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1942 Chicago American Giants

8-36 • 0.182 Win% • 5th in NAL

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📊 Season Record

8 Wins

36 Losses

0.182 Win %

5th Rank

157 R 288 RA

Diff -131

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Chicago American Giants Inactive

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⚡ Quick Stats

157 Runs Scored

288 Runs Allowed

-131 Run Diff

5 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1942 NAL Average

Batting Avg .236 8% below the 1942 league average (.258)

OBP .290 6% below the 1942 league average (.309)

SLG .246 12% below the 1942 league average (.280)

Team ERA 5.39 30% worse than the 1942 league average (4.14)

Runs Scored 157 5% below the 1942 league average (166 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park I

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Home Games 22

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Cool Papa Bell 0.312 2 Jimmie Crutchfield 0.273 3 Art Pennington 0.260 4 Walter Cannady 0.255 5 Ralph Wyatt 0.246

Home Runs

1 Alex Radcliff 2 2 Jimmie Crutchfield 1 3 Lester Lockett 1 4 Art Pennington 1

RBI

1 Alex Radcliff 21 2 Art Pennington 12 3 Cool Papa Bell 11 4 Jimmie Crutchfield 11 5 Lester Lockett 10

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
Alex Radcliff	40	159	15	38	2	21	8	0	0	0.239
Cool Papa Bell	39	141	24	44	0	11	27	1	4	0.312
Jimmie Crutchfield	38	132	13	36	1	11	16	0	4	0.273
Ralph Wyatt	35	130	17	32	0	10	8	0	2	0.246
Art Pennington	38	127	13	33	1	12	22	2	0	0.260
John Huber	29	91	11	19	0	6	1	0	1	0.209
Henry Smith	24	89	6	16	0	1	4	0	1	0.180
Jabbo Andrews	18	68	4	16	0	6	4	2	0	0.235
Lester Lockett	16	54	5	11	1	10	4	1	1	0.204
Walter Cannady	14	51	7	13	0	6	2	1	3	0.255
John Bissant	14	48	7	10	0	6	1	0	1	0.208
Willie Ferrell	20	45	4	13	0	6	1	2	0	0.289
Ernie Smith	14	42	3	9	0	5	0	0	0	0.214
Clyde Spearman	13	35	6	5	0	2	5	0	2	0.143
Army Rhodes	10	31	2	3	0	3	1	0	0	0.097
George Britt	13	27	0	7	0	1	2	0	0	0.259
Ollie West	13	25	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	0.160
Charlie Shields	11	23	5	7	0	2	0	2	1	0.304
Sam Thompson	9	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0.150
Ed Young	6	20	3	7	0	4	1	0	0	0.350
John Britton	4	17	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	0.176
Charlie Harris	4	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.250
Leroy Sutton	5	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.167
Willie Cornelius	10	11	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0.364
Ziggy Marcell	4	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.273
Jimmy Ford	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.111
Tommy Johnson	6	7	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.143
Willie Burns	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Samuel Burris	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.250
Gentry Jessup	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Ted Radcliffe	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.000
Raymond Taylor	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.333
Ulysses Evans	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.500
Dave Hoskins	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.500
Percy Howard	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Francis Jackson	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Wadel Miller	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Leandy Young	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0.500
Cleo Benson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Subby Byas	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.000
Candy Jim Taylor	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000
Hosea Allen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
P. Burgess	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Willie Hudson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.000
Henry Merchant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BB	SO
Ollie West	0	8	5.72	13	7	0	61.1	20	16
Willie Ferrell	2	6	5.10	11	9	0	60.0	24	18
Sam Thompson	0	7	4.64	9	6	0	52.1	15	20
Charlie Shields	2	3	5.11	8	5	0	44.0	25	32
Leroy Sutton	1	3	3.71	5	4	0	34.0	8	11
Willie Cornelius	2	3	5.79	7	6	0	23.1	10	10
John Huber	1	0	3.27	4	1	0	22.0	10	12
Willie Burns	0	1	7.63	5	1	0	15.1	11	2
Gentry Jessup	0	2	7.62	5	1	0	13.0	5	4
George Britt	0	0	6.52	3	0	0	9.2	5	3
Tommy Johnson	0	1	7.71	4	1	1	9.1	8	9
Ulysses Evans	0	0	1.50	2	0	0	6.0	5	4
Francis Jackson	0	0	8.31	1	0	0	4.1	1	2
Dave Hoskins	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	4.0	0	3
Willie Hudson	0	0	3.86	1	1	0	2.1	2	1
Henry Merchant	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	0	1
P. Burgess	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0
Hosea Allen	0	1	108.00	1	1	0	0.1	0	0

👥 Roster (45)

Hosea Allen Jabbo Andrews Cool Papa Bell Cleo Benson John Bissant George Britt John Britton P. Burgess Willie Burns Samuel Burris Subby Byas Walter Cannady +33 more

45 players