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Homestead Grays


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Record:
1007 - 566 - 45 (.640)

3 Negro League World Series Championships
9 League Championships

Top Hitter


Buck
Leonard

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

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


Advanced Pitching

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Hall of Famers:

Throws:


#
Player
Years Role
IP
WHIP
K%
BB%
K/BB
HR%
1
1925-1932
SP
491.0
1.09
17.8%
5.2%
3.42
1.1%
2
1941-1947
SP
490.0
1.16
13.4%
6.4%
2.10
0.5%
3
1926-1929
SP
240.1
1.47
12.1%
6.8%
1.78
1.5%
4
1932-1945
SP
1401.1
1.22
11.3%
6.5%
1.74
0.7%
5
1938-1943
SP
325.2
1.18
13.1%
7.6%
1.72
1.0%
6
1926-1940
SP
349.2
1.31
12.2%
7.1%
1.71
0.7%
7
1936-1945
SP
423.2
1.29
12.6%
7.4%
1.70
0.6%
8
1942-1945
RP
275.1
1.48
9.8%
6.2%
1.59
0.5%
9
1921-1935
SP
425.2
1.35
9.8%
6.6%
1.49
0.7%
10
1940-1948
SP
215.0
1.30
10.6%
7.4%
1.43
1.2%
11
1929-1937
SP
274.1
1.47
11.5%
8.4%
1.36
1.5%
12
1936-1945
SP
633.1
1.37
12.2%
9.5%
1.29
0.7%
13
1933-1938
RP
201.2
1.31
9.9%
7.9%
1.25
0.9%
14
1945-1948
RP
206.2
1.37
10.1%
9.1%
1.11
0.6%
15
1935-1948
SP
311.2
1.54
13.1%
12.4%
1.05
0.9%
* = Left-handed pitcher       ^ = Unknown

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