	5	.133	.170	.178	.348	0
	20		901	3383	2949	410	813	141	36	15	362	100	275	19	140	.276	.341	.363	.705	102

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Dave Malarcher**	32	3B	387	.311	.315	14.0%	7.1%	0.3%	1.2%	.051	.109
Steel Arm Davis*	31	LF	368	.434	.315	6.3%	7.1%	0.8%	1.2%	.147	.109
George Sweatt	33	CF	358	.320	.315	10.3%	7.1%	0.6%	1.2%	.124	.109
Pythias Russ	23	SS	357	.378	.315	7.3%	7.1%	1.1%	1.2%	.149	.109
Charley Williams^	30	2B	344	.261	.315	5.8%	7.1%	0.6%	1.2%	.052	.109
Sanford Jackson	27	SS	333	.275	.315	5.1%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.034	.109
Jim Brown**	35	1B	320	.332	.315	9.4%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.090	.109
John Hines	26	RF	221	.294	.315	7.7%	7.1%	0.5%	1.2%	.075	.109
James Bray^	28	C	165	.393	.315	12.1%	7.1%	1.2%	1.2%	.148	.109
Willie Foster**	23	SP	89	.237	.315	3.4%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.037	.109
Buck Miller^	26	1B	80	.184	.315	5.0%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.056	.109
Nat Rogers*	33	LF	66	.361	.315	7.6%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.125	.109
Willie Powell*	23	SP	60	.230	.315	5.0%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.018	.109
George Harney	37	SP	58	.138	.315	1.7%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.036	.109
Webster McDonald*	27	SP	55	.193	.315	5.5%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.109
Rube Curry	28	SP	52	.151	.315	3.8%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.044	.109
Larry Brown**	25	C	38	.388	.315	13.2%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.063	.109
Lou Dials*	23	RF	23	.316	.315	13.0%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.053	.109
Alex Radcliff	21	2B	5	.484	.315	40.0%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.000	.109
Earl Gurley*	28	RF	4	.561	.315	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	1.2%	.250	.109
20			3383	.317	.315	8.1%	7.1%	0.4%	1.2%	.087	.109