Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National League team season
1927 Chicago American Giants
League
Negro National League
Ballpark
Schorling Park
City
Chicago
Record
61–32–1 (.654)
League place
1st
Owners
Rube Foster
Managers
Dave Malarcher
← 1926
Seasons
The 1927 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1927 baseball season. The team compiled a 61–32–1 (.654) record, won the NNL pennant, and defeated the Bacharach Giants in the 1927 Colored World Series.
Rube Foster was the team's owner, and Dave Malarcher was the player-manager. The team played its home games at Schorling Park in Chicago.[1]
The team's leading batters were:
Left fielder Steel Arm Davis - .396 batting average, .545 slugging percentage, 68 RBIs, 14 stolen bases in 84 games
Catcher James Bray - .326 batting average, .474 slugging percentage in 56 games
Shortstop Pythias Russ - .325 batting average, .474 slugging percentage, four home runs, 58 RBIs in 86 games
[2]
The team's leading pitchers were Willie Foster (21–5, 2.03 ERA, 119 strikeouts) and Willie Powell (12–4, 2.25 ERA).[3]
^"1927 Chicago American Giants". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^"1927 Chicago American Giants Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^"1927 Chicago American Giants Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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