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Negro Leagues

Cole's American Giants

Active 1932–1935 · 40 players · 4 Hall of Famers

A defunct franchise with no continuous modern successor. Its players are attributed here to Cole's 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 Cole's American Giants itself. A season counts here only when Cole's American Giants is the one club whose recorded span covers it — 25 contested seasons are credited to nobody rather than double-counted. 7 of 40 players on this roster carry a measurable VAL.

  1. 1Mule Suttles
    1933–1935 · 1B12.0
    HOF ’06
  2. 2Steel Arm Davis
    1932–19358.6
  3. 3John Hines
    1932–19343.4
  4. 4Sandy Thompson
    19322.3
Club Leaders · top 7
#PlayerYearsClub VAL
1Mule SuttlesHOF1933–193512.0
2Steel Arm Davis1932–19358.6
3John Hines1932–19343.4
4Sandy Thompson19322.3
5Cool Turner19321.9
6Joe Lillard1932–19340.3
7Wilson Redus1934–19350.3

Hall of Famers

Bill Foster1996Turkey Stearnes2000Mule Suttles2006Willie Wells1997

Full Roster (40)

PlayerPosYears
Alex Radcliff1932–1935
Ameal Brooks1932
Andy Drake1932–1933
Bill FosterHOF ’96P1932–1935
Bobby Campbell1932
Clarence Palm1932
Cool Turner1932
Dave Malarcher1932–1934
Jack Marshall1932–1935
Jim Brown1932–1935
Jimmie Lyons1932
Joe Lillard1932–1934
John Hines1932–1934
Kermit Dial1932
Malvin Powell1932–1935
Nat Rogers1932–1935
Norman Cross1932–1933
Sandy Thompson1932
Steel Arm Davis1932–1935
Subby Byas1932–1935
Turkey StearnesHOF ’00OF1932–1935
Willie Powell1932–1933
Larry Brown1933–1935
Mule SuttlesHOF ’061B1933–1935
Quincy TrouppeC1933
Willie Cornelius1933–1935
Willie WellsHOF ’97SS1933–1935
Bobby Scott1934
Clint Thomas1934
Joe Scott1934
Lloyd Scott1934
Percy Bailey1934
Ted RadcliffeP1934
Ted Trent1934–1935
Wilson Redus1934–1935
Jimmy Miles1935
Luther McDonald1935
Ossie Brown1935
Walter Thomas1935
Zack Clayton1935