1938 Homestead Grays

56 - 14

41 - 13 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (56-14)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	120	1st	ERA+	167	1st
OPS	.852	1st	ERA	2.91	1st
BA	.308	1st	BA	.236	1st
OBP	.374	1st	K/BB	1.44	3rd
SLG	.478	1st	K%	12.1%	2nd
BB%	9.0%	4th	BB%	8.4%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.6%	1st
ISO	.169	1st	WHIP	1.22	1st

Notes:

• Champions of the Negro National League II
• Home Ballpark: Greenlee Field (Pittburgh, PA)
• 3 members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Rufus Jackson (Co-Owner & President) , Cum 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	46	199	165	53	61	11	4	13	54	2	29	1	4	.370	.467	.721	1.188	204
1B	Buck Leonard*	30	42	178	150	41	63	11	5	9	53	1	24	0	4	.420	.500	.740	1.240	217
2B	Matt Carlisle	28	46	201	181	35	47	3	1	4	18	1	17	0	3	.260	.323	.354	.677	75
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	46	177	160	21	33	5	3	0	19	0	13	0	4	.206	.266	.275	.541	40
LF	Vic Harris*	33	43	192	172	40	51	7	5	1	24	0	16	1	3	.297	.360	.413	.773	100
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	28	41	189	163	42	51	3	5	6	26	4	22	0	4	.313	.395	.503	.898	131
RF	Jim Williams	32	36	152	139	28	46	11	1	1	30	0	7	1	5	.331	.367	.446	.813	110

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	14	42	37	6	11	2	0	0	8	0	3	1	1	.297	.366	.351	.717	87
RF	Tom Parker	26	10	35	31	4	4	2	0	1	6	0	2	0	2	.129	.182	.290	.472	21
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	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	160

SP	Ray Brown**	30	32	103	91	20	26	9	0	5	20	0	10	0	2	.286	.356	.549	.906	132
SP	Roy Partlow*	26	14	42	37	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	.243	.263	.324	.587	51
SP	Edsall Walker**	27	12	33	30	8	9	1	0	1	5	0	1	0	2	.300	.323	.433	.756	94
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	128
RP	Louis Dula	26	8	11	11	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	89
SP	Leo Hannibal^	27	4	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-13
	21		448	1764	1556	335	480	79	26	44	305	8	159	4	45	.308	.374	.478	.852	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	201	.313	.349	8.5%	9.5%	2.0%	1.6%	.094	.131
Josh Gibson	26	C	199	.503	.349	14.6%	9.5%	6.5%	1.6%	.352	.131
Vic Harris*	33	LF	192	.353	.349	8.3%	9.5%	0.5%	1.6%	.116	.131
Jerry Benjamin**	28	CF	189	.398	.349	11.6%	9.5%	3.2%	1.6%	.190	.131
Buck Leonard*	30	1B	178	.528	.349	13.5%	9.5%	5.1%	1.6%	.320	.131
Jelly Jackson	28	SS	177	.252	.349	7.3%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.069	.131
Jim Williams	32	RF	152	.361	.349	4.6%	9.5%	0.7%	1.6%	.115	.131
Ray Brown**	30	SP	103	.392	.349	9.7%	9.5%	4.9%	1.6%	.264	.131
Henry Spearman	28	3B	81	.422	.349	9.9%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.113	.131
Jack Johnson^		3B	69	.336	.349	5.8%	9.5%	4.3%	1.6%	.194	.131
Roy Partlow*	26	SP	42	.245	.349	2.4%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.081	.131
Tommie Dukes*	31	C	42	.336	.349	7.1%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.054	.131
Tom Parker	26	RF	35	.201	.349	5.7%	9.5%	2.9%	1.6%	.161	.131
Edsall Walker**	27	SP	33	.322	.349	3.0%	9.5%	3.0%	1.6%	.133	.131
Roy Welmaker**	24	SP	16	.492	.349	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.067	.131
Bub Miller^		3B	13	.217	.349	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.131
Specs Roberts^	30	SP	13	.402	.349	7.7%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.167	.131
Louis Dula	26	RP	11	.342	.349	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.131
Obie Lackey	34	3B	8	.491	.349	12.5%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.167	.131
Leo Hannibal^	27	SP	6	.157	.349	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.131
Sylvester Snead	23	3B	4	.470	.349	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.131
21			1764	.377	.349	9.0%	9.5%	2.5%	1.6%	.169	.131