1937 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Chicago American Giants

44 - 39 - 2

40 - 24 - 2 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (44-39-2)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting				Pitching
OPS+	80	7th		ERA+	105	3rd
OPS	.619	7th		ERA	4.02	3rd
BA	.226	8th		BA	.265	3rd
OBP	.296	7th		K/BB	1.61	4th
SLG	.323	7th		K%	12.8%	3rd
BB%	7.2%	5th		BB%	8.0%	5th
K%				HR%	1.0%	6th
ISO	.096	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)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Player	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
Willie Cornelius	30	SP	46	110.0		2.5	-0.3	0.0	2.8	0.0
Alex Radcliff	31	SS	180			2.2	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.2
Ted Bond	33	3B	178			1.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.1
Ted Trent	33	SP	28	75.0		1.3	-0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
Willie Foster	33	SP	35	80.2		1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
Jack Marshall	28	RF	179			0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	-0.1
Newt Allen	36	2B	15			0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Ted Strong	20	1B	19			0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
Turkey Stearnes	36	CF	18			0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Zell Miles	27	LF	24	0.1		0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
Subby Byas	27	C	116			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Herman Dunlap	29	CF	146			0.2	0.6	-0.3	0.0	0.0
Floyd Kranson	23	RP	1	4.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
Roosevelt Cox	23	3B	5			0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
Paul Hardy	26	C	58			0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
R. S. Smith		SS	6			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hilton Smith	30	1B	7	2.0		0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Norman Cross	26	RP		0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Candy Jim Taylor	53	PH	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jim Brown	45	C	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
C. Hardy		PH	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kay Bee Ivory	24	PH	1			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Willie Simms	28	LF	8			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Frank Duncan	36	C	13			0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Walter Thomas	25	SP	7	12.0		0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lonnie Williams		PH	3			-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Porter Moss	27	SP	1	5.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Henry McCall	29	1B	29			-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Malvin Powell	29	SP	42	36.1		-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
Walker		LF	5			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Zack Clayton	24	1B	36	2.1		-0.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.0
Joe Lillard	32	SP	3	7.2		-0.2	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
Wilson Redus	32	LF	178			-0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2
Carl Howard	32	RP		0.1		-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Henry Milton	26	RF	18			-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Andy Cooper	40	SP	4	8.0		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
Roosevelt Tate	26	CF	38			-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Cliff Blackmon	23	SP	21	54.0		-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
Luther Gilyard	27	1B	113			-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
Joe Sparks	26	2B	103			-0.8	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.1
40			1688	398.1		7.8	2.4	1.4	4.0	0.0

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