1926 Chicago American Giants

57 - 24 - 3

56 - 24 - 2 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1927 (Team History)

Managed by:
Rube Foster (27-17-1)
Dave Malarcher (30-7-2)

Top Hitter

Jelly
Gardner

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	89	5th	ERA+	131	2nd
OPS	.690	6th	ERA	2.74	1st
BA	.270	6th	BA	.249	1st
OBP	.337	5th	K/BB	1.95	1st
SLG	.353	7th	K%	13.1%	1st
BB%	7.9%	4th	BB%	6.7%	2nd
K%			HR%	0.9%	2nd
ISO	.083	7th	WHIP	1.18	1st

Notes:

• Negro League World Series Champions
• Champions of the Negro National League I
• Second Half Champions of the Negro National League I
• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rube Foster (Owner) , John Schorling ()

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	Pythias Russ	22	49	201	178	33	49	9	7	3	33	4	15	3	5	.275	.342	.455	.797	116
1B	Jim Brown**	34	75	306	262	44	81	16	4	5	46	7	32	5	7	.309	.395	.458	.853	132
2B	Charley Williams^	29	74	290	268	32	66	9	3	1	25	1	14	2	6	.246	.289	.313	.602	64
3B	Dave Malarcher**	31	80	345	284	55	75	8	1	1	27	9	40	5	16	.264	.365	.310	.675	86
SS	Sanford Jackson	26	81	327	293	41	58	9	4	1	30	10	15	1	18	.198	.239	.266	.506	38
LF	Sandy Thompson*	31	79	320	276	38	88	11	2	1	46	9	26	4	14	.319	.386	.384	.770	111
CF	George Sweatt	32	73	286	240	35	65	9	4	0	37	5	26	4	16	.271	.352	.342	.694	90
RF	Jelly Gardner*	30	68	292	247	57	82	12	4	0	18	6	37	0	8	.332	.419	.413	.832	128

CF	John Hines	25	51	182	162	27	49	7	2	2	30	3	15	1	4	.302	.365	.407	.773	111
1B	Willie Ware	26	33	114	104	12	26	3	0	0	9	1	3	0	7	.250	.271	.279	.550	50
3B	John Shackelford*	20	12	33	32	2	7	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.219	.242	.281	.524	43
RF	Sam Crawford	34	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	447

SP	Rube Curry	27	26	71	62	6	18	0	1	0	10	0	3	0	6	.290	.323	.323	.646	77
SP	Willie Foster**	22	27	67	60	6	15	2	0	1	5	0	4	0	3	.250	.297	.333	.630	72
SP	George Harney	36	31	64	58	6	18	2	2	1	7	0	4	0	2	.310	.355	.466	.820	122
SP	Webster McDonald*	26	21	46	41	5	7	1	0	1	6	0	2	0	3	.171	.209	.268	.478	30
SP	Steel Arm Tyler^	18	12	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.077	.111	.077	.188	-48
SP	Willie Powell*	22	10	24	22	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50
SP	Robert Poindexter	28	12	23	21	1	4	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	1	.190	.227	.190	.418	15
	19		815	3020	2637	401	713	98	35	17	338	55	239	25	119	.270	.337	.353	.690	89

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Dave Malarcher**	31	3B	345	.316	.330	11.6%	7.7%	0.3%	1.4%	.046	.120
Sanford Jackson	26	SS	327	.224	.330	4.6%	7.7%	0.3%	1.4%	.068	.120
Sandy Thompson*	31	LF	320	.349	.330	8.1%	7.7%	0.3%	1.4%	.065	.120
Jim Brown**	34	1B	306	.384	.330	10.5%	7.7%	1.6%	1.4%	.149	.120
Jelly Gardner*	30	RF	292	.383	.330	12.7%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.081	.120
Charley Williams^	29	2B	290	.277	.330	4.8%	7.7%	0.3%	1.4%	.067	.120
George Sweatt	32	CF	286	.313	.330	9.1%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.071	.120
Pythias Russ	22	C	201	.351	.330	7.5%	7.7%	1.5%	1.4%	.180	.120
John Hines	25	CF	182	.351	.330	8.2%	7.7%	1.1%	1.4%	.105	.120
Willie Ware	26	1B	114	.243	.330	2.6%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.029	.120
Rube Curry	27	SP	71	.279	.330	4.2%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.032	.120
Willie Foster**	22	SP	67	.281	.330	6.0%	7.7%	1.5%	1.4%	.083	.120
George Harney	36	SP	64	.359	.330	6.3%	7.7%	1.6%	1.4%	.155	.120
Webster McDonald*	26	SP	46	.206	.330	4.3%	7.7%	2.2%	1.4%	.098	.120
John Shackelford*	20	3B	33	.242	.330	3.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.063	.120
Steel Arm Tyler^	18	SP	27	.098	.330	3.7%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.120
Willie Powell*	22	SP	24	.078	.330	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.120
Robert Poindexter	28	SP	23	.196	.330	4.3%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.120
Sam Crawford	34	RF	2	.469	.330	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.120
19			3020	.313	.330	7.9%	7.7%	0.6%	1.4%	.083	.120