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1928 Chicago American Giants Batting Statistics

1927 Season 1929 Season

Record: 55-38-1, Finished 3rd in Negro National League

Postseason: Lost NNL Championship Series (5-4) to St. Louis Stars

Managers: Dave Malarcher (40-21-1) and George Harney (18-19)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Team Batting

League Register

Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	John Hines	27	67	221	203	35	58	9	3	2	34	6		12		.286	.344	.389	.733	100	79		6
2	1B	Lemuel Hawkins*	32	38	153	143	14	36	4	0	0	16	5		10		.252	.301	.280	.580	59	40		0
3	2B	Charley Williams?	31	65	252	235	26	60	10	6	0	36	4		15		.255	.306	.349	.654	78	82		2
4	SS	Pythias Russ	24	70	288	274	54	93	13	3	2	48	9		9		.339	.372	.431	.802	118	118		5
5	3B	Dave Malarcher#	33	33	116	106	11	28	3	0	0	16	4		9		.264	.328	.292	.620	70	31		1
6	LF	Sandy Thompson*	33	43	179	166	25	55	1	1	0	27	4		11		.331	.380	.349	.729	100	58		2
7	CF	Jelly Gardner*	32	50	213	184	37	51	3	0	0	10	19		27		.277	.376	.293	.669	85	54		2
8	RF	Steel Arm Davis*	32	59	242	226	38	72	12	5	2	31	7		13		.319	.364	.442	.806	119	100		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	UT	Sanford Jackson	28	54	235	219	32	60	4	4	0	16	5		13		.274	.323	.329	.652	78	72		3
10	1B	Jim Brown#	36	37	129	125	16	33	3	0	0	12	3		3		.264	.287	.288	.575	57	36		1
11	OF	Ruben Jones*	34	37	126	120	17	36	4	2	0	15	4		3		.300	.333	.367	.700	91	44		3
12	OF	Nat Rogers*	34	25	86	83	5	18	2	0	0	10	2		3		.217	.244	.241	.485	33	20		0
13	IF	Bobby Williams	32	24	83	72	9	12	2	0	0	3	1		8		.167	.277	.194	.472	31	14		3
14	UT	Eddie Miller?	27	27	80	74	9	18	4	2	0	7	2		6		.243	.300	.351	.651	77	26		0
15	C	Mitchell Murray	32	24	78	70	13	20	4	2	0	14	2		7		.286	.359	.400	.759	107	28		1
16	C	Tommie Dukes*	21	5	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0		0
17	IF	Red Haley*	27	5	11	11	0	3	2	0	0	1	0		0		.273	.273	.455	.727	95	5		0
18	C	James Bray?	29	2	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0		.333	.333	.333	.667	82	3		0
19	C	Charlie Hancock?	25	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
20	P	Bill Foster#	24	29	80	77	9	17	3	0	0	8	0		3		.221	.250	.260	.510	39	20		0
21	P	George Harney	38	25	63	61	6	19	1	0	0	8	0		2		.311	.333	.328	.661	81	20		0
22	P	Willie Powell*	24	18	51	47	2	7	1	0	0	4	0		4		.149	.216	.170	.386	7	8		0
23	P	Harold Treadwell?	31	10	22	22	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		0		.182	.182	.182	.364	0	4		0
24	P	Owen Smaulding?	31	5	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		0		.250	.250	.313	.563	53	5		0
25	P	Frog Holsey?	22	2	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0		.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1		0
26	P	Webster McDonald*	28	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
		Team Totals	30.3	94	2756	2564	362	708	86	28	6	320	78		160		.276	.327	.339	.665	82	868		32
		Rank in 8 NNL teams				4	4	4	7	7	7		2		5	2	5	6	7	6		5		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.6	94	2436	2259	332	638	76	26	6	289	76		145		.282	.335	.347	.682	86	784		32
		Pitcher Totals	28.4	94	320	305	30	70	10	2	0	31	2		15		.230	.266	.275	.541	48	84		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB