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1916 Chicago American Giants

40 - 26

(1st place in the Western Independent Clubs )

1911 / 1917 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Rube Foster (40-26)

Top Hitter

John Henry
Lloyd

Top Pitcher

Dick
Whitworth

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

104

3rd

ERA+

93

3rd

OPS

.643

4th

ERA

2.61

1st

BA

.253

4th

BA

.221

1st

OBP

.327

3rd

K/BB

1.26

4th

SLG

.317

4th

K%

13.1%

3rd

BB%

8.9%

3rd

BB%

10.4%

5th

K%

HR%

0.1%

2nd

ISO

.064

6th

WHIP

1.21

2nd

Notes:

Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Rube Foster (Owner & Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP
C	Bruce Petway **	30	57	197	165	26	36	4	2	2	20	6	22	1	9	.218	.314	.303	.617	96
1B	Leroy Grant	27	58	228	209	27	58	14	1	1	39	6	12	0	7	.278	.317	.368	.685	118
2B	Harry Bauchman	26	50	167	144	20	28	3	0	0	9	5	19	0	4	.194	.288	.215	.504	60
3B	Bill Francis	37	62	244	199	27	42	10	0	0	22	1	31	4	10	.211	.329	.261	.590	88
SS	John Henry Lloyd *	32	62	250	223	38	75	9	2	1	34	6	20	2	5	.336	.396	.408	.804	156
LF	Pete Hill *	33	56	220	184	41	56	7	2	2	23	8	27	2	7	.304	.399	.397	.796	153
CF	Jesse Barber *	28	59	249	227	36	71	8	6	0	31	8	13	0	9	.313	.350	.401	.751	139
RF	Frank Duncan *	28	60	242	211	26	62	5	1	1	27	2	18	4	9	.294	.361	.341	.702	123

LF	Judy Gans *	29	46	162	147	12	32	4	4	0	15	2	10	1	4	.218	.272	.299	.571	82
C	Clarkson Brazelton ^	24	12	24	21	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.190	.261	.190	.451	44
C	Buddy Hayes	22	5	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	10
C	Burlin White ^	21	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	27
2B	Jack Biran ^	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Tom Johnson	27	24	58	45	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	11	0	2	.089	.268	.089	.357	14
SP	Frank Wickware	28	22	56	48	2	5	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	2	.104	.204	.104	.308	-2
SP	Dick Whitworth	20	20	48	45	7	7	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	1	.156	.191	.178	.369	18
SP	Rube Foster	36	3	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	-60
SP	Death Valley Scott ^	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Ruby Tyrees	24	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Juan Padrón *	23	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Steven Dixon ^	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Sam Crawford	24	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Davis ^	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	23		608	2186	1907	270	482	65	18	7	229	45	195	14	70	.253	.327	.317	.643	104

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		LG		BB/K	LG		HR%
John Henry Lloyd *	32	SS	250		.389	.306		8.0%	8.3%			0.4%	0.4%		.072	.070
Jesse Barber *	28	CF	249		.353	.306		5.2%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.088	.070
Bill Francis	37	3B	244		.296	.306		12.7%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.050	.070
Frank Duncan *	28	RF	242		.339	.306		7.4%	8.3%			0.4%	0.4%		.047	.070
Leroy Grant	27	1B	228		.326	.306		5.3%	8.3%			0.4%	0.4%		.091	.070
Pete Hill *	33	LF	220		.384	.306		12.3%	8.3%			0.9%	0.4%		.092	.070
Bruce Petway **	30	C	197		.299	.306		11.2%	8.3%			1.0%	0.4%		.085	.070
Harry Bauchman	26	2B	167		.259	.306		11.4%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.021	.070
Judy Gans *	29	LF	162		.277	.306		6.2%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.082	.070
Tom Johnson	27	SP	58		.211	.306		19.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Frank Wickware	28	SP	56		.169	.306		10.7%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Dick Whitworth	20	SP	48		.184	.306		4.2%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.022	.070
Clarkson Brazelton ^	24	C	24		.227	.306		8.3%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Buddy Hayes	22	C	9		.193	.306		11.1%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Rube Foster	36	SP	8		.095	.306		12.5%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Death Valley Scott ^	SP	6		.000	.306		0.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Burlin White ^	21	C	5		.196	.306		0.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Ruby Tyrees	24	SP	4		.000	.306		0.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Steven Dixon ^	SP	3		.000	.306		0.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Juan Padrón *	23	SP	3		.000	.306		0.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Sam Crawford	24	RP	2		.000	.306		0.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Jack Biran ^	2B	1		.000	.306		0.0%	8.3%			0.0%	0.4%		.000	.070
Davis ^	SP		.000	.306		8.3%				0.4%	.070
23			2186		.313	.306		8.9%	8.3%			0.3%	0.4%		.064	.070