1912 Chicago American Giants

33 - 19 - 1

(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1911 / 1913 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (33-19-1)

Pete
Hill

Bill
Lindsay

• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rube Foster (Owner & Business Manager)

Roster

Player	Age	Pos	PA	IP	Height	Weight	Bats	Throws	Birth	Death
Jesse Barber	24	SS	200		6'0"	176	L	R	1/5/1888 (Charlottesville, VA)	10/21/1959 (Bridgeport, CT)
George Dandy	21	SP	1	1.0	5'11"	158		L	12/3/1890 (Columbus, GA)	10/6/1946 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Charles Dougherty	32	SP	39	73.0			L	L	10/26/1879 (Summer Shade, KY)	7/12/1939 (Chicago, IL)
Frank Duncan	24	LF	209				L	R	1888 (Macon, GA)
Rube Foster	32	SP	50	74.1	5'9"	230	R	R	9/17/1879 (La Grange, TX)	12/9/1930 (Kankakee, IL)
Bill Gatewood	30	SP	50	74.0	6'0"	195	R	R	8/22/1881 (San Antonio, TX)	12/8/1962 (Columbia, MO)
Charley Hill		SP	3	6.1				L
Pete Hill	29	CF	178		5'8"	180	L	R	10/12/1882 (Buena, VA)	12/19/1951 (Buffalo, NY)
Dicta Johnson	25	SP	15	40.0	5'7"	134	R	R	6/29/1887 (Elizabethtown, IL)
Bill Lindsay	21	CF	101	77.1				R	6/12/1891 (Lexington, MO)	9/1/1914 (Chicago, IL)
Bill Monroe	34	2B	179		5'7"	151	R	R	3/16/1878 (Knoxville, TN)	3/16/1915 (Chattanooga, TN)
William Parks	27	SS	4					R	6/11/1885 (Columbus, OH)
Andrew Payne	32	RF	192		5'5"	143	R	R	12/6/1879 (Washington, DC)	8/22/1942 (New York, NY)
Bruce Petway	26	C	162		5'10"	159	B	R	12/23/1885 (Nashville, TN)	6/28/1941 (Chicago, IL)
Bill Pierce	22	1B	186		5'11"	200	R	R	4/30/1890 (Hanover, IN)	8/7/1962 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Bee Selden	27	SS	39					R	2/4/1885 (Van Wert, OH)	12/19/1941 (Van Wert, OH)
Candy Jim Taylor	28	3B	106		5'5"	165	R	R	2/1/1884 (Anderson, SC)	4/3/1948 (Chicago, IL)
Albert Toney	33	SS	5					R	3/3/1879 (birthplace unknown)
Frank Wickware	23	SP	31	75.0	5'10"	180	R	R	3/18/1889 (Girard, KS)	11/2/1967 (Schenectady, NY)