1938 Homestead Grays

56 - 15

41 - 13 in the Negro National League II

1918 / 1939 (Team History)

Managed by:
Vic Harris (56-15)

Top Hitter

Josh
Gibson

Top Pitcher

Ray
Brown

League Ranks (7 teams)

Batting			Pitching
OPS+	120	1st	ERA+	154	1st
OPS	.854	1st	ERA	3.38	1st
BA	.308	1st	BA	.238	1st
OBP	.374	1st	K/BB	1.39	3rd
SLG	.479	1st	K%	12.0%	2nd
BB%	9.1%	4th	BB%	8.6%	3rd
K%			HR%	0.7%	1st
ISO	.172	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 (Pittburgh, 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	47	203	168	54	61	11	4	13	54	3	30	1	4	.363	.462	.708	1.171	199
1B	Buck Leonard*	30	43	182	153	42	64	12	5	9	53	1	25	0	4	.418	.500	.739	1.239	217
2B	Matt Carlisle	28	47	205	185	36	50	3	2	4	18	1	17	0	3	.270	.332	.373	.705	82
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	47	180	163	21	33	5	3	0	19	0	13	0	4	.202	.261	.270	.531	38
LF	Vic Harris*	33	44	196	176	43	53	7	5	2	26	0	16	1	3	.301	.363	.432	.795	105
CF	Jerry Benjamin**	28	42	193	165	42	51	3	5	6	26	4	24	0	4	.309	.397	.497	.894	130
RF	Jim Williams	32	37	155	141	28	46	11	1	1	30	0	8	1	5	.326	.367	.440	.806	108

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	15	43	38	6	11	2	0	0	8	0	3	1	1	.289	.357	.342	.699	82
RF	Tom Parker	26	11	37	33	4	4	2	0	1	6	0	2	0	2	.121	.171	.273	.444	13
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	219
3B	Sylvester Snead	23	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	159

SP	Ray Brown**	30	33	105	93	21	27	9	0	6	22	0	10	0	2	.290	.359	.581	.940	140
SP	Roy Partlow*	26	15	43	38	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	.237	.256	.316	.572	47
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	127
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	5	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-14
	21		460	1796	1583	342	487	80	27	46	309	9	164	4	45	.308	.374	.479	.854	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	205	.324	.350	8.3%	9.5%	2.0%	1.6%	.103	.132
Josh Gibson	26	C	203	.497	.350	14.8%	9.5%	6.4%	1.6%	.345	.132
Vic Harris*	33	LF	196	.360	.350	8.2%	9.5%	1.0%	1.6%	.131	.132
Jerry Benjamin**	28	CF	193	.397	.350	12.4%	9.5%	3.1%	1.6%	.188	.132
Buck Leonard*	30	1B	182	.527	.350	13.7%	9.5%	4.9%	1.6%	.320	.132
Jelly Jackson	28	SS	180	.248	.350	7.2%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.067	.132
Jim Williams	32	RF	155	.359	.350	5.2%	9.5%	0.6%	1.6%	.113	.132
Ray Brown**	30	SP	105	.403	.350	9.5%	9.5%	5.7%	1.6%	.290	.132
Henry Spearman	28	3B	81	.422	.350	9.9%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.113	.132
Jack Johnson^		3B	69	.335	.350	5.8%	9.5%	4.3%	1.6%	.194	.132
Roy Partlow*	26	SP	43	.239	.350	2.3%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.079	.132
Tommie Dukes*	31	C	43	.328	.350	7.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.053	.132
Tom Parker	26	RF	37	.189	.350	5.4%	9.5%	2.7%	1.6%	.152	.132
Edsall Walker**	27	SP	33	.321	.350	3.0%	9.5%	3.0%	1.6%	.133	.132
Roy Welmaker**	24	SP	16	.492	.350	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.067	.132
Bub Miller*		3B	13	.217	.350	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.132
Specs Roberts^	30	SP	13	.401	.350	7.7%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.167	.132
Louis Dula	26	RP	11	.342	.350	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.132
Obie Lackey	34	3B	8	.491	.350	12.5%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.167	.132
Leo Hannibal^	27	SP	6	.157	.350	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.132
Sylvester Snead	23	3B	4	.470	.350	0.0%	9.5%	0.0%	1.6%	.000	.132
21			1796	.378	.350	9.1%	9.5%	2.6%	1.6%	.172	.132