1945 Homestead Grays - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1945 Homestead Grays

53 - 29 - 3

32 - 13 - 1 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1946 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (53-29-3)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Roy
Welmaker

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting				Pitching
OPS+	102	3rd		ERA+	134	1st
OPS	.717	3rd		ERA	3.07	1st
BA	.273	3rd		BA	.255	1st
OBP	.354	2nd		K/BB	1.81	2nd
SLG	.363	3rd		K%	13.1%	4th
BB%	10.6%	1st		BB%	7.2%	2nd
K%				HR%	0.4%	1st
ISO	.090	3rd		WHIP	1.32	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: Griffith Stadium (Washington, DC), Forbes Field (Pittsburgh, PA)
• 5 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rufus Jackson (Co-Owner & President) , Cumberland Posey (Co-Owner & Secretary) , See Posey (Business Manager)

Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Player	Age	Pos	PA	IP		WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
Roy Welmaker	31	SP	57	135.2		4.6	0.1	0.0	4.5	0.0
Josh Gibson	33	C	195			2.6	2.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
Buck Leonard	37	1B	179			2.2	1.8	0.5	0.0	-0.2
Garnett Blair	23	SP	19	47.0		2.2	-0.1	0.0	2.2	0.0
Johnny Wright	28	SP	21	43.2		2.0	-0.2	0.0	2.2	0.0
Jerry Benjamin	35	CF	228			1.7	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
Sam Bankhead	34	SS	145			1.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
Dave Hoskins	27	RF	203	34.1		1.3	0.6	0.5	0.4	-0.2
Cool Papa Bell	42	LF	217			1.1	1.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2
Robert Gaston	35	C	35			0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Jud Wilson	49	3B	73			0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ray Brown	37	RF	93	41.1		0.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
Spoon Carter	42	SP	14	35.0		0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
R. T. Walker	35	SP	34	72.1		0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
John Lewis		RP	1	2.2		0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
Ernest Thomas		CF	2			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Booker Robinson	26	LF	3			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ed Butler		SS	4			-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Tom Walker		RP	3	3.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
Page		LF	12			-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Ray Battle	27	3B	147			-0.2	-1.0	0.7	0.0	0.1
Bozo Jackson		2B	5			-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Jim Davis		3B	23			-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Charley House	32	3B	48			-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Fred Blaylock	26	SP	7	13.1		-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
Edsall Walker	34	SP	22	23.1		-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
Vic Harris	40	LF	33			-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
Jelly Jackson	35	2B	166			-0.6	-0.4	-0.4	0.0	0.2
28			1989	451.2		18.0	6.9	1.4	9.6	0.0

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