1943 Chicago American Giants

32-29 • 0.525 Win% • 4th in NAL

📊 Season Record

32 Wins
29 Losses
0.525 Win %
4th Rank
169 R 143 RA
Diff +26

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⚡ Quick Stats

169 Runs Scored
143 Runs Allowed
+26 Run Diff
13 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1943 NAL Average

Batting Avg .275 8% above the 1943 league average (.253)
OBP .311 1% above the 1943 league average (.306)
SLG .306 14% above the 1943 league average (.268)
Team ERA 3.24 17% better than the 1943 league average (3.88)
Runs Scored 169 equal to the 1943 league average (169 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park I
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Home Games 31

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Alex Radcliff 0.365 2 Lloyd Davenport 0.309 3 John Bissant 0.290 4 Ted Radcliffe 0.290 5 Ed Young 0.288

Home Runs

1 Babe Charter 3 2 Art Pennington 2 3 John Bissant 1 4 Herbert Buster 1 5 Willie Cornelius 1

RBI

1 Alex Radcliff 22 2 Lloyd Davenport 16 3 Art Pennington 16 4 Ted Radcliffe 14 5 Ed Young 12
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Lloyd Davenport 35 152 24 47 0 0 1 16 9 0 3 0.309
Alex Radcliff 31 126 13 46 0 0 1 22 3 3 2 0.365
Art Pennington 32 122 19 29 0 0 2 16 12 1 1 0.238
Ralph Wyatt 27 110 18 22 0 0 1 9 10 0 5 0.200
John Bissant 29 107 20 31 0 0 1 9 9 0 4 0.290
Ted Radcliffe 30 107 7 31 0 0 0 14 2 0 1 0.290
Ed Young 28 104 15 30 0 0 1 12 5 0 0 0.288
Johnny Smith 24 98 15 21 0 0 0 6 4 1 0 0.214
Babe Charter 22 88 14 23 0 0 3 11 4 1 1 0.261
Willie Cornelius 17 48 9 10 0 0 1 9 4 0 0 0.208
Gentry Jessup 16 44 2 13 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.295
Henry Smith 9 33 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.212
Leroy Sutton 10 29 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.207
Willie Ferrell 7 25 4 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.200
Charlie Shields 7 24 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.250
Ollie West 5 12 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.500
Herbert Buster 2 9 3 6 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0.667
Gray 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.500
Charlie Harris 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Francis Jackson 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Eddie Locke 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Leroy Sutton 2.69 2 Gentry Jessup 3.28 3 Willie Cornelius 3.92 4 Ollie West 4.88

Wins

1 Gentry Jessup 6 2 Leroy Sutton 5 3 Willie Cornelius 4 4 Ollie West 3 5 Willie Ferrell 1

Strikeouts

1 Gentry Jessup 47 2 Leroy Sutton 18 3 Ollie West 18 4 Charlie Shields 12 5 Willie Cornelius 11
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gentry Jessup 6 6 3.28 14 10 1 93.1 26 47
Leroy Sutton 5 2 2.69 10 6 0 67.0 15 18
Willie Cornelius 4 4 3.92 10 10 0 62.0 22 11
Ollie West 3 2 4.88 5 5 0 31.1 12 18
Charlie Shields 1 0 2.92 3 2 0 24.2 10 12
Willie Ferrell 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 9.0 1 1
Ted Radcliffe 0 1 1.04 2 1 0 8.2 3 5
Francis Jackson 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 5.0 2 1
Eddie Locke 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 1 3

🏆 Postseason Results

ALC
Lost to BBB 3-2

👥 Roster (21)

John Bissant Herbert Buster Babe Charter Willie Cornelius Lloyd Davenport Willie Ferrell Gray Charlie Harris Francis Jackson Gentry Jessup Eddie Locke Art Pennington +9 more

21 players

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