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Chicago American Giants Hits Leaders

Career totals with the Chicago American Giants and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.

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Jelly Gardner holds the Chicago American Giants career record with 637 hits. The single-season record is 127, by Steel Arm Davis in 1927.

AVG HR RBI H R SB OPS OBP SLG 2B 3B XBH TB BB SO PA AB G

All-time Chicago American Giants leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club H G
1 Jelly Gardner Jelly Gardner 1920–1930 637 619
2 Jim Brown Jim Brown 1920–1937 606 678
3 Dave Malarcher Dave Malarcher 1920–1934 585 616
4 Cristóbal Torriente Cristóbal Torriente 1920–1925 493 421
5 Steel Arm Davis Steel Arm Davis 1927–1935 471 404
6 Alex Radcliff Alex Radcliff 1927–1944 424 358
7 Charley Williams Charley Williams 1926–1931 361 388
8 Bobby Williams Bobby Williams 1920–1928 360 456
9 Sandy Thompson 1926–1932 355 326
10 Bingo DeMoss Bingo DeMoss 1920–1925 348 398
11 Pythias Russ 1926–1929 331 268
12 John Hines John Hines 1924–1934 328 357
13 Sanford Jackson Sanford Jackson 1926–1931 315 330
14 Turkey Stearnes Turkey Stearnes 1932–1938 252 194
15 Jimmie Lyons Jimmie Lyons 1921–1932 199 208
16 Jack Marshall 1931–1938 196 212
17 Nat Rogers Nat Rogers 1927–1944 182 156
18 Leroy Grant Leroy Grant 1920–1924 180 246
19 John Beckwith John Beckwith 1922–1923 162 138
20 Ed Young Ed Young 1938–1947 157 152
21 Willie Wells Willie Wells 1929–1935 144 125
22 George Sweatt 1926–1927 142 160
23 John Bissant John Bissant 1939–1947 138 140
24 Art Pennington Art Pennington 1941–1945 130 131
25 Mule Suttles Mule Suttles 1929–1935 127 127

Single-season Chicago American Giants records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season H G
1 Steel Arm Davis Steel Arm Davis 1927 127 83
2 Pythias Russ 1927 103 85
3 Dave Malarcher Dave Malarcher 1925 102 86
4 Cristóbal Torriente Cristóbal Torriente 1923 101 74
5 Cristóbal Torriente Cristóbal Torriente 1924 94 75
6 Jelly Gardner Jelly Gardner 1924 93 78
6 Pythias Russ 1928 93 70
8 Jelly Gardner Jelly Gardner 1925 90 84
9 Sandy Thompson 1926 88 79
10 Pythias Russ 1929 86 64
11 Jelly Gardner Jelly Gardner 1929 84 73
11 Cristóbal Torriente Cristóbal Torriente 1921 84 73
13 Cristóbal Torriente Cristóbal Torriente 1920 83 57
14 John Beckwith John Beckwith 1923 82 72
14 Jelly Gardner Jelly Gardner 1926 82 68
14 Dave Malarcher Dave Malarcher 1923 82 78
17 Jim Brown Jim Brown 1926 81 75
17 Steel Arm Davis Steel Arm Davis 1930 81 76
19 John Beckwith John Beckwith 1922 80 66
19 Jim Brown Jim Brown 1927 80 75
19 Dave Malarcher Dave Malarcher 1924 80 78
22 Jelly Gardner Jelly Gardner 1923 79 75
23 Sanford Jackson Sanford Jackson 1930 78 78
23 Sanford Jackson Sanford Jackson 1927 78 78
25 Dave Malarcher Dave Malarcher 1927 77 87