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1927 Chicago American Giants Roster (40-man)

1926 Season 1928 Season

Record: 61-32-1, Finished 1st in Negro National League

Postseason:
Won World Series (5-3-1) over Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Won NNL Championship Series (4-1) over Birmingham Black Barons

Manager: Dave Malarcher (61-32-1)

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
James Bray	28	us US			5' 9"	184	Dec 12, 1898	2	56		56		0	36	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1			1.6
Jim Brown	35	us US	B	R	5' 11"	185	May 16, 1892	8	76		76		0	21	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			1.2
Larry Brown	25	us US	B	R	5' 7"	162	Sep 16, 1901	5	13		13		0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.3
Rube Curry	28	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Oct 10, 1898	8	18		18		14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2			1.8
Steel Arm Davis	31	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Jun 22, 1896	3	84		84		0	0	0	1	0	0	67	3	16	86			3.8
Lou Dials	23	us US	L	L	5' 10"	185	Jan 10, 1904	1st	7		7		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	6			0.0
Bill Foster HOF	23	us US	B	L	6' 0"	190	Jun 12, 1904	5	39		39		31	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2			7.4
Earl Gurley	28	us US	L	L	5' 11"	183	Aug 6, 1898	5	1		1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			0.1
George Harney	37	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Jun 1, 1890	5	29		29		25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1			3.7
John Hines	26	us US	R	R	5' 6"	158	Feb 4, 1901	4	55		55		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	53	54			0.0
Sanford Jackson	27	us US	R	R	5' 6"	165	Jan 10, 1900	4	79		79		0	0	0	0	1	40	0	35	1	36			-0.4
Dave Malarcher	32	us US	B	R	5' 7"	150	Oct 18, 1894	8	88		88		0	0	0	1	86	0	0	0	0	0			1.1
Webster McDonald	27	us US	L	R	5' 11"	190	Jan 1, 1900	3	20		20		17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3.3
Eddie Miller	26	us US		R	5' 11"	185	Mar 5, 1901	4	33		33		13	0	12	3	2	2	1	0	1	2			-0.2
Willie Powell	23	us US	L	R	5' 8"	153	Oct 30, 1903	3	20		20		18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			3.6
Alex Radcliff	21	us US	R	R	5' 11"	215	Jul 26, 1905	2	2		2		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0			0.1
Nat Rogers	33	us US	L	R			Jul 21, 1893	3	15		15		0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	15			0.3
Pythias Russ	23	us US	R	R			Apr 7, 1904	3	86		86		0	30	5	1	0	54	0	0	0	0			3.0
George Sweatt	33	us US	R	R	6' 2"	190	Dec 7, 1893	6	88		88		0	0	22	3	0	0	2	52	13	67			1.0
Charley Williams	30	us US		R			Mar 9, 1897	4	89		89		0	0	0	86	1	3	0	0	0	0			-0.3
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