Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National League team season
1926 Chicago American Giants
League
Negro National League
Ballpark
Schorling Park
City
Chicago
Record
60–21–3 (.732)
League place
1st
Owners
Rube Foster
Managers
Rube Foster, Dave Malarcher
Seasons
1927 →
The 1926 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1926 baseball season. The team compiled a 60–21–3 (.732) record, won the NNL pennant, and defeated the Bacharach Giants in the 1926 Colored World Series. Rube Foster was the team's owner and manager. Dave Malarcher took over as manager in the second half of the season. The team played its home games at Schorling Park in Chicago.[1]
The team's leading batters were:
Right fielder Jelly Gardner - .331 batting average, .398 slugging percentage in 66 games
First baseman Jim Brown - .319 batting average, .478 slugging percentage, five home runs, 50 RBIs in 72 games
Left fielder Sandy Thompson - .318 batting average, .394 slugging percentage, 44 RBIs in 75 games
[2]
The team's leading pitchers were Willie Foster (13–4, 1.63 ERA, 108 strikeouts), George Harney (12–6, 1.91 ERA), and Reuben Currie (10–4, 3.38 ERA).[3]
^"1926 Chicago American Giants". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^"1926 Chicago American Giants Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^"1926 Chicago American Giants Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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