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1929 Homestead Grays Statistics

Record: 32-29-3, Finished 4th in American Negro League

Manager: Cum Posey (32-34-3)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Buck Ewing*	26	63	237	216	38	66	12	5	2	34	3		21		.306	.367	.435	.802	95	94		0
2	1B	Jasper Washington	32	42	161	150	19	53	9	2	1	36	0		8		.353	.398	.460	.858	108	69		3
3	2B	Mo Harris?	31	45	157	147	17	32	8	1	1	19	3		10		.218	.268	.306	.574	39	45		0
4	SS	Walter Cannady	27	49	196	186	47	66	18	4	1	30	8		10		.355	.388	.511	.899	117	95		0
5	3B	Cool Turner	27	45	167	149	20	41	5	3	1	18	2		18		.275	.353	.369	.722	76	55		0
6	LF	Vic Harris*	24	66	291	267	50	79	12	6	3	40	8		24		.296	.354	.419	.773	88	112		0
7	CF	Sanford Jackson	29	40	150	133	26	35	3	4	1	14	0		17		.263	.347	.368	.715	74	49		0
8	RF	Dennis Graham*	33	49	204	191	32	61	5	1	1	24	3		13		.319	.363	.372	.734	79	71		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	CI	John Beckwith	29	47	195	176	45	64	13	2	13	52	2		18		.364	.426	.682	1.107	166	120		1
10	OF	Charlie Mason?	34	34	134	122	19	27	2	5	1	14	1		12		.221	.291	.344	.635	54	42		0
11	OF	Oscar Owens	35	27	86	75	19	29	2	0	0	10	1		10		.387	.465	.413	.878	115	31		1
12	MI	Eddie Miller?	28	22	75	69	9	17	1	3	0	8	0		6		.246	.307	.348	.654	59	24		0
13	2B	George Scales	28	12	47	38	7	14	3	1	0	10	0		7		.368	.489	.500	.989	141	19		2
14	UT	George Britt	33	18	36	35	4	6	0	0	0	2	0		1		.171	.194	.171	.366	-10	6		0
15	SS	Obie Lackey	25	8	27	25	4	7	2	0	0	5	0		2		.280	.333	.360	.693	69	9		0
16	3B	Judy Johnson	29	4	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	22	4		0
17	UT	Oscar Charleston*	32	4	15	13	2	6	2	0	0	2	0		2		.462	.533	.615	1.149	179	8		0
18	OF	Clint Thomas	32	4	15	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		4		.182	.400	.182	.582	46	2		0
19	SS	Jake Stephens	29	4	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2		.000	.143	.000	.143	-63	0		0
20	OF	Willis Moody*	30	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0		.250	.250	.250	.500	22	1		0
21	SS	Ormsby Roy?	24	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
22	2B	Bobby Dean?		1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0		1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	388	2		0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
23	P	Sam Streeter	28	30	80	80	6	28	5	1	0	8	0		0		.350	.350	.438	.788	91	35		0
24	P	Joe Williams	43	19	55	53	5	6	1	0	0	3	0		2		.113	.145	.132	.278	-32	7		0
25	P	Lefty Williams*	34	19	45	40	6	7	1	0	0	3	0		4		.175	.267	.200	.467	15	8		1
26	P	William Ross?	35	4	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2		.077	.200	.077	.277	-30	1		0
27	P	Webster McDonald*	29	2	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		0		.600	.600	.600	1.200	193	3		0
28	P	Elbert Williams?	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
29	P	Earl Harrison?	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
30	P	Joe Strong*	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0		0
		Team Totals	29.4	64	2436	2235	379	657	104	38	25	338	31		193		.294	.352	.408	.760	85	912		8
		Rank in 6 ANL teams				5	5	4	4	3	5		5	4	5	2	4	4	4	4		4		6
		Non-Pitcher Totals	29.0	64	2196	2005	357	606	97	37	25	320	31		184		.302	.363	.425	.788	91	852		7
		Pitcher Totals	33.7	64	240	230	22	51	7	1	0	18	0		9		.222	.254	.261	.515	26	60		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Sam Streeter*	28	10	8	.556	4.56	24	21	3	18	0	0	165.2	192	106	84	9	53		77	2		0	723	115	3.57	1.479	10.4	0.5	2.9	4.2	1.45
2	SP	Joe Williams	43	5	7	.417	3.26	18	14	4	13	0	1	129.2	134	65	47	7	28		85	2		0	537	161	2.88	1.249	9.3	0.5	1.9	5.9	3.04
3	SP	Lefty Williams*	34	5	6	.455	5.15	16	11	4	7	1	0	99.2	105	72	57	2	40		39	1		0	435	102	3.51	1.455	9.5	0.2	3.6	3.5	0.98
4	SP	George Britt	33	5	3	.625	5.13	10	9	1	5	1	0	59.2	79	43	34	1	21		31	2		0	268	103	3.13	1.676	11.9	0.2	3.2	4.7	1.48
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	RP	Oscar Owens	35	1	0	1.000	9.39	4	1	1	1	0	0	15.1	19	19	16	2	8		5	2		0	82	57	5.79	1.761	11.2	1.2	4.7	2.9	0.63
6	RP	Eddie Miller	28	2	1	.667	5.79	3	1	1	1	0	0	14.0	15	12	9	0	8		10	0		1	66	93	3.08	1.643	9.6	0.0	5.1	6.4	1.25
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7		William Ross	35	1	2	.333	4.34	4	3	1	2	0	0	29.0	32	21	14	0	9		13	0		0	131	122	2.83	1.414	9.9	0.0	2.8	4.0	1.44
8		Walter Cannady	27	1	1	.500	5.18	3	2	1	2	0	0	24.1	26	19	14	0	10		7	0		0	107	103	3.45	1.479	9.6	0.0	3.7	2.6	0.70
9		Webster McDonald	29	2	0	1.000	0.77	2	1	1	1	0	0	11.2	7	1	1	0	1		6	0		0	43	697	2.02	0.686	5.4	0.0	0.8	4.6	6.00
10		Elbert Williams	21	0	1	.000	10.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	6	8	7	1	9		5	0		0	32	52	7.79	2.500	9.0	1.5	13.5	7.5	0.56
11		Earl Harrison?	29	0	1	.000	8.44	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	8	5	5	1	2		1	0		0	25	66	5.98	1.875	13.5	1.7	3.4	1.7	0.50
12		Charlie Mason*	34	0	1	.000	22.09	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	10	9	0	7		2	1		0	28	26	8.25	4.091	19.6	0.0	17.2	4.9	0.29
13		Joe Strong	26	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0
		Team Totals	33.5	32	31	.508	4.78	64	66	18	50	2	1	564.0	631	381	300	23	196		281	10		1	2477	111	3.42	1.466	10.1	0.4	3.1	4.5	1.43
		Rank in 6 ANL teams		4	4		3				3	4	4	5	1	2	2	1	1		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W