1947 Chicago American Giants

28-52 • 0.350 Win% • 6th in NAL

📊 Season Record

28 Wins
52 Losses
0.350 Win %
6th Rank
149 R 197 RA
Diff -48

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⚡ Quick Stats

149 Runs Scored
197 Runs Allowed
-48 Run Diff
5 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1947 NAL Average

Batting Avg .263 4% below the 1947 league average (.273)
OBP .325 4% below the 1947 league average (.340)
SLG .278 8% below the 1947 league average (.302)
Team ERA 5.61 11% worse than the 1947 league average (5.07)
Runs Scored 149 14% below the 1947 league average (173 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park I
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Home Games 40

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Lyman Bostock 0.333 2 Bernell Longest 0.320 3 John Ritchey 0.319 4 Buddy Armour 0.300 5 Sam Hill 0.287

Home Runs

1 Sam Hill 2 2 John Miles 2 3 Earl Bumpus 1

RBI

1 Bernell Longest 19 2 Earl Bumpus 15 3 Lyman Bostock 14 4 Sam Hill 12 5 John Ritchey 12
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bernell Longest 29 125 18 40 0 0 0 19 6 0 3 0.320
Sam Hill 29 115 25 33 0 0 2 12 9 0 3 0.287
Buddy Armour 24 100 16 30 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0.300
Clyde McNeal 24 95 13 23 0 0 0 8 6 0 1 0.242
John Miles 23 82 13 19 0 0 2 9 9 0 0 0.232
Lyman Bostock 22 81 10 27 0 0 0 14 8 0 0 0.333
Jim McCurine 21 74 3 13 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 0.176
John Ritchey 21 72 18 23 0 0 0 12 14 0 3 0.319
Earl Bumpus 24 66 8 14 0 0 1 15 10 0 0 0.212
John Bissant 16 33 6 14 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 0.424
Jesse Warren 9 27 3 9 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.333
Riley Stewart 13 21 4 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.286
Jake Tolbert 10 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0.143
Gentry Jessup 9 19 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.211
Harry Rhodes 10 18 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.167
Tom Turner 5 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.062
Ed Young 4 16 3 4 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0.250
Leonard Johnson 10 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.071
Clarence Locke 6 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.273
Walter McCoy 6 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Palm 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Jacob Robinson 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.167
Sy Morton 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Berry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Harris 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnson 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Lyons 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Harold Millon 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Steve Wylie 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Willie Wynn 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gentry Jessup 2.48 2 Riley Stewart 5.57 3 Earl Bumpus 6.10 4 Leonard Johnson 8.00

Wins

1 Gentry Jessup 2 2 Clarence Locke 2 3 Harry Rhodes 2 4 Riley Stewart 2 5 Walter McCoy 1

Strikeouts

1 Gentry Jessup 24 2 Earl Bumpus 22 3 Riley Stewart 22 4 Walter McCoy 19 5 Leonard Johnson 18
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Riley Stewart 2 2 5.57 11 6 1 53.1 21 22
Earl Bumpus 0 5 6.10 10 4 1 41.1 25 22
Gentry Jessup 2 1 2.48 5 5 0 36.1 20 24
Leonard Johnson 0 6 8.00 9 5 0 36.0 18 18
Walter McCoy 1 3 4.88 6 3 0 27.2 12 19
Clarence Locke 2 1 5.04 4 3 0 25.0 12 13
Harry Rhodes 2 2 6.87 6 3 0 18.1 11 10
Jesse Warren 0 0 7.94 2 0 0 5.2 2 2
Steve Wylie 0 0 9.00 2 0 1 4.0 5 2
Tom Turner 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0

👥 Roster (30)

Buddy Armour Berry John Bissant Lyman Bostock Earl Bumpus Harris Sam Hill Gentry Jessup Johnson Leonard Johnson Clarence Locke Bernell Longest +18 more

30 players

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