1940 Chicago American Giants

22-26 • 0.458 Win% • 5th in NAL

📊 Season Record

22 Wins
26 Losses
0.458 Win %
5th Rank
79 R 119 RA
Diff -40

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⚡ Quick Stats

79 Runs Scored
119 Runs Allowed
-40 Run Diff
7 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1940 NAL Average

Batting Avg .232 7% below the 1940 league average (.248)
OBP .304 4% below the 1940 league average (.316)
SLG .262 2% below the 1940 league average (.268)
Team ERA 4.49 8% worse than the 1940 league average (4.15)
Runs Scored 79 44% below the 1940 league average (141 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSouth Side Park III
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Home Games 25

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ed Young 0.323 2 Donald Reeves 0.295 3 Ted Bond 0.277 4 Willie Simms 0.224 5 Billy Horne 0.186

Home Runs

1 Donald Reeves 4 2 Willie Simms 1 3 Joe Sparks 1 4 Ed Young 1

RBI

1 Donald Reeves 24 2 Ed Young 11 3 Ted Bond 7 4 Willie Hudson 5 5 Wilson Redus 5
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Simms 19 76 14 17 0 0 1 5 9 2 1 0.224
Ted Bond 20 65 13 18 0 0 0 7 11 0 0 0.277
Ed Young 18 65 10 21 0 0 1 11 7 1 1 0.323
Donald Reeves 17 61 8 18 0 0 4 24 6 2 0 0.295
Leroy Morney 19 60 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0.167
Billy Horne 18 59 3 11 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0.186
Willie Hudson 16 47 4 11 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 0.234
Ernie Smith 15 46 4 13 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0.283
Joe Sparks 16 43 4 7 0 0 1 2 5 1 0 0.163
Harry Else 10 33 4 10 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0.303
Wilson Redus 16 31 2 8 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0.258
Wadel Miller 8 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.100
Joe Brown 7 19 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.368
Henry Merchant 9 19 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.211
Lefty Bowe 9 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tommy Johnson 7 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Army Rhodes 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.143
Walter Burch 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Nat Rogers 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnnie Dawson 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Paul Stanley 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Willie Cornelius 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Frank Duncan 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.000
Zell Miles 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lloyd Bruce 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hank Jones 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Lefty Bowe 3.59 2 Willie Hudson 3.76 3 Wadel Miller 4.79

Wins

1 Willie Hudson 3 2 Lefty Bowe 2 3 Willie Cornelius 1 4 Wadel Miller 1

Strikeouts

1 Lefty Bowe 36 2 Wadel Miller 17 3 Willie Hudson 16 4 Tommy Johnson 9 5 Willie Cornelius 7
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Lefty Bowe 2 2 3.59 9 7 0 47.2 23 36
Wadel Miller 1 5 4.79 7 6 0 47.0 17 17
Willie Hudson 3 2 3.76 6 4 0 40.2 23 16
Tommy Johnson 0 5 7.22 6 4 0 28.2 15 9
Willie Cornelius 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 7.0 1 7
Zell Miles 0 1 4.50 1 1 0 6.0 2 2
Hank Jones 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 3.1 4 1
Lloyd Bruce 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 1
Henry Merchant 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (26)

Ted Bond Lefty Bowe Joe Brown Lloyd Bruce Walter Burch Willie Cornelius Johnnie Dawson Frank Duncan Harry Else Billy Horne Willie Hudson Tommy Johnson +14 more

26 players

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