1923 Chicago American Giants

48 - 29 - 1

42 - 29 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1924 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (48-29-1)

Top Hitter

Cristóbal
Torriente

Top Pitcher

Ed
Rile

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	93	3rd	ERA+	105	5th
OPS	.704	7th	ERA	3.68	2nd
BA	.273	7th	BA	.266	2nd
OBP	.340	5th	K/BB	1.04	6th
SLG	.364	7th	K%	8.5%	4th
BB%	8.3%	2nd	BB%	8.2%	6th
K%			HR%	0.7%	1st
ISO	.091	7th	WHIP	1.37	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1 member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rube Foster (Owner & 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	Jim Brown**	31	69	273	239	38	57	8	4	2	45	5	23	1	10	.238	.308	.331	.639	75
1B	John Beckwith	23	72	296	270	36	82	21	9	8	77	5	19	0	7	.304	.349	.537	.887	140
2B	Bingo DeMoss	33	76	337	278	56	71	10	1	1	31	12	31	3	25	.255	.337	.309	.646	78
3B	Dave Malarcher**	28	78	314	270	53	82	14	3	3	41	14	31	5	8	.304	.386	.411	.797	119
SS	Bobby Williams	27	75	289	264	30	66	9	0	0	37	9	11	2	12	.250	.285	.284	.569	57
LF	Jimmie Lyons*	33	66	231	200	39	54	11	2	1	26	12	20	0	11	.270	.336	.360	.696	91
CF	Cristóbal Torriente*	29	74	318	261	69	101	22	5	4	63	12	44	3	10	.387	.481	.556	1.036	183
RF	Jelly Gardner*	27	75	334	283	70	79	9	0	0	19	21	43	2	6	.279	.378	.311	.689	91

LF	Harry Kenyon	29	54	176	158	25	48	10	1	0	26	2	11	1	6	.304	.353	.380	.733	101
1B	Leroy Grant	34	30	73	67	6	13	3	0	0	5	0	3	1	2	.194	.239	.239	.478	32
C	Herman Roth	27	10	32	32	2	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.281	.531	45
C	Charles O'Neil^		4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8
RF	Tack Summers	23	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41

SP	Ed Rile*	23	35	77	70	6	16	0	0	1	10	0	4	0	3	.229	.270	.271	.542	49
SP	Aubrey Owens	27	21	43	39	2	7	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	.179	.220	.231	.450	24
SP	Lewis Woolfolk^	26	15	35	29	3	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	4	.138	.194	.138	.331	-8
SP	Jack Marshall	28	17	33	28	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.179	.321	-12
SP	Tom Williams	26	20	32	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.071	.071	.071	.143	-61
SP	Joe Strong*	20	4	13	13	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.385	.538	44
SP	Dicta Johnson	36	5	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13
SP	Luther Farrell*	26	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	George Harney	33	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Willie Foster**	19	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	83
RP	Curtis Ricks^	30	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	24		813	2944	2565	440	699	119	26	21	394	92	245	19	115	.273	.340	.364	.704	93

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Bingo DeMoss	33	2B	337	.290	.328	9.2%	7.7%	0.3%	1.3%	.054	.114
Jelly Gardner*	27	RF	334	.335	.328	12.9%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.032	.114
Cristóbal Torriente*	29	CF	318	.459	.328	13.8%	7.7%	1.3%	1.3%	.169	.114
Dave Malarcher**	28	3B	314	.365	.328	9.9%	7.7%	1.0%	1.3%	.107	.114
John Beckwith	23	1B	296	.382	.328	6.4%	7.7%	2.7%	1.3%	.233	.114
Bobby Williams	27	SS	289	.260	.328	3.8%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.034	.114
Jim Brown**	31	C	273	.291	.328	8.4%	7.7%	0.7%	1.3%	.092	.114
Jimmie Lyons*	33	LF	231	.312	.328	8.7%	7.7%	0.4%	1.3%	.090	.114
Harry Kenyon	29	LF	176	.332	.328	6.3%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.076	.114
Ed Rile*	23	SP	77	.248	.328	5.2%	7.7%	1.3%	1.3%	.043	.114
Leroy Grant	34	1B	73	.224	.328	4.1%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.045	.114
Aubrey Owens	27	SP	43	.204	.328	4.7%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.051	.114
Lewis Woolfolk^	26	SP	35	.152	.328	2.9%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
Jack Marshall	28	SP	33	.125	.328	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.036	.114
Herman Roth	27	C	32	.246	.328	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.031	.114
Tom Williams	26	SP	32	.059	.328	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
Joe Strong*	20	SP	13	.224	.328	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	1.3%	.231	.114
Dicta Johnson	36	SP	10	.170	.328	10.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
Luther Farrell*	26	SP	10	.000	.328	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
Charles O'Neil^		C	6	.157	.328	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
Tack Summers	23	RF	5	.152	.328	20.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
George Harney	33	SP	4	.000	.328	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
Willie Foster**	19	SP	3	.313	.328	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.114
Curtis Ricks^	30	RP		.000	.328		7.7%		1.3%		.114
24			2944	.319	.328	8.3%	7.7%	0.7%	1.3%	.091	.114