1937 Chicago American Giants

39 - 38 - 1

36 - 24 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1938 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (39-38-1)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	77	7th	ERA+	104	3rd
OPS	.608	7th	ERA	4.02	3rd
BA	.223	8th	BA	.266	3rd
OBP	.293	7th	K/BB	1.55	5th
SLG	.314	7th	K%	12.6%	3rd
BB%	7.2%	5th	BB%	8.1%	5th
K%			HR%	1.0%	5th
ISO	.091	7th	WHIP	1.40	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)

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	Subby Byas**	27	37	112	98	5	24	2	0	0	12	2	9	1	4	.245	.315	.265	.580	71
1B	Luther Gilyard^	27	29	109	101	7	20	3	0	0	9	0	6	2	0	.198	.257	.228	.485	42
2B	Joe Sparks	26	29	103	88	8	13	2	2	0	8	2	11	0	4	.148	.242	.216	.458	35
3B	Ted Bond	33	41	173	150	40	38	4	4	0	13	7	18	1	4	.253	.337	.333	.671	96
SS	Alex Radcliff	31	43	175	165	17	50	4	9	3	35	11	6	2	2	.303	.335	.491	.826	139
LF	Wilson Redus	32	45	174	157	19	33	6	1	0	11	10	9	4	4	.210	.271	.261	.532	56
CF	Herman Dunlap*	29	37	141	130	24	34	7	1	3	15	3	7	1	3	.262	.304	.400	.704	104
RF	Jack Marshall	28	43	175	151	21	34	4	1	2	19	2	16	5	3	.225	.320	.305	.624	83

C	Paul Hardy	26	18	58	52	9	12	2	1	0	6	1	2	2	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	73
CF	Roosevelt Tate	26	9	38	36	3	4	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	.111	.158	.194	.352	2
1B	Zack Clayton*	24	17	36	30	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	.167	.265	.167	.431	28
1B	Henry McCall*	29	8	29	29	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.310	.552	60
LF	Zell Miles	27	9	24	21	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	.238	.333	.333	.667	95
1B	Ted Strong**	20	4	19	15	5	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	3	0	.400	.526	.800	1.326	283
RF	Henry Milton*	26	4	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	43
CF	Turkey Stearnes*	36	4	18	15	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	2	0	.267	.389	.533	.922	167
2B	Newt Allen	36	3	15	11	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	.273	.467	.545	1.012	195
C	Frank Duncan	36	4	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	40
LF	Willie Simms*	28	2	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	81
1B	Hilton Smith	30	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-16
SS	R. S. Smith^		2	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	232
3B	Roosevelt Cox	23	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	189
LF	Walker^		3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	17
C	Jim Brown**	45	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	193
PH	K. B. Ivory*	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Candy Jim Taylor	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000
PH	C. Hardy^		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Cornelius	30	20	43	40	4	3	0	0	1	4	0	2	1	0	.075	.140	.150	.290	-15
SP	Malvin Powell	29	20	38	32	6	7	1	0	1	5	0	5	1	0	.219	.342	.344	.686	101
SP	Willie Foster**	33	17	35	25	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	6	0	4	.200	.355	.240	.595	76
SP	Ted Trent	33	15	27	27	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.111	.111	.148	.259	-25
SP	Cliff Blackmon	23	11	21	17	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	.118	.250	.235	.485	42
SP	Walter Thomas	25	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Andy Cooper	40	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Joe Lillard**	32	1	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	577
SP	Porter Moss	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Floyd Kranson	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Howard^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Norman Cross*	26	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PH	Lonnie Williams^		3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	40		495	1649	1470	199	328	46	23	14	166	42	118	28	33	.223	.293	.314	.608	77

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Alex Radcliff	31	SS	175	.365	.315	3.4%	7.3%	1.7%	0.9%	.188	.107
Jack Marshall	28	RF	175	.299	.315	9.1%	7.3%	1.1%	0.9%	.079	.107
Wilson Redus	32	LF	174	.252	.315	5.2%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.051	.107
Ted Bond	33	3B	173	.314	.315	10.4%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.080	.107
Herman Dunlap*	29	CF	141	.315	.315	5.0%	7.3%	2.1%	0.9%	.138	.107
Subby Byas**	27	C	112	.276	.315	8.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.020	.107
Luther Gilyard^	27	1B	109	.239	.315	5.5%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.030	.107
Joe Sparks	26	2B	103	.220	.315	10.7%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.068	.107
Paul Hardy	26	C	58	.272	.315	3.4%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.077	.107
Willie Cornelius	30	SP	43	.144	.315	4.7%	7.3%	2.3%	0.9%	.075	.107
Roosevelt Tate	26	CF	38	.166	.315	5.3%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.107
Malvin Powell	29	SP	38	.331	.315	13.2%	7.3%	2.6%	0.9%	.125	.107
Zack Clayton*	24	1B	36	.217	.315	5.6%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Willie Foster**	33	SP	35	.275	.315	17.1%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.040	.107
Henry McCall*	29	1B	29	.252	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.069	.107
Ted Trent	33	SP	27	.118	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.037	.107
Zell Miles	27	LF	24	.320	.315	8.3%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.095	.107
Cliff Blackmon	23	SP	21	.230	.315	14.3%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.118	.107
Ted Strong**	20	1B	19	.571	.315	5.3%	7.3%	5.3%	0.9%	.400	.107
Henry Milton*	26	RF	18	.273	.315	22.2%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Turkey Stearnes*	36	CF	18	.417	.315	5.6%	7.3%	5.6%	0.9%	.267	.107
Newt Allen	36	2B	15	.460	.315	26.7%	7.3%	6.7%	0.9%	.273	.107
Frank Duncan	36	C	13	.230	.315	7.7%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.083	.107
Willie Simms*	28	LF	8	.280	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.125	.107
Walter Thomas	25	SP	7	.000	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Hilton Smith	30	1B	7	.134	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
R. S. Smith^		SS	6	.488	.315	0.0%	7.3%	16.7%	0.9%	.500	.107
Walker^		LF	5	.188	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Roosevelt Cox	23	3B	5	.448	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.200	.107
Andy Cooper	40	SP	4	.000	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Lonnie Williams^		PH	3	.000	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Joe Lillard**	32	SP	3	1.060	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.333	.107
Jim Brown**	45	C	2	.471	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Porter Moss	27	SP	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
C. Hardy^		PH	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Candy Jim Taylor	53	PH	1	.758	.315	100.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%		.107
K. B. Ivory*	21	PH	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Floyd Kranson	23	RP	1	.000	.315	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
Norman Cross*	26	RP		.000	.315		7.3%		0.9%		.107
Howard^		RP		.000	.315		7.3%		0.9%		.107
40			1649	.283	.315	7.2%	7.3%	0.8%	0.9%	.091	.107