1922 Chicago American Giants season
Negro National League (1920–1931)|Negro National League team season
1922 Chicago American Giants | ||||
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League | Negro National League | |||
Ballpark | Schorling Park | |||
City | Chicago | |||
Record | 45–31–1 (.591) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Owners | Rube Foster | |||
Managers | Rube Foster | |||
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The 1922 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1922 baseball season. The team compiled a 45–31–1 (.591) record and won the NNL pennant for the third consecutive season. 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:
- Third baseman John Beckwith - .358 batting average, .588 slugging percentage, seven home runs, 52 RBIs in 67 games
- Center fielder Cristóbal Torriente - .289 batting average, .474 slugging percentage, eight home runs, 36 RBIs in 55 games (Torriente was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.)
- Catcher Jim Brown - .268 batting average, .371 slugging percentage, 43 RBIs in 62 games
The team's leading pitchers were Dave Brown (13–3, 2.90 ERA, 103 strikeouts) and Dick Whitworth (12–8, 4.71 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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