Chicago American Giants all-time roster

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The following is the list of players on the Chicago American Giants all-time roster. These are Chicago American Giants players who appeared in at least one game for the American Giants from 1910 to 1956.

On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games (and the affected players), while some games and players may be lost forever. Therefore, some Negro league players' affiliations will likely remain incomplete and possibly disputed.

‡ Bold player inducted as a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Player Year(s) Position(s) Ref
Ted Alexander 1941 P [1]
Lewis Anderson 1930 C [2]
Jabbo Andrews 1930, 1942 OF [3]
Buddy Armour 1947 OF [4]
Rudolph Ash 1920 OF [5]
Percy Bailey 1934 P [6]
Jesse Barber 1911–1919 OF / 1B [7]
Herb Barnhill 1944–1946 C [8]
Pepper Bassett 1939, 1941 C [9]
Harry Bauchman 1915–1916 2B [10]
Hank Baylis 1948 3B [11]
John Beckwith 1922–1923 3B / 1B [12]
Cool Papa Bell‡ 1929, 1942 OF [13]
Sam Bennett 1914 OF [14]
Cleo Benson 1942 C [15]
Junius Bibbs 1938, 1944 2B [16]
Dennis Biddle 1953–1954 [17]
John Bissant 1939, 1942–1947 OF [18]
Cliff Blackmon 1937 P [19]
Ted Bond 1937, 1940 3B [20]
Pete Booker 1913–1914 C [21]
Oscar Boone 1941 C [22]
Lyman Bostock Sr. 1947 1B [23]
Randolph Bowe 1939–1940 P [24]
Eddie Boyd 1920 OF [25]
Bill Bradford 1941 2B [26]
Slim Branham 1923 P [27]
James Bray 1925–1928, 1930–1931 C [28]
Clarkson Brazelton 1916 C [29]
Chet Brewer 1946 P [30]
Jesse Briscoe 1914 OF [31]
George Britt 1917, 1942 C / P [32]
John Britton 1942 3B [33]
Ameal Brooks 1929, 1932 C [34]
Dave Brown 1919–1922 P [35]
Jim Brown 1919–1933, 1935, 1937 C / 1B [36]
Larry Brown 1927, 1929, 1933–1935 C [37]
Ossie Brown 1935 P [38]
T. J. Brown 1944 SS [39]
Ulysses Brown 1940 C [40]
Lloyd Bruce 1940 P [41]
Earl Bumpus 1947–1948 P / 1B / OF [42]
Willie Burns 1942 P [43]
Herbert Buster 1943 2B [44]
Subby Byas 1932, 1935–1939, 1942 C / 1B / OF [45]

C–D

Player Year(s) Position(s) Ref
Walter Cannady 1942 2B [46]
Marlin Carter 1948 3B [47]
Oscar Charleston‡ 1919 OF [48]
Bill Charter 1943, 1945–1946 IF / C [49]
Lou Clarizio 1950 [50]
Albert Clark 1930 OF [51]
Zack Clayton 1935, 1937 1B [52]
Andy Cooper‡ 1937 P [53]
Champ Cooper 1914 1B [54]
Willie Cornelius 1933–1943, 1945–1946 P [55]
Roosevelt Cox 1937 3B [56]
Norman Cross 1932–1933, 1936–1937 P [57]
Jimmie Crutchfield 1941–1942, 1944–1945 OF [58]
Rube Curry 1926–1927 P [59]
George Dandy 1912 P [60]
Pepper Daniels 1931 C [61]
Lloyd Davenport 1943–1944 OF [62]
Bunch Davis 1911 SS [63]
Leland Davis 1938 P [64]
Rosey Davis 1929 P [65]
Saul Davis 1929–1930 2B / SS [66]
Steel Arm Davis 1927–1930, 1932–1933, 1935 OF / 1B [67]
Johnnie Dawson 1940 C [68]
Bingo DeMoss 1913–1914, 1917–1925 2B [69]
Kermit Dial 1932 2B [70]
Lou Dials 1927, 1938 OF [71]
George Dixon 1917–1922, 1924–1925 C [72]
Rap Dixon 1930 OF [73]
Steven Dixon 1916 P [74]
Charles Dougherty 1911–1914 P [75]
Jesse Douglas 1944–1945 2B / SS / 3B [76]
Andy Drake 1932–1933 C [77]
Ernest Duff 1925 — [78]
Tommie Dukes 1928, 1945 C [79]
Frank Duncan 1911–1918 OF [80]
Herman Dunlap 1936–1938 OF [81]
Joe Durham 1952 [82]

E–G

Player Year(s) Position(s) Ref
Howard Easterling 1938 OF [83]
Jean Ellison 1915 C [84]
Harry Else 1940 C [85]
Red Horse Etheridge 1911 P [86]
Bill Evans 1924 OF [87]
Ulysses Evans 1942 P [88]
Buck Ewing 1920 C [89]
Buck Felder 1944 2B [90]
José María Fernández 1930 C [91]
Willie Ferrell 1941–1943 P / OF [92]
Coco Ferrer 1951 SS [93]
James Field 1918 P [94]
Joe Fleet 1930 P [95]
Jimmy Ford 1942 2B [96]
Percy Forrest 1938–1939 P [97]
Bill Foster‡ 1923–1930, 1932–1935, 1937 P [98]
Rube Foster‡ 1911–1917 P [99]
Bill Francis 1914–1919, 1925 3B [100]
Judy Gans 1914–1916, 1918–1920 OF [101]
Jelly Gardner 1920–1926, 1928–1930 OF [102]
Bill Gatewood 1912–1913, 1915 P [103]
Fred Goliah 1911 2B [104]
Herbert Gay 1929 P [105]
Willie Gay 1929 OF [106]
Johnny George 1922 SS [107]
Alphonso Gerard 1948 OF [108]
Ted Gipson 1941 3B [109]
Arthur Gilliard 1914 P [110]
Pen Gilliard 1938 OF [111]
Murray Gillispie 1930 P [112]
Luther Gilyard 1937–1939 1B [113]
Willie Gisentaner 1921 P [114]
Butch Glass 1930 P [115]
Leroy Grant 1911, 1916–1924 1B [116]
Willie Green 1915 3B [117]
Robert Griffin 1931 P [118]
Earl Gurley 1925, 1927 OF [119]

H–K

Player Year(s) Position(s) Ref
Red Hale 1939 SS [120]
Red Haley 1928 IF [121]
Sell Hall 1917 P [122]
Charlie Hancock 1928 C [123]
Paul Hardy 1937–1938 C [124]
George Harney 1923–1931 P [125]
Ben Harris 1921 P [126]
Charlie Harris 1943 3B [127]
Vic Harris 1924 OF [128]
Rufus Hatten 1944 C [129]
Lemuel Hawkins 1928 1B [130]
Buddy Hayes 1916 C [131]
Bun Hayes 1930 P [132]
Curtis Henderson 1941 3B [133]
Logan Hensley 1939 P [134]
Joe Hewitt 1924 2B [135]
Charley Hill 1912, 1914 P [136]
Pete Hill‡ 1911–1918 OF [137]
Sam Hill 1946–1948 OF [138]
John Hines 1924–1930, 1932, 1934 OF / C [139]
Bill Holland 1921 P [140]
Frog Holsey 1928–1931 P [141]
Billy Horne 1938–1941 2B [142]
Bill Hoskins 1937 OF [143]
Jesse Houston 1938–1939 P [144]
Herman Howard 1946 P [145]
John Huber 1942 C [146]
Willie Hudson 1940–1942 OF / P [147]
Johnny Hundley 1946 C [148]
Fred Hutchinson 1911, 1913, 1915 SS [149]
Sam Jackson 1944–1945 1B [150]
Sanford Jackson 1926–1931, 1936 OF / SS / 3B [151]
Tice James 1936, 1941 SS [152]
Harry Jeffries 1922, 1929–1931 3B [153]
Horace Jenkins 1914–1915 OF / P [154]
Gentry Jessup 1941–1948 P [155]
Charles Johnson 1933–1941 [156]
Dicta Johnson 1912–1913, 1923 P [157]
John Wesley Johnson 1930 P [158]
Leonard Johnson 1947 P [159]
Tom Johnson 1913–1917, 1919–1921 P [160]
Tommy Johnson 1938–1940, 1942 P [161]
Al Jones 1944 P [162]
Ruben Jones 1928 OF [163]
Will Jones 1915 C [164]
Dan Kennard 1914 C [165]
Harry Kenyon 1923 OF [166]
Bill Kindle 1913 2B [167]
Wilbert King 1945–1946 2B [168]
Dave Knight 1930 P [169]
Floyd Kranson 1937 P [170]

L–M

Player Year(s) Position(s) Ref
Wilbert Labeaux 1936 2B [171]
Bill Lane 1911 SS [172]
Bobo Leonard 1924 OF [173]
Joe Lillard 1932–1934, 1937 OF / P [174]
Bill Lindsay 1911–1914 OF / P [175]
John Henry Lloyd‡ 1914–1917 SS [176]
Clarence Locke 1945–1948 P [177]
Lester Lockett 1939, 1942 2B [178]
Hubert Lockhart 1929 P [179]
Barney Longest 1946–1947 2B [180]
Jimmie Lyons 1921–1924, 1932 OF [181]
Dave Malarcher 1920–1928, 1931–1934 3B [182]
Ziggy Marcell 1942 C [183]
Jack Marshall 1920–1921, 1923, 1929 P [184]
Jack Marshall 1931–1938 2B [185]
Verdell Mathis 1941 P [186]
George McAllister 1930 1B [187]
Bill McCall 1925 P [188]
Henry McCall 1936–1937, 1939, 1944–1945 1B [189]
Butch McCord 1950 OF [190]
Walter McCoy 1945–1947 P [191]
Jim McCurine 1946–1949 OF [192]
Luther McDonald 1930–1931, 1935 P [193]
Webster McDonald 1925–1929 P [194]
Lem McDougal 1919 P [195]
Gready McKinnis 1944–1945 P [196]
Willie McMeans 1945 P [197]
Hurley McNair 1915 OF [198]
Clyde McNeal 1944–1950 [199]
Henry Merchant 1940–1942 OF / P [200]
Jimmy Miles 1935 OF [201]
John Miles 1946–1949 3B / OF [202]
Zell Miles 1937–1940 OF [203]
Eddie Miller 1924–1925, 1927–1930 P / SS [204]
Harry Millon 1946–1946 2B [205]
George Minor 1944 OF [206]
George Mitchell 1925, 1930 P [207]
Bill Monroe 1911–1914 2B [208]
Leroy Morney 1940 SS [209]
Yellowhorse Morris 1929–1930 P [210]
Sy Morton 1947 SS [211]
Porter Moss 1937 P [212]
Mitchell Murray 1928–1930 C [213]

N–R

Player Year(s) Position(s) Ref
Arthur Nance 1929 SS [214]
Clyde Nelson 1944–1946 3B [215]
Elbert Norman 1919 SS [216]
Jim Norman 1914 3B [217]
Charles O'Neil 1923 C [218]
Rafaelito Ortiz 1948 P [219]
Guy Ousley 1931 SS [220]
Aubry Owens 1922–1925 P [221]
Juan Padrón 1916, 1922, 1924–1925 P [222]
Bob Palm 1947 C [223]
Clarence Palm 1932 C [224]
William Parks 1911–1913, 1915 SS / OF / 1B [225]
Jap Payne 1911–1913 OF [226]
Jim Pendleton 1948 SS [227]
Art Pennington 1941–1945 OF / 1B / 2B [228]
Bruce Petway 1911–1918 C [229]
Bill Pierce 1911–1913 1B [230]
Rogers Pierre 1939 P [231]
Robert Poindexter 1926–1929 P [232]
Malvin Powell 1929–1937 OF / P [233]
Willie Powell 1925–1928, 1932–1933 P [234]
John Henry Prince 1936 3B [235]
Wesley Pryor 1911 3B [236]
Alex Radcliff 1927, 1929, 1932–1939, 1941–1944 3B [237]
Ted Radcliffe 1929, 1934, 1943 C / P [238]
Dick Redding 1917 P [239]
Wilson Redus 1934–1940 OF [240]
Johnny Reed 1938–1939 1B / 3B [241]
John Reese 1920–1922 OF [242]
Donald Reeves 1939–1941 OF [243]
Army Rhodes 1940, 1942 1B [244]
Harry Rhodes 1942, 1946–1950 [245]
Curtis Ricks 1923 P [246]
Bill Riggins 1920 SS [247]
Ed Rile 1922–1924, 1929 P [248]
Johnny Ritchey 1947 C [249]
Jacob Robinson 1946–1947 SS / 3B / OF [250]
Benny Rodríguez 1948 OF / C [251]
Nat Rogers 1927–1928, 1931–1936, 1940, 1944 OF [252]
Howard Ross 1924–1925 P [253]
Herman Roth 1923–1925 C [254]
Pythias Russ 1926–1929 SS / C [255]

S–T

U–Z

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