1927 Chicago American Giants

62 - 31 - 1

62 - 31 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1928 (Team History)

Managed by:
Dave Malarcher (62-31-1)

Top Hitter

Steel Arm
Davis

Top Pitcher

Willie
Foster

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	103	4th	ERA+	114	2nd
OPS	.704	5th	ERA	2.58	1st
BA	.278	5th	BA	2.664	7th
OBP	.340	4th	K/BB	1.98	1st
SLG	.364	5th	K%	118.5%	1st
BB%	8.3%	3rd	BB%	59.9%	8th
K%			HR%	1.3%	2nd
ISO	.087	6th	WHIP	1.20	1st

Notes:

• Negro League World Series Champions
• Champions of the Negro National League I
• First Half Champions of the Negro National League I
• Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• John Schorling (Owner) , William Trimble (Owner)

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	James Bray^	28	55	163	132	18	43	6	4	2	27	2	24	0	7	.326	.429	.477	.907	161
1B	Jim Brown**	35	75	313	276	47	80	15	5	0	35	10	27	0	10	.290	.353	.380	.734	112
2B	Charley Williams^	30	88	341	307	21	73	10	0	2	39	7	23	0	11	.238	.291	.290	.581	68
3B	Dave Malarcher**	32	87	379	306	55	77	7	2	1	20	17	51	0	22	.252	.359	.297	.656	91
SS	Pythias Russ	23	85	351	318	51	103	30	3	4	57	16	25	0	8	.324	.373	.475	.848	143
LF	Steel Arm Davis*	31	83	356	320	59	127	21	9	3	67	14	23	2	11	.397	.441	.547	.987	183
CF	George Sweatt	33	87	349	296	43	78	20	5	2	44	9	39	0	14	.264	.349	.385	.734	112
RF	John Hines	26	54	218	194	26	50	10	1	1	29	12	16	0	8	.258	.314	.335	.649	87

SS	Sanford Jackson	27	79	326	299	39	78	6	1	0	16	6	15	0	12	.261	.296	.288	.584	69
1B	Buck Miller^	26	33	79	73	8	12	2	1	0	3	2	4	0	2	.164	.208	.219	.427	23
LF	Nat Rogers*	33	15	61	53	7	17	3	2	0	9	0	5	0	3	.321	.379	.453	.832	139
C	Larry Brown**	25	13	35	32	3	11	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	.344	.400	.406	.806	133
RF	Lou Dials*	23	7	22	19	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	2		1	.263	.333	.316	.649	88
2B	Alex Radcliff	21	2	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3		0	.500	.800	.500	1.300	283
RF	Earl Gurley*	28	1	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	256

SP	Willie Foster**	23	38	88	82	11	19	1	1	0	6	0	4	0	2	.232	.267	.268	.536	55
SP	Willie Powell*	23	20	61	57	6	12	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	.211	.250	.228	.478	39
SP	George Harney	37	29	58	56	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.125	.140	.161	.301	-13
SP	Webster McDonald*	27	20	55	48	2	9	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	4	.188	.235	.188	.423	23
SP	Rube Curry	28	18	50	44	5	6	2	0	0	4	0	3	0	3	.136	.191	.182	.373	8
	20		889	3314	2918	407	810	140	34	15	365	95	274	2	120	.278	.340	.364	.704	103

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Dave Malarcher**	32	3B	379	.302	.312	13.5%	7.3%	0.3%	1.3%	.046	.108
Steel Arm Davis*	31	LF	356	.434	.312	6.5%	7.3%	0.8%	1.3%	.150	.108
Pythias Russ	23	SS	351	.377	.312	7.1%	7.3%	1.1%	1.3%	.151	.108
George Sweatt	33	CF	349	.329	.312	11.2%	7.3%	0.6%	1.3%	.122	.108
Charley Williams^	30	2B	341	.267	.312	6.7%	7.3%	0.6%	1.3%	.052	.108
Sanford Jackson	27	SS	326	.266	.312	4.6%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.027	.108
Jim Brown**	35	1B	313	.331	.312	8.6%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.091	.108
John Hines	26	RF	218	.293	.312	7.3%	7.3%	0.5%	1.3%	.077	.108
James Bray^	28	C	163	.400	.312	14.7%	7.3%	1.2%	1.3%	.152	.108
Willie Foster**	23	SP	88	.247	.312	4.5%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.037	.108
Buck Miller^	26	1B	79	.197	.312	5.1%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.055	.108
Willie Powell*	23	SP	61	.226	.312	4.9%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.018	.108
Nat Rogers*	33	LF	61	.362	.312	8.2%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.132	.108
George Harney	37	SP	58	.138	.312	1.7%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.036	.108
Webster McDonald*	27	SP	55	.193	.312	5.5%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.108
Rube Curry	28	SP	50	.171	.312	6.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.045	.108
Larry Brown**	25	C	35	.377	.312	8.6%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.063	.108
Lou Dials*	23	RF	22	.296	.312	9.1%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.053	.108
Alex Radcliff	21	2B	5	.629	.312	60.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.108
Earl Gurley*	28	RF	4	.559	.312	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	1.3%	.250	.108
20			3314	.317	.312	8.3%	7.3%	0.5%	1.3%	.087	.108