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1932 Cole's American Giants season

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Template:Infobox baseball season yearly The 1932 Cole's American Giants baseball team represented the Cole's American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1932 baseball season. The team compiled a 50–32 (.610) record and won the NNL pennant.

Dave Malarcher was the team's player-manager. The team played its home games at South Side Park in Chicago.[1]

The team's leading batters were:

  • Right fielder Nat Rogers - .327 batting average, .390 slugging percentage in 44 games
  • Left fielder Sandy Thompson - .313 batting average, .374 slugging percentage in 41 games
  • First baseman Steel Arm Davis - .294 batting average, .454 slugging percentage in 43 games
  • Center fielder Turkey Stearnes - .292 batting average, .440 slugging percentage in 44 games (Stearnes was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.)

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The team's leading pitchers were Willie Foster (8–5, 2.09 ERA, 76 strikeouts) and Melvin Powell (8–3, 2.49 ERA).[3]

References

  1. ^ "1932 Chicago American Giants". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "1932 Chicago American Giants Batting". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  3. ^ "1932 Chicago American Giants Pitching". Seamheads.com. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
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