1928 Homestead Grays

11 - 9

(2nd place in the Eastern Independent Clubs )

1918 / 1929 (Team History)

Managed by:
Cumberland Posey (11-9)

Top Hitter

Vic
Harris

Top Pitcher

Sam
Streeter

League Ranks (5 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	121	1st	ERA+	83	4th
OPS	.829	2nd	ERA	5.60	2nd
BA	.323	1st	BA	.302	3rd
OBP	.374	1st	K/BB	1.63	2nd
SLG	.455	2nd	K%	12.0%	2nd
BB%	6.8%	3rd	BB%	7.3%	3rd
K%			HR%	1.0%	4th
ISO	.133	2nd	WHIP	1.51	3rd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1 member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
• Charley Walker (President) , Cumberland 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	Benito Calderón^	26	9	30	27	4	6	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	.222	.276	.259	.535	44
1B	Jasper Washington	31	18	69	65	7	22	6	1	1	10	1	2	1	1	.338	.368	.508	.875	133
2B	Walter Cannady	26	8	35	30	9	15	5	0	0	6	0	4	0	1	.500	.559	.667	1.225	227
3B	Grover Lewis	25	5	18	15	5	5	0	0	4	9	0	1	1	1	.333	.412	1.133	1.545	302
SS	Martín Dihigo	23	19	78	67	13	21	1	1	4	13	0	9	0	2	.313	.395	.537	.932	148
LF	Vic Harris*	23	19	82	72	19	24	4	4	1	13	0	10	0	0	.333	.415	.542	.956	155
CF	Jelly Gardner*	32	16	75	65	17	19	1	0	0	5	1	7	0	3	.292	.361	.308	.669	81
RF	Dennis Graham*	32	19	80	74	12	29	3	1	0	14	1	5	0	1	.392	.430	.459	.890	139

SS	John Beckwith	28	19	76	72	8	22	2	2	1	10	0	2	1	1	.306	.333	.431	.764	103
2B	Mo Harris^	30	9	28	23	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	.130	.167	.130	.297	-19
C	George Britt	32	9	27	26	5	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.269	.269	.385	.654	74
C	Buck Ewing*	25	4	14	11	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	.455	.538	.545	1.084	191
LF	Bobo Leonard^	30	3	11	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.300	.300	.300	.600	61
C	Rags Roberts^	32	6	10	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	78

SP	Sam Streeter	27	7	22	19	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.211	.211	.263	.474	26
SP	Oscar Owens	34	8	19	17	1	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.412	.412	.588	1.000	165
SP	Joe Williams	42	4	13	10	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	80
SP	Lefty Williams*	33	4	13	11	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.364	.636	69
SP	Webster McDonald*	28	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	79
SP	Nip Winters*	29	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	437
	20		188	704	626	117	202	30	10	11	98	3	48	3	27	.323	.374	.455	.829	121

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Vic Harris*	23	LF	82	.431	.338	12.2%	8.2%	1.2%	1.3%	.208	.119
Dennis Graham*	32	RF	80	.410	.338	6.3%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.068	.119
Martín Dihigo	23	SS	78	.408	.338	11.5%	8.2%	5.1%	1.3%	.224	.119
John Beckwith	28	SS	76	.344	.338	2.6%	8.2%	1.3%	1.3%	.125	.119
Jelly Gardner*	32	CF	75	.314	.338	9.3%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.015	.119
Jasper Washington	31	1B	69	.390	.338	2.9%	8.2%	1.4%	1.3%	.169	.119
Walter Cannady	26	2B	35	.541	.338	11.4%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.167	.119
Benito Calderón^	26	C	30	.250	.338	6.7%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.037	.119
Mo Harris^	30	2B	28	.128	.338	3.6%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.119
George Britt	32	C	27	.282	.338	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.115	.119
Sam Streeter	27	SP	22	.187	.338	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.053	.119
Oscar Owens	34	SP	19	.403	.338	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.176	.119
Grover Lewis	25	3B	18	.584	.338	5.6%	8.2%	22.2%	1.3%	.800	.119
Buck Ewing*	25	C	14	.469	.338	14.3%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.091	.119
Lefty Williams*	33	SP	13	.245	.338	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.091	.119
Joe Williams	42	SP	13	.275	.338	7.7%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.119
Bobo Leonard^	30	LF	11	.257	.338	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.119
Rags Roberts^	32	C	10	.339	.338	20.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.119
Webster McDonald*	28	SP	3	.314	.338	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.119
Nip Winters*	29	SP	1	.941	.338	0.0%	8.2%	0.0%	1.3%	.000	.119
20			704	.366	.338	6.8%	8.2%	1.6%	1.3%	.133	.119