1936 Homestead Grays

40 - 39 - 3

29 - 29 - 1 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1937 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (40-39-3)

Top Hitter

Buck
Leonard

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	105	1st	ERA+	101	3rd
OPS	.795	1st	ERA	5.12	3rd
BA	.298	1st	BA	.274	2nd
OBP	.362	1st	K/BB	1.04	7th
SLG	.433	1st	K%	9.8%	6th
BB%	8.5%	4th	BB%	9.4%	6th
K%			HR%	1.1%	2nd
ISO	.134	2nd	WHIP	1.48	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	71
1B	Buck Leonard*	28	40	178	145	37	48	3	4	6	36	2	30	0	3	.331	.446	.531	.977	151
2B	Matt Carlisle	26	43	183	164	28	46	7	1	0	19	3	13	1	5	.280	.337	.335	.672	74
3B	Henry Spearman	26	31	134	124	16	42	10	3	3	26	0	9	1	0	.339	.388	.540	.928	137
SS	Jelly Jackson	26	35	111	99	10	19	3	0	0	5	1	7	1	4	.192	.252	.222	.475	23
LF	Vic Harris*	31	35	163	144	34	49	7	0	2	33	0	13	0	6	.340	.395	.431	.825	113
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	26	44	205	174	45	58	11	5	5	24	10	22	1	8	.333	.411	.540	.951	144
RF	Rap Dixon	33	29	124	105	27	27	8	3	4	20	4	16	1	2	.257	.361	.505	.865	121

RF	Ray Brown**	28	32	105	93	10	27	1	1	1	12	1	10	0	2	.290	.359	.355	.714	85
2B	Tarcat Terry^	25	20	70	64	4	17	5	0	1	8	0	5	0	1	.266	.319	.391	.709	82
C	Pepper Bassett**	25	18	62	57	7	20	4	1	1	13	1	4	0	1	.351	.393	.509	.902	131
LF	Tom Parker	24	23	51	48	9	14	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	3	.292	.292	.438	.729	86
SS	Curtis Henderson	24	6	22	19	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.263	.300	.263	.563	46
RF	Joe Strong*	33	11	19	16	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.188	.235	.313	.548	40
3B	Jimmy Binder	33	5	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	29
3B	Walter Burch	28	3	9	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.375	.444	.375	.819	113
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	418
C	Dotson^		1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	657

RP	Willie Gisentaner*	36	23	50	45	6	13	4	1	1	4	0	3	0	2	.289	.333	.489	.822	110
SP	Roy Welmaker**	22	11	24	22	3	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.273	.333	.318	.652	69
SP	Louis Dula	24	11	22	19	5	6	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	.316	.350	.474	.824	111
SP	Edsall Walker**	25	8	16	14	4	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	.357	.357	.714	1.071	170
RP	Arnold Waites^	21	10	13	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.364	.364	.364	.727	88
PH	Ernie Smith*	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
	25		482	1711	1511	266	451	73	23	28	231	22	145	5	50	.298	.362	.433	.795	105

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Jerry Benjamin**	26	CF	205	.412	.351	10.7%	8.8%	2.4%	1.6%	.207	.126
Matt Carlisle	26	2B	183	.312	.351	7.1%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.055	.126
Buck Leonard*	28	1B	178	.438	.351	16.9%	8.8%	3.4%	1.6%	.200	.126
Vic Harris*	31	LF	163	.371	.351	8.0%	8.8%	1.2%	1.6%	.090	.126
Henry Spearman	26	3B	134	.416	.351	6.7%	8.8%	2.2%	1.6%	.202	.126
Rap Dixon	33	RF	124	.381	.351	12.9%	8.8%	3.2%	1.6%	.248	.126
Tommie Dukes*	29	C	120	.298	.351	4.2%	8.8%	1.7%	1.6%	.098	.126
Jelly Jackson	26	SS	111	.226	.351	6.3%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.030	.126
Ray Brown**	28	RF	105	.334	.351	9.5%	8.8%	1.0%	1.6%	.065	.126
Tarcat Terry^	25	2B	70	.323	.351	7.1%	8.8%	1.4%	1.6%	.125	.126
Pepper Bassett**	25	C	62	.403	.351	6.5%	8.8%	1.6%	1.6%	.158	.126
Tom Parker	24	LF	51	.305	.351	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.146	.126
Willie Gisentaner*	36	RP	50	.352	.351	6.0%	8.8%	2.0%	1.6%	.200	.126
Roy Welmaker**	22	SP	24	.313	.351	8.3%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.045	.126
Curtis Henderson	24	SS	22	.249	.351	4.5%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.126
Louis Dula	24	SP	22	.338	.351	4.5%	8.8%	4.5%	1.6%	.158	.126
Joe Strong*	33	RF	19	.225	.351	5.3%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.125	.126
Edsall Walker**	25	SP	16	.400	.351	0.0%	8.8%	6.3%	1.6%	.357	.126
Jimmy Binder	33	3B	16	.235	.351	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.126
Arnold Waites^	21	RP	13	.290	.351	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.126
Walter Burch	28	3B	9	.398	.351	11.1%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.126
Fox Blevins	26	3B	9	.274	.351	22.2%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.126
Joe Greene	24	C	3	.941	.351	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.126
Dotson^		C	1	1.289	.351	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	1.000	.126
Ernie Smith*	28	PH	1	.000	.351	0.0%	8.8%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.126
25			1711	.356	.351	8.5%	8.8%	1.6%	1.6%	.134	.126