1943 Chicago American Giants

45 - 38 - 1

37 - 33 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Ted Radcliffe (45-38-1)

Top Hitter

Lloyd
Davenport

Top Pitcher

Leroy
Sutton

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	116	1st	ERA+	112	2nd
OPS	.684	1st	ERA	3.24	1st
BA	.275	1st	BA	.250	3rd
OBP	.312	4th	K/BB	1.26	5th
SLG	.373	1st	K%	8.9%	6th
BB%	4.9%	6th	BB%	7.1%	3rd
K%	0.7%	4th	HR%	0.2%	1st
ISO	.098	1st	WHIP	1.28	3rd

Notes:

• Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
• Home Ballpark: Comiskey Park (Chicago, IL)
• Horace Hall (Co-Owner & President) , J. B. Martin (Co-Owner & Secretary-Treasurer) , William Little (Co-Owner) , R. S. Simmons (Traveling Secretary)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Ted Radcliffe	40	30	110	107	7	31	4	0	0	14	1	2	0	0	1	.290	.303	.327	.630	99
1B	Ed Young	30	28	111	104	15	30	6	2	1	12	0	5		1	1	.288	.327	.413	.741	134
2B	Art Pennington**	20	32	134	122	19	29	3	4	2	16	1	12	1	0	0	.238	.306	.377	.683	116
3B	Alex Radcliff	37	31	130	126	13	46	8	1	1	22	2	3	3	0	1	.365	.380	.468	.848	168
SS	Ralph Wyatt	25	27	122	110	18	22	2	1	1	9	5	10		0	2	.200	.267	.264	.530	68
LF	John Bissant	29	29	117	107	20	31	2	4	1	9	4	9	0	0	1	.290	.345	.411	.756	139
CF	Lloyd Davenport*	31	35	161	152	24	47	6	2	1	16	3	9	0	0	0	.309	.348	.395	.743	135
RF	Johnny Smith*	26	24	104	98	15	21	5	0	0	6	0	4	1	0	2	.214	.245	.265	.510	61

1B	Bill Charter^		22	92	88	14	23	4	0	3	11	1	4	1	0	0	.261	.293	.409	.703	122
2B	Henry Smith	30	9	34	33	2	7	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	1	.212	.212	.212	.424	34
RF	Willie Ferrell^	29	7	26	25	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	.200	.231	.280	.511	61
1B	Charlie Shields*	20	7	25	24	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.280	.333	.613	94
2B	Herbert Buster^	28	2	9	9	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	0		0	0	.667	.667	1.222	1.889	494
3B	Charlie Harris^		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	58
2B	Gray^		1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	217

SP	Willie Cornelius	36	17	54	48	9	10	2	1	1	9	0	4	0	0	2	.208	.269	.354	.623	97
SP	Gentry Jessup	28	16	44	44	2	13	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.295	.295	.386	.682	115
SP	Leroy Sutton	22	10	31	29	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	.207	.233	.241	.475	50
SP	Ollie West*	29	5	12	12	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	294
RP	Eddie Locke*	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Francis Jackson^	39	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	533
	21		335	1328	1250	169	344	47	18	13	136	18	65	7	1	12	.275	.312	.373	.684	116

* = 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
Lloyd Davenport*	31	CF	161	.356	.304	5.6%	7.1%	0.0%	0.2%		32.24	0.6%	0.5%	.086	.074
Art Pennington**	20	2B	134	.327	.304	9.0%	7.1%	0.7%	0.2%	12.00	32.24	1.5%	0.5%	.139	.074
Alex Radcliff	37	3B	130	.399	.304	2.3%	7.1%	2.3%	0.2%	1.00	32.24	0.8%	0.5%	.103	.074
Ralph Wyatt	25	SS	122	.259	.304	8.2%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.8%	0.5%	.064	.074
John Bissant	29	LF	117	.358	.304	7.7%	7.1%	0.0%	0.2%		32.24	0.9%	0.5%	.121	.074
Ed Young	30	1B	111	.349	.304	4.5%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.9%	0.5%	.125	.074
Ted Radcliffe	40	C	110	.300	.304	1.8%	7.1%	0.0%	0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.037	.074
Johnny Smith*	26	RF	104	.243	.304	3.8%	7.1%	1.0%	0.2%	4.00	32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.051	.074
Bill Charter^		1B	92	.333	.304	4.3%	7.1%	1.1%	0.2%	4.00	32.24	3.3%	0.5%	.148	.074
Willie Cornelius	36	SP	54	.287	.304	7.4%	7.1%	0.0%	0.2%		32.24	1.9%	0.5%	.146	.074
Gentry Jessup	28	SP	44	.321	.304	0.0%	7.1%	2.3%	0.2%	0.00	32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.091	.074
Henry Smith	30	2B	34	.198	.304	0.0%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.074
Leroy Sutton	22	SP	31	.224	.304	3.2%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.034	.074
Willie Ferrell^	29	RF	26	.244	.304	3.8%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.080	.074
Charlie Shields*	20	1B	25	.292	.304	4.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.083	.074
Ollie West*	29	SP	12	.589	.304	0.0%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	8.3%	0.5%	.250	.074
Herbert Buster^	28	2B	9	.878	.304	0.0%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	11.1%	0.5%	.556	.074
Charlie Harris^		3B	4	.240	.304	0.0%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.074
Gray^		2B	4	.481	.304	0.0%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.074
Eddie Locke*	20	RP	2	.000	.304	0.0%	7.1%		0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.074
Francis Jackson^	39	RP	2	.962	.304	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.2%		32.24	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.074
21			1328	.324	.304	4.9%	7.1%	0.7%	0.2%	6.86	32.24	1.0%	0.5%	.098	.074