Homestead Grays Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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769 - 409 - 27 (.653)

2 Negro League World Series Championships
7 League Championships

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Runs Scored

#	Player	Years	R
1	Buck Leonard	1934-1948	583
2	Jerry Benjamin	1935-1947	548
3	Vic Harris	1925-1947	520
4	Josh Gibson	1930-1946	472
5	Sam Bankhead	1939-1948	259
6	Matt Carlisle	1935-1946	231
7	Howard Easterling	1940-1946	199
8	Ray Brown	1932-1945	197
9	Cool Papa Bell	1932-1946	185
10	Jud Wilson	1931-1945	177

Games Started

#	Player	Years	GS
1	Ray Brown	1932-1945	146
2	Edsall Walker	1936-1945	75
3	Johnny Wright	1941-1947	58
4	Joe Williams	1925-1932	57
5	Roy Welmaker	1936-1945	53
6	Lefty Williams	1921-1935	49
7	Tom Parker	1935-1948	44
8	George Britt	1926-1940	44
9	Roy Partlow	1938-1943	41
10	Joe Strong	1929-1937	36

Wins Above Replacement

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League:

#	Player	Years	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Ray Brown	1932-1944	P	1292	1351.0		40.0	6.5	-0.1	34.0	-0.4
2	Josh Gibson	1930-1944	C	1631			25.3	24.1	0.4	0.0	0.8
3	Buck Leonard	1934-1944	1B	2143			25.2	25.7	1.5	0.0	-2.0
4	Joe Williams	1926-1932	P	212	475.0		14.1	0.6	0.0	13.5	0.0
5	Jerry Benjamin	1935-1944	CF	2223			13.1	11.4	2.2	0.0	-0.5
6	Vic Harris	1926-1944	LF	2857			12.2	12.5	2.1	0.0	-2.4
7	Edsall Walker	1936-1944	P	276	610.0		9.8	1.1	-0.1	8.8	0.0
8	Johnny Wright	1941-1944	P	150	348.2		9.5	-0.6	0.0	10.1	0.0
9	Roy Partlow	1938-1943	P	207	325.2		9.4	0.7	-0.3	9.0	0.0
10	Howard Easterling	1940-1943	3B	982			7.6	6.4	1.0	0.0	0.2
11	Sam Bankhead	1939-1944	SS	958	2.0		7.0	2.8	3.1	-0.1	1.1
12	Matt Carlisle	1935-1944	2B	1443			6.9	3.9	1.8	0.0	1.2
13	Jud Wilson	1931-1944	3B	1035			6.6	7.4	-0.8	0.0	0.0
14	George Scales	1929-1935	2B	609			6.3	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.4
15	Louis Dula	1933-1938	P	134	201.2		4.6	0.7	0.0	3.9	0.0
16	Joe Strong	1929-1937	RF	304	274.1		4.6	1.6	-0.7	3.9	-0.2
17	George Britt	1926-1940	P	308	349.2		4.5	-0.5	-0.2	5.1	0.1
18	Oscar Charleston	1926-1931	1B	495			4.3	4.0	0.8	0.0	-0.5
19	Terris McDuffie	1937-1941	P	61	137.2		4.3	0.2	0.0	4.1	0.0
20	Roy Welmaker	1936-1944	P	128	280.0		3.9	0.2	0.0	3.7	0.0
21	Chester Williams	1932-1942	SS	559			3.6	0.1	2.7	0.0	0.8
22	Cool Papa Bell	1932-1944	LF	655			3.2	4.1	-0.4	0.0	-0.5
23	Jake Stephens	1929-1932	SS	464			3.1	0.6	1.9	0.0	0.6
24	Walter Cannady	1927-1944	2B	524	24.1		3.1	3.0	-0.2	0.1	0.3
25	David Whatley	1939-1944	RF	757			3.1	4.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.7
26	Jim Williams	1933-1939	RF	486			3.1	3.2	0.3	0.0	-0.4
27	Sam Streeter	1926-1929	P	119	240.1		2.9	0.3	0.0	2.6	0.0
28	Lefty Williams	1926-1935	P	169	365.0		2.6	-0.1	-0.1	2.9	0.0
29	Willie Foster	1931-1931	P	42	96.0		2.4	-0.3	0.0	2.7	0.0
30	Specs Roberts	1938-1940	P	44	87.2		2.2	0.1	0.0	2.1	0.0
31	Henry Spearman	1936-1939	3B	361			2.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
32	Harry Salmon	1932-1935	P	72	146.2		2.0	-0.1	-0.1	2.2	0.0
33	Webster McDonald	1928-1929	P	12	27.2		1.9	0.1	0.0	1.8	0.0
34	Garnett Blair	1942-1944	P	17	41.1		1.8	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
35	Willie Gisentaner	1934-1936	P	93	128.0		1.7	0.3	0.1	1.3	0.0
36	Spoon Carter	1942-1944	P	102	240.1		1.7	-0.3	-0.1	2.1	0.0
37	John Beckwith	1926-1935	3B	346			1.6	2.3	-0.8	0.0	0.2
38	Dave Hoskins	1944-1944	RF	218	50.1		1.6	1.1	0.1	0.6	-0.2
39	Tommie Dukes	1935-1939	C	406			1.5	1.7	-0.4	0.0	0.2
40	Bill Perkins	1932-1932	C	89			1.4	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
41	Buck Ewing	1928-1930	C	375			1.3	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.2
42	Bill Evans	1930-1933	RF	534			1.3	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.1
43	Judy Johnson	1929-1930	3B	263			1.2	0.2	0.9	0.0	0.1
44	Jasper Washington	1926-1933	1B	446			1.2	1.3	0.3	0.0	-0.4
45	George Giles	1932-1932	1B	169			1.2	1.1	0.2	0.0	-0.1
46	William Ross	1929-1930	P	45	100.2		1.2	-0.4	0.0	1.5	0.0
47	Tom Parker	1935-1939	P	242	228.1		1.1	1.4	0.1	-0.3	-0.1
48	Bert Hunter	1932-1932	P	15	31.2		1.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
49	Leroy Matlock	1932-1932	P	39	55.0		1.1	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0
50	Willie Hubert	1944-1944	P	10	24.0		1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
51	Leroy Morney	1933-1933	2B	36			0.9	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
52	Martín Dihigo	1927-1928	SS	130	17.0		0.8	0.9	0.1	-0.3	0.1
53	J. C. Hamilton	1940-1942	P	80	131.0		0.8	-0.2	0.2	0.7	0.0
54	Newt Allen	1932-1932	2B	162			0.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1
55	Jesse Houston	1941-1941	P	15	31.0		0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
56	Sonny Boy Jeffries	1940-1940	P	7	17.1		0.6	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
57	Bobby Williams	1926-1927	SS	60			0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
58	Chaney White	1930-1930	CF	198			0.6	0.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
59	Cool Turner	1929-1929	3B	169			0.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.1
60	Ted Page	1931-1931	RF	217			0.6	0.9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
61	Pepper Bassett	1936-1936	C	62			0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Willie Gray	1926-1927	CF	63			0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Mack Eggleston	1932-1932	C	86			0.5	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
64	Charlie Shields	1943-1943	P	15	28.1		0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
65	Buddy Burbage	1934-1935	RF	98			0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
66	John Lyles	1934-1934	2B	46			0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
67	Satchel Paige	1931-1931	P	3	9.0		0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
68	LeRoy Taylor	1932-1932	RF	148			0.4	0.4	0.2	0.0	-0.1
69	Javier Pérez	1937-1937	3B	233			0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
70	Rap Dixon	1936-1936	RF	119			0.4	0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
71	Orville Singer	1931-1931	LF	8			0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
72	George Gill	1933-1933	1B	39			0.4	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Dennis Graham	1926-1930	RF	400			0.4	0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.4
74	Poindexter Williams	1933-1933	C	29			0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Tom Payne	1933-1933	RF	30			0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
76	Lennie Pearson	1942-1943	LF	13			0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
77	Pat Patterson	1934-1934	2B	6			0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
78	Jack Johnson	1938-1938	3B	69			0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
79	William Bell	1932-1932	P	27	27.0		0.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0
80	Jabbo Andrews	1932-1934	LF	114			0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	-0.1
81	George Cheatham	1934-1934	P	1	3.2		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
82	Obie Lackey	1929-1938	SS	36			0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
83	Tarcat Terry	1932-1936	2B	155			0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.1
84	Ameal Brooks	1933-1941	C	48			0.2	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
85	Leon Day	1937-1942	P	6	13.2		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
86	Leo Hannibal	1938-1938	P	6	16.0		0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
87	Quincy Trouppe	1932-1932	C	35			0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
88	Grover Lewis	1928-1928	3B	18			0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
89	Clint Thomas	1929-1929	CF	15			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
90	Josh Johnson	1934-1940	C	37			0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
91	Lefty Boone	1944-1944	P	2	4.0		0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
92	Rags Roberts	1928-1928	C	10			0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Cleo Smith	1926-1926	3B	14			0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Jelly Gardner	1928-1928	CF	104			0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
95	Bill Pierce	1926-1926	C	3			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Frank Stewart	1934-1934	P	1	3.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
97	Ambrose Reid	1931-1931	LF	51			0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
98	Ray Dandridge	1937-1937	3B	17			0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Anthony Cooper	1932-1932	CF	64			0.1	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
100	Harry Williams	1932-1939	SS	83			0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1

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