1942 Chicago American Giants

19 - 55

14 - 37 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1943 (Team History)

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (19-55)

Top Hitter

Cool Papa
Bell

Top Pitcher

Leroy
Sutton

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	82	5th	ERA+	80	5th
OPS	.593	5th	ERA	5.37	6th
BA	.236	5th	BA	.297	6th
OBP	.294	5th	K/BB	0.99	6th
SLG	.300	5th	K%	8.5%	6th
BB%	7.0%	2nd	BB%	8.7%	6th
K%	0.8%	1st	HR%	0.8%	4th
ISO	.063	5th	WHIP	1.66	6th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
• 1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Horace Hall (Co-Owner & President) , J. B. Martin (C-Owner & Secretary-Treasurer)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	John Huber*	34	29	93	91	11	19	4	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.209	.217	.275	.492	50
1B	Army Rhodes^	24	10	35	31	2	3	1	0	0	3	0		1	0	1	2			.097	.152	.129	.281	-14
2B	Henry Smith	29	25	99	93	7	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.183	.216	.183	.399	23
3B	Alex Radcliff	36	40	169	159	15	38	8	2	2	21	0	0	8	0	1	1	0	0	.239	.280	.352	.632	93
SS	Ralph Wyatt	24	35	142	130	17	32	3	2	0	10	2		8	0	0	4			.246	.290	.300	.590	81
LF	Art Pennington**	19	38	154	127	13	33	2	2	1	12	0	0	22	2	2	3	0	0	.260	.377	.331	.708	118
CF	Cool Papa Bell**	39	39	171	141	24	44	7	3	0	11	4	0	27	1	0	2	1	0	.312	.420	.404	.824	153
RF	Jimmie Crutchfield*	32	38	149	132	13	36	0	3	1	11	4		16	0	0	1			.273	.351	.341	.692	112

LF	Jabbo Andrews*	34	18	72	68	4	16	6	1	0	6	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	92
2B	Lester Lockett	30	16	58	54	5	11	2	1	1	10	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	.204	.259	.333	.592	80
2B	Walter Cannady	40	14	55	51	7	13	1	0	0	6	3		2	1	0	2			.255	.283	.275	.558	71
LF	John Bissant	28	14	49	48	7	10	1	0	0	6	1		1		0	0			.208	.224	.229	.454	39
RF	Clyde Spearman*	29	13	40	35	6	5	0	0	0	2	2		5		0	0			.143	.250	.143	.393	22
C	Ernie Smith*	34	13	39	38	2	8	0	1	0	5	0		0		1	0			.211	.231	.263	.494	51
C	George Britt	46	13	30	27	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	.259	.333	.296	.630	94
C	Ed Young	29	6	21	20	3	7	1	0	0	4	0		1		0	0			.350	.381	.400	.781	139
3B	John Britton*	23	4	17	17	2	3	0	0	0	2	1		0		0	0			.176	.176	.176	.353	8
2B	Charlie Harris^		4	12	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	53
C	Ziggy Marcell	25	4	11	11	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	.545	67
2B	Jimmy Ford	29	2	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			.111	.111	.111	.222	-32
-	Sam Thompson^	57	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-23
RF	Samuel Burris^	22	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	53
C	Ted Radcliffe	39	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-20
C	Raymond Taylor	31	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.333	.333	.333	.667	104
1B	Leandy Young	33	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		0		0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	207
C	Percy Howard^		3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
C	Subby Byas**	32	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0			.000	.500	.000	.500	61
C	Cleo Benson	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Candy Jim Taylor	58	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Ferrell^	28	20	46	45	4	13	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.289	.304	.289	.593	82
SP	Ollie West*	28	13	27	25	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		1		0	1			.160	.192	.160	.352	8
SP	Charlie Shields*	19	11	24	23	5	7	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.304	.304	.565	.870	163
SP	Sam Thompson	34	5	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	1			.167	.167	.167	.333	2
SP	Willie Cornelius	35	10	12	11	1	4	2	0	0	1	0		1		0	0			.364	.417	.545	.962	193
SP	Leroy Sutton	21	5	12	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	2
RP	Tommy Johnson^	27	6	8	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0			.143	.250	.286	.536	64
RP	Willie Burns*	26	5	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0			.000	.143	.000	.143	-54
RP	Gentry Jessup	27	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Ulysses Evans^	25	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	207
SP	Dave Hoskins*	24	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.500	.500	.500	1.000	207
RP	Francis Jackson^	38	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Willie Hudson*	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0				1.000
PH	Wadel Miller^		2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	P. Burgess^		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0
RP	Henry Merchant*	24	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0
SP	Hosea Allen^	23	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0
	46		480	1614	1472	157	348	40	19	5	132	23	0	113	11	7	21	1	0	.236	.294	.300	.593	82

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Cool Papa Bell**	39	CF	171	.392	.308	15.8%	6.9%	0.6%	0.4%	27.00	16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.092	.088
Alex Radcliff	36	3B	169	.295	.308	4.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	1.2%	0.7%	.113	.088
Art Pennington**	19	LF	154	.343	.308	14.3%	6.9%	1.3%	0.4%	11.00	16.86	0.6%	0.7%	.071	.088
Jimmie Crutchfield*	32	RF	149	.333	.308	10.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.7%	0.7%	.068	.088
Ralph Wyatt	24	SS	142	.275	.308	5.6%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.054	.088
Henry Smith	29	2B	99	.193	.308	4.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
John Huber*	34	C	93	.227	.308	1.1%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.066	.088
Jabbo Andrews*	34	LF	72	.295	.308	5.6%	6.9%	2.8%	0.4%	2.00	16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.118	.088
Lester Lockett	30	2B	58	.278	.308	6.9%	6.9%	1.7%	0.4%	4.00	16.86	1.7%	0.7%	.130	.088
Walter Cannady	40	2B	55	.259	.308	3.6%	6.9%	1.8%	0.4%	2.00	16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.020	.088
John Bissant	28	LF	49	.217	.308	2.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.021	.088
Willie Ferrell^	28	SP	46	.285	.308	2.2%	6.9%	4.3%	0.4%	0.50	16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Clyde Spearman*	29	RF	40	.212	.308	12.5%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Ernie Smith*	34	C	39	.234	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.053	.088
Army Rhodes^	24	1B	35	.136	.308	2.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.032	.088
George Britt	46	C	30	.311	.308	6.7%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.037	.088
Ollie West*	28	SP	27	.168	.308	3.7%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Charlie Shields*	19	SP	24	.369	.308	0.0%	6.9%	8.3%	0.4%	0.00	16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.261	.088
Ed Young	29	C	21	.371	.308	4.8%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.050	.088
John Britton*	23	3B	17	.168	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Sam Thompson	34	SP	13	.146	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Charlie Harris^		2B	12	.237	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Leroy Sutton	21	SP	12	.158	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Willie Cornelius	35	SP	12	.444	.308	8.3%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.182	.088
Ziggy Marcell	25	C	11	.259	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Jimmy Ford	29	2B	9	.106	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Sam Thompson^	57	-	8	.119	.308	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Tommy Johnson^	27	RP	8	.261	.308	12.5%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.143	.088
Willie Burns*	26	RP	7	.112	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Ted Radcliffe	39	C	4	.187	.308	25.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Gentry Jessup	27	RP	4	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Samuel Burris^	22	RF	4	.237	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Raymond Taylor	31	C	3	.317	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Wadel Miller^		PH	2	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Francis Jackson^	38	RP	2	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Percy Howard^		C	2	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Dave Hoskins*	24	SP	2	.475	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Ulysses Evans^	25	RP	2	.475	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Subby Byas**	32	C	2	.375	.308	50.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Leandy Young	33	1B	2	.475	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Willie Hudson*	24	SP	1	.750	.308	100.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%		.088
Candy Jim Taylor	58	PH	1	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Cleo Benson	28	C	1	.000	.308	0.0%	6.9%		0.4%		16.86	0.0%	0.7%	.000	.088
Henry Merchant*	24	RP		.000	.308		6.9%		0.4%		16.86		0.7%		.088
Hosea Allen^	23	SP		.000	.308		6.9%		0.4%		16.86		0.7%		.088
P. Burgess^		RP		.000	.308		6.9%		0.4%		16.86		0.7%		.088
46			1614	.283	.308	7.0%	6.9%	0.8%	0.4%	9.09	16.86	0.3%	0.7%	.063	.088