# 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) |
| 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) |
| Walter 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |