1937 Chicago American Giants - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1937 Chicago American Giants

39 - 38 - 1

36 - 24 - 1 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1938 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (39-38-1)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (8 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

7th

ERA+

105

3rd

OPS

.608

7th

ERA

4.01

3rd

.223

8th

.266

3rd

OBP

.293

7th

K/BB

1.55

5th

SLG

.314

7th

12.6%

3rd

BB%

7.2%

5th

BB%

8.1%

5th

3.2%

1st

HR%

1.0%

5th

ISO

.091

7th

WHIP

1.39

3rd

Notes:

Second Half Champions of the Negro American League
Home Ballpark: American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
4 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Horace Hall (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	BA	OBP
C	Subby Byas **	27	37	112	98	5	24	2	0	0	12	2	0	9	1	1	4	.245	.315	.265	.580	70
1B	Luther Gilyard ^	27	29	109	101	7	20	3	0	0	9	0	0	6	7	2	0	.198	.257	.228	.485	42
2B	Joe Sparks	26	29	103	88	8	13	2	2	0	8	2	0	11	4	0	4	.148	.242	.216	.458	34
3B	Ted Bond	33	41	173	150	40	38	4	4	0	13	7	0	18	3	1	4	.253	.337	.333	.671	95
SS	Alex Radcliff	31	43	175	165	17	50	4	9	3	35	11	1	6	5	2	2	.303	.335	.491	.826	138
LF	Wilson Redus	32	45	174	157	19	33	6	1	0	11	10	0	9	2	4	4	.210	.271	.261	.532	55
CF	Herman Dunlap *	29	37	141	130	24	34	7	1	3	15	3	1	7	6	1	3	.262	.304	.400	.704	103
RF	Jack Marshall	28	43	175	151	21	34	4	1	2	19	2	0	16	5	5	3	.225	.320	.305	.624	82

C	Paul Hardy	26	18	58	52	9	12	2	1	0	6	1	0	2	1	2	2	.231	.286	.308	.593	72
CF	Roosevelt Tate	26	9	38	36	3	4	1	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	.111	.158	.194	.352	2
1B	Zack Clayton *	24	17	36	30	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	.167	.265	.167	.431	28
1B	Henry McCall *	29	8	29	29	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.241	.310	.552	59
LF	Zell Miles	27	9	24	21	3	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	.238	.333	.333	.667	94
1B	Ted Strong **	20	4	19	15	5	6	1	1	1	4	0	1	3	0	.400	.526	.800	1.326	281
RF	Henry Milton *	26	4	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	43
CF	Turkey Stearnes *	36	4	18	15	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	.267	.389	.533	.922	166
2B	Newt Allen	36	3	15	11	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	.273	.467	.545	1.012	193
C	Frank Duncan	36	4	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	40
LF	Willie Simms *	28	2	8	8	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	80
1B	Hilton Smith	30	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-17
SS	R. S. Smith ^	2	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.833	1.167	230
3B	Roosevelt Cox	23	1	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	187
LF	Walker ^	3	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	17
C	Jim Brown **	45	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	191
PH	K. B. Ivory *	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Candy Jim Taylor	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
PH	C. Hardy ^	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

SP	Willie Cornelius	30	20	43	40	4	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	3	1	0	.075	.140	.150	.290	-16
SP	Malvin Powell	29	20	38	32	6	7	1	0	1	5	0	0	5	1	1	0	.219	.342	.344	.686	100
SP	Willie Foster **	33	17	35	25	5	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	3	0	4	.200	.355	.240	.595	76
SP	Ted Trent	33	15	27	27	1	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.148	.259	-25
SP	Cliff Blackmon	23	11	21	17	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	.118	.250	.235	.485	42
SP	Walter Thomas	25	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Andy Cooper	40	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Joe Lillard **	32	1	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.333	2.333	573
SP	Porter Moss	27	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Floyd Kranson	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Howard ^	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RP	Norman Cross *	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PH	Lonnie Williams ^	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	40		495	1649	1470	199	328	46	23	14	166	42	2	118	47	28	33	.223	.293	.314	.608	76

* = 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
Alex Radcliff	31	SS	175		.365	.316		3.4%	7.3%		2.9%	0.9%		1.20	7.92		1.7%	0.9%		.188	.108
Jack Marshall	28	RF	175		.299	.316		9.1%	7.3%		2.9%	0.9%		3.20	7.92		1.1%	0.9%		.079	.108
Wilson Redus	32	LF	174		.252	.316		5.2%	7.3%		1.1%	0.9%		4.50	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.051	.108
Ted Bond	33	3B	173		.314	.316		10.4%	7.3%		1.7%	0.9%		6.00	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.080	.108
Herman Dunlap *	29	CF	141		.315	.316		5.0%	7.3%		4.3%	0.9%		1.17	7.92		2.1%	0.9%		.138	.108
Subby Byas **	27	C	112		.276	.316		8.0%	7.3%		0.9%	0.9%		9.00	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.020	.108
Luther Gilyard ^	27	1B	109		.239	.316		5.5%	7.3%		6.4%	0.9%		0.86	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.030	.108
Joe Sparks	26	2B	103		.220	.316		10.7%	7.3%		3.9%	0.9%		2.75	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.068	.108
Paul Hardy	26	C	58		.272	.316		3.4%	7.3%		1.7%	0.9%		2.00	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.077	.108
Willie Cornelius	30	SP	43		.144	.316		4.7%	7.3%		7.0%	0.9%		0.67	7.92		2.3%	0.9%		.075	.108
Roosevelt Tate	26	CF	38		.166	.316		5.3%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.083	.108
Malvin Powell	29	SP	38		.331	.316		13.2%	7.3%		2.6%	0.9%		5.00	7.92		2.6%	0.9%		.125	.108
Zack Clayton *	24	1B	36		.217	.316		5.6%	7.3%		2.8%	0.9%		2.00	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Willie Foster **	33	SP	35		.275	.316		17.1%	7.3%		8.6%	0.9%		2.00	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.040	.108
Henry McCall *	29	1B	29		.252	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.069	.108
Ted Trent	33	SP	27		.118	.316		0.0%	7.3%		3.7%	0.9%		0.00	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.037	.108
Zell Miles	27	LF	24		.320	.316		8.3%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.095	.108
Cliff Blackmon	23	SP	21		.230	.316		14.3%	7.3%		0.0%	0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.118	.108
Ted Strong **	20	1B	19		.571	.316		5.3%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		5.3%	0.9%		.400	.108
Henry Milton *	26	RF	18		.273	.316		22.2%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Turkey Stearnes *	36	CF	18		.417	.316		5.6%	7.3%		5.6%	0.9%		1.00	7.92		5.6%	0.9%		.267	.108
Newt Allen	36	2B	15		.460	.316		26.7%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		6.7%	0.9%		.273	.108
Frank Duncan	36	C	13		.230	.316		7.7%	7.3%		15.4%	0.9%		0.50	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.083	.108
Willie Simms *	28	LF	8		.280	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.125	.108
Walter Thomas	25	SP	7		.000	.316		0.0%	7.3%		14.3%	0.9%		0.00	7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Hilton Smith	30	1B	7		.134	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
R. S. Smith ^	SS	6		.488	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		16.7%	0.9%		.500	.108
Walker ^	LF	5		.188	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Roosevelt Cox	23	3B	5		.448	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.200	.108
Andy Cooper	40	SP	4		.000	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Lonnie Williams ^	PH	3		.000	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Joe Lillard **	32	SP	3		1.060	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.333	.108
Jim Brown **	45	C	2		.471	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Porter Moss	27	SP	1		.000	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
C. Hardy ^	PH	1		.000	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Candy Jim Taylor	53	PH	1		.758	.316		100.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.108
K. B. Ivory *	21	PH	1		.000	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Floyd Kranson	23	RP	1		.000	.316		0.0%	7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.0%	0.9%		.000	.108
Norman Cross *	26	RP		.000	.316		7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.9%		.108
Howard ^	RP		.000	.316		7.3%		0.9%		7.92		0.9%		.108
40			1649		.283	.316		7.2%	7.3%		3.2%	0.9%		2.21	7.92		0.8%	0.9%		.091	.108

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

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