Chicago American Giants History - 1984 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1984 Chicago American Giants	64	98	.395	7^th	38	61-101	3	.236	3.92			2,934,909	$45,913,641	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Johnny Grubb, Enzo Hernandez	2
Rookie of the Month	Rex Cecil (Aug)	1
Player of the Week	Red Faber (Jul 9)	1

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
2B	Luis Alicea	29	153	611	147	27	2	2	42	69	62	9	0	7	100	6	10	.241	.316	.301	.618	2.5	88
LF	Johnny Grubb	34	146	511	133	27	2	19	74	74	53	9	0	4	89	1	1	.260	.338	.432	.770	2.7	132
CF	Jackie Brandt	31	153	494	119	24	0	11	50	49	45	1	3	4	81	0	0	.241	.303	.356	.660	1.8	99
1B	Tom McCreery	25	142	491	112	22	1	15	63	57	47	1	0	6	70	11	5	.228	.294	.369	.662	0.1	99
SS	Rafael Furcal	35	139	485	114	10	1	2	41	34	43	3	1	4	49	3	2	.235	.299	.272	.571	1.5	75
3B	Emil Batch	35	113	410	119	21	2	0	27	42	25	1	8	2	60	5	1	.290	.331	.351	.682	2.1	107
3B	Craig Shipley	25	110	412	95	19	2	5	43	30	14	8	0	2	68	2	3	.231	.268	.323	.591	0.2	78
C	Ed Taubensee	21	91	301	67	10	0	10	40	23	24	3	0	2	71	1	0	.223	.285	.355	.640	1.3	93
RF	Eddie Rosario	25	108	316	84	9	9	4	33	33	5	1	1	1	59	5	0	.266	.279	.389	.668	1.1	100
RF	Jesus Alou	23	74	229	65	6	0	4	19	22	4	2	0	0	17	1	1	.284	.302	.362	.665	0.4	101
1B	Bob Watson	37	78	184	33	6	0	4	17	15	12	3	0	3	39	0	0	.179	.238	.277	.515	-0.7	56
CF	Craig Gentry	29	57	174	48	4	1	0	4	19	10	1	0	2	32	2	3	.276	.316	.310	.626	0.4	91
C	Al Unser	29	49	139	29	5	1	0	13	15	12	1	1	3	27	0	0	.209	.271	.259	.530	0.1	62
RF	Willie Keeler	22	59	138	32	4	0	3	16	20	5	8	4	0	20	1	0	.232	.298	.326	.624	0.3	89
C	Pinch Thomas	28	37	129	24	6	0	0	11	13	14	2	3	1	22	1	0	.186	.274	.233	.507	0.2	55
LF	Bill Kienzle	24	27	97	28	1	4	0	5	12	9	0	0	0	15	4	1	.289	.349	.381	.730	0.8	121
P	Red Faber	38	40	77	14	3	0	0	10	3	10	1	14	0	14	0	0	.182	.284	.221	.505	-0.3	56
P	Rex Cecil	26	37	83	15	1	0	0	5	4	2	0	16	0	17	0	0	.181	.200	.193	.393	-0.8	20
P	Pedro Astacio	24	38	84	12	1	0	0	4	4	1	0	15	0	36	0	0	.143	.153	.155	.308	-0.9	-6
P	Randy Tate	25	37	78	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	9	0	26	0	1	.038	.074	.038	.113	-1.2	-65
C	Curt Blefary	27	8	28	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	.143	.138	.143	.281	-0.3	-15
P	Pedro J Martinez	36	12	18	3	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	.167	.167	.333	.500	-0.2	47
P	Josh Tomlin	27	5	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	-0.2	-19
P	Brett Myers	29	32	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	-0.1	-32
P	Casey Fossum	23	34	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	-0.1	87
P	Earl Johnson	29	48	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.1	103
26 Players		29.0	1827	5518	1304	207	25	80	523	545	400	56	83	42	933	43	28	.236	.293	.326	.619	10.9	87
NL Rank				5	6	7	5	8	8	8	7	5	1	5	4	5	7	6	7	8	8	7
ABBA Rank				11	13	13	9	16	15	15	13	9	1	9	7	12	14	14	15	17	17	13

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Red Faber	38	40	39	15	18	0	3.93	286.3	269	140	125	34	90	148	0	15	4	1.25	.255	1.3	89
Rex Cecil	26	37	36	9	16	0	4.05	268.7	256	131	121	20	115	139	0	7	1	1.38	.272	2.2	87
Pedro Astacio	24	38	38	12	23	0	4.36	264.0	264	137	128	39	100	168	0	7	3	1.38	.271	0.1	80
Randy Tate	25	37	35	14	18	0	3.54	252.0	235	125	99	19	123	128	0	5	2	1.42	.267	1.0	99
Earl Johnson	29	48	0	5	8	19	4.18	75.3	66	36	35	9	32	55	1	0	0	1.30	.258	-0.6	84
Pedro J Martinez	36	12	9	4	5	0	4.84	61.3	53	34	33	5	38	18	0	3	1	1.48	.240	-0.6	72
Casey Fossum	23	34	0	0	1	0	3.17	59.7	56	26	21	2	22	32	0	0	0	1.31	.281	0.4	111
Brett Myers	29	32	0	0	1	0	2.21	57.0	37	18	14	5	12	32	0	0	0	.86	.196	0.4	159
Tom Brennan	36	31	0	2	3	8	2.25	40.0	39	15	10	2	11	23	0	0	0	1.25	.278	0.8	156
Josh Tomlin	27	5	5	1	4	0	4.62	39.0	40	21	20	3	13	25	0	2	0	1.36	.296	0.7	76
Mark C Smith	29	24	0	1	0	1	4.38	24.7	27	17	12	5	10	10	3	0	0	1.50	.259	-0.7	80
David Carpenter	37	15	0	1	1	0	3.66	19.7	20	9	8	0	4	6	1	0	0	1.22	.303	0.3	96
Severino Gonzalez	36	4	0	0	0	0	11.12	5.7	9	8	7	0	2	3	0	0	0	1.94	.375	0.0	32
13 Pitchers	28.9	357	162	64	98	28	3.92	1453.3	1371	717	633	143	572	787	5	39	11	1.34	.265	5.4	93
NL Rank		3	1	7	2	5	7	7	6	7	7	4	8	7	5	7	4	7	3	7
ABBA Rank		4	1	13	4	7	12	11	9	13	13	8	15	15	8	14	7	12	5	14

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Faber	39	39	18	29	1	51	4	.922	286.3	1.48	2.3
R. Cecil	37	36	12	28	1	43	3	.930	268.7	1.34	0.8
P. Astacio	38	38	10	21	2	33	2	.939	264.0	1.06	2.2
R. Tate	37	35	9	27	0	36	0	1.000	252.0	1.29	2.1
E. Johnson	48	0	2	8	1	11	1	.909	75.3	1.19	0.8
P. Martinez	12	9	6	2	0	9	1	.889	61.3	1.17	0.4
C. Fossum	34	0	2	4	0	8	2	.750	59.7	0.91	-0.7
B. Myers	31	0	5	11	1	16	0	1.000	57.0	2.53	1.0
T. Brennan	31	0	3	8	2	11	0	1.000	40.0	2.48	1.1
J. Tomlin	5	5	5	5	1	10	0	1.000	39.0	2.31	-0.0
M. Smith	24	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	24.7	1.09	0.2
D. Carpenter	15	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	19.7	0.46	0.2
S. Gonzalez	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	5.7	1.59	0.2
Totals	355	162	73	147	9	233	13	.944	1453.3	1.36	10.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
E. Taubensee	86	79	394	57	9	465	14	.970	710.3	5.71	-0.8	5	40.7
A. Unser	44	41	226	29	2	264	9	.966	364.0	6.30	0.1	2	36.2
P. Thomas	37	35	179	20	3	201	2	.990	317.0	5.65	1.4	2	42.4
C. Blefary	7	7	26	4	0	30	0	1.000	62.0	4.35	-0.3	1	0.0
Totals	174	162	825	110	14	960	25	.974	1453.3	5.79	0.4	10	38.7

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. McCreery	125	123	1012	71	89	1106	23	.979	1095.7	8.90	-4.3
B. Watson	44	39	338	17	30	360	5	.986	357.7	8.93	-0.5
Totals	169	162	1350	88	119	1466	28	.981	1453.3	8.91	-4.8

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Alicea	151	151	345	414	94	785	26	.967	1346.0	5.08	4.6
E. Batch	12	10	26	29	9	55	0	1.000	96.3	5.14	0.8
R. Furcal	1	1	3	2	1	6	1	.833	9.0	5.00	-0.5
A. Unser	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
W. Keeler	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.1
Totals	166	162	376	446	105	849	27	.968	1453.3	5.09	5.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Batch	94	87	53	151	14	213	9	.958	793.7	2.31	-2.2
C. Shipley	74	72	50	124	9	180	6	.967	631.3	2.48	1.4
W. Keeler	5	3	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	27.3	1.98	0.1
C. Blefary	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	105	280	23	400	15	.963	1453.3	2.38	-0.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Furcal	134	131	208	432	79	654	14	.979	1157.3	4.98	3.7
C. Shipley	37	31	53	100	19	164	11	.933	296.0	4.65	-4.8
Totals	171	162	261	532	98	818	25	.969	1453.3	4.91	-1.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Grubb	105	103	240	1	0	244	3	.988	884.0	2.45	-3.9
B. Kienzle	25	25	75	1	1	77	1	.987	223.0	3.07	1.2
C. Gentry	23	22	55	1	1	56	0	1.000	205.0	2.46	0.6
E. Rosario	39	10	27	0	0	27	0	1.000	122.3	1.99	-0.2
W. Keeler	3	2	4	1	1	5	0	1.000	19.0	2.37	-0.3
Totals	195	162	401	4	3	409	4	.990	1453.3	2.51	-2.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Brandt	132	130	459	11	3	486	16	.967	1168.0	3.62	-1.2
C. Gentry	26	24	90	3	1	94	1	.989	214.3	3.91	-0.9
J. Grubb	8	8	29	1	1	30	0	1.000	70.0	3.86	-3.2
B. Kienzle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	167	162	578	15	5	610	17	.972	1453.3	3.67	-5.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Rosario	69	68	156	6	0	168	6	.964	582.0	2.51	2.3
J. Alou	64	49	120	3	2	127	4	.969	468.3	2.36	-2.4
J. Grubb	23	23	58	1	0	62	3	.952	199.7	2.66	-2.2
W. Keeler	23	22	54	3	1	59	2	.966	197.0	2.60	-2.5
C. Gentry	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.3	2.84	-0.0
Totals	183	162	390	13	3	418	15	.964	1453.3	2.50	-4.8

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Johnny Grubb	.260
On-Base Percentage	Johnny Grubb	.338
Slugging Percentage	Johnny Grubb	.432
OPS	Johnny Grubb	.770
Games	Luis Alicea, Jackie Brandt	153
At-Bats	Luis Alicea	611
Runs	Johnny Grubb	74
Hits	Luis Alicea	147
Doubles	Luis Alicea, Johnny Grubb	27
Triples	Eddie Rosario	9
Home Runs	Johnny Grubb	19
Runs Batted In	Johnny Grubb	74
Stolen Bases	Tom McCreery	11
Caught Stealing	Luis Alicea	10
Walks	Luis Alicea	62
Strikeouts	Luis Alicea	100

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Red Faber	15
Losses	Pedro Astacio	23
Saves	Earl Johnson	19
Games	Earl Johnson	48
Games Started	Red Faber	39
Complete Games	Red Faber	15
Shutouts	Red Faber	4
Innings Pitched	Red Faber	286.3
Hits Allowed	Red Faber	269
Home Runs Allowed	Pedro Astacio	39
Strikeouts	Pedro Astacio	168
Walks Allowed	Randy Tate	123
Earned Run Average	Randy Tate	3.54
Walks + Hits per IP	Red Faber	1.25
BABIP	Red Faber	.255

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
November 3rd		to the Houston Eagles for	SS Andrelton Simmons P Brad Lidge P Bob Knepper