Homestead Grays Team History - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Homestead Grays

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1007 - 566 - 45 (.640)

3 Negro League World Series Championships
9 League Championships

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

Leaders

Hits

#	Player	Years	H
1	Buck Leonard	1934-1948	813
2	Vic Harris	1925-1947	787
3	Jerry Benjamin	1935-1947	782
4	Josh Gibson	1930-1946	624
5	Sam Bankhead	1939-1948	419
6	Matt Carlisle	1935-1946	366
7	Ray Brown	1932-1945	335
8	Howard Easterling	1940-1946	320
9	Jud Wilson	1931-1945	298
10	Cool Papa Bell	1932-1946	291

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	Spoon Carter	1942-1945	23
9	Tom Parker	1935-1948	23
10	Roy Partlow	1938-1943	22

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Glossary

Left Field	Years	WAR
Cool Papa Bell	1932-1946	4.1
Vic Harris	1925-1947	2.7

Center Field	Years	WAR
Luis Márquez	1946-1948	5.2
Jerry Benjamin	1935-1947	3.5

Right Field	Years	WAR
Joe Strong	1929-1937	2.9
David Whatley	1939-1944	2.8
Dave Hoskins	1944-1946	1.8
Bill Evans	1930-1933	1.6
Tom Parker	1935-1948	0.7

Shortstop	Years	WAR
Sam Bankhead	1939-1948	4.5
Chester Williams	1932-1942	4.4
Jelly Jackson	1935-1945	-1.8

Second Base	Years	WAR
George Scales	1925-1935	6.8
Walter Cannady	1922-1944	4.0
Matt Carlisle	1935-1946	2.9

Third Base	Years	WAR
Howard Easterling	1940-1946	5.1
Jud Wilson	1931-1945	3.7
Wilmer Fields	1940-1948	2.6

First Base	Years	WAR
Buck Leonard	1934-1948	8.2
Jasper Washington	1921-1933	2.0

Catcher	Years	WAR
Josh Gibson	1930-1946	10.3
Robert Gaston	1932-1948	-0.6

Starting Pitcher	Years	WAR
Joe Williams	1925-1932	7.7
Johnny Wright	1941-1947	6.2
Ray Brown	1932-1945	6.2
Roy Partlow	1938-1943	5.9
Roy Welmaker	1936-1945	4.8
Edsall Walker	1936-1945	3.3
Sam Streeter	1926-1929	3.0
Lefty Williams	1921-1935	2.5
George Britt	1926-1940	2.5

Relief Pitcher	Years	WAR
Louis Dula	1933-1938	4.5
R. T. Walker	1945-1948	1.9
Spoon Carter	1942-1945	1.7

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