Negro Leagues
Chicago American Giants
Active 1920–1948 · 336 players · 8 Hall of Famers
A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Chicago American Giants itself — never folded into an unrelated modern club, which would fabricate a lineage that never existed. See the full index of lost clubs.
Mount Rushmore
The four largest measured careers at this club, by StatVault VAL attributed to Chicago American Giants itself. A season counts here only when Chicago American Giants is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 175 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 57 of 336 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.
- 1920–1925 · OF45.4HOF ’06
- 1923–1937 · P37.6HOF ’96
- 1923–193127.1
- 1920–193026.1
Club Leaders · top 15
| # | Player | Years | Club VAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristobal TorrienteHOF | 1920–1925 | 45.4 |
| 2 | Bill FosterHOF±7 | 1923–1937 | 37.6 |
| 3 | George Harney | 1923–1931 | 27.1 |
| 4 | Jelly Gardner±1 | 1920–1930 | 26.1 |
| 5 | Steel Arm Davis | 1927–1930 | 21.5 |
| 6 | Dave Malarcher | 1920–1931 | 20.7 |
| 7 | Pythias Russ | 1926–1929 | 18.7 |
| 8 | Juan Padron±1 | 1922–1925 | 18.5 |
| 9 | Dave Brown | 1920–1922 | 14.4 |
| 10 | Willie Cornelius±1 | 1937–1946 | 13.7 |
| 11 | Jimmie Lyons | 1921–1924 | 12.1 |
| 12 | John Beckwith | 1922–1923 | 12.0 |
| 13 | Jim Brown | 1920–1937 | 11.9 |
| 14 | Tom Williams±1 | 1920–1924 | 11.2 |
| 15 | Bill McCall | 1925 | 9.5 |