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Career totals with the Chicago American Giants and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 16: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Dave Malarcher holds the Chicago American Giants career record with 23 strikeouts. The single-season record is 12, by Dave Malarcher in 1921.

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All-time Chicago American Giants leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club SO G
1 Dave Malarcher 1920–1934 23 616
2 Bobby Williams 1920–1928 21 456
3 Bingo DeMoss 1920–1925 17 398
3 Jelly Gardner 1920–1930 17 619
5 Jim Brown 1920–1937 16 678
5 Cristóbal Torriente 1920–1925 16 421
7 Leroy Grant 1920–1924 14 246
7 Alex Radcliff 1927–1944 14 358
9 Jimmie Lyons 1921–1932 13 208
10 Luther Gilyard 1937–1939 11 51
11 Dave Brown 1920–1922 10 69
11 Willie Foster 1923–1937 10 257
13 Willie Cornelius 1933–1946 8 159
14 John Hines 1924–1934 7 357
14 Jack Marshall 1931–1938 7 212
16 Steel Arm Davis 1927–1935 6 404
16 Herman Dunlap 1937–1938 6 65
16 Tom Johnson 1920–1921 6 32
16 Joe Sparks 1937–1940 6 98
16 Willie Ware 1924–1926 6 148
16 Charley Williams 1926–1931 6 388
22 John Beckwith 1922–1923 5 138
22 Mitchell Murray 1928–1930 5 91
22 Art Pennington 1941–1945 5 131
22 Wilson Redus 1934–1940 5 170

Single-season Chicago American Giants records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season SO G
1 Dave Malarcher 1921 12 72
2 Bobby Williams 1924 10 76
3 Jelly Gardner 1921 8 62
4 Bingo DeMoss 1921 7 73
4 Luther Gilyard 1937 7 29
4 Jimmie Lyons 1922 7 70
4 Cristóbal Torriente 1921 7 73
8 Dave Brown 1922 6 28
8 Herman Dunlap 1937 6 37
8 Tom Johnson 1921 6 21
8 Jimmie Lyons 1921 6 70
8 Cristóbal Torriente 1922 6 54
13 John Beckwith 1922 5 66
13 Jim Brown 1922 5 62
13 Bingo DeMoss 1922 5 64
13 Jelly Gardner 1922 5 69
13 Leroy Grant 1921 5 68
13 Jack Marshall 1937 5 43
13 Alex Radcliff 1937 5 43
13 Alex Radcliff 1935 5 48
13 George Sweatt 1926 5 73
13 Bobby Williams 1922 5 73
13 Bobby Williams 1921 5 73
24 Dave Brown 1921 4 22
24 Rube Curry 1926 4 26