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1928 Chicago American Giants

58 - 40 - 1

55 - 38 - 1 in the Negro National League I

1911 / 1929 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Dave Malarcher (40-21-1)
George Harney (18-19)

Top Hitter

Pythias
Russ

Top Pitcher

Willie
Powell

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

93

4th

ERA+

106

3rd

OPS

.665

6th

ERA

3.12

1st

BA

.276

5th

BA

.253

2nd

OBP

.327

6th

K/BB

1.82

3rd

SLG

.339

7th

K%

11.2%

2nd

BB%

5.6%

6th

BB%

6.2%

4th

K%

HR%

0.8%

2nd

ISO

.062

7th

WHIP

1.21

2nd

Notes:

Second Half Champions of the Negro National League I
Home Ballpark: Schorling Park (Chicago, IL)
1 member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
William Trimble (Owner)

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	John Hines	27	67	236	203	35	58	9	3	2	34	6	12	6	15	.286	.344	.389	.733	113
1B	Lemuel Hawkins *	32	38	159	143	14	36	4	0	0	16	5	10	0	6	.252	.301	.280	.580	69
2B	Charley Williams ^	31	65	257	235	26	60	10	6	0	36	4	15	2	5	.255	.306	.349	.654	90
3B	Sanford Jackson	28	54	245	219	32	60	4	4	0	16	5	13	3	10	.274	.323	.329	.652	90
SS	Pythias Russ	24	70	300	274	54	93	13	3	2	48	9	9	5	12	.339	.372	.431	.802	132
LF	Sandy Thompson *	33	43	186	166	25	55	1	1	0	27	4	11	2	7	.331	.380	.349	.729	113
CF	Jelly Gardner *	32	50	220	184	37	51	3	0	0	10	19	27	2	7	.277	.376	.293	.669	97
RF	Steel Arm Davis *	32	59	243	226	38	72	12	5	2	31	7	13	3	1	.319	.364	.442	.806	133

1B	Jim Brown **	36	37	135	125	16	33	3	0	0	12	3	3	1	6	.264	.287	.288	.575	67
RF	Ruben Jones *	34	37	132	120	17	36	4	2	0	15	4	3	3	6	.300	.333	.367	.700	103
3B	Dave Malarcher **	33	33	123	106	11	28	3	0	0	16	4	9	1	7	.264	.328	.292	.620	81
3B	Bobby Williams	32	24	89	72	9	12	2	0	0	3	1	8	3	6	.167	.277	.194	.472	39
LF	Nat Rogers *	34	25	88	83	5	18	2	0	0	10	2	3	0	2	.217	.244	.241	.485	41
C	Mitchell Murray	32	24	84	70	13	20	4	2	0	14	2	7	1	6	.286	.359	.400	.759	120
3B	Buck Miller ^	27	27	82	74	9	18	4	2	0	7	2	6	0	2	.243	.300	.351	.651	89
C	Tommie Dukes *	21	5	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	-48
3B	Red Haley *	27	5	11	11	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727	108
C	James Bray ^	29	2	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	94
C	Charlie Hancock ^	25	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Foster **	24	29	86	77	9	17	3	0	0	8	0	3	0	6	.221	.250	.260	.510	48
SP	George Harney	38	25	65	61	6	19	1	0	0	8	0	2	0	2	.311	.333	.328	.661	93
SP	Willie Powell *	24	18	54	47	2	7	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	3	.149	.216	.170	.386	13
SP	Harold Treadwell ^	31	10	23	22	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	6
SP	Owen Smaulding ^	31	5	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.313	.563	63
SP	Frog Holsey ^	22	2	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	16
RP	Webster McDonald *	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	26		756	2867	2564	362	708	86	28	6	320	78	160	32	111	.276	.327	.339	.665	93

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG		BB/K		HR%
Pythias Russ	24	SS	300	.355	.310	3.0%	6.2%	0.7%	1.1%	.091	.104
Charley Williams ^	31	2B	257	.298	.310	5.8%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.094	.104
Sanford Jackson	28	3B	245	.295	.310	5.3%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.055	.104
Steel Arm Davis *	32	RF	243	.368	.310	5.3%	6.2%	0.8%	1.1%	.124	.104
John Hines	27	C	236	.320	.310	5.1%	6.2%	0.8%	1.1%	.103	.104
Jelly Gardner *	32	CF	220	.320	.310	12.3%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.016	.104
Sandy Thompson *	33	LF	186	.334	.310	5.9%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.018	.104
Lemuel Hawkins *	32	1B	159	.267	.310	6.3%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.028	.104
Jim Brown **	36	1B	135	.259	.310	2.2%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.024	.104
Ruben Jones *	34	RF	132	.311	.310	2.3%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.067	.104
Dave Malarcher **	33	3B	123	.282	.310	7.3%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.028	.104
Bobby Williams	32	3B	89	.227	.310	9.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.028	.104
Nat Rogers *	34	LF	88	.225	.310	3.4%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.024	.104
Willie Foster **	24	SP	86	.223	.310	3.5%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.039	.104
Mitchell Murray	32	C	84	.328	.310	8.3%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.114	.104
Buck Miller ^	27	3B	82	.295	.310	7.3%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.108	.104
George Harney	38	SP	65	.302	.310	3.1%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.016	.104
Willie Powell *	24	SP	54	.183	.310	7.4%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.021	.104
Harold Treadwell ^	31	SP	23	.162	.310	0.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.104
Owen Smaulding ^	31	SP	16	.257	.310	0.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.063	.104
Tommie Dukes *	21	C	12	.124	.310	16.7%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.104
Red Haley *	27	3B	11	.322	.310	0.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.182	.104
James Bray ^	29	C	9	.311	.310	0.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.104
Frog Holsey ^	22	SP	6	.156	.310	0.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.104
Webster McDonald *	28	RP	3	.000	.310	0.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.104
Charlie Hancock ^	25	C	3	.000	.310	0.0%	6.2%	0.0%	1.1%	.000	.104
26			2867	.301	.310	5.6%	6.2%	0.2%	1.1%	.062	.104