1929 Homestead Grays

34 - 34 - 3

34 - 29 - 3 in the American Negro League

1918 / 1930 (Team History)

Managed by:
Cumberland Posey (34-34-3)

Top Hitter

John
Beckwith

Top Pitcher

Joe
Williams

League Ranks (6 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	84	4th	ERA+	112	4th
OPS	.757	4th	ERA	5.03	3rd
BA	.293	4th	BA	.289	2nd
OBP	.350	5th	K/BB	1.46	1st
SLG	.406	4th	K%	11.2%	1st
BB%	7.5%	6th	BB%	7.7%	1st
K%			HR%	0.9%	1st
ISO	.114	4th	WHIP	1.47	2nd

Notes:

• Home Ballpark: Forbes Field (Pittburgh, PA)
• 4 members of the 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	Buck Ewing*	26	65	251	223	38	68	11	5	2	33	3	22	0	6	.305	.367	.426	.793	93
1B	Jasper Washington	32	44	173	157	19	53	9	2	1	36	0	8	3	5	.338	.381	.439	.820	100
2B	Mo Harris^	31	45	162	147	17	32	8	1	1	19	3	10	0	5	.218	.268	.306	.574	40
3B	John Beckwith	29	47	196	176	45	64	13	2	13	52	2	18	1	1	.364	.426	.682	1.107	167
SS	Walter Cannady	27	51	211	196	47	67	18	4	1	31	8	9	0	6	.342	.371	.490	.861	109
LF	Vic Harris*	24	68	305	276	54	83	12	6	4	43	8	24	1	4	.301	.359	.431	.790	92
CF	Sanford Jackson	29	42	167	141	26	37	4	4	1	15	0	17	0	9	.262	.342	.369	.711	74
RF	Dennis Graham*	33	51	213	198	34	63	5	2	1	25	3	12	0	3	.318	.357	.379	.736	80

3B	Cool Turner	27	47	177	155	20	42	5	4	1	19	2	19	0	3	.271	.351	.374	.725	77
LF	Charlie Mason^	34	35	140	122	19	27	2	5	1	14	1	12	0	6	.221	.291	.344	.635	55
LF	Oscar Owens	35	28	91	79	20	30	2	0	0	11	1	9	2	1	.380	.456	.405	.861	112
SS	Buck Miller^	28	23	80	70	9	17	1	3	0	8	0	7	0	3	.243	.312	.343	.655	60
2B	George Scales	28	14	55	45	9	17	3	1	0	11	0	7	3	0	.378	.491	.489	.980	140
SS	Obie Lackey	25	8	28	25	4	7	2	0	0	5	0	2	0	1	.280	.333	.360	.693	69
3B	Judy Johnson	29	4	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	23
RF	Oscar Charleston*	32	4	15	13	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.462	.533	.615	1.149	180
SS	Jake Stephens	29	4	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.000	.143	.000	.143	-62
CF	Clint Thomas	32	4	15	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.182	.400	.182	.582	46
LF	Willis Moody*	30	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	23
SS	Ormsby Roy^	24	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
2B	Bobby Dean^		1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	390

SP	Sam Streeter	28	30	84	80	6	28	5	1	0	8	0	0	0	4	.350	.350	.438	.788	91
SP	Joe Williams	43	20	59	57	6	8	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.140	.169	.158	.327	-20
SP	Lefty Williams*	34	19	49	40	6	7	1	0	0	3	0	4	1	4	.175	.267	.200	.467	16
SP	George Britt	33	19	37	36	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	.167	.189	.167	.356	-12
SP	William Ross^	35	4	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.077	.200	.077	.277	-30
SP	Webster McDonald*	29	2	6	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	.600	1.200	194
SP	Elbert Williams^	21	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Rattler Harrison^	29	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
SP	Joe Strong*	26	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	30		686	2574	2306	389	675	104	40	26	346	31	193	11	64	.293	.350	.406	.757	84

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

Advanced Batting

Player	Age	Pos	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
Vic Harris*	24	LF	305	.359	.370	7.9%	9.4%	1.3%	1.4%	.130	.132
Buck Ewing*	26	C	251	.359	.370	8.8%	9.4%	0.8%	1.4%	.121	.132
Dennis Graham*	33	RF	213	.342	.370	5.6%	9.4%	0.5%	1.4%	.061	.132
Walter Cannady	27	SS	211	.378	.370	4.3%	9.4%	0.5%	1.4%	.148	.132
John Beckwith	29	3B	196	.475	.370	9.2%	9.4%	6.6%	1.4%	.318	.132
Cool Turner	27	3B	177	.337	.370	10.7%	9.4%	0.6%	1.4%	.103	.132
Jasper Washington	32	1B	173	.370	.370	4.6%	9.4%	0.6%	1.4%	.102	.132
Sanford Jackson	29	CF	167	.318	.370	10.2%	9.4%	0.6%	1.4%	.106	.132
Mo Harris^	31	2B	162	.261	.370	6.2%	9.4%	0.6%	1.4%	.088	.132
Charlie Mason^	34	LF	140	.283	.370	8.6%	9.4%	0.7%	1.4%	.123	.132
Oscar Owens	35	LF	91	.415	.370	9.9%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.025	.132
Sam Streeter	28	SP	84	.343	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.088	.132
Buck Miller^	28	SS	80	.297	.370	8.8%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.100	.132
Joe Williams	43	SP	59	.161	.370	3.4%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.018	.132
George Scales	28	2B	55	.466	.370	12.7%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.111	.132
Lefty Williams*	34	SP	49	.223	.370	8.2%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.025	.132
George Britt	33	SP	37	.175	.370	2.7%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Obie Lackey	25	SS	28	.316	.370	7.1%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.080	.132
William Ross^	35	SP	16	.157	.370	12.5%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Judy Johnson	29	3B	16	.237	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Jake Stephens	29	SS	15	.104	.370	13.3%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Clint Thomas	32	CF	15	.335	.370	26.7%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Oscar Charleston*	32	RF	15	.527	.370	13.3%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.154	.132
Webster McDonald*	29	SP	6	.474	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Willis Moody*	30	LF	4	.237	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Ormsby Roy^	24	SS	3	.000	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Rattler Harrison^	29	SP	2	.000	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Bobby Dean^		2B	2	.949	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Elbert Williams^	21	SP	2	.000	.370	0.0%	9.4%	0.0%	1.4%	.000	.132
Joe Strong*	26	SP		.000	.370		9.4%		1.4%		.132
30			2574	.343	.370	7.5%	9.4%	1.0%	1.4%	.114	.132