The 1920 Chicago American Giants baseball team represented the Chicago American Giants in the Negro National League (NNL) during the 1920 baseball season. The team compiled a 49–21–3 (.692) record and won the first NNL pennant. Rube Foster was the team's owner and manager. The team played its home games at Schorling Park in Chicago.^[1]

The team's leading batters were:

• Center fielder Cristóbal Torriente - .411 batting average, .606 slugging percentage, 58 RBIs in 66 games (Torriente was later inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.)
• Catcher George Dixon - .324 batting average, .463 slugging percentage in 45 games
• Second baseman Bingo DeMoss - .314 batting average, .390 slugging percentage in 67 games

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The team's leading pitchers were Dave Brown (13–3, 1.82 ERA, 101 strikeouts), Tom Williams (12–4, 1.83 ERA), and Tom Johnson (11–0, 1.84 ERA).^[3]

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