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

Plate Appearances

#	Player	Years	PA
1	Jerry Benjamin	1935-1947	2954
2	Vic Harris	1925-1947	2899
3	Buck Leonard	1934-1948	2851
4	Josh Gibson	1930-1946	2023
5	Sam Bankhead	1939-1948	1804
6	Matt Carlisle	1935-1946	1506
7	Ray Brown	1932-1945	1384
8	Jelly Jackson	1935-1945	1247
9	Howard Easterling	1940-1946	1130
10	Jud Wilson	1931-1945	1116

Strikeouts

#	Player	Years	SO
1	Ray Brown	1932-1945	661
2	Joe Williams	1925-1932	349
3	Edsall Walker	1936-1945	338
4	Johnny Wright	1941-1947	273
5	Roy Welmaker	1936-1945	226
6	George Britt	1926-1940	185
7	Tom Parker	1935-1948	182
8	Roy Partlow	1938-1943	177
9	Lefty Williams	1921-1935	177
10	Joe Strong	1929-1937	139

All-Single Season Team

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Glossary

Left Field	Year	Team	WAR
Luke Easter	1948	HG	3.1
Vic Harris	1930	HG	2.1
Vic Harris	1937	HG	2.1
Cool Papa Bell	1943	HG	1.7
Vic Harris	1928	HG	1.5
Vic Harris	1929	HG	1.3
Cool Papa Bell	1946	HG	1.3

Center Field	Year	Team	WAR
Ray Brown	1935	HG	4.0
Jerry Benjamin	1943	HG	3.2
Luis Márquez	1948	HG	2.8
Ray Brown	1933	HG	2.6
Jerry Benjamin	1936	HG	1.8
Jerry Benjamin	1938	HG	1.7
Jerry Benjamin	1945	HG	1.6

Right Field	Year	Team	WAR
Joe Strong	1932	HG	3.0
Ray Brown	1936	HG	2.1
Jim Williams	1937	HG	1.8
Luis Márquez	1947	HG	1.7
Dave Hoskins	1944	HG	1.6
Dave Hoskins	1945	HG	1.6
Ray Brown	1943	HG	1.4

Shortstop	Year	Team	WAR
Sam Bankhead	1943	HG	2.7
Sam Bankhead	1944	HG	2.4
Sam Bankhead	1948	HG	2.1
Sam Bankhead	1946	HG	1.9
Chester Williams	1941	HG	1.7
Jake Stephens	1930	HG	1.4
Jake Stephens	1932	HG	1.2

Second Base	Year	Team	WAR
Howard Easterling	1943	HG	3.2
George Scales	1930	HG	3.2
George Scales	1931	HG	2.3
Matt Carlisle	1940	HG	2.3
Matt Carlisle	1935	HG	1.6
Matt Carlisle	1937	HG	1.2
Matt Carlisle	1941	HG	1.1

Third Base	Year	Team	WAR
Jud Wilson	1931	HG	3.8
Howard Easterling	1941	HG	2.0
Howard Easterling	1940	HG	1.9
John Beckwith	1929	HG	1.5
Judy Johnson	1930	HG	1.3
Jud Wilson	1943	HG	1.1
Dan Wilson	1946	HG	1.0

First Base	Year	Team	WAR
Buck Leonard	1941	HG	3.8
Buck Leonard	1944	HG	3.4
Buck Leonard	1937	HG	3.1
Buck Leonard	1938	HG	2.8
Buck Leonard	1943	HG	2.8
Buck Leonard	1940	HG	2.7
Buck Leonard	1946	HG	2.7

Catcher	Year	Team	WAR
Josh Gibson	1943	HG	6.8
Josh Gibson	1937	HG	3.9
Josh Gibson	1938	HG	3.1
Josh Gibson	1939	HG	2.9
Josh Gibson	1942	HG	2.7
Josh Gibson	1946	HG	2.7
Josh Gibson	1945	HG	2.6

Starting Pitcher	Year	Team	WAR
Ray Brown	1940	HG	7.6
Johnny Wright	1943	HG	7.2
Roy Welmaker	1945	HG	4.7
Joe Williams	1930	HG	4.6
Ray Brown	1944	HG	4.5
Roy Partlow	1942	HG	4.1
Terris McDuffie	1941	HG	4.0
Joe Williams	1929	HG	3.5
Roy Partlow	1939	HG	3.3
Sam Streeter	1929	HG	3.2
Joe Williams	1931	HG	2.9
Ray Brown	1942	HG	2.7
Wilmer Fields	1946	HG	2.5
Willie Foster	1931	HG	2.4
Garnett Blair	1945	HG	2.1
Harry Salmon	1932	HG	2.1
Johnny Wright	1945	HG	2.0
Edsall Walker	1938	HG	2.0
Edsall Walker	1940	HG	2.0
George Britt	1930	HG	1.9

Relief Pitcher	Year	Team	WAR
Ray Brown	1938	HG	6.3
Ray Brown	1937	HG	3.6
Ray Brown	1941	HG	3.0
Edsall Walker	1943	HG	3.0
Frank Thompson	1947	HG	2.5
Spoon Carter	1943	HG	2.2
Johnny Wright	1941	HG	1.6
Louis Dula	1937	HG	1.5
Willie Gisentaner	1935	HG	1.3
Louis Dula	1934	HG	1.2
R. T. Walker	1947	HG	1.1
Ted Alexander	1948	HG	1.1
Louis Dula	1935	HG	1.1
Leroy Matlock	1932	HG	1.1
Johnny Wright	1942	HG	1.1
Willie Hubert	1944	HG	1.0
Webster McDonald	1929	HG	0.9
Ted Radcliffe	1946	HG	0.8
Jesse Houston	1941	HG	0.7
Wilmer Fields	1947	HG	0.7

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