1929 Chicago American Giants

48-38 • .558 Win% • 3rd in NNL

📊 Season Record

48 Wins
38 Losses
.558 Win %
3rd Rank
333 R 340 RA
Diff -7

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⚡ Quick Stats

333 Runs Scored
340 Runs Allowed
-7 Run Diff
13 Home Runs

📈 vs. 1929 NNL Average

Batting Avg .271 4% below the 1929 league average (.282)
OBP .322 6% below the 1929 league average (.342)
SLG .353 12% below the 1929 league average (.403)
Team ERA 3.82 15% better than the 1929 league average (4.52)
Runs Scored 333 16% below the 1929 league average (395 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSouth Side Park
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Home Games (est.) 43 ≈

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1929

Batting Avg

1 Pythias Russ 0.366 2 Jelly Gardner 0.323 3 Sandy Thompson 0.298 4 Sanford Jackson 0.291 5 Steel Arm Davis 0.280

Home Runs

1 Steel Arm Davis 5 2 Pythias Russ 3 3 Jim Brown 2 4 Harry Jeffries 2 5 Saul Davis 1

RBI

1 Pythias Russ 55 2 Steel Arm Davis 47 3 Sandy Thompson 32 4 Jelly Gardner 31 5 Charley Williams 26
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Charley Williams 76 279 21 77 7 3 0 26 12 1 5 0.276
Jelly Gardner 73 260 50 84 10 5 0 31 45 0 9 0.323
Sandy Thompson 72 258 30 77 10 2 0 32 14 1 6 0.298
Steel Arm Davis 73 257 41 72 14 6 5 47 18 1 10 0.280
Pythias Russ 64 235 53 86 11 11 3 55 13 0 15 0.366
Harry Jeffries 55 176 19 40 3 0 2 19 11 1 2 0.227
Saul Davis 47 159 23 33 3 2 1 12 8 1 4 0.208
Jim Brown 48 153 20 40 6 3 2 24 11 0 4 0.261
Malvin Powell 43 139 12 33 5 2 0 13 6 0 1 0.237
Mitchell Murray 32 87 9 17 5 0 0 5 7 2 1 0.195
Sanford Jackson 23 79 10 23 0 0 0 8 3 0 2 0.291
Buck Miller 16 57 8 15 1 1 0 5 4 0 2 0.263
Willie Foster 30 55 9 10 1 0 0 2 4 1 1 0.182
Frog Holsey 23 46 4 13 1 0 0 3 3 2 1 0.283
Yellow Horse Morris 22 43 2 9 1 0 0 5 4 0 0 0.209
Jack Marshall 15 32 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.188
Larry Brown 6 21 3 6 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 0.286
Cool Papa Bell 4 17 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.176
Webster McDonald 5 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.176
Willie Wells 4 16 4 8 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 0.500
Mule Suttles 4 13 2 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0.231
John Hines 4 11 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.091
Herbert Gay 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Francis Nance 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ed Rile 3 9 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0.333
Willie Gay 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Hubert Lockhart 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Robert Poindexter 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Ameal Brooks 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.667
Sam Crawford 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alex Radcliff 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Ted Radcliffe 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.500
Walter Harper 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roosevelt Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1929

ERA

1 Webster McDonald 0.81 2 Yellow Horse Morris 2.19 3 Willie Foster 3.52 4 Frog Holsey 4.34 5 Jack Marshall 4.71

Wins

1 Frog Holsey 10 2 Willie Foster 9 3 Yellow Horse Morris 8 4 Jack Marshall 5 5 Webster McDonald 4

Strikeouts

1 Willie Foster 87 2 Frog Holsey 53 3 Jack Marshall 41 4 Yellow Horse Morris 28 5 Malvin Powell 21
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Willie Foster 9 7 3.52 25 17 3 145.2 130 57 50 87
Frog Holsey 10 7 4.34 23 14 1 132.2 155 64 42 53
Yellow Horse Morris 8 5 2.19 15 13 0 119.0 100 29 32 28
Jack Marshall 5 6 4.71 14 10 0 91.2 109 48 47 41
Malvin Powell 3 2 6.33 10 5 0 54.0 67 38 22 21
Webster McDonald 4 1 0.81 5 5 0 44.1 27 4 10 16
Herbert Gay 1 1 6.23 9 5 0 30.1 30 21 24 9
Buck Miller 0 2 2.50 2 2 0 18.0 13 5 4 3
Hubert Lockhart 1 1 3.77 2 2 0 14.1 16 6 5 3
Robert Poindexter 0 2 5.79 2 2 0 14.0 17 9 2 3
Ted Radcliffe 1 0 0.00 1 0 0 6.2 4 0 2 2
Roosevelt Davis 0 0 36.00 1 1 0 1.0 5 4 1 0

👥 Roster (34)

Cool Papa Bell Ameal Brooks Jim Brown Larry Brown Sam Crawford Roosevelt Davis Saul Davis Steel Arm Davis Willie Foster Jelly Gardner Herbert Gay Willie Gay +22 more

34 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1929 Chicago American Giants

What was the 1929 Chicago American Giants record?
The 1929 Chicago American Giants finished 48-38 (.558 win pct).
Who led the 1929 Chicago American Giants in home runs?
Steel Arm Davis led the 1929 Chicago American Giants with 5 home runs.
What was the 1929 Chicago American Giants team ERA?
The 1929 Chicago American Giants posted a team ERA of 3.82.
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