1944 Chicago American Giants

31-43 • 0.419 Win% • 5th in NAL

📊 Season Record

31 Wins
43 Losses
0.419 Win %
5th Rank
73 R 105 RA
Diff -32

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⚡ Quick Stats

73 Runs Scored
105 Runs Allowed
-32 Run Diff
2 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1944 NAL Average

Batting Avg .263 4% above the 1944 league average (.253)
OBP .315 3% above the 1944 league average (.305)
SLG .271 2% above the 1944 league average (.265)
Team ERA 3.44 2% worse than the 1944 league average (3.37)
Runs Scored 73 44% below the 1944 league average (131 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park I
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Home Games 37

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jesse Douglas 0.397 2 Art Pennington 0.333 3 John Bissant 0.293 4 Lloyd Davenport 0.282 5 Clyde Nelson 0.234

Home Runs

1 Art Pennington 2

RBI

1 Jesse Douglas 12 2 Lloyd Davenport 10 3 Art Pennington 10 4 Clyde Nelson 7 5 Johnny Smith 7
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
John Bissant 21 82 6 24 0 0 0 6 2 2 0 0.293
Lloyd Davenport 20 78 7 22 0 0 0 10 4 1 1 0.282
Jesse Douglas 21 78 10 31 0 0 0 12 10 0 2 0.397
Clyde Nelson 22 77 5 18 0 0 0 7 4 1 1 0.234
Art Pennington 16 57 13 19 0 0 2 10 6 0 2 0.333
Gentry Jessup 14 42 3 7 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.167
Johnny Smith 12 41 1 13 0 0 0 7 2 2 1 0.317
George Minor 18 37 7 11 0 0 0 2 7 0 4 0.297
Herb Barnhill 15 36 3 9 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.250
Jimmie Crutchfield 9 32 2 7 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.219
Bob Smith 12 32 3 5 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0.156
Ollie Waldon 13 30 4 5 0 0 0 1 6 2 1 0.167
Ralph Wyatt 6 23 3 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.304
Rufus Hatten 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sam Jackson 4 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.154
Willie Wells Jr. 6 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0.154
Gready McKinnis 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.100
Pepper Sharpe 6 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.300
Henry McCall 3 9 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.556
Walter Treherne 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.125
Leroy Sutton 4 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.143
Al Jones 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.167
Buck Felder 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nat Rogers 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
T. J. Brown 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.500
Alex Radcliff 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ollie West 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Rainey Bibbs 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.333

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gentry Jessup 2.70

Wins

1 Gentry Jessup 5 2 Johnny Smith 1 3 Leroy Sutton 1

Strikeouts

1 Gentry Jessup 48 2 Pepper Sharpe 10 3 Al Jones 9 4 Gready McKinnis 8 5 Ollie West 6
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gentry Jessup 5 6 2.70 11 11 0 93.1 21 48
Gready McKinnis 0 4 5.70 4 4 0 23.2 10 8
Leroy Sutton 1 1 1.33 4 2 0 20.1 6 4
Al Jones 0 2 3.71 3 2 0 17.0 8 9
Pepper Sharpe 0 2 7.20 4 2 0 15.0 6 10
Ollie West 0 1 6.30 2 1 0 10.0 5 6
Johnny Smith 1 0 0.00 1 1 0 9.0 1 2
Lloyd Davenport 0 0 3.60 2 0 0 5.0 0 2

👥 Roster (28)

Herb Barnhill Rainey Bibbs John Bissant T. J. Brown Jimmie Crutchfield Lloyd Davenport Jesse Douglas Buck Felder Rufus Hatten Sam Jackson Gentry Jessup Al Jones +16 more

28 players

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