1939 Homestead Grays Batting Statistics

1938 Season 1940 Season

League Record: 32-18-1, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Overall Record: 49-21-1 (includes all games against top Black clubs)

Games with Player Stats: 36 (25-10-1) of 71 (50.7% of overall games)

Postseason:
Lost NN2 Championship Series (3-1-1) to Baltimore Elite Giants
Won NN2 Playoffs (3-2) over Philadelphia Stars

Manager: Vic Harris (49-21-1)

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

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Negro League teams are presented with both league-only and overall records against top Black clubs. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black clubs. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
1	Josh Gibson	27	C	2.4	29	124	108	36	43	5	3	12	42	3	15	.398	*.476*	*.833*	*1.309*	*242*	*.557*	*224*	90	1	2/3	AS,AS
2	Buck Leonard*	31	1B	2.1	33	141	121	36	44	11	1	11	48	2	20	.364	.454	.744	1.198	214	.516	200	90	0	3	AS,AS
3	Sam Bankhead	28	2B	1.1	36	155	141	32	41	4	3	2	22	5	13	.291	.355	.404	.759	101	.354	102	57	1	4/5
4	Jelly Jackson	29	SS	0.2	36	139	122	27	23	3	4	2	16	1	16	.189	.288	.328	.616	63	.290	64	40	1	6
5	Henry Spearman	29	3B	0.6	34	137	126	25	40	4	5	3	25	0	10	.317	.372	.500	.872	130	.395	126	63	1	5
6	Vic Harris*	34	LF	0.3	33	149	129	18	34	7	3	2	22	0	20	.264	.362	.411	.773	105	.362	106	53	0	7/3	AS
7	Jerry Benjamin#	29	CF	0.5	20	92	78	19	19	1	1	0	8	6	13	.244	.359	.282	.641	72	.328	82	22	1	8
8	David Whatley*	24	RF	1.0	29	115	111	25	47	7	4	1	18	2	4	.423	.443	.586	1.029	172	.464	169	65	0	9/78
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
9	Ray Brown#	31	OF	0.3	20	79	74	16	21	4	0	2	11	1	5	.284	.329	.419	.748	98	.342	95	31	0	/1893
10	Tom Parker	27	OF	0.4	17	48	42	9	15	1	1	2	11	0	6	.357	.438	.571	1.009	166	.456	162	24	0	/1798
11	Babe Davis	30	OF	0.1	8	34	33	5	9	0	0	1	4	0	1	.273	.294	.364	.658	74	.303	71	12	0	/87
12	Jim Williams	33	OF	0.1	4	16	15	3	5	2	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.375	.467	.842	123	.387	121	7	0	/97	AS,AS
13	Eudie Napier*	26	C	0.1	3	12	9	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.500	.444	.944	153	.458	163	4	1	/2
14	Robert Gaston	29	C	0.0	5	12	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	63	.302	70	3	1	/2
15	Harry Williams	34	3B	-0.3	4	12	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76	.063	-72	0	0	/5
16	Thompson		OF	0.1	1	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	.314	79	1	0	/9
17	Joe Brown	22	C	-0.1	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-112	0	0
18	Wyatt Turner	30	C	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-111	0	0	/2
19	Tommie Dukes*	32		0.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	433	.943	457	1	0
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	Pos	Awards
20	Roy Partlow*	27	P	0.1	15	34	33	7	9	1	0	1	5	0	1	.273	.294	.394	.688	82	.314	78	13	0	/17	AS
21	Edsall Walker#	28	P	0.2	11	32	30	1	7	1	0	1	5	0	2	.233	.281	.367	.648	71	.298	68	11	0	1
22	Specs Roberts	31	P	0.0	7	22	20	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	2	.200	.273	.200	.473	27	.241	34	4	0	/1
23	Willie Ferrell	25	P	0.0	2	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	.135	-30	1	0	/1
24	Roy Welmaker#	25	P	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	.000	-111	0	0	/1
	Team Totals			9.4	36	1371	1232	272	370	52	25	40	243	20	132	.300	.371	.481	.852	125	.388	122	592	7
	Non-Pitcher Totals			8.6		1225	1097	249	333	49	24	36	219	20	121	.304	.376	.490	.867	129	.394	126	538	7
	Pitcher Totals			0.7		145	134	22	36	3	1	4	24	0	11	.269	.324	.396	.720	91	.333	89	53	0

Standard Batting Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	Pos
1	Josh Gibson	27	7	29	23	4	7	0	0	3	6	0	6	.304	.448	.696	1.144	13	0
2	Sam Bankhead	28	7	28	24	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	4	.250	.357	.250	.607	6	0
3	David Whatley*	24	7	27	27	4	10	1	1	0	1	1	0	.370	.370	.481	.852	13	0
4	Henry Spearman	29	7	26	26	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	4	0
5	Buck Leonard*	31	7	25	20	3	9	1	0	1	3	1	4	.450	.542	.650	1.192	12	1
6	Vic Harris*	34	6	24	21	1	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	.238	.333	.333	.667	7	0
7	Jelly Jackson	29	7	22	19	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	.211	.286	.211	.496	4	1
8	Tom Parker	27	4	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	2	1	/1
9	Ray Brown#	31	6	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	/1
10	Roy Partlow*	27	3	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	/1
11	Edsall Walker#	28	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	/1
12	Specs Roberts	31	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	/1
	Team Totals		10	223	199	19	50	4	1	4	12	3	21	.251	.323	.342	.664	64	3