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1938 Chicago American Giants

42 - 39 - 3

41 - 37 - 3 in the Negro American League

1911 / 1939 ( Team History )

Managed by:
Candy Jim Taylor (42-39-3)

Top Hitter

Alex
Radcliff

Top Pitcher

Willie
Cornelius

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting

Pitching

OPS+

97

3rd

ERA+

109

2nd

OPS

.658

6th

ERA

3.50

2nd

BA

.249

6th

BA

.261

3rd

OBP

.314

5th

K/BB

1.71

5th

SLG

.344

5th

K%

13.0%

5th

BB%

7.8%

3rd

BB%

7.7%

5th

K%

HR%

0.8%

2nd

ISO

.095

3rd

WHIP

1.34

2nd

Notes:

Home Ballpark: American Giants Park (Chicago, IL)
1 member 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
C	Subby Byas **	28	28	98	90	15	25	6	0	1	11	2	8	0	0	.278	.337	.378	.715	113
1B	Ed Young	25	26	99	90	17	25	3	2	1	15	1	6	1	2	.278	.330	.389	.719	115
2B	Rainey Bibbs **	27	26	111	104	13	28	2	1	0	15	4	5	0	2	.269	.303	.308	.610	83
3B	Alex Radcliff	32	35	148	139	24	35	7	5	1	17	4	8	1	0	.252	.297	.396	.693	106
SS	Ormond Sampson	28	17	65	60	4	15	1	1	0	10	1	3	0	2	.250	.286	.300	.586	75
LF	Wilson Redus	33	37	157	138	19	41	4	2	3	15	6	15	1	3	.297	.370	.420	.790	136
CF	Willie Simms *	29	18	87	79	13	19	3	1	0	7	3	7	0	1	.241	.302	.304	.606	82
RF	Herman Dunlap *	30	28	117	104	11	25	1	2	0	5	4	8	0	5	.240	.295	.288	.583	75

CF	Turkey Stearnes *	37	19	77	69	14	18	2	1	2	10	5	7	1	0	.261	.338	.406	.743	122
2B	Billy Horne *	22	16	61	54	9	15	3	1	1	10	0	5	0	2	.278	.339	.426	.765	128
1B	Luther Gilyard ^	28	18	59	52	8	11	2	1	0	3	0	6	0	1	.212	.293	.288	.582	74
SS	Joe Sparks	27	20	58	48	10	10	1	1	2	7	1	8	1	1	.208	.333	.396	.729	118
C	Frank Duncan	37	14	57	45	9	15	2	1	2	11	2	9	1	2	.333	.455	.556	1.010	201
RF	Ernie Smith *	30	11	42	39	8	13	2	0	0	8	4	0	1	2	.333	.350	.385	.735	120
C	Paul Hardy	27	8	17	15	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	-26
LF	Pen Gilliard *	34	6	10	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	76
3B	Johnny Reed ^	22	3	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	37
3B	Jack Marshall	29	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	97
2B	Andrews ^	1	5	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	231
CF	Howard Easterling **	26	1	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.750	.800	1.000	1.800	436
RF	Brinson ^	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SS	Carter ^	1	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.667	.750	.667	1.417	326
RF	Zell Miles	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	John Lyles **	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Smith ^	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	499

SP	Jesse Houston ^	28	18	40	38	4	7	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	.184	.225	.263	.488	46
SP	Willie Cornelius	31	20	38	30	3	5	1	1	0	3	0	5	1	2	.167	.306	.267	.572	72
SP	Tommy Johnson ^	23	19	36	32	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	.063	.118	.063	.180	-45
SP	Ted Trent	34	14	18	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
RP	Leland Davis ^	11	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	-28
SP	Percy Forrest	21	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
PH	Vaughn ^	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100

RP	George White ^	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	33		423	1445	1295	191	323	42	21	13	159	38	113	8	29	.249	.314	.344	.658	97

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		LG		BB/K	LG		HR%
Wilson Redus	33	LF	157		.365	.313		9.6%	7.5%			1.9%	0.7%		.123	.093
Alex Radcliff	32	3B	148		.320	.313		5.4%	7.5%			0.7%	0.7%		.144	.093
Herman Dunlap *	30	RF	117		.270	.313		6.8%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.048	.093
Rainey Bibbs **	27	2B	111		.287	.313		4.5%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.038	.093
Ed Young	25	1B	99		.330	.313		6.1%	7.5%			1.0%	0.7%		.111	.093
Subby Byas **	28	C	98		.338	.313		8.2%	7.5%			1.0%	0.7%		.100	.093
Willie Simms *	29	CF	87		.289	.313		8.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.063	.093
Turkey Stearnes *	37	CF	77		.349	.313		9.1%	7.5%			2.6%	0.7%		.145	.093
Ormond Sampson	28	SS	65		.271	.313		4.6%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.050	.093
Billy Horne *	22	2B	61		.344	.313		8.2%	7.5%			1.6%	0.7%		.148	.093
Luther Gilyard ^	28	1B	59		.279	.313		10.2%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.077	.093
Joe Sparks	27	SS	58		.339	.313		13.8%	7.5%			3.4%	0.7%		.188	.093
Frank Duncan	37	C	57		.448	.313		15.8%	7.5%			3.5%	0.7%		.222	.093
Ernie Smith *	30	RF	42		.330	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.051	.093
Jesse Houston ^	28	SP	40		.231	.313		5.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.079	.093
Willie Cornelius	31	SP	38		.274	.313		13.2%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.100	.093
Tommy Johnson ^	23	SP	36		.095	.313		5.6%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Ted Trent	34	SP	18		.000	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Paul Hardy	27	C	17		.145	.313		11.8%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Leland Davis ^	RP	13		.131	.313		7.7%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Pen Gilliard *	34	LF	10		.265	.313		10.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Johnny Reed ^	22	3B	7		.244	.313		14.3%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Andrews ^	2B	5		.531	.313		20.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Jack Marshall	29	3B	5		.341	.313		20.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Howard Easterling **	26	CF	5		.796	.313		20.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.250	.093
Brinson ^	RF	4		.000	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Carter ^	SS	4		.664	.313		25.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Percy Forrest	21	SP	3		.000	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Zell Miles	28	RF	1		.000	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Smith ^	PH	1		.949	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
John Lyles **	26	PH	1		.000	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
Vaughn ^	PH	1		.000	.313		0.0%	7.5%			0.0%	0.7%		.000	.093
George White ^	RP		.000	.313		7.5%				0.7%	.093
33			1445		.307	.313		7.8%	7.5%			0.9%	0.7%		.095	.093