1943 Chicago American Giants

43 - 37 - 1

37 - 33 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1944 (Team History)

Managed by:
Ted Radcliffe (43-37-1)

Top Hitter

Lloyd
Davenport

Top Pitcher

Gentry
Jessup

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	114	1st	ERA+	111	1st
OPS	.673	1st	ERA	3.28	1st
BA	.274	1st	BA	.250	3rd
OBP	.309	4th	K/BB	1.23	5th
SLG	.364	1st	K%	8.8%	6th
BB%	4.8%	6th	BB%	7.2%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.3%	1st
ISO	.090	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	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Ted Radcliffe	40	29	105	102	7	28	2	0	0	8	1	2	0	1	0	.275	.288	.294	.583	86
1B	Ed Young	30	28	111	104	15	31	6	2	1	13	0	5	1	1	0	.298	.336	.423	.759	142
2B	Art Pennington**	20	31	127	118	18	28	2	4	2	16	1	9	0	0	0	.237	.291	.373	.664	112
3B	Alex Radcliff	37	30	126	122	13	45	7	1	1	19	2	4	0	0	0	.369	.389	.467	.856	173
SS	Ralph Wyatt	25	27	122	110	18	22	2	1	1	9	5	11	0	1	0	.200	.273	.264	.536	72
LF	John Bissant	29	28	113	103	18	29	2	3	1	8	4	9	0	1	0	.282	.339	.388	.728	132
CF	Lloyd Davenport*	31	34	155	147	23	46	6	2	1	17	3	8	0	0	0	.313	.348	.401	.750	139
RF	Johnny Smith*	26	23	99	94	12	19	4	0	0	6	0	4	0	1	0	.202	.235	.245	.479	53

1B	Bill Charter^		21	87	85	10	21	3	0	2	10	1	2	0	0	0	.247	.264	.353	.617	97
2B	Henry Smith		9	34	33	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.212	.212	.212	.424	36
RF	Willie Ferrell^	29	7	26	25	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.231	.280	.511	63
1B	Charlie Shields*	20	7	25	24	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.280	.333	.613	96
2B	Herbert Buster^	28	2	9	9	3	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.222	1.889	499
2B	Gray^		1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	220
3B	Charlie Harris^		1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	60

SP	Willie Cornelius	36	16	48	42	8	8	2	0	1	7	0	4	0	2	0	.190	.261	.310	.570	82
SP	Gentry Jessup	28	16	44	44	2	13	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.295	.386	.682	117
SP	Leroy Sutton	22	9	26	24	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.250	.280	.292	.572	83
SP	Ollie West*	29	5	12	12	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	297
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	539
RP	Eddie Locke*	20	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	21		326	1281	1210	157	331	41	16	12	126	18	61	1	9	0	.274	.309	.364	.673	114

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Lloyd Davenport*	31	CF	155	.359	.301	5.2%	6.9%	0.6%	0.5%	.088	.073
Art Pennington**	20	2B	127	.317	.301	7.1%	6.9%	1.6%	0.5%	.136	.073
Alex Radcliff	37	3B	126	.407	.301	3.2%	6.9%	0.8%	0.5%	.098	.073
Ralph Wyatt	25	SS	122	.265	.301	9.0%	6.9%	0.8%	0.5%	.064	.073
John Bissant	29	LF	113	.346	.301	8.0%	6.9%	0.9%	0.5%	.107	.073
Ed Young	30	1B	111	.358	.301	4.5%	6.9%	0.9%	0.5%	.125	.073
Ted Radcliffe	40	C	105	.278	.301	1.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.020	.073
Johnny Smith*	26	RF	99	.231	.301	4.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.043	.073
Bill Charter^		1B	87	.293	.301	2.3%	6.9%	2.3%	0.5%	.106	.073
Willie Cornelius	36	SP	48	.267	.301	8.3%	6.9%	2.1%	0.5%	.119	.073
Gentry Jessup	28	SP	44	.321	.301	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.091	.073
Henry Smith		2B	34	.198	.301	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.073
Leroy Sutton	22	SP	26	.267	.301	3.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.042	.073
Willie Ferrell^	29	RF	26	.244	.301	3.8%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.080	.073
Charlie Shields*	20	1B	25	.292	.301	4.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.083	.073
Ollie West*	29	SP	12	.589	.301	0.0%	6.9%	8.3%	0.5%	.250	.073
Herbert Buster^	28	2B	9	.878	.301	0.0%	6.9%	11.1%	0.5%	.556	.073
Gray^		2B	4	.481	.301	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.073
Charlie Harris^		3B	4	.240	.301	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.073
Francis Jackson^	39	RP	2	.961	.301	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.073
Eddie Locke*	20	RP	2	.000	.301	0.0%	6.9%	0.0%	0.5%	.000	.073
21			1281	.320	.301	4.8%	6.9%	0.9%	0.5%	.090	.073