1945 Chicago American Giants Statistics
National Arena League (NAL)
Team Record: 38-35
Finished 4th in the NAL
Ballpark: Comiskey Park I
Manager: Candy Jim Taylor (49-59)
1945 Chicago American Giants RosterTeam Record: 38-35
Finished 4th in the NAL
Ballpark: Comiskey Park I
Manager: Candy Jim Taylor (49-59)
1945 Chicago American Giants Results
The Chicago American Giants of the National Arena League ended the 1945 season with a record of 38 wins and 35 losses, finishing fourth in the NAL.
Candy Jim Taylor coached the team.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentry Jessup | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 | 65 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 326 |
| Walter McCoy | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.99 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 55 | 39 | 29 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 278 |
| Willie Cornelius | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.82 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 71 | 53 | 44 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
| Gready McKinnis | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.38 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 42.7 | 32 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
| Ollie West | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.95 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| Clarence Locke | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
| Willie McMeans | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.96 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
| Johnny Smith | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | |
| R. Smith | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Totals | 19 | 18 | .514 | 4.64 | 59 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 320.0 | 320 | 203 | 165 | 6 | 117 | 0 | 166 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1399 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Smith | 36 | 153 | 143 | 23 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .336 | .373 | .462 | .834 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Art Pennington | 33 | 142 | 121 | 22 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | .331 | .430 | .463 | .892 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Douglas | 30 | 134 | 124 | 23 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .306 | .358 | .363 | .721 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Wyatt | 33 | 137 | 125 | 22 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .296 | .348 | .400 | .748 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Bissant | 32 | 133 | 119 | 29 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .269 | .341 | .361 | .702 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmie Crutchfield | 36 | 150 | 139 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .223 | .280 | .273 | .553 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde Nelson | 27 | 109 | 94 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .245 | .343 | .319 | .662 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Barnhill | 28 | 93 | 87 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .253 | .301 | .287 | .588 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommie Dukes | 16 | 56 | 55 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 | .268 | .345 | .613 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilbert King | 16 | 58 | 51 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .235 | .316 | .392 | .708 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Cornelius | 16 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .440 | .533 | .600 | 1.133 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry McCall | 9 | 37 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .324 | .361 | .382 | .743 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gentry Jessup | 12 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .387 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Charter | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie West | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gready McKinnis | 9 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McMeans | 11 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .133 | .350 | .133 | .483 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clyde McNeal | 7 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Jackson | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarence Locke | 9 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter McCoy | 13 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .042 | .115 | .042 | .157 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shanks | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Smith | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Coachman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jesse Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Raymond Lott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 391 | 1390 | 1261 | 199 | 340 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 173 | 12 | 0 | 115 | 1 | .270 | .332 | .350 | .682 | 441 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art Pennington | 1B | 22 | 22 | 186.0 | 213 | 8 | 3 | 11 | .987 | 1.694 | 1.045 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Henry McCall | 1B | 9 | 9 | 81.0 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 9.889 | 9.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Locke | 1B | 4 | 3 | 22.0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 11.864 | 7.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McMeans | 1B | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 13.091 | 8.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Nelson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommie Dukes | 1B | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.200 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Barnhill | 1B | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.250 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Jackson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Douglas | 2B | 18 | 18 | 149.0 | 40 | 53 | 3 | 11 | .969 | 5.617 | 5.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert King | 2B | 13 | 13 | 115.0 | 35 | 39 | 5 | 7 | .937 | 5.791 | 5.692 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Pennington | 2B | 4 | 3 | 29.0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.586 | 4.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bissant | 2B | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 5.667 | 4.250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Nelson | 3B | 22 | 22 | 187.0 | 20 | 33 | 6 | 5 | .898 | 2.551 | 2.409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Douglas | 3B | 9 | 9 | 81.0 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .933 | 3.111 | 3.111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Pennington | 3B | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 2.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Wyatt | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert King | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Babe Charter | 3B | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herb Barnhill | C | 26 | 25 | 206.0 | 130 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 6.379 | 5.615 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tommie Dukes | C | 15 | 12 | 110.0 | 71 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 6.709 | 5.467 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Coachman | C | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Williams | C | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Crutchfield | OF | 36 | 36 | 311.0 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 2.084 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Smith | OF | 36 | 34 | 297.3 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.635 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bissant | OF | 29 | 27 | 238.7 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .878 | 1.622 | 1.483 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Pennington | OF | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde Nelson | OF | 4 | 4 | 25.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.520 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde McNeal | OF | 4 | 3 | 23.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.565 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Wyatt | OF | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Cornelius | OF | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbert King | OF | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.600 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McMeans | OF | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie West | OF | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gentry Jessup | P | 10 | 10 | 79.0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 2.848 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walter McCoy | P | 12 | 6 | 65.3 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 2.893 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Cornelius | P | 10 | 7 | 50.7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.132 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gready McKinnis | P | 9 | 6 | 42.7 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 3.586 | 1.889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ollie West | P | 7 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.622 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie McMeans | P | 5 | 3 | 22.7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.382 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clarence Locke | P | 4 | 3 | 18.7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 3.375 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 8.7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.154 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R. Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Johnson | PH | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Lott | PR | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Wyatt | SS | 31 | 31 | 260.0 | 64 | 86 | 13 | 13 | .920 | 5.192 | 4.839 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesse Douglas | SS | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .737 | 4.667 | 4.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clyde McNeal | SS | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.857 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Pennington | SS | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shanks | SS | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 379 | 334 | 2880.0 | 959 | 424 | 66 | 79 | .954 | 4.322 | 3.649 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0.0 |
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