1921 Chicago American Giants season
Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National League team season
1921 Chicago American Giants | ||||
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League | Negro National League | |||
Ballpark | Schorling Park | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Record | 55–29–4 (.648) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Owners | Rube Foster | |||
Managers | Rube Foster | |||
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The 1921 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1920 baseball season. The team compiled a 55–29–4 (.648) record and won the NNL pennant. Rube Foster was the team's owner and manager. The team played its home games at Schorling Park in Chicago.[1]
The team's leading batters were:
- Center fielder Cristóbal Torriente - .352 batting average, .593 slugging percentage, 12 home runs, 74 RBIs, 19 stolen bases in 84 games (Torriente was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.)
- Left fielder Jimmy Lyons - .301 batting average, .420 slugging percentage in 81 games
- Second baseman Bingo DeMoss - .266 batting average, .324 slugging percentage in 84 games
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The team's leading pitchers were Dave Brown (17–2, 2.50 ERA, 126 strikeouts) and Tom Williams (14–8, 2.82 ERA).[3]
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- 1920: Brooklyn Royal Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West)
- 1921: Bacharach Giants (East [tie]), Hilldale Club (East [tie]), Chicago American Giants (West)
- 1922: Chicago American Giants
- 1923: Hilldale Club (NNL1), Kansas City Monarchs (ECL)
- 1924: Kansas City Monarchs
- 1925: Hilldale Club
- 1926: Chicago American Giants
- 1927: Chicago American Giants
- 1928: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Bacharach Giants (East)
- 1929: Kansas City Monarchs (NNL1), Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)
- 1930: St. Louis Stars (NNL1), Homestead Grays (East)
- 1931: Homestead Grays
- 1932: Cole's American Giants (NSL), Detroit Wolves (EWL)
- 1933: Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1934: Philadelphia Stars
- 1935: Pittsburgh Crawfords
- 1936: Pittsburgh Crawfords (East)
- 1937: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1938: Homestead Grays (East), Memphis Red Sox (West)
- 1939: Baltimore Elite Giants (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1940: Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1941: Washington Homestead Grays (East), Kansas City Monarchs (West)
- 1942: Kansas City Monarchs
- 1943: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1944: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1945: Cleveland Buckeyes
- 1946: Newark Eagles
- 1947: New York Cubans
- 1948: Washington Homestead Grays
- 1949: Baltimore Elite Giants
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