1921 Chicago American Giants season

The 1921 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1920 baseball season. The team compiled a 55–29–4 (.648) record and won the NNL pennant. Rube Foster was the team's owner and manager. The team played its home games at Schorling Park in Chicago.

The team's leading batters were:

Center fielder Cristóbal Torriente - .352 batting average, .593 slugging percentage, 12 home runs, 74 RBIs, 19 stolen bases in 84 games (Torriente was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.)
Left fielder Jimmy Lyons - .301 batting average, .420 slugging percentage in 81 games
Second baseman Bingo DeMoss - .266 batting average, .324 slugging percentage in 84 games

The team's leading pitchers were Dave Brown (17–2, 2.50 ERA, 126 strikeouts) and Tom Williams (14–8, 2.82 ERA).

References

"1921 Chicago American Giants". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
"1921 Chicago American Giants Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
"1921 Chicago American Giants Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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1920s	1919: Bacharach Giants (East), Detroit Stars (West) 1920: Brooklyn Royal Giants (East ), Hilldale Club (East ), Chicago American Giants (West) 1921: Bacharach Giants (East ), Hilldale Club (East ), 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)
1930s	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)
1940s	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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1921 MLB season by team

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1921 World Series

Chicago American Giants

Operated 1910–1956
Established via split with Leland Giants (I)
Also know as Leland Giants (II) and Cole's American Giants
Based in Chicago, Illinois and Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise

Ballparks

Chicago: South Side Park (III)
Comiskey Park (I)
Indianapolis: Perry Stadium

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Hall of Famers

Culture

Colored World Series
championships (2)

1926
1927

League pennants (6)

Negro National League: 1920
1921
1922
1926
1927
Negro Southern League: 1932

Other play-off
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1913
1915
1916
1917
1928
1934
1937
1943
1949

Seasons (46)
1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959

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