Chicago American Giants all-time roster

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.

A–B

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Ted Alexander	1941	P
Lewis Anderson (baseball)	1930	C
Jabbo Andrews	1930, 1942	OF
Buddy Armour	1947	OF
Rudolph Ash	1920	OF
Percy Bailey	1934	P
Jesse Barber	1911–1919	OF / 1B
Herb Barnhill	1944–1946	C
Pepper Bassett	1939, 1941	C
Harry Bauchman	1915–1916	2B
Hank Baylis	1948	3B
John Beckwith (baseball)	1922–1923	3B / 1B
Cool Papa Bell‡	1929, 1942	OF
Sam Bennett (baseball)	1914	OF
Cleo Benson	1942	C
Junius Bibbs	1938, 1944	2B
Dennis Biddle	1953–1954
John Bissant	1939, 1942–1947	OF
Cliff Blackmon	1937	P
Ted Bond	1937, 1940	3B
Pete Booker	1913–1914	C
Oscar Boone	1941	C
Lyman Bostock Sr.	1947	1B
Randolph Bowe	1939–1940	P
Eddie Boyd (baseball)	1920	OF
Bill Bradford (outfielder)	1941	2B
Slim Branham	1923	P
James Bray (baseball)	1925–1928, 1930–1931	C
Clarkson Brazelton	1916	C
Chet Brewer	1946	P
Jesse Briscoe	1914	OF
George Britt	1917, 1942	C / P
John Britton (baseball)	1942	3B
Ameal Brooks	1929, 1932	C
Dave Brown (baseball)	1919–1922	P
Jim Brown (catcher)	1919–1933, 1935, 1937	C / 1B
Larry Brown (catcher)	1927, 1929, 1933–1935	C
Ossie Brown	1935	P
T. J. Brown (baseball)	1944	SS
Ulysses Brown	1940	C
Lloyd Bruce	1940	P
Earl Bumpus	1947–1948	P / 1B / OF
Willie Burns	1942	P
Herbert Buster	1943	2B
Subby Byas	1932, 1935–1939, 1942	C / 1B / OF

C–D

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Rev Cannady	1942	2B
Marlin Carter	1948	3B
Oscar Charleston‡	1919	OF
Bill Charter	1943, 1945–1946	IF / C
Lou Clarizio	1950
Albert Clark (baseball)	1930	OF
Zack Clayton	1935, 1937	1B
Andy Cooper‡	1937	P
Champ Cooper	1914	1B
Willie Cornelius	1933–1943, 1945–1946	P
Roosevelt Cox	1937	3B
Norman Cross (baseball)	1932–1933, 1936–1937	P
Jimmie Crutchfield	1941–1942, 1944–1945	OF
Rube Curry	1926–1927	P
George Dandy	1912	P
Pepper Daniels	1931	C
Lloyd Davenport	1943–1944	OF
Bunch Davis	1911	SS
Leland Davis	1938	P
Rosey Davis (baseball)	1929	P
Saul Davis	1929–1930	2B / SS
Steel Arm Davis	1927–1930, 1932–1933, 1935	OF / 1B
Johnnie Dawson	1940	C
Bingo DeMoss	1913–1914, 1917–1925	2B
Kermit Dial	1932	2B
Lou Dials	1927, 1938	OF
George Dixon (baseball)	1917–1922, 1924–1925	C
Rap Dixon	1930	OF
Steven Dixon	1916	P
Charles Dougherty (baseball)	1911–1914	P
Jesse Douglas (baseball)	1944–1945	2B / SS / 3B
Andy Drake	1932–1933	C
Ernest Duff (baseball)	1925	—
Tommie Dukes	1928, 1945	C
Frank Duncan (outfielder)	1911–1918	OF
Herman Dunlap	1936–1938	OF
Joe Durham	1952

E–G

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Howard Easterling	1938	OF
Jean Ellison	1915	C
Harry Else	1940	C
Red Horse Etheridge	1911	P
Bill Evans (outfielder)	1924	OF
Ulysses Evans	1942	P
Buck Ewing (1920s catcher)	1920	C
Buck Felder	1944	2B
José Fernández (catcher)	1930	C
Willie Ferrell	1941–1943	P / OF
Coco Ferrer	1951	SS
Buddy Fields (baseball)	1918	P
Joe Fleet	1930	P
Jimmy Ford	1942	2B
Percy Forrest	1938–1939	P
Bill Foster (baseball)‡	1923–1930, 1932–1935, 1937	P
Rube Foster‡	1911–1917	P
Bill Francis	1914–1919, 1925	3B
Judy Gans	1914–1916, 1918–1920	OF
Jelly Gardner	1920–1926, 1928–1930	OF
Bill Gatewood	1912–1913, 1915	P
Fred Goliah	1911	2B
Herbert Gay	1929	P
Willie Gay (baseball)	1929	OF
Johnny George	1922	SS
Alphonso Gerard	1948	OF
Ted Gipson	1941	3B
Arthur Gilliard	1914	P
Pen Gilliard	1938	OF
Murray Gillispie	1930	P
Luther Gilyard	1937–1939	1B
Willie Gisentaner	1921	P
Butch Glass	1930	P
Leroy Grant	1911, 1916–1924	1B
Willie Green (baseball)	1915	3B
Robert Griffin (baseball)	1931	P
Earl Gurley	1925, 1927	OF

H–K

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Red Hale	1939	SS
Red Haley	1928	IF
Sell Hall	1917	P
Charlie Hancock	1928	C
Paul Hardy (baseball)	1937–1938	C
George Harney (baseball)	1923–1931	P
Ben Harris (1920s pitcher)	1921	P
Charlie Harris (second baseman)	1943	3B
Vic Harris (outfielder)	1924	OF
Rufus Hatten	1944	C
Lemuel Hawkins	1928	1B
Buddy Hayes (baseball)	1916	C
Bun Hayes	1930	P
Curtis Henderson (baseball)	1941	3B
Logan Hensley	1939	P
Joe Hewitt (baseball)	1924	2B
Charley Hill (baseball)	1912, 1914	P
Pete Hill‡	1911–1918	OF
Sam Hill (baseball)	1946–1948	OF
John Hines (baseball)	1924–1930, 1932, 1934	OF / C
Bill Holland (right-handed pitcher)	1921	P
Frog Holsey	1928–1931	P
Billy Horne	1938–1941	2B
Bill Hoskins (baseball)	1937	OF
Jesse Houston	1938–1939	P
Herman Howard	1946	P
John Huber (baseball)	1942	C
Frank Hudson (baseball)	1940–1942	OF / P
Johnny Hundley	1946	C
Fred Hutchinson (shortstop)	1911, 1913, 1915	SS
Sam Jackson (first baseman)	1944–1945	1B
Sanford Jackson (baseball)	1926–1931, 1936	OF / SS / 3B
Tice James	1936, 1941	SS
Harry Jeffries	1922, 1929–1931	3B
Horace Jenkins (baseball)	1914–1915	OF / P
Gentry Jessup	1941–1948	P
Charles Johnson (pitcher)	1933–1941
Dicta Johnson	1912–1913, 1923	P
John Wesley Johnson (baseball)	1930	P
Leonard Johnson (baseball)	1947	P
Tom Johnson (1910s pitcher)	1913–1917, 1919–1921	P
Tommy Johnson (baseball)	1938–1940, 1942	P
Al Jones (1940s pitcher)	1944	P
Ruben Jones	1928	OF
Will Jones (baseball)	1915	C
Dan Kennard	1914	C
Harry Kenyon	1923	OF
Bill Kindle	1913	2B
Wilbert King	1945–1946	2B
Dave Knight (baseball)	1930	P
Floyd Kranson	1937	P

L–M

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Wilbert Labeaux	1936	2B
Bill Lane (baseball)	1911	SS
Bobo Leonard	1924	OF
Joe Lillard	1932–1934, 1937	OF / P
Bill Lindsay (pitcher)	1911–1914	OF / P
John Henry Lloyd‡	1914–1917	SS
Clarence Locke	1945–1948	P
Lester Lockett	1939, 1942	2B
Hubert Lockhart	1929	P
Barney Longest	1946–1947	2B
Jimmie Lyons	1921–1924, 1932	OF
Dave Malarcher	1920–1928, 1931–1934	3B
Ziggy Marcell	1942	C
Jack Marshall (pitcher)	1920–1921, 1923, 1929	P
Jack Marshall (second baseman)	1931–1938	2B
Verdell Mathis	1941	P
George McAllister	1930	1B
Bill McCall (baseball)	1925	P
Henry McCall (baseball)	1936–1937, 1939, 1944–1945	1B
Butch McCord	1950	OF
Walter McCoy (baseball)	1945–1947	P
Jim McCurine	1946–1949	OF
Luther McDonald	1930–1931, 1935	P
Webster McDonald	1925–1929	P
Lem McDougal	1919	P
Gready McKinnis	1944–1945	P
Willie McMeans	1945	P
Hurley McNair	1915	OF
Clyde McNeal	1944–1950
Henry Merchant	1940–1942	OF / P
Jimmy Miles (baseball)	1935	OF
John Miles (baseball)	1946–1949	3B / OF
Zell Miles	1937–1940	OF
Eddie Miller (pitcher)	1924–1925, 1927–1930	P / SS
Harry Millon	1946–1946	2B
George Minor (baseball)	1944	OF
George Mitchell (baseball)	1925, 1930	P
Bill Monroe (1900s infielder)	1911–1914	2B
Leroy Morney	1940	SS
Yellowhorse Morris	1929–1930	P
Sy Morton	1947	SS
Porter Moss	1937	P
Mitchell Murray	1928–1930	C

N–R

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Arthur Nance	1929	SS
Clyde Nelson	1944–1946	3B
Elbert Norman	1919	SS
Jim Norman (baseball)	1914	3B
Charles O'Neil	1923	C
Rafaelito Ortiz	1948	P
Guy Ousley	1931	SS
Aubry Owens	1922–1925	P
Juan Padrón (baseball)	1916, 1922, 1924–1925	P
Bob Palm	1947	C
Clarence Palm	1932	C
William Parks (baseball)	1911–1913, 1915	SS / OF / 1B
Jap Payne	1911–1913	OF
Jim Pendleton	1948	SS
Art Pennington	1941–1945	OF / 1B / 2B
Bruce Petway	1911–1918	C
Bill Pierce (baseball)	1911–1913	1B
Rogers Pierre	1939	P
Robert Poindexter	1926–1929	P
Malvin Powell	1929–1937	OF / P
Willie Powell	1925–1928, 1932–1933	P
John Henry Prince	1936	3B
Wesley Pryor	1911	3B
Alex Radcliffe	1927, 1929, 1932–1939, 1941–1944	3B
Ted Radcliffe	1929, 1934, 1943	C / P
Dick Redding	1917	P
Wilson Redus	1934–1940	OF
Johnny Reed	1938–1939	1B / 3B
John Reese (baseball)	1920–1922	OF
Donald Reeves	1939–1941	OF
Army Rhodes	1940, 1942	1B
Harry Rhodes	1942, 1946–1950
Curtis Ricks	1923	P
Bill Riggins	1920	SS
Ed Rile	1922–1924, 1929	P
Johnny Ritchey	1947	C
Jacob Robinson	1946–1947	SS / 3B / OF
Benny Rodríguez	1948	OF / C
Nat Rogers	1927–1928, 1931–1936, 1940, 1944	OF
Howard Ross (baseball)	1924–1925	P
Herman Roth	1923–1925	C
Pythias Russ	1926–1929	SS / C

S–T

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Ormond Sampson	1938	SS
Tommy Sampson (baseball)	1949	2B
Ernest Scott (baseball)	1934	1B
Lloyd Scott (baseball)	1934	2B
Bee Selden	1912	SS
John Shackelford (baseball)	1926	3B
Pepper Sharpe	1944	P
Willie Sheelor	1952
Charlie Shields (1940s pitcher)	1941–1943	P
Bill Simms	1937–1940	OF
Herb Simpson	1951	1B / OF
Owen Smaulding	1928	P
Bob Smith (catcher)	1936, 1942, 1944	C
Clarence Smith (baseball)	1931	1B
Ernie Smith (baseball, born 1908)	1938–1940, 1942	OF / C
Gene Smith (pitcher)	1949–1951	P
George Smith (sportsman)	1951–1952	OF
Henry Smith (baseball)	1942–1943	2B
Johnny Smith (baseball)	1943–1945	OF
Joe Sparks (infielder)	1937–1940	2B / SS
Clyde Spearman	1941–1942	OF
Otis Starks	1921	P
Turkey Stearnes‡	1932–1935, 1937–1938	OF
Riley Stewart	1946–1949	P
Felton Stratton	1925	3B
Sam Streeter	1921	P
Joseph Strong (baseball)	1923	P
Ted Strong	1936–1937	SS
Lonnie Summers	1943, 1948–1949, 1951
Tack Summers	1923	OF
Mule Suttles‡	1929, 1933–1935	1B / OF
Leroy Sutton	1942–1944	P
George Sweatt	1926–1927	OF
Roosevelt Tate	1937	OF
Ben Taylor (first baseman, born 1888)‡	1913–1914	1B
Candy Jim Taylor	1912–1913, 1937, 1942	3B
Joe Taylor (outfielder)	1949, 1951	OF
LeRoy Taylor	1925	OF
Steel Arm Johnny Taylor	1913	P
Clint Thomas	1934	OF
Walter Thomas (baseball)	1935–1937, 1946	OF / P
Gunboat Thompson	1918	P
Sam Thompson (pitcher)	1942	P
Sandy Thompson	1926, 1928–1932	OF
Jake Tolbert	1946–1948	C
Albert Toney	1912	SS
Cristóbal Torriente‡	1919–1925	OF
Harold Treadwell	1924, 1928	P
Walter Trehearn	1944	1B
Ted Trent	1934–1939	P
Quincy Trouppe	1933, 1948	C
Pop Turner	1930, 1932	SS
Tom Turner (first baseman)	1947	1B
Roy Tyler	1925	OF
Steel Arm Tyler	1926	P
Ruby Tyrees	1916	P

U–Z

Player	Year(s)	Position(s)	Ref
Roberto Vargas	1948	P
Lee Wade	1914	P
Ollie Waldon	1944	OF
Pinky Ward	1924, 1931	OF
Willie Ware	1924–1926	1B
Jesse Warren	1947	2B
Blue Washington	1916	P
Jack Watts (baseball)	1914–1915	C
William Webster (baseball)	1918	1B
Willie Wells‡	1929, 1933–1935	SS
Willie Wells Jr.	1944	SS
Edgar Wesley	1918	1B
Ollie West	1942–1945	P
Burlin White	1916	C
Clifford White	1915	C
Dick Whitworth	1915–1919, 1922, 1924	P
Frank Wickware	1911–1912, 1914–1920	P
Bobby Williams (baseball)	1918–1925, 1928	SS
Charlie Williams (shortstop)	1926–1931	2B
Chester Williams (baseball)	1930	SS
Jesse F. Williams	1945	C
John Williams (first baseman)	1948	1B
Lemuel Williams (baseball)	1939	P
Poindexter Williams	1921	C
Smokey Joe Williams‡	1914	P
String Bean Williams	1919	P
Tom Williams	1917, 1920–1921, 1923–1924	P
Jumping Johnny Wilson	1949
James Winston (baseball)	1931	P
Bernice Wood	1916	P
Willie Woods	1921	OF
Lewis Woolfolk	1923	P
Ralph Wyatt	1941–1946	SS
Ed Young (baseball)	1938–1943, 1946–1947	1B