1944 Homestead Grays Statistics

1943 Season 1945 Season

Record: 48-24-3, Finished 1st in Negro National League II

Postseason: Won World Series (4-1) over Birmingham Black Barons

Manager: Candy Jim Taylor (63-29--7)

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	Josh Gibson	32	49	199	176	39	59	8	6	9	49	3		23		.335	.412	.602	1.014	169	106	1	0	0		3
2	1B	Buck Leonard*	36	49	221	179	48	61	15	7	7	39	1		31		.341	.451	.620	1.071	184	111	0	5	6		0
3	2B	Jelly Jackson	34	37	106	91	19	16	2	1	0	8	0		11		.176	.272	.220	.492	32	20	0	1	3		0
4	SS	Sam Bankhead	33	55	251	212	45	55	9	5	1	28	8		29		.259	.354	.363	.717	92	77	0	2	8		0
5	3B	Ray Battle	26	35	93	78	10	22	0	1	0	6	0		7		.282	.349	.308	.657	76	24	0	1	7		0
6	LF	Cool Papa Bell#	41	52	250	213	43	66	9	3	1	27	4		30		.310	.398	.394	.792	112	84	0	1	6		1
7	CF	Jerry Benjamin#	34	53	251	228	43	74	10	2	2	31	4		19		.325	.379	.412	.791	111	94	0	1	3		0
8	RF	Dave Hoskins*	26	51	196	186	31	61	10	4	3	41	2		4		.328	.349	.473	.822	118	88	0	2	4		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	IF	Walter Cannady	42	35	147	135	20	44	8	1	0	26	3		11		.326	.377	.400	.777	108	54	0	0	1		1
10	C	Robert Gaston	34	20	69	59	8	13	4	1	0	10	0		6		.220	.313	.322	.635	70	19	0	2	2		0
11	CI	Jud Wilson*	48	25	69	57	4	12	2	1	0	10	0		11		.211	.338	.281	.619	66	16	0	0	1		0
12	IF	Joe Spencer	24	12	32	30	6	6	2	0	0	5	0		2		.200	.250	.267	.517	38	8	0	0	0		0
13	OF	Vic Harris*	39	19	30	27	6	12	1	0	0	2	0		2		.444	.483	.481	.964	158	13	0	0	1		0
14	OF	David Whatley*	29	8	27	24	3	6	1	0	0	4	1		3		.250	.333	.292	.625	68	7	0	0	0		0
15	1B	Piper Davis	26	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		.000	.400	.000	.400	13	0	0	1	0		0
16	2B	Matt Carlisle	34	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1		0
17	OF	Dolly King?	30	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		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
18	P	Ray Brown#	36	30	90	80	13	26	3	2	2	17	0		9		.325	.393	.488	.881	134	39	0	0	1		0
19	P	Edsall Walker#	33	16	31	29	4	10	0	1	0	6	0		1		.345	.387	.414	.801	114	12	0	1	0		0
20	P	Spoon Carter*	41	12	29	28	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		0		.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	4	0	0	1		0
21	P	Johnny Johnson*	28	13	23	22	0	3	2	0	0	3	0		0		.136	.136	.227	.364	-4	5	1	0	1		0
22	P	Roy Welmaker#	30	5	21	19	4	4	0	0	0	1	0		0		.211	.211	.211	.421	13	4	0	0	2		0
23	P	Eddie White*		6	12	10	0	2	2	0	0	1	0		2		.200	.333	.400	.733	95	4	0	0	0		0
24	P	Willie Hubert	31	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
25	P	Johnny Wright	27	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
26	P	Garnett Blair*	22	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
27	P	Roland Anderson?		1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		0
28	P	Lefty Boone?	24	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		.000	.500	.000	.500	41	0	0	0	0		0
29	P	Ben Hill?	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0							0	0	0	0		0
		Team Totals	34.5	75	2178	1910	349	556	88	35	25	316	27		203		.291	.364	.413	.777	107	789	2	17	48		5
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams				2	2	2	2	1	1		1		2	5	2	2	2	2		2		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	34.6	75	1950	1701	326	507	81	32	23	286	27		190		.298	.374	.424	.798	113	721	1	16	43		5
		Pitcher Totals	34.0	75	228	209	23	49	7	3	2	30	0		13		.234	.283	.325	.608	62	68	1	1	5		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

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	Ray Brown	36	10	1	.909	3.25	17	14	3	12	3	1	127.1	130	51	46	4	23	0	50	1	0	0	529	134	2.87	1.202	9.2	0.3	1.6	3.5	2.17
2	SP	Spoon Carter	41	6	3	.667	4.73	12	10	2	6	0	0	78.0	103	45	41	1	24	0	25	1	0	2	350	92	3.17	1.628	11.9	0.1	2.8	2.9	1.04
3	SP	Dave Hoskins	26	5	2	.714	3.75	8	6	2	5	1	0	50.1	57	26	21	0	12	0	15	2	0	1	219	116	2.92	1.371	10.2	0.0	2.1	2.7	1.25
4	SP	Roy Welmaker*	30	5	0	1.000	3.20	5	5	0	3	1	0	39.1	36	16	14	0	19	0	28	0	0	0	164	137	2.71	1.398	8.2	0.0	4.3	6.4	1.47
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	Edsall Walker*	33	5	4	.556	5.46	11	4	5	2	0	0	64.1	76	42	39	4	19	0	32	2	0	2	281	80	3.47	1.477	10.6	0.6	2.7	4.5	1.68
6	RP	Johnny Johnson	28	1	6	.143	4.83	13	6	5	3	0	2	63.1	57	38	34	2	28	0	29	4	1	0	276	90	3.69	1.342	8.1	0.3	4.0	4.1	1.04
7	RP	Willie Hubert	31	2	0	1.000	1.88	5	2	2	1	1	0	24.0	19	5	5	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	92	235	2.72	1.000	7.1	0.0	1.9	2.6	1.40
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
8		Johnny Wright	27	2	0	1.000	6.91	3	2	0	1	0	0	14.1	15	12	11	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	64	64	2.47	1.395	9.4	0.0	3.1	5.7	1.80
9		Eddie White*		0	0		6.57	4	2	1	0	0	0	12.1	20	13	9	0	7	0	4	1	0	1	65	68	3.98	2.189	14.6	0.0	5.1	2.9	0.57
10		Garnett Blair	22	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	25		2.11	0.857	5.1	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50
11		Lefty Boone*	24	1	0	1.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	3	17	210	3.43	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
12		Roland Anderson?		0	0		10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	4	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	19	44	5.68	2.700	13.5	0.0	10.8	2.7	0.25
13		Sam Bankhead	33	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	57	3.18	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
14		Ben Hill	27	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	25	7.18	9.000	67.5	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	32.9	38	16	.704	4.20	75	55	21	34	7	3	490.1	532	258	229	11	153	0	209	11	1	9	2119	104	3.12	1.397	9.8	0.2	2.8	3.8	1.37
		Rank in 6 NN2 teams		1	5		4				1	1	1	1	6	5	6	2	6		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