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Homestead Grays


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Record:
769 - 409 - 27 (.653)

2 Negro League World Series Championships
7 League Championships

Top Hitter


Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher


Ray
Brown

Leaders

Runs Batted In

# Player Years RBI
1
Buck Leonard
1934-1948
582
2
Josh Gibson
1930-1946
567
3
Vic Harris
1925-1947
424
4
Jerry Benjamin
1935-1947
315
5
Jud Wilson
1931-1945
216
6
Ray Brown
1932-1945
211
7
Sam Bankhead
1939-1948
204
8
Matt Carlisle
1935-1946
197
9
Howard Easterling
1940-1946
190
10
George Scales
1925-1935
114

Wins

# Player Years W
1
Ray Brown
1932-1945
116
2
Edsall Walker
1936-1945
51
3
Johnny Wright
1941-1947
39
4
Joe Williams
1925-1932
36
5
Roy Welmaker
1936-1945
32
6
Lefty Williams
1921-1935
28
7
George Britt
1926-1940
25
8
Tom Parker
1935-1948
23
9
Spoon Carter
1942-1945
23
10
Roy Partlow
1938-1943
22


Pitching

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Players
#
Player
Years Role
W
L
W%
G
GS
GF
CG
SHO
SV
IP
R
ER
H
HR
BB
K
WP
BK
HBP
BF
ERA
ERA+
1
1926-1932
SP
19
9
.680
37
31
0
24
2
1
269.0
110
85
240
11
56
185
1
0
3
1,076
2.84
160
2
1932-1944
SP
23
7
.753
40
28
0
25
4
3
270.0
115
92
256
7
74
128
1
1
4
1,115
3.07
148
3
1941-1944
RP
21
5
.816
41
27
0
16
5
1
232.1
85
73
205
3
59
122
4
0
3
972
2.84
146
4
1933-1938
RP
16
11
.583
47
21
0
11
1
3
224.2
116
86
218
9
77
96
2
0
6
968
3.44
140
5
1938-1943
SP
16
10
.611
38
30
0
17
4
3
235.1
96
80
203
10
75
128
0
0
2
917
3.04
139
6
1926-1940
SP
17
9
.641
39
29
0
18
1
1
233.0
123
89
234
7
72
123
2
0
5
1,007
3.45
132
7
1936-1944
SP
20
8
.708
40
28
0
18
1
2
235.2
125
100
221
7
98
126
4
1
3
1,019
3.84
123
8
1936-1944
SP
17
9
.656
38
30
0
16
2
1
224.0
120
89
230
6
73
114
3
0
2
980
3.57
120
9
1929-1937
SP
15
11
.581
39
29
0
17
2
1
224.2
132
107
247
15
84
114
1
0
2
994
4.30
108
10
1926-1929
SP
17
12
.593
37
31
0
28
0
0
255.1
166
132
299
17
77
136
0
0
3
1,123
4.64
105
11
1926-1935
SP
17
9
.650
40
28
0
18
2
1
240.2
150
119
254
6
73
96
1
0
5
1,029
4.46
99
12
1942-1944
RP
20
9
.677
41
27
0
15
1
0
223.2
125
115
274
6
61
88
2
0
4
1,019
4.61
90
13
1935-1939
SP
14
15
.485
38
30
0
13
1
0
201.1
154
129
216
8
118
120
1
0
7
913
5.75
86
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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