1945 Chicago American Giants

49 - 59 - 1

38 - 35 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (49-59-1)

Top Hitter

Art
Pennington

Top Pitcher

Gentry
Jessup

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	102	2nd	ERA+	91	4th
OPS	.682	3rd	ERA	4.70	4th
BA	.269	3rd	BA	.254	4th
OBP	.332	1st	K/BB	1.27	4th
SLG	.349	3rd	K%	11.5%	2nd
BB%	8.4%	1st	BB%	9.1%	6th
K%			HR%	0.4%	1st
ISO	.080	5th	WHIP	1.39	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
• J. B. Martin (Co-Owner & President) , William Little (Co-Owner) , R. S. Simmons (Business Manager)

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	Herb Barnhill	31	30	100	94	8	24	3	0	0	11	0	5	1	0	.255	.300	.287	.587	74
1B	Art Pennington**	22	35	151	128	23	42	6	2	3	26	7	23	0	0	.328	.430	.477	.907	169
2B	Jesse Douglas*	29	32	142	132	23	40	2	1	1	14	5	10	0	0	.303	.352	.356	.708	110
3B	Clyde Nelson	23	29	118	103	20	23	4	0	1	18	0	13	1	1	.223	.316	.291	.608	81
SS	Ralph Wyatt	27	35	147	133	25	38	1	3	2	22	1	11	0	3	.286	.340	.383	.724	114
LF	John Bissant	31	33	137	122	30	33	7	2	0	13	1	14	0	1	.270	.346	.361	.706	109
CF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	35	38	160	146	15	34	6	1	0	14	0	13	1	0	.233	.300	.288	.588	75
RF	Johnny Smith*	28	38	161	151	24	51	5	4	2	33	1	9	0	1	.338	.375	.464	.839	148

2B	Wilbert King	30	17	60	53	13	13	0	4	0	3	0	6	0	1	.245	.322	.396	.718	112
C	Tommie Dukes*	38	16	56	55	7	14	1	2	0	8	0	1	0	0	.255	.268	.345	.613	81
1B	Henry McCall*	37	9	37	34	2	11	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	1	.324	.361	.382	.743	120
LF	Clyde McNeal	16	7	19	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.118	.211	.118	.328	-1
1B	Clarence Locke	34	9	18	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	-67
1B	Sam Jackson*	25	4	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	62
3B	Babe Charter^	34	2	6	6	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	197
SS	Shanks^		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2B	Chico Renfroe	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Fred Johnson^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Gentry Jessup	30	12	32	31	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.194	.194	.194	.387	15
SP	Willie Cornelius	38	17	31	25	5	11	2	1	0	6	0	5	0	1	.440	.533	.600	1.133	235
SP	Walter McCoy	25	13	26	24	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.042	.115	.042	.157	-52
SP	Willie McMeans^		11	21	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	1	.133	.350	.133	.483	46
SP	Gready McKinnis	31	9	15	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	-21
RP	Ollie West*	31	9	13	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.273	.385	.273	.657	97
SP	Charlie Shields*	22	2	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	98
RP	R. Smith^		1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	James Coachman		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PH	Ollie Waldon*	34	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	338

C	Jesse F. Williams*	28	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PR	Raymond Lott		1		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30		416	1473	1334	211	359	40	20	9	180	16	123	3	13	.269	.332	.349	.682	102

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Johnny Smith*	28	RF	161	.389	.318	5.6%	7.1%	1.2%	0.6%	.126	.087
Jimmie Crutchfield*	35	CF	160	.288	.318	8.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.055	.087
Art Pennington**	22	1B	151	.428	.318	15.2%	7.1%	2.0%	0.6%	.148	.087
Ralph Wyatt	27	SS	147	.336	.318	7.5%	7.1%	1.4%	0.6%	.098	.087
Jesse Douglas*	29	2B	142	.340	.318	7.0%	7.1%	0.7%	0.6%	.053	.087
John Bissant	31	LF	137	.337	.318	10.2%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.090	.087
Clyde Nelson	23	3B	118	.298	.318	11.0%	7.1%	0.8%	0.6%	.068	.087
Herb Barnhill	31	C	100	.286	.318	5.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.032	.087
Wilbert King	30	2B	60	.331	.318	10.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.151	.087
Tommie Dukes*	38	C	56	.285	.318	1.8%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.091	.087
Henry McCall*	37	1B	37	.345	.318	5.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.059	.087
Gentry Jessup	30	SP	32	.179	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Willie Cornelius	38	SP	31	.508	.318	16.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.160	.087
Walter McCoy	25	SP	26	.095	.318	7.7%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Willie McMeans^		SP	21	.270	.318	23.8%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Clyde McNeal	16	LF	19	.180	.318	10.5%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Clarence Locke	34	1B	18	.053	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Gready McKinnis	31	SP	15	.127	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Ollie West*	31	RP	13	.336	.318	15.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Sam Jackson*	25	1B	11	.260	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Babe Charter^	34	3B	6	.476	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Charlie Shields*	22	SP	4	.238	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Ollie Waldon*	34	PH	2	.670	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.500	.087
Shanks^		SS	2	.000	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
R. Smith^		RP	2	.000	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Fred Johnson^		PH	1	.000	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
Chico Renfroe	22	2B	1	.000	.318	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.6%	.000	.087
James Coachman		C		.000	.318		7.1%		0.6%		.087
Jesse F. Williams*	28	C		.000	.318		7.1%		0.6%		.087
Raymond Lott		PR		.000	.318		7.1%		0.6%		.087
30			1473	.324	.318	8.4%	7.1%	0.6%	0.6%	.080	.087