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1926 Chicago American Giants Roster (40-man)

1925 Season 1927 Season

Record: 57-24-3, Finished 2nd in Negro National League

Postseason:
Won World Series (5-4-2) over Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Won NNL Championship Series (5-4) over Kansas City Monarchs

Managers: Rube Foster (27-17-1) and Dave Malarcher (30-7-2)

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
Jim Brown	34	us US	B	R	5' 11"	185	May 16, 1892	7	75		75		0	24	50	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			0.9
Sam Crawford	34	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Apr 15, 1892	7	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.0
Rube Curry	27	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Oct 10, 1898	7	26		26		21	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4			4.3
Bill Foster HOF	22	us US	B	L	6' 0"	190	Jun 12, 1904	4	27		27		27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			8.5
Jelly Gardner	30	us US	L	R	5' 7"	160	Sep 27, 1895	7	68		68		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	55	68			1.9
George Harney	36	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jun 1, 1890	4	31		31		28	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			5.6
John Hines	25	us US	R	R	5' 6"	158	Feb 4, 1901	3	51		51		0	13	1	0	0	0	3	27	3	33			0.4
Sanford Jackson	26	us US	R	R	5' 6"	165	Jan 10, 1900	3	81		81		0	0	0	1	6	52	19	3	0	22			-1.7
Dave Malarcher	31	us US	B	R	5' 7"	150	Oct 18, 1894	7	80		80		0	0	0	13	68	0	0	0	0	0			1.6
Webster McDonald	26	us US	L	R	5' 11"	190	Jan 1, 1900	2	21		21		21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			2.2
Robert Poindexter	28	us US	R	R	5' 11"	176	Sep 25, 1897	3	12		12		12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.8
Willie Powell	22	us US	L	R	5' 8"	153	Oct 30, 1903	2	10		10		10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.4
Pythias Russ	22	us US	R	R			Apr 7, 1904	2	49		49		0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.0
John Shackelford	20	us US	L	R	5' 10"	165	Jul 17, 1905	3	12		12		0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0			-0.2
George Sweatt	32	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Dec 7, 1893	5	73		73		0	0	2	24	0	0	1	42	2	45			0.2
Sandy Thompson	31	us US	L	R	5' 9"	170	Jun 5, 1895	4	79		79		0	0	0	0	0	0	50	3	22	75			0.7
Steel Arm Tyler	20	us US		R	5' 8"	165	Sep 26, 1905	2	12		12		7	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5			0.9
Willie Ware	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	168	Aug 16, 1899	3	33		33		0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			-0.6
Charley Williams	29	us US		R			Mar 9, 1897	3	74		74		0	0	0	44	0	29	1	0	0	1			-0.5
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