Chicago American Giants History - 1985 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1985 Chicago American Giants	82	80	.506	3^rd	22	77-85	5	.254	3.75	X		2,935,143	$60,997,081	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Andrelton Simmons (2B)	1
All-Star	Ripper Collins, Bill Kienzle, Frank Robinson	3
Player of the Week	Ripper Collins (May 27, Jun 3), Frank Robinson (Jul 8), Ripper Collins (Sep 2)	4

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+
RF	Frank Robinson	27	160	620	176	36	1	34	110	100	55	4	0	10	96	9	3	.284	.341	.510	.851	6.1	153
2B	Andrelton Simmons	33	157	537	137	25	3	3	34	41	36	0	0	6	43	0	0	.255	.299	.330	.628	3.1	90
3B	Willie Keeler	23	133	510	161	18	4	8	44	79	28	7	9	3	28	13	3	.316	.358	.414	.771	-0.1	132
SS	Rafael Furcal	36	136	493	124	16	5	7	39	41	35	0	1	2	52	0	2	.252	.300	.347	.647	1.2	95
1B	Ripper Collins	29	120	455	128	18	5	35	96	82	43	0	0	7	53	2	1	.281	.339	.574	.912	4.4	169
CF	Bill North	29	122	400	99	14	0	5	30	52	85	0	0	4	74	15	17	.247	.376	.320	.696	2.6	113
LF	Glenn Adams	27	130	449	120	28	0	17	61	52	26	2	0	4	80	0	1	.267	.308	.443	.751	1.4	123
C	Jerry Moses	21	122	431	102	26	1	10	43	36	20	3	1	1	74	0	1	.237	.275	.371	.646	1.5	93
CF	Roberto Kelly	25	120	400	90	20	0	17	51	46	26	2	0	1	94	16	13	.225	.275	.403	.678	1.3	101
3B	Craig Shipley	26	84	284	67	11	0	1	20	19	6	4	0	3	45	1	2	.236	.259	.285	.544	-0.9	65
1B	Tom McCreery	26	87	196	31	6	1	6	19	23	37	0	1	0	33	7	3	.158	.292	.291	.583	-0.3	77
LF	Jesus Alou	24	73	209	61	6	1	6	21	20	3	0	0	1	14	0	2	.292	.300	.416	.717	0.4	114
C	Curt Blefary	28	74	122	31	7	1	6	20	12	9	0	0	0	27	0	0	.254	.305	.475	.781	0.6	131
P	Pink Hawley	26	30	68	9	0	2	2	4	4	0	0	10	0	16	0	0	.132	.132	.279	.412	-0.6	20
P	Red Faber	39	29	59	11	3	0	2	4	7	6	0	11	0	8	0	0	.186	.262	.339	.601	-0.2	80
P	Rex Cecil	27	27	63	9	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	6	0	13	0	0	.143	.182	.143	.325	-0.6	-0
C	Ed Taubensee	22	19	60	17	2	0	5	10	10	5	1	0	0	16	0	0	.283	.348	.567	.915	0.9	170
P	Pedro Astacio	25	25	52	7	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	11	0	28	0	0	.135	.135	.154	.288	-0.8	-13
SS	Cesar Izturis	23	14	48	11	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	.229	.245	.229	.474	-0.1	45
C	Al Unser	30	13	30	7	2	0	1	5	2	6	0	0	0	4	0	1	.233	.361	.400	.761	0.3	130
P	Bob Knepper	31	17	27	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	0	13	0	0	.111	.143	.111	.254	-0.5	-22
P	Randy Tate	26	15	12	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.308	.417	.724	0.1	116
P	Herm Wehmeier	27	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.1	21
P	Bob W Miller	27	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Bill Fagan	34	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Paul Quantrill	27	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Casey Fossum	24	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Earl Johnson	30	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
28 Players		27.6	1794	5535	1405	239	25	165	616	641	432	23	61	42	821	63	49	.254	.308	.395	.704	19.6	110
NL Rank				4	2	5	3	3	5	5	8	1	4	3	7	6	4	2	4	3	4	4
ABBA Rank				9	6	9	7	11	11	11	14	1	4	6	15	10	6	6	9	9	10	9

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Pink Hawley	26	38	38	18	16	0	3.96	282.0	277	135	124	35	77	146	0	10	2	1.26	.265	2.9	89
Rex Cecil	27	37	36	14	16	0	3.34	280.3	235	119	104	31	108	165	0	15	3	1.22	.236	2.8	106
Red Faber	39	37	37	17	14	0	3.89	264.0	267	133	114	29	78	126	0	14	3	1.31	.270	2.8	91
Pedro Astacio	25	32	32	14	13	0	4.21	226.7	222	114	106	30	67	137	0	6	2	1.27	.272	2.2	84
Bob Knepper	31	22	16	6	7	0	5.29	127.7	153	81	75	22	31	63	1	4	0	1.44	.298	0.2	67
Earl Johnson	30	45	0	2	2	31	1.38	52.3	34	10	8	1	34	39	1	0	0	1.30	.221	0.8	257
Randy Tate	26	19	0	0	0	0	2.57	42.0	38	13	12	0	22	26	0	0	0	1.43	.292	0.6	138
Casey Fossum	24	16	0	2	0	4	2.34	34.7	27	13	9	4	16	37	1	0	0	1.24	.274	0.3	151
Bill Fagan	34	21	0	0	3	0	3.15	34.3	35	12	12	0	21	22	0	0	0	1.63	.337	0.4	112
Mychal Givens	24	16	0	4	1	0	2.74	23.0	14	8	7	4	11	19	0	0	0	1.09	.175	-0.2	129
Paul Quantrill	27	12	0	1	0	0	1.19	22.7	25	4	3	1	10	8	0	0	0	1.54	.300	0.1	297
Herm Wehmeier	27	5	3	1	3	0	7.64	17.7	25	19	15	3	13	18	0	0	0	2.15	.393	-0.1	46
Bob W Miller	27	8	0	2	1	0	2.76	16.3	18	5	5	1	5	3	0	0	0	1.41	.288	0.0	128
Brett Myers	30	10	0	1	3	3	4.22	10.7	19	10	5	2	3	7	0	0	0	2.06	.395	-0.1	84
Mark C Smith	30	5	0	0	1	0	4.15	4.3	6	4	2	0	3	4	0	0	0	2.08	.429	0.1	85
Vladimir Nunez	25	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	.67	.143	0.1	0
16 Pitchers	29.2	326	162	82	80	38	3.75	1441.7	1396	680	601	163	500	824	3	49	10	1.32	.269	13.0	103
NL Rank		6	1	4	5	1	4	7	5	4	4	4	6	6	5	6	3	5	5	6
ABBA Rank		11	1	8	9	2	6	13	8	8	7	7	11	12	9	10	3	9	8	12

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Hawley	38	38	10	21	2	36	5	.861	282.0	0.99	0.6
R. Cecil	37	36	20	17	0	41	4	.902	280.3	1.19	0.8
R. Faber	37	37	13	25	0	40	2	.950	264.0	1.30	0.6
P. Astacio	32	32	8	20	2	29	1	.966	226.7	1.11	0.7
B. Knepper	22	16	7	11	0	20	2	.900	127.7	1.27	0.1
E. Johnson	45	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	52.3	0.52	0.2
R. Tate	19	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	42.0	0.86	0.3
C. Fossum	16	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	34.7	0.52	0.2
B. Fagan	20	0	2	6	1	8	0	1.000	34.3	2.10	0.1
M. Givens	16	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	23.0	0.39	0.2
P. Quantrill	12	0	0	4	0	5	1	.800	22.7	1.59	0.1
H. Wehmeier	5	3	1	1	0	3	1	.667	17.7	1.02	-0.6
B. Miller	8	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	16.3	0.55	0.2
B. Myers	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10.7	0.00	-0.1
M. Smith	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.3	0.00	0.0
V. Nunez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	325	162	65	112	5	193	16	.917	1441.7	1.10	3.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Moses	116	110	619	62	7	692	11	.984	986.0	6.22	0.2	6	40.2
C. Blefary	29	26	134	20	0	154	0	1.000	228.0	6.08	-0.6	3	28.6
E. Taubensee	17	16	90	11	1	103	2	.981	141.7	6.42	0.1	1	29.4
A. Unser	10	10	33	2	0	35	0	1.000	84.0	3.75	-0.0	1	20.0
R. Collins	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	174	162	878	95	9	986	13	.987	1441.7	6.07	-0.2	11	36.2

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Collins	118	118	886	59	72	956	11	.988	1014.0	8.39	-0.7
T. McCreery	44	41	306	24	26	335	5	.985	353.3	8.41	-1.0
C. Blefary	40	3	57	1	11	59	1	.983	73.3	7.12	-0.6
F. Robinson	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.1
Totals	203	162	1249	85	109	1351	17	.987	1441.7	8.33	-2.2

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Simmons	156	154	346	472	93	837	19	.977	1355.3	5.43	22.0
C. Shipley	14	8	25	17	5	44	2	.955	80.3	4.71	-1.3
A. Unser	3	0	2	2	1	4	0	1.000	5.0	7.20	0.0
C. Blefary	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	373	492	99	886	21	.976	1441.7	5.40	20.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Keeler	111	108	55	123	9	204	26	.873	959.0	1.67	-40.3
C. Shipley	55	54	16	100	12	127	11	.913	479.7	2.18	-1.1
C. Blefary	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	-0.2
Totals	169	162	71	223	21	331	37	.888	1441.7	1.84	-41.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Furcal	135	135	198	393	70	600	9	.985	1174.0	4.53	-7.0
C. Izturis	13	13	20	38	9	59	1	.983	118.0	4.42	-0.2
C. Shipley	16	11	19	29	6	50	2	.960	104.7	4.13	-1.1
T. McCreery	13	3	12	7	3	19	0	1.000	45.0	3.80	-1.7
Totals	177	162	249	467	88	728	12	.984	1441.7	4.47	-10.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Adams	89	88	209	8	1	222	5	.977	773.0	2.53	-4.1
J. Alou	42	38	112	1	0	114	1	.991	355.0	2.86	-1.3
B. North	35	32	98	3	0	102	1	.990	277.7	3.27	5.4
W. Keeler	5	4	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	36.0	2.25	-0.1
Totals	171	162	428	12	1	447	7	.984	1441.7	2.75	-0.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Kelly	95	94	345	11	2	361	5	.986	829.3	3.86	-1.1
B. North	71	68	257	4	2	264	3	.989	612.3	3.84	-0.4
Totals	166	162	602	15	4	625	8	.987	1441.7	3.85	-1.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Robinson	157	156	392	8	0	404	4	.990	1386.7	2.60	5.2
W. Keeler	4	4	12	0	0	14	2	.857	35.0	3.09	0.1
B. North	2	2	4	0	0	5	1	.800	17.0	2.12	-0.1
J. Alou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	165	162	408	8	0	423	7	.983	1441.7	2.60	5.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Willie Keeler	.316
On-Base Percentage	Willie Keeler	.358
Slugging Percentage	Ripper Collins	.574
OPS	Ripper Collins	.912
Games	Frank Robinson	160
At-Bats	Frank Robinson	620
Runs	Frank Robinson	100
Hits	Frank Robinson	176
Doubles	Frank Robinson	36
Triples	Rafael Furcal, Ripper Collins	5
Home Runs	Ripper Collins	35
Runs Batted In	Frank Robinson	110
Stolen Bases	Roberto Kelly	16
Caught Stealing	Bill North	17
Walks	Bill North	85
Strikeouts	Frank Robinson	96

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Pink Hawley	18
Losses	Pink Hawley, Rex Cecil	16
Saves	Earl Johnson	31
Games	Earl Johnson	45
Games Started	Pink Hawley	38
Complete Games	Rex Cecil	15
Shutouts	Rex Cecil, Red Faber	3
Innings Pitched	Pink Hawley	282.0
Hits Allowed	Pink Hawley	277
Home Runs Allowed	Pink Hawley	35
Strikeouts	Rex Cecil	165
Walks Allowed	Rex Cecil	108
Earned Run Average	Rex Cecil	3.34
Walks + Hits per IP	Rex Cecil	1.22
BABIP	Rex Cecil	.236

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 30th	CF Nook Logan	to the Birmingham Black Barons for	C Jerry Moses
May 6th	2nd Round Draft Pick	to the Caribou Caribou for	1B Ripper Collins
December 31st	CF Bill North	to the Detroit Stars for	2B Ray Durham