1938 Homestead Grays

67 - 22

47 - 17 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (67-22)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	120	1st	ERA+	153	1st
OPS	.851	1st	ERA	3.38	1st
BA	.311	1st	BA	.237	1st
OBP	.375	1st	K/BB	1.45	3rd
SLG	.476	1st	K%	12.2%	2nd
BB%	8.9%	4th	BB%	8.4%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.7%	1st
ISO	.165	1st	WHIP	1.24	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro National League II
• First Half Champions of the Negro National League II
• Second Half Champions of the Negro National League II
• Home Ballpark: Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 3 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	Josh Gibson	26	50	218	182	59	67	12	5	13	58	3	31	1	4	.368	.463	.703	1.166	198
1B	Buck Leonard*	30	46	197	166	44	69	12	5	9	56	1	26	0	5	.416	.495	.711	1.206	209
2B	Matt Carlisle	28	50	220	197	38	53	3	2	4	19	1	19	0	4	.269	.333	.365	.699	81
3B	Henry Spearman	28	18	81	71	14	27	6	1	0	15	0	8	0	2	.380	.443	.493	.936	142
SS	Jelly Jackson	28	50	192	174	23	36	6	3	0	21	0	13	0	5	.207	.262	.276	.538	39
LF	Vic Harris*	33	47	211	190	46	57	7	5	2	28	0	17	1	3	.300	.361	.421	.782	102
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	28	45	208	180	46	57	3	6	6	27	4	24	0	4	.317	.397	.500	.897	131
RF	Jim Williams	32	40	169	154	30	48	11	1	1	31	0	9	1	5	.312	.354	.416	.769	99

3B	Jack Johnson^		18	69	62	12	17	1	1	3	15	0	4	0	3	.274	.318	.468	.786	101
C	Tommie Dukes*	31	16	48	43	8	13	2	0	0	9	0	3	1	1	.302	.362	.349	.711	85
LF	Tom Parker	26	12	42	38	4	6	2	0	1	7	0	2	0	2	.158	.200	.289	.489	25
3B	Bub Miller*		3	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	20
3B	Obie Lackey	34	2	8	6	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	.500	.571	.667	1.238	220
3B	Sylvester Snead	23	2	8	8	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.625	.625	.875	1.500	285

SP	Ray Brown**	30	35	111	99	21	30	9	0	6	24	0	10	0	2	.303	.367	.576	.943	141
SP	Roy Partlow*	26	16	44	39	5	10	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	.256	.275	.333	.608	57
SP	Edsall Walker**	27	13	37	32	10	10	1	0	1	5	0	2	0	3	.313	.353	.438	.790	104
SP	Roy Welmaker**	24	9	16	15	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.533	.533	.600	1.133	193
SP	Specs Roberts^	30	3	13	12	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.333	.385	.500	.885	127
RP	Louis Dula	26	9	12	12	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	73
SP	Leo Hannibal^	27	5	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13
	21		489	1923	1699	369	528	82	30	46	327	9	171	4	49	.311	.375	.476	.851	120

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Matt Carlisle	28	2B	220	.322	.350	8.6%	9.4%	1.8%	1.5%	.096	.129
Josh Gibson	26	C	218	.497	.350	14.2%	9.4%	6.0%	1.5%	.335	.129
Vic Harris*	33	LF	211	.356	.350	8.1%	9.4%	0.9%	1.5%	.121	.129
Jerry Benjamin**	28	CF	208	.400	.350	11.5%	9.4%	2.9%	1.5%	.183	.129
Buck Leonard*	30	1B	197	.515	.350	13.2%	9.4%	4.6%	1.5%	.295	.129
Jelly Jackson	28	SS	192	.249	.350	6.8%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.069	.129
Jim Williams	32	RF	169	.345	.350	5.3%	9.4%	0.6%	1.5%	.104	.129
Ray Brown**	30	SP	111	.407	.350	9.0%	9.4%	5.4%	1.5%	.273	.129
Henry Spearman	28	3B	81	.423	.350	9.9%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.113	.129
Jack Johnson^		3B	69	.336	.350	5.8%	9.4%	4.3%	1.5%	.194	.129
Tommie Dukes*	31	C	48	.333	.350	6.3%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.047	.129
Roy Partlow*	26	SP	44	.255	.350	2.3%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.077	.129
Tom Parker	26	LF	42	.212	.350	4.8%	9.4%	2.4%	1.5%	.132	.129
Edsall Walker**	27	SP	37	.333	.350	5.4%	9.4%	2.7%	1.5%	.125	.129
Roy Welmaker**	24	SP	16	.492	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.067	.129
Bub Miller*		3B	13	.217	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.129
Specs Roberts^	30	SP	13	.402	.350	7.7%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.167	.129
Louis Dula	26	RP	12	.314	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.129
Obie Lackey	34	3B	8	.491	.350	12.5%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.167	.129
Sylvester Snead	23	3B	8	.671	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.250	.129
Leo Hannibal^	27	SP	6	.157	.350	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.5%	.000	.129
21			1923	.378	.350	8.9%	9.4%	2.4%	1.5%	.165	.129