1936 Homestead Grays

41 - 40 - 3

22 - 27 - 1 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1937 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (41-40-3)

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	104	1st	ERA+	100	3rd
OPS	.787	1st	ERA	5.16	3rd
BA	.295	1st	BA	.276	3rd
OBP	.359	1st	K/BB	1.03	7th
SLG	.428	1st	K%	9.6%	6th
BB%	8.4%	5th	BB%	9.3%	6th
K%			HR%	1.0%	2nd
ISO	.133	2nd	WHIP	1.49	4th

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA), Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 2 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rufus Jackson (Co-Owner & President) , Cumberland Posey (Co-Owner & Secretary) , See Posey (Business Manager)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Pos	Player	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
C	Tommie Dukes*	29	35	120	112	15	30	3	1	2	16	0	5	0	3	.268	.299	.366	.665	72
1B	Buck Leonard*	28	40	178	145	37	48	3	4	6	36	2	30	0	3	.331	.446	.531	.977	152
2B	Matt Carlisle	26	44	188	169	29	47	7	1	0	19	3	13	1	5	.278	.333	.331	.665	73
3B	Henry Spearman	26	32	137	126	16	43	10	3	3	27	0	9	2	0	.341	.394	.540	.934	140
SS	Jelly Jackson	26	36	116	104	10	20	3	0	0	5	1	7	1	4	.192	.250	.221	.471	23
LF	Vic Harris*	31	35	163	144	34	49	7	0	2	33	0	13	0	6	.340	.395	.431	.825	114
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	26	45	210	178	46	58	11	5	5	24	10	22	2	8	.326	.406	.528	.934	141
RF	Rap Dixon	33	30	129	109	28	28	8	3	5	22	4	17	1	2	.257	.362	.523	.885	127

RF	Ray Brown**	28	32	105	93	10	27	1	1	1	12	1	10	0	2	.290	.359	.355	.714	86
2B	Tarcat Terry^	25	21	74	67	5	18	5	0	1	9	0	6	0	1	.269	.329	.388	.717	85
C	Pepper Bassett**	25	19	66	61	7	20	4	1	1	13	1	4	0	1	.328	.369	.475	.845	118
LF	Tom Parker	24	24	56	53	9	14	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	3	.264	.264	.396	.660	69
RF	Louis Dula	24	12	26	23	6	7	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	.304	.333	.435	.768	98
SS	Curtis Henderson	24	6	22	19	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.263	.300	.263	.563	47
RF	Joe Strong*	33	12	20	17	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.176	.222	.294	.516	33
3B	Jimmy Binder	33	5	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	30
3B	Walter Burch	28	3	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	114
3B	Fox Blevins	26	5	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476	27
C	Joe Greene	24	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	420
C	Dotson^		1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	661

RP	Willie Gisentaner*	36	23	50	45	6	13	4	1	1	4	0	3	0	2	.289	.333	.489	.822	111
SP	Roy Welmaker**	22	11	24	22	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.273	.333	.318	.652	70
SP	Edsall Walker**	25	8	16	14	4	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	.357	.357	.714	1.071	172
RP	Arnold Waites^	21	10	13	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.364	.727	89
PH	Ernie Smith*	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	25		492	1752	1548	271	457	73	23	29	235	22	147	7	50	.295	.359	.428	.787	104

* = Left-handed hitter ** = Switch-hitter ^ = Unknown

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jerry Benjamin**	26	CF	210	.406	.350	10.5%	8.9%	2.4%	1.6%	.202	.125
Matt Carlisle	26	2B	188	.309	.350	6.9%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.053	.125
Buck Leonard*	28	1B	178	.438	.350	16.9%	8.9%	3.4%	1.6%	.200	.125
Vic Harris*	31	LF	163	.372	.350	8.0%	8.9%	1.2%	1.6%	.090	.125
Henry Spearman	26	3B	137	.420	.350	6.6%	8.9%	2.2%	1.6%	.198	.125
Rap Dixon	33	RF	129	.388	.350	13.2%	8.9%	3.9%	1.6%	.266	.125
Tommie Dukes*	29	C	120	.299	.350	4.2%	8.9%	1.7%	1.6%	.098	.125
Jelly Jackson	26	SS	116	.224	.350	6.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.029	.125
Ray Brown**	28	RF	105	.334	.350	9.5%	8.9%	1.0%	1.6%	.065	.125
Tarcat Terry^	25	2B	74	.329	.350	8.1%	8.9%	1.4%	1.6%	.119	.125
Pepper Bassett**	25	C	66	.379	.350	6.1%	8.9%	1.5%	1.6%	.148	.125
Tom Parker	24	LF	56	.278	.350	0.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.132	.125
Willie Gisentaner*	36	RP	50	.353	.350	6.0%	8.9%	2.0%	1.6%	.200	.125
Louis Dula	24	RF	26	.323	.350	3.8%	8.9%	3.8%	1.6%	.130	.125
Roy Welmaker**	22	SP	24	.314	.350	8.3%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.045	.125
Curtis Henderson	24	SS	22	.249	.350	4.5%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.125
Joe Strong*	33	RF	20	.214	.350	5.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.118	.125
Edsall Walker**	25	SP	16	.401	.350	0.0%	8.9%	6.3%	1.6%	.357	.125
Jimmy Binder	33	3B	16	.236	.350	0.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.125
Arnold Waites^	21	RP	13	.290	.350	0.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.125
Walter Burch	28	3B	9	.399	.350	11.1%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.125
Fox Blevins	26	3B	9	.274	.350	22.2%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.125
Joe Greene	24	C	3	.942	.350	0.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.125
Dotson^		C	1	1.291	.350	0.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	1.000	.125
Ernie Smith*	28	PH	1	.000	.350	0.0%	8.9%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.125
25			1752	.353	.350	8.4%	8.9%	1.7%	1.6%	.133	.125