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1929 Chicago American Giants Roster (40-man)

1928 Season 1930 Season

Record: 51-40-0, Finished 3rd in Negro National League

Manager: Jim Brown (62-42)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR
Cool Papa Bell HOF	26	us US	B	L	6' 0"	155	May 17, 1903	8	4		4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4			-0.2
Ameal Brooks	22	us US	L	R	5' 8"	165	Jun 3, 1907	1st	2		2		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Jim Brown	37	us US	B	R	5' 11"	185	May 16, 1892	10	48		48		0	4	29	1	2	1	1	1	9	11			-0.2
Larry Brown	27	us US	B	R	5' 7"	162	Sep 16, 1901	7	4		4		0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.0
Roosevelt Davis	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	168	Nov 19, 1904	6	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Saul Davis	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	176	Feb 22, 1901	4	44		44		0	0	0	38	1	3	1	0	1	2			-0.3
Steel Arm Davis	33	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Jun 22, 1896	5	70		70		0	0	45	0	0	0	0	2	27	29			0.6
Bill Foster HOF	25	us US	B	L	6' 0"	190	Jun 12, 1904	7	27		27		23	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3			3.3
Jelly Gardner	33	us US	L	R	5' 7"	160	Sep 27, 1895	10	70		70		0	0	0	0	0	0	4	60	8	72			1.5
Herbert Gay	20	us US			6' 0"	152	Jan 25, 1909	1st	10		10		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.5
Willie Gay	20	us US			6' 0"	155	Jan 25, 1909	1st	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.0
John Hines	28	us US	R	R	5' 6"	158	Feb 4, 1901	6	4		4		0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Frog Holsey	23	us US					May 14, 1906	2	23		23		22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.0
Sanford Jackson	29	us US	R	R	5' 6"	165	Jan 10, 1900	6	23		23		0	0	0	0	13	0	1	6	2	9			-0.1
Harry Jeffries			R	R			Unknown	10	52		52		0	19	0	0	34	0	1	0	1	2			-0.5
Hubert Lockhart	30	us US		L	5' 11"	180	Jan 25, 1899	7	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Jack Marshall	34	us US	R	R	5' 9"	167	May 11, 1895	7	14		14		13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.7
Webster McDonald	29	us US	L	R	5' 11"	190	Jan 1, 1900	5	5		5		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.5
Eddie Miller	28	us US		R	5' 11"	185	Mar 5, 1901	6	16		16		2	0	1	0	2	11	0	0	0	0			0.3
Yellow Horse Morris	27	us US	R	R	5' 8"	180	Feb 24, 1902	5	19		19		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			5.0
Mitchell Murray	33	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Jan 28, 1896	9	31		31		0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.4
Arthur Nance			R	R			Unknown	1st	3		3		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0			-0.2
Leonard Nash							Unknown	1st	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			0.0
Robert Poindexter	31	us US	R	R	5' 11"	176	Sep 25, 1897	6	2		2		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Malvin Powell	21	us US	R	R	5' 5"	150	Sep 6, 1907	1st	40		40		8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	31	35			-1.0
Alex Radcliff	23	us US	R	R	5' 11"	215	Jul 26, 1905	3	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0.0
Ted Radcliffe	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	235	Jul 7, 1902	2	1		1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.6
Ed Rile	29	us US	L	R	6' 2"	210	Jun 30, 1900	10	3		3		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Pythias Russ	25	us US	R	R			Apr 7, 1904	5	64		64		0	24	0	0	0	41	0	0	0	0			2.8
Mule Suttles HOF	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Mar 31, 1901	6	4		4		0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			0.1
Sandy Thompson	34	us US	L	R	5' 9"	170	Jun 5, 1895	7	69		69		0	0	0	0	0	0	67	0	2	69			-0.3
Willie Wells HOF	24	us US	R	R	5' 9"	170	Aug 10, 1904	6	4		4		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0			0.3
Charley Williams	32	us US		R			Mar 9, 1897	6	73		73		0	0	0	35	29	15	0	0	0	0			-0.1
Name	Age		B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR